Snakebite Heart With a Bubblegum Smile

I sigh as I erase the part of the sketch that I've been trying to get right for about half an hour,
'Alex, why don't you just leave it?' Hannah asks, rubbing my back,
'Because I wanna get it finished. I'm getting it done in two days and I still haven't shaded it.' I sigh,
'Are you dot working it?' Oli asks,
'Yeah.' I say, not looking up,
'Han, babe, start shading the bit furthest away from where he's working. Me and Alan will finish tidying up.' He chuckles,
'Alright.' Hannah nods and grabs her pens.
That's my favourite part about working at this tattoo shop, we're all so laid back and willing to help each other out. Only four of us work here, me, Alex Gaskarth; Hannah Snowdon, my best friend; Oliver Sykes, her boyfriend; and Alan Ashby, Oli's best friend. We're a tight knit little group and it works well.
'So, Lex, any boys?' Hannah asks while she dots my design carefully,
'Nah. I've kind of just given up looking now, clearly no one wants me.' I chuckle, flicking my black fringe out of my eyes,
'Don't say that babe. If I was a gay guy, I'd be right on you.' she smirks and I laugh softly,
'She has a point Lexy, if I was gay, I'd wanna suck your dick.' Oli laughs,
'I have sucked your dick.' Alan says casually and I feel myself turn a deep shade of red while Hannah and Oli laugh and Alan wraps his arms around my shoulders and places a sloppy kiss on my cheek,
'And you loved eeeeevery minute of it!' he beams and I roll my eyes,
'Get off you ginger prick.' I smirk and shrug him off,
'Oi you, don't be butt hurt, just coz you can't have me anymore coz I've got Aussie.' he chuckles,
'Alan, my dear, I've never wanted you. We were pissed. You're like my brother, I couldn't handle an incest relationship. Plus, I always knew you and Austin would get together.' I smile at him and he blushes, Austin Carlile is his boyfriend and they are so, so perfect for each other,
'Speaking of which, Oli ya fucker, can I leave an hour early tomorrow, Aus is taking me out.' he pouts and Oli chuckles and nods,
'Wheres he taking you, love?' Hannah asks him,
'For dinner and then to the beach.' he says, sounding embarrassed,
'Thats so romantic!' Hannah squeals, 'Oli never does shit like that.' she smirks and ducks when Oli goes to slap her head playfully,
'Hey! I do romantic shit.' he whines,
'like what? Drawing me as derogatory cartoons?' she laughs and I chuckle,
'Han, you know Oliver is a romantic little shit under that hard outer shell.' I grin and Oli blushes and Hannah smiles,
'I know.' she nods.

(Next day)

'Hey ya lil fucker.' Hannah greets me, looking up from the tattoo she's doing on a regular client and grinning at me,
'Hey Han. Hey Tony.' I smile,
'Hey mate, how are you?' Tony Perry, one of our most regular customers asks,
'I'm good thanks Tone, you? What ya getting done this month?' I smirk and he laughs,
'Another turtle. My little cousin drew me one and I promised I'd get it as my next ink.' he smiles,
'Awh, you cutie.' I wink and go check my appointments list,
'Oh, Lex, there's a kid coming in to talk to you about his first tattoo at about 1, he's a cute kid, bout 19. Very punk rock.' Hannah smiles and I nod,
'Cool, thanks Han.' I smile.

-

'Hey, I'm here to talk to Alex?' The guy in front of me asks shakily and I smile,
'Thats me. Jack, right? Come on through to my room.' I smile and lead him into my own personal room, all four of us have one,
'So Jack, I hear you're looking into your first ink?' I ask, sitting down, he sits opposite me as he nods,
'Yeah. My mums, like, super religious and strict and wouldn't let me get one until I left home, and since I've moved out, it's the first thing I'm doing.' he smirks and I smile,
'I like your attitude kid. My mum was just like that, so I moved out at sixteen... And, well, you can see the result.' I laugh, ruffling my black hair and chewing on my lip, my piercings hitting my teeth,
'You rebel.' Jack smirks and I wink at him,
'Anyway, tattoos... What are you thinking?' I ask,
'Well, I'd either like to get the blink 182 bunny on my arm here-' he pays the top of his forearm, '-or Jack Skellington playing guitar here.' he smiles as he puts his hand near his right shoulder,
'Alright, well, for now, I think your best bet would be going with the smallest.' I tell him,
'Blink.' he says,
'Yeah. Good choice by the way, blink are my favourite band.' I smile, showing him the blink logo I have on my upper arm and he grins,
'Same here.' he says happily,
'Do you have a design in mind?' I ask and he nods, pulling a piece of paper out of his pocket,
'Awesome. Hey, i have a free two hours. How about we do it today?' I ask,
'That'd be awesome!' he smiles and I chuckle,
'Great. Let me get this drawn out for you.' I smile.

-

'Thanks so much Alex.' Jack smiles, handing me the money,
'My pleasure. Keep me in mind for that Jack Skellington tattoo, yeah?' I wink and he nods,
'Definitely.' he smiles, 'See ya.' he adds,
'Bye bud.' I smile and he leaves the shop quickly,
'You fancy him.' Oli laughs, patting my back,
'I do not.' I groan,
'Oh, Alex, honey, you do.' Hannah smiles,
'He's cute. Piss off.' I whine,
'Awh, Awex has a crush.' Alan chuckles,
'I hate you all why am I friends with you.' I complain,
'You're friends with Han because she wanted to get in your pants but then your told her you were gay, you're friends with me because she's in my pants, and you're friends with Alan because he tried to get into mine.' Oli says casually and I laugh,
'Wow, that's fucked up if you think about it.' I smirk and Hannah rolls her eyes and kisses my temple,
'You could always text him. You have his details.' she whispers in my ear,
'Already thought about that one.' I grin and she laughs,
'Thats my boy.' she smiles.