Chapter 9
*Rowan's POV*
I had no clue what Hariko was doing but I know for a fact she's excited for today, on the way home she told me something about spirits.. or something like that, whatever she told me one thing was certain though, I did not understood a thing from her words "Hey Rowan, you done?" Hariko walks over with my coat on her and I raise an eyebrow at her "You said we are going to buy clothes for me, don't you remember?" "But I haven't relaxed yet-" "You said you are going to relax a little, not hours!" I sigh and stand up and her tail wiggled "It's time to buy clothes for you anyway, I don't want you to walk around the house only in your underwear.. not that I mind or anything.." I mumble the last part and her ears twitched "What was that?" "Nothing" I smile at her but she looks a bit suspicious at me, she walks outside and I sigh in relief "I should stop saying these kind of stuff"
*Time skip*
We arrived at a clothing shop and it was only designed for women, if you are a man looking for clothes this shop isn't for you "Alright, hope you don't spend too much money, we still need to go at the restaurant" "Didn't you said you were a bank when it comes to money?" "Uh.. the bank was robbed?" she rolls her eyes "Very funny Rowan" we stepped inside and to my surprise a couple of men were looking for clothes "What.. what am I witnessing" "They're gentlemen, they're buying clothes for their women, unlike others.." I look at her and softly pinched her cheek "Owie.." "First of all, you have fox ears along with a tail so it's kinda hard buying you clothes with these extra features on ya, second of all people would think that I'm a weirdo buying women clothes, third of all I don't know your size and liking for clothes so instead of wasting money I give you a chance of buying what you like" she rubs her cheek looks at me "I guess you're right.. it wasn't necessary to pinch my cheek though!" "Come on.. I didn't even pinched you hard"
She sighs and she punches my guts quite hard "I didn't hit you hard" oh you little- "What's the matter? from a soft punch you go down?" I do have a sensitive stomach but I am capable of tanking a couple of hits, but I swear her punch felt like a truck-kun coming out of nowhere and run me over... if she has so much strength then how did she got beaten up? "I didn't hurt you did I? sorry if I punched you too hard.. I just want to mock you a bit.." at least she's feeling sorry, I take a huge breath before putting on a semi forced smile "I'm alright, don't worry.. let's buy you some clothes" I can tell she didn't believe me but she didn't insist anymore, instead she went to a section full of clothes with me following her behind.
"Can I really buy whatever I want?" "Just.. not too expensive alright?" "Got it" the pain slowly started to kick in, note to myself to never mess with Hariko... "Hey Rowan, what do you think about this?" I look at her and she had a shirt with a fox on it along with some red skirt "That shirt is kinda small.." "For you? yes, for me? no" "Of course.. everything for me is small in this shop" "Alright, might go and try them out" I grab her shoulder before she could go in a change room "How about you go and pick more clothes then try them on? you're going to lose it if you go all time in the change room, try out clothes, pick other clothes.. do the same thing for the rest of the day.." "You're right Rowan.. how about we start with the most easiest part of the day.." "That's gonna be the usual clothes right?" she gives me a small smirk "No silly, the sleeping ones" "You can just sleep in your un- oh, yeah" "In your dreams".
*Time skip*
I've been sitting on this bench for 30 minutes and this woman is still trying clothes.. but hey, it's worth seeing her happy and to make her forget what happened when she first came over to my house.. the only remained clothes she has to look for are the public ones, she needs clothes that are able to cover her tail, for the ears part is easy because we can use a hat for that.. but her tail.. that big fluff stick it's impossible to cover completely "You done yet Hariko? are that clothes good?" "Be patience will you?" come on man.. I am the opposite, anyway, she already has enough clothes for a whole month and what put a smile on my face is her trying to find a reasonable price.. for example, if something was over 40$ she would not buy it, even thought she wanted it or loved it, if you tell me all of these clothes are worth around 1200$, a sigh is heard from the changing room and moments after Hariko comes out "They're not good.." I sigh and stand up "Well, we tried.. now let's get going"
We paid for the clothes which was more expensive than I've expected but now I can no longer worry about Hariko's clothing problem "So.. I don't know what we've bought so can you tell me real quick?" "No, you'll see later in these days" "That's not fair" she giggles "Anyway.. can we go home? I'm too tired to go to the restaurant anyway.. maybe another time" well that's good, the pain was still unbearable and there's simply no way in hell I would've went to the restaurant now "..Are you okay?" "Yeah" she stops walking and stares into my eyes "You realize I know you're lying right? I can even sense that something's wrong with you since I punched you in the stomach, tell me.. did I hurt you that bad?" "I'm not lying Hariko I'm telling you the freaking truth and no, you didn't hurt me in any way" she puts pressure on my belly and I flinch "You can't fool me Rowan" I sigh and look at her "Alright fine.. it hurts since you punched me"
She looks at me with a poker face "Why didn't you said anything earlier? do you really want to stay in pain Y/N?" "No-" "Then.." she sighs and grabs my hand "I don't even know what to say Rowan, is your stomach sensitive or something?" "I'd say my stomach is, weird.. I sometimes get cramps out of nowhere or when I eat something I don't like, truth to be told you really punched hard" She sighs, her ears flattening against her head "Weird is not the right word.. have you went to a hospital? you know.. for a check up or something?" "No.." she gives me a deadpan look "Why?" "Because I'm scared of them, you go there to find out what problem you have and suddenly you have cancer" She shakes her head lightly as she begins to drag me after her "Come on let's just go home, you really need to look after your health Rowan".