To say Minseok was surprised was an understatement - he was absolutely shocked. He knew the elder, not extremely well but he knew his name was Zen and he often visited the café to get some work done, or to just chit chat - plus, they were from the same university. Minseok liked him since he was good company, often sitting at the counter, conversing with Minseok about his day. Sometimes he forgot how lonely he felt when talking to Zen, it was nice.
But this- being asked if he would be a girl for one of the other's classes at school, Minseok was dumbfounded. He was pretty sure he looked like absolute crap - having cried himself to sleep - and then cried in his sleep - and then woke up crying - the past nights. When he finally decided to attempt to pull himself together to get himself to work - only so many days he could afford to skip work! - he had looked in the mirror this morning and was barely recognizable. His eyes were bloodshot red and puffy - in fact, his entire face was puffy and that's saying something since he's usual cheeks were already considered puffy. He knew he looked like shit, which just made him ten times more confused as to why Zen had called him pretty. Was this what Zen considered pretty?
"Are you- you're asking me to cross-dress in front of your professor- I like cross-dressing, hyung, but only in the bedroom..." He trailed off, teeth sinking into his bottom lip as he stirred the tea he had been making for a customer, glancing up at the other; he looked distressed and frustrated - and Minseok supposed that if he was in Zen's place, he would want the person he had asked to agree to...if it meant pulling up grades. Placing the cup of tea on the tray and signaling for one of co-workers to serve it, he turned back to the elder with a soft sigh - perhaps this would be a good thing for him, save for the fact that he would be humiliated forever if anyone else ever found out - hopefully this would distract him enough from all the crap that had been thrown his way in the past few days.
" Fine...but you have to bring me out for a nice dinner after, pinky promise?"