Chapter 73: 4.8

[Pupa: Ding! Fatemeter increases to 25%.]

[Pupa: Alert! Breakmeter decreases to 35%.]

[Wait, why is his Breakmeter kept on decreasing? I didn't do anything wrong!]

[Pupa: Breakmeter can be triggered by either the master of the world's feeling, external source, or with the combination of both. Please work hard to discover a good countermeasure for this problem.]

Yunyu was worried. He wasn't really surprised with Breakmeter decrease, because in the previous worlds, the Breakmeter fluctuated more than Fatemeter for him, but at least, he knew if he did something wrong. But in this world, he had no clue on the Breakmeter fluctuation.

He stared at Javier who still enjoyed his head getting rubbed, like an obedient puppy. Yunyu peered at Javier suspiciously, he stopped rubbing Javier's head and the sudden notification from Pupa made his heart jump.

[Pupa: Alert! Breakmeter decreases to 34… 33… 32… 31… 30%.]

Yunyu was shocked. Javier showed a displeased face and pouted, "Big bro Lyon, why do you stop rubbing my head?"

"Huh?"

"Please rub my head more, it feels nice!" Javier said enthusiastically, he shook his head gently, so he could feel the traction of Lyon's palm rubbing against his hair. It felt nice, warm, and calming for him.

[Pupa: Ding! Breakmeter increases to 31… 32… 33… 34… 35%.]

[…]

[Pupa: Just keep rubbing his hair, maybe you'll fill the Breakmeter eventually.]

"You… really like this?" Yunyu continued rubbing Javier's hair, hoping that the Breakmeter would be completed immediately, but to his surprise, there was a notification from Pupa, but a different notification than what he had hoped.

[Pupa: Ding! Fatemeter increases to 30%.]

[Pupa: Alert! Breakmeter decreases to 30%.]

[What the fu--! What is wrong with this kid!?]

Lyon stopped rubbing Javier's head and retracted his hand. There was a faint red on his cheek, but he turned his back immediately to avoid Javier. He tried to walk off from Javier, but Javier followed him like a duckling following mother goose. Javier didn't exactly understand why he needed to follow Big bro Lyon, but after Lyon rubbed his head, he felt slightly more comfortable around Lyon.

However, being followed by a huge dog like this, Lyon felt uncomfortable, he asked while keeping his steady step, "Why are you following me?"

"Hm… no reason. I just feel like it!" Javier said, honest.

"You should go find another way to entertain yourself, or return back to your empire. At least, with Layla, why do you need to come around and wag your tail around me?" Lyon yelled.

Javier was disheartened by that comment, "You don't want me near you? Do I look detestable? Is it because of my origin from being born of a man's belly?"

[Pupa: Alert! Fatemeter decreases to 10%.]

[Pupa: Alert! Breakmeter decreases to 25%.]

[Wha--]

Yunyu never felt this much panic in his life, he quickly tried to find a way to tackle the sudden problem. He had read something in the world background about Golden Camellia and the tradition of giving flowers as a symbol of friendship or kindness.

He looked around the garden, he didn't know much about flowers, but he just picked the most beautiful flower he saw in the garden and hurriedly handed it to Javier, "Here! Does this answer your question?"

Javier looked at the flower on Lyon's hand. He stared at Lyon, then the flower, then Lyon again, and then the flower. He did it consecutively for five minutes without break, until he stuttered, "I—Is this really for me? Big brother Lyon is not joking, right?"

"Y—yeah! Take it!" Lyon's hand that was holding the flower trembled, he didn't know if this was the right thing to do, but he also didn't know much about flowers. He just picked the most beautiful one in his opinion to appease this simple beast.

Javier gulped, he was nervous, he didn't know that Big bro Lyon had this kind of feeling for him. Was this his true feeling for so long?

Javier found out that he might have misunderstood Big bro Lyon for so long, "H—How long have you been thinking like this about me?"

"It doesn't matter! Just take the flower!" Lyon blushed hard, he felt that his body was hot all over, especially under Javier's gaze. He peeked and saw that Javier was also as nervous as he was, in fact, Javier looked really nervous that his face was flushed. He looked disordered while staring at the flower.

Not wanting to stay any longer, Lyon shoved the flower on Javier's chest and ran away like an embarrassed little girl. He ran away to the palace, leaving the flustered Javier behind. Javier gently held the flower that Big bro Lyon had given, his eyes didn't leave Lyon's back.

Javier was sure that Big bro Lyon didn't pick this flower out of whim. Because it seemed that he looked hard to find a specific flower that he wanted to show. He must have known that in Golden Camellia, each flower symbolized an important meaning. And this flower was the same type of flower that brought his two fathers together.

Javier stared at the beautiful white gardenia that Big bro Lyon gave to him. He tried to be as tender as possible when caressing the fragile petals. He felt warm all over, because this was the first time that someone gave him a white gardenia.

Truthfully, his relationship with Layla was never sweet. They were always fighting and arguing with each other, in fact, they were together because Big bro Lyon matched them.

He never had a sweet date with Layla, nor he ever received any gift from her. Surprisingly, it was Big bro Lyon who gave him his first gardenia.

But, Javier was at loss, he didn't know that Big bro Lyon had kept such a deep secret for so long. But he also didn't know how to react, because he was still in a relationship with Layla. He wasn't sure about his feelings with Big bro anyway, he always saw him as a friend and brother figure.

'No, no, no! I don't think Big bro Lyon really meant it as a love confession. Maybe purity? Gentleness? Happiness? I think Big bro Lyon only wants me to cheer up! That must be it!'

Javier said that to calm himself down, Big bro Lyon never showed him any sign of love before, how could he suddenly confess? Javier was convinced that he was just being ridiculous.

However, when faced with the imagination of him and Big bro Lyon holding hands together, Javier's face heated up and he blushed.

'I—If I can hold hands with my true love, I would be happy. I would bring him to Papa Aster and Papa Rama, then... then we can m—marry,' Javier felt that there was a smoke coming out of his head. He imagined Big bro Lyon with white suit, standing side by side with him.

'Papa Aster always said that when I meet my true love, I will lose my rationality. I will be a bit funny in head, and I should control myself from hurting my true love, but... who is my true love?'

Javier stared at the white gardenia, and his golden circle eyes started dilating slightly. But then, the golden circle dissipated again, even thinned for a moment, 'Does it even matter, though? What is the use of having true love, when he doesn't understand me. Maybe my true love will always insult and berate me, will always try to shut me up, will always try to push me out of the way, just like Layla…'

Javier felt that his heart had been stabbed whenever he remembered all his fights with Layla. His head immediately spun and his golden circle dilated and thinned uncontrollably. He felt that he had witnessed something that Layla did in front of him, but he didn't remember what it was.

[Pupa: Ding! Fatemeter increases to 40%.]

[Pupa: Alert! Breakmeter decreases to 20%.]

[How?! Did I do something wrong again?]

[Pupa: Do you know what kind of flower you just gave to Javier?]

[I don't know, but it looks beautiful, so…]

[Pupa: It's white Gardenia. It symbolizes purity, but in Golden Camellia, it is mostly used by someone to confess about his feelings, because it symbolizes a secret love. It is also mainly used as a flower to share a first kiss, and for weddings. You just confessed your feelings towards him, heads on.]

[… at least the Breakmeter hasn't reached 0%, right?]

[Pupa: …Dumbass.]