Zenaya's remorse

chapter 45: Dreams.

"Zen!" yell Alex again. His aged legs offset the agile footsteps of Zenaya running to and fro.

Zenaya stopped and looked back. "For a long time, actually ... Uncle," he said as he ranted. The little girl again ran around the back garden of the orphanage.

Hearing the mockery, Alex's spirit suddenly rose. The tiredness that had been whack disappeared instantly. The little girl was happy to mock him. He never even called himself 'Sister', even though their age was very far adrift, which was 10 years. She is even older than Zenaya's older sister Adryan.

However, even though he fought every time he met, somehow Alex could not take his eyes off the little girl.

Zenaya stopped when she saw a white rabbit suddenly appear before her.

"Wow! Alex look at this!" zenaya shouted while pointing at the white rabbit.

The new Alex came to catch his breath first. It was fortunate that this had already entered winter, so he did not sweat too much. Even so, still his breath kembis.

"Dad, Om!" tease Zenaya once again.

"Little boy your age does have excess energy, you'll only feel it later when I'm my age!" yelling Alex ketus.

Zenaya sniffed her shoulders and refocused on the white rabbit.

...***...

Alex ran like a doorman towards the building of the parlor. On his back was the small body of Zenaya who looked helpless. The girl's eyes were also closed.

"Hold, Zen!" yell that guy. He quickened his footsteps.

His parents and the rest of the house were shocked to see the arrival of Alex, who was holding Zenaya unconscious.

"Why Zenaya, Alex?" ask Amanda while taking the girl from Alex's back.

"Don't know, Aunty, he suddenly fainted when he was about to return here."

Liam immediately checked the condition of the child's body, while Alex stared anxiously from afar.

Guilt was clearly on the man's face. Even if he's not the cause, Alex still feels responsible.

Liam asks the owner for permission to lay Zenaya down for a moment in the guest room. Accompanied by Amanda, the little girl rested there.

Liam holds Alex's shoulder at the entrance.

Alex looked over with teary eyes. "How's Zenaya doing, Uncle?" tanyakanya.

Liam smiled. "It's okay, Zenaya has a fever. Maybe now his body feels pain. You know for yourself how a kid his age is, right? So, you don't have to worry" the man replied, trying to calm the teenager's heart of responsibility.

"I understand. I'm sorry, Uncle." Alex bowed.

"No need to apologize. If you want to see him, go ahead." Liam again commented on the friendly smile.

A second after obtaining permission from Liam, Alex immediately darted towards the room Zenaya occupied.

Robert is seen approaching Liam to ask about his daughter's situation.

Alex can still hear Liam's voice saying that Zenaya is fine.

Alex knocked on the door slowly. She opened it and stepped in when Amanda answered her knock.

"Ahh, Alex, you're here apparently. Come here, son." Amanda waved her hand at Alex.

"I'm sorry, Aunty. I don't take care of Zenaya" Alex said with a regretful look.

Amanda pat Alex on the head. "Zenaya only has a normal fever, son. Uncle and Aunty were not even aware of it, even though we were both medical personnel. Thank you for helping Zenaya?"

Alex nodded his head.

"Ahh, Aunty wants to take a drink first. Aunty tipped off Zenaya for a second, huh?" amanda Pinta.

"Good Aunty."

Amanda left the room.

After the death of Zenaya's mother, Alex inched closer to the little girl who was being closed.

On his forehead was a compress. Alex deftly helps compress Zenaya while occasionally calming the grimacing little girl.

"Alex" said Zenaya with eyes closed.

...***...

Alex woke up from his sleep. The man's eyes looked empty.

Lately he's been dreaming of Zenaya. The dream reminded Alex of the memories of the past he had gone through with Zenaya.

"Did he really not recognize me?" muttered Alex. Although twenty-four years had passed, he felt that his face had not changed much.

"I miss you, Zen," he muttered once more. The man's hand gripped tightly the t-shirt on his chest. Knowing the facts about Zenaya made the heat on his body back strengthened to the surface.

"Zens,"

...***...

A smile of happiness rises on Alex's face when he meets Zenaya in the apartment lobby. The woman walked alone to the outside of the building.

"Zen," call Alex.

Zenaya looked back. "Alex!"

Alex ran over to Zenaya. "You want to go to work?" ask the man

"Yes." Yeah." Answer Zenaya.

"Not delivered your husband?" ask Alex to make sure.

Zenaya shook her head. "There's an important meeting today and he can't be late."

"Then we can leave together rather than you have to take a taxi." Alex took the initiative to bring him.

"No need, Lex, I'll just use gKsi." Resist the delicate Zenaya.

"Oh, come! I just wanted to make up for your kindness back then." Alex put on a face waut.

"You've made up for it by paying the full taxi fare." Zenaya threw a knotty smile.

"Come on! Just this once," urged Alex. The man constantly forced Zenaya to come with him.

Zenaya seemed to weigh in first before finally agreeing to an offer from Alex. There is nothing wrong with a friend, after all they work in the same place.

However, it seemed that Zenaya did not need to say this to her husband in order to avoid a fight.

For some reason, Zenaya felt a little uncomfortable when Alex put romantic songs in his car.

"It looks like you're a romantic person," Zenaya praised without feeling the slightest bit suspicious.

"Yes, I'm a romantic guy. So romantic, I was willing to link my heart to the girl in the past." Alex answered without taking his eyes off the street.

"Wow, how long have you liked it?" ask Zenaya.

"If you count my age now, that would have been 24 years ago. It means that when I was 15, I already liked a girl."

Zenaya was stunned to hear Alex's answer. It is rare for a man to like a woman for that long.

"You're still a teenager but you have someone to remember in your heart" Zenaya said.

Alex smiles. "You know Zen, my first love was 5 years old at the time" he said.

The eyes of Zenaya kontan. "You like a girl who can walk!" his screeches.

"Hey, I look like a teenager p*d*fil."

Zenaya laughs. "I'm sorry, it's not. It's just, it's funny to know a teenager can see a little girl with feelings of love."

Alex laughed too.

"Where is the little girl going?" ask Zenaya curiously.

Alex flinched for a moment, before finally turning his head towards Zenaya. "He's here." Answer's straightforward.

Zenya scrunched his forehead. I don't know why to hear Alex's answer, making the woman's hair bristling instantly.