Will exhaled and peaked through the Apple store window. "They're talking to the manager now" he notified the rest of his friends. "You guys need to get a life" James told them, walking past them with an ice cream cone in hand.
Mark frowned, "He's right." "No!" Will flinched at his own loud voice. "No" he repeated in a whisper. Ash sighed and rolled his eyes. He smirked at Joe and pointed at Wilbur. Joe chuckled.
"They're coming!" Will whisper shouted. The all turned and faced the wall. Y/n walked past them unknowingly.
"Let go" Joe whispered. They all shuffled into the Apple store single filed. Wilbur and Joe went to the front desk while Ash and Mark wandered around the store.
"Hey, um, you know the person who just barely came in here for a resume? Well, you shouldn't hire them" Wilbur said. "Yup. Don't hire them" Joe agreed. "Well, why Is that?" the girl at the front desk asked, looking slightly concerned.
Will looked at Joe for help. "Well...they...um, they aren't very nice" Joe lied. "That's right! They are not very polite" Will said. "And not very bright either" Joe added in a hushed tone.
The girl at the front desk looked at them with a dumbfounded expression. "Um, but when they came in for an interview, they seemed so nice." "Listen, Molly? Is it?" Will questioned. The girl looked down at her name tag that read 'Alice'. "Alice" she corrected him. "Right, Alice...you see they are very nice and polite and charming when you first meet them but when they get comfortable with you-" "Heaven forbid" Joe added in his own comment with what Will was saying.
Wilbur nodded, "Yeah. They slack so much." "Oh, so very much" Joe added. "Never seen such a slaker in my life" Will said. "A sloth looks like an everyday working citizen compared to them!" Joe exclaimed.
The worker, Alice, stared at them. Her lips pressed into a line. "Um, okay...and who are you to make this claim?" she asked the two as she went onto the computer on the desk. "Boyfriend" Joe and Will said at the same time. They glared at each other. "I'm their boyfriend" the two said in unison.
Wilbur cleared his throat while Joe tried to figure out how to clear the air. "We're together. All three of us" Joe lied through his teeth. Will's face heated up. It was very embracing and pointless to lie about something like that!
"You're poly?" Alice questioned. "Yes. Very...um-" "All five of us" Mark added in, patting Wilbur on the back. "Five?" Alice got confused. Mark turned around and pointed to Ash who looked at the group, smiled, and waved. Will, Joe, and Mark turned and stared at Alice, praying she believed their lie.
"Ah, I see um, so-" "Excuse me...are you guys in Lovejoy?" a voice asked them. Wilbur was downright mortified. He prayed that the fan didn't hear them ranting about how they're all in a relationship.
"Yes, we are" Mark didn't seem worried at all, in fact he had a massive smile on his face. "Can I get a photo with you guys?" they asked the group. "Of course!" Mark exclaimed. Ash must've heard that and wandered over to his friends.
They took the photo with the fan. "Thank you so much!" they thanked the band. "Yeah, anytime" Will said, giving the fan a big smile.
"Also, did I over hear that you lot are polyamorous?" the fan asked. Wilbur was mortified, Joe stared at Alice hoping she wouldn't catch on, Mark stared at Wilbur for help, and Ash was slowly backing away back to the iPad area.
"I... I don't know what to say" Will admitted. "Oh, it's okay!" the fan said, smiling at him. Will gave them a weak smile and the fan walked away.
Mark and Joe walked away, both wanting to leave the mall entirely. Will stared at Alice. Alice perked up, she could've sworn Wilbur was staring into her soul and was disgusted by everything ah had ever done in her life up to this point. "Please, do not hire Y/n L/n, okay?" "Uh-okay." Alice agreed, slowly nodding.
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"I don't know how we're going to survive the next store" Joe mumbled. 'You're the one who told fucking Alice that we're polyamorous!" Wilbur exclaimed. "Awe, come on, Will. It's not that bad-" "And why did you decide to make matters worse by throwing yourself and Ash into the mix!" Will questioned. "I thought it was funny" Mark admitted. Ash attempted to hold in a laugh but failed miserably.
"What store did Y/n walk into next?" Will asked his friends. "I think Claires" Ash said. "Claires it is" Will said in a hefty sigh.
"I don't think I feel comfortable in Claires. Actually, let me rephrase, I don't think people around us will be comfortable with four grown men walking into a store designed for 12-year-old girls" Joe said. "What? We'll just say we're poly again" Wilbur said with a grin.
Ash stared at Will, concerned. "You're warming up to the lie?" Mark questioned. "We're already this deep in the lie so, why not?"
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Wilbur exhaled and slumped on his couch. Just then, Y/n came in. "Welcome back" Will said. "Woah, you look like you just went through hell, are you okay?" Y/n asked him. "I just got back" Will grumbled, grabbing a nearby throw pillow on the couch and shoved it in his face.
"Maybe right now isn't the best time to bring this up then..." Y/n mumbled. Will snapped upwards, the pillow falling to the hardwood floor. "Tell me what? What's going on?" Wilbur asked them.
"You should look at Twitter. Everyone think that you, Mark, Joe, and Ash are dating for some reason" Y/n said. Will smiled at Y/n and chuckled, "Don't worry about it. Joe will say something and it'll all go away" Wilbur said.
Y/n nodded, "Yeah, you're right." They sat down on the couch next to Wilbur. "So, how was job hunting?" Will asked them.
"It went well! I applied for the Apple store in the mall, I think they really liked me" Y/n said. Will exhaled a breath he didn't know he was holding. "Well, I hope it goes well" he lied.
A/N: I do not support Ash x Wilbur x Mark x Joe but I do however support poly people! If you think that this chapter offend people who are polyamorous, please tell me! I want this fanfic to be a safe place for everyone no matter what. That's actually the main reason why I made this book in the first place. Love yall so much!
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