Chapter Thirty Four

Stepping through the door Raven went to head towards the men's section when he paused remembering he was not there as a man but a woman. Looking over to the other side of the store he didn't know where to begin. Not ever stepping foot into the women's section he only came to this store with Carson and they only bought for themselves. Carson had no serious enough relationship to buy clothes for a woman and Raven of course had no desire to be around the opposite sex.

"Hey," Asher called out placing his hand on Raven's shoulder to catch his attention while he was about to pass him, "I truly needed to get my school uniform attire from here so if you just want to go find what you need. I'll find the school clothes..." He explained confessing the most likely reason why he came instead of Ashley though he paused looking up.

Raven almost jumped as he felt the hand quivering from under it's grasp showing that he did not wish to be touched by him though he narrowed his brow hearing what Asher said. He scoffed with this knowledge looking over a bit irritated about to say something about having explained this in the first place but he saw the lost searching look on Asher's face.

"Somewhere." Asher mumbled out looking for where he needed to go.

Raven knew the exact location of the uniforms and like it was instinct he pointed up towards the direction, "Oh, they're right over there." Raven spoke without thinking.

Asher narrowed his brow while he looked up to where Raven's finger pointed, and though he saw the sign that identified the clothes he still played coy with Raven, "Where?" he asked.

Pulling his hand back slowly Raven realizes quickly that he wasn't supposed to know the location off the top off his head like that and regrets it right away. He stared over trying to find any reason that he would know this, luckily he sees a sign that holds his school symbol hanging from the ceiling, "See the sign?" he announced hoping this would work.

Asher chuckled lightly while glancing back to Raven looking over his flustered female face for a moment, "Alright, I'll be right back if I can remember what I need to grab." he stated while he began to walk away.

"Okay," Raven muttered looking over at him then to the women's section that he were to go to himself, "Ugh, I know exactly what you need if you want help." Raven suggests lightly reluctant to go where he needed to.

Asher stopped in his tracks spinning on his heels to look back at Raven with a slight grin, "Really?" he inquired with an arched brow.

"Yeah my... cousin," Raven went to explain knowing that he almost messed up just then. Even with the thought in mind that it was weird, Raven knew it likely wasn't too strange for a relative to know what was required by the school if a relative went there.

Asher waited for a moment looking Raven over suspiciously then gave a smile, "Yeah, that's right." he waved for Raven to follow as he then began to walk away from him again.

Giving out a light sigh Raven wasn't sure if he had convinced Asher of his reason why or not but he knew Asher had no other reason to be suspicious. Though this was a good reason to avoid him later, if he learned too much about his male form Asher may end up connecting Robin to Raven and he didn't want this to happen.

Approaching Asher from behind, Raven kept a mental note to not bring up his so called cousin again knowing it would only become an issue for him later. He peered past Asher's arm but just like when he was with Carson it was hard to see past him without physically moving to the side. Unlike Carson, there was a bit more to see, though Raven still had no clear line of vision of what he was looking at and didn't want to get closer.

"So then this?" Asher asked catching Raven looking past him at what he had, though he did not move from where he stood to allow Raven to see.

"I don't know, I can't see" Raven grumbled as he tried to encourage Asher to turn and show him instead of getting closer beside him.

"Getting closer would help" He playfully suggests before he glanced back at Raven. Being met with an irritated scold he looked Raven over for a moment weighing his options to continue to pick around or not. Deciding against it he held up the shirt within his hand for Raven to see knowing Raven had no plans on getting closer.

"No, not for this time of the year, it's too much unless you're cold blooded..." Raven claimed while looking down at the clothes he moved the outfits over stacking them up on one another, "All you really need is the basic for now, later you'll know what you need for yourself, colder or hotter... which ever." he went on a rave of personal experience, yet again not thinking about how he would know this from a first hand experience.

"Thanks," Asher exclaimed while he looked the pile over picking them up while glancing back to Raven. He waited a moment peering down at Raven waiting for Raven to confirm what he held, however this only made Rave subconscious of his body and didn't respond.

Asher scoffed as Raven looked away then snapped his fingers to get Raven's attention again. Pointing to the women's section after having his fill of watching Raven squirm for a moment he finally spoke up, "I'm going to go try this on to see if it fits, so you go get what you need..." He informed Raven encouraging him to leave and do what they came there for, "I mean unless you want to help me in the changing room too." He teased playfully.

Raven looked in the direction he was pointing hearing his suggestion and snarled, "No" he quickly rejected the offer to join him.

Asher scoffed then brought his clothes into view implying he was going to try them on then gestured to the women's clothes yet again. "Alright, I'll find you in a bit then." He claimed before he walked away from Raven.

Raven arched a brow giving a slight wave being caught off by how easy it was to avoid this man's advancements. Raven watched as he walked away not seeing any signs of having any interest in even looking back to him. The fact that Asher generally seemed uninterested in Raven was almost relieving to know he was likely just a playful kind of guy.

Though even if he was serious, Asher was the least of his worries now that he looked over to the women's department. Getting closer to the garments he didn't have a clue of what he needed or what he was looking at. Thinking about it a little he knew he wouldn't know anything about what he needed for his top but as for the underwear he figured they shouldn't be any different than briefs.

With a little confidence he could find them, Raven browsed through the packs of underwear not brave enough to look through the hanging ones. Once he had a seven pack of what seemed to be his size in underwear he knew there was still the matter of the top. Yet he was reluctant to go to the bras at that moment, staring at the pack looking at the woman's body on the picture. He wondered if the size would be the same since there were some pieces sold together.

At that very moment he preferred Ashley to be the one who was in the store with him so that he could pretend to inquire about the brands to get suggestions on his size and what he needed to wear. Raven let out a sigh knowing this wasn't going to happen now that he was with Asher.

"That's quite a sigh, what can't find your size?" Asher asked as he looked over Raven's shoulder taking Raven by surprise. "Maybe you need to go to the kids section" he teased lightly on Raven's small figure.

Raven visibly jumped not expecting Asher to be done so quickly. The underwear fumbled from his fingers falling to the ground before him. "Ugh, no that's-" Raven stumbled on his words as he tried to gather himself again being thrown further out of his usual element. He ignored the insult at that moment knowing it wasn't worth an argument.

He went to reach down to grab the underwear he dropped when Asher knelt down to pick it up first glancing up at Raven as he did, "Women's Briefs..." he paused for a moment while he stood causing Raven to be a bit subconscious of his choice in underwear.

"Sexy" Asher teased playfully while he handed the pack back to Raven.

Raven snorted to the statement assuming this meant that nothing was wrong with his choice. Even though it irritated him a little to think he was being not only teased but flirted with by Asher.

Raven took the pack of underwear quickly shuffling, he placed it out of view to the side of him while looking away. He was embarrassed enough to have to buy such items but having Asher express an opinion about it only worsened the thought of putting it on later.

"Shut up" He growled in response stepping away though he noticed the clothes within Asher's hands. Everything he had suggested still neatly folded as if he hadn't tried them on at all. "Did you even try your clothes on?" He questioned knowing that the clothes fit everyone differently and most had them were tailored to fit comfortably.

"No, really you would look-" He went to say something in response about Raven's embarrassed behavior when Raven's question made him look down at the clothes losing his train of thought, "Oh yeah just the pants, the shirts will fit" He answered then looked back at Raven, "So panties but no bra? I know your small but-" he questioned but was cut off quickly.

"Don't you need to look for a pair of shoes?" Raven questioned wanting him to leave again knowing there was still more to the uniform that he could buy in the store.

"No I have those ordered already through a site..." He muttered explaining though all Raven heard was that he likely wasn't taking the hint that he should leave.

"Hmm" Raven grumbled giving a weak response while pretending to look at another pair of underwear holding off going to the bra section longer.

"Anyway, clearly I'm already done, you are taking far too long so I've come to help." He claims expressing in a slow manner while picking a black laced underwear set off the hanger placing it in front of Raven. He arched his eyebrows and lets out a hum, "Not bad with your bright red hair, black really suits you. I'll find a bra or two to match these" he compliments while suggesting the clothes he thought would work.

Raven felt agitated by the comments made and suggestion of underwear given. It was clear that they were not necessary pairs to own. Raven was sure this was some sort of hint that Asher was imagining things that he didn't like. With a hiss he swatted the underwear from his body and turned to walk away, "No thanks just give me a little bit more time I'll be done soon." He grumbled.

He stormed off quickly not caring how the other responded to his statement, being around Asher any longer. He was sure that at this point he could find anything small as long as it would fit around his torso it didn't matter what kind it was.

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