Chapter 56 - 55. Just Like That
The first touch of their lips after two months was filled with caution. Even while Zein didn’t show his objection, Bassena only pressed his lips lightly, amber eyes staring straight into the deep blue.
He kissed once, and paused, waiting for rejection. And then he saw the blue eyes move, the long lashes fluttered, and Bassena pressed his lips harder, bared of any more inhibition. It didn’t take coaxing for their lips to part and slot snuggly, as if kissing was just a daily occurrence for them. The esper felt Zein shift slightly, feeling a hand reaching for his hair.
"No," Bassena caught the guide’s wrist, breathing low against the wet lips. "I didn’t ask for guiding."
The amber eyes were firm. He had thought about it a lot during the past two months, during the days and nights in which the guide’s presence always stayed firm inside his heart. Zein always attributed his attraction as a byproduct of guiding attachment, locking their possible relationship as a mere guide and esper.
But that wasn’t what Bassena wanted. At least, that wasn’t all.
In the past, he thought having Zein guide him only for the rest of his life was what he was after. But that wasn’t it. When it occurred to him that Zein might never want to speak to him ever again after that night, it was devastating. He wanted to be with the man, even if he couldn’t guide him.
But what could he do, to this man that saw the world as a treacherous place filled with disgusting power-play?
Bassena thought then; he simply had to show him that there was no power-play in the relationship he pursue. That it wasn’t about an esper and a guide. That it wasn’t just a guiding attachment.
That right now, he kissed Zein as a man—not an esper looking for guiding.
The blue eyes stared deeply, calm like always. But there was a slight ripple on its surface, as the reaching hand halted and slacked on the esper’s hold.
"I got it,"