Clock in || Securitywaiter

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"Hello I'm- oh, sorry," Mike had started waiting tables, but it was a little hard to hold things with the cast on his left arm, he was getting better at it though..kind of.

He picked his notepad off the floor, continuing like he wasn't embarrassed about dropping it in the first place.

After he finished waiting the table, he turned in the drink order, getting stopped by Ness on his way over to a different table.

"Hey, I know it's hard for you, I mean even without the cast, but you're doing great, I just want you to know that"
"Oh- uh, thanks"
"Here, let me fix you," Ness fixed Mike's collar and hair, smiling at him when he was finished.
"Perfect. Go on now, you have tables to tend to," he pat his back, sending him on his way.

Mike felt his cheeks grow warm, he took a deep breath to calm his rapid heartbeat, it didn't really work but he needed to keep moving, he had a job to do, Ness' compliments and gentle touch weren't going to stop him.

"Hi, I'm Mike, I'll be your server today, could I get you started with something to drink?"
"How'd you break your arm?" The customer asked, she kind of reminded him of his Aunt Jan.
"A motorcycle accident," Mike lied.
"Now was it your fault or someone else's?" She definitely reminded him of Aunt Jan.
"Someone else's." the only truth.
"I see, is that your motorcycle out there?" She pointed to a motorcycle outside.
"No, I don't have a motorcycle anymore, it's totaled," he didn't feel bad about lying to her by the way she judgingly looked him up and down.
"Probably for the best. I'd like a coffee"
"Alright, I'll be right back"

Instead of going to get the coffee like he was supposed to, he went to check up on Abby.

"Hey, how ya holding up?"
"I don't know, are you and Ness going on break soon?" Mike had a look at his watch.
"Ness is, I've gotta keep this up for a little while longer"
"That sucks, you should take your break early so you can hang out with us"
"And how are you so sure Ness is going to want to hang out with you his entire break?"
"He said so"
"Did he now? Huh.."

With Mike and Abby around, Ness didn't have a reason for going out to smoke on his break, he honestly liked it better this way, he didn't feel lonely anymore.

"You should get back to work, that lady looks mad at you," Mike had a look over his shoulder, he sighed, apparently she couldn't wait two seconds for her coffee.
"Yeah, you're right, I'll come back later on my break"
"Okay, I love you"
"I love you too Abby"

~

Ness sat with Abby, watching Mike work as she talked to him about random things, he was listening..or at least he thought he was until Abby snapped him back to reality.

"Are you staring at Mike?"
"What- no, why would you think that?"
"Because you are, why are you lying? I'm not dumb Ness"
"Then why'd you- whatever, so maybe I was, what about it?" He folded his arms.
"Do you like Mike?"
"Yeah, he's cool"
"No, do you like him, like do you want him to be your boyfriend?"
"You're not gonna tell him..are you?"
"Tell him? You like him?!"

Ness sighed, the joy on Abby's face was adorable, he couldn't just not tell her the truth.

"Yeah, I do, he's a really sweet guy, it's hard not to..does he like me or something?" Abby's eyes went wide, giving Ness hope..and then she just shrugged.
"I don't know, ask him"
"I can't, it'd ruin our friendship"
"How do you know that?"
"Do you know something I don't?"
"I know you're a huge weenie"
"Did Mike teach you to talk like that?"
"I taught him," Ness laughed softly.
"You're a funny kid Abby"
"Thanks, do you wanna draw with me?" She held out a crayon.
"Hm, yeah okay, maybe you could teach me a few things," he took it.
"If you want to learn you should ask Mike, he's really good at it"
"You know, I keep hearing that from you but I've never actually seen any of his work, maybe you can help convince him to show me sometime"
"He'd probably say yes if you asked him to, he really likes you"