Maybe I am

Well, shit

Larry was waiting at the counter at a gas station. It was pretty late, almost 11 at night, but he still had about 3 hours ahead of his shift. It was a few days after his date. He was still happy about it happening. He was enjoying his new relationship with Steve. Not realizing. He started smiling and staring into space. "Excuse me? Are you even awake?" Larry heard someone say. He looked up to see an angry looking customer. "Sorry, how can I help you?" Larry said, quickly standing up straight. "Why are your prices so outrageously high?" The customer asked, crossing their arms. "I don't choose the price of the items" Larry said. "I just mark them as what I'm told to mark them as". "Well the prices are outrageous! I refuse to pay that much. Can you just give me a discount?" The customer said, putting their items on the counter. "I'm afraid I can't do that" Larry said. "Then just cover half of it? Come on it's simple, I'm sure you make more money than anybody else in elmore with all the jobs you have. This hurt Larry. Even with all of Larry's jobs combined, he barely made minimum wage. "Well I can't, so either pay the full price or leave" Larry said, starting to lose his patience. "Then I'm leaving" the customer said, walking out of the store, not even bothering to put their items back. Larry sighed and started to restock them. Then his phone buzzed. He went back to his counter and checked it. It was Steve. Larry quickly opened the message

Steve-Hey Larry! I was wondering if you wanted me to pick you up when your shift ended? :)

Larry-are you sure? My shift ends at 2

Steve-Yeah, why not? It's better than walking back :)

Larry-ok then. Ill text you when you can get me

Steve-Ok! See you later♥

Larry smiled. Steve was always adding hearts or smiles to his texts. It was cute. He looked at the clock. 11:17. He frowned and went back to day dreaming.

THREE HOURS LATER

Larry started closing up the store. Once he was sure the doors were locked, he pulled out his phone to text Steve.

Larry-hey, my shifts over. You can come to get me now

Steve-I'm on my way! :)

Steve-♥

Larry smiled at his screen. "Laurence!" He looked to the side. He saw Karen standing at least 10 feet away. Well shit. Guess he's dealing with this now. "It's closed, Karen. Fuck off" Larry said, looking back at his phone, hoping Steve would get here fast. "oh, I'm here to see you" Karen said, walking towards him. "I made a mistake. I love you Laurence. Can we try again?" she said, reaching for Larry's arm. He pulled it away. "No. And even if you didn't cheat, I'm seeing someone else" Larry said, backing away. "He wasn't lying?" Karen said, looking at Larry with a surprised expression. "Is it really so hard to believe that I found someone new?" Larry said, tired from dealing with idiotic customers all night, and now dealing with her. "And what do you mean 'he wasn't lying', you've only heard this from me" Larry said, forgetting about the incident at the park. "No, that cloud jackass said he was your boyfriend". Larry didn't know Steve said that. He blushed slightly. "Well that cloud 'jackass' wasn't lying" he said, doing quotation marks when he said jackass. It pissed him off that Karen said that. "I can't believe you're gay" Karen said, looking annoyed. "whats the issue? You're bi" Larry said, confused. "No, I realized it was kinda gross" she said. Larry was dumbstruck. "what the hell" Larry thought to himself. "how the fuck can she think that in elmore". His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a car. It was Steve's van. Larry sighed out of relief. He started walking over to the van before getting pulled back by his shirt. "What the hell, Karen!" Larry yelled, yanking his shirt back. Steve sprinted over after seeing what was happening. "Go hookup with your hippie jackass of a 'boyfriend' and leave me in the dirt then, Laurence. Just know nobody else is going to love you other than me" Karen said before stomping off. Larry watched her. He felt something soft grab his hand. "Come on Larry, lets go back. You hungry?" Steve said, leading Larry into the van. "yeah, sort of" Larry said, climbing into the passenger seat. "Well, I have some leftover pasta salad at home if you want any" "sounds good, Steve" Larry said, smiling at the cloud. Steve smiled back. "Don't listen to that bitch, Larry" Steve said. Larry looked at him with a shocked face. "Did you just cuss?" Larry said, starting to laugh. "Oh, holy cow, I did" Steve said, sounding just as shocked as Larry. "You're a bad influence" Steve said jokingly. "I cant believe you called someone a bitch" Larry said, laughing. "You better not say anything" "no promises, babe" Larry said, then covering his mouth. He looked at Steve, who was now turning pink and smiling. "Can I call you that?" Larry said, playing with his hands. "only if I can call you something" Steve said. "I'm thinking 'Sunshine'" Larry laughed. "My god you are such a hippie". Steve chuckled. "Get used to it, Sunshine". Larry smiled. They chatted for the rest of the drive. Once they got back, Larry went to go change into something more comfortable. When he went to get some of his clothes, he saw some he didnt recognize. Tons of tie-dyed T-shirts, some new shorts, and 3 pairs of sweatpants. "Steve, are these yours?" Larry said, pulling his cloudy boyfriend over to look at the clothes. "Nope! I went shopping today and bought you some new clothes" Larry looked at the clothes. His boyfriend spent his own money to get clothes for him. "Oh, thank you" Larry said, picking up one of the bright colored shirts and a pair of shorts. Once he was done changing he walked to where he had been sleeping on the floor. "Larry, why don't you sleep on the mattress with me tonight? The floor can't be very good for your back" Steve had looked up from the book he was reading. He patted the space on the bed next to him. Larry nervously walked over and sat. Steve put his arm around Larry. He kept readibg, now smiling more than he was before. Larry eyed his mouth. He was building up the confidence to kiss Steve on his own bed. He finally did, turning Steve's head so they were staring at eachother. Larry held him like that for a moment before connecting the gap inbetween them. Steve put down his book and kissed back. He put his arms around Larry, holding him while they kissed. Larry held his face, not letting go for anything, holding Steve like he was the last person alive on earth. Steve started to put his legs over Larry's, moving himself on top of his boyfriend. After a couple minutes, the broke the kiss to breath. Steve pulled Larry down to lay on top of him. "go ahead" Steve said. "hm?" Larry replied, confused. "Take my hairtie out, sunshine. I know you love to play with my hair" Steve said, smiling. Larry did as he was told, removing the red hair tie and running his fingers through the soft hair. After a bit of just cuddling, they fell asleep, holding eachother close.