Chapter 42 - 41. Keep It Professional (M)
Wordlessly, Zein brought Bassena through the hallways, down the stairs; away from the shard’s room, but still within the vicinity of the safe zone generated by the shard.
"Didn’t know you could be so eager," Bassena commented after a prolonged silence of traversing through dreary hallways.
Perhaps because of the shard, but the area affected by its energy did not experience decay like the other parts of the ruin. That being said, since the building itself seemed like an office, the hallways were plain and empty. And walking through that kind of place without any words made Bassena feel like he was heading to the headmaster’s room for punishment rather than something exciting like...you know, exchanging bodily fluids.
And he knew Zein was acting weird before, so in a way, Bassena wanted to taunt the man.
"Why, I thought you’d be thrilled with my enthusiasm," Zein threw a glance, and from Bassena’s position where he walked slightly behind, the way Zein looked up through those long eyelashes felt erotically inviting.
Bassena smirked; ah, so at least the guide seemed to have come back to his usual self.
"I’m trying my hardest to hold back," he grinned mischievously, though his face was all nonchalant, prompting Zein to scoff.
It was the truth though. Actually, Bassena had been holding back since Zein opened a door for this one chance. And the abrupt way the guide took him away from the others as if they were going to do some scandalous venture did nothing to cull the flame dancing below his stomach.
"Are you really okay, though? You said you have no energy earlier," he asked, as they entered the furthest room the safe zone could reach.
Zein paused in front of the entrance, eyes scanning the room. "So I’m going to take some energy from you,"
After all, for him, guiding is converting miasma to energy, so doing it with Bassena now, whose corrosion level was reaching an alarming level, would fill him to the brim.