Disclaimers: Who has KD? SquareEnix has it... All materials used in the story belongs to Square!!! I wonder why not circle?
Time for shopping! With malicious Yuffie in charge, who can escape this little outing?
6: Preparations
"Wakey Sora! Rise and shine! Teehee... "
Sora slowly peeped through one of his eyelids to find Yuffie's rosy and healthy face hovering right above him.
"Argh! Yuffie! You scare the hell out of me! What are you doing here?"
"Shopping! Let's go shopping! Hurry up and change! We're going shopping to prepare for the ball!"
Sitting up and rubbing his eyes in annoyance, Sora noticed Riku leaning against the wall, with a fed-up expression.
Probably waken up by Yuffie's knocking...
In the next instance, Yuffie rudely shoved Sora into the bathroom. Rummaging in Sora's cabinet, she took a few articles of clothing and thrashed them into Sora's hands.
"You are not allowed to come out before you are ready to go!"
Giving a disapproving and defeated frown, Sora slammed the door and obliged to Yuffie's demand.
Meanwhile, Yuffie was using the free time well. After forcing out the numbers of her friends' rooms from a very disturbed Riku with her incessant appeals, Yuffie began on her conquests.
The girls, Kairi and Aerith, were enthusiastic about going shopping. All three girls squealed in delight and rambled on what they would buy, what clothes they would wear and all the girly stuffs.
"Hey, let's go ask Cloud along!" Aerith suggested, and received questioning glances from the other two girls.
"Got the heats for the blond guy, Aerith?"
"Heated up for Cloud?"
Both Kairi and Yuffie giggled shyly, and decided to stop before Aerith suffered from blood overload in the cheeks.
"Open up! Open up!"
Not having much luck with sleeping after last night drastic incident, Cloud sighed in resignation. A piece of Yuffie early in the morning was torturous. Cloud could already imagine Yuffie's words drilling into his head multiple times.
"Go open the door already. Why must I end up being roommates with you? Damn life..."
Cheerful to irritation Yuffie. Sleep-deprived agitated Vincent. What a good start.
Sounds of footsteps slowly increased and Yuffie impatiently jostled Aerith in front, who was hiding shyly behind them actually.
Yuffie pushed a bit too hard though. Cloud opened the door for whoever was going to invade their room and found Aerith flung right into him, who ended up clinging suggestively on Cloud's chest.
Bare and naked chest.
It feels good.
"Did you do that on purpose?" Kairi hushed in an unbelievable tone.
"Not really, but the end-product is good." Mouthed Yuffie, chuckling secretly on the length of time Aerith was spending on Cloud's chest and Cloud's bewildered and confused face.
It was a dream come true for Aerith but she could not keep staying in that compromising position! Unwillingly, Aerith detached herself from Cloud and hid her embarrassed self behind the girls.
"Whao... What a..." Cloud thought for a moment to find the right phrase, "pleasant surprise... So what's up?"
Gleefully, Yuffie requested Cloud to go with them to Traverse Central Mall. Only after deep consideration and many second thoughts, Cloud gave a wide grin and a nod.
I need to go get something anyway...
"Let's go ask Vincent along!"
More like force Vincent along, Cloud thought darkly and remarked, "He's not having any good sleep, so leaving him alone will be good..."
"Yes... And it would not have happen if not for some whiny boy lamenting..." A voice from the depth of the dorm bellowed.
"Never mind then! Leony here we come!"
Leony here they go... May god bless you..."You all go seek Leon out. I'll see you in Sora's."
"The door's not locked..."
Joyfully, the three ever so bubbly girl hopped into Leon's room.
"What do you want?" Growled Leon, still upset over the destruction of his beloved controller.
Moreover, being socially inept, the outcast irked the presence of people with diverging personalities. Like Cloud.
"We're going to shop! With Sora and Cloud!" The three chirped in unison.
"Cloud!? Grrr... Forget about it..." Leon shrugged.
He probably will rip something else off me...
"Touchy... But you know? It will be fun! It will be fun! And and and..."
The usual "I'm fed-up so leave unless you want my hands covered in your blood" scorn once again did the trick. In a moment, the three girls were cowering away from the menace.
Although Leon managed to escape from Judgment Day, his roommate did not. Just back from his apartment, Tidus strode into the room to find three devils staring him with evil and sinister thoughts. Without time for verbal debate, Tidus was pulled away to the slaughter...
In the room, Leon was silently praising himself for his intimidating look. Without his well-practiced glare, the pesky little girls would probably have sent him to the guillotine. So far everyone was kept at arms' length because of that.
Everyone except Cloud...
The little shopping trip was quite uneventful apart from Aeirth stealing glances at naïve Cloud, Yuffie and Tidus exchanging heated looks and words, which were of a more relaxed nature, and the occasional sulking face Sora made at Riku.
Riku had flirted extravagantly by saying that as long as Kairi was going he would join in.
And so Riku tagged along, to the delight of a flattered Kairi and the dismay of an obstinate Sora.
The girls did a rampage on the boutique they visit, trying to discover the most appropriate and enticing choice of clothing. After scrutinizing the many clothes they had selected, Kairi decided on a sexy light gray spaghetti-shirt, Aeirth chose a usual pink dress and to the surprise of the gang, Yuffie had gone out of her usual fashion of tomboyish clothes to a beautiful and dazzling white elegant dress made of silk.
The boys' patience was growing thin but managed to persevere until the end of yet another long duration in a cosmetics shop.
After the three authoritative figures had completed their shopping at long last, the gang split into smaller groups and went on their separate ways. Riku made a kind and chivalry offer by walking all three girls back. Both Kairi and Aerith were mesmerised by Riku's charisma, and were too captivated to make other plans except for following their idol. Tidus, needing his sleep to fulfill his lethargic body, walked blindly with them. Cloud ventured up the mall under the reason of needing to get something important.
"Yipee! Sora! You need a new look! Your shirt os too babyish! Your shorts are too baggy. You look too geeky! I'm gonna be your personal stylist!"
Unable to protest, Sora was abducted by Yuffie and bought back to the boutique. His mind was in complete ruins, anticipating what drastic and sudden change would Yuffie do to him.
Once Yuffie had selected the clothes and passed it to Sora, the youngster widened his eyes. What on earth were these kind of clothes? Whatever Sora was going to be fitted into did not matter much. He was pretty much a one-tracked mind. He could already feel the cold sneers from Riku because of his outfit.
I'm doom...AN: So how was it? This short and uneventful chapter was a bit rushed during the wee hours and incomplete actually. May rewrite it soon, especially on the part of the shopping. Some humour can be included but no time to think... Maybe I'll add some cross-dressing later... So only the plot was portrayed. Sorry again to my beloved readers.
I had planned a three-chapters arc for the ball! So please stay tune and in the meanwhile, send the reviews in! I really need to catch up on my homework... So cya not very soon I guess...
Thank you to TT as usual and finalfantasyfreak for the constant encouragement! And yes, this is a yaoi story, in case you all did not read the pairings in the first chapter. Though it is not really explicit now. Some garnishes of YuffieTidus because I really adore Yuffie! Haha...
In the meantime, go check "Change My Stripes" by Sephiroth's Stalker out! Also of a romance and humour genre. I simply love it. I'm positive you all will too.
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