I've been going to the same liquor store since I moved in with Alex back in August and I've become enough of a regular where one of the guys that runs it knows me on a first name basis. He's Egyptian and goes by "Wally." He told me his actual name once but it was forever ago.
Over the summer he asked me out but I tried my best to dodge the question. I thought he was over it until I started showing up in the company of guys. When I come in alone or with other women he's incredibly kind, calling me "Sweetie," and asking me how I am. If I'm with a guy, or in a group when a guy is included, he gets incredibly salty, not looking me in the eyes and barely saying hello.
The next time I show up alone he always asks me if the guy I was with is a boyfriend. While none of them have been, I try to be kind because I know what it's like having a crush on the person in front of the counter.
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