‘ c’mon now, i’m sure you’ve got SOMETHING up your sleeve you can turn to so that i can have a better day, ’ she requests, cocking her head at him. ‘ yeah but i want you to, that should definitely count for something. ’ saskia balks at his last suggestion, brow furrowed. ‘ definitely would rather be hungover than have salmonella. & rest is boring as all hell, so you’re gonna have to tell me something i n t e r e s t i n g. fill me in, what’s going on with you ? ’

“ you want me to, huh ? well, you already know a DISTRACTION is something i can do . . but whether or not you’re down for my type of distraction is the real question, ” he smirks, a mischievously pondering expression to his features, “ the chances of you getting salmonella from raw eggs are pretty damn LOW, but if it ain’t your thing, it ain’t your thing. what ? my presence isn’t interesting enough for you ? but honestly, just the usual grind. work and training, work and training. what’s got you busy ? ”

‘ i’ve got the hangover from fucking hell, ’ she mutters, tapping away at her phone to fill the time of her day off as it s t r e t c h e s out before her. ‘ i felt FINE all through mexico, & i was shit faced more often than not, but it seems to have hit me now i’m back on american soil. just in time for work, ’ she groans, throwing her phone to the side & turning to the other. ‘ c’mon then, get my mind off of it. ENTERTAIN me or something, ’ saskia requests, closing her eyes.

“ entertain you ? oh, you got jokes now, okay, ” darius mocks in a small fit of laughter, widening his eyes humorously, “ what you want me to do anyway ? it’s your hangover baby, i can’t fix it for you. not my fault all that tequila hit you the WRONG way. just ride it out with some rest and water. or drink some raw eggs or something. i’ve seen guys do that. ”

“even if you’re joking, i’ll honestly take everything i can right now.” ariel laughed with a fond smile. “nah, this event got me an extra day off so i’m good. black widow, not many females to chose from but black widow had to be it.”

“ i was joking, yeah, but i mean -- orange slices ? just seemed like a weird request to me. out of every food or drink you could possibly want after a long day, you want my ass to SPECIFICALLY slice up some oranges. i don’t know, just made me laugh, ” darius shrugged, nodding at his company’s smile, “ ah, ‘can’t go wrong with black widow, i guess. did you do the red hair and everything ? ”

“ maybe we both pissed her off in a former life ?” she chuckled slightly. 

“ nah, i wouldn’t doubt i just pissed her off in THIS life, ” he shrugged, cocking a grin, “ ‘wouldn’t be the first time. ”

“ i think i must have pissed my manager off in a former life ?” she concluded with a light chuckle, “ how else would you explain me being scheduled to OPEN five days this week ? i am the farthest thing from a morning person. ”

“ our manager’s got me thinkin’ that way too when she has me redoing displays and refolding shirts four or five times, ” he shook his head, “ anyway, yeah, opening sucks ass. ”

she’s holding flyers in her hand, passing one out to everyone she encounters (sort of forcibly).   “hi!”  a vivacious greeting as she holds one of the flyers out.  “holy family catholic church is having a movie night this weekend!  i’m hosting it.   we’ll be showing all of america’s classics: God’s Not Dead, God’s Not Dead 2, and The Passion of Christ.”   she emits a sound similar to a squeal from her mouth.   “doesn’t’ that sound super fun? it was my idea. what better way to have free food, free non-alcoholic drinks and bond over our lord and savior?”

“ you like one of them jehovah’s witnesses or something ? ” darius questions with hesitation as he approaches the girl from behind, “ but, uh, nah, no thanks. my weekend’s booked. also not really how i want to spend my time off but good luck with that. ” eyeing the flyers in her hands for a moment, he continues, remembering the real reason he had come over, his nike uniform clad on his figure, “ also, you’re gonna’ have to find somewhere else to hand out your flyers instead of in front of our store, alright ? we’ve been getting complaints. ”

“the boss thought it was a good idea to have a marvel event where the kids would have a bunch of super hero tasks to do. a great idea of course but for someone who had to run around all day in a skin tight suit? no thanks, i need orange slices and like three massages.”

noticing the exhaustion in the girl’s features, darius laughed slightly at her story. “ orange slices ? you want me to cut your crusts and put it all in your cinderella lunchbox too ? you been working at the disney store too damn long. what’d your boss have you dress up as anyway ? ”