I stared at him again.
"I don't need your money, I just want to help you!" He smiled softly at me. I felt my face heat up.
He reached into the bag and took out two drinks, popped the tops and handed me one. "Here! Have some!" I nodded, took the can and sipped a bit of it. "Mmh!" I was surprised by how warm it was.
The boy let out a laugh. "That was so cute!" He grinned.
"Mrf…." Was my reply.
He looked me over. "Aren't you freezing?"
I nodded slowly. "Ah I see…" He said. He stood up and gathered up all the things he had bought. "C'mon!" He said smiling and offering a hand. "I'm gonna buy you some clothes!"
It had been about an hour or so. The boy had taken me to over twenty shops and bought me clothing. I looked down at my new clothes. I wore a indigo turtle neck, a long light blue scarf, a long indigo skirt with musical notes on it, a pair of light blue snow boots and a set of black head phones on my head.
I pulled on the boys sleeve. "What is it?" He smiled.
My lips moved. "Thank you." My voice came out raspy, metalized and little over a whisper.
His face broke into an all out grin. "You CAN talk!"
I nodded. "My name is Reiko." I said softly.
His face formed an odd frown. "What an ugly name for such a cute girl! And it sounds too much like Meiko…" He said.
I put my head down sadly.
"CHIKA!"
My head popped up in surprise.
He grinned. "How 'bout that for a good name!" I looked at him oddly. "A thousand songs! That's what I'll call you! That is if you don't mind!"
I smiled and shook my head to say. "Yes! I would love that name!"
"Great! My name is Len by the way!" He put out his hand. "You had a list right? Let's go get all that stuff, ok Chika?"
I smiled excitedly. "OK!" He took my hand and we went to the grocery store.
It didn't take very long to get all the things, it went by very quickly. He insisted on paying for most of it and ended up paying for it all.
"Thank you." I said as we headed out of the store.
"It's no problem! I had fun!" He said. "So Chika, where do you live?"
"I umm… I live in the apartment complex next to where you found me. I live there with my master…" I said with a fake smile.
"I live with my master too! In a big house with my sister and all of my friends!" He said happily.
"That sounds nice…" I smiled softly.
He looked at me. "You know what?"
I perked up. "Hmm?"
He smiled. "You're much cuter when you smile! You should smile more often!"
I felt my face heat up. "T-thank you…"
He laughed. "Wow! You sure do say that a lot huh?"
"Hehe… I guess I do huh?" I said quietly.
"Chika?"
"What is it?" I asked, puzzled as to why he had stopped walking.
"Can you sing?" He asked me.
"I-I don't know… I never tried…" I fidgeted.
"Hey next time I'll show you how! Mmk?" He said as he began to walk again.
My face softened. "I'd like that."
"Are you sure those bags aren't too heavy?"
"No I'm used to carrying Master when he's too drunk to walk!"
"So you have herculean strength!?"
"He he, something like that…"