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"You didn't have to come all the way to pick me up!" (y/n) flusters as she tries to take her bags but Aidan and his father grabs them from her and puts them in the car. "I could take an uber and-"

"-nonsense! It's no problem at all (y/n)." Aidan says softly.

"Are you sure? I don't want to bother you."

He realises that this was an insecurity of hers and he made sure to remind her that she didn't cause them any problems. "Absolutely sure. Not a bother at all."

"What about cameras? You're not worried you might get recognised? I don't want to cause any problems." he looks around warily but realises that no one was really paying attention to them since all three were masked up, Aidan and his dad wearing a cap while (y/n) was in her hoodie. He knew she was cautious for him, that she didn't want to cause rumours or scandals and he made sure to keep her out of the limelight for her safety.

"We're fine (y/n). No one will recognise us." his father puts in the last bag and he gently ushers her into the car. "We're all good to go! Easy!"

"You can sit at the front kid." Aidan's father says but (y/n) shakes her head.

"I like sitting in the passenger seat. I get nauseous."

"You weren't joking about feeling sick when you're driving huh." the brunette muses, moving to sit in the back with her too.

"Thank you for picking me up Mr. Gallagher."

"No problem kid. You both want to eat anything on the way home?" Aidan and (y/n) shake their head no, him looking over her to see her yawn tiredly.

"I think we should get home. It's late. Mum set up the guest bedroom for you. It's just next to my room on the left."

"Oh! Thank you."

"We can take the day off tomorrow. Relax a little bit."

"Thanks, Aidan. Really. For everything." he smiles at her warmly, the two sitting in silence comfortably until they got home. He helped her with her bags, carefully putting them in her room.

"If you need anything, just let anyone know. I'll be down in the living room." Aidan smiles, closing the door to leave and walks into his room, gently shutting the door.

She's in my house! Next to my room!

He jumps in excitement, deciding to wash up and change into his pjs before heading down to the living room.

(y/n) decides to do the same, leaving the packing for tomorrow since she was very tired. She hesitantly takes a shower-feeling weird about it since it was someone else's house-and changed into track pants and long sleeve shirt before heading down to the living room. She finds her friend sitting on the couch reading a book.

"Hey." she whispers and he turns to look at her with a smile.

"Hey." he grins, adoring how comfortable and warm she looks as she sits down on the couch with him. "Mum and dad went to sleep."

"Oh." Aidan puts down his book and turns to face (y/n).

"What did you do this week? How was the sightseeing?" he watches her eyes light up, taking her phone out in excitement to go into detail about what she did during the week. He in turn does the same as she listened to him intently before he showed her photos of when he went to the same sightseeing places as she did.

"It was chaos! Dad got chased around by the animals when he tried to go near them! They were pecking at his clothes trying to get the feed from his hands! I told him not to take the whole bag with him in the pen or they would go crazy!" Aidan's stomach flips as (y/n) burst out laughing when he showed her the video of that, people trying to calm the animals.

"They really woke up and chose violence that day!" He nods, watching her light up and listen to him despite being tired and he softens as she tries to stay awake for him.

"Something similar happened to me but when I was way younger. We used to have pet ducks."

"Ducklings!? That's so cute! What were their names?"

"Princess, Ariel and Fluffy." Aidan snorts lightly, trying not to laugh. "What did you expect? I was like 11 or something!"

"You really liked the little mermaid huh." he snickers as (y/n) rolls her eyes with a smile.

"Bro I was fucking obsessed with trying to be a mermaid! It was a whole phase, especially with H2O."

"H-what?" he blinks in confusion and she gasps, offended.

"You don't know what that show is!? Granted it's Australian but it was amazing!"

"You need to show me then." He muses and she nods. "So your ducks, did they chase you around or something?"

"Oh my god yes! When they grew up completely, I don't know why they hated me but they chased me around my yard! I was screaming for help but no one came to save me!" Aidan sputters into laughter as (y/n) shoves him gently. "They were trying to get my ankles!" He leans back from laughter, wiping away his tears.

"Your ankles!?"

"Ducks have sharp teeth man! I barely escaped with my legs intact!"

"I just can't believe-they really wanted to attack you!"

"Yep. Never again." (y/n) yawns out and Aidan decides that it was time to head to sleep.

"It's been a long night and you must be tired."

"Yeah..."

"Let's go to sleep." he helps her up from the couch and they walk to their rooms. "Goodnight (y/n)."

"Night Aidan!" she waves at him before going into her room and he leans against his door while staring at her closed bedroom door with a smile. He quickly enters his room and drops down on his bed to sleep when he gets a message from (y/n). Aidan opens it and chuckles at the meme he received of a goose with a knife in its mouth. He finds a similar meme to send but with the caption 'Peace was never an option'. He sets his phone down and goes to sleep.

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"Is your friend still not awake yet?" Aidan's mother asks and he looks up the stairs to where her bedroom would be. "Poor thing must be really tired."

"I'll go see if she's up." Aidan says as he gets up from the couch, walking to (y/n)'s bedroom door and gently knocking on it. "(y/n)?" he says quietly, not wanting to startle her awake and he opens her door to peek inside. Everything was as it was from last night except for the girl still asleep in bed. He chuckles lightly seeing her hidden completely beneath the blanket with only her arms and tufts of her hair peeking out. "(y/n)?" she groans softly in reply, waking up and leaning her head up. She looks around in confusion since this wasn't her bedroom or her hotel room, quickly sitting up in a panic but realises she was in her friend's house.

Aidan coos at how adorable (y/n) was as she goes to hide back under the blanket, grumbling at him. "It better only be noon."

"Close to it actually. It's around 11. Come on (y/n), time to get up." She sighs in defeat as she brushes her hair back, the brunette chuckling softly at the mess of a bird's nest her hair was tangled into. "Do you want anything to eat?"

"Uh, do you have tea?" He knew she was a tea drinker and bought some specifically for her only since his family was coffee drinkers.

"We do. I'll have mum brew some for you."

"I'll just freshen up and come downstairs." Aidan smiles at (y/n) as she yawns, moving to sit on the floor next to her suitcase while rubbing her eyes and mumbling about where she kept her hair ties. He leaves her to her own as he heads downstairs again to let his mum know she was awake.

"Will she eat anything Aidan?" his mother asks her.

"I think just some toast. She doesn't get hungry in the mornings."

"Alright dear." It only took a few minutes for (y/n) to come downstairs all freshened up, cleaning her glasses and putting them on as she greets everyone. "Here's some toast and beetroot hummus dear. Your tea is just on the counter."

"Thank you!" Aidan moves to sit down next to (y/n) as she ate, him drinking his coffee. "Cool! I have the same hummus at home!" She points out to the container and he chuckles lightly.

"What do you want to do today?" he asks her.

"I'm feeling a little lazy but I need to unpack my luggage."

"I can help you with that if you want-"

"-oh no! I'm ok!" she flushes, thinking about her clothes she needs to put away. "How about we watch a movie later on?"

"Do you want to start the marathon?"

"I was kinda thinking about a cinema?"

"Oh! Yeah, there are a few new movies that came out. I heard Violent Night is going to be really good."

"Is that the one with Jim Hopper from Stranger things? What's his name... David!"

"Yeah!"

"Alright yeah! We can go watch it!"

"When do you want to head out?" Aidan asks, checking the time.

"I'll try to sort through everything as soon as I can but around the evening?" (y/n) suggests.

"We can get dinner after and walk around for a bit."

"That sounds good." the brunette grips his cup tightly, thinking about how he would be with her the entire day with a movie and a dinner. It almost sounded romantic but he shakes his head. This was only friends hanging out. "I have to warn you. I comment. A lot." he grins, interest piqued by the new information.

"I'm alright with that. To be honest, I do the same thing." the two giggle together, talking about what they would like to have for dinner before they split ways to get some chores done. Aidan decides to try and finish off some things on his list he could easily finish while (y/n) was busy putting her belongings away. Hours sped by and as soon as she was done, she sent a message to her friend and he jumps at the sound of her ringtone.

I'm done so I'll start
getting ready

Ok cool. I'll do the same
then.

Aidan jumps up quickly, trying to decide what to wear for their day out. Should it be casual or should he try to dress up? He stuck with jeans and a dark blue flannel top, brushing his hair and checking that he had everything in his pockets.

"Car keys, phone, wallet, glasses and mask... yep all here!" He decides to wait downstairs and let his parents know where they were going while his friend panicked about what to wear. She decided to wear her grey plaid pants and black off-shoulder shirt, tying up her hair loosely and doing some light makeup. As soon as she had her little bag packed with everything, she rushes downstairs to see her friend waiting for him.

(y/n) pauses when she sees Aidan, her stomach flipping for some reason.

He looks... really good...

She shakes her head and goes to fill up her bottle, the brunette hearing the sound and looking up for his breath to hitch. He blinks at her as she tucks her hair back, her glasses sitting on her shirt.

She looks amazing...