"I guess it's not too bad of an offer."
"Don't be shy, but alright. I'll take that as okay."
Chuckling at how Avian was obviously trying to not show much in front of him, Zenith decided to not tease her anymore. As he was unsure whether she might change her mind or not, a cautious attitude was his choice with Avian.
After deciding that, he gently wrapped his arm around her waist: "Excuse me if you may."
"Wait, why are you-" flustered, Avian yelped and attempted to break free from his hold, but he only smirked at her.
"I'm not touching you, I'm just trying to take us there quickly. Trust me for now and let yourself be in my care?"
Trying to stop her futile struggle, Avian bit on her lower lip and wrapped her arms around his neck. Their closeness made her a little shy and worried about Zenith feeling something was off with her body.
At times like these, Avian wished she could use some disguise spell to hide her gender instead of using clothes to hide her figure. Wanting to be a feminine-looking man was selfish of her, she realized that everytime she was almost caught.
However, there was nothing she could do about her previous decisions anymore.
'I'm not sure if I want to continue being a male or reveal my true gender,' internally contemplating that, Avian relaxed soon.
With some thinking, she had realized revealing her gender was no longer a problem. After Zenith appeared, there was no obligation she had to attend to. He took everything from her, alongside her struggles.
"Maybe he's not so bad after all."
"Did you say anything?"
"Yeah let's go, we are losing so much time being here. And please mind your hands' position."
Smirking devilishly at her, Zenith laughed and jumped off the railing.
"What, what-?!"
"Calm down!"
Zenith laughed harder as he channeled his spiritual power into his body. Their fall slowed down significantly, and soon enough, they were already floating in the air.
"F-flying ability??"
"Just using my spiritual power for that. My spiritual essence is more focused on the wind," after saying that, he waved his hand to create a small whirl in the air before heading towards the capital.
Avian's eyes widened as she looked under her. This was the first time she was this far from the ground, her legs were shaking with the unfamiliar feeling.
The devil young man who was holding her gave her shoulders a soft squeeze.
"What does it look like? Do you like it?"
Without answering him, Avian looked down. For a few moments, she was unable to utter a single word. The blinding lights of the capitals were getting closer and bigger, the small, simple and fancy buildings showed their true form as she was nearing closer to them.
The variety of the capital was captivating more than she thought.
People were laughing and chatting together, enjoying their night festival. The children wore colorful outfits and chased behind each other, their chattering and high pitched laughter was very loud.
But clearly, no one could be annoyed with these children as everyone was delighted with the happy atmosphere filling the town.
In the end, only one word could describe whatAvian felt about this, "Mesmerizing."
"Got you," Zenith lightly chuckled before finding a good spot to land. He released her but took hold of her hand as he guided her to the middle of the festival.
The two had mesmerizing white and silver hair with beautiful rosy eyes, they had lean, slim figures with soft features. Avian and Zenith caught the attention of many eyes; their beautiful and enchanting appearance was hard to hide.
"Wow those siblings look so good!"
"They are siblings?"
"I'm not sure but they look so similar!"
Zenith's face twitched, then he wrapped his arm around Avian's waist.
"Oh! They were actually a couple, how adorable!"
Only then was Zenith satisfied, he nodded to himself and brought her closer to him. Meanwhile, Avian was letting him do what he wanted albeit being not amused.
"Remove your hand," she lightly ordered.
Zenith, on the other hand, did not even consider it.
"No. I brought you here, consider this as my payment."
Without him, Avian could not reach this place in time. So, he shrugged her off before adding, as if he felt obligated to clear this, "We are not siblings and are completely unrelated, I won't tolerate these comments."
"Do you hate being a sibling with me that much?"
"Yes."
Looking at him completely dumbfounded, Avian had never expected his next words.
"I like you a bit. And I am now trying –just as you said before– to make a move on you. Do you think I'd like to be addressed as your brother?"
"You…"
Shocked speechless by how blunt Zenith was, Avian suddenly remembered this was the same guy who said he would not mind bedding her.
"I guess you make sense," she sighed. To catch this guy, she needed to be as blunt as him. Which would be taking a long time.
'Dealing with Carlos is way easier as he shows his affection differently.'
Although both of them were open with their feelings, Zenith felt like a lustful devil keeping Avian on her toes while Carlos felt like the gentleman; a warmth that could melt her heart.
"What do you mean by that?"
"Hmm, Zenith. Did you miss me?"
"Huh?"
"Well," shrugging a little awkwardly, Avian asked a better question: "Are you now longing for me or something?"
"Ah, that's what you meant. In that case, easily: yes."
Straightforward as ever.
Feeling completely helpless with him, Avian let out a deep sigh and let herself forget about his existence for a while. She decided to enjoy herself in the festival while letting him get closer and closer to her too.
"We'll have some fun here, right?"
To answer her, Zenith smirked while pushing her towards the middle of the festival.