Chapter 16 ~ Shopping
Third Person Perspective
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After breakfast, Trender picked out a change of clothes for (Y/n). As they waited, he talked to Splendor about a question he was dying to ask since he got there.
"So are you in a relationship with her?" Trender asked, as blankly as possible. Splendor's face turned pink and he began to stammer.
"Wh-what...?! N-n-no! W-Why would you think that?!" Trender crosses his arms and sighed.
"Then did you kiss her?" He asked. Splendor seemed slightly confused.
"I-if you're talking about earlier, n-no I didn't. She ran up and down the stairs and I-I was kind of just... cooing her because I know she needs the positive attention... th-that's why it looked like that." Splendor explained. Trender nods, then internally grins.
"Do you like her?" He hummed teasingly. Splendor's face was suddenly like a Christmas light.
"T-Trender!" Splendor poured at the accusation that was clearly true.
"So you do like her."
"D-don't tell Slender... or even Offender in that case..."
"I won't, besides. I've come to like her as well."
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"I'm ready!" (Y/n) called to the guys, exiting her room. She was just in a cream turtleneck, a high waisted skirt, and a black fedora she had. It surprised her Trender would recommend, considering he stated many times while choosing her clothes, he didn't like how Offender dressed.
Besides that, she wore light makeup. She had a dark and sparkly smoky eye, as suggested to her by Trender, with a (neutral for your skin color) lipstick. She also had her hair up in a neat bun.
"You look so cute!" Splendor cooed at the girl. Trender looked her over. He then went over to her and rolled up her sleeves ever so slightly. Once he did she began to pout.
"What?" Trender asked, confused by the angry pout on the girls (lipstick color) lips.
"You stopped my flop!" She pouts.
"Your what?"
"My flop!" She I rolled her sleeves which went a little past her finger tips then moved her hands up and down, the loose sleeves flopping with the movement.
"Oh..." Trender chuckled. "Cute, but only for home. You need to be able to touch things without getting the shirt dirty."
(Y/n) thought about it for a moment, before continuing to pout and rolling up her sleeves. "Fine..."
"I'll see you two later then!" Splendor chirps in, before they said their goodbyes. Trender gently grabbed (Y/n) by the shoulder and teleported them to the edge of the forest.
At the edge, Trender then changed into a human form. (Y/n) was very confused and looked him up and down. It was very strange to her. He wasn't as tall as before and he actually had a regular skin tone...
"I like the other you better." (Y/n) continues to pout. Trender chuckled and rubs her shoulder comfortingly, so he didn't mess up her hair.
"Well humans would find a walking mannequin scary considering there's a store I hang out in as a mannequin."
"Why?"
"I'll explain it to you later."
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When they arrived at the mall, (Y/n) recognized it. She smiled brightly, she had good memories in this mall. She had come here a lot. When she was younger and still mute, her mother took her, and when her mother was gone, she's sometimes go with her step mom.
The people who worked there seemed to really like her and almost all the shop owners knew her. Trender seemed to have noticed her fond smile and didn't hesitate to ask.
"Have you been here before?" He asked, the girl nodded in return. "Well don't just stare at it, go in."
They entered the mall and (Y/n)'s senses were filled with delight when she caught the smell of food from the food court. She never got to eat at them, but they always smelled nice.
"Hm. Where should we go first?" Trender asked himself. She already had plenty of clothes, though some were fairly tacky with some over designing and a little excessive bedazzling.
"Hey Trendy—"
"For right now (Y/n), call me Ryan."
"Ok... Ryan. Hey isn't that the first name of that fashion designer that has a shop here?"
"Yes, and he's right next to you." Trender hummed, ready to hear some praise or something.
"Really? That's cool! My step mom loved your stuff. I was never allowed to go though, because I embarrassed her apparently." (Y/n) said, then shook her head and got back to what she was going to ask. "Sooo... Ryan... can we stop by the food court before we leave?"
"I don't see why not, considering we'll probably be a while." (Y/n) smiled excitedly and seemed to cling to his arm.
"So where to? Ryan?" He smiled down at her. She was probably going to say his fake name a lot, considering she was getting used to it.
"Let's start with lingerie." He said. (Y/n) blushed at that.
"I-isn't that like... inappropriate stuff...?" (Y/n) asked quietly. Trender sighed and softly chuckled.
"No and yes. I meant underwear and bras. But if you want to get a set, I don't care." Trender smirked seeing her face light up red. Clearly embarrassed.
"Would you be in there with me...?" (Y/n) asked, hiding her face in his sleeve to stop him from looking at her red face.
"Only if you want me to." Trender offered, even though he knew she probably wouldn't want him to.
"No..."
"Well then take my card, grab a few things and meet me back outside, I need to make a call anyway." He pulled out his wallet and gave her the card with the information she might need.
"Mmm... alright." She nods to him and they walked over. Trender then took a call and (Y/n) went into the store.
(Y/n) just looked for the basic things, though the sets kept catching her eye. As she was looking, she suddenly heard a familiar voice.
"Come here often~" A deep growly voice purred to her, causing her to flinch and whip around.
Behind her, she saw Offender, looking a little shorter than normal. She pouted and crossed her arms.
"Y-you scared me...!"
"That was kind of the point, sweets~." He hums, looking down at her, then glancing back around before looking back at her. "So whatcha doing in a lingerie store?"
"J-just getting basic stuff... Trender recommended me getting it, a-and I figured it was better to play along with his choices than to completely disagree..."
"Good thinking." There was a small moment of silence before something hit her.
"Wait, why are you here?" She asked, looking very confused as to why a grown male was in a women's underwear shop.
"Oh I'm on a small date, per say~." He purred, this confuses (Y/n).
"You have a girlfriend?"
"Not exactly. Someone will explain it to you eventually~."
"What is it with you guys and 'explaining everything later'?" (Y/n) pouts, he was about to answer when a woman who was working in the store came over.
"Excuse me miss, is this man bothering you?" The woman asked quietly, though Offender heard as he shifted his position. (Y/n) flinched at the sudden voice and whipped around again and backed up a little.
"U-uh no... I-I know him... f-family friend..." She sounded scared talking to the lady and just wanted her to leave her alone.
"Alright, well let me know if you need anything." The lady walked away. (Y/n) felt something was wrong until she walked away. Maybe it had something to do with the woman's discomfort if she recognized him or thought he was a predator.
"Well you should keep looking around before my date thinks I'm hitting on you too." He said, before stepping away from me and closer to the changing rooms. I just nodded and kept looking around, grabbing a few things then checking out, soon finding Trender and waving over to him as I skip over.
"Find everything you want and or need?" He asked, to which (Y/n) nodded.
"Yeah, Offender was also in there." She said, Trender gave her an awkward stare.
"Really?"
"Yeah, he said he was on a date but not really."
"Ah. Ok. Let's just go to a different store now."
"Okay!"
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