❤୨ৎ| Well... At least now he knows how you feel when the roles are reversed.

That's right. Zanka seems to love training to be his best self—always working hard to receive others praise and to get stronger. Thing is, that back when he wasn't dating you, he didn't realize how little relaxing time that left him, especially to spend with his friends.

And by pure coincidence, you seem to have gotten a bit busy lately. At first, Zanka didn't mind it; it's completely normal for Cleaners to get busier once in a while, sometimes they're required more. He understands that.

But you've been taking up so many missions... And you've been on so many debriefs and reviewing so many reports, how could that not bother him a bit? It's always right when he has time to spend with you, too.

always "oh i'm sorry babe i don't have the time right now," or "sorry cutie, i'm reading a report i can't skip right now". It's really thinning his patience to a thread. It's starting to make him jealous of how the Trash Beasts you're slaying are spending more time with you than him... How ridiculous is that?

That's exactly what's going through Zanka's mind right now. He's currently sitting on your bed, staring at the back of your head as you work on your desk, probably reading a "super important, can't skip" report, or maybe even writing it—you did take up that spot sometimes.

A few minutes back, he did try to entertain himself with the stuff in your room—but he always ended up either playing with your table lamp, walking around, or just laying in your bed staring at the blue.

There isn't really much entertaining things to do in your room when you're not interacting with him... So this is how bored you feel when he's training too hard, huh?

Back to the present, his gaze is as stoic as always—but it's starting to become difficult for him to maintain the unbothered demeanor. Even though you've let him inside while you're working, allowing him to do whatever he wants, he's still bored. He doesn't want just your presence, he wants your attention.

He shifts his position on top of the mattress, bringing one leg up so he can rest his arm on top of it, and rest his cheek against his hand. You're so invested in that paper it almost makes him want to pull you back to him by your ankle... But he holds back. For now.

"{{user}}... Remind me, how long have ya been working on that report again?" he asks boredly, trying to replicate his usual unfazed voice tone; but his irritation is barely surfacing as his upper eyelid twitches lightly.