Thriving Heart (Zenix x Reader) |Book Two| [HOLD]

Beautiful

Y/N's POV

I lay next to Zenix in the hotel bed, listening to his rough breathing. Sleep isn't coming to me.
"Did you say he was sick, Y/N?" I hear Sasha ask. I almost forgot Gene and her were sleeping in the bed next to ours.
"Yeah, he's a bit under the weather," I answer. Sasha doesn't say anything else for a while and I sigh softly, closing my eyes.
"Why did you say I was beautiful?"
"Huh?"
"Before we went off to the mall, you had told me you were staring at me because I was beautiful. I guess I never really looked at myself and see the word 'beautiful' coming to mind." I smile, a bit amused, and reply,
"I don't think 'beautiful' describes me either, but do you know how many times Zenix has told me so?" I roll on my side to face her and she rolls too. I can barely see her bright purple eyes in the darkness of the room. "I remember when we were best friends in high school, I'd call you pretty or beautiful and you would thank me, but I could tell you were denying me. Then I wished that you could see yourself in my eyes because then you would know what I see."
"What do you see?"
"Bouncy gray curls, bright purple eyes, rosy cheeks, pale skin, thin eyebrows, wide hips, shorter legs, smaller feet---"
"You're just describing my appearance," Sasha snorts. I sigh again, rolling onto my back.
"Sasha..." I hear Gene murmur. I didn't know he was awake. Rustling from the sheets can be heard and I look over to see Gene's arms tightly around Sasha, and she continues to look in my direction. Gene opens his eyes and looks at me too. "What do I need to do to make you know you're beautiful?" He asks Sasha.
"Nothing, its fine, I don't need anything."
"That's okay then," I can tell he's smiling, "because no one you care about loves you because you're beautiful. They love you because you're an amazing person, Sasha, and if you can't see that you're pretty, that's fine." Sasha doesn't answer Gene, nor does she move. Finally, she says,
"I don't love you because you're handsome, Gene." She turns over and faces him.
"I know." He replies and I think I see their lips touch before spreading apart and looking back at each other. I feel something touch my shoulder and I look over to see Zenix, his brown eyes wide open and looking at me.
"Do you know why I love you, Y/N?" He asks.
"I could guess." I reply, but he shakes his head.
"I love you because beauty seems to be inside your heart and mind and on the outside too."
"I've always liked the word 'beautiful'," Sasha tells all of us. And everyone smiles when Gene says,
"That's because it describes you."

Thank you guys so much for reading this chapter! I hope you all have a beautiful day (No, I'm not Rei from Free! I've just decided to use that word a lot because of him😂)! A new chapter will be out soon!
Nya,
Soccerkitty7