From the second his manager had mentioned he would be working with Saint, Zee had been what can only be described as fan girling. He was a huge fan of Love by Chance and especially Saint. He was such a good actor and from his twitter he seemed like he was a really nice guy. Plus he was really handsome too. Not that Zee had a crush, he told himself, just that he could admit when a guy was handsome, that was it.
When he found out they would play one of the main couples he almost had a heart attack. They would act as a couple which meant they would have to touch and kiss each other Zee's brain helpfully provided him with flashes of images of what that would be like. When it was announced they would have an official meeting before the workshops began, Zee might have panicked a little. Ok maybe a lot. He spent ages trying on shirts and changing his hair, trying his hardest to make a good first impression. They would be working together after all and he was a professional.
When they all arrived Zee kept his distance for a little while when he saw Saint his heart did a little flip. Then he spoke "Hi! I'm Saint, it's nice to meet you all. Thank you for having me and I look forward to working with all of you." and Zee had to take a step back to compose himself. He let everyone else introduce themselves first Poppy, Max, Park, Mark said their hellos and finally it was Zee's turn. "Nice to meet you Saint! My name is Zee, I'm a big fan of your work, you're so talented. I can't wait to learn from you! I promise I'll do my best!" Zee could kick himself. He sounded like a blushing school girl with a crush.
He watched as Saint's ears turning red and he licked his lips. Zee hoped he hadn't made Saint embarrassed and was relieved when he answered "Oh, I think you're being too kind! I'm not that good, I'm sure we can learn a lot from each other!" Then Saint playfully punched him on the shoulder. Zee huffed a laugh grateful that Saint was being so nice and also sort of happy he was comfortable enough to play fight with him. He rubbed the back of his head feeling shy at his own thoughts. Saint looked amazing in person, like even better than in the photos or videos Zee had seen. He couldn't stop stealing glances at Saint and was beginning to think that maybe, just maybe, he had a teeny tiny crush on him.
The whole group decided to go out for food after the official part was over which was great as it meant Zee could spend more time with Saint. Ok so perhaps it was a tiny crush. What Zee didn't count on was how chatty everyone was, he barely got to speak to Saint and when he did someone else always butted in or interrupted. When they had all finished eating they said their goodbyes, Zee was feeling a little put out. He wanted to spend more time with Saint and get to know him better.
Before he realised what he was doing he had followed Saint towards his car. As Saint removed his keys Zee put his hand on his shoulder and said his name. Then he completely froze. He had no idea what to say if he told Saint he wanted to spend more time with him he would sound like a weirdo or worse a stalker.
Saint turned to face and said "Hey Zee are you ok?" Zee was rubbing the back of his neck again trying to string together a sentence. Finally he managedto say "Yeah, I was just... I mean....I was wondering if you weren't too busy, would you like to have a chat just the two of us? About the show I mean, like how you see out characters and it's fine if you're busy, you've probably got lots of things to do... I'll just leave you to it... Sorry for bothering you...."
He was turning to leave, congratulating himself on the stupidest thing that had ever come out of his mouth when Saint said "I'm not busy, I was just heading back to my place to watch a movie or something. Would you like to join me? We can look over the novel together and put our heads together?"
Zee's brain took a second to process what had been said, then another second to attempt to come up with a reply "Yes! I mean, if you're sure? You don't have to invite me over if you'd rather just chill out."
Zee knew Saint was probably just being nice because they were going to work together but he was going to take every opportunity he got to spend time with Saint. Saint climbed into the drivers seat and said "I wouldn't have offered if I minded, come on jump in so we can get going."
As Zee walked to the other side of the car he tried his best not to punch the air with joy. Saint put some music on and they both hummed along to some of the songs as they drove to Saint's home.
By the time they reached the front door Zee was a ball of excitement. He watched Saint go in and remove his shoes then when invited in he did the same. He knew tonight was going to be so much fun if he could just not act like a total idiot and ruin it. He took a deep breath to calm himself and followed Saint inside.