"Hinari, I can no longer be your invincible superman, but from now on, I will be your normal knight."
As those words left Zaki's mouth, Hinari couldn't help but tear up. She almost couldn't believe what he just said. Everything was still so unbelievably unreal. She couldn't believe that after she woke up today, she was now hearing the kind of words she had been dreaming of for so many years.
Zaki began walking towards the living room when Hinari surprised him with a kiss on his chin. He then halted and he looked at the lady in his arms.
"Stop doing that, it's dangerous. I might drop you if you keep squirming around," he warned but she just rolled her eyes and she smiled at him sweetly as she caressed his cheek. He could also see her eyes shining brightly as it glimmered with happiness.
"My love… didn't I say long ago that I don't need a superhero? Who cares about superman when I can now hold you close to me like this? I don't need an overpowered main character. I just want a second lead who's not busy saving everybody so I can chain him beside me forever."
Hinari's voice was soft and sincere. There was no sign of mischief or naughtiness in her eyes. She looked like she was speaking with all her heart and her words struck Zaki so bad that he slowly began to turn red. He suddenly felt like all his blood went to his head and his face felt like molten hot lava.
Of course, Hinari saw the change in his complexion so she was about to hold his face to make sure when, all of a sudden, the man fell on his knees. He knelt on the ground like a knight with a princess in his arms. Well, this should have been a romantic moment but Hinari was so surprised that her heart almost jumped out of her chest.
Hinari's heart started beating so wildly. She looked at him with wide eyes and she was about to yell at him but the man carrying her was already burying his face on her shoulder. Hinari blinked for a moment but when she thought that there might something wrong with him, she began to panic. "Hey, Zaki! Are you okay?! Let me go, I can walk. Don't force yourself!"
Hinari tried to pull away from his arms but Zaki's grip on her just tightened.
"It's okay, I'm totally fine." He softly said but Hinari didn't calm down.
"Huh?! How could you be fine when you fall on your knees just like that? You just took a few steps. C'mon, let me go, I think you're too hungry!" she insisted but when the man answered, Hinari fell speechless.
"I didn't fall because of that," he whispered causing Hinari to blink. Wait… could it be that…
"Beauty, let me see your face. Why are you hiding? Look at me!" she demanded but when there was no response from him, she held his face and forcefully raised it up so she could see.
As soon as she saw his reddened face, Hinari's mouth hung open in utter shock. W-w-w-w-what?! M-my beauty is blushing? What I said made him blushed so hard he fell on his knees? OMG! Am I in heaven?
Hinari was dumbfounded. But her pessimism still wrecked her fantasy, and she thought that she might be wrong. Thus, she began to question him to make sure.
"You're blushing? You're really blushing? Because of what I said?!" she asked and Zaki went even redder. His eyes looked everywhere else but at her and he attempted to hide his face again but Hinari stopped him.
Realizing that he couldn't escape anymore, Zaki gave in and his gaze fell on the flower beside them.
"Looks like it," he admitted in an embarrassed tone and Hinari was so shocked she fainted.