Human AU, older teenagers (High School seniors) Inspiration up there👍

Virgil Moore worked at Target. I know, retail is ideal for someone with an anxiety disorder.
Roman McKnight worked at Target. His bubbly personality and obsession with the color red fit the job.
Logan Stern does not work at Target. He has to focus on school, but frequently visits the Target, mostly for pencils and paper and has become good friends with Roman and Virgil.
Patton Hart does not work at Target. He also is a regular customer, but was best friends with Roman before he began working at the store, and has made friends with Virgil through being at Target so much.

"And we're closed!" Virgil said, locking the doors.
Before he could turn around, he felt something hit his back.
He turned around and saw Roman, his friend and coworker, holding a Nerf gun.
"Challenger or chicken?" He asked, blowing on the tip of the Nerf gun.
"What do you think?" Virgil narrowed his eyes.
"Then get armed."
Virgil ran down aisles, feeling a sudden surge of happiness, which surprised him.
Virgil got diagnosed with depression a year and a half ago. But since he began work and met new people, it's gotten better. He's far from being 'cured' but his happy moments, however surprising, are becoming more frequent.
He grabbed the biggest Nerf gun on the shelf and ripped open the package. Grabbing scissors, Virgil got the rest of the package off and shoved some Nerf darts in his pockets.
When he arrived back to the front of the store, Roman was standing there still, but this time not alone.
Patton and Logan were there.
"Guys? What are you doing here?" Virgil asked.
"A Nerf war is happening and I'm not here?" Patton said, as if the reason was obvious.
Virgil then looked at Logan, knowing full well that his reason was not the same a Patton's.
"Patton dragged me here because apparently this game is better with more people." Logan said.
That sounded more like him.
"So, are we playing or not?" Roman asked after a considerable amount of silence.
"I'll play music over the loudspeaker!" Patton exclaimed. He loved the loudspeaker so much, it was a little weird.
Patton played some upbeat music, anywhere from musicals to Panic! At The Disco to Queen to Taylor Swift.
The four young men crept around the store, trying to shoot their opponents and not get shot themselves. The game had begun as every man for themselves, but soon they developed temporary truces, asking if the person was friend or foe and if they chose friend, neither would shoot until the other got away. Foe was a bit different, that was ruthless shooting.
The music blared through the store, eventually turning on Don't Threaten Me With A Good Time. One of Virgil's all time favorite songs.
He was alone in the Barbie aisle, or so he thought.
The anxious teen started dancing a little bit and got momentarily distracted, which did not work to his advantage.
He felt a weird feeling in his side. Looking over, Virgil saw a nerf dart, stuck to his hoodie, and Roman, maniacally laughing at his win.
Virgil blushed under his makeup, realizing Roman, his secret-ish crush, just watched him dance. And hum. But rules are rules. Virgil has to sit out for 7 minutes. Patton has chose 7 minutes out of any time possible, and no one really knew why, but they didn't question it.
Patton rounded the corner of the laundry detergent aisle and saw a familiar pair of glasses.
Logan turned around, way more into the game than anyone thought he could be.
Patton flushed. Hard. Over the year that his friend has been working at Target, he's become friends with and fallen for Logan. He developed a huge crush over the year, and thought that could never be returned, so he suppressed the feelings.
"Friend or foe?" Logan called to Patton.
Out of any moment, that was the moment Patton's brain decided to turn to mush.
Patton responded with a single word.
"Boy-friend?" He stuttered, accidentally separating the words 'boy' and 'friend'.
"I'd like that very much." Logan responded, clearly shocked and not mad at all. This was the first time any of the boys had seen Logan blush.
Suddenly, the music stopped on the loudspeaker.
"Can someone please remind the lovebirds in aisle 4 that we are in the middle of an all out Nerf war?" Virgil's voice projected through the store.
The two boys laughed before planning to team up and attack Virgil as revenge.

"I'm out!" Virgil said quietly to himself after his 7 minutes were up.
Roman walked up near him once more, but this time he asked a question.
"Friend or foe?"
Virgil wanted to respond the same way Patton did, having developed a huge crush on Roman since he began working.
Little did he know Roman was thinking the same thing.
"Friend." Virgil said, as Roman came closer, weapon in hand.
"Shoot." Roman sighed, having clearly not gotten the answer he wanted.
"What?" Virgil asked, hoping he didn't do something wrong.
"I was kind of hoping that you would respond the same way Patton did." Roman self consciously laughed, scratching the back of his neck.
"You have no idea how much I wanted to." Virgil responded, taking a step closer to Roman and wondering if he was awake or not.
A couple nods gave consent. Virgil was pushed up against too many boxes of Cheez It's, kissing Roman.
They kissed for what felt like centuries but not long enough. Roman and Virgil would've kept kissing had the not been both hit in the back of the head by their friends, who had won the Nerf War.
Needless to say, it was an eventful night for the teens.

A/N
Finally this is done!! Yes, I know the incorrect quote at the top that inspired this chapter is switched with who is saying who from what I wrote but I felt like Patton asking about being boyfriends was more in character, you know? So, did the people who read my update think this is what the chapter was about? Let me know.
Anyway, hopefully I don't go on another hiatus for a while because that was super stressful for me. This chapter was super fun to write so I hope you enjoyed!! Sorry its a little bit short.
~ Brynlee