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Chapter 4: Day at the Mall
After the fight, we could see our main characters walking around the mall. Everyone still had some adrenaline inside their blood veins after seeing the fight so they all walked around a bit before going to the clothes department.
Hange was seeing things left and right, and was so confused on the things like weird shaped food and more technology was seen. Not to mention the small cloth shops that were practically filled with beautiful clothing!
It was overwhelming for Armin too, as he saw a book shop that they passed a few minutes ago. There were so many books, he couldn't even believe his eyes! They weren't illegal too!
Meira lead them to a rather large clothing department as they couldn't help but marvel at the sheer size of it. There were clothes from babies and all the way to seniors! The woman looked at the gang as she explained.
"Alright then. Here we are in the clothing department. Once we finished our business here, we'll go to Hyper Mart and go buy food and cleaning products then after that lunch. Girls, follow me to the women section and boys follow Kevin to the man's" Meira explained as everyone nodded and separated themselves.
"Oh, and Levi?" She asked. The corporal looked at her, "Make sure the brats don't run off by themselves, this place is huge and I can't bear looking for their sorry asses" she explained. The older man just nodded before following Kevin.
"So what should we look for first?" The black haired woman asked as Hange was thinking the same thing, "Underwear, definitely since it's the most important piece of clothing material" Petra explained as Meira nodded her head and lead them to the area.
Petra and Hange couldn't help but look left and right to see different styles of clothing. There were even some with fur on it! "How can they make so much?" Petra asked as Hange looked at a black jacket with a lot of zippers on it, "They mass produce it using machine. In this life, we use machine for almost everything" the woman replied to her as the three of them continued walking to their destination.
Once they arrived, Petra couldn't help but blushed slightly as there were many styles to the undergarments as well. From laces, to bodysuits, to bikinis, to corsets... Too many to chose from, "Well, pick your choices then" Meira said before remembering something important, "Oh and buy a swimsuit. I'm planning to show you guys something someday and make sure you get the right sizes for your bust" she said.
Hange couldn't help but become excited as she pulled Petra to follow her, "Come on! Let's shop till we drop!" Hange announced as the three of them began their shopping trip down. Hange was already picking out a black lace and compared it with a frilly white one and asked Petra which one looked better on her. The caramel color haired woman was too confused but tried to help in anyway she could.
Meira chuckled at them. She wasn't a big fashionista like Zoey was so she couldn't really care less about her looks. She continued to watch them in mild amusement, 'Hange's already living in the modern world well enough... Its actually amusing to watch them like this' she chuckled silently before looking around. She didn't really needed an undergarment but she needed a new red and black dress for a party soon.
She was invited by one of her workmates to come to a formal party because it was someone's birthday and wedding next a few weeks. Of course she refused at first but the boss was also going and he practically blackmailed her, 'If you don't come then your salary will be halved' he said.
Meira twitched at the chibi boss that appeared in her mind while doing a peace sign with his hands but managed to control her temper as she continued watching Petra who already had several pairs in her arms while Hange was still trying to pick which one was better, 'This... Might take a while...'
With the guys
"Huh... Buy a swimsuit too?" Kevin looked at his screen as he just shrugged, "Swimsuits?" Armin repeated as Kevin nodded, "Yeah, it's either we're going to a waterpark or the beach... Or maybe that waterpark that opened on the beach?" He wondered as Jean asked, "What's a beach?" Kevin blinked before remembering that they were stuck inside the walls for over a hundred years. Of course they don't know what a beach is.
"Eren and Armin knows the ocean, it's just that they've never seen it before. The beach is the meeting place between land and the sea. The sea is a small part of the ocean and the ocean? Well... It's big" Eren and Armin looked at Kevin with wide eyes as the former asked, "T-t-that means... W-w-we're g-going to t-the o-ocean!?"
Kevin smirked and nodded, "Yep! But can you swim?" He asked until the older man interrupted, "Don't have the time. Fucking Titans remember?" The redhead sweat dropped, "So basically, you're saying you can't swim at all?" He asked. Levi stayed quiet. Kevin coughed slightly, 'Oh my fucking god! He can't swim! It's just like in that doujin by UNAP! where he was saved by Eren and then they- oh shit!' He slapped himself mentally.
'I blame Pat for making me a yaoi fanboy... I feel so disgusting but at the same time I can't stop...' He sighed before saying, "Anyway, you guys can decide whatever you guys want. Make sure the sizes are correct too, if you dunno your own size you could always ask the seller to take your measurements. Meet me here in the next five minutes after you're done. Got it?" He explained as everyone nodded and went their separate ways.
The three cadets decided to stick together as it's better than getting lost in that sea of clothes. They all looked at the garments confusedly because there's just too many of them. It was then Armin, being the smart boy he was saw the one that's in packages, "Hey, guys?" He called them, "I think it's best if we buy these ones. It says here that there's like five of them in own of these" he explained until he heard a voice from behind, "And they're also much cleaner than other ones"
Armin almost jumped when he heard the corporal was right behind him. Levi inspected them quickly to look at the sizes before picking one up and went back to the meeting place hurriedly, "He... Must've want those cleaning equipment fast..." Muttered Eren as Jean nodded.
Soon, the males all gathered to where Kevin was as he was looking something at his phone. Levi, however, stopped when he heard him saying, "Oh shit... That's a big ass Titan... Corporal was right, it's bigger than Colossal" Before the cadets took a step towards the other teen, Levi stopped them and used the hangers as a hiding place.
"You guys stay here for a while" he ordered them. Everyone wanted to question but refused to do so when he looked at them with those piercing grey eyes of his. Using the hangers, Levi carefully made his way towards Kevin as he listened to what the boy said, "Man, I hope Eren can make weapons out of his hardening ability now. And that Titan looks like a roasted chicken just as Leo said..." He said silently before putting his phone away.
'A Titan that looks like a roasted chicken? Hardening ability? What the fuck?' He thought before nodding to the cadets as they finally appeared in front of the teen who smiled at them, "Yo, ready to go to the other department?" He asked. The three of them nodded as Levi just rolled his eyes, his mind was still thinking on what the boy just said.
If Hange heard that, she would freak out and interrogate the poor boy to death. Levi pieced his information so far:
1. The Ackerman Family was persecuted because they were feared alongside a family from the east
2. Kenny's last name is Ackerman and from what he said, he was also an Ackerman as well as Mikasa and because of that, the three of them are from that clan
3. He's an Ackerman because he felt a surge of power after Farlan and Isabel died
3. Judging from what Kevin said, Kenny and Mikasa also had that surge of power
4. Eren has this... "Hardening" ability that he has no idea of
5. There was gonna be Titan bigger than the Colossal, chicken shaped Titan
So far he only knew those five short but vital information that can help them in their research of Titans. These were only five pieces of the puzzle that they've tried to solve in the past hundred years, but from what Kevin said, there'll be more coming towards them soon.
He sighed as he walked behind the group who were happily picking out outfits for themselves. He shouldn't worry about the Titans now since they hadn't have any idea on how to go home or even contact their world so might as well enjoy the vacation for a while.
"Corporal! Look" his thoughts were disturbed when he heard Eren's voice. He was holding onto a pair of navy blue jeans and was showing it to him, he rose his eyebrow, "It's just pants" he said. Eren shook his head as he pointed to a certain part of the jeans, especially near the hips. If Levi was drinking his tea then he would've spit it out immediately when he saw what was engraved there.
"Huh? What are you guys loo- oh..." Kevin asked until he saw the logo, he sweat dropped a bit, "Yeah, the name 'Levi' is also a name of someone famous here but he died like a two hundred years ago" the redhead tried to explain as Jean and Armin were also confused, "The guy's name was Levi Strauss, and he's the founder of the clothing company. This here is one of his products" Kevin pointed to the jeans as Levi could only blink.
"Since Jean's name is spelled 'J-E-A-N', fans here can't help but combine them together to make 'Levi's Jeans'" explained the redhead as the SnK group just stared at him, "No wonder..." Jean said as Kevin looked at him confusedly, "No wonder what?" He repeated, "I saw this... Thingy on this thing called the internet and I saw two people dressing up as me and the corporal" he said as Kevin chuckled.
"Don't tell me! The corporal was holding on a feather duster while standing beside you holding his duster and there was a saying at the bottom?" He asked. Jean looked at him like he was crazy, "Did you read my mind!?" He asked frantically, Kevin sweat dropped, "No, I saw it a few months ago" he said innocently, "Now, off you go shopping!"
Back with to the females
"So how does this looks?" Petra asked as she walked outside of the changing room. She was wearing a white short shirt that reached just below her breast that was missing a left sleeve so that the black and tight undergarment was visible in the inside. The pattern on the shirt was a colorful peace symbol.
She was also wearing short jeans and her right leg had stockings that has black and white stripes that reached past her knees while the other doesn't and her footwear were red and white sneakers.
"Oh! Nice! Buy this one! It looks better than the last one!" Hange commented before looking at Meira who was still looking at dresses, she sighed, "Eh? Meira? You need to buy dresses?" Petra asked as the woman nodded, "Yeah... But I'm not sure which one, I want a red and black one but this white one also looks good..." She groaned as she picked a long dress that had frills on the chest area and had a separated skirt that reached passed her legs.
"Hm... Maybe you should try some of them and pick the one that's best for you" Hange suggested but Meira groaned again, "And that's why I hate shopping. It takes hours for women to pick one dress" she said until he saw several designs that she liked, but they were on separate dresses, "Hm... Actually, I think I'll just preorder it" she said as she took out her phone and began to take pictures of the design she likes.
"What are you gonna do?" Petra asked while Meira smiled, "I'm gonna draw myself a dress and order it. Hopefully it can be made till then" she said, still taking several pictures of it before smiling to herself and putting the phone in her pocket.
They all went to the swimsuit section just in time to see the guys were also there, picking out some swimming trunks, "Hey, guys! You done shopping?" Meira asked Kevin who looked up from his phone as he waved back at her.
"We're done actually, but what took you so long?" Kevin asked as Meira just patted his shoulder and whispered, "They've discover the wonders of shopping in the 21st century..." Kevin paled slightly. That was fast. They were getting used to this better than the guys.
"Hey, Meira" Petra asked, "What's the difference between these and our undergarments?" She asked as the black haired woman began to explain, "The material and the use. The undergarments are made out of cotton or cloth and whatever stuff they mixed it in. This is made from rubber and cotton, make it more flexible and better using these to swim" Petra nodes her head understandingly as she continued to look for a bikini.
Meira sweat dropped when she saw the guy's things. It was so much less than their owns, she fussed that there weren't much choices then since more of the men's clothing are just shirt and pants while women? An infinity of them.
"So how are you handling being here?" Meira asked the cadets as Eren replied, "It's different. We didn't have any leisure time back home so it's a nice change, it's just sad that we're not experiencing this with everyone else" he said sadly as the woman pinched his cheeks. He groaned in pain, "Yeager, why must you be an adorable little shit?" She chuckled before releasing him.
Eren placed his hand on his abused cheeks, "Is that a compliment or an insult?" He asked, she laughed, "It's a compliment, you idiot" she replied. Kevin just chuckled until he felt a tint of dark aura coming from somewhere, he glanced at his right and left but couldn't find the source.
A few minutes later, Hange and Petra came back with their bikinis in the basket as Meira sighed, relieved that the shopping was done, "So you guys have your things ready?" She asked as they both nodded and picked up rather a large basket filled with clothing. Petra changed quickly from her current to the one she borrowed from Meira and puts them inside the basket.
"I see... So you guys already sorted out your things?" Kevin asked the lauded who nodded happily. Meira nodded as she pointed towards an empty counter and ordered them to put the baskets there. The cashier looked at the basket with wide eyes as he couldn't help but think how can they pay for it all, "W-welcome..." He said as Meira just stared at the cashier as he went to work fast, using the bar scanner as he scanned the barcode a that were stuck in the price tags.
"How the fuck can you pay for all of this?" Levi asked Meira who just shrugged, "Well, I do have an emergency black card that was awarded by a certain... Someone? I didn't steal it, thought. They just gave it to me. That's mostly for saving in case of, as I said, emergencies only but I guess I have no choice on using some for this I guess" she sighed as she pulled out a black card from her brown wallet.
"That'll be... $2130 dollars please" Kevin almost choke on his own saliva at the sheer amount of money they had to pay. Jean widened his eyes. Even though they knew nothing of the currency ratios but 2130 was a big number and judging from Kevin's reaction... It's a bad number. Meira shrugged as she gave him the black card. The man nodded and went to the ATM as he slide the card across before typing several things on it and giving it to Meira who entered her PIN number, "Your PIN number please, ma'am" he said as she entered the code.
It was then processed for a few seconds until a receipt came out of the machine. He tore it before taking out a pen, "Please sign here and here" he gave it to her as she signed her signature on it before the man smiled greatly, "Thank you very much ma'am!" and puts the clothes in a large, brown paper bags, "Hold on" Meira said to the cashier who stopped, "Can you separate them from another like this as I don't want to mix them up?" She asked.
The cashier smiled, "Sure thing!" He said happily. Meira was probably thinking that he'll get a higher salary because of this, but oh well. It's a win-win situation for the both of them. He placed them inside separate brown paper bags that had a black recycle sign on it. After one was finished, Meira took it and gave it to the owners.
Soon after they all received their brand new clothes, Meira motioned them to follow her, "Come on, people. We need to buy supplies and unfortunately enough that the super market is half way across the place..." she ordered them to follow her as they exited the clothing department.
Cant post the second part due to it being too large because I typed it all from my phone and yeah... Next chappie: fainting Heichou :D
