You stood at the arcade counter, messing with a rubiks cube some kid left earlier. its nearly ten pm, closing time. dustin and lucas are the only ones here, when steve walks in the door. you haven’t spoken to him since he kissed you on your porch past night, after your first date. you smile. “you here to pick up the boys?” you ask. he shakes his head. “ i didn’t want you walking home in the dark.” he says with a smile, setting a can of coke on the counter and sliding it to you.