Chapter 17

Zeno sat in his room, his towel tightly tied around his waist.

He was applying the ointments to his wounds when a knock suddenly sounded on his door.

He furrowed his brow to the unfamiliar knocking pattern. He was sure it wasn't Sebastian, he never knocked and he knew it was Ken who would straight up call out his name from behind the door; and, it didn't sound like the carefully-thought pattern of Butler Nicole's knocking.

He sighed and walked toward the door just for him to pull the door open and find Nicholas standing there, with a small first aid kit in his hands.

"Mr. Nicholas?" Zeno called in surprise.

"May I?" Nicholas asked.

Zeno thought about it for a while before deciding to let him in.

"Sure," He stepped aside to let him in.

He closed the door and went to pick up his shirt from his bed.

"Don't," Nicholas held Zeno's arm as he saw him trying to put on his shirt.