Till/Jinju + Till & Roche, Rated G
“Okay, Roche, what’s the-” Till started, then stopped as she entered the bowling alley, brow furrowing in confusion, “There is no emergency, is there?”
“Depends how you define emergency,” he gave her a look.
Till sighed, “Aren’t there more important things that need to be done?”
“They can wait,” he replied.
“Hi,” Jinju gave an awkward wave from where she stood behind Roche.
“Are you serious right now?” Till snapped at Roche.
“Completely,” his voice was cheerful, “The two of you are going to spend some quality time together, because quite frankly? I am thisclose to firing you for spending most of your shifts moping.”
“You wouldn’t,” Till narrowed her eyes.
“Do you want to find out?” Roche raised his eyebrows.
“How’d you even get her to agree to this, anyways?” Till asked.
“Well,” Roche said, “Ask her yourself. While you spend some quality time together.”
Till groaned, “Do we have to?”
“Yep,” Roche nodded sagely, clapping a hand on Till’s shoulder as he made to leave, “See you in four hours for your shift.”
With that, he was gone. Till and Jinju were alone now, staring at each other awkwardly-as if they’d never met before. Till felt a stab of longing at the thought.
“Well,” Jinju broke the silence.
“Well,” Till agreed, sighing.
“Do you want to try this, or do you want to find somewhere else?” Jinju asked, giving Till an out.
“What the hell?” Till murmured, shaking her head, “Let’s just go with it.”
Jinju nodded. They started a game, talking occasionally. Jinju told her what Roche had done to convince her; Till told her a bit about what had gone on recently.
As awkward as it still was, it was also nice. Till could admit that to herself.