He drank a large sip of his second pint. After all, Fred had been there longer and had drank more than him. He had some catching up to do. But he was glad his drink was back down on the table for the second question. It wasn't so much the words - though was there a way to take them differently? - but how they were said. He hadn't expected that.
Well, that was fine with him. Maybe something had just clicked for Fred in the loo. "I do believe I promised to prove my hair color to you," Zach replied, looking back across the table, "And I'll admit, I missed you a little bit." His heart beat a bit quicker at that. It'd been a while since he'd been that bold with a bloke he was fairly certain was straight.