Azalea

chapter 7 ~beautiful eyes

"So you know this one?" Theo asks.

"No, I know none of these sweets." They took me to the shop, but currently we are stuck at some candy shop.

They are asking me which ones I want, but I have never even seen those kinds of treats.

"Do you like chocolate?" I nod. I have only once tried chocolate, and it was so good.

"Which one?" I shrug.

"Okay, we will take everything from each of them now." I look around while Owen and Theodore are talking about what else they should buy.

"Why are you looking at this place like it's your first time seeing a candy shop?" Kenji asks.

"It is my first time," I state, and he shuts up.

"Hey, we're good to go; let's shop for clothes now," Theo said.

We walk around the mall and go to different shops.

"What about this one?" Theo asks, holding a strapless dress.

"No," I say dryly.

I look around for hoodies but see nothing I like. I'm just not much of a color fan. Don't get me wrong; some shades of pink are pretty, but often bright colors make my head hurt.

I try to reach out for a dark red hoodie that is in the men's section but fail. Now that I look at it, people here are so tall; that's probably why shelves are placed high in the stores.

Another hand reaches for the hoodie. I look behind me and see an unfamiliar face.

"Hey, I could see you couldn't reach me here." I smiled and thanked him.

"Thank you"

"You have beautiful eyes," he complains; it's weird hearing compliments. I would always be bullied by people in gymnastics because I don't look Russian, I don't have pale skin, I'm not blonde, and my facial structures aren't what they should be.

His compliment makes me smile even more. I think I smiled today more than I have in my whole life.

"Hey" I hear a rough voice that makes me flinch.

"What are you doing?" Kenji asks.

"He was just helping me," I say.

"You don't need him; that's why we're here," he says, and he looks at the guy who helped me like he wants to murder him, so he just walks away.

"Oh yeah, then where were you?" I state, raising my eyebrows.

He scoffs and says, "Look, who can talk?"

"I choose to ignore people who I don't like."

"So you don't like me?"

"I never said that."

"But you never said that you do like me."

"See, you're catching up; good job, Kenji," he smirks, and then leaves.

I notice a top; I'm not going to wear it by itself, but I hate bras, so I can wear it as one; it literally only covers boobs.

Oh, what about underwear? I need those.

Shit.

We get out of the car, and I start to look around for shops that sell that kind of stuff.

Seconds later, I find it, and I stand there without saying a word.

"What's wrong?" I hear Owen say, and when he sees what I'm looking at, his mouth leaves an 'oh'.

"I can just quickly go and come back," I state.

"What if there's some kind of problem?"

"I'm fine; just wait for me somewhere."

I go inside and see all those pretty underwear.

I go for the basic ones.

Black, nude, and white

I'm trying to find it in my size.

"need help," I hear a familiar voice say as soon as I take off my bra.

"C cup? I wouldn't have guessed."

"What are you doing here?" I ask.

"Your brothers aren't here, so here am I."

"Trust me, I don't need your help with this."

"You sure?" he questions as he pulls out a red sexy set.

"Put that away."

"Why? you don't like it" he smirks and keeps teasing me, but I'm filled with nothing but annoyance.

"If it's for you to wear, then yes." I smiled and walked away.