And now we get to see Diego applying for the tattoo workshop.

Chapter 21: The Tattoo Job

That same day

After Diego left the Italian restaurant, he never felt this relieved and free in his life and it was the very last time he would work for these people again and as he was driving, he started thinking about the fact that he's without a job and he knows he has to support the pack more and soon enough, he sees the tattoo place where he wanted to work at for a long time and as he pulled in, he sees a sign that says 'Now hiring; new tattoo artists to take afternoon shifts. Please apply online or at the shop' and Diego could not resist coming in there for a job.

He parked his car towards the store and went inside the store and as he got in, he saw everything possible; tattoo walls, people doing some tattoo work on the customers and most of the employees get all tatted up and he definitely felt like he belongs there and said to himself, "Why didn't I have a job here instead of that Italian shit?"

Just then, a Hawaiian employee was just busy sweeping the floor and didn't notice Diego coming by and he looks up and said, "Hey, need any tats today?"

"Actually...I just came here to see if you guys are hiring." Diego answered.

The employer looks at him for a second and he said, "Yeah, we're always up for job openings. Mick and Carlos desperately need more employees because we let a few people go because they can't commit to take the afternoon shifts. How fucked up is that?"

"Extremely." Diego answered.

The Hawaiian employer chuckled at this in agreement and he said, "Follow me, man."

Soon enough, Diego followed him alongside the employer and got to the front of the store desk and Mick turns around and asked, "Hey, Mokani. Who's the new guy?"

"He came to see about a job opening here." Mokani replied.

Carlos quickly came to Diego and he asked, "Really? That's incredible!"

"You do any tattoo work?" asked Mick.

Diego nodded his head and whipped out his WhoPhone and showed them pictures of some of Diego's actual tattoo work on some of his friends and also others that needed it and all three of them were deeply impressed with some of Diego's tattoo art and also...every tattoo artwork he's drawn up that he'll do one of these days and that was enough to amaze them and Mick asked, "How long have you done all this?"

"When I was 16. It just started with a Mexican flag, guitar, snake, heart and a surfboard." Diego answered.

Carlos chuckled softly at this and he said, "Man, this is the absolute shit! Where the fuck have you been all this time?"

Mick was amazed by this and he asked, "You in school?"

"Yeah, I'm actually majoring in art design at college; I figured I might as well think about doing tattoos to start off with and to actually make it my profession." Diego answered.

"Can you work afternoons?" asked Mokani.

"Absolutely. I'm not the most perfect tattoo artist, but I'm a decent artist." Diego answered.

"Decent? Dude, your artwork is way up above 'decent'. It's a fucking work of art." Mick spat out.

Diego was surprised to hear this coming out of them and he was happy to work there and Carlos said, "Think you can start tomorrow afternoon? We open at 1:00 and close until 9:30. The only days we don't do are Saturdays and Sundays. We like to call our weekends the lazy ones."

"I'd love to start tomorrow afternoon." Diego answered.

"Sweet! You got the job, man!" Carlos exclaimed.

They shook hands and Mick handed out a resume for Diego to fill in and knocked it out in no less than 3 minutes and after they looked at it, Mokani then gave Diego a job application and just filled it in and after that, he was good to go and Mick said, "The last job you had...how was it?"

"Terrible. The worst fucking job I ever had." Diego answered.

"I get what you mean. The food's awesome, but the staff are so nosy and preppy and shit. I had a job there; didn't last long because I stayed there for 3 weeks and kicked that owner's ass in front of the crowd." Mick answered.

"I just did that today." Diego stated.

And that's how Diego got the job at the tattoo parlor! Stay tuned for the final chapter with an Alternative Ending!