Elemental Gen - Z

Chapter 60's

[Return Arc - #5]

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"Ehem! About that, you accept it or not, Araya?" ask Dae-Vin after he finished feeding Araya to eat. The fried rice was over. Only a box of milk chocolate that has not been drunk until it runs out.

"What ones? I forgot." played his eyeballs a little riled up, Araya pretended. He was quite embarrassed to go straight to the point. This question is just for pleasantries and to clarify the topic of conversation.

"What we were chatting about earlier, you haven't had a chance to reply." Dae-Vin replied sounding relaxed. In his heart, he was already pounding waiting for an answer from Araya. Whether he will be happy, or he will receive a sentence that can make him disappointed.

"Ehm.. How to explain it huh? I'm a little confused." Araya's soft words caught Dae-Vin's hearing. He was silent and still waiting.

"Maybe from here" said Araya about to start answering the question that had been bothering Dae-Vin. "Actually, I.." The sentence hangs. Dae-Vin looks at her with a hopeful face. Even he did not blink his eyes.

"I like you too." Araya whispered that sentence while venturing to turn her head and look at her interlocutor.

"really? So you accepted?"

"I explained first."

Instantly Dae-Vin instantly changes his expression. The sudden sumringah, now again put on a hopeful expression like that after hearing the follow-up sentence from Araya.

"Although, I.. Just want to think of you as a friend, nothing more. If there is more interaction, surely our friendship will also change. So, help you understand." said Araya explained. Dae-Vin slightly lowered his head.

"I understand that." Dae-Vin tries to sigh as slowly as possible so as not to be heard by Araya.

"Even though you I refuse for now, in the end we will also have each other. Don't worry, Dae-Vin." said Araya inwardly, she was quite calm after being able to find out who her future life companion would be. He stroked Dae-Vin's back to calm him down a little, but his hands were still on bandages and hard to move.

"It's okay Araya. I also thought you would refuse. But, one day I want to repeat it again and hope you will accept. I'll wait for you." Those four sentences are stuck. Dae-Vin wants to say it, but his tongue is a bit too heavy to make a sound.

"Where are you going?" tanya Araya shifted the topic. The question managed to get the two of them to look at each other.

"don't know. You want to go to your room?"

"No, I don't want to lie down anymore. I have been content to lie down for eight days, hehehe.." replied Araya ending with a small ruckus. Araya still smiles as Dae-Vin looks at her with a look of pity.

"Where are you going?"

"I want to go outside for a minute."

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At the moment, Araya and Dae-Vin are already in a place that looks like a balcony. It was east of the base. Tonight was bright, there were stars scattered in the cloudless sky.

The night wind was quite cold, not making the two of them immediately enter.

A few seconds ago, Dae-Vin used his teleportation so that the two of them could hurry to the place.

"I have not been here long enough" said Araya lirih while looking at the expanse of the sea with waves that are not too big. It is also quite far away and separate from the other islands.

"Yes. You've never been here. At that time you were in the other place. The one facing west." replied Dae-Vin while briefly recalling the events of a few months ago. When they first became members of the ninth generation Asian Elemental.

Araya just nodded slowly, she also still remembered those times. Why would he act like that, had he better understand the rules here, maybe such a thing would not have happened.

The atmosphere became quiet. They were both silent and thinking from their own point of view. Before long, the wind blew a bit. Their hair was moving in the wind.

Dae-Vin takes off the jacket he wears, then wears it on Araya.

"I'm not cold." said Araya refused without rejection in the form of movement. His hand still hurt to move even though it was slow.

"It's okay. Don't let you catch a cold" replied Dae-Vin as he continued his activities. Araya only accepts it after hearing Dae-Vin's pretty reasonable answer.

"Thank you.."

After that, they went back to silence. They both sat on a long chair that was deliberately placed there. The two of them sat next to each other, although there was still a distance of several centimeters between the two.

"Dae-Vin, can you sing?" araya asks suddenly who is reciprocated by a questioning gaze from Dae-Vin.

"Why indeed?" Dae-Vin asked back while frowning slightly.

"It's okay, I'm just a little bored."

"You wanna listen to a song together?"

"Hmm can."

Afterwards, Dae-Vin picks up his phone from inside his pocket. Then turn it on and look for a music app to search for the song she will be setting.

After meeting, he put his phone between the two of them. The song began to play.

"If I had to live my life without you near me

The days would all be empty

The night would seem so long

With you I see forever, oh, so clearly

I might have been in love before

But it never felt this strong

Our dreams are young and we both know

They'll take us where we wanna go

Hold me now, touch me now

I don't wanna live without you"

(Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You – Michael Masser & Gerry Goffin)

"Why are you looking at me like that?" dae-vin asks after noticing Araya's gaze. A look that can be interpreted as a form of amazement.

"Dae-Vin.. Very good." said Araya while looking at him with a sparkling look.

Because, what Dae-Vin set from his phone was only instrumental, while the lyrics he sang directly.

Dae-Vin smiled faintly. "really? I haven't sung for a long time."

"Yes, your voice is amazing. Did you practice by yourself?"

"When I was in school, I secretly joined a music club" Dae-Vin replied, changing his seat. He looked straight ahead.

"Why secretly?" ask Araya again.

"Well, you probably know what my father's nature is. I was always forced to learn, it made me start to get depressed and depressed. In the end, I decided to join a music club to ease both of those things. There I learned how to sing well and properly, how to play an instrument, and anything that had to do with music." explained Dae-Vin while slightly nostalgic when he was in school.

To be continued..

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It turns out Dae-Vin can sing. Not even an author can ><

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