F٠R٠I٠E٠N٠D٠S (AU)- #Erkenci Kus

Chapter 2 - Canim ?

"So, what you're telling me is you were blaming Cey Cey for the laptop YOU broke coming up the stairs?" Sanem questioned in total and utter confusion. Apparently, in the minute it took Sanem to embarrass herself in the elevator, Leyla managed to get all her belongings up to the fourth floor and ambush poor Cey Cey while getting friendly with mr cheeky receptionist .
"Inanmiyorum gerçekten abla bravo " Sanem snapped as she carefully unpacked the heavy cactus plant she had hid in her backpack from coach security. After she was satisfied with her living room cacti arrangement Sanem bowed as Cey Cey praised her for essentially doing nothing, hyping up his best friend as usual .

Sanem so badly wanted to catapult herself onto the much loved worn out beige couch Remide teyze gifted them as soon as she heard about the pair moving out. However, Mr receptionist seemed to be making himself pretty comfortable flirting away with her older sister. Naturally Sanem saw this as an opportunity to annoy her older sister and squeezed herself between the two sticking her hand in Emres face in greeting ." Bey Efendi I don't think we've met yet " Sanem grinned , enjoying watching the man flush out of embarrassment "Im Sanem, the sister of the girl who's had you wrapped around her finger all day " she humoured .
"Ah, merhaba Sanem I'm Emre and I live down the corridor" he smiled awkwardly shaking her hand . Alas the encounter didn't last long as the nails Leyla was digging in Sanems thigh began to feel unbearable.
"Uff tamam! ben gidiyorum Cey Cey hadi!" Sanem announced while putting on her bag and trainers to grab a few bits from the supermarket since Leyla was too busy drooling over her knew friend to worry about her basic life necessities .

After half an hour of cursing , flailing their arms around like inflatable tube men and countless judgmental looks from passersby, Cey Cey and Sanem finally got comfortable in the taxi on the way to the supermarket, which to their surprise was only two blocks away. The taxi driver who introduced himself as Ali was immersed in a fruitful conversation with Cey Cey about their shared hometown . Sanem, feeling like the third wheel in the conversation decided to check her social media when an intriguing friend suggestion came up on Facebook. "Can Divit?" Sanem read aloud .

"Cey Cey Can Divit kim? more importantly why are you Muzzo and Leyla following him?" Sanem questioned . A question which was completely ignored until the duo arrived at the supermarket .

After the slowest 5 mins of her life Sanem dramatically slammed a 20 lira bill on the taxi drivers arm rest "Çok teşekkürler! Bey effendi , iyi geceler", before quickly making her way into the supermarket.

"Yes Can broke up with Polen who's  dad shares the hotel with Can and Emres dad –" Cey Cey explained enthusiastically from inside the shopping cart .
"Wait the guy from the lift and receptionist Emre who's obsessed with Leyla are brothers ?" Sanem questioned, the mention of the mysterious man from the lift suddenly having her interested in Cey Ceys incessant chattering.
"I mean, of course they both walk around like they own the place-" .

Before Sanem could finish her sentence she was interrupted by a loud "Cey Cey is that you kardesim ?".
Immediately recognising the deep Turkish accent with an Italian twang Sanem turned back around to Cey Cey and lift boy who were in the midst of a very long bro hug .

"Cey Cey !" Sanem hissed, breaking Cey Cey out of his little friendly moment wanting to be noticed too.
"Ah yes Cancim, meet Sanem, Sanem this is Can". Cey Cey beamed .
"Elevator boy"
"Elevator girl"
Both Sanem and Can uttered at the same time. Sharing a knowing smile, Cey Cey starting to make the connection between Sanems embarrassing story and the man stood in front of them.
"It's nice to finally meet you in a normal way ". Can chuckled, eyeing the 5'6 female who had 6 toilet rolls balancing in her arms .
"I'm not usually that weird me and my sister just moved in so I was in a bit of a rush". The flustered girl explained trying to save face in front of the handsome stranger. Of course, in true Sanem style in the midist of explaining her situation she dropped every single toilet roll she was carrying in her arms. Maybe it was the dimple she noticed in his left cheek or maybe it was the way he had his arm next to her head leaning against the shelf.
As Sanem made her way down to pick up the toilet rolls a hand reached out before her "yok canim ive got it ". Sanem accepted defeat and rolled her eyes at the kind man watching him put them all in the shopping cart . "Tessekur edirim" she mumbled, at this point she has become immune to  the embarrassment .
"What are you doing here?" Sanem asked dumbly, Cey Cey had his chin resting on his palm fully concentrating on squinting his eyes at them, enjoying the awkward encounter between his two close friends .
"Doing some exercise "Can replied sarcastically, enjoying how flustered a simple conversation with him got this girl .
"Haha çok komik " Sanem rolled her eyes and side stepped him, finally managing to get out of her trance to aggressively push the shopping cart forward, which shocked Cey Cey who was engrossed in showing Can something on his phone .
"It was nice meeting you but we are kind of busy and the shop is closing soon so iyi geceler". Sanem dismissed, leaving Can very confused as to where this doe eyed girl suddenly caught an attitude from.
"Actually, my uncle owns this supermarket so you guys can take as long as you like ".
Can said amusement evident in his tone as he slowly moved towards the shopping cart grabbing the handle and racing down the isle with Cey Cey, the two cheering like 5 year olds .
" Wallahi deliricem ya !". The poor girl whined dragging her feet slowly after the two men. Between Leyla at home and Cey Cey and his new found best friend, Sanem had a lot on her plate and she hadn't even started her new job yet! .

Following the eventful shopping trip , Sanem slipped into her Winnie the Pooh pj set once she'd realised Can and Emre weren't going anywhere any time soon. The bronze haired girl looked back at the group, slowly losing the will to live as it seemed like everything was left to her as usual! . So she made her way to the kitchen and started organising the cutlery as she put the shopping away, I mean she may aswell get something productive done as she wasn't getting to sleep any time soon by the looks of it, she thought .
Softly humming a melody to herself Sanem got to work labelling the different cereals by their names, yes she was that girl putting name tags on everything and everyone in sight .

After a gruelling 15 minutes on hands and knees even labelling the cleaning supplies, Sanem stood up and took a step back from the table top appreciating her work. A happy grin spread across her face as the accomplished girl praised herself .
"Aferin kiz aferin", she muttered mentally tapping herself on the back when she was pulled out of her own thoughts by a slow clap .
"That's wifey material right there , wow I'm impressed". Can said unbashfully .
"Bir sey söylicem, how much can I pay you to work your magic in my apartment too". He asked leaning against the sink directly across from her .
"You are not funny " she said her cheeks getting rosy from the compliment of sorts that caught her off guard and the close proximity of the two. In that moment she remembered she hadn't gotten him back from running away from her in the supermarket and decided to tease him a little, tit for tat tatlim she thought .
Her amused expression wiped off her face in an instant as she contorted her facial expression into one of disgust.
"Who do you think you are coming into MY house pushing YOUR sexist gender roles on me huh? soyle!" Sanem scalded . Can looked like a deer caught in the headlights as he fumbled with his words trying to diffuse the heated situation .
"I didn't – I swear Sanem I was joking! it was a joke I'm sorry ". He muttered concern written all over his face .
"Uh huh yes boy you better be sorry , laughing at me all day, not offering to help me with bags like a true gentleman would, I should've kicked you and your brother out by now ". Sanem snapped her fingers teasingly  trying to hide her smirk. Can sighed in relief and used this as a reason to get closer to Sanem by gently touching her arm ."No seriously Sanem I would've helped but you seemed scared of me". He confessed, Sanem wanted nothing more than the whole world to swallow her whole right then and there because was she really that bad at acting nonchalant?. Luckily she was saved by Emre calling out to his brother as he was leaving. Sanem silently praised god and looked up at the man nodding over to the door as a sort of get out of my home now indication .
Yet again Can Divit surprised the restless Sanem by flicking her nose . "See you around canim ".
"Canim ?" Sanem echoed after the door shut behind them, a small smile playing on her face .

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HELLOOO so I really liked this chapter you start to understand there vibe, I personally am not a fan of ships being rushed into too quickly in books as you need to build the dynamics of the characters first . However they too cute I loved adding some sass to Sanems character .
Happy reading ! vote if you want xx
-Nej