ZaintSee

In the Apartment

Saint walked into his place and thanked God he'd cleaned up before he left this morning. Not that he was a messy person but sometimes he let things slide a little.

He beckoned Zee to follow him. "Can I get you a drink or anything?" He asked conscious of being a good host. "Only if you're having one." Zee replied. "I was going to have a glass of wine if you'd like one?" It occurred to Saint that drinking around such a gorgeous guy may not be the best idea but it was too late, he'd said it now. "Wine sounds good to me. Thanks Saint." Replied Zee.

Zee wasn't 100% sure why he said yes to the wine but he was hoping it would help ease his nerves a bit. He was casually looking at the photos scattered around the room. Some of Saint, some of who assumed were his family or friends. His eyes lingered on one of Saint in his Love by Change days and he was struck by how handsome he was.

Saint grabbed a bottle and 2 large glasses from the kitchen and came back to the living room to find Zee looking at his photo. He placed the glasses on the table and Zee jumped as they clattered.

"I was just admiring your photos..." he said rubbing the back if his neck awkwardly. "A friend took it for me," Saint admitted, "it's one of the few pictures of me that doesn't make me look silly." He opened the wine and poured it into the glasses then sat on the sofa. "Come, join me." He said patting the sofa next to him.

Zee was beginning to wonder if that was a good idea because while it was great to finally be alone with Saint, he was ALONE with SAINT and ok maybe that tiny crush was more of a normal sized crush...

He sat down next to Saint picked up his glass and took a bug gulp "So..." the both said in unison. "You first..." insisted Saint and Zee wondered if he was always so polite or if he would be different when they were proper friends. "Well," Zee began "I was going to ask what it's like acting in a BL drama. I mean if you don't mind me asking of course." Zee worried he might have been too forward but Saint just slipped his wine then replied "Of course I don't mind! The whole point of this was for us to learn from each other right?"

Saint had butterflies in his stomach so took another sip of wine to calm his nerves. Zee nodded. "So," Saint continued "Acting in a BL was interesting, I mean all acting is interesting but Love by Chance was my first romantic role. I think that it doesn't matter if it's boy/girl or boy/boy, the challenge is to portray being in love. I've never been in love and Perth was my first kiss so it was a step learning curve for me." Saint looked at Zee making sure he wasn't boring him.

Zee was completely enthralled with what Saint was saying "Really Saint? That is pretty amazing! I could literally feel your love from the screen. I assumed you'd drawn on a past relationship to help with the character." He said honestly.

Saint felt his cheeks heating at the compliment. "Thank you, that means a lot to me." To try an cover his embarrassment Saint tried to make a joke "I was just as sad and single back then as I am now so I'm glad my acting could convince you otherwise." He looked up at Zee wanting to see his reaction.

Zee felt his eye brows raise in surprise. How could a guy as hot as Saint not have been in a relationship before? He noticed Saint looking at him and felt he needed to explain his reaction. "I'm sorry for looking so shocked, but have you seen yourself? How have you not had a girlfriend?" He paused before adding "Or a boyfriend?" Zee panicked a little in case it was too soon to be asking questions like this,  but he'd had a fair few sips of his wine as Saint was talking and it had given him courage.

Now it was Saint's turn to look shocked. He wasn't sure if he was ready to address the girlfriend/boyfriend part of the questions but he knew he couldn't say nothing so he began carefully "Yes I've seen myself and I know my fans say I'm cute or handsome but I don't think I'm anything special... I mean I don't think I've ever been seen as boyfriend material by anyone before. Except for occasional fans but it feels like they don't see the real me, just the roles I play. What if the got to know the real me and I didn't measure up?" Saint realised he'd been sharing more than he had intended "Sorry! I went off on a tangent then! You need to talk now! What experiences have you had?"

Zee couldn't believe that Saint could be this humble. Firstly his acting was pretty amazing and secondly he could go from adorably cute bunny to sexy beast with a simple change of expression. Now he was asking about his experience? Fuck. Zee decided downing the rest of his wine was the best course of action before saying anything. "Uhh, well I've had some experience with kissing but not a whole lot to be honest..." he could feel his cheeks heating up.

Saint was sipping his wine and almost choked when Zee had made the confession. "I meant acting experience! Acting!!" He managed to say.

Well now Zee wanted the floor to swallow him. He was about to die from embarrassment and tried to hide his face but Saint gave a little laugh "Thank you for being honest though. I was worried I'd over shared earlier but now it feels like we're even!"

Zee couldn't help but smile seeing Saint happy. "Well I'm glad my embarrassment is good for something at least!" Saint refilled their glasses and said "I'll drink to that!" The clinked glasses then took a sip. "Zee, care to share anything about your acting experience?" Saint joked. Zee huffed a laugh "Actually it's pretty much the same as my kissing experience, pretty limited." He joked.

Saint loved that they could have banter like this after only knowing each other for such a short time. "I'm glad we're going to be a couple you know?" Zee's eyebrows shot up again so Saint quickly added "In the show I mean! It's just I'd just got used to working with Perth then that ended and I was worried I would struggle acting that chemistry again. But with you it doesn't feel like acting so much, like we've only just met really but I feel we have a good rapport and we can joke and uhh help me out here would you!"

Zee was too busy laughing to help at first but when he saw Saint looking panicked he managed to say "No, I know what you mean! I was so eager to meet the guy I was going to be paired with especially when I knew it was you. But you've got all this experience and I thought you'd be intimidating and hard to get along with. The longer I spend with you the more it feels like I've known you forever. What I'm trying to say is I'm glad we're going to be a couple too."

They both smiled at each other for a while, Saint could feel a tension between them. Zee felt himself leaning in closer and that was definitely his cue to leave before he ruined a perfectly lovely evening. "I should get going, we have an early start tomorrow after all."

Saint was sad but he understood
"You're right, thank you for a lovely evening, this was much more fun than watching movies alone!" He said.

Zee was really happy "I had a great time and I can't wait to spend more time together!" He headed to the door and put on his shoes. "See you in the morning." Saint walked him out a little. "Me too, good night Zee."

Zee waved then walked away towards the road he felt like jumping up and down he was so happy.

Saint closed the door behind him and collapsed back against it. Tonight had been so amazing and he couldn't wait for tomorrow...