Chapter 181: I Sinned
The more they walked inside the divinely beautiful shine, decorated with thousands of colorful lanterns, and floral arches all around, Zenith’s face turned a bit glum which Kylian had vividly noticed.
Carefully noticing a sad tint glistening in his dark big orbs, it made Kylian assume that perhaps Zenith needed some space before opening up about himself, and he also wondered if it was something related to his dark, scarred past which has always haunted him until now.
Thus, Kylian gave him some space to brace himself before he was finally ready to answer his keen question, "This is the place where my Mom’s prayer meet was supposed to be held, 13 years ago. But it never happened after all, and after all these years, I have finally obtained the chance to fulfill my duty as her son, all thanks to you, Kyle.
"And...this was the reason why I was hesitating to come here in the first place...since I wasn’t mentally prepared myself to embrace those memories that had put a stain on my life."
As Zenith spoke, his low voice shuddered a little and his hold on Kylian’s hand clenched a bit tighter, as if he was growing anxious inside just by speaking about it.
But without judging his words, Kylian rather held his hand tightly as his firm support, before he tried to comfort Zenith in an amicable voice, "I see. If you had told me the reason before, I don’t think I would’ve urged you to come here, Zenith. But...if you see the positive side of the situation, you could finally come here to fulfill the last rites of your Mother. Right?"
"Hmm...maybe that’s why, she sent you to my life as my biggest blessing who could bring me back here." The sad smile on Zenith’s face curved a little wide as he spoke, and Kylian had often noticed it whenever Zenith used to talk about his mother, his face would become pretty emotional, as if he was barely holding back his tears inside.
While they marched ahead and a brief silence fell between them, Zenith sneaked a glance at Kylian and saw him fidgeting a little. With a small smirk, Zenith asked him first, "Babe, you...want to ask me about what happened here years ago, right?"
Kylian was accurately pondering the same thought in his mind but when Zenith inquired him out of the blue, he looked a little flustered while mumbling in a shy voice, "Hey...do you also have mind-reading ability?"