Alchemist | Katarina x Male Reader

Chapter 1: Young, Dumb, But Surely Not Broke

Another day of nose to the grindstone work for (Name) at his job. See, unlike most of his classmates, who went to go on vacation and all sorts of other things that newly indoctrinated adults do, (Name) got to work immediately. There were things that he wanted to do and he'd definitely need money to do such things.

Luckily, he got a pretty sweet job almost immediately into highschool. The owner of his favorite arcade, Orianna's Play Place, had always liked him since he'd came her as a child. Orianna had practically leaped at the idea of having one of her favorite customers as an employee.

Work was simple for (Name). He'd dispense tokens to the customers, bring out the food they served in the building, clean up any messes, and to make sure the place was sanitary. His favorite job was working the prize counter, something about telling small children that they couldn't get the Nintendo Switch with only their minuscule amount of tickets. It brought him sleep at night.

He'd be lying if he said the place didn't remind him of Five Nights at Freddy's a little bit.

"(Name)! (Name)!" A voice called from behind the aforementioned male who blinked in confusion, turning around to see his friends standing there. Sure, it was a ragtag group but they were his ragtag group. Despite him calling them ragtag, it was a pretty large group.

It was Ekko who had called him, a runt that (Name) had found in the trash... no, literally. Ekko had a tendency to run his mouth with jokes and sly comments, which could land him in sticky situations.

Sett, cool people. The guy practically knew just about everyone in their city so he could get them literally anywhere. Also makes a mean Just Dance competitor. (Name) and Sett had met during a chance encounter on a Dance Dance Revolution machine where (Name) obliterated the pink haired boy with ease.

Ezreal, a nerd that (Name) had known since pull ups. These two were as thick as thieves, always passing secrets and ideas to each other. Sometimes the two got so deep into nerd talk that some of the others get lost trying to understand them.

Seraphine, a poor girl who'd gotten lumped in with the rest of the idiots in class which resulted in them all being sent to detention. She's good natured and has a bright future unlike the rest of them. The voice of an angel but has the cruel disposition of a demon at some times.

Talon, a rich kid that didn't typically speak alot among other people but something about this group put him at ease enough to have a full conversation. His family is loaded and his parents are never home, so they typically hang at his house.

Violet, or Vi as the others called her. She's hotheaded and brash but makes up for it by keeping them all in line. Has a habit of angrily storming off but is a sucker for food so they bring her back by having (Name) cook something she likes.

Camille, a really hot but really bitchy girl who (Name) has had a few flings with. The two are on and off but things aren't ever serious. She's constantly got a stick up her admittedly nice looking ass in (Name)'s opinion.

"What up," the male questioned, passing out daps and fist bumps alike. "Not like y'all to show up to my job without like texting me first."

"We did..." Seraphine answered, raising an eyebrow at (Name).

(Name) grabbed his phone from his back pocket and checked his notifications, only to see that they had texted him before their arrival, several times...

"Okay," he started, "so maybe you did text me. What's up?" Glancing between his friends, he was wondering what had gotten them all so excited and enthused enough to come find him personally. He put the rag and spray bottle full of some random cleaning product he wouldn't remember by tomorrow down on the table behind him.