Liani stood next to ashtray, who was wearing some glasses that she found funny, and rue and jules. she had only been at the store for less than twenty minutes, after he told her to come, before the two girls showed up asking for him to give them a lip tattoo that says 'rules.'
Liani thought the tattoo was cute, and she didn't know that ashtray could do tattoos, of course she knew that he had face tattoos but she had guessed that fezco did them, not himself.
she sat back and looked over at jules who was watching rue nervously. she moved her eyes back over to ashtray once the sound of the buzzing from the tattoo gun stopped, and he walked over to the table next to him to set it down before grabbing a small mirror and going back in front of rue to hold it in front of her face. "yo, looks good. you ready?" he told rue and then asked jules.
jules hesitated, "um... how bad does it hurt?"
"it doesn't hurt at all." rue shook her head.
"it's all good, i've been doin this for years." ashtray reassured her.
years? liani thought to herself.
jules leaned back, "i love you, rue, but there's no fucking way i'm doing that."
liani let out a small chuckle, dropping her jaw since rue had already done it. rue immediately started trying to convince jules to do it, and liani soon joined in tell her that it was a cute idea. within a couple minutes jules was sitting on rues lap while holding down her bottom lip while ashtray steadied his hands and started her lip tattoo.
liani thought the moment was cute, and for memories, she took a picture. she quickly sent it to rue before she's forgot and looked up to see ashtray pulling the paper towel away from jules's lip, and now handing her the small mirror.
she smiled at both jules and rue as they stood up, thanking ashtray for the tattoos before walking out of the freezer door.
"that was cute." liani thought out loud.
"that was stupid." ashtray disagreed, putting up his things.
"what? why do you say that?" liani furrowed her eyebrows.
"you really think those two are gonna last?" ashtray asked.
with a shrug, "they could." liani replied.
ashtray finally turned to her, walking over and sitting down. "and if they don't, they'll have a lip tattoo that says 'rules' until it fades."
liani tilted her head, letting silence fill the room for a couple seconds. "so, you did your face tattoos?"
ashtray nodded. "did it hurt?" liani asked.
"yeah, a little." he shrugged, turning his face to look at her. "got them years ago though, so i don't remember."
she turned hers as well, "years? how long have you been doing tattoos and shit?"
"couple years." ashtray said simply, not wanting to go in detail and have her question him.
liani laid her head back on the wall behind her, looking ahead. "we should get matching tattoos too, sometime."
ashtray turned his head back around to her, with a confused look on his face. "we've know each other for like two months."
liani shrugged, "we could get lip tattoos, they'll fade, right? or get them in places we can cover."
ashtray stuck out his bottom lip slightly as he thought, "you serious?"
liani chuckled to herself, "we don't have to get them, ash. ya know, if you're scared."
he rolled his eyes, "nah, i'll get it."
she smiled, "okay."
after hours, the two teenagers, ashtray and liani, had left the store and went to ashtrays house until it got dark and the time was almost midnight.
liani informed him that she had to go home, since she'd be going to school the next morning and didn't have any clothes with her or anything. she said she'd walk, but the second she got up and put her jacket on, he stood up to follow her to the door, not liking the idea of her walking alone this late.
so, ashtray grabbed fezcos keys, yelling that he was taking liani home even though fezco was asleep and most likely didn't hear him, and the two walked outside.
liani settled in the passenger seat and she watched ashtray start the car, and slowly back out of his driveway. liani shook her head at how he still didn't wear his seatbelt, and made sure to put hers on.
he side eyed her, before letting out a laugh and taking his eyes off of the road to look at her for a second. "you're still on that seatbelt shit?"
she snickered, "yes."
he shook his head, putting his hand up to the radio to turn it up a little, heading in the direction of lianis house.
once he got there, he parked in her driveway, before they both got out and walked up to her door. liani took a breathe before opening her door, praying her mom wasn't home, and then stepping inside before ashtray and closing the door behind him.
she headed for the stairs that led her room, but paused and turned to him. "are you staying, or..?"
he thought for a second, "mhm." he replied, motioning for her to walk up the stairs.
she nodded slowly, before jogging up the stairs with him following. once she reached her room she searched for shorts, and then told ashtray to turn around so she could change.
she put the pants she had previously wore in her dirty clothes, and then told ashtray it was okay for him to look.
liani watched as he looked around her room just like he did before, and then turned to her. she grabbed onto the sleeve of his jacket to pull him out of her room, and back downstairs.
he let her pull him, quickly slipping off his shoes by the front door and then stood in her living room as liani pulled out blankets. "sleepover!" she sarcastically shouted, waving her hands around in the air.
he rolled his eyes, trying to bite back his smile.
"so, do you want to watch moviesâ or, we could make something to eat? because i'm hungry." she asked.
he pointed to her kitchen, "nah, im hungry as fuck."
she nodded, walking over to her fridge to see what she had there, since she would rarely go get groceries and her mother definitely didn't keep the fridge full.
ashtray pulled out a frozen box of small pizza, and showed her. "this?"
she shrugged, taking the box from his hands as she read the directions, before telling him what to do and watching him closely as he did.
she carefully placed it in the oven, before the two of them walked over to her couch to look for a movie or show while they waited for it.
the decided on the notebook, after liani told ashtray she had been wanting to watch it, and he agreed that he'd watch it with her.
as the movie started, the two got comfortable next to each other and laid back. ten minutes passed, and they both had forgotten about the pizza until liani raised up at the smell of something burning.
ashtray looked over at her confused, before also sitting up, realizing. "the pizza." he practically whispered.
she stood up quickly, hurrying over to her oven. ashtray laughed, pausing the movie before jogging after her. she turned off the oven and slowly pulled out the pizza to see some of it was burned.
"it was only some, im still eating it." ashtray shrugged, making liani laugh, before cutting the pizza in a few slices and then getting two, while ashtray also got two.
they both walked back over to her couch, starting the movie and now eating their food.
once the movie ended, ashtray stretched and looked over to liani, before sitting up. he hadn't realized that she had fell asleep, and he wondered how long she had been asleep.
he thought quickly, standing up to move her body that way she could sleep more comfortably, and then sat at the end of her feet, placing them on her lap so he had more room. he placed the blanket over them both, before reaching for her phone that was still unlocked, which meant she couldn't have been asleep long, he went to set it next to her, but it dinged, and out of curiosity, he looked at her screen.
'juli' was in bright letters, and ashtray knew that was lianis best friend, juliet.
he glanced at liani, before smirking and going to text juliet back.
juli ð
juli ð
do you need a ride tm ?
lanii ð
nah she doesn't -ashtray
juli ð
boy
give liani her phone back
ashtray chuckled, before turning off her phone and placing it next to her.