Private Finished Shopping for Clothes ...and Sign Language

It was a long week after Ain had kissed Ria, and he found that he could no longer sit still in the forest for long. While he did he felt a bit embarrassed by the fact he only had one set of clothes to wear, and he knew that Ria would eventually notice this fact and he did not want her to think less of him. At first he thought to stay in hiding in case the police and other were looking for him, but instead was just sick of running and hiding in his cabin home. Leaving his weapons, cloak and helmet behind - he ventured into the city with only a few things on him like his bag of gold coins with his other supplies, and his basic black shirt and pants. The idea came to him that he could probably trade his coins in for money, and buy some new clothes and supplies.

Ain walked through the streets when a police officer started to approach him and he thought for sure that he would be arrested based on what Zoraida said to him, but the police officer paid him no mind and continued on his way without any regard for him at all. Was the police really after him, at this point he wasn't really sure, maybe they didn't know what he looked like or was it possible they didn't know anything about him. He continued on his way for a bit as he noticed a clock on a building, he didn't recognize the numbers but the clock hands pointed in a familiar way, it was 11AM.

Lucky for him that the clocks were pretty much the same in design and had the same amount of numbers.

He managed to find a pawn shop, and though it took him a little while to know how it worked before he walked in; it was remarkably similar to how the market worked in his world. It was difficult process without saying anything, and his fear aura was causing unnecessary tensions but seemingly due to the fear effect he may have actually got more then he should have as they were too scared to give him a bad deal. He just went along with it and received a good portion of US Dollars - though he had no idea what the United States even was or why Manta Carlos used that currency.

Exiting out into the streets he was holding a large bundle of bills in plain view of everyone passing him, not knowing that he was holding about Two Thousand Dollars($2000) in twenty one-hundred dollar bills. The value of the paper money really meant nothing to him, he was soo used to gold coins, but he supposed that he would get used to it in time.

After a while he checked the clock again, it was now 1PM, he had not eaten lunch yet but for now he just wanted to find a store that sold clothes. He approached a shopping plaza that appeared to have many different businesses and even some outside carts, one of the outside carts had some shirts and pants on display, he didn't realize it but all of them were of cheap make and looked terrible with no style at all.

Walking up to the cart, he didn't even remember that he still had the money in hand, the cart owner - a large red haired man quickly took notice of what he perceived as a easy mark. "Good day, my friend, are you interested in some of my clothing," the red haired man quickly took stock of the fact that Ain was not talking back and the confused look as he tried to read the prices. When Ain picked up one of the shirts the man piped in and attempted to trick Ain who was carrying money out in the open. "It seems that shirt would be about this much... Good thing it is on sale."

The red haired man gestured to the two thousand dollars in hand, Ain not knowing any better was still thrown a bit off by this. 'Does clothes really cost that much!?' he thought as he started to hand the money over to the red haired man and the man smiled as he was about to take it...

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The red haired man looked at Ria with a tinge of anger, mad that he missed his chance, but with the eyes of the other stalls on him he quickly packed up his stuff and left. The words, "Bitch..." could be heard under his breath as he left, only audible to Ria.

Ain was completely surprised to see Ria next to him, and didn't see her approach at all. When she pulled him, he allowed it in the moment too shocked to do anything until they stopped and he finally got the chance to look at her carefully. It seemed from her earlier words that he was almost scammed, and Ria had helped him again. He had missed her very much, and the smallest smile appeared on his face as she questioned what he was doing here, nodding yes to the garment shopping.

He then noticed that she was with two other people, from what she said they were her partners... in a tournament, 'A tournament, huh? If it is a fighting tounament, she has a good chance but why these people...' it may have been a misunderstanding, but he wondered why she didn't ask him to be her partner too... if it meant spending more time with her he would have agreed.

His violet eyes looked to them wondering if they would be fine with his fear aura, but at the same time he was a bit jealous that they got to be with Ria more than him. He gave them a light wave, unable to do much more...

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Ain had not really noticed that she was still holding his hand, it maybe was that he was soo used to her presense that he didn't give it much mind, but when she released his hand he blushed ever soo slightly; more so from see her blush and becoming a tiny bit embarrassed.

Just as he was about to give his undivided attention back to Ria, the man named Joseph came and grabbed his hand and shook it, he instinctively wanted to pull away from him, but he gave him more of a look - he was a blond man like himself, looked more human, seemed energetic and didn't seem too affected by his fear aura. When Joseph mentioned Ria not having any friends, he quickly turned to Ria to catch her response as he pulled his hand away to his side.

The person named Lee was however still a mystery to him.

He nodded kindly to Lee then again to Joseph, not really sure what to make out of them, before hearing Ria mention helping him find some clothes — and of course help him not get scammed in the future. A smile broke onto his face, and he placed his right hand on Ria's left shoulder and nodded to her yes.

The idea of her picking clothes out for him was also a pleasant thought, and more than that he wanted to see other sides of Ria that he had not seen before. While he stood there his eyes looked down at her lips, momentarily thinking of their kiss one week earlier, the consideration to kiss her again but he looked to Lee and Joseph, not when there is an audience he figured.

'Later,' he thought as he gave Ria an look of expectation that quickly faded to a more normal serious stare.

He moved his hand off her shoulder, and wondered where Ria would take him to shop for clothes; he let her lead the way...

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When Ria grabbed his hand again, Ain was surprised that she was soo willing to do such a thing in front of others, he had not expected it but he definitely wanted it. He tightened his grip on her hand, and allowed himself to be pulled by her. He was pretty glad that she wasn't ashamed of being soo close to him, even among her friends and wished it was he that decided to take her hand instead; though the fact that he liked strong-willed woman was ever on his mind.

For a moment he stuttered his step from the mention of being on a date with Ria, it was just shopping though, it wasn't like it was actually a date.... or was this how dates usually wet. It wasn't like he had ever been on a date with a girl before, what an embarrassing thought, but if his first date was with Ria he would not be apposed.

Ain was a bit happy that Lee and Joseph were willing to leave the two of them alone - a part him almost expected them to come along, and gave them an appreciative nod as Ria pulled him down a side street. It was an interesting place, clean and had several shops that he did not know were even there, it was like a secret place to shop that only the locals or people that discovered it really knew. There was only a few people down the street, but they were for the most part alone for the time.

He heard her words about finding a good store, and was sure they would arrive soon if they walked but for now he wanted to monopolize Ria. Stopping his step as soon as no one was watching, he pulled Ria to him and leaned in for a kiss while still holding her left hand tight with his right hand, and pulled his other arm around her to her lower back.

It was a bit of desire that had built up over the course of a week, thinking about the kiss, and wanting to kiss her more and more.

Ain's lips pressed into Ria's soft lips gently...

@EmiRose

Ain had kissed her for a minute, but was also understanding of their surroundings and when she pulled back a bit he did the same. Quickly spinning around to just holding her hand again, he listened to her tell him that they can only do one thing at a time — shopping was the one thing for now though he was tempted to forget about the shopping and kiss her more aggressively. Her quiet voice driving him a bit crazy, as he glanced at her with slightly more hot eyes, but he nodded okay regardless.

Remembering his money, He put it in his pocket for the moment.

He looked over to where she was pointing, beyond a few other stores to what appeared to be a good shop for finding practical clothing, he could tell even at a glance that it was just right for him. With ria's hand tightly in his warm grasp, he pulled her towards the shop called Resilient Vagrant - opened the door and went inside. Within was clothing that was extremely well-made and enchanted with various magics, much of it was for sport use but he also noticed some military like apparel, and even a section for normal clothing. The shop was awazing, and if it sold weapons it would be perfect.

He started sorting through a rack of tough designed black pants made to handle a high abuse, each one appeared to be only one size, but he didn't realize it would change to match him once he put it on; Always a perfect fit.

As he looked he didn't understand the prices yet again, and took out his money and pointed to the price... not knowing how much he would need to purchase them. He would probably need at least three pairs, he thought.

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