I've got issues, you got them too,
                    So give them all to me,
                   and I'll give mine to you.
                     -Julia Michaels; Issues

"I really wanna get out of here." I say randomly, staring at that goddamn gumball machine.

"I still love you." I whisper to it and Austin gives me a confused look.

"You do?" Austin says, shocked.

"What are you talking about? Are you hearing voices now? Geez, nut job." I roll my eyes and Austin glares.

"You are psychotic." He shakes his head and makes his way to an area of shopping carts.

"Mm, thank you, I'm always up for a compliment." I say cheerfully and Austin mutters under his breath while pulling out a carriage.

"What are you doing?" I ask, making my way to the carriage corral.

Austin looks at me and back at the cart and a display of tomato paste cans.

He smirks.

"Making the most of our situation." Austin says and pushes the carriage towards the tomato paste display. He positioned the carriage so that it would face the display.

"Austin.." I warned and he readied himself before jumping in the carriage.

It almost tips over as he shouts,"Shit!" With a laugh.

"Come on." He beckons me over and I give him a look.

"Are you crazy?" I said incredulously.

"Maybe, but not as much as you are. Come on!" He said again and I sighed, before marching over to him.

"Okay, what do you want?" I grumbled.

"Push me, on the count of three, we're going to go through that display." Austin says like a kid in a candy store.

"So basically we're crashing into a display, is what you're saying, right?" I say skeptically.

"Is there a problem?" Austin raises an eyebrow.

"There are many." I drawl.

"Come on, what else are you going to do, honestly?" Austin says sassily.

"I could always..I will.. maybe-"

"See? Push me, psycho." He commands and I roll my eyes.

"Ready?" He smirks up at me from the cart.

It was all preposterous! Because, one, he was way too tall for the carriage. His legs were hanging out of the carriage, along with his arms.

"I don't have a choice." I murmur.

"One..." Austin lifts his arms up.

"Two..." He picks his head up to look at me and I glare.

"Three!" Austin yells excitedly and I backup, before running and jumping on the carriage. The force makes us glide and I scream as the body weight on the cart makes us go faster.

"YEAH!" Austin screams and we crash into the display of cans with an alarming clattering sound. I fly off of the carriage and Austin falls with the carriage on top of him and crashes into the dairy section.

"Fuck...YES! Lets do it again!" Austin exclaims and I let my self fall back onto the tile floor.

"I swear to god, if you make me do that again, I won't hesitate to castrate you." I say, breathing heavily.

"Damn, fine, freaking party pooper." Austin grumbles and I sit up against a shelf of bananas.

I look at the display, the remains of it. I see that the cans are scattered all over the floor and there's a jug of milk spilled on the floor.

"This is a mess." I say with a shake of my head.

"Mm, lucky we don't work here." Austin grins and gets up from the floor.

"Still the same jerk." I say sarcastically and he helps me up.

"Still the same gumball psycho." Austin replies and he pulls me too harshly, that I bump into his chest and my head bumps his chin harshly.

"Shit." He grasps his chin.

"Who told you to pull me so hard?" I retort and he glares, kissing his teeth in pain.

"Let me see." I try to grab his chin but he yanks away.

"Let me see." I say firmly and he reluctantly, looks at me, looking forward.

I grab his chin gently, with one hand, examining it. Nothing seemed to be injured, I saw some slight scruff on his chin, and I ran my thumb over it.

"Nothing a good shave can't fix." I say softly with a small laugh, Austin puts a hand on my cheek and I feel my cheeks grow warm.

"Don't start anything, you can't finish." Austin says and walks away.

And at that moment, I couldn't figure out if I was more embarrassed or flustered.

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