Chapter 289 - 281. Leisure
Bassena was, in fact, could not forget about the fact that Zein had called Han Joon ’hot’.
"It’s such a long time ago," Zein explained, turning around from the patio of their hotel room. He wanted to have a nice leisure time watching the fishing on the pond of their private suite’s mini garden, but that had to be delayed, it seemed.
He approached the slightly sulking esper who was pretending to keenly read the alcoholic drink catalog. How funny--the man didn’t even like drinking that much.
"You still think he’s hot," the amber eyes narrowed.
"Well, you do too," Zein smirked, tilting Bassena’s chin toward him. "You’re the one who told me you don’t have much confidence contending with his looks."
"Uhh...well, I mean..."
Bassena pressed his lips, and Zein had to hold himself from laughing. Oh, he knew. He knew that a magician did not need to have a great physique or muscular body. The only reason Bassena developed a habit of training his body despite being an elemental magician was solely because of Han Joon.
Because he used to follow the older man around and wished he could be like Han Joon. It became his habit to train his body, and once Zein saw how the soldier looked when he was in the academy, Zein knew Bassena was copying the man down to the hairstyle. His whole detached persona in public was the remnant of his habit during his teen years that he built by copying Han Joon.
It was actually one of the reasons why Han Shin was always annoyed at Bassena despite them being best friends. Because the healer did not want someone else to claim his hyung as their older brother.
Of course, they didn’t look alike now; what with Bassena developing his own personality and Han Joom becoming a soldier. But the trace of that habit from his childhood still remained; including his submission to the older man.
"He’s...cool..." Bassena admitted reluctantly.