A/N: I did a little bit of a touch up to chapter 4: Endless Night and Chapter 5: New Beginning. It seems to me that Hope was acting a little too immature for his age with the wailing when I wrote it. For Chapter 5, there was a small continuity error from updating Chapter 4. Anyhow, Expect an ending for this by the end of May. This week's plan is to have this chapter and 8 up.
Chapter 7: Walk Through Town
"So Hope?" Serah asked, "What do you think we should get me sister for her birthday?"
"I... Don't know. What does she like?" Hope asked.
"Hmm... Claire is a unique person." Serah replied
"Claire?" Hope asked
"That's her actual name. Whatever you do, do not call her by that name. She gets annoyed by it and it makes her feel like a kid." Serah answered.
"I see. Let's try this place out first." Hope said as he walked inside of a jewelery store.
Once inside, Hope noticed a pendant and chain that caught his eye. The pendant was in the shape of a lightning bolt, and shimmered in the light with the chain it was attached to,
"How much?" Hope asked the store clerk
"That will be 10,000 gil." He replied.
Hope checked his pockets and pulled out various sized gil chits. He counted them and said to himself, "Damn. All I have on me for pocket change is 3,500."
"Hope... What's wrong?" Serah asked
"I really wanted to buy Lightning this chain and pendant, but I am short on cash. I only have 3500 gil on me."
"Don't worry about the rest, I'll cover for you." Serah replied as she handed the clerk a 10,000 gil chit. "give me your 3,500."
"Okay." Hope replied as he handed Serah the money.
The clerk boxed the pendant up, bagged it, and gave it to Serah. "Have a nice day." The clerk said to the two as they walked out of the store.
"Ohhh. This store looks nice!" Serah said as she eyed a sporting goods store.
Once they got inside, Serah was looking at a vicious hunting knife. "Hope, my sister really wanted this!" Serah said, "She was dying to have one of these since she entered Guardian Corps.!"
"Good. I can see that she has good tastes for gifts." Hope replied as Serah was purchasing the knife.
"Um, miss?" the clerk asked, "I need to see some identification."
"Here!" Serah said as she pulled out her identification card.
"Okay, thank you." The clerk said as he handed Serah the bag.
"Now to go home!" Serah said as the two walked down the sidewalk and then, Serah noticed the streetlights were turning on. "We have to hurry! It's getting late!" she exclaimed
"Right." Hope replied as the two ran down the sidewalk back to the house.
Once Serah and Hope entered and sat down their bags, they noticed a nice aroma.
"Just in time for dinner." Lightning said as she hung an apron back onto a rack.
"Yay!" Serah said as she sat down, awaiting the food.
"Good." Hope said as he sat down, too.
After dinner, Hope was feeling really confident. He knew he was in good company, he was not being skimped out on meals, and the hospitality was great! "Hope, bed time." Lightning said as hope was starting to lay down on the floor as she handed him a pillow and a blanket.
"Good night Light." Hope said as he drifted off and fell asleep, awaiting for the next day.
