THIRD PERSON POV

"I'll date you."

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O///O?!??!?!?? <------- Zin

"D-Date me....?!" It was hard to comprehend what Khun had just said to Zin. She had a hard time to comprehend.

*BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!*

'Date me?! What the heck!?!' Zin mentally cursed.

A low chuckled erupted from Khun's lips. "Why? Don't you want to go on a date with me?" he cheekily questioned.

"I-I didn't say anything like tha-"

"So you do want to go on a date with me?"

"I-I didn't say anything like that either!!" She yelled all flustered and embarrassed.

Khun couldn't help but laugh. "I bet you look all red right now!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" he teased.

"S-Shut up!!" Zin felt annoyed because of Khun's teasing to her. However, she can't deny that there was this hope that sparked up in her heart as it began beating in a much faster pace. She couldn't help but think: 'Does Aguero like me?'

*BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!* *BADUMP!*

Gulping a lump, Zin looked around if anyone was around. Luckily, no one was in the hallways since the round is still going on so everyone is probably focused there.

Zin walked over to a corner to hide her blushing face. "F-First of all!!-" she stammered. "I-I am not red!! Second, w-why do you want to d-date me...?" she asked the last question in a hesitant way.

Khun who hear her anxious tone cracked up a soft smile. If anyone saw him right now they would be thinking that it's the end of the world for how Khun was being out of character right now. However, due to his mask that he is wearing, his warming smile cannot be seen.

"Hmm....never mind then. You sound like you don't want to and I won't force you." He calmly said as if Zin will regret her decision if she ever refused Khun's offer.

O///O <------- Zin

However, hearing this sudden change of mind, Zin tensed up and her eyes went wide.

"H-Huh?! W-Wait I haven't given my answer yet-" Why was Zin being like this? The racing of her heart, the chills she's getting, the butterflies in her stomach. Is this normal to feel? Well, it would probably be since Khun is basically flirting with her.

Or maybe that's just an excuse?

The son of Khun smugly smirked. "Oh~? You really want to date me, don't you~?" he innocently teased at the daughter of Klavis.

"D-Damn you, A-Aguero-"

"You're so flustered you can't even speak properly...are my charms making your heart flutter?" he again teased, his smug smirk still playing on his soft pair of lips.

Zin could imagine the look of Khun right now. His head raised up as well as his brows, looking down on her with his signature smirk with his eyes pierced onto her. Zin couldn't help but blush, because no matter how annoying, an asshole, and a jerk Khun is, she can't help but admit that he looks very, very....hot. Even if its just her imagination.

'F*ck.' The female cursed in her head.

Noticing her speechless, Khun released a satisfied soft chuckle as he leaned more back on his chair. "Hehe, alright I won't tease you anymore."

The Klavis rolled her eyes. "Stop being such a jerk, Aguero. Stop playing with me-"

"Who said I was playing?" The bluenette immediately cut her off.

'What?' The platinum headed girl blinked her eyes in confusion.

"I was serious." Khun's playful tone suddenly vanished and is now replaced with a stern tone, full with authority and seriousness. "I was serious when I said that I'll date you." He clarified.

O//////////////////O <------- Zin

"...." Zin was speechless as heat continued travel to her cheeks. It's as if everything was spinning, and everything went silent for a second. She didn't expect this....outcome from Khun unexpectedly. I mean, how would she? First, they were at The Hand of Arlen, got set up, got captured by FUG, then got separated, forcefully joined FUG as their teammates aka hostages, found out that Bam is Jue Viole Grace and that he's alive, the scheme Team FUG and Team Mad Dog is planning, Hwaryun's unexpected appearance, learning that the prophecy was actually true, the Workshop Battle, then this somewhat....confession??

*GULP!*

Zin didn't know what to feel. Khun didn't really told her that he likes her or anything, but when you ask someone out isn't that already pretty obvious?

In the past, Zin did develop some feelings for him, but she never really minded it. Why? Well, she doesn't know. She just basically continued climbing the Tower because that's her goal from the very start, isn't it?

This Khun asking her out made her heart flutter, no doubt. She couldn't lie to that. And spark of joy was flaring up in her chest, that makes her want to jump in happiness for Khun asking her out, plus he was serious.

But then the words of her father came into Zin's mind.

"Always remember my child...be wary of the Has and Aries....hate the Yeons....and treat the Khuns as if they are your family, but remember in the end.....you must betray them."

O__O <------- Zin

>___< <------- Zin

Zin shook her head aggressively with her eyes clenched tight, a light red color still tinting her pale cheeks.

'Why the hell am I thinking about this now? After all the time I spent with Aguero....those words from father shouldn't matter to me anymore...'

Cutting her out of her thoughts, cheers of the crowds from the stadium caught Zin's attention.

"Huh...?" She wondered. The crowds were cheering loudly, perhaps even louder than when she was the one on the stadium.

"Hmm... guess I'll have to hang up now. See ya, Zin." On the other line, Khun suddenly declared which caught Zin off guard.

Frantically, she shifted to her pocket. "Wha- wait you-"

*BEEP* *BEEP*

-__- <------- Zin

"Tsk!" Zin clicked her tongue as her Pocket vanished. Her brows furrowed, cheeks red and puffed because of how annoyed and pissed she was.

She was annoyed that Khun was very confusing. First he was saying that he'd date her, even saying that he isn't joking around, but then all of a sudden he'll just hang the hell up??????

The platinum haired girl rolled her eyes. "That blue haired motherfucker...." She cursed under her breath.

"ZZZZZIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNN!!!!!"

O__O <------- Zin

A sudden yell of Zin's name made her shiver in surprise. That voice seemed familiar and Zin was creeped the hell out of it.

She slowly shifted her head to the source of that high pitched yell and she saw none other than Xiaxia marching towards to her with steam steaming out of her ears, she looked pretty upset. Kind of an understatement.

Zin blinked her eyes in confusion as she stared bewilderedly at the girl with bunny ears. "X-Xiaxia...?" she reluctantly asked.

(A/N: Can someone please tell me what is the difference of a bunny and a rabbit?? Lmao my cousin said that a bunny is cuter and a rabbit is less cuter idk.)

"Why are you still here?!" Xiaxia frantically asked Zin.

Again, Zin blinked her eyes at Xiaxia in utter confusion before raising a brow. "Why am I still here....you ask?..."

The other girl released a frustrated sigh before rolling her eyes and placing her hands on her hips. Zin could only stare blankly at her. "Viole is about to participate in the battle!! Aren't you going to watch your friend?!"

'Huh?'

'It's Bam's turn?!'

O__o <------ Zin

But then, Zin slightly pouted her lips and again studied Xiaxia as if she was different. "Why are you making me watch him?"

Flustered, Xiaxia flushed and then crossed her arms in front of her chest and huffed the girl. "D-Don't get the wrong idea!! That 'Neon' just asked-FORCED ME to call you!! Hmph."

''Neon'? Is that her nickname for Novick?' Zin though in her head with a blank expression.

While stuffing her hands in her shorts' pockets, Zin slowly began to approach Xiaxia as she released a defeated sigh. "Alright, I'll be going." She said as she was about to walk past Xiaxia but was soon stopped.

"W-Wait!" The bunny girl frantically halted the white haired female.

Humming, Zin slightly looked back at Xiaxia and eyed her at the corner of her eyes. "Hm?"

Blushing, Xiaxia played with her fingers with a blush present on her cheeks as she avoid meeting Zin's eyes. She bit her lip as she began to sweat and look around but Zin's eyes.

Puzzled, Zin completely faced Xiaxia and rose a brow at her. "We don't have all day," she blankly began. "You just said that Bam's up right?"

"R-Right!!" Xiaxia responded but still was panicking, which caused her to stutter.

Deeply sighing frustration, Zin forced a small smile on her face as she softly gazed at the other female. "Xiaxia..."

"...you want to become friends with me, right?" she kindly asked before doing a closed eye smile.

Caught off guard, Xiaxia finally met Zin's eyes with her own but widen in shock.

Zin lowly chuckled at her reaction. "You're just another tsundere, just like him..." she bitterly smiled.

"H-Him?" Xiaxia questioned, puzzled.

Zin shook her head to clear her thoughts and then gave another smile to Xiaxia. "Nothing. But, you wanting to be my friend...."

"I'm sorry but I'll have to decline."

With that, Zin began to walk away silently. It was obvious to Zin that Xiaxia wanted to be friends with her. It reminded her of...someone in the past.

Her tsundere acts. Her prideful demeanor. Her loud voice and easily pissed personality. Everything about Xiaxia reminded him.

"I-Is it because I joined FUG??! Is there something that you don't like about me?!" Xiaxia suddenly burst out behind Zin which surprised her.

Wide eyed, Zin halted on her steps, her back facing Xiaxia.

There was a short moment of silence. Zin didn't expect for Xiaxia to suddenly reveal herself like that. She was surprisingly easy to convince.

Again, Zin eyed Xiaxia at the corner of her eyes before replying. "No it's not you." She again began to walk away casually.

"It's me."

'It's me. Because after all these years, I still have trouble trusting people.'

☂☂☂

(A/N: Just a short flashback about Zin and their family because I thought it's getting a little bit confusing and I need more drama lol)

As everyone began to avoid Zin, due to the fear and jealousy of her being the chosen one, a certain boy from the Zy branch of the Klavis family stayed by Zin's side. However, despite being from the same Klavis family and all carrying the same Klavis name, the direct descendants of Zynkedon Klavis are not considered as siblings of those who are not direct descendants.

Before the 6 siblings were born, in the past Zynkedon Klavis could not bear to have intercourse with any woman for he doesn't care about love nor about sex. Instead, he tried to give some of his blood to other people in the Tower right after the war.

Several people were given, some people's reason because they wanted strength to prove their power, some just wanted authority and with this power they will be able to control people, some wanted power in order to reach the top of the Tower, and lastly some just wanted to protect themselves and their loved ones.

Of course there shall be a contract in doing this deal. In exchange of the power Zynkedon has given them, he wanted those who he had blessed to forever be by his side, serve him, and shall follow everything he orders. To put it simple, in exchange of power, he will take some of their freedom.

As years continue to pass, the "child that will guide the other child that will accomplish the prophecy" still hasn't been born. Zynkedon thought that giving random people his blood in order to inherit his powers will be enough. He thought that those people who will one day fall in love and have children, one of them will be the child that Zynkedon was waiting for.

Unfortunately, he was wrong. So, he just went and did it on his own even if it's against his will. (A/N: At least he won't die a virgin.)

Zynkedon didn't prevent those he offered his blood to continue in making children, instead he accepted everyone with open arms and considered everyone as his family.

One of those children is the boy that stayed by Zin's side while everyone was leaving her behind in the past.

He had the same white platinum hair just like every Klavis family member. His eyes are hooded with a rasin color, and he had an average height. He always had a blank face, extremely bossy, easily pissed off, spats hurtful words, and extremely grumpy.

"Zylo!!!" Zin called for her best friend, joy lacing her voice. She wore her long sleeved dress with galaxy patterns covered in aesthetic colors, different shades of pink, purple and blue. Her hair tied in a braided bun and her medallion clipped on its side, her puffy pale cheeks slightly pink due to the cold weather.

She looked like a princess, which she technically is.

Once Zin was able to approach the boy, she was immediately thrown by a snowball by him on the face.

>___< <------- Zin

"Pweh!" Zin spat as she tried to discard some snow on her face and hair. "Zylo you idiot!! Mother worked so hard to make my hair look this good!!" she scowled at him.

Slowly the boy faced Zin. His platinum hair tied back in a half ponytail since it was long for a normal boy haircut; it reached below his ears. He wore a brown long sleeved shirt that was topped off with an also brown colored haori but in a darker shade. His bottom was black pants and his shoes were knee high brown boots. He also had a shining earring on his right ear.

But unlike the direct descendants of the Klavis family, those like Zynen don't have shining and sparkling aura around them as much as those direct descendants.

The boy studied Zin's whole body with his lifeless rasin eyes, a deadpanned expression present on his face.

Slowly parting his lips to speak. "Your outfit is so modern, Lady Zinlester." He said before shoving his hands in his pants' pockets.

"Modern? You're one to talk, you literally paired a haori with pants!--And your undershirt is supposed to be a yukata!!" Zin exposed as she pointed a finger at Zylo, who was clearly not fazed by her statement.

Zylo breathed out before calmly replying. "The main purpose of a haori is to protect one from the cold. And I am wearing this now in order for me to not die from the freezing cold of our location, Lady Zinlester."

Embarrassed, Zin blushed. "W-Whatever!" She spat.

"And why the heck are you calling me 'Lady Zinlester'? I thought I told you to not use formalities!!"

"It's called 'respect', airhead."

"Respect?! You literally just threw a snowball on my face and now you're talking about respect!?? You even just called me an 'airhead'! The audacity!!-"

Annoyed by Zin's voice, Zylo massaged his temples and grunted. "You are too noisy!" he complained.

Zin exaggeratedly gasped. "I am NOT noisy!"

"Shut the fuck up!"

"No swearing, Zylo!"

"You know what?!-why are you even here!?" Zylo changed the subject, accepting defeat.

Zin stuck out her tongue, teasing the male which made and irk mark appear on his forehead. "You're my partner in our sparing today remember??? You promised!"

"Oh, right I did promised you that." Zylo admitted, blinking his eyes.

"Riigghhtt????! Now let's go-"

"Alright alright, shut the hell up and let's just go! Your voice is irritating as always!" He complained before getting a hold of Zin's right hand and dragging her to train.

A blushing Zin was being dragged as her eyes stared onto Zynen's hand gripped tightly onto her hand.

☂☂☂

'Where did it all go wrong...why did he had to betray me too...' A shadow was cast upon Zin's eyes as she continued to walk out with her fists clenched. Refusing to remember her old memories of her past 'friend'.

☂☂☂

Time passed by and Zin watched Bam defeat every single enemy that was in his way. She heard his words.

"Don't try to make me your god. I am not a convenient machine that makes your wishes come true."

'He lost his cool...not that I don't understand.' Zin thought in her head as he leaned her right cheek onto her right palm as her right elbows supports it, leaning onto the railings.

'Forcing him to become someone he doesn't want to be...forcing him to do acts that is against his will...forcing to be seen as a god but he just wanted to be seen as ordinary and live an ordinary life with those he is fond with.....Bam has been through so much all these years.'

Despite looking unbothered, Zin felt sorrow for her friend's situation. It's pretty obvious that he is not liking the situation he's in. Bam isn't the type of person who hits people if he immediately gets pissed, so seeing Viole and knowing that he is Bam as he kick those bastards, Zin found it to be good but somewhat....not