Although it really was none of his business, Zacharias couldn't help but glance over as a woman approached and began speaking to Justin, not to mention stole his book. It wasn't like the whole thing was happening behind closed doors in some private room. No, it was right next to him, so of course he'd notice. He wouldn't be surprised if he looked around and saw half the people in the pub noticing. And, although he'd gotten better about blurting under normal circumstances, that didn't mean he'd lost his curiosity. So he watched her, at least briefly before taking another bite of pie.
Zacharias glanced up at the woman and then down at the book in his lap, secretly glad he hadn't jumped at her sitting on his table or the book falling onto him. He closed his book and picked up the romance novel, his own book replacing it on his lap. Despite the fact that he strongly suspect she was being a bitch for the sake of her own boredom, he humoured her by giving the book a once over. "Honestly, as long as he doesn't do it where I'm eating or where the food's prepared, I don't care if he takes someone in a manly fashion or is taken in a manly fashion," he said without looking up. He wouldn't admit he actually had no idea how two men could take each other in any fashion, but it wasn't really relevant just then, either.
"Here," he said, turning toward Justin and stretching out his hand to offer him his book back.