Chapter 4

I'm baa-aack! Sorry for the long wait! I'm happy to present a chapter that I hope you will find as entertaining as I have. :)

"So who's next Finn?" I ask as he and I sit outside the tailor's shop. It's midday, and the sun beats down, making me sweat. Courting guys is hard work! I can't wait to get out of this town, I think angrily.

"Whoever is closest." Finn says, looking around. "Let me see..." Suddenly, he lets out an extremely loud groan, his eyes shut tight in annoyance.
"What? Who is it?" I say cautiously.

"It's stupid old Julius." Finn grumbles. "And he's going to walk out the door of the tailor's right now."

And sure enough, a purple-haired man (at least, I think he's a man.) with heart-shaped earrings struts out of the building.

"Oooh, what do we have here?" he says, waving his hands in a flamboyant manner.

"Um, I'm Hikari." I say, standing up.

"What a FABULOUS name!" the man says with a giggle. "My name is-" he strikes a pose, "JULIUS!"

My goddess, he's insane. I think.

"Nice to meet you...?" I say.

"Nice to meet you as well!" Julius says. "Now, let's take a look at you..." Julius makes a twirling motion with his index finger, so I slowly spin as he inspects my outfit.

"WELL darling, I must say your taste in fashion is not shabby, but-"

He begins to rant, Finn mocking him beside me. After what seems like forever, he stops.

"So? What do you think of my advice?" Julius asks expectantly.

"What?" I say, snapping my head up to look at him. "Sorry, I was spacing out kinda."

Julius gives me a dramatically sad look, his lower lip coming out in a pout. "Well, I suppose true genius isn't always appreciated..." he says, briskly turning away.

"Finn!" I whisper as the sprite floats over to me. "What do I do?"

"Say something FABLOUS, DARLING!" he replies, imitating Julius.

"Julius!" I shout, grabbing the arm of his coat. "I love your fashion sense."

He gasps, drawing his hands to his forehead. "Really?"

I nod, and Finn mouths the words, "BE FLAMBOYANT."

"Actually, daarling," I say, copying Julius's dramatic way of speaking. "I think it's absolutely FABOO." I step to Julius's side and look in to his eyes with as much feeling as I can muster. "We MUST go shopping together sometime!"

Julius nods excitedly. "Oh, I knew , just by looking at you, that you were utterly fabulous!"

"Well, I must be going, but it was a PLEASURE meeting you!" he says with a wink. "See you later, darling! Au revoir!"

Julius swaggers away, and disappears from view after going over the bridge.

"That man..." I say, groaning. "He is EXAUSTING!"

Finn nods. "Now do you see why I hate him?"

"Well, he's eccentric, but I don't hate him." I say.

Finn rolls his eyes. "Let's just move on to the next bachelor, ok?"