#I HAD TO IRTBHTR I HAD TO MAKE THIS INTO THIS

[zorkaya-moved]

“ i’m here for business, not pleasure. “ Yeah totally what Zeb is here for. He is totally just out to rehearse his lines with her. Mhm.

@avaere

It's not often when Zarina invites Zen to visit her place in the city without accompanying him. Once the bodyguard would let him in, it wouldn't be hard to find his way towards the living room where several voices were coming from. Two men and one woman, the latter is the one he knows oh so well. But what's going on? Well, it would be easy to hear since one of the men wasn't exactly being quiet or silent about his sounding agitation and annoyance.

The older of the Atwood brothers was irritated beyond measure as he was staring back at his boss and his younger brother. Both were rather apathetic to his words, his brother just sipping on his damned Frappuccino and the woman seemed more bored with his speech than anything else.

"You do understand that he's an actor, right? He's an actor AND he knows nothing. You're bringing a civilian in," he sounds agitated, concerned, and exasperated. It's not unusual for him to go against what Zarina does, but he saw what was going on and he was more concerned about the poor lad (in his eyes) who was getting into a bloody swamp. "Bloody hell, Zarina, I always knew you were fuckin’ nuts, but this is out of the line! You said he’s also coming HERE?”

Atwood huffed and puffed, not caring exactly how loud he sounds. Upon such bright emotional outrage, the man’s British accent was as noticeable as his tall statue. The problem lied in how he didn’t care about his choice of words and how the other two who were present in the room were not even slightly bothered by the words spoken. He felt like he was he only voice of reason in this land of madness, even his younger brother had been lost to this river of insanity all because of a the silver-haired vixen who didn’t hide her interest in the actor who goes by Zen or whose real name is Hyun Ryu. 

“And, Matt, the hell are you smirking here like that? Tell her this isn’t right.”

On the other hand, the younger brother would just smugly watch his older brother try to bring some sense into his boss’ head when he knew that there was no one aside from Zarina herself who would choose a path she’d walk. He found it comedic, really, to see Sokolova get a bit more excited about how she was waiting for that guy who is gonna come up here. The things she told them were actually cute, she almost acted like a normal woman who wasn’t neck deep in gore and ice. He thought she should have some fun before the harsh reality would settle on them all. He only hoped that Zarina won’t be disappointed if said Hyun Ryu would look at her differently if he ever learns about her career and her work. 

“Me? Oh, brother, you really are as stubborn as seven fuckin’ hells, man. Zarya’s an adult, it’s not like she’s asking you to have a threesome here,” he chuckles when he sees his brother’s eyebrow twitch and glances at Sokolova who continued to drink her smoothie in silence while watching the two men. He already got notified that the guest of honor is already in the building, he’s probably hearing his brother’s screams over here. “Better keep it cool, Derek. We’ve got a guest.” 

A knowing look crosses over the hacker’s look as he gives his older brother a face that speaks that he won’t hear anything. Derek sucks the breathe through his gritted teeth, a vein is seen to pop on his neck as he was stifling his anger. Sure, the three of them were adults who knew what they were doing, but he didn’t want a civilian to get into the life they were all leading. Not when he could die. The older Atwood was still clinging to saving some lives while Matthew just gave up on hoping for the best in humanity, his home with with this team. He’d lay his life down for Zarina, it was obvious. She gave him a purpose and gave him freedom he didn’t have before. 

“Hey, man, if ya can hear me, just walk in! We don’t bite, I swear!” Now he laughs, standing up and patting his brother’s shoulder and signaling that they needed to leave. As the Atwood brothers would go out, they would meet the actor. 

Matthew smiled and waved with his free hand: “Sorry, my brother’s a bit of a jealous guy who can’t get a girl. Zarya’s got super excited you’re coming, so have fun!” 

Derek, meanwhile, pushed his younger brother forward with a rough gruff before looking at Zen and speaking out: “Don’t get too deep without knowing enough. You’ll regret it.”

They would leave right after, bickering as per usual, until the door would close and Zarina would go to meet Hyun herself. She tossed her empty smoothie cup and crosses her hands as she leans against the door frame. 

“ My, are you here for me? ”

The reply she receives leaves her in a laughing fit, shaking her head at his comedic saying. Business and not pleasure? As if she would believe that. Not when he visited her dressed like this, her already preparing wine and dine for him and him only. It’s almost romantic, but she doesn’t mind if today they’ll just hang out. He might not be into some fun if he overheard Derek’s words, but she would get out of it as she always does. What Zen doesn’t know won’t hurt him... yet. She didn’t think it was safe to trust him with that information. If anything, somewhere on the inside, Zarina wasn’t comfortable with an idea of his presence disappearing from her life. Her attachment was more prevalent. It almost made her think she’s in love. The warmth settling in her chest was hard to ignore, so she didn’t but she wanted to be sure. 

“ If you are here for business, then I guess we can discuss said business during dinner, ” she reaches out to grasp his hand and lead him in. It was true that she was excited for Zen’s arrival today, preparing a nice dinner by hand and that’s when Derek and Matthew would come in to question why she was getting so giddy and why she was going so far for just a person who she would drop. The thing was, she didn’t want to drop him or have him leave her sight. Sokolova wanted to... spend more time, his presence gave her an idyllic sensation. Maybe he would be one to accept her? Maybe. “ I hope those two didn’t scare you too much. Atwood brothers are people I work with, they’re a part of my team. Derek’s a bit jelly of my attraction to you it seems~ ” 

With a wink over her shoulder, Zarina squeezes her hand tighter in hopes that he won’t disappear and he won’t escape. 

“ I was waiting for you to come. Did you bring the movies you wanted to watch? ‘Course you did, I can see them, but care to tell me which one you got today? I’m going to grab some glasses. ”