ashtray - euphoria (toxic)

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after walking around for awhile you see a store, and a guy with ginger hair standing out the front smoking.

you walk up to him
'hey, whats your name' you ask him
'fezco.' he replies plainly
'oh okay, cool, um.. lexi told me about you' you stutter
'oh yk my girl lexi?' he looks slightly surprised
'uh yeah, i'm living with her' you reply
'no shittt' fezco replied, still looking a bit surprised
'so this is your store?' you ask looking at the little convenience store
'yeahh' he drags out
'cool cool' you say walking inside
'anything you were after?' he asks sitting on the counter
'not really, the girls are at school and lexi told me to come down here, just to chill. if thats okay with you' you say looking at fez
he turns his head towards you
'yeah ion got much goin on so thats allg' he says

just as fez finishes talking, you turn around to the sound of a door opening, and see a boy, with two face tattoos

'oh this my boy ashtray' fez says looking at him

'how old did you say you were?' fez asks you

'oh im 15' you say with a short smile

'shii fr? ash is 16, y'all could be mates' fez suggests

ashtray glares at you, then looks back at fez

'hey' you say

'wasgood' he says, not looking at you

'im y/n' you say

'ash' he replies, looking at you for a second and then walking away

'ash stop being rude'  fez says raising his voice

ashtray just ignores him and goes back into his little freezer area

'he's cute' you say

'don't tell him that' fezco warns

'he don't like none of dat cute shi' he continues

'fine, he's good looking...' you correct yourself

'go tell him that, you won't' fez laughs

'alr fine.' you say, taking up the dare and walking towards the freezer

you look back and give this a look, and he uses his hand to signal you to keep going

you knock on the door

'what' ashtray says

you open the door to see him sitting at a desk

'i jus wanted to see if maybe you wanted to hang out?' you say

'uh yeah sure' he says, his cheeks going slightly red

'okay cool' you say, sitting down on a little stool near the desk

'oh you mean right now?' ashtray says looking confused

'i mean yeah, if your down?' you say

'oh, yeah okay' he says as he packs up some random drugs sitting around

'soo.. tell me a bit about yourself' you say

'ion know, i don't have many friends, fezcos my only fam and i started dealing drugs at 11, hbu' he says

'uh i just got kicked outta home, i haven't been sober for like 2 years and i really want to smoke a j rn' you say

he looks up at you, making eye contact for a few seconds and opens his mouth to say something, then closes it

'hey i js wanted to say i think your pretty hot' you blurt out

holy fuck why did i just say that
you think to yourself