Welcome back! I'm assuming if you are reading this then you enjoyed the 1st chapter, so I hope this 2nd one fulfills your expectations. there is another a/n at the end of this chapter so stay tuned for that.

WARNING! this chapter does include mentions of alcohol, and consumption of alcohol, as well as mentions of underage drinking. If you do not like this please skip this chapter, or look for another story.

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As the ringing noise of a bell surrounded the small store, a girl appeared from one of the many isles lined with alcohol.

"Hello, welcome to Swap, how can I help you?"

Closing the door behind her a teen named Leiskl walks toward the girl, keeping their distance but being close enough to hear them. Bright red hair curled around tan collarbones, their bangs tucked into a blue cap. Blinking, she waited for her eyes to adjust to the dim lights of the store. Stuffing her hands into her large grey pockets Leiskl looked around the store for a moment.

"Um, hey...do you have any..uh..Coconut......rum?"

The girl looks at Leiskl for a second before answering."Yeah, it's over here." She said, waving Leiskl over. Smiling, they hurry over towards the girl. Once in close proximity Leiskl took the chance to analyze the girl. She had dark turquoise hair tied in a messy bun, her chocolate brown roots peaking through, eyeliner messily applied to her face, and dark maple lipstick outlining her lips. A birth mark was placed right under her right eye, 2 piercings proudly on display near her left eyebrow. What caught Lei's eye however, were the brightly colored Walmart hair clips keeping any stray hairs away.

Matching her makeup, she wore a black fishnet crop top paired with red plaid pants, a black belt looped with chains, large combat boots, and a black chocker. And to top it all off a small name tag was pinned to her shirt, '𝙻𝚢𝚌𝚒𝚊 𝚇𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚘' written in fine print.

Sadly, Lycia caught Lei's stare, and returned it with a smirk. Flustered, Leiskl looked the other way, only one thought coming to their head.

'Holy shit, they're hot.'

Suddenly Leiskl felt embarrassed for their choice of clothes. They wore a large grey hoodie, some ripped jeans, a pair of old vans, and a Florida Gators hat they had stolen a few years back (it's a long story).

"here you are. The coconut rum should be down in the back, unless you want me to come with."

Lycia said, sending a sly wink in Leiskl's direction. Interrupted in their thought process, Leiskl took a moment to fully comprehend what Lycia had just told them.

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Bright red blush exploded around their cheeks, putting their red hair to shame.

"I, uh...um...yeah, wait-no, I mean, um your really hot- uh I mean, THANKS!"

Panicking, Leiskl rushed down the aisle, embarrassment sending them into a frenzy.

'what the hell was that?! why would you say that you dumbass?!'

Yelling at themself in their head, Leiskl scanned the shelves for the coconut rum that had gotten them into this situation. Flustered, embarrassed, and angered at themself, Leiskl walked back up the aisle and towards the register where none other than Lycia was waiting.

Locking eyes with Lycia, Leiskl felt embarrassment wash over her in heavy waves. Panicked, Leiskl pushed the glass bottle underneath the plastic wall separating them.

"I-uh, sorry, uh, about, well... that. Not that you're not hot! Your actually really pleasing to look at, and I really think your hot, clearly, and pretty, and my type, I'm not trying to hit on you! Well I could if you wanted me to, oh god I sound like a creep. I... should probably stop now....sorry..."

What started as a simple apology turned into a full on ramble about how the girl in front of them was hot. If Leiskl wasn't embarrassed before, then she definitely was now. Stuffing their face into their hands, Lei found that the itchy fabric of his large hoodie was probably better than having to face Lycia.

Lycia however found this cute, and decided that maybe this random (cute as hell) customer would be a nice change from all the bozos that she had dated before.

Deciding to fuck it all, Lycia quickly scribbled her number on a sticky note, smacked it onto the bottle of coconut rum placed it into a plastic bag and pushed it back to the pretty stranger.

"Here pretty stranger, have a good day. And try not to stress out, I don't mind you calling me hot"

Grabbing the bag from Lycia's hands, Leiskl noticed the small scars that jutted through Lycia's pretty fingers (seriously, was everything about this girl pretty?), but paid it no mind. Grabbing all their things, Leiskl hurried out the door, but not before saying goodbye to the hot girl, and they definitely didn't call them a hottie when they left, nope not him.

Once Leiskl was outside of the store however, she let everything from the past few moments resurface in her brain. Choking in embarrassment, Leiskl hurriedly entered the backseat of a maroon red convertible. Fucking it all, Leiskl pulled out the bottle of rum, about to pop it open and stop her gay panic from getting worse, when an orange sticky note caught her attention. Pealing it off the bottle, Leiskl studied the small writing scribbled messily with a blue pen.

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| ｘｘｘ－ｘｘｘ－ｘｘｘｘ ↴

| 𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓂𝑒 ♥ |

p.s, that was cute as hell

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Realizing that it was the hot girls number Leiskl exploded in happiness. Placing the bottle securely on the seat next to him, Leiskl smiled, the orange sticky note clutched tightly near his heart.

This of course confused the crap out of the two teens in the front, but they both decided to question him about it on a later date. This didn't mean she was let off the hook, oh no, Leiskl was in for one hell of an interrogation from both Akira and [m/n], especially about the orange sticky note clutched tightly in their hand, numbers smudged onto their wrist. Glancing at each other, Akira started the car, both [m/n] and Akira smirking in delight as they realized that Leiskl was finally going out.

Laughing outloud, [m/n] connected his phone to the aux cord, already planning out what Leiskl was going to wear on her date. Meanwhile Akira watched [m/n] with a look of longing, the light of the sunset framing [m/n]'s face beautifully, only making him fall in love even more. Maybe one day Akira will get the courage to say what he's always wanted to say, but the moment is not now, and Akira is fine with the platonic bliss that he shares with [m/n]. One day, yes, but not now, not for a while.

At least that's what he thought.

ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴜᴇᴅ...

edit: I have decided what I will do with Lycia and Lekisl's relationship, and, well I don't think you'll like me too much afterwards.

Anyways, thank you all for reading!

your author,

𝐌𝐱.𝐍𝐚𝐩