Netto and Enzan walked into the rather large hallway of a designer's building. Enzan reached over and pulled Netto's bandana out of his hair. Before Netto could protest a woman ran into the room.
"Enzan-chan! So lovely to see you again! How is your father, is he well?" she said in a loud voice.
"My father is well, thank-you." Enzan said politely.
/Enzan-chan?/ Netto asked Rockman snickering.
/Netto-kun, I'd watch it if I were you./ he warned.
The loud woman turned her eyes on Netto. "And you must be Enzan's girlfriend, glad to meet you!"
"Girlfriend!?" Netto and Enzan said together.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I just assumed since you were going to a ball together." The woman raised a hand to her painted lips unsuccessfully covering a smile. "So what's your name dear."
Enzan jumped in before Netto could say anything. "Hika…" he paused. "ru…"
"Hikaru?" Netto asked
"Yes, Hikaru." Enzan's glare dared Netto to argue. A dare Netto didn't accept.
The woman chose to ignore the argument. "So, Hikaru-chan is it?"
Netto's gaze snapped back to her and he nodded mutely.
"Well, you two. If you would please follow me I'll show you the costumes I designed. I must say I had a lot of fun."
Enzan suppressed a groan and Netto looked at him. "I'll explain when we're alone." He said quietly.
The woman's heels clicked loudly on the tiled floor as she walked briskly to a pair of chestnut doors. The hallway Netto and Enzan were in was entirely marble, making the place seem too white.
"Here we are!" she said opening the door and ushering the two inside.
It was a luscious office with a large oak desk at the front, and a wine red plush carpet adorned the floor making Netto wonder how the woman could walk through it in her heels. There were red velvet curtains on the single window of the room and two very over stuffed, red chairs sat in front of the desk. The nameplate on the desk said Mrs. Worthington. She took a seat at her desk and motioned to the chairs.
Netto and Enzan attempted to sit in the extremely squashy chairs. Netto squirmed trying to make it comfortable but he just kept on sinking into the material. Enzan didn't make a show of it, but he wasn't too comfortable either.
"Here you are." She said handing them both sketches.
Netto looked at his. The dress indicated browns, reds and golds for the fabric. The design called for a brown top and a red mid skirt, that gave to a gold underskirt and gold sheer fabric over the sleeves, around the waist was a gold chain belt and the skirt had a cut to make the top look like leaves and the mask looked like leaves as well. Enzan's eyes widened as he looked at his and Mrs. Worthington spoke up after a minute of silence. "Well, I asked Enzan-chan what you're hair and eye color was when he called. When he told me I got the most darling idea, so Hikaru-chan, your dress is fall themed and Enzan-chan's costume is winter themed. So what do you think?"
Netto glanced at the picture. "It's very……… poofy." He said finally.
"Thank you. Enzan-chan, what do you think?"
"It's…… nice." He said
"Lovely. Now I'll set up the rooms you two sit tight now."
Netto and Enzan leaned over to look at each other's costumes. Netto saw that Enzan was right, his costume was pretty bad. It had white and blue for the theme, his costume had many spikes underneath a sleeveless blue jacket. The jacket hung open and went down to his knees giving his costume a dressy feel. "Are those tights?" Netto asked finally.
"I think they're pants, but I'm not sure." Enzan said
"So, what did you want to warn me about?" asked Netto.
"She's fond of making very interesting clothes. Only my family has come here for years so I didn't have much of a choice. I guess she showed you before I could say anything."
"No kidding." Said Netto giving his dress another look.
"Oh one more thing, Hikaru. Sound a little more girly, you're voice is too boyish." Enzan said
"Now how the hell am I…" the door opened behind them.
"This way!" Mrs. Worthington called.
Netto and Enzan walked out the door down the white hall once again. "Hikaru-chan is in this room, and Enzan-chan is in this room." She pointed to two doors across from each other.
Netto gave Enzan a death glare before he went into the door that was pointed out to him. "You will die soon." He whispered just loud enough for Enzan to hear.
"Good." Enzan whispered back.
Netto walked through the door to be greeted by a cheerful girl who looked to be in her late twenties. "Hey! My name is Kira. Welcome to the fitting room."
"Uhhh, thanks…" said Netto
/Netto-kun, Enzan-san told you to change your voice./ Rockman said
Netto made a face when the girl turned her back. /How?/
/I don't know, just try./
Kira turned around with the brown part of the dress. "For starters please put this on." She said. Netto blushed and looked at her. "There's a dressing room in the back." She said laughing.
"Ah, thank you." Said Netto fluctuating his voice. He walked into the back and got undressed. /Was that okay?/ he asked while putting the dress on.
/I guess so. You might want to work on it though./ said Rockman
/Yeah, right./ Netto said sarcastically.
Netto pulled at the skirt trying to make it turn right, but it didn't seem to want to move. The fabric twisted around his legs as he vainly tried to move in it.
He heard a knock on the door and he had his silent battle with the dress. "Hikaru-chan, are you all right in there?"
"Uhhh, yeah, just give me a minute." He called back. Two minutes later he managed to get untangled from the skirts clutches and he emerged from the room.
Kira clapped her hand together. "There's the young lady! You look very nice."
Netto blushed scarlet and wandered over to where Kira was.
"Please step up here." She said motioning to the stool next to her. Netto obliged and stepped up.
Kira started to pin different parts of the dress making it tighter or looser as she went around. "I must say, I could have sworn you were a boy when you came in here, but the dress makes you look very nice." Netto's blush deepened even more and he looked straight ahead. "Is this a first time for getting fitted, dear?" Kira asked
"Yes." Netto said trying not to talk.
"Well, Enzan-sama's never gone anywhere with a girl before, you're very lucky. How did you meet him?"
"I, uhhhh, met him through net-battling. We've had a few matches and stuff." Said Netto, trying not to stutter.
"Oh? So you net battle. Is that you're navi in the computer. The cute blue one?"
"Yes, my name is Rockman." Said Rockman to spare Netto any more conversation then he had to.
"My, my, what a way for a lady to meet a guy. But I guess that's how it is nowadays." She went behind Netto and started to pull at the fabric around his waist. "Do you like him?"
"What!?" Netto asked
"Do you like Enzan-sama?" she said slower
"No, I mean; we're just friends." Netto said quickly.
"Hmmmm…" Kira sounded unconvinced.
"Ummm, why are you pulling that so tight?" Netto motioned to the fabric Kira was still pulling.
"To show off you're figure. You're very fit, but you don't seem to have much bust. Not surprising since you're 12 after all, but we do want to look our best while at the ball. Not to mention possibly impressing someone." Kira winked.
Netto started to blush again at the word "bust" but when she mentioned impressing someone, and by that he knew she meant Enzan, his face looked like he had just run the mile.
/Netto-kun, are you okay?/ Rockman asked
/I can't breathe./ Said Netto. /It's too tight./
/You mean, you're not just embarrassed?/ Rockman teased.
/Rock, I'm not kidding, it's getting very hard to breathe./ said Netto, starting to squirm.
"Hikaru-sama, please stop moving, you're making this very difficult." Kira said with pins in her mouth.
Netto tried to stand still but he found he couldn't. The more he tried the more he wanted to move, and the more he moved the harder it got to breathe.
/Uhhhh, Netto-kun, how about I go check on Enzan?/ Rockman said, wondering if letting him know how Enzan's was going might make Netto feel better.
/Okay, go ahead./ said Netto, his mental voice sounding a bit strained to Rockman.
So, with Netto's okay, Rockman went into the second computer link to find Blues standing looking out the picture link. Rockman followed his gaze to see Enzan standing on a chair the same way Netto was, also looking very uncomfortable.
"Hello Rockman." Said Blues, without turning around.
"Hey Blues. How's Enzan-san doing?" Rockman asked politely.
"Enzan-sama seems to be doing fine." Said Blues
"I've done this kind of thing before, unfortunately." Said Enzan "How's Net… I mean, Hikaru holding up."
"H.. Er, she's not doing as well as you are. It's kinda hard for her to stand still." Talking about Netto as a girl was just plain weird to Rockman.
/And it's impossible to breathe in this thing./ muttered Netto, who was listening in on the conversation.
"She also said it's kinda hard to breathe." Rockman said laughing a little at Netto's expense.
Enzan smiled. "I don't doubt it." He said quietly.
"Is your costume fitting okay, Enzan-sama?" asked the girl who was currently pinning the costume together.
"Yes, Erica-san, it's fitting just fine." He said, a little strained.
Erica beamed and continued to work.
"Enzan-sama has been coming here for awhile, his mom used to get her dresses from this place." Said Blues quietly. "So everyone here knows him and his father. He's not always nice to the people here, but Erica-san never really had much confidence, so he tries to go a little farther for her."
/Yeah, well, who knew Enzan had a heart?/ said Netto
/Netto-kun, hush./ said Rockman. Rockman then smiled out to Enzan and Blues, "I think I'm going to go back to Hikaru-kun, she probably needs some moral support."
/Shut up Rockman./ said Netto
/Now, now, you need support remember?/ said Rockman as he came over to the first computer.
/Psh, I currently need no more support from any of you considering it's because of you I'm here. I've had all the help I need, thanks./
Rockman laughed as he came into the computer, his laugh abruptly sounding in the room.
"Welcome back, Rockman-san." Said Kira cheerfully.
"Thank you." Said Rockman, cheerfully out of the screen.
"You're almost done Hikaru-sama. Just a few more minutes then you can take it off." Kira said, finally realizing Netto's lack of comfort. Netto nodded and miraculously stayed still for the last few minutes. "All right Hikaru-sama. Go ahead in the back and take off the dress, when you're done hand it to me so I can finish it." Netto nodded and went to the back to take off the dress.
As Netto wrestled with the dress and pins, desperately trying not to stab himself, Enzan came into the room. He went to the back and knocked on the door. "Hey, Hikaru, you almost done in there?"
"Mphmmphm…" Netto's face was currently stuck in the folds of the fabric.
"Well, when you're done playing around meet me out in the hall."
/Oh, he's gonna pay for that!/ said Netto
/Netto, just calm down and get out of the dress./ said Rockman, the always lost, voice of reason.
Netto didn't hear Rockman's advice and continued to attempt to take off the dress. Three minutes later, he succeeded, but not after he was thoroughly convinced that the dress was after his life.
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Netto finally emerged in the hallway after handing the dress back to Kira. She took it and said a cheery good bye as Netto walked out of the room. Netto saw Enzan in the hall and restrained himself from running up and punching the smug grin off his face.
"You're going to pay for this." He said quietly.
"I don't doubt it, but please wait till after our mission." Said Enzan; giving a sarcastic grin at the end.
Mrs. Worthington came out of her office to meet the two boys. Her heels once again clicked noisily on the floor as she quickly made her way over. "Well, that went well. Now don't forget, the ball is tomorrow, so please come pick them up soon."
Enzan nodded and turned around to leave, Netto following quickly behind.
"Have fun you two!" she said cheerfully.
"Yeah, right." Said Netto under his breath.
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Netto went home without saying a word. This worried Rockman a bit, since Netto really wasn't one to "not talk" when he was upset. Normally he complained about it for hours until Rockman asked him politely to be quiet, but at that moment all he could hear was the rolling sound of Netto's skates.
"Penny for your thoughts, Netto-kun." He said
"I was thinking, at the ball, if I'm hi partner it probably means I'm going to have to dance with him right?" asked Netto
"Makes sense." Came the reply.
Netto sighed and didn't say anything else for the rest of the trip, which made Rockman worry even more.
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Desperateforu3update – Yeah it becomes Enzan x Netto later on. Couldn't write it without that happening.
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