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9 - Additional Heart

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9 - Additional Heart

Like always, Michael felt anxious as he stepped into the small elevator to make his way down from his room to the lobby of the facility.

His shift was in only in forty minutes, and he was running late. By time that he walked to the nearest subway, waited for his certain train that lead to yet another train, and walked to the bar from the next subway, he'd be fifteen minutes late.

He—of course—forgot to set his alarm that reminded him of the time to get going for his busy night, and he noticed way after the time he should of been getting ready.

Rushing out of the squeaking doors of the entrance, he took a sharp right turn as soon as he made his way into the cold outside.

With his luck, he ran into somebody. Really what's up with him running into random people lately?

"Sorry." He muttered and was going to continue his path, but he abruptly stopped when he looked up and saw who it actually was.

"Michael, darling." Ashton sent the pale one a charming smile.

"Are you stalking me now?" Michael scoffed at the other, still confused about their last interaction and stressed from the threat of being late.

"No, I was just enjoying the view of your apartment complex. What an interesting building to chose to live in." Ashton's distaste for the facility was apparent, and Michael could only roll his eyes.

"Sorry I'm poor." He sarcastically fake smiled and rushed past him, surprising Ashton as it happened so fast.

But yet he chased the fast walking one with a, "Slow down, babe. Where are you going?"

"Work. I'm going to be late." Michael sighed out and continued his fast pace in the direction of the nearest subway that was a few blocks down.

"Just calm down and don't fret about it. I'll give you a ride." Ashton offered as he easily grabbed Michael's wrist to stop the other one from moving and to instead turn him around to face him.

Ashton grinned at the other when Michael sent him a glare.

"How is being stuck in New York car traffic going to calm me down and keep me from being late?"

Ashton chuckled from this and said, "You've never seen my driving. I'll get you there five minutes early."

"You don't even know where it is." Michael crossed his arms in doubt.

"Let me prove it to you."

"If you lose I want something then." Michael eventually budged when Ashton gave him a pleading pout.

"And when I win I want something as well." Ashton smirked, "C'mon we'll discuss it in the car. Like you said, you're going to be late."

So all Michael could do was to follow the still kind of stranger towards his expensive looking black car, sliding in once Ashton cheekily opened and closed the passenger side door for him.

A few seconds later Ashton hopped into the drivers seat and turned the engine on, "So where am I going?"

"AJ's Bar. Do you know where it's at?"

Ashton hummed with a reflective grin and said, "Got pretty wasted there one night and ended up having my first threesome."

Michael looked at the other ridiculously, making Ashton laugh out as he pulled out of the parking space from the side of the road and into a driving lane.

"What?"

"Are you just this open about your love life?"

"Awww 'love life.' You're so adorable." Ashton gushed, making Michael shake his head and look out of the window.

Now that he's thought about it, it's been a while since Michael's been in a car. There was no point in him having a car once Luke got arrested and he needed to extra money, so he sold their crappy Toyota Camry pretty much immediately. Using the subway was way more efficient for him anyways.

"So what is this thing that you want if I lose, which won't happen?" Ashton brought up.

Michael looked back at the driving one and said, "I want answers."

"Answers?" Ashton asked confused, but while still keeping his eyes on the road.

"Why you came up to me that one night and why I'm somehow running into you outside of my apartment."

"Fine, deal."

"And if you win?" Michael asked interested.

Ashton grinned and said, "When I win you mean. I want to take you out on a date."

"A date?" Michael asked surprised.

"Don't sound so shocked, darling." Ashton laughed as he took a right turn at a certain street that he knew would get him out of unneeded and additional traffic, "You're a gorgeous little thing and I want to take you out."

"Only if you win." Michael muttered as he ignored the compliment and reminded Ashton of the guidelines.

"What time do you start?"

"11:30."

"And here I thought it was going to be a challenge." Ashton grinned mischievously, since it was now 11:20 P.M. and they were going to be there within a few minutes.

"You're ridiculous. How was that even possible?" Michael asked shocked once Ashton pulled up to the front of the bar with five minutes to spare, just like he had promised.

"With me by your side, anything is possible." Ashton winked flirtatiously, making Michael blush a small tint of red and sheepishly look away.

"Thank you." Michael stated seriously as he gathered his jacket and phone in his hands.

"Don't worry about it. Worry about what to wear on our date instead." Ashton grinned when Michael looked even more sheepish now at the fact that they were officially going on a date together.

"Umm..." Michael hesitated but with a small smile, "Do you want my number?"

"Why? You don't want me stopping by your apartment anymore?" Ashton joked before nodding and putting Michael's number into his phone with an additional heart next to his name.

"Text me whenever." Michael stated and gave Ashton a small, goodbye smile before he reached for the door handle and pushed the door open in order to exit the car.

He circled around the car and gave Ashton a small, simple wave before he headed into the bar now in a better mood than before about going into work.

"Oh I will." Ashton muttered to himself before he put the car back into park and headed back to his office building.

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I said Mashton rights. 😌

What do we think about Ashton's and Michael's budding relationship? ✨

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