Chapter 7
Aerith walked down the sideway along with Sly the next day wondering where the two could possibly be going as she asked, "Sly, where are you taking me?"
"Don't worry Aerith, you'll find out soon." The raccoon replied, while he looked at her with a grin on his face.
The young woman could not help but let out a light sigh as she knew he wouldn't be revealing anything to her anytime soon. All she knew was that the raccoon wanted to repay her in some way for healing his friend Bentley's crippled legs. While the two kept on walking she looked up at him again while she protested with, "You know you really don't have to thank me in any way for what I did yesterday, Sly. I was more than happy to use my healing magic on Bentley."
"Yeah I know you were." The anthro raccoon replied, as he looked down at her from the corner of his eyes. While the two were turning around a nearby corner he added, "But even if you don't want anything I still plan on getting you something." The young woman finally took notice of a nearby building that the two were walking up to that had different types of clothes showing from the inside of the store. Before the two entered the shop he ended with, "And here we are."
The green eyed healer tilted her head a bit to the side as she stared at the different types of clothes that were being displayed in the window. Aerith turned her attention back to the anthro thief while she asked him, "Sly, why did you bring me to a clothing store?"
A grin reappeared on the hazel eyed raccoon's face as he answered back with, "Well, since you'll be staying with me until we can figure out a way to get you back to wherever your home is. I figured you would want to get some more clothes, so you're not wearing the same thing all the time." To the young woman's surprise she saw the raccoon wink at her before he went on with, "And besides maybe we'll find something cute for you to wear while we're here."
Hearing Sly's last comment caused Aerith to look away with a blush on her face. And as she looked away she responded with, "I-I well….let's go inside so I can get some new clothes." She looked up at the thief while she added, "But it's just going to be something simple like what I'm wearing now. Maybe a few other types of dresses, but that's it and nothing else."
"Awe and I was going to pick out something really cute for you to wear too." The gray and black furred anthro pouted, before he opened the door to the shop for her.
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Carmelita looked through the rack of clothes that were in front of her. She sighed with disappointment not really being impressed with what she saw. Her right ear twitched though when she heard one of the front doors to the clothing store being open which caused her to turn her attention slightly to see who had entered the shop. Once she had done this though her expression harden when she saw none other than Sly Cooper walking into the store. At first the blue haired vixen was a bit confused seeing him out in the open. But after she saw the human from a few nights ago everything made sense to her as she let out, "Tch, I should have known."
"Hello madam and mesuor. How can I help you today?" The clerk asked, with a smile on her face. The vixen looked on in interest because once the anthro clerk opened her eyes and saw the human next to the raccoon she let out a gasp while she added in surprise, "Oh, I'm sorry madam. I did not realize you were a human." The yellow eyed fox found herself smirking slightly when she heard, "I-I don't know if we have too many clothes that will work for you..."
The smirk quickly faded once she saw the hazel eyed raccoon just wave his hand dismissing the ordeal as he reassured her with, "Hey, don't worry about it. I'm sure we'll find something for my friend here even if they aren't meant for her kind."
The orange furred fox became a bit worried when she saw the two heading towards the same rack of clothes that she had just gone through as she let out, "Great, he's bringing her over here." An idea popped into her head while she added, "But perhaps if I keep my back to them they'll never know that I'm here."
The blue haired insceptor quickly turned herself in front of the clothes again before she slowly walked towards a different rack that was nearby. And while she pretended to look through the other rack of clothes she listened in on the two's conversation as she heard Sly's voice when he suggested, "So how about this one, Aerith?"
"Hmm Aerith, so that's what her name is huh?" Carmelita mentally commented, while she slowly turned her head so she was looking at the two.
The yellow eyed fox looked over at the brunette haired human and saw her place a hand underneath her chin in thought before she responded with, "Well, it does look nice. But I'm wondering if it's too formal for me."
Hearing this caused the vixen to look over at the outfit in question only to have her expression become that of anger. The dress that the anthro thief had chosen was a long elegant dress that one would wear if they were going to a fancy dinner party. It appeared to have fabric that led up close to the shoulders, but stopped right below them leaving that part of the body visible. The vixen also took note of the light and dark shades of purple on it as she heard the raccoon's voice when he urged, "Yeah, but come on just try it on to see if you like it."
There was a short pause of silence before the human replied back with, "Well, it does look very nice. Alright I suppose it wouldn't hurt to at least see what I would like with this type of dress on."
Carmelita quickly looked away and acted as though she had no idea the brunette was walking pass her towards a changing room. Once the human was gone the vixen noticed that Sly had walked over to the casher obviously wanting to do something while he waited for the girl to change. But while she slowly moved towards the two her right ear twitched yet again when she heard, "Hey, thanks for doing that for me on such short notice."
The blue haired fox turned her head towards the two and saw the raccoon hand the clerk a few small stacks of money. As the other anthro put the money away in the register she replied, "It was problem at all. I am just glad you had informed me about the young lady last night." Once she had put all of the money away and closed the register she added, "I just hope she'll end up liking that dress you had me add more fabric to along with the other clothes you plan on getting for her."
Carmelita scoffed after hearing the little chat that had went on. She was about to leave the clothing store, but stopped herself from doing so when she heard the door to the changing room begin to open. Once that had done she heard the human's voice again as she asked, "So Sly, what do you think?"
The yellow eyed inspector heard nothing from the raccoon at first. The only thing that could be heard was the sound of his footsteps as he walked up to the green eyed human. And when Carmelita looked over at the two she felt as though her heart was being ripped in two just seeing how the anthro thief was staring at the young woman. The vixen quickly decided to leave before she found herself losing her cool. While she was heading towards the door though she heard the gray and black furred raccoon's voice as he commented, "You look amazing in that dance, Aerith." Once this had been said the blue haired fox walked out of the clothing store and shut the door behind her before a few tears fell down her face.
A/N: And yet another chapter has come to an end. Now I hope someoen will let me know if I spelled the word in French that means sir correctly. Other than that I think it turned out okay. The next update won't happen though until after Labor Day.
