2 Our First Job! Today We're Painters!

"Wait but isn't it illegal to own one of these!" Erin

"Shhh, it's not illegal if no one knows, plus you should only use it for self-protection, kay~" Nate

Nate smiled. Holding onto Erin and reassuring him that it was all merely for his own safety and that he was okay now after having been assaulted in broad daylight just a few moments ago.

But Erin had completely forgotten that he was just assaulted just then and as he looked to Nate whose passive words eased him and made him feel comfortable in the moment. He had idiotically forgotten what he was doing as Nate was speaking to him.

"Okay so where are we going" Nate

Hearing him say that as he took a step back, Erin snapped back to reality as he looked back to Nate.

"We?" Erin

"Yes we. I'm not French so you better hurry up and decide before I chose for us. Okay, oui?" He said imitating a French guy in the end as he said "Yes" in which sounded like the English word "we".

"Uh..." Erin

Erin was having a brain fart as he didn't know what he was doing again and Nate was being a big distraction as he started talking again but this time in a French accent.

"You're taking too long Erin? Come on, I'm picking for us"

Nate said grabbing Erin by the hand and leading him down the street,

"Wait, where are we going?!" Erin

"Shut up and just follow me" Nate

"Hey who are you telling to shut up!" Erin

"You, now come on" Nate

"humph, Meanie" Erin

"This guy. . ." Nate signed at Erin's behavior.

. . . . .

Traveling down Domus Street, they approached a small turquoise house and Nate knocked on the door as Erin stood slyly behind him as he was showing him exactly how it was done.

After a few seconds, a Toned Man answered the door,

"Yes?" He said

But before Nate could respond, a plush woman called out and it sounded as if she had her face buried in a pile of newspapers,

"Who is it," She said

"Just some boys," He said back to her.

Now as he had said that to the lady already inside of that house, Nate put on a kind smile as he looked to the man and asked "Hello my good sir, we were wondering if you had any work needing to be done" Nate said in a persuasive business voice as if he had done this before.

Hearing Nate the man turns around,

"Do we have any jobs that need doing?" He said as if he was talking to the lady in the background.

"You still haven't painted that room? Have you?" The plush woman asks in response to the man, and as he didn't respond back as sweat came creeping down his face, she speaks again "I'll take that as a no. You should have them do it then" she said as she seemed less interested by the second as if she was busy with something more important.

Hearing her say that the Toned man looks back to Nate and Erin,

"Hey, how would the both of you like to make 50 Pounds? All you have to do is Paint a spare room, it should take six hours at least?"

The Toned man said offering them a job,

Turning to Erin, Nate looked back to the man and smiled diligently.

"We'd love to, sir"

. . . . .

After accepting the job the Toned man led them into his house and upstairs to the second floor where they went into a small empty room.

Inside of the room, there was a tin of paint on a step ladder besides an assortment of brushes and rollers.

"That's everything you need," He said as he stood at the doorway and both Erin and Nate were inside of the small room, "Now we'll be downstairs if you need anything," he said turning around and leaving.

"Leave it all to us, sir, we'll be done soon enough!" Nate said elegantly.

After the man left downstairs Nate looked over to Erin with a joyous expression as Erin was still wary of all of this and quite new to it as well.

"And that's how you do it my little friend, now let's get to work, this room isn't going to paint itself" Nate

"Um... Okay" Erin

Grabbing rollers Erin was directed to Paint the mid-bottom and bottom of the 4 walls, and Nate using the latter was going to paint the tip and higher part of the Mid as Erin couldn't without struggling.

Or so he believed, he liked to tease Erin due to their height difference~

Getting to work the both of them worked hard painting a whole wall in a little bit over an hour and taking a small break as they worked without stopping that entire time and had to add an extra layer of paint to even it out.

During their break, they spoke a little and as Nate teased Erin, Erin grabbed a brush, flicking paint at Nate, and starting a paint war as they fought each other flicking paint at each other for a few minutes before calming down and laughing about it before getting back to work.

Getting back to work it took a few more hours to finish up with another wall and they even pained the ceiling as the Tone man had came back up there and had forgotten to tell them that.

So after painting the both walls, they continued on to the next wall and then the wall with the door. Erin tried using the latter to get the middle areas when Nate was taking a short break, but he fell in the process.

Falling, he spilled a bit of paint on his hair and got it on his face, making Nate burst out into hysterical laughter as he found it so funny.

Trying not to die of embarrassment,

While also seeking revenge on his friend Nate, he grabbed a brush and swiped it at Nate, putting a Kakashi eye line on his face and making Nate laugh even more as Erin looked so adorable when embarrassed and mad.

They kept going after that and after a few more hours of this, they had finished up.

. . . . .

After many tough hours of working on this room, the both of them took a step back and admired their finished handiwork before putting back the brushes and rollers and going downstairs to inform the Toned man and Plush woman that they had finished and collect the pay.

After going downstairs the Toned man who wasn't as busy as his Plushed wife went upstairs to check their work, after seeing it for himself he came back downstairs and pulled out 50 pounds.

"Good job you 2, you've earned this" Toned Man

He said handing over the 50 Pounds to Nate.

After taking the money the both of them left and just as they got outside and the door behind them closed, he looked to Erin and held out the cash.

"That was pretty fun, we should do this again some times, anyway, here you go, you earned it Erin~" Nate

Holding out the entirety of the cash they earned together, Erin was surprised and confused?

"Aren't you going to take half of it, Nate? We did work on that room TOGETHER for many hours?" Erin

He said as he couldn't just take it all, what type of friend would he be if he was to just take all the earnings that they earned together.

But as he said that Nate laughed,

"Naw bro, you earned it, after all, I had a lot of fun hanging out with you, plus this was your first job, so to congratulate you, here just take it and then the next time we work together I'll make sure that we split it evenly... Unless your lazy butt slacks off" Nate

He said and as he had he got Erin to laugh,

"Okay I got it, but next time it's going to be you who slacks off, and im going to woop your butt, got it" Erin

"Got it bro" Nate

"Anyways, see you later, I'm going to head back home and wash this paint off before leaving for a while. If chance you see Robin, tell her I said Hi, she's probably out selling lemonade again so I'd go visit her before she goes home if your done looking for work" Nate

"Yeah, I think I'm all tired out from painting, I'll tell her you said hi" Erin

"Thanks" Nate

"Hey, don't forget we're to meet later today! 10 PM remember!" Erin

"I won't forget" Nate

"Okay, then have a great rest of the afternoon Nate" Erin

"See ya" Nate

[50£ Acquired!]

[Total Stash: £55]

After taking the money from Nate and pocketing it, worn out from painting, Erin walked around the corner to a bus stop and got on the bus a few minutes after paying £1 for a bus ticket to Starfish Street.