NOVEL NEXT 20. Shopping with Lavinia
Kouske's POV
It's been a few days since that incident. I was shopping in the mall with Lavinia.
She wanted to check out the local supermall. So we came right after school.
It's pretty unusual for two kids roaming the market area alone in school dresses like this. So we are getting a lot of stares. We don't pay attention to them
I took Lavinia to one of the expensive clothing shops. The doorman opened the door for us but when he saw that were both alone he tried to make us leave saying things like this isn't a playground. He was being quite impolite.
Well, nothing a little bit of hypnosis can not fix. He was overly polite with us after that and showed us their best dresses. Dresses of various colors and patterns were brought for us to see.
Lavinia was going through them with an excited glint in her eyes.
"Ko-kun!Which one do you think I should try?"
There were a few that caught my eye. Among them, a blue dress with icy patterns looked the best. It looked like it was sparkling.
"How about this one?" I said while handing Lavinia that dress.
"Okay! I will be back in a minute.", a female clerk showed her to the dressing room. After a few minutes, she came out looking like an ice princess while wearing that blue dress.
It seemed like she was shining though the smile on her face was more shining. The other customers were also complimenting her after seeing such a cute little girl dress up like that.
" You look amazing, Rey-chan~!" her smile widened.
"Hehe"
After that, she tried out a few other dresses. She looked equally beautiful in all of those dresses. We bought them all. I paid with the card.
After buying those clothes we went to look for a restaurant. All the while I was carrying many bags.
It looked ridiculous as people saw a kid following along with a slightly older girl with many bags in his hand like what you would expect from an adult couple.
I saw some girlfriends shoving more bags in their boyfriends' hands while making them look toward us.
Lavinia didn't want to hold the bags saying something like men should be the ones to escort ladies and holing bags in these times all the while having a mischievous smile on her face.
I don't know where she learned this, most probably from Aunt Arene. I have come to understand that she could sometimes have a bad influence on others.
Well, Lavinia looked cute. So I decided to indulge her for today.
However, if I have to do this every single time I might one day just ditch her during her shopping spree.
After some time we found the restaurant area where we tried some sushi. I didn't like it much nor did Lavinia. I don't understand how people can eat raw fish.
After that, we ordered some ice cream to cleanse our palate. The ice cream was delicious and it did wonders.
We went to an accessory shop to buy some. I picked three pendants. They all had the same design of hearts with different colors. The blue one was for Lavinia, the golden one for Asagi, and the brown one for my lovely Irina-chan.
I thought I should gift them something as a souvenir. Lavinia was ecstatic after getting the pendent and I was quite happy seeing her beautiful smile.
After paying we went to the movies. Lavinia wanted to see some Japanese films. But the theatre was packed full of people as a new long-awaited film was being premiered. So Lavinia became a little sad.
Seeing her like that I shamelessly cut in line and bought two tickets for us with a little bit of persuasion. People don't need to know if there was anything magical involved or not.
When we were entering the hall I saw posters of the "Your Name" movie. So this was the movie they were anticipating. I remember seeing this. It was one of my favorite romance movies.
Even though it was an animation, Lavinia enjoyed the film very much. We had some popcorn and drinks inside.
The ending was very satisfying. It was evident with her bright smile.
After that, we headed back home while holding hands as it was already dusk. Lavinia was slightly leaning on me. The sun is setting. The road was quiet. We enjoyed our time together.
We dropped by the Azusawas. Asagi was playing games while wearing shorts and a t-shirt.
She came to us after seeing us by the door.
"Where did you two go today?"
"We went shopping as you can see," I said while lifting the bags a little.
"Oh," she looked a bit dissatisfied since we left her out.
Seeing that Lavinia hugged her while I said,
"We can all go together next time, Asagi"
"Hmph! Who wants to go with you?!"
"You don't want to go with us?" said Lavinia while looking a bit sad.
"N-no. It's not like I won't go!" said Asagi.
"Then you will come right?" I said.
"H-hmph!If you want, I can go with you guys" she said while looking away from us.
"Yay! It's a promise," yelled Lavinia in joy.
"I brought a gift for you Asagi!." I said while giving her the pendant. She looked happy looking at it.
"Are you that happy receiving a gift from me, Asagi-chan~??" I said while smirking a bit.
"Who would want gifts from you, idiot!"
"So you don't want it?" I said while stretching my hands to take it back.
"When did I ever say that? S-since you went out of your way to get this for me I will keep it," she said as she put it on her neck. A shame. I would have liked to put it on her to see her embarrassed.
I think I heard a soft 'Thank you' from her.
"We match now," said Lavinia while showing her own as she jumped to hug her.
Asagi also smiled a bit. After that, we decided to head back home.
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