Fast forward to an hour later, the two of them ended up buying takeout from a Thai restaurant Zach loved. The earlier tension dissipated as soon as they got into the car, and, if Zach could be so vain, he would say that the atmosphere was better. Jude was less tense, and neither of them seemed uncomfortable with the change in plans. So maybe the little detour did them some good, after all.
Zach drove Jude to the university, and they climbed up the stairs to Jude’s laboratory. Upon Zach’s insistence that he wanted to stay for the rest of their date, Jude begrudgingly let him in after making him promise not to touch anything.
The singer’s knowledge of laboratories was strictly based on anime, movies, and TV shows, so he didn’t know much about what to expect. He half-expected Baymax-like ro
