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Zen was suddenly stopped on his way as Colette pulled him aside to speak to him, he wasn't too sure why she suddenly wanted to speak to him, but nonetheless followed her. "Huh? Sure, whats up?" As soon… As she spoke about watching her next surgery or dissection, his eyes opened wide. He did NOT expect that and did not know how to respect "I uhh…" but it seemed like she had more to say.
As she kept on talking, questions popped in his mind. Why did she want him to watch her perform surgery? He was a musician god damn it. Did she know he was a werewolf and thought that meant he was unbothered by that sort of stuff? What in her mind brought her to think he'd want to watch someone dissect? Ok… Maybe if it was a weird alien crea- Actually no, nevermind, not even that!
It was when she finally went on with her point that he froze for a split second, she's into him? He remained with no answers with several awkward seconds, just processing that "O-...OH! UH…" He hesitated for a second before chuckling a little bit and scratching his cheek "Maybe grabbing a coffee would be a start? I'm…" he looked at her, suspicious red stuff, the smell of chemicals burning his nose because he had a high sense of smell by the way, and honestly he wasn't too sure about it, and yet those eyes… That expecting gaze… Man, he wanted to give her a chance, the fact she tried and he knew how awkward it was just made him feel bad to say no "Yeah uh, I'm not really into watching others perform surgeries or stuff like that.. And…" ok, it wasn't all about the red stuff and surgical tool on hand and it was weird, but the chemistry smell. He cleared his throat "I uhh… Don't… Know? You look adorable and all just that… I can't… Stand… Strong smells…likechemicals……veryverystrongsenseofsmellIamsosorry…" Did he really just tell her she reeks in a fancier way? Zen! Actually he realized it himself and now felt terrible "NOT THAT YOU, UH… Uhm.. Want me to get you a coffee?" Zen you suck.
Zen noticed y/c on his way home as he was about to get in his car, he took a good hot second to think about his thing and finally closed the car door and made his move toward y/c. "Oi, hold on just a second!" He stopped them, placing a hand on their shoulder to catch their attention and smiling in a friendly manner before letting go of their shoulder "Can I talk to you real quick? I wanted to ask you something." As he cleared his throat "Ok so, I was wondering. You are a very chill person and over time, I've learned to really really enjoy your company, soooooo-" he took a pause, twiddling his fingers as he chuckled nervously.
He never found it hard to flirt and was generally pretty confident, yet saying those things was always nerve wrecking "IIIIII was wondering if you'd be down to grab a coffee and spend some time, my treat. It's ok if you're not interested, I wouldn't bother you any longer. I just find you genuinly cute and enjoyable, so, would you like to go on a date and see how this goes?"
(Zen is heterosexual, so he's mostly attracted to women)
V (AHFJFNRDKFJ WHY IS ENETTE SO CUTE, tbf Zen would 100% crush on her because she is dangerously cute! Curses you! )
Funnily enough, Zen did NOT expect such a positive reaction. Man he was CERTAIN she had deemed him a freak after that awkward situation where he fell asleep on her lap, who wouldn't? Perhaps he overthinked, too, after all she didn't push him away, right? But what if she didn't push him away because she was so terrified she frozed? He knew for sure some girls reacted that way when they freaked out, they froze. What if she frozed? Zen, snap out of it you dumbass, this girl is clearly dizzy, you should be more observant!
"O-OH! CAREFUL!" as he moved in a manner to catch her back if she fell, but seeing she was still on her feet had him calm down and chuckle awkwardly, was he being weird. Ok Zen, keep it cool and smooth! Man you worry too much, you weirdo! "Do try not to snap your neck, I'd rather not have our first date being in a hospital but hey, I can adapt, yet I'd still rather have you safe and sound!" he winked, trying to ease things a little bit with humor. You're the only one who's stressing like a prostitute in church, chill dude!
He cleared his throat, smooth and cool dude, smooth and cool! "I-" his voice cracked in an awkward manner, he recleared his throat a second time before sounding normal "Sorry uhh... If you got time right now I could show you a nice place, I can either drive you there and bring you back here or wherever you need to get to, or we can plan a time? Anywho, I got all the time in the world~" he grinned smoothly, yet under this smooth grin had this nervous wreck of a man. You'll never get passed the moment your voice cracked, wait until your sister learns this if she does, aha!