Eta and Epsilon still didn't understand, although they were sure about one thing, "You forget us, even your girl... didn't you?"
Zero started sweating, "...I am sorry."
Alpha and Beta sighed and Beta stood, started walking to the kitchen while taking the bag and said, "That only I wanted to ask, why you only have potatoes?"
Alpha smiled with a sweat, "He is bad at decision making, so to not be confused much. He just used to have potatoes, to not spend time on just thinking what to make."
And Eta, Beta and Epsilon were stunned...
"You even told that her, Sacreficer?"
Zero smiled and started moving away and said, "She would like other vegetables and she would be bored by potatoes so I told and also brought other vegetables. Now she will decide what she wants, I will just make it."
Zero moved outside the living room and Eta, Beta and Epsilon looked at Alpha. Beta took out the vegetable and asked, "Well, as he says. What do you want to eat, Alpha, we will make it. Just say it."
But Alpha couldn't think much, so at the end... Eta, Epsilon and Beta came to the conclusion and they started making their favorite.
"He has even brought eggs, how's that, Alpha?"
Alpha had no problem, so Eta, Beta and Epsilon came to the kitchen and they started preparing breakfast.
Zero had walked away in the forest and Alpha just looked outside the windows, while Eta, Beta and Epsilon were preparing the breakfast.
"Hey..." Alpha got a little bit of curiosity, still looking outside at the forest and asked, "... What's the case of your mask? Why did you all hide your faces when Sacreficer arrived?"
Epsilon started sweating, "It's dangerous for me."
But it wasn't the answer, and Beta answered while cutting down the onion, "Reason is simple, we have never seen each other's face. And it's actually a rule at our organisation to never show yourself, not even to our companions. Although we already break rules and actually, we came together in the organization already knowing each other, but Sacreficer still follows the rule."
"Ohhh..." Alpha was amazed by all this system, rules and more. She never expected that Zero's companions would be so good and friendly either. She never expected, that one of her classmate has a job and there are so many companions of him.
"Sacreficer must be your friend?"
Eta, Epsilon and Beta were surprised by the question.
"He never showed interest in school, he never had a friend either, I never saw him hanging out with anyone. All the time I saw him, he would be just looking outside the window like lost in thoughts. But here would be something opposite, in your organization, right?"
Eta shook her head while cooking and answered, "Nope, it's not even close like the way you think."
Alpha can't believe, and with surprises she looked at the kitchen at them and Epsilon smiled and said, "He is just meant by his job, by his work, and nothing else. We actually tried to request him to join and go for hangouts whenever the both day shift and nightshift got a leave, everyone would be in the trip but he doesn't comes. If we talk, it would be only related to our work and data we get. Otherwise, he doesn't talk outside of it."
Alpha was a little bit surprised, and the breakfast was ready and Eta, Beta and Epsilon came with plates, sat down on the floor again and started serving the breakfast.
Alpha looked at them and Eta, Beta and Epsilon took off their masks, joined their hands, thanked for God and started having the breakfast.
Alpha also just joined her hands, thanked to God and she also started having the breakfast.
"... Wouldn't he come for breakfast? He at least has breakfast and dinner." Alpha asked while eating and Eta looked at the forest outside the windows of the living room and said, "Maybe, he knows that we can't eat if he would be here, because of the mask. So he would have gone out. But I am not sure about it, it's the first time having food here."
An hour passed and Eta, Beta and Epsilon were back on their masks and they were finally going to leave and Zero was sitting on the chair at his dinning table, keeping his head down on the table, finally taking some rest.
Eta passed by Zero, hitting her hand on Zero's head softly and said, "Why there are just paper plates? Are you so poor that you can't afford it?"
"Nah...too lazy for cleaning the plates, but maybe now I will bring."
Eta, Epsilon and Beta smiled.
Eta, Epsilon and Beta were finally at the room door, ready to leave and Zero was standing in front of them and Alpha was just sitting down on the floor in the living room.
Eta looked at Zero, came to his ears and whispered, "Do you want money for her shopping?"
"Why to whisper about that?" Zero laughed and Eta moved back and he said, "I have enough, and I will buy plates for sure."
Eta, Epsilon and Beta smiled once again, they finally turned, opened the door, ready to leave--
But suddenly they felt something strange and they three turned back, Zero was looking a little bit nervous and anxious about something behind everything and they just sighed with the same smile and said, "Ok, we won't tell about her to anyone. She will be free whether she wants to join us or not. But you take care of her."
And Eta, Beta and Epsilon finally turned away with a relief and finally started leaving.
Alpha finally came to the room door and asked, "Have they left?"
"Yes, but if you want them and if they would be free, then I will call them. Don't worry."
And Zero closed the door and finally started moving back, Alpha was stopped at the room door for a moment, but she just smiled and she also moved back to the living room.
Eta, Epsilon and Beta continued walking with a smile, and said.
"So Alpha is safe...glad that we found her."