Merlin's breathing was still quick and shallow as though he'd just stopped running and hadn't quite caught his breath back yet. He wondered if Zach was going for another kiss and he didn't know if he was going to handle it well without an answer first.
Luckily, Zach proved his assumptions wrong again.
He reddened a little at the memory of their dates before now, but it wasn't as though he'd experienced anything that would have made him think otherwise - he people had let him down before but he could always trust his visions.
"Okay." he said softly, then followed it up with a quick, "about the dates." He wasn't sure about the kisses yet. "About the kisses... I... just... can we take it slow?" he asked. If Zach had a problem with that then Merlin couldn't hang about.