Disclaimer: Don't own Kingdom Hearts in any way.

Rating: T, with some mature themes in places.

Many guys don't exactly like shopping with their girlfriends/wives. Sora doesn't mind though, being himself. So when he joins Kairi, how will he react when things don't go as he expected?

Sora hummed faintly to himself, his fingers lightly playing with the empty shopping cart beside him. He stood by the changing rooms while Kairi searched for clothes to wear, wanting to try them on before she bought them (and he was always part of that process). He didn't mind; some of the clothes she picked were REALLY pretty on her, and that was a plus for him.

A hand going through his spiky hair brought him out of his daze. "Daydreaming, are we?" Kairi said in her soft voice, smiling softly at him. She wore her usual pink strapless dress with the white shirt, her other hand behind her back. Judging by the small rustling, she had a bag behind her hand, full of the clothes she wanted to try on.

He chuckled, taking her hand in his own. "Well, you know me" he answered, with a goofy grin. "I'm just a lazy bum"

She giggled, stepping closer. "I know" she whispered sweetly, kissing the corner of his lips. She loved to tease him like that.

He should back up a bit. He and Kairi had been going out for a long while, though they'd never gone past kissing and hand holding, by mutual agreement. Well, unless you counted them living in the same room in an apartment. They'd only started a month ago on that, and they were professional about it, each paying half the rent.

"Always the corner, never the lips" he teased her, lightly tapping her on the nose, to her giggle. Then he tilted his head, "So, what are you gonna try on this time?"

Her cheeks turned red, and she fidgeted a bit, glancing down. She didn't answer him, though her mouth twitched a little.

He became concerned; he'd never seen her act like this before. "Kairi, are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm okay" she said, a little quickly, her cheeks still red. "It's just... I'm nervous" she continued, her fingers lightly moving over the door handle to one of the women's small changing rooms.

"Why?" he asked, a little confused, but still concerned. "It can't be that bad"

Her hand grasped the door handle, then she paused for a few seconds. Next thing he knew, many things happened in a few seconds:

1. She'd opened the door wide.

2. She'd gotten behind him, and pushed him inside the changing room.

3. She'd quickly entered behind him, closed the door, then locked it.

"Kairi!" he whispered, knowing this was a very risky situation. "Why do you want me in here! If someone finds out, it won't look good, no matter what!"

He was stopped from going further by a finger on his lips, Kairi close to him, her face nervous but determined. "Please" she whispered softly. "I'm trying on stuff, and I want your opinion"

Her finger calmed him down a bit, but he was still nervous. "Why?" he whispered quietly, glancing at the closed door. "Why couldn't you just try it on and show me outside?"

She blushed a little more, but she kept her smile. "Because what I'm about to try on would only draw attention out there" she whispered softly, then she stepped away. "Now, turn around and face the corner, and no peeking"

"Okay" he said after a few moments, slowly turning away from Kairi (and the mirror in the changing room). Just as he was about to wonder what she was gonna try on this time, and what required this kind of privacy, he heard an audible zipping sound effect... making him blink. He thought he knew what it came from, but he couldn't be sure when he was limited to one direction.

Next thing he knew, something landed directly on his head, cutting off his vision.

"Hey!" he cried out, quickly staggering a little as he tried to pull the unknown thing off his head. He finally succeeded, shaking his head, "What just happened...?" he started to say to Kairi, only to trail off.

Sometime during his reflexive response, he'd done a complete 180, meaning he was now facing Kairi/the mirror instead of the wall like he was supposed to be. The thing he was holding was Kairi's now-unzipped pink dress, plus the black hoodie. And Kairi? She was standing there shock-still, her hands at the very bottom of her white shirt.

"AAH!" they both cried out, Kairi instantly trying to cover herself, and Sora turning back to the wall even more quickly. This wasn't before the image of Kairi was burned into his mind though: the wide eyes, the shocked expression, the hands on her white shirt, that little bit of skin beneath the white shirt... and the white that wasn't her shirt, along with what he thought was a red ribbon on the side.

Much later, he'd think she looked very cute when she was surprised/shocked.

"Sora!" he heard her cry out, sounding both shy and reproachful. He couldn't argue against the latter point. "I told you not to look!"

"I-I'm sorry!" he said quickly, trying to explain. "It's just when I felt your dress land on me, I didn't know what happened. I reacted by reflex, but I didn't know I had turned around until too late"

A few seconds passed by, and he worried a lot in that time, but then a soft touch on his shoulder made him blink. "I understand, Sora" he heard, her voice still a little shy but soft. "I can't blame you for reacting, but I just meant to tease you a little"

"Well, you succeeded" he said with a light chuckle, then his heart raced. He couldn't tell how he knew this, but his body told him Kairi was very close to him. This was later confirmed when he felt her breathing in his ear, and her shoulders bump against his.

Btw, he had to remember to tell Kairi to breathe in his ear more often. It was absolutely thrilling.

"Just this time" she whispered sweetly, tilting his head toward her carefully, so that he looked at her face. "Don't look until I tell you, no matter what happens"

He smiled sweetly, nodding. "Okay" he whispered softly, stealing a kiss from her. This pleased her a lot, as he could tell by her giggle, even as she tilted his head back to away and pulled back.

The seconds passed slowly for both of them, for different reasons. For Sora, the rustling of clothing was making it REALLY hard to focus (on what, he didn't know, but anything other than the rustling; it was very tempting). He slowly looked at his girlfriend's pink dress he was holding for a few moments.

"I wonder if it has her scent on it?"

His cheeks turned red that he'd even thought about something like that. He couldn't just smell his girlfriend's clothes just because he wanted to smell her scent! Even more so because Kairi was right there behind him, in front of a mirror, so she'd see him for sure! But her scent... a beach-type scent he couldn't quite place... it was very pleasant, and he loved it.

A few seconds earlier.

Kairi tried to get the blush off her face as she slowly stripped in front of the mirror, and failed. She still couldn't get Sora's face when he'd seen her out of her head: the stunned look, the wide eyes, the many emotions in his lovely eyes...

She blushed harder. She didn't know what he was thinking right now, but on some level... he had liked what he had seen. He still saw her the same, and there was love in those eyes... but that liking only made her more shy.

"I must still try, for him" she thought shyly, nervous. "If he loves what I'm gonna do soon... we could go to the next step in our relationship"

A few seconds passed, Kairi slowly pulling on the new clothes. Then she heard a very small peculiar noise... and she soon blushed red when she found out what: Sora was sniffing at her pink strapless dress, his face in bliss as he took in her scent.

She knew he loved her scent... but that was very embarrassing!

"Mmh... Kairi's scent..." he thought, completely lost in it.

His eyes snapped open, and he immediately forced himself away, even as he still held her dress with a red face. He couldn't believe he'd just done that! What would Kairi think if she'd noticed?

As he worried about this, her soft-but-shy voice brought him out of this. "Sora?"

"Y-yes?" he breathed, trying to brace himself, though for what he didn't know.

"Turn... turn around" she said, and despite the fact he couldn't see her face, he could just tell she was blushing red. So he braced himself, got his legs to actually turn, and looked at Kairi again. He'd been completely right about her face being red.

Kairi stood facing him, shyness everywhere on her, from her red blush to her small nervous movements. She stood with her back to the mirror, essentially naked except for the essentials. But they were different from his quick glance earlier: black and lacy, threaded differently across the various inches... and quite sexily at that. Her bra caressed her chest very well, even enhancing her cleavage a little (and he did mean little; she was usually modest even in swimwear, whether one-piece or two). Her panties curled around her form, hugging her curves like a second skin.

That, combined with her beauty and her shy look/blush... he was quite stunned.

"So" she whispered, nervously but determined. "What do you think?"

His first attempts at speech failed miserably, making Kairi giggle a bit. When he got some words out, they turned out to be "Turn around", which he kicked himself mentally afterward.

She blushed a bit more, but she obeyed, slowly rotating on the spot. As he'd thought, they suited her figure perfectly, and the smooth skin on her back and legs seemed too pure to be real. He blushed, realizing he was starting to become dazed.

She eventually turned to face him again, her fingers nervously playing with her bra straps. "So you like it?" she whispered softly, her face still a little red.

"It's... you're... stunning" he stuttered faintly, but he had to admit he was right... he was just faintly impressed he had enough control to actually say stunning instead of making himself look like an idiot. "Just..."

She blinked slowly, tilting her head as she looked at him. "Just what?" she said.

"Well, uh..." he said, trying to calm down himself, though the glance down at her didn't help. "I'm just not sure if... black is really your color"

She breathed out, smiling as she relaxed. "Actually, neither did I" she whispered sweetly. "I just wanted your opinion... and I can always get this in another color, one that we both like"

He smiled, nodding as he stepped closer. "Well, I can't argue with that" he whispered softly, kissing her forehead, to her happy giggle. He tried for the lips, but she stopped him with a finger, and a playful smile. "Not till I get dressed again"

He pouted a little, but he obeyed, slowly turning around to face the wall again as she got dressed in her normal clothes.

After getting dressed, Kairi slowly unlocked the door and lightly pushed it open. She glanced left and right, making sure no one was looking, then she quickly motioned for Sora to get out. In the space of five seconds, he was away, leaning on a stand thing and easily looking like he'd been there the entire time.

She smiled softly, looking at him. "Now, to see what other colors this comes in" she said, holding up her black essentials.

He nodded, smiling as he stood up straight. "Agreed" he said simply.

So he followed her to that area, and virtually no one gave him wierd looks, because he was with her. They probably assumed he was unwillingly there, and was just dying to get out... well, how wrong they were. She found the area she'd searched earlier, putting the black one back, looking at the other colors (beige, white, red, pink, blue... it went on), asking Sora's opinion on which he thought was best.

He answered as best he could, eventually unable to decide between red and pink, so she got both. But she could see more in his eyes: a hesiatation, a question he wanted to ask. He was trying to hide it from her, probably until they were alone, but she could see right through it... she knew him well after all.

She knew exactly what he was confused about: for a long time, they'd mutually agreed not to go further than hand-holding and kissing, in case they didn't work out. But now that she was buying sexy lingerie... she seemed ready to go further. And she was, to a certain extent.

And she intended to talk with him about that when they got home.

I like how this one turned out :) Hope you all did too. Will be continued in the next chapter, where they'll have this talk, along with minor fluff.

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