Chapter 146 - One Dance, A Dozen Deaths (1/2)

”This again?” Leo asked, groaning.

”I don't see why you are opposed to it brother. It's great income,” Lessa tried to convince her brother, but he seemed hesitant. Looking around, Leo saw that Laz was looking on as though somewhat interested and figured he would ask his opinion.

”Laz. What do you think?”

”About...?”

”Having a night dedicated to the LGBT community?”

”Why not? Money is money. The more customers you have the more money you make. Why not cater to a larger crowd? You have a couple nights during the week were you don't have anything going on right?” Laz didn't know what was happening as it seemed like Leo had some concerns he wasn't voicing.

”Yes...” Leo responded.

”Then?” Laz asked back. It seemed like a simple thing to him. Lessa was also looking on with a smile. She liked how the young man Laz didn't show any hesitation in agreeing. She even caught him sneaking a few looks at her, although she didn't point it out. Lessa was actually a bit surprised by Laz in general. She knew what her brother had meant when he said Laz was ranked, but it was clear to her that not only was Laz young, but he also seemed to be a bit innocent. It wasn't like trans genders were a rare thing these days.

In truth, Laz was looking at Lessa in wonder. He totally had thought she was actually a rather attractive woman when she had walked past earlier, not even once thinking she might have been born a man. Looking closely, Laz couldn't help but appreciate her ability to use makeup, style hair, and even dress in a way that was super flattering. Although Laz sometimes got fashion advice from Vivi, that was still based entirely on her preference. Laz had a bit of curiosity towards learning how to use makeup and dress to dupe others and hide his appearance. So he couldn't help but look closely as Lessa in praise and wonder if he could get her to teach him a few things.

Leo, seeing Laz take more than one or two glances at Lessa, was hesitant to voice out his opinion for fear of offending his brother. It wasn't as though Lessa was sensitive or anything, it was that she could be super scary when she got angry. He finally tried to divert the conversation by point out Laz's starring.

”Is this the first time you've met a trans before Laz?”

”No.”

”Then why do you keep starring honey. You're making this girl a little hot under the collar,” Lessa finished up since Leo had already pointed it out.

”I'm just admiring your makeup and style choices.”

”Um...?”

”Oh?”

”Yeah. If i didn't look closely enough at your bone structure, there is no way I could tell that you were anything but an attractive woman,” Laz said in appreciation. Laz hadn't grown up with people with prejudices so he himself didn't have any. To him, a person is whoever a person wishes to be. Who is he to judge? Due to that, he just answered the question head on without thinking too much.

Leo and Lessa both gave him a strange look. Leo had accepted his brother a long time ago, despite the fact that their dad had cut off ties with her. He had met lots of people like his dad who wouldn't be able to deal with the kind of person his brother was, including some of his own staff. That why he was surprised by the way Laz acted like it was no big deal. Maybe all of the people who are ranked by the family have this kind of attitude?

As for Lessa's thoughts, she was confused. She wasn't sure if the young man was complimenting her or what he meant. It sounded like he was, but then also pointing out her gender at the same time seemed to lead to a conflicting message. So she couldn't help but look at him and try to figure it out.

Seeing them both give Laz a weird look, Laz took a moment to think about what he said before feeling a bit embarrassed.

”Ok. What I mean is that I would love to learn about makeup and styling from you, for disguise purposes.”

”Oh!”

”Ah!”

Both Lessa and Leo finally understood Laz's interest. They both had thoughts on what he would need to use that for, but it would make sense that someone who needed to go around undetected would benefit from learning how to use makeup and wigs corrected. Lessa couldn't help but smile at Laz's honesty.

”I would be happy to show you sometime darling. You're pretty cute after all,” was Lessa response back.

”But back to my original question...” Lessa turned her head back to Leo. Leo knew he had no choice and decided to just be straightforward like Laz.

”It's not that I don't want to, but I don't want to limit the club by turning it into a place for only LGBT customers...” Although Leo tried to be straightforward, he also tried to be gentle. Sadly for him, Lessa took offense to that.

”So you think that would be a bad thing?” Lessa said while starting to get angry.

Laz could only laugh at Leo's answer, causing both of them to look at him.

”What?” Leo asked.

”Have you looked at your normal crowd down there?” Laz asked while still chuckling.

”What about them?” Leo asked while looking at the lower floor. At some point in the conversation, Leo's eye candy had walked away, leaving them to talk alone. The other patrons on the top floor had been involved in their own things so it was basically just the three of them conversing.