"You're all out?" Keith asked, eyes popping.

The woman raised a hand up. "Wait. Allow me to finish, young man. You can buy that one since it's the last one."

Keith smiled. "Great!"

Elliot grinned. "Yay! You got your coat, Keith!" He jumped and hugged him.

"Hey, no hug!" Keith said, pushing him off.

"Huh? But I thought that we were buddies now."

Alex smiled. "Told you that most don't like you hugging them."

"Why not? I'm lovable!" Elliot said, hugging himself.

Alex laughed. "Keep telling yourself that."

Elliot pouted and hugged him, raising his taller friend up. "Changed your mind now?"

"Elliot! This makes me want you hug you less," Alex snapped.

Xun giggled. "Let's go do our own shopping," he said, striding in deeper.

I smiled at Alex and Elliot. The latter was as affectionate as Isa with Thalia. T was as bad as Alex if not worse in terms of reaction.

"Wonder how the girls are doing," Jason said, looking over his shoulder and peering outside.

"Want to go check on them?" Xulan asked.

"But we barely split up. Also, how will we find them?" Elliot asked.

Alex gasped. "You actually said something smart for once."

"Hey! I have a lot of smart ideas! I... just don't share them often is all."

Xulan pointed at his nose. "I know Olivia's scent by memory."

Jason crossed his arms. "Do you now?"

Keith snickered. "Kind of stalkerish if you ask me."

Xulan narrowed his eyes at him. "I don't want to hear that from you."

"Let's just let the girls enjoy their time. Thalia's bound to keep Olivia and Isa from straying too far and Isa will keep Olivia and T from fighting too much," I said.

Jason laughed. "Yeah."