"Nah, it's fine, I got this. Ignore those dicks. They're just bitter I won't give them the time of day." Axel rolled his eyes at those idiots and took Hartley's sleeve, yanking him along until he started to walk with him, ignoring the jeers behind them. Axel was in so much trouble later, skipping out on work and he really shouldn't do that, given all he owed but hell, he couldn't leave him alone. He'd make the money up later.

"Hey, could you take off your hoodie?" Axel asked as they walked along beside each other. "... Not cause I want to check you out. I mean I do, you're fine as hell but I just want to check something." Axel held out his hand for it, waiting for him to respond.