Enid was slouching her legs on the counter as usual, wearing her signature shades and was preoccupied in her mind and not worried about really a single thing that was happening at the Bodega.

"Enid, Enid, Enid! Do you need any more help? I finished separating the things that should be in the recycling bin from the stuff in the trash" KO, happily approaching the counter said.

"Nah thanks kiddo" Enid said idly.

"Hmm, I'll go see if Rad needs any help now" KO said in a happy go lucky tone and sped to Rad, who was busy picking up crates and shelving items.

"Rad! Need help shelving?" KO asked his blue burly extraterrestrial friend.

"Eh, sure why not squirt." Rad replied with a smug smirk as he handed a few toothpaste boxes to KO, which the toothpastes were at the bottom part of the shelves, making it easy for him.

KO was humming a small tune as he stacked each box to its designated spot and eventually was finished. "Im done!" he smiled at Rad.

"Alrighty then very good work. I think its now time for our lunch break, don't you think?"

"Uh huh uh huh!" KO nodded happily but then paused

"Um Rad, I kinda forgot that I promised my mom that I'd have lunch with her today?"

"Why would you make that type of promise on a day like today? Is it something like, Important?"

"Not really but, I just wanted to spend some time with her, you know?"

"Eh, yeah. Well you go do that"

"Bye Rad!" KO ran off to the front of the bodega. "Bye Enid!" He said and he left for his mom's dojo.

Rad approached the counter and looked at Enid. "Yo its our lunch break. You want some,

bu-rr-i-tos?!"

Enid shrugged, taking off her shades. "Where did KO go?"

"To eat lunch with his mom or something"

"Oh ok" Enid pulled out her phone.

"Aren't we gonna go to the back and eat and watch something?"

Enid groaned "Nah….not really hungry"

Rad looked at her with this confused look. "You're not hungry? But you're always hungry at lunch time!"

"Just, I'm not hungry right now alright. I'll eat later" Enid sain an irritant tone. Rad shrugged and got a box of frozen burritos and went to the back, popping two in the microwave and putting the timer for 2:25. As Rad waited, the thought of Enid not wanting to eat did nudge a bit of concern within him. Yeah, Enid is always sassy with him but she'd never want to skip a meal.

The timer went off and Rad cleared the time and pulled out his plate and the burritos, steam escaping and filling the room. 'Hmm, maybe ill just go offer her one and maybe she'll take it" so Rad carried his hot plate to the front of bodega and saw Enid still at the counter, looking grumpy. "Heyyy Enid…have a burrito…trust me they're good!" and once he placed it down on the counter, Enid sent a Power Foot Fireball from her leg onto the plate, burning the burritos to ash and cracking the plate into shatters. "ENID! YOU JUST WASTED TWO GOOD BURRITOS AND A PLATE. WHATS YOUR DEAL BRO?!"

"I SAID, I WASN'T HUNGRY!" and she disappeared, leaving a little log behind.

Rad groaned. "bro what the heck?!" He said angrily to himself.

Enid sighed, she was sitting in the back outside of the Bodega, near the dumpsters. 'Ugh... why can't that jerk just leave me alone!?' she sighed and opened up her phone and she received a text from Radicles.

-Radicles/3:31pm: Yo Enid... Whats up with you?

Enid groaned, she was tired of having to deal with Rad all the time. Apart from the obvious reasons why there was something other than that that really made her sick. Feelings of maybe, her and Rad hanging by themselves one day, getting to know his soft, vulnerable side, getting to just.. be with him. The thought of it made her stomach and insides twinge. Enid had those thoughts once in a blue moon, but as the days went on, those feelings have began go grow and those thoughts became daily, or matter o fact, whenever she saw Rad in the first place. She refused to wanna eat alone with him

Once again she received a text from Rad now saying

-Radicles/3:34pm: Look.. you wanna talk or something?.. Where r u?

Enid groaned. NO WAY was she EVER telling Rad those extreme private thoughts.

She texted him back however saying

Enid/3:36pm: ugh.. fine... im outside in the back of the store.

Rad finished making his new burritos and decided to take both anyway to see if Enid would give in and take one. He got to the back of the store and saw Enid on the concrete looking down.

"Y-you want one...?" Rad asked carefully, making sure to not seem like it was enforcing her to take one.

"Mm.. " she said, avoiding immediate eye contact with him as she took one of the burritos and took a tiny bite out of it. Rad knelt down and sat against the wall along with her. "So uh.. " Rad began.

Enid grumbled, taking more bites.

"Mind telling me why you.. were.. like angry before and didn't wanna eat?"

Enid still avoided eye contact. "Yes" she said dryly.

Rad looked at her concernly. "Enid" he said.

"Ugh... what is it Rad?" She said, stopping.

"I know that... in the past I might've, you know irritated you, said stupid things, acted cocky, but you're my friend you know, and we've been working here for a couple of years now so obviously were friends but.. look...if you don't wanna open up to me, fine. Just know that, I'm here for you Enid, even if I seemed like I never was" Rad said, a tiny blush appearing on his blue cheeks.

Enid's eyes widened as she turned to look at Radicles. "Y-you really mean that?"

"Yeah, of course I do" he returned a smile.

Enid blushed but tensed up. Oh no, her feelings were getting the best of her. She did NOT want Rad to know about her secret crush.

"So... wanna tell me whats wrong...?"

"... No... I'm sorry... I just can't alright.. " Enid turned away from him.

"You're being super weird Enid, how bad is it? Is about Elodie?"

"No.. " she replied dryly.

"About those mean girls like Drupe?"

"No"

"Uhh... "

"Stop guessing... its fine"

"Fine, if its fine then why are you acting as if its not?"

"B-because.. "

"Enid, just tell me whats wrong...no one else is here you won't make a fool of yourself"

Enid sighed and said "Ok Rad... I'll tell you" she began. KO told her the day Elodie returned that talking out your problems to someone can help. Except when that problem might be in front of you, but what other choice does Enid have? If she disappears, Rad will only pester her more.. So might as well just tell the dude at this point. I mean what's the worst that could happen...

Rejection.

Nope. Enid wasn't about to deal with that.

"I... I... " Enid began stuttering.

"Spit it out"

Enid sighed. "I... ugh... I think.. I... Ugh I can't believe I'm saying this but um... I think I... L-L-LIKE YOU Rad!" she blushed.

'Someone please end me' she thought to herself.

"Everybody likes me Enid" Rad laughed.

Enid grumbled. "Forget it!" And she disappeared, leaving a tree stump