"Hm...."
Zane crossed his arms over his chest, staring at the black haired inventor from across the school courtyard. He was debating whether or not to go and talk to him, since he needed some new friends. He couldn't keep hanging out with Aphmau and his brothers every day, even though he wanted to. He had been interested in the delinquent's brutish behavior, but his brothers and friends had warned him about his... "kinks", whatever those were.
Finally, the emo made his decision. He strode across the school courtyard, approaching the inventor with caution. The black haired male looked up from his phone as he heard footsteps approaching, and looked rather annoyed as he saw Zane. That kind of look always made him second guess himself, and he was really considering just giving up.
"H-Hey Gene...." Zane greeted him with a stutter, stopping about two feet away from him.
"Ugh, it's you." Gene said with clear disgust, making a face as he looked him up and down. "What the hell do you want?"
"I wanted... I wanted to hang out for a bit, but if you're busy then I can go somewhere else." He answered, honestly intimidated by the older.
"Is that seriously what you're bothering me about?" He questioned with a scoff, shoving his phone in his pocket. "An emo-- no, a person, with as little worth as you being seen with a golden genius like me?"
"B-But the academy isn't in a big city or anything, no one other than our classmates will see us..." He pointed out, sighing as he realized just how stupid this was. "Whatever, I'll just go hack the Monomono Machine again."
Zane turned away from the inventor to leave, but he couldn't help how upset he was. He had thought that Gene was always a cool person, he was like a role model to him. He had only wanted to get to know him better and become friends with him, but he should have known that it wouldn't happen. Gene was right-- a worthless nobody like him had no right to be friends with someone as brilliant as Gene.
"Hey, I didn't say that you could leave!" Gene growled, grabbing Zane's arm rather roughly. "Come on, you sadsack."
"W-Where are going!?" Zane asked with a squeak, almost tripping over as Gene dragged him along. "Let go of my arm, that hurts..."
"Would you just shut up already?" He groaned, rolling his eyes. "We're going to my lab. I have some inventions I want you to test out."
Zane opened his mouth to ask him a question about the inventions, but decided to wait and find out. He seemed to have already thinned Gene's patience and tolerance levels by a great amount, and he didn't want to die while he was still a teenager. It wasn't long until they reached Gene's lab, the space where he made all of his inventions.
From what he knew about his inventions, which he had been told about from Aphmau, he mostly made stuff for when someone was sleeping. According the Gene, people "wasted too much time" sleeping every day, so he made gadgets so they could perform activities when sleeping. Some examples include eating while sleeping, reading while sleeping, using the bathroom while sleeping, and a bunch of other weird things. He had heard that Gene had also invented the contact lenses with built-in eyedrops that Zane had wore at some point, but had viewed the invention as a lame "freetime experiment" and had sold the rights off to some company.
In Zane's opinion, the contact lenses were far more useful and necessary than Gene's current do-it-while-sleeping gadgets, but he would keep that to himself. He didn't want to get on Gene's bad side.
"Here we are." Gene hummed as he entered the lab, with Zane right behind him. "Don't. Touch. Anything."
"R-Right..." Zane nodded, looking away as Gene looked back at him.
"You're cute..." He said with a smirk, going over to a box filled with inventions. "Tada!"
Gene presented a pair of sunglasses to Zane. At first glance, they appeared like normal sunglasses. However, as soon as Zane out them on his face, a film started playing.
"Since you can only see through one eye, you won't be able to see the full screen of the films." Gene informed him, then laughed. "Oh my Irene, you're face is getting red! What's wrong, you fucking virgin? Can't handle a dirty film?"
"What are they doing....?" Zane asked him, his face getting redder by the second. "Why are they touching each other there?"
It didn't register at first, but as soon as Gene realized that Zane was still innocent in the mind, he tore the glasses off of his face. Zane blinked, looking around in a daze as the film was ripped away from his eye. He was curious about what he had seen, and why Gene had reacted that way.
Gene carelessly tossed the pair of sunglasses into the box of inventions, trying to think of something he could do with the emo. He couldn't test out the inventions with him, since they were all used for... those purposes...
"What's wrong? Did the invention not work right?" Zane asked him, clearly confused at his reaction. "I didn't break it, did I?"
"The invention works fine, I just don't think you should have it on for long periods of time." Gene answered, pursing his lips. "The other inventions.... I think they can wait. I want to do a double check to make sure that they won't.... fall apart...?"
Zane didn't notice the awkwardness in the air as they continued the chat, which Gene was thankful for. He didn't want to take away Zane's innocence, at least not yet. He may be the biggest pervert of the academy, but it was nice to be around people who weren't absorbed by sexual activity and desires.
"It's getting kind of late.... should we head back to the dorms?" He asked the inventor, looking over at the clock. "Garroth is going to get worried, I'm sure..."
"Yeah, we can, I guess." Gene shrugged, a light blush on his face. "Oh, wait. I almost forgot, I actually have something for you."
Gene went over to one of the counters, grabbing the teddy bear he had made. It wasn't any new kind of invention, but he had made it himself. He went back over to the emo, handing him the stuffed animal.
"T-Thank you...." Zane stuttered, blushing lightly as he accepted the gift.
The two dark haired males made their way back to the dormitory, the place where all the students were staying. He couldn't help but notice how cute Zane's butt was, and the way the ends of his hair would slightly bob up and down in a way with each step. He pressed a hand to his mouth, trying to keep dirty thoughts out of his head.
When they entered the dormitory, all of the other students were already in their bedrooms. Gene headed towards his, when he felt a tug on his sleeve. Looking behind him, he saw Zane standing there nervously.
"Can... can I sleep with you, just for tonight...?" Zane whispered, but even then his voice was like an eerie echo in the room. "I've... been having really bad nightmares lately...."
Really not helping the situation here, Zane, Gene thought.
"Fine... but just for tonight, okay?" He sighed, his voice a little louder than he meant for it to be. "And... don't tell anyone else, got it?"
"Mhm!" He nodded with excitement, following Gene into his room.
