"Eve! You kept missing my calls!"

"Sorry..."

"Is something wrong?"

"No..."

Hina had been trying to contact Eve to just talk, but had received no answer. She had decided to go visit instead. Eve was in her room, curled up on her bed.

"What's wrong?" Hina sat down on the bed.

"I just... don't wanna see myself today..."

"You can't stay in bed all day, Eve. Come on." Hina tried to tug the covers off, but Eve kept a strong grip on them.

"Just let me be, Hina."

"No. I'm not leaving this house unless you're with me."

"Where are you going to take me?"

"Hmm... let's go shopping for clothes! You can pick out whatever you want to feel better!"

"No thanks..."

"Come on, Eve! Trust me." Hina tried again to pull the covers off.

This time, she succeeded. Eve sighed and sat up.

"Please? I don't want to see you look so sad." Hina frowned at her.

"Fine..." Eve agreed.

"I'll leave so you can get changed." Hina exited the room.

About ten minutes later, Eve came out. She looked more presentable now. Hina took her by the hand and they started heading out of the house.

"You always seem to appear whenever I'm having a bad day." Eve mumbled as they walked.

"Maybe I'm psychic and know." Hina teased.

"Honestly with you I wouldn't doubt it." Eve cracked a smile.

Hina smiled back at her, "Let's go!"

...

The mall wasn't very crowded today. That was good for them. They went into a store and started browsing. Hina kept showing things to Eve and asking her to try them on. Eve wasn't given a chance to say no.

And honestly, it was helping her a bit. Getting to dress up a bit was helping her not see herself as horrible as she did this morning.

"Ooh! Look at this dress. Try it on? Please?" Hina held up a dress to Eve.

"I... I guess I'll try it..." Eve hesitantly took it from Hina, "It is the right size, right?"

Hina nodded, "Yep. I made sure to check."

"Then just... give me a minute." Eve stepped into the changing room.

She emerged a few minutes later with the dress on. Hina smiled at her.

"It looks awesome on you, Eve." Hina commented.

"You think? I... don't know about the color." Eve replied, "I don't think this is my type of style."

"Okay. You can change out then. Wanna go try another store?"

"Sure."

While she had been very hesitant about this trip in the beginning, Eve was definitely glad Hina made her do this. At least she had such a supportive friend by her side. Always being the one to drag her away instead of offering support like the others did. Not that there was anything wrong with how the other girls helped her out. Hina was just... different.

"Hina? Um... thank you for today."

"No problem! I'm glad you're happy again!"

"Maybe we could find some outfits that work together to wear?"

"Good idea! Let's go!"