salem scanned the vinyl records that ciarán bought, the aforementioned watching her intently.
"stop staring, you're making me nervous." salem said as she put his things into a bag.
"sorry, but i just realized why they call it check out." he said, eyeing her up and down.
salem thought the pick-up line was awful.
"i'm going to slap you." she glared at him. "total is $53.79."
"you know you love me." he smirked, pulling out his wallet.
"um, i don't know about all that, babe." salem chuckled.
"do i get a discount for being cute?" he jutted his bottom lip out.
"nope."
he huffed, giving her a fifty dollar bill and a five dollar bill.
"you have a whole fifty dollar bill in your wallet? what do you do for a living?" she asked in disbelief.
"make music."
salem's mouth made an 'o' shape in realization. now it made sense as to why he was singing to her on saturday night.
she gave him his change and put his receipt in his bag.
"aren't you forgetting something?" he raised an eyebrow.
salem scoffed, "i thought you had forgotten."
she took a sticky note and a pen, scribbling down her number for ciarán. she handed the little paper to him, "have a good night, cici." she smiled.
"you too, baby."
salem's cheeks reddened at the pet name. she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear before getting ready to close for the night.
suddenly, ciarán walked through the doors and back into the store.
"it's fucking raining outside and i took an uber here." he said frustratedly.
salem laughed at his agitation, "i can take you home." she offered, which gave ciarán flashbacks to saturday night.
"that would be greatly appreciated."
"least i can do compared to what you did for me on saturday night." she said. "you just gotta wait for me to close up."
"i will."
while salem went around, locking doors and turning off lights for the night, ciarán walked around the store to occupy the time.
"i'm done!" she yelled.
"then let's go."
the both of them walked out the door, salem turning around to lock the doors. they faced the hard-hitting rain, and looked at each other for signs of what to do.
"if you tell me what your car looks like and give me your keys i can—" ciarán started.
"no, it's fine. the both of us are in this together; if you get wet, i get wet. it's a team effort." she stated.
"if you insist, salem."
she linked arms with ciarán, and took a deep breath before sprinting through the rain.
salem let out a little shriek as the rain hit her. she fumbled with her keys, trying to unlock her car doors.
once they made it to her car, they unlinked their arms. they pulled open the car doors, salem getting into the driver's seat, while ciarán got into the passenger's seat.
they looked at each other, laughing at what they just went through.
"holy fuck." ciarán said, wiping his hands on his sweater.
"that was kinda fun." salem said, taking the hair clip out and letting the two strands of her fall into place. she pulled her hair back, so it laid flat on her back.
"mhmm." ciarán agreed, staring at the pretty girl in front of him.
salem started her car, and their drive home began. they sat in a comfortable silence, the only sounds present were the quiet music and the pitter-patter of the rain hitting the windows.
salem broke the silence, "you know, i didn't wanna see you for a while after the party."
ciarán frowned, "why?"
"i don't know; i get attached too easily and i didn't want that to happen with you."
"what's wrong with getting attached?"
"because i never know when you'll get up and leave my life."
ciarán looked at her, "and why would i do such a thing?"
salem shrugged, pulling up to the house she was previously at two nights before.
she turned toward ciarán, ready to say her farewell. instead, she was met with his lips.
ciarán had put both of his hands on her cheeks and pulled her into a kiss. he pulled away, resting his forehead on her's.
"you busy friday night?" he asked.
she shook her head.
"if you go on a date with me, i'll prove to you how much i'd love to have you in my life."
a/n:
might fuck around and start a matt fic 😳 i was looking through old stories i wrote four years ago and yall,,, my writing : improved. i'd also like to say thanks to my friend MarthaSilva631 for supporting my hoeass 😫👊🏼 anyway i talk too much goodbye
