Chapter 153 - 148. The Bane of Great Power
"But do you know your commlink had been blinking for a while now?"
Bassena almost cursed out loud. "I know," he said with a subdued frustration. It had been blinking and vibrating since Zein threw the paper cup into the trash bin.
"So why do you ignore it?" the guide raised his brow, glancing at the device in Bassena’s wrist.
Smiling his way to ignore the rising fury, Bassena leaned his upper body to block the guide’s gaze to his commlink. "Because I don’t want this nice little date to be ruined," he said in the calmest tone he could muster, emphasizing the word ’date’ for a bit.
It hadn’t even been fifteen minutes since he dragged Zein to this quiet little corner, and already something was trying to obstruct him. Again. Was the universe truly hating the notion of giving him a little chance on wooing his crush?
Zein smiled a little bit. But not that sweet smile he gave once in a blue moon when Bassena managed to step forward, but the usual nonchalant smile he gave in casual conversation. The window of chance had gone down, and Bassena wanted to curse the whole world because of that--and whoever made the call.
"Just take it, it might be important," Zein shook his head and pressed his palm against Bassena’s chest, pushing him back slightly. "We can continue that nice little date after that."
Bassena, who was in the middle of making a sulking face, froze, making it easier for Zein to push him back. Blinking his widened eyes, Bassena frowned and spoke in a serious tone. "No takes back!"
"Just take it," Zein shooed the esper away with a nonchalant tone, but there was a rare, playful smile on his pretty face.
Bassena almost wanted to just lunge for a kiss and ignored the call altogether, but in the end, he just sighed and walked to the corner to look at his commlink.
Once he did, however, and saw the caller id, he was filled with bad premonition. "Yeah, what?"