Chapter 235 - 228. Another Year of Being Alive
"ZEIN!"
A familiar loud voice started the guide awake. The blue eyes blinked toward the dark ceiling, feeling confused. The voice was familiar, but coming from someone that wasn’t supposed to be there.
"Is that...Shin?" Zein squinted drowsily at the sunlight that peeked inside the bedroom. They only went to sleep after dawn, so he was unbearably sleepy.
That being said, he was the type to be immediately alerted to even a slightly loud noise, due to his cautious upbringing--unlike Bassena. So he couldn’t help but immediately roused. He raised his upper body for a bit, but he felt resistace from the arm slung over his torso.
"Just ignore him..." Bassena mumbled against his neck, pulling Zein closer to him instead.
For a second, Zein was contemplating doing just that; he was too sleepy and Bassena’s body heat was too nice. But the voice calling him was keep on repeating.
"Zein!! Zein!"
The blue eyes blinked open again, because now the voice sounded agitated and anxious. It triggered his protective instinct despite his drowsiness, and he jumped off the bed in reflex. With Bassena’s grumbling behind him, Zein snatched the nearest article of clothing he could find--which was Bassena’s shirt he had torn last night, and managed to reach the door while putting on discarded pants.
"Zein!"
"What is--"
Zein opened the door and paused with one hand on the door handle, frozen as he looked down the second floor of the suite to the living room.