Justin was grateful that Zacharias didn't seem to get in on the whole teasing thing and he sighed. "Exactly. It's not because I'm, " he made a gesture towards Zacharias to emphasize exactly what the other man had said. "appreciative of his physique that I'm interested romantically." He told Gemma softly.
"And this," He held up the book. "Is not real life and it is in no way how I would like it to be."
Then Justin blushed and sighed. "And romance isn't dead it's just.. not something I need right now." Which was kind of a lie, but Gemma wasn't part of his close cercle and didn't need to know that.