The store was dead quiet, except for the whir of the machines and the sounds of the traffic outside. Andrew of course had the midnight shift and was unfortunately the only one in the tiny convenience store. With the kind of luck that he had, it honestly never surprised him.

He just had to stay up late and read. Which, would have been a dream come true when he was younger, but now it was pretty dang boring. The till wasn't one of the most comfortable things to lean back against and enjoy a good book, but at least it was something.

At this time of night only stragglers entered the store but it wasn't often. Sometimes they were annoying drunks, and sometimes it was someone out late at night. It really just depended on the night.

It was about twenty minutes into his shift when the small bells attached to the door chimed and in walked a customer. He put the bookmark in his book and put it under the counter just so he didn't have to deal with it later when the customer, hopefully, came to the counter. Usually when people came in at this hour it didn't take them very long to find what they were looking for and be out on their way.

Andrew watched as the customer grabbed a small plastic basket and walked around dropping items in the it. It took about five minutes for the stranger to come to the counter with his basket of items and started taking them out placing them down so Andrew could ring them through.

They gave each other awkward gestures of acknowledgement and mumbles greetings before Andrew started. It was quite the collection of items that the man was buying, especially at that time of night.

"So...have you been busy?" The customer all of a sudden asked awkwardly, rubbing the back of his neck. Andrew could tell by the wince that he regretted the question immediately.

Andrew just stopped what he was doing, looked at the other man and raised his eyebrow before replying. "At 12:30 in the morning in an empty store? No. No not really." It probably wasn't the nicest thing to say at that moment but with a question like that, who could blame him.

The customer winced again."Okay sorry...really stupid question. Just...trying to break the ice I guess."

Andrew blinked and the stranger. "You...do realize that I am a convenience store cashier who is ringing through your strange and random items at an ungodly hour. Whom I doubt, unless you come here again at this hour, you will never see again right?"

Andrew turned away from the customer as he placed the rest of the items in bags and gathered up the total. He was about to tell the stranger what it was before the man all of a sudden spoke. "Well...we could definitely change that."

To say the least, Andrew was taken aback. He gave the other man a look of confusion and replied. "E-Excuse me? If this is an attempt at flirting, I'm flattered but we have literally spent only five minutes together. I didn't think it took that long to constitute an attempt at giving a number."

The customer laughed and shook his head. "It doesn't, but that definitely broke the ice. Though, it is pretty refreshing to have someone freak out over the fact that it's too soon rather than the fact that I'm a guy."

"So what. You do this often then?" With the questioning look he received, Andrew rolled his eyes. "Go into stores at a late hour, buy random items and then hit on the male cashier. That'll be $42.60."

"W-What? No! I don't do that at all….I-I just meant that it happens when I try to ask another guy out!" Andrew raised his hands in front of him in a gesture of defense.

"Okay then. I was just asking. There's really no reason to get so bent out of shape about it. ...Even if I accepted your offer, do you have anything specific planned?"

The man pulled out his debit card as he furrowed his brows. "Uh...no. Not really. Honestly? I wasn't expecting to even get this far. I don't usually so...uh this is kind of new for me." Andrew entered the amount due in his part of the machine so the customer could pay.

"So you flirted and asked someone for their number but you never thought to actually plan an idea for a date just in case someone said yes finally?"

The customer's cheeks lit up as he pressed buttons on the machine. "Uh….yes?"

Andrew shook his head in disbelief, rolling his eyes. "Wow...It's quite obvious that you really don't think before speaking, isn't it?" When the machine beeped it's approval, Andrew handed the customer his receipt. The man just nodded in agreement with a slight grimace.

"But uhm...even if I don't have a plan yet uhm... here." The man pulled a pen out of his pocket and scribbled something on the back of the receipt and handed to Andrew. "Call me. I'll figure something out."

Andrew looked down, and on the back of the receipt said a number and a name - Danny. When Andrew looked back up eventually, he realized the man had left and he was once again alone in the store.