He gets on his apron and greets Techno and Niki, putting on a pair of gloves to help him prepare the ice cream. He notices how careful Techno is, knowing he probably gets upset with Wilbur a lot due to his chaotic nature. Just like his brother except toned down a bit.
                          
Phil, the owner and their dad is just an enabler. A family full of chaos. It's honestly pretty funny.
                          
Karl remembers one time where Tommy tried working with him on scooping ice cream, he doesn't know how but Tommy ended up dropping a lot of the ice cream onto the customers. Needless to say Phil banned him from scooping the ice cream ever again.
                          
Whenever he does get to help it's usually with cleaning up or putting up decorations, which he is still not fully trusted with and needs supervision from either Techno or Wilbur.
                          
Karl giggles at the memory as he hears the bell from the door ring, telling Techno he'll be right back as he goes and scoops the customer's ice creams. This continues on until he's in the middle of something and cannot get the customer's orders.
                          
"NIKI!! Could you get their ice cream for me?? I'm in the middle of something and can't leave it!!"
                          
"Okay! On it!"
                          
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Alex
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He holds onto his boyfriend's hand as they walk into the same ice cream shop that guy was in. Alex has told Nick that he just wanted ice cream again, but the truth is he wanted to see that boy again.
                          
He was too cute to give up! He'll feel bad if he's not into men and will give it up but he just has this feeling that he's just a bit fruity..
                          
As they walk up to the counter Alex looks around for the boy, frowning when he can't find him.
                          
"Something wrong?"
                          
"Uhhhhh Nope! Just looking for a new flavor!"
                          
He looks up at the taller male, faking a smile as he gently squeezes his hand to reassure him. He's a bit scared to tell Nick about him being poly, he has no idea how he'll react. But he definitely doesn't want to upset him.
                          
Nick looks at him suspiciously as he knows something is up, he'll ask about it later. Right now he just wants to have a good time with his lover.
                          
Alex exhales softly as he orders a different ice cream from last time, he might as well get something to cheer him up!
                          
Once they get their ice cream and sit down, Alex notices he forgot to get a spoon! 
                          
"Whoops! Forgot a spoon- I'm gonna go get one!"
                          
He smiles at Nick as he stands back up, walking over to the counter to get a spoon. But he gets an idea and uses this as an opportunity to get some information about the boy.
                          
"Psst!"
                          
He grabs the girl-at-the-cashier's attention, waving her over. She looks confused but complies, walking over and leaning in toward the smaller male.
                          
"Hey, what's your name?"
                          
"Uhhh.. Niki?"
                          
"Cool! So uh... Niki... I have a favor to ask."
                          
She looks at him confused but nods. Alex quickly grabs a pen from its holder and his crumpled receipt, quickly writing down his phone number and name.
                          
"Could you pass this on to the guy who was serving ice cream here yesterday? Please?"
                          
He hands her the piece of paper and smiles at her. She nods but then looks over at Nick who is on his phone.
                          
"But... isn't that your boyfriend?"
                          
"Yes but- wait no buts- I mean- shit."
                          
She giggles at his failed attempt to make up an excuse. She finds this quite amusing.
                          
"It's okay, I think I get it."
                          
Alex lets a relieved breath escape his mouth as he relaxes. He thanks her, grabbing a spoon before leaving her.
                          
He sits back down across from Nick, smiling happily.
                          
"What's got you in such a good mood?"
                          
Nick smiles as Alex looks at him jokingly offended.
                          
"Am I not allowed to be happy with my boyfriend at this cute ice cream shop?"
                          
Nick chuckles and shakes his head, a smile now kept on his face. Alex smiles with him, linking their hands together as he begins eating his ice cream.
                          
He hopes that guy doesn't think he's a creep!
                          
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