VL) Chapter 3 Part 2

The clothing store that Elara brought me to was very large with many people walking about. Rows upon rows of clothes are what filled my eyes, and the most amazing thing was that they were all clean and new! There were no stains or any rips and tears in them. They did not smell like rotting trash or other mystery scents. They smelled fresh and looked comfortable to wear.

Of course, the first place Elara brought me was to a rack that had a bunch of dresses hanging from it. “Erm… this is not what I was asking for…”

“I know but it is still fun to try a few things on. Alicia, you are very beautiful, so you should at least model a few things for me so I can take pictures for Mom to see.” I really did not understand what was coming out of this girl’s mouth. What did looks have to do with not wearing anything breezy? I just wanted some pants. Pants!

While I was crying on the inside, my head was nodding on the outside when I saw Elara’s shining eyes. They were eyes that said, ‘I will cry if you don’t try these on’. So, I had no choice but to take the first dress Elara picked out for me. I dejectedly walked over to what looked like my old tin can and stepped inside to get changed.

Luckily, or maybe I should say unluckily, this dress was easy to put on. If it was not easy, I could say that it was defective and give it back to her. But now I had to put in the effort. This was different from the dress I was wearing. It had two straps that went over my shoulder and exposed the full length of my arms and dipped down to show the top crack of my breast. In other words, it was underwear! “Elara, why the hell did you give me underwear!?”

“What do you mean? They don’t sell underwear here!” Elara’s voice came from the other side of the curtain. She even told a bald-faced lie!

“Liar! This is no dress! It’s nothing more than nightwear at most. Who the hell wears things so indecent outside!?” I began struggling to take the stupid dress off when Elara poked her head into the changing room.

“It looks fine! What do you mean it’s nightwear!? That’s a seasonal dress!” Elara explained, but I did not believe her. I mean, it exposed the crack of my breasts. Only those girls who sold themselves did that!

“I am not wearing this. I am not selling myself!” I yelled as I finally got the dress off and started putting on a new one. That dress was even red! It was so flashy! Even if it did come with a tail cutout, it was still a no-go for me!

“Huh!? Sell yourself. I don’t get it! Fine! I will go find some pants.” Elara seemed upset but I will never wear such a dress! I already made a concession when I wore this blue dress.

A few minutes later Elara handed me a t-shirt which was much better than the red thing. The only problem was that it was pink! “Can I get a different color… no wait, I will just go pick it out.” I stepped out of the dressing room and handed Elara the red dress. “Here’s your underwear.”

“It’s not underwear!” She squeaked as I walked away. I felt much better. I walked around the store with Elara following behind me with her head lowered. While I feel bad since I know she was trying to help me out, our tastes were just too different. She liked selling herself, and I liked to hide my skin. Now, I know she was not truly selling herself, but the amount of skin coverage was important to me.

After strolling around the store, I ended up buying, under Elara’s nagging, seven t-shirts, seven black hoodies, and seven pairs of pants. But now I looked weird since I was wearing shoes that went with a dress instead of normal shoes. Luckily, there was a store next door that sold shoes so we stopped there next. To top it all off, we went to both the sock and underwear stores where I finally let Elara pick things that put her back into a good mood. Luckily, she did not pick anything too fancy for me. But at the very least, it would be hidden anyway since I did not plan to strip for anyone any time soon.

“We will go to the delivery center now and have them deliver the clothes to the house. It will make it easier than having to carry them around.” Elara explained as we walked down the long hall. I felt this was quite a luxury, but it seems it was only I who thought that way since when I mentioned it to Elara, she chuckled and said it was very common and only cost a few credits to do.

After we dropped off our bags, Elara said the magic words. The words I had been waiting for since leaving the house. “Shall we head to the food court!” She said it with a bright smile and clapped her hands in excitement. I, for once, saw an angel. I think that was what they were called in that one book called the… Bi… Bi… Bilible? Yeah, that sounds right. Anyway, I could finally taste the delicacies I could only dream about just the other day.