Howie Being Forced to Relax by a Bunch of Gay Teenagers

Taped To a Recliner

The sleepover had come and gone, they ate snacks, told stories, and watched Ocean's Eight because Giovanni INSISTED that it was the first in the series. Unsurprisingly, it was not. Eventually, they all fell asleep. Giovanni had dozed off with his head on Crushers chest. Crusher had his arms around Giovanni's waist. Ben had curled up with his lego pig, Car Crash was spread out in a starfish like formation, Darkstar was leaned against Molly's bed, Spike was hanging from Molly's swivel chair like a bat, flamethrower was passed out in front of the TV, Bryce was curled up in a ball in the corner to the right of the TV and Molly slept on her bed normally.

Soon, day came and they each woke up. The first two were Bryce and Molly, then Giovanni and Ben, followed by Flamethrower and Spike, then Crusher and Car Crash were the last two. They all made their way to the entrance of the toy store.
"Okay guys," Molly Began. "You guys need to stay hidden, when I'm ready for you guys to get Howie I'll give you this signal." She showed a peace sign behind her back. All the boys and Bryce nodded. "Okay, I don't know how long it'll take though..." Molly sighed and sat down at the cash register. "So feel free to get snacks and do whatever. Just don't break anything." She sighed once more.
"I'll go make breakfast!" Giovanni yelled as he walked to the kitchen.
"I-I'll help.." Bryce followed.
"Thank you guys!" Molly called out to the two.
Bryce smiled and nodded while Giovanni shouted: "YOU'RE WELCOME BEARTRAP!" Which made Bryce jump in fear before continuing to follow.
A few customers came in, one was a kind old woman who was getting some super hero action figures for her grandson and the other was a single father and his daughter. They got some squishy toys. After that, Molly went on a short break to have breakfast with the boys and Bryce.
"The omelets may be a bit burned, but that just adds a smokey flavor!" Giovanni smiled while Bryce served everyone the omelets. Everyone got really nice omelets, some of which slightly burned. But Bryce saved an omelet that was completely burned to a crisp for himself.
"Bryce, why are you eating that one?" Giovanni asked.
"I...This was the one I messed up, so I might as well eat it.." He said, managing to swallow a bite of the omelet that probably turned to ash in his mouth.
"I'm gonna make you another one, you don't deserve to eat cremated eggs." Bryce snickered. "It's not cremated, sir..It was only an accident.."
"You might have messed up that one, but you kept me from burning the rest!" Giovanni smiled as he made another omelet.
"Yeah Bryce, go ahead and throw that one out." Molly chimed in.
"A-Are you sure..? I wouldn't want to waste food."
"It's only a couple eggs, it's fine." Molly replied. Bryce seemed a bit begrudging. So Molly walked over, took the plate, and scraped it into the garbage. "There, easy as that." She smiled and put the dish in the sink while Giovanni put the progressively less burned and overall better omelet in front of Bryce.
"Sit and eat." Giovanni took one hand and gently forced Bryce back into his seat. "O-Oh..Thank you.."

Everyone continued to eat and talk among themselves, but Bryce stayed quiet and just ate..He seemed disassociated. So Molly decided to text him under the table.

Bryce 🐝🍯
Molly: Hey..you okay?

Bryce jumped up when his phone buzzed, he quickly checked it in fear before his expression relaxed, realizing it was Molly.

Bryce 🐝🍯
Bryce: Yeah! I'm fine! Why?
Molly: You were completely spaced out, I was just worried.
Bryce: I...guess I do feel a bit bad about what we're doing to Howie..He kept me off the streets, and now I'm 'adultnapping' him
Molly: Pfft, you call it that too?
Bryce: Adultnapping?
Molly: Yeah
Bryce: Huh, guess so.
Molly: Well, remember that we're doing this to help him!!
Bryce: Right...Thank you, Molly.
Molly: No problem!

Bryce and Molly put their phones down and continued to do their things. And Molly even managed to drag Bryce into a conversation with Spike. She won the fight with the goose. "Oh also! Bryce." Spike took a piece of cloth out her pocket. "I've got a job for you. You should put the blindfold over Howie's eyes." She handed the cloth to him.
He squeaked in surprise. "Blindfold him?" He stared down at it. "Well, if Howie tries to hurt us we should blindfold him so he can't see what he's doing and stop!" She explained.
"I...Guess I could do that.." He stuffed the blindfold in his pocket.

Once they all finished breakfast, Molly sat back down at the register and waited for either a customer or Howie. And wouldn't you know it, Howie came in just a few minutes after. "Hey, Molly...Why are you working the register?" He coughed after asking Molly the question.
She thought of a quick lie so this wouldn't escalate into something else: "Oh, my Dad is a bit sick right now and my sister is drained of her stamina after the mishap."
"Ah, I see. It's a great quality to develop a good work ethic."
"Yeah.." She lied, he wasn't entirely wrong. But his work ethic was working himself sick so...
"Anyways, wheres the hole?" He asked.
Molly walked forward "It's right..." She put the peace sign against her back, signaling everyone to attack! "ATTACK!!" Giovanni and his boys, followed by Bryce ran forward and began basically dogpiling on Howie. "GAH! MOLLY! RUN SO YOU DON'T GET HURT!" He had no clue that Molly was in on this as he swung himself around like a bear in a beehive trying to shake off the Banzai Blasters. He managed to send Ben and Car Crash to the floor, but the other four stayed standing. Albeit they were coming close to falling off this human bull ride. "GAH!" Spike jumped onto Howie as if she wanted a piggy back ride, which pulled him back. "HONEYBEE BOY! OR UH...BRYCE! BRYCE!" Spike yelled out. "BRYCE?" Howie yelled. "BRYCE WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" He tried to get over to him, but Crusher managed to push him back.
"BLINDFOLD!" Spike yelled as Giovanni pulled him back. "BLINDFOLDDDD!"
Bryce rushed over, taking the blindfold out of his pocket.
"I'm sorry Boss.." He whispered before putting it on and quickly tying it. "NO! LET ME GO! WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO THESE TWO?" Howie began to kick and shake. Which ended with Giovanni hitting the wall. "FRICK!" He yelled, rubbing the back of his head in pain. Car Crash and Ben had finally managed to get back up and start helping. "TO THE LIVING ROOM!" Giovanni yelled after finally managing to dizzily stand up. "WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO TO ME?!" He continued to kick and yell. The Banzai Blasters only began to laugh as they all worked together to bring Howie to the living room.

Once they got there, Molly and Bryce together managed to push him onto the recliner. The Minions worked together to keep him down while Giovanni and Bryce grabbed tape. The two then ran around the recliner as fast as they could to tie him up with roughly ten layers of tape. And then, they were finished. "NGH!! AGH! LET ME GO!" He squirmed angrily and tried to move to the best of his abilities.
Giovanni reached over and carefully took off the blindfolds. And wasn't surprised to see Howie's angry gaze.
"WHAT DO YOU WANT?" He snapped loudly. "WHAT DID YOU DO TO MOLLY AND BRYCE?" He attempted to move his arms. "Well..." Molly stepped forward. "We all noticed how you were starting to get sick..So we decided to plan a..Howie Heist..to help you relax.." Molly piped up awkwardly.
He rolled his eyes and growled angrily.
"I don't need a bre-" He coughed aggressively for moment. "Don't need a-" he continued coughing. "I-" more coughing. "I don't need a break!" He finally said.
"Boss.." Bryce stepped forward, took off his hardhat a bowed. "With all do respect, you are very clearly sick. I'm honestly very worried..That's the only reason I helped." He whispered the last sentence, but Howie still heard him. With that, his expression of anger softened into a look of sadness. "I..I'm sorry Bryce.." He muttered, looking away. Bryce didn't respond, he just looked down with guilt. "Okay so..What should we do first now that out Howie Heist is complete?" Giovanni asked.
"How about for starters you take this tape off of me?" Howie asked coldly.
"Anything...but that?" Giovanni added a tad bit awkwardly.
"Oh oh oh!" Spike chimed in. "We can watch ocean's eleven! Since you made us watch ocean's eight."
Giovanni rolled his eyes indignantly. "Fine! We can watch ocean's eleven! But it's not my fault the titles are weird!"
"It's fine boss! I'll put on the movie."
"Did I really need to be taped up for this?" Howie growled.
"Maaaybe that wasn't my best idea.." Molly said. "But I have an idea! Since Giovanni and Bryce did ten layers of tape, one thing you do to relax will get one layer of tape torn off. So you only have to do ten things at most." Molly smiled.
"Fine.. Let's just watch this stupid movie."