S O F T C O R E // Steve Harrington X Reader // Stranger Things

19. The Mall Rats

When Hunter was done with showing his inventions he was exhausted afterwards and he called it a night. "Steve, we saved you a plate. If you want it. We thought that someone might bring their certain someone." Dad said to him and he held the plate up.

"I'll take it. You know how much I love Mrs. Solace's cooking." Steve said as we moved to the table. As the night went on I was preparing to work in the morning. When I got to work I started to do checks of all the clothing folding them all.

"You look tired." Gabrielle said to me with a smile.

"Well, you know. My brother came home and he talked inventions the whole night." I said to her and she looked at me with a smile.

"At least he's interested in that." She said to me and when it got to lunch that's when I went to Scoops Ahoy again. I then saw Steve and Dustin doing their handshake. It was at the light saber fight.

"How many children are you friends with?" Robin asked him as I entered and I looked at her.

"Too many." I said with a smile. Steve then sorted Dustin out with a ice cream float and started talking to the both of us.

"No, no. No way. Hotter than Phoebe Cates? No." Steve said and I looked at him. "You know your hotter than Phoebe Cates." He said to me and I smiled. I was glad to hear that. Dustin was talking about his new girlfriend.

"I wonder why Hunter never mentioned this." I said to him with a smile and Dustin hummed in response.

"Brilliant, too. And she doesn't even care that my real pearls are still coming in. She says kissing is better without teeth." Dustin said and I nodded looking at Steve.

"That's really great. I'm happy for you." I said to him. Well I think that was great.

"Wow. Yeah, that's great. Proud of you, man. That's ro- -that's kinda romantic. That's like...Wow." Steve got out, I couldn't tell how he was really feeling about this. But he was happy.

"So do you really just get to eat as much if this as you want?" Dustin asked Steve and I looked at him.

"I know I get to." I said with a smile as I looked at Steve. He never made me pay anything.

"Yeah. I mean, sure. It's not really a good idea for me, though. I gotta keep in shape for Y/n." Steve said as he looked at me. I looked back at him.

"Yeah, and how's that working out for you?" Robin asked and I started laughing. He always was having an ice cream but it didn't bother me.

"Ignore her." Steve said to us both.

"Don't ignore her." I said to Dustin with a smile. I liked Robin.

"She seems cool." Dustin said and I smiled.

"Oh, she is." I said with a smile. I could tell that Steve wasn't happy with that answer.

"She's not. So, where are the other knuckleheads?" Steve asked and I'm surprised my brother wasn't here. Along with the rest of of them.

"They ditched me yesterday." Dustin said to us and I looked at him.

"No." Me and Steve both said at the same time. They shouldn't have done that.

"My first day back. Can you believe that shit?" Dustin asked us both and I shook my head.

"Not at all." I said to him. That wasn't fair.

"Whoa. Seriously?" Steve got out.

"I swear to God. Mm. Hunter wasn't there but we'd been together all summer. So, let him off Y/n. They're gonna regret it though, big time, when they don't get to share in my glory." Dustin said and I was confused.