#bc you guys keep my yousana heart alive tbh

[saintsandmisfit]

summer job romance AU  - Yousef/Sana

Sana is doing a part-time job over the summer at a department store - in the children’s section  

She refuses to give in and quit just because people are dumb as fuck

The kids are damn cute though and seeing them dressed in tiny clothes with their toothless smiles makes her heart flip

But shit gets annoying one day when a middle-aged lady comes in with a little girl and she won’t let the girl pick out this black shirt that says ‘future girl boss’ - Sana is almost personally offended by this

She’s listened to about one entire minute of this lady trying to explain to the kid that little girls need to “wear pretty colours and shirts that say cute things on them!”

So she’s about to march over there and give this lady a piece of her mind or the edge of her platforms, who knows

But then this lanky dark-haired boy strolls up next to them and picks up another of the same shirt and starts waving it around saying “aliyah! see what i found! you’re going to look so boss in this shirt, look it even says it on the shirt”

A small girl in a sparkly pink hijab strolls up to him, looking unimpressed until she sees the shirt and her face lights up

“yousef, i need this shirt.” “i’m kind of scared to buy it for you now. what if you become some kind of gang leader?” “i’m eight” “you never know these days”

He ends up turning to the woman and child and saying “oh did you want this shirt too? i bet you’d look great in it.”

kid:“mama says i can only wear pink”, yousef:“well bosses definitely wear pink, but they wear black too. you look like you’d be a pretty cool boss.”, aliyah: “yeah! i’m already a boss of course and i wear ALL the colours”

There’s not fault to this logic obviously

The mother looks more uncomfortable by the second - Sana is cackling inside - and then the child turns to her and says “mama SEE”. They leave with the black shirt.

And Sana is just standing there, head tilted, smiling at the entire scene

Yousef looks up and catches her staring at them and smiles. he waves and she like eSCAPES from there.

For two entire days she thinks about the guy with dark eyes and the nice smile - that hair is also ridiculous (-ly attractive)

And then the guy shows up again while Sana is doing her rounds around the kids section - this time in the toy section

He has Aliyah with him again and she throws a ball that ends up hitting Sana in the leg

Yousef runs over to her, “oh fuck i’m so sorry, my niece and i were just playing!” and Sana says “it’s fine! you’ve got a wicked strong throw…” “aliyah!” “yes Aliyah, you’re super strong. tell me you’re playing basketball or something”

And she just kneels down and chats with Aliyah sharing her own basketball team stories

Yousef is watching them both with heart eyes, probably thinking about the day he’ll propose to her already

Sana gets up to leave and Yousef blurts out “will you be around for more sports expertise?” and she turns around and points to her name tag “i work here… so probably”, “yeah of course I knew that! the name tag.. Sana right. I’m Yousef” he says all embarrassed

He goes home that night and smiles his face off, saying Sana’s name out loud

And because he’s ridiculous, Yousef goes back to the store every single day for the next week

Everyday he’ll come up with excuses and leave with either a toy or a shirt - Aliyah is living for this new development for all the gifts she’s getting out of it

“Back again?” “Aliyah has a play coming up. She’s needs a leather jacket”

Another day: “I broke her scooter the other day” “uncle can’t control his legs”

Another day #2: “She spilled juice all over her new frock and her sad face is too much for me to handle”

Sana is not dumb and she definitely knows that all these reasons are a little too circumstantial but Yousef is charming and a dork - she has fun at work when he’s around. he makes her laugh so much and her cheeks always hurt after and her heart beats a little fast and it’s a lot but she likes it (him!) so much

He flirts with her the entire time she’s there saying things like “so, i think your folding technique isn’t quite right” and she’s like “what do you even know about it?” “i am the uncle of a small army okay”

Or he puts toys onto the highest shelf so she can’t reach them

“You spend too much with children” “What? How did you know?” “You’re just a tall one, thats why”

This goes on for like two months, they’ve exchanged socials and everything, and Sana is just like… when the fuck is he going to ask me out tbh - Jamilla is betting in 2 weeks, Eva & Noora: in a few days, Vilde: doesn’t trust boys, Chris: go catch that dick yourself girl!!!!!

It’s the end of the summer anyways and so she’s going to leave the job

She tell him at the end of her final shift and he’s shocked and sad but tells her he hopes school starts off well for her and all these pleasantries

And she’s like fuming inside and turns around to leave. but then strolls back up to him and just explodes with “i don’t get you! we’ve basically been hanging out for the entire summer and you’re here like almost every day to see me - don’t lie I KNOW that’s true, but that’s it?? this is how it ends?” and he’s too shocked to say anything so she just gives up and leaves  

She comes outside of the store to go home and she sees Yousef just standing outside, looking down, waiting

He sees her and gets nervous but comes over and says “Sana Bakkoush, I really really like you and you probably know that because I have no subtlety, but would you like to go get a kebab with me anyways (2 months late really)?

She wants to keep being angry (cause Sana can hold a grudge like no other) but she’s just helpless to his terrible lines and his nervous smile (like he really believes that she wont say yes. in what world???)

So she says yes and he does like a backflip because he starts to dance and she cover her face because now SHE’S embarassed

They go eat kebabs together. peeking at each other every few seconds and giggling. they talk about everything and nothing and it’s Magical

he walks her home before maghrib time and before he leaves, he presses a little packet into her hand. he hands it over while shuffling his feet, really hoping she likes it.

He gives her a warm hug and they hold on a little longer than normal, knowing they’ve got more than a summer now and so happy bc of this

Sana watches him leave, ruffling his own hair and throwing his arms up in the air and she runs inside feeling so giddy

She opens up the packet and finds two hijab pins, a pink rose and black rose, and she’s just so smitten with this guy

“You have good taste, why a rose though?” “How I feel about you, also you’re as beautiful and prickly as one, gurl”

(She’s going to wear them on their next date)

Also, Jamilla wins the bet.