You get out of your car and knock on the apartment door. Your short ginger friend opens the door. "Hey Ham, ready for work?" you say to him. "Yup!!" He smiles.

The two of you get in your car and you drive off to McDonald's, where both of you work. Ham has an interest in burgers, but his interest often gets him into trouble, earning him the nickname 'The Hamburglar', so he works away from the grill.

"Ham, I need to speak with you." You hear your manager Todd say, the two of them going into the break room. It's slow, and being nosy you decide to eavesdrop on their conversation. "So you gonna take those stupid things off or what? You can't keep wearing those silly red gloves, it's not part of the uniform and they're just causing problems. If you don't take them off you'll be fired!!" Hamburglar doesn't say anything, you know he must be upset though. Ham's always wearing his gloves, they're a comfort to him and now his hands are incredibly sensitive without them, which causes him much distress anytime he has to have them off.

Todd quickly comes out of the break room when the headset he's wearing alerts him of a customer, and he runs into you. "What are you doing over here, aren't you supposed to be at the grill?" "We weren't busy and I wanted to check my phone real quick." You said hoping he didn't think you'd been eavesdropping. You feel bad for Hamburglar because his gloves are so important to him but at the same time Todd has a point. The customer orders a drink so you head into the break room to check on Ham. He's sitting in the corner, with his hands over his face as he sobs, trying to be quiet. "Awh Ham, I'm sorry this is happening, I know your gloves are important to you, but as much as I hate to say it Todd has a point, your gloves only have 4 fingers and can get dirty fast which can bring safety hazards." You hug him, as he cries into your shoulder. "I-I don't know w-what to do... I can b-barely take them off to wash them." He says crying. "Well, how about I help you to learn to be able to handle not wearing your gloves? I won't force you to do anything, I promise, I'll go easy on you." "R-really? You'd do that for me??" He says surprised. "Of course, you're my best friend!!" He hugs you a little tighter. "Thank you, robble!!" He says as you both walk out of the break room.


End of chapter 1 :)