So now here is this situation. I am on the ground with my half-vampire girlfriend holding me so close I could hear her heart getting excited being this close to me. I was in a dilemma now. What should I let her do? Should I let her continue doing this because she is the most adorable thing in this world or should I make her stop because we were in the middle of a mall filled with people around our age looking at me jealously?
The answer is, that it is not something for me to decide but for the half-vampire. She is not going to let go of me until she is satisfied. But I do need to do something about this.
"Ai, is it okay to let me go now?" I asked Ai tapping on her head and she kept snuggling my chest all the while giggling. Sigh, looks like I need to resort to a more forward approach.
I started standing up with Ai hugging me like a koala because she for one, doesn’t want to let go of me. This girl doesn’t even see the place and time to get really clingy to me. Then again, I’m not complaining here. I like her being like this. It wouldn’t really be Ai if she is not clingy to me and cute all the time.
"So….what to do about this creature?" Haruka asked pointing at Ai who was still holding me and I just shrug my shoulders. "I swear I have never seen a pair like you two."
"That’s all Ai’s fault, she made me like this," I said raising my hands and then an idea hit my head. "Oh right, Haruka, can you help Iwaguchi-san?"
"Who?" she asked and I pointed at the delinquent-looking man standing beside me. Seeing him, the three retracted their steps in defense and looked at him skeptically. Come on, don’t be like that to him.
"How do you know this person Kazuki-kun?" Haruka said looking at me and suspiciously.
"Come on, don’t look at us like this. Iwaguchi-san is my relative actually, he is not a bad guy honestly. His looks aren’t his fault," I said spewing some lie because no way I can tell them I know him because of Natsumi-san or the VEO.
"Oh, I see," Asumi said and then scanned him from top to bottom. "So, what help does he need?"
I quickly explained his situation to the girls and Haruka looked pretty excited. She was a big fashion enthusiast and Asumi had a good eye for good and durable clothing so looks like I got the ultimate duo to help Iwaguchi-san. Sakura was on her way to have some ice cream. She loves sweets apparently.
Once all of that was done, I let them all go their way, and knowing that Iwaguchi-san was someone I trusted, the two did not have any problem with being alone with them. Good that they trust me enough just by being Ai’s boyfriend. Or maybe I just look like a guy who won’t do anything wrong. I don’t know which one it is and I hope it is the latter.
Moreover, Iwaguchi-san was now a ragdoll for Asumi and Haruka as he was dragged away by the two. Now that was taken care of, let’s deal with my issue.
"Any plans on leaving me now?" I asked the girl latched onto me and she just shook her head. "How about this? You leave me now and we will go on a date next weekend too."
"Hmm? Too? What do you mean by that Kazu-kun?" she said cutely tilting her head.
"What do you think is now and the evening? We are all alone in a mall where we can shop, eat, hang out and have fun. What do you call this?" I asked her and her eyes started glittering.
She quickly let go of me and started pulling me by my hand. "Come on Kazu-kun, let’s go and enjoy our date!!" she said excitedly.
Now I was Ai’s ragdoll which was not really a new thing and she started walking humming a tune happily. All eyes were fixated on us mostly because of Ai. I mean, come on. When a girl like Ai walks past you, you can’t help but look and stare. Trying to get every single detail of the moment you saw and keep it in your head.
"So where to first?" I asked her and she pulled me to a….lingerie store?!! "Um….Tsubaki Ai-san, I don’t think this is a place for me to be in."
"Hehe, don’t worry Kazu-kun. You said it’s a date and got me off you, right? So we will now do whatever I decide," she said puffing her chest proudly. Wow, how sneaky you are Ai.
The problem wasn’t really that I was surrounded by lingerie but it was the weird looks I was given by the women around. I should really leave this place. I don’t feel comfortable here because of the stares. I tried walking the opposite way but I forgot my hand was in the clenches of Ai and she unfairly started using her superhuman strength. That’s cheating now.
"You will stay with me Kazu-kun. It’s a date, right? You promised," she said cutely pouting.
"Sigh, okay. You are the boss today," I said remembering why I am doing this in the first place. I wanted Ai to have as much fun as she wanted today. The past few months have been pretty hectic for us so I wanted there to be a time or at least a day where we can go out without any worry and just act like a normal couple.
I looked around at the women looking at me and I decided to just ignore them and just focus on the only girl I should be right now: Ai. She pulled me through the store and picked up some lingerie on her way asking if they looked good and I just said yes to all of them because let’s be honest, anything looks good Ai regardless of what she wears. She for some reason can look good in anything. If anyone were to give her a big old sweater that just completely went down to her feet, she would just end up looking like a kid in an oversized sweater. It’s so unfair I tell you.
"Okay wait here," she said and entered the changing room.
Now that she was not with me, I started feeling weird because obviously, I shouldn’t be here and it did feel like it since I still had the stare. Ai’s persona just envelopes everything around me so I can focus on only her but now that she was not in my view, the surrounding that was covered by her persona now dawning upon me.
I just stood there awkwardly just looking at the ground because that was the only place I could not see lingerie. I started tapping my feet to a beat I had in mind from an anime I saw recently. Not going to lie I really liked its story. It was about this assassin who was a high schooler because of course it was. Anime is obsessed with high school kids. Everything should happen at a highschoo- okay I am diverting from my tracks. So he was assigned this target who was a big politician actually but he wasn’t supposed to kill him instantly so he enrolled in the same school as his daughter. He slowly started getting closer to her to the point they both fell in love. And then the assas-
"Tada!" My train of thoughts was interrupted by Ai’s voice and I looked up only to be visited by a sight I could only define as paradise but something was rising. Ai stood there in black lingerie which was contrasting her pearl white skin and her hair and I couldn’t help but keep on staring. "Kazu-kun. Kazu-kun? Kaaaazuuuuu-kuuuun!"
"Huh? Oh, ahem, yeah, you were saying something Ai?" I asked her recomposing myself.
"How does it look?" she said twirling around happily. I can’t tell if she was sexy or cute because she was both. BOTH. I know I said she is like this but come on. These are levels I don’t think should even be possible.
"It looks good," I said just staring amazed but also trying not to stare a lot. I was just looking respectfully. Yeah, that’s what I was doing.
"Just good? Oh, I see," she said looking a bit dissatisfied. "I think I should look for another one."
"No, no, no!" I said stopping her and holding her by her shoulder. "You look amazing in this Ai. I am left so speechless that I can’t even explain how it feels being in my position. Please let this be something only for me."
Without realizing it, I blurted out a lot of stuff I would not normally but seeing Ai sad was something I cannot bear. She doesn’t deserve to be sad anymore. She has gone through a lot of stuff and I now want her to be the happiest she has ever been. I’ll do anything in my power to do that. That’s my resolve.
"Hehehe, Kazu-kun loves this," she said and re-entered the changing room for the next one.
I just stood there with my face completely red blushing really hard. I just said that, without even a second thought!!
"Aah, look what you make me do," I muttered to myself and covered my face with my hands, and crouched in my place.
Then she did the same with red, white, and blue lingerie and she looked amazing in all of them. Overjoyed that I liked all of them, she bought all of them. I swear, just how much money does this girl has in her bank account? Bank notes just pop out of them as if her purse is a four-dimensional pocket. How can that much cash even be in there?
With the bags in my hands, because I offered to carry them, Ai latched onto the other arm and now we were on our way to a clothing store that caught our eyes. It was a very famous and expensive brand but Ai marched in as if the hefty price tags I saw meant nothing at all to her. But this time, the clothes were not bought for her.
"Here, try these out Kazu-kun," Ai said handing a bunch of clothes to me so innocently that I just did as she said without even thinking anything at all. No, wait.
"But Ai, these clothes are too expensive," I whispered to her and she looked at me as if I said something weird.
"Okay, so?" she said tilting her head. No, don’t tell me. "I have the money for i-"
"No, you are not going to pay for these clothes if it’s me who it is being bought for," I said shaking my head. "I refuse to do this. I can’t just let you pay for it."
"Oh come on Kazu-kun, you can repay me when you get your pay from the VEO," Ai said smiling at me. She is not going to take money directly from me. Sigh.
"Okay, just this once but the expenses for the next date is completely on me. You will not pay a single yen, okay?" I said to her and she happily nodded her head.
"Now will you show me if I picked the correct clothes for you or you need some….assistance," she said as a seductive smile formed on her face and sent shivers down my spine.
"I’ll go in right this instance!" I said and entered the changing room.
Okay, let’s see what she got me. One shirt, another shirt, anoth- lots of shirts, pants, some t-shirts, and two jackets. I don’t even know what to pair these jackets with, I think I should just go with my guts. I started taking off my t-shirt and my trouse-
"Oh by the way, oh my," Ai stuck her head in the changing room. Seriously, how did she even do this? What kind of power does she hold?
I jumped back in defense. "W-W-Why are you in my changing room again?!"
"Oh, I didn’t tell you to pair what with what," she said and quickly went me through all of them. "Okay, now you can start with the green one."
And so I started changing, and then showed Ai, got back in again, changed my clothes, and then showed Ai again. You get the point right? I did this so many times that I was getting a bit tired but Ai was really happy so I think it was okay.
"Hehe, my Kazu-kun is so handsome in all of them," Ai said while paying for the clothes with her card. She has a card?
I swear, this girl really is something else.
"Oh Kazuki, there you are," I heard a familiar voice and looked there seeing Iwaguchi-san with the girls walking toward us and I have to tell you, Asumi and Haruka did an amazing job.
He wore a brown jacket over a plain white shirt with black jeans and paired them with some white sneakers. It was a pretty simple look but he looked really good in them.
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"So…how does it look?" he asked being a bit nervous.
"You look great Iwaguchi-san. This really suits you," I said and he lets out a sigh of relief. Oh, this reminds me. "Iwaguchi-san, are you free today?"
"Hmmm? Yes, I am. Do you need something?" he asked.
"Great, then how about you come to the summer festival today?" I said and his eyes widened. "I mean, it would really be fun."
"That’s a good idea," he said and thought about it a bit. "Okay, I’ll come."
We all cheered in out of happiness and then decided to go eat in the food court. It was Iwaguchi-san’s treat.
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