Short Stories

Target

Joe loved Scott, his boyfriend. He really did. But what he didn't love was corralling him around Target, at midnight, drunk. Scott was a silly drunk, not having his wits about him was part of that.

"SCOTT NO, YOU'RE TOO BIG FOR THE BARBIE BIKE!" Joe yelled as he chased Scott down the empty aisle. Scott giggled as he rode away, and kept laughing as he fell over. "Good God, Scott, really? Really? Cmon, take the hat and heels of and lets just get milk, which is what we came here to do!"

"But I don't wannaaaa!" he whined. Joe groaned and pulled off the hat and threw it out of his reach.

"Please?"

"No."

"...Pretty please?"

He giggled again. "Nope."

"I'm done asking, Scott Isiah Hoying lets go." Joe said as he grabbed the drunken, 6'3" man and dragged him to the groceries. On the floor. This so wasn't how Joe had wanted to spend his Thursday night. But here he was. 

"Joooooe?" he asked up at him. Joe sighed.

"What?!"

"I looooove youuuuuu!"

"Yea, yea, I love you too, or whatever."

Scott smiled widely, got up and hugged him so he came off the ground, legs kicking to get down.

"SCOTT I SWEAR LET ME DOWN!" Joe yelled. God was he glad nobody was at Target at midnight on Thursdays.

"Fine, I am, I a- OOH LOOK AT ALL THE TELEVISIONS!" Scott ran over to the wall of televisions and sat in front of them in awe.

"Hopefully that keeps him occupied thank GOD." Joe went off for the milk they came for. When he came back, Scott was nowhere to be seen. "Great. Just great." He groaned. Time to find the child stuck in a grown man's body.

After 15 minutes of laps around the store, Joe gave in and went to one of the check out isles and yelled into the microphone.

"SCOTT ISIAH HOYING GETCHO ASS UP HERE BECAUSE IM LEAVING HERE WITH OR WITHOUT YOU."

Scott came up front like a kicked dog and followed him home. Once they got there, Joe realized and groaned.

"I forgot to actually buy the milk..."  He said as he fell on the bed and passed out.

Not a great Thursday night, but not a bad one, either. Lots of photographic evidence was collected that night for sure.