"Seconds, Please" A Second Squad AU

[Prologue] "Order Up!"

"ALEX I NEED THE FLOUR!"

"I GAVE YOU THE FLOUR?!"

"THAT WAS SUGAR!"

"WHAT?? BUT I'M—" Alex stops pouring the cup of sugar into the bowl and looks at the bag, the label reads, "Whole-wheat Flour" instead of  "Second's Sugar" and in frantic shock, Alex threw his hands up in the air, along with the cup of flour. "SHIT!"

"DAMMIT ALEX!" Kwite yells, pushing Alex out of the way to pour out the excessive sugar he poured in the bowl. "YOU HAD ONE JOB!"

"Guys!! I need the cupcakes ready in five!!" Ani slides in, face messy with cake icing, "We might be gaining a crowd today and I just handed off the cake!" She exclaims, trying go clean the icing off her hands before wearing the cooking gloves.

"Shit!" Kwite gasps, running over to the oven that he forgot to check on a while back. He grasps the handle and yanks it, slamming the oven door open to reveal a golden brown batch of cupcakes waiting in the tray. Upon seeing the baked goods, Kwite heaves a sigh of relief and grabs his cooking gloves to hold the metal container.

"Order up!" He grins, handing the batch to Ani who nodded in appreciation before ambling away from the baker to the separate room she came from.

Kwite turns back to the other baker, who was now mixing in the ingredients together in the bowl rather violently. "Hell!" He huffs, rushing up to Alex and grabbing the whisk from him, "Chill out! We have time now that Ani has the cupcakes."

Alex stops and looks at Kwite with an unreadable expression. Kwite raises his eyebrows and Alex begins mixing the ingredients again, but.. slower.. much slower. Kwite decides not to question the boy, "Alright, whatever-"

"Done!" Ani exclaims, bursting into the baking room again to reveal the 12 cupcakes, painted with pink, red, and white icing. "What do you think?" She asks, rather out of breath.

On each cupcake there was a white base with either a smooth rose, a heart, or a butterfly that was red or pink on top of it.

"Wow.." Kwite gaped at the goods, Ani smiled in accomplishment and Alex so happened to be peering over Kwite's shoulder to also be gaping at the goods.  They admired the art for a while before the green hoodie had gasped and began to push the girl. "Go!" With a yelp, Ani scurried off to the decorating room again to organize the cupcakes into their heated cabinet as usual before pushing it into the front of the bakery.

Ani slams herself against the swinging door and-

"Woah!" Brandon's hands brace against the door, stopping it with wide eyes that met with Ani who had the same expression he had. "Jeez, be careful!" He warns, taking away the metal tray from Ani, "I'll give these Henry and Diesel."

"Sorry-!" Ani yelps, "And thanks, I guess. Do we need any more desserts or bread-type stuff?? What are you even doing here??" She asks, pushing the door fully open as Brandon walked away and opened up the cabinet and placed the tray on the table next to it.

"No, I think we'll be good for now. I got bored standing at the front desk doing nothing but rearranging my bowtie." Brandon replies and he stares at Ani with a rather appalled expression that makes her ask him why he's looking at her like that. With a grunt and a shake of his head, Brandon takes a tissue out of his vest and tosses it at her. "I don't know about you but I feel dirty when I look down at you and you have white icing all over your face."

With that he leaves her standing in the doorway with confused silence to continue his work. It doesn't take long for her to understand what he meant, and as he's placing the cupcakes into the heating cabinet, "BRANDON YOU GODDAMN WEIRDO!" The response makes the waiter burst out into laughter as the baker storms off into the baking room again. He's laughing so hard that he doesn't notice Diesel opening the other door.

"Oh shit cupcakes, nice timing." He says, heading for the heart cupcake. Brandon stops laughing in time to stop Diesel.

"Heyhey- what the hell do you think you're doing??" He asks accusingly, swiping the tray out of his reach. "These are for the customers, dumbass."

"I know, dumbass." Diesel responds with the same scowl Brandon gave him. "This isn't for me it's for the lady waiting for her cupcake."

"Yeah right." Brandon scoffs.

Diesel huffs and grabs Brandon's vest to drag him over to the door leading to the front desk. He pushes the door open and uses his thumb to point over to an elderly lady sitting at a booth in the corner of the bakery. The sight of the lady makes Brandon's eyes widen. Brandon grabs Diesel's shoulder and yanks him back in, to the surprise of him. Diesel stumbles, nearly falling over before Brandon is squeezing his shoulders preventing him from falling.

"Wait so-"

"Yeah, while you made your dirty jokes like the goddamn 18 year old you are. That lady had been patiently waiting!" He exclaimed in a hushed voice, pushing Brandon's hands off his shoulders

"B-But its not even 8 AM??" Brandon is in too much shock to move as Diesel removes the heart cupcake from the tray to place it on a small plate and goes to enter the front room. As Diesel fixes his bowtie to present himself professionally, he turns back to Brandon one more time.

"We're open 24 hours a day, dumbass."