(Lmao, this is where it starts to get weird y'all)

Connor caught Jared's arm, yanking the boy back, "Jared!" He hissed.

"What?" Jared turned to face him, tugging on his arm slightly. "I remember this place, we were here!"

Connor sputtered, loosening his grip on the other boy's arm, "But we can't go in there!"

"Why not?" Jared demanded, writhing out of Connor's hold and crossing his arms.

"That's... that's a... an adult... store." Connor fiddled with his coat.

"Well they might have some information for us." Jared shrugged, leading the way. After a short pause, Connor followed.

The minute Jared opened the door strange music blared loudly, which made him regret going in, but he powered through. Once inside, he kept his eyes trained to the floor as he made his way to the counter, Connor trailing slightly slower behind him.

Jared rung the bell at the counter and after a second a woman appeared from the back room.

"Oh hey, sorry about that. I'm Alana, what can I do for you folks?" The girl asked, Jared dared make eye contact with her and immediately the girl's expression changed. "Oh, it's you! Well, how'd it go?"

"Go?" Connor echoed from behind Jared.

"Yeah, you two came in all excited, bought that pair of handcuffs and left all giggly-"

~~~

    Jared burst into the shop, dragging Connor along by his hand. Alana had looked up from her magazine and smiled as the two came in.

    "Hello, just holler if you two need anything." She chimed.

    Jared wandered aimlessly through the store, staring at all the items as he past. Connor, however, seemed to be avoiding looking at the items as he followed Jared.

    Finally, when they had reached the back of the store, Connor had glanced up and took note of something hanging on one of the hooks. He reached up and snatched it, examining the item.

    "Hey, do you want that?" Jared said a little too loudly, making Alana glance up again.

    Connor blushed, shaking his head, "No, I'm good-"

     "Awesome, we're getting it then." Jared snatched them up and marched up to the counter. "Just these, please"

    "Alright, that'll be $25.99 please." Alana went to grab a bag but Jared shook his head.

     "We won't need it." He smiled and began to fumble with his wallet. "Shit, I don't have any cash from that arcade. Oh! I have my card."

     "Thank you for your purchase!"

~~~

Jared and Connor shared an embarrassed glance.

"Oh." Was all Jared could muster, he was too busy willing the blood not to rush to his face. Well, at least now they knew where the handcuffs had mysteriously appeared from.

"Could you tell us where in town we are?" Connor asked, shifting away from Jared.

    "Oh yeah, you folks are on Anderson Street." Alana shrugged.

    Jared had never heard of it.

    "Okay, well we're trying to get back to Second Street, do you know if it's close?" Connor sighed, rubbing at his forehead.

     "Oh yeah, that's walkable, it's about fifteen blocks if you keep going that way." Alana nodded.

    "Thank you so much." Connor grabbed Jared's arm once more and pulled him to the door.

    "You folks have a nice day!" Alana called, slipping back into the back office.

    Connor opened the door and the two stepped back out into the street, which was just as poorly lit as Jared remembered it. He had to squint from getting used to the harsh lights in the store.

    "Alright, we just keep heading this way and we can find the bar, get a cab, and never see each other again, okay?" Connor said, still tugging Jared along with him.

    "Jesus, who knew you were so eager to get rid of me." Jared snorted. "Last night apparently you couldn't keep your hands off me."

    "Oh shut up, we were both drunk out of our minds, everyone makes mistakes when they're drunk." Connor scoffed. Jared stopped, which made Connor stumble as he was yanked back by his hold on the other boy's arm.

    "What, am I just a mistake to you?" Jared said bitterly.

    Connor sighed, taking his hand off Jared and turning around, "That's not what I meant-"

    "You can't change what happened, Connor. No matter what, last night, you and I had a thing." Jared pushed past Connor and began to head down the sidewalk. "Let's hurry up and go so I never have to see you again."