Zane's confidence quickly went on a rollercoaster. The blink was where things started at a pretty neutral stance. Then came the loud coughing. Zane began to worry. Did he come on too strong again? Did he freak her out? Standing still and watching as she put her lemonade away, he got a total of one word - likewise. For now, Zane smiled and nodded. "Right, good." before the awkward silence began. And in that awkward silence, Zane had plenty of time to think. Did he come on too strong? Was likewise a good response from her? Did it mean she didn't know what to say? Or maybe she already knew what to say, but didn't want to hurt his feelings by saying it? Zane's mind entered a million different thoughts as he stood there thinking, the awkward silence between the two making things worse in his mind. Thankfully his thoughts were quickly halted by Margret, who had finished up whatever have happened. His mind was given a quick bit of a break, before being somewhat soothed by Kaiser's remark and smirk. Though it was a bit confusing, Zane decided to take her advice and hurry up to go get paid.
And good advice it was. Hurrying to follow the knight, Zane became determined to get this job done so he could just go home already. It was late now, and Margret only had a few more things to do. She helped a young boy get a kitten out of a tree for one - Zane was surprised at how gracefully she handled the feline. It felt very... unlike Margret to be so good with, well, any other living being. After that, it was just some minor patrol. Nothing really noteworthy, but she most likely supposed it would look good in her report. Zane complied, knowing that the day had already been long enough - doing it a bit more was nothing compared to the intense boredom Zane and most likely Kaiser had felt all day having to follow this woman around doing the most mundane tasks possible.
And so for the third time Zane ended up in front of that building. Margret didn't really bother going in, she just had Zane and Kaiser give her the signed report and handed over the reward in exchange. "It's really late... we should be getting back to our hotel, huh?" Zane asked still somewhat awkwardly, the confession from earlier still on his mind a little bit.
Supposing Kaiser even agreed to go with him, the two would end up in the hallway near their rooms. This was probably the last chance for Zane to say anything to Kaiser before the two had to go their separate ways for the night, unless they wanted to share a room, a thought so ridiculous right now that even Zane's sometimes very imaginative mind didn't even bother thinking of. The hotel was pretty much silent, and for the most part their floor never really had any sound near it anyways. It seemed the two's rooms were in a good spot where they wouldn't have to worry about kids crying, or a couple that didn't get along very well, or a couple that got along too well. Peace and quiet. This peace and quiet wasn't something Zane wanted though. He wanted to say something.
"Hey, I know you're not much of a talker, but..." Zane said, putting his hand behind his head as he spoke. "I'm here for you if you need to talk about anything, okay? Honestly, even if you didn't want to talk about anything, I'd still want to help you out however I can." he offered his assistance, hoping it didn't seem like he was taking pity on her or anything. "Besides, after spending an entire day with that lady's nonstop attitude, I would listen to you for hours if it meant getting her voice outta my head at the very least."
Zane decided to move ahead to his door, not yet unlocking it. "And uh, sorry if everything earlier was too dramatic. But... I meant what I said." Blushing softly, he still pondered on what he actually meant. It felt like his mind didn't really understand it yet. Waiting for a second, if she didn't try to stop him or say anything else he'd most likely just head into his room and probably ponder about everything he said today for the rest of the night, until his head grew so tired and passed out at the very least.
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