"Are you canceling your flight?" "Hm," Zero mumbled while nodding briefly in response. "Why?" Zeva asked again. "Because you haven't answered 'yes'," Zero replied casually. Meanwhile, Zeva unconsciously reacted with her mouth half open. Clearly, she immediately knew the 'yes' answer to the question that Zero was referring to. However, the fact that this was the reason for Zero canceling his flight to Indonesia was beyond Zeva's intuition. "Zer, be serious and answer," Zeva said. "Which part do you think I'm joking about? I've always been serious about us, Zeva," Zero replied, this time speaking while maintaining direct eye contact with her. "I understand and realize that you've doubted my seriousness because you feel our relationship's status isn't clear yet. For that... it's not that I don't want to provide clarity, but I feel our relationship is clear, without needing further clarification with a status." "However... it seems like this only applies to me as a guy. I forgot t

"Dear, why are you ignoring me?" Zeva, who was busy editing photos she had taken, now shifted her attention to the laptop screen in the upper left corner – showing Zero's face in a minimized frame. Yes, Zeva was currently in a virtual meet with Zero while multitasking by editing photos. "Well, isn't he the one who has been ignoring me all this time? Not just ignoring, he's been leaving me behind," Zeva thought. "It's not like I can just sit here waiting for you to come back. Might as well get some work done," Zeva complained. Understandably, Zeva was complaining. After all, she had just returned after being left alone by Zero for over twenty minutes during their virtual meet, and as soon as he came back, he pointed a finger at her. "But I left because there was something urgent I had to take care of, not on purpose," Zero responded. "I did suggest we end the virtual meet if you had something to attend to," Zeva replied. Her response led to a few minutes of silence until Zeva sp

"Why did you run away?" "There are four ways I could have chosen as alternatives to soothe my heart and mind. But... sorry, running away isn't one of them," Zeva asserted. "Then, if not running away, what do you call it? For more than two weeks, you didn't respond to any of my chats, calls, let alone video calls. And when I came all the way here to see you, you still avoided meeting me." "That's your fault. Why did you just show up here without letting me know?" Zeva responded. "What else should I do? How else should I contact you if not in person?" Zero seemed frustrated dealing with Zeva. "Why, after I didn't respond, did you suddenly start trying to contact me? Where were you before? If it wasn't for me asking about you, you wouldn't have initiated contact with me at all. You used to contact me much more often when we were just seeing each other casually before officially dating," Zeva finally poured out all her frustrations to Zero. "Moreover... every time we want to have a

"Absolutely not. Starting today, I don't want to take you to the airport anymore." "Oh, why are you being so cruel? Come on, dear. It's still a few more hours we can spend together." Zero still tried to persuade Zeva. "I've never wanted to take anyone to the airport. I didn't even want to escort Sis Runa and Bro Gamma. It's just because of you that my feet touch the airport again after so long. Ironically, you are the one being cruel to me by forcing me to do something I dislike." "But why don't you like taking me to the airport?" "Ugh... can't you really pay attention to what I'm saying? It's not just you, but everyone, anyone." "Okay, okay, sorry. So, what's the reason?" Zero was still curious about why Zeva was so against the airport. "See, you don't know anything about me," Zeva responded with her biting words. Hearing Zeva's sarcasm, Zero immediately moved to hold both of Zeva's hands and gently stroked the back of her hand with his thumb. And, with an intense gaze softene

"You just finished getting dental veneers?" "Huh? Why are you suddenly asking that?" The confusion was evident on Zero's forehead in response to Zeva's question. "Because it's unusual for you to immediately show off your teeth like that." "Unusual? How am I usually then?" Zero felt that the expression he showed was not something rare. "Usually, you flaunt your pillow face. Always sleepy." "Oh, hehe. It's called hard work like a horse, Dear. I have to stay up late." "Working so hard that you forget to sleep, and what do you hope for in the end? Early aging?" Zeva pointed out. "Well, not like that, Dear. I work hard like this for you, you know." "For me? Have I ever asked you to provide for me? No, I've never asked for anything from you," Zeva said, refusing to accept Zero's statement. "Well, not really, Dear. But... I work hard to prepare to provide for you in the future." "You want to turn me into a substitute for a nursing home?" "Well, what's the connection with a nursing