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Take Me Home Tonight

Chapter Three



"Ash, don't you wanna take a break yet?" I asked, staring down at the fourth of his arm which I'd been working on for the past 45 minutes now.
The front half of his forearm, just above his wrist, was starting to fill in nicely with a rocker skull wearing a bandana that read "ASH" in old school gothic font and a large outlined star resting above it to match the ones he'd had tattooed across his back and upper arm in the past.
"No, keep going, it's turning out rad," he smiled up at me before clenching his jaw back into a painful grimace as I went in to plant another long needle stroke into the star design.
His arm was getting slightly inflamed due to the amount of work that I'd been doing on it, which is why I refused to ever work on a client for longer than an hour long period without a break in-between. Unfortunately, Ash hadn't quite met that threshold yet.
"Are you sure?" I asked, pulling away the tattoo gun from his arm and grabbing a clean napkin to dab away the excess ink and blood from the design. I wasn't going to force him to break just yet if he didn't want to.
After all, extra ten minutes or so wasn't going to kill him and it wasn't like the inflammation would end up causing any real damage other than soreness. I looked up at him, patiently waiting for an answer.
"Yeah, Mads, I'm fine" he said, looking up to me with a reassuring grin. "Always doin' great when I'm with you," he winked, causing me cheeks to burn slightly as I tried my best not to be flustered by his flirtatious commentary.
I'd known Ashley long enough to expect that kind of thing from him. His flirting wasn't at all exclusive to me-- he'd do it to just about any other female he came in contact with, but this time I just so happened to be the lucky girl who was closest in proximity.
I mentally sighed. Anyways, his flirting was never anything more than a lame attempt at getting me or whomever he was speaking with to sleep with him. I knew that much for sure.
Of course, at times it was annoying, off-putting even, but I knew Ashley, and I knew that he didn't mean any harm. In a way, his persistent flirtation had gotten to the point where it was almost endearing to me.
I smiled up at him through my dark lashes. "Oh really?" I asked, playing into his words for once. "Well of course," he purred as I dabbed away another droplet of blood that was pooling atop his skin. "Always feel fantastic after spending time with a beautiful lady."
I rolled my eyes exaggeratedly. "Oh shut up, Ashley," I said, playfully hitting his upper arm with my gloved hand. "Save that sappy shit for my cousin," I snorted before focusing back to his tattoo which was now just beginning to stop bleeding. "I'll keep going, but in fifteen minutes, I'm forcing you to take a break," I said firmly so that he knew it was't negotiable. "I won't work on a client for over an hour consecutively."
He nodded in understanding with a smug look on his face. "So what exactly do these breaks between tattoo session entail?" he asked, raising an eyebrow. "Do we just, go hang out in the back and talk, or..." he asked, trailing off before placing his free hand under my chin and angling my head upwards to meet his eyes.
I felt a shiver run up my spine at this touch. "Ashley, if you do that while I'm tattooing you, you're going to end up with a mess of ink on your arm," I laughed somewhat nervously. Glancing down at his arm, he shrugged slightly. "Looks fine to me," he chuckled, causing me to roll my eyes at him again.
"Annnd, it looks like break time has come early, I said, placing my gun down on the napkin laid out in my work space and shooting him a wink as he made a fake pout in response.
"Give me your arm back," I said just as he began to pull it up from the arm of the chair. "What're you covering it up for?" he asked, looking over at me curiously as I cut a large square of saran wrap from its box.
"We're going to get breakfast," I said with a small yawn before taking his forearm in my hand and rolling the clear wrap around the freshly done tattoo.
I had to give myself props on this one, it was turning out to look pretty nice and was without a doubt filling up the empty space perfectly.
"We are?" he asked, raising an eyebrow at me as I plucked a strip of tape from the dispenser on the counter adjacent from me. "Well, what'd you eat today?" I asked, cupping my hand around the makeshift bandage to make sure that it was on securely.
It was slightly amusing to see how small my hands were in comparison to his forearm. I was barely even able to fully reach my fingers around all the way.
"Shit, Maddie, it was like 6:45 in the morning when I left to come here and you think I had time to eat?" he laughed, "I practically just rolled out of bed and got in the car," he said, pulling his arm away after I was done ensuring that the wrap wouldn't fall off.
"Actually, I didn't think you ate," I said pointedly as I stood up from the chair I'd been bound to for the past hour. "Which is why we're getting food right now," I said, offering him my hand before he took it and I quickly yanked him back up to his feet.
"Jeez, Mads" he laughed, picking up his cowboy hat from the counter he'd left it on before I'd started tattooing him. "That was a bit violent," he commented before placing the hat back onto his head.
Now it was my turn to fuck with him. I smirked. "Sorry," I said innocently, "Thought you were into that kinda thing, cowboy."

Notes

Hey, guys! New chapter for ya'll. If you're enjoying reading thus far (though I know it's a little bit of a lead up to the fun stuff), please leave some comments and faves. I'll update again soon if anyone's still reading! Thanks!

Comments

more please??

@Red Phoenix77
Thanks! I recently re-logged in and was like 'damn I really wanted to keep going with this,' so I thought I'd go for a fresh start and edit it a bit before continuing! :)

Sweet! I remember reading some of this when I was looking around on Quotev once. Good to see it here, I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

Red Phoenix77 Red Phoenix77
5/6/19