A/N: Would you believe the whole time I had this ready, the internet was so dead I forgot about it? Yeah.
So by seemingly EVERYONE'S request I'll be trying to lengthen chapters. I'm only typing what I have, so I can't guarantee they'll be ADT length.
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Shopping for clothes was, in Leon's opinion, an interesting experience.
Before they made for the shopping center, he was given a change of clothes - a plain black shirt and jeans - and his bag was taken to what Takuto said was his office, since he couldn't meet with the person he would be staying with at the moment.
"Once we finish shopping, we'll go back to my building and you can rest." Takuto told him in the car, before they entered the large building through an entrance at the side.
It was a little overwhelming, but for some reason he couldn't help but feel a little excited when they walked into the first store, one filled to the brim with jackets and shirts and other articles of clothing Leon didn't think he'd be wearing much.
He followed Takuto and his attendants - the store was relatively empty, so there weren't that many people - through the aisles, glancing at the racks as he passed them but not reaching out. From time to time Takuto or the woman next to him would pull out a shirt or jacket and inspect it, but only a few made it to the arms of the attendant in charge of carrying them. Leon wasn't quite sure if he was alright with them picking his clothes for him, but he didn't say anything - they were doing him a favor, it would rude to act selfish. Besides, the clothes they were picking weren't bad.
... Not that he knew much about fashion outside the island. He tried not to notice how none of their choices were white.
After that store was finished - they'd spent quite some time trying to figure out the correct sizes for the clothes - they made their way over to a shoe store, where he got his measurements and a pair of sneakers they insisted he wear in place of his old shoes. Better for moving around in case he needed to, they said.
They were a light blue color, just like the sky he'd looked up at so often. Ironic how it now ended up below him.
Then things started getting confusing.
"Cell phone?"
He repeated the word Takuto had mentioned, brows furrowed and a confused exression on his face. The boy chuckled, before motioning to another store.
"It's a type of communication device." He said, walking over to a glass case that held several of the same devices he'd seen Takuto use on the helicopter. "It lets you talk to someone from far away or take pictures."
The concept seemed odd, but he wasn't surprised by either fact. There were still a lot of things he didn't know.
"What color would you like?" The question startled him, and it must have shown because Takuto said; "We've been making choices for you for the past hour, I figured you should have a say in something if it's going to be yours."
He wasn't sure what to think of the implications behind those words, but he pointed to a plain while model in the end, because the color has been with him too long to just abandon it.
They'd made excuses far too close to the truth when the store clerk questioned his lack of knowledge about cell phones, and ended up getting a simplified version of the instructions written on a piece of paper with a shoddy drawing of his new phone. There were arrows all over, pointing to different features that confused him greatly, but Leon supposed he'd get used to it eventually.
"Where are we going now?" He asked once they left the store. The attendant held at least three bags of clothes and the one bag with Leon's old shoes, which he assumed would be enough at the moment. He couldn't think of anything else he'd need, but he could always be wrong.
"Now," Takuto said, turning to him. "We're going to build you a deck."
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A/N: Yes, I am building Leon a new deck. Well, not really new, I just have to alter the one I built before. You'll be surprised.
