Late in the 4am hour [Player x Reader]

Ow [09]

 You turn over to Cashier. "How do you have all of that stuff?"

 "Backup stuff that I keep because of some accidents that happened around here." Cashier had a tone that had his eyes roll, like it seemed frequent. "Plus, there's always ice on the Freezer if there's no medkit." Cashier explains, digging through the counter before popping back up, saying "Annnd there's no extra kit supplies", opening the Freezer. "I need somebody to hold the Freezer door open for me. I cant open it from the inside if it closes."

 "I'll do it." You say. Cashier opens the door, leaving you to hold it as he scrummages around the place to find some ice. Cashier pulls out a small ice bag from the corner, and returns back outside, leaving you to close the freezer door. Cashier walks back over to Player.

 "Here, set this ice on your shoulder." He just shoved it into Players hands. "It might sting, but it helps."

 "Thanks." Player pressed it up against their own arm, flinching a bit.

  Cashier returned back behind the counter. "Is that all of the injuries you got?"

 "I think so.." Player says, soon after removing the tissue from their nose. "And my nosebleed stopped!" 

 "Good. You're lucky you didn't get a knee scrape or anything else." Cashier then points to a trash can. "Now, throw the tissues out." 

 Player obliges, as they toss the bloodied tissue over to the trash can. Since you're close by it, you get a bit curious, looking into the trash can to see where it landed. 

 "What the-??" You narrowed your eyes into an abyss of colors and stars and— IS THIS A MAGICAL TRASH CAN...?

"What's wrong?" Cashier asks, tilting his head. "It's just a trash can." 

 "Yeah." Player shrugs. "There's nothing wrong with it."

 "But— don't you see the—"

 "Yeah. We do. We just don't question it." Cashier shrugged. 

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 After hanging around the store for a few minutes, and questioning the trashcans logic, you two soon leave the store. Player and you began walking onto the street about a block away from where you live. You two walked down the sidewalk as Player glances at something passing by. 

 "Wanna stop for a sec?" Player smiled, pointing behind them. You turned around to see a bench. 

 "A quick stop wouldn't hurt." You say. It wasn't even that late anyway. You and Player sit down at the bench. It was a little quiet outside. The quiet birds were more louder outside than anything else. Player sits down close. They shift over to you, looking nervous. 

 "So, (Y/N)..." Player looks you in the eye. "Thanks for helping me patch up my nose." 

 "No problem, Player." You smiled. Your stomach slightly sunk, nearly hesitating at the sentence. "It's what friends do, y'know?"

 It left a bad taste in your mouth. You probably weren't even gonna try much, but you hated saying "friend" in a sense. You couldn't even tell if it was too soon to or not. It just felt odd.

 "Yeah! Friends." Player smiles, then turning to look forward. You looked to the side. It felt a little too silent out here.

 "Player, are you ok?" You tilt your head. "You've been a bit quiet lately."

 "I'm.. good." Player nods. 

 "...Okay." You say. 

 It stays a bit silent for a bit. Player's head was turned away from you, so you couldn't even tell what he was feeling. You felt like something was definitely wrong. You looked at Player, who was basically just fiddling with his hands.

 "Player, are sure you're okay?"

 "I'm fine, I'm just. Thinking about something." Player brushes it off. "Can I ask you a question?"

 "Yeah," You looked back at Player. They stand up, directly in front of you. 

 "So, you, uh.. got a week left here, right?"

 "Yeah." You reply. "I do." 

 "Well, I just wanted to know-- if you wanted to go somewhere." Player says. "Something like a diner! If you're cool with it, of course." Player points in your direction, nervously chuckling. 

 You began chuckling a bit yourself. "I'd actually love to."  You said, smiling.

 "I fi-- wait what?" Players eyes widened a bit in shock.

 "Yeah, I'd love to go." You smile.

 "I- Cool!" Player smiled. "We can go tomorrow, if you want." 

 "That sounds good!" Your smile widened. 

 "So is it a.. date?" Player scratched the back of his head as you stood up.

 That's. Something that came out of nowhere. And coincidentally, you didn't quite mind. You tried making your happiness as calm as possible, but you couldn't contain an eager nod. "Sure! Why not. You're a cute dude, anyway."

  Player just chuckled slightly, turning a bit red. "Great! Well, wanna continue walking home now?" 

 "Yep, it's getting a bit late." You say. 

 The two of you finally reached your house and said your goodbyes.

 "See you then?" Player tilts their head.

 "See you then." You waved. Going back inside your Aunt's house, your Aunt pops her head out from the corner of the kitchen. 

 "Hey kiddo!" She says. "Dinner's almost done. It's your favorite, [Insert coincidental favorite food here]!"

 "Sweet!" You say, rushing to the table.

 While dinning on your [insert coincidental favorite food here], you couldn't wait to go to that diner that Player was talking about. It must be good if they wanted to go. 

 Might not be as good as this dinner at your Aunt's, though.

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I WAS CONTEMPLATING SO HARD TO MAKE THE CUTOFF PORTION SEPARATE but I just said screw it last second

Hopefully you enjoyed, sorry it didn't come out yesterday, some family members came over 

edit: If you saw this unedited you didn't SHHHHHHHH