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Chapter 5: Shopping
When we got to Yugi's house, she lived with her grandfather, and in the safety of her room she looked me dead in the eyes and said, "Spill."
"Okay, so my sister and dad died in a car accident, as you know and even since then I have had flashbacks. When I have these flashback though, I get knocked out and tend to fall. So Seto took the fall because we are dating. The reason for the whole lunch scene was that we don't want people to know, yet," I tried to explain in little words as possible. Even though I was talking pretty fast Yugi seemed to understand what I was saying.
"Seto does seem different around you. Maybe you can unlock the niceness inside him, and in return he can help you," Yugi said. I heard Seto's words again, they might be good for you. Isn't that what Yugi was telling me? Wow, great minds think alike I guess.
"Well he is taking me on a date Sunday and I have nothing to wear. My mom won't take me shopping, could you?" I asked.
"Sure, let me just tell gramps," she said disappearing downstairs. I breathed a sigh of relief. I hated asking favors of people, made me feel weak. The last thing I needed was weakness. Just then Yugi reappeared in her room. "Gramps said okay, it's a go. Come on," she said waving me down. Quickly I followed her as we went out. "We have an extra bike for her," she said then tossed me a helmet, "don't forget safety." I nodded putting on the helmet and off we went.
This was the first time I had ever biked in Japan. Let me say, it was different. We could cut across the street and people wouldn't honk or yell or anything, well except for Americans. They acted like they expected it, because we were on bikes. Did they expect this? Yugi acted like this was normal, was it?
"Yes it is," Yami answered me before leaving off wherever she went when she didn't talk to me. Wonder if Yugi knew where the Yami's went. She seemed to have been talking to hers for a while. Maybe I will ask later, but not now.
"How much farther?" I asked instead. My legs were tiring quickly, I hadn't rode a bike in a long time. Since Amane had died… no I scolded, don't get a flashback now! That could cause a major crash and MAJOR injuries. I pushed Amane and memories trying to come back away. Not now I told them.
"Not far, we are almost there," she called out. She was ahead of me so she had to yell over the construction we were passing. Japan was full of building and construction sites it seemed. Maybe a little greenery, but not much. Most of which, I was almost certain, was cherry blossoms. "They put up buildings here pretty fast really," Yugi told me. Judging by how much work they were doing and how fast they were doing it, I believed her. It really was amazing. "We are here!" she called and we parked our bike in the bike racks. There were tons of bikes there. "This is just the outdoor parking," Yugi said obviously seeing my face.
"This country amazes me more and more every day," I muttered as I followed Yugi imside. This was the first time I had ever went shopping with a non-family member, sad isn't it. I was 15 after all! "so where are the dresses?" I asked her.
"Depends, what are you looking for?" Yugi asked me leading me inside the mall.
"Something nice," I said with a shrug. Seto was my first boyfriend, what did she expect? I had never been on a date before! I was always the weird albino girl who got bullied. If you so much as talked to me then you would be uncool from that moment on.
"How about here?" Yugi asked me. we were standing in front of Forever 21. I had heard of this store, even been in it once or twice, but not very often.
I shrugged, "I guess."
"Wow you really are clueless. Ra help Yugi," Yami muttered in my mind. Thanks, I thought back to her a rolled my eyes. I wasn't that bad, was I? "Yes you are," Yami answered. DANG IT! I had thought that to her by accident. Shut up Yami, I thought back again before turning my attention back to the task at hand, dress shopping.
We looked through the dress when siddenly we heard 22 by Taylor Swift come on. We both laughed out loud. Only in Japan would they play 22 in a place called FOREVER 21! Turns out Amane and I weren't the only ones who liked Taylor Swift, since Yugi started to sing along.
"It feels like a perfect night to dress up like hipsters," she sang as she looked at some dresses. They were a little short for my taste but I kind of wanted to continue to sing with her.
"And make fun of our exes, ah ah, ah ah," I sang the next line. She grinned at me, seeing what I was doing.
"It feels like a perfect night for breakfast at midnight," she sang.
"To fall in love with strangers, ah ah, ah ah," I sang. It felt good to hang out with Yugi like this.
We sang the rest laughing and giggling, we were acting like the Japanese. Singing 22 in a Forever 21 store.
When we finshed Yugi looked over at me, "I think we are the only ones who understand the irony of palying 22 in FOREVER 21!" she said laughing. I laughed to, this was all too funny. "How about this?" she asked. The dress was all black and looked tight at the top but the skirt was ruffled.
I took it, "Let me try it, I want it to at LEAST hit my knees," I told her.
She nodded, "Understandable," she said. I took the dress to the dressing room. The dress was tight at the top and a slight pain to put on. Though when I looked in the mirror I realized the trouble was worth it. The dress was all black and made my white hair look BEAUTIFUL against it. The top made me look skinny but healthy, a hard thing for me to find. The black also made my eyes look darker, more serious. Yes I could see myself putting on a touch of makeup and look stunning in this dress. Grinning ear to ear I walked out to show Yugi. I walked put and spun for her, the skirt came out a little. Good thing it hit me at my knees.
She put a hand over her mouth, "Stunning Bakura," she said. "It was like it was made for you," she said. I grinned, I was glad I wasn't the only one who liked how it looked on me.
"This is the one," I told her. She nodded grinning as well.
"Good choice, I agree completely. Now go take it off so we can go and get you jewelry, shoes, and makeup to match," she said. I nodded and went in to change. As I was coming out a familiar tone came on. It was a Taylor Swifit song and it was attached to a memory. What one? Amane and I loved so many. Then Taylor started to sing and it hit me.
I said remember this moment, in the back of my mind.
No not this song. Anything but this song. I suddenly felt trapped inside the dressing room. As quick as I could I put the rest of my clothes on.
The night you danced like you knew our lives.
My life never was the same, I thought pushing open the door. I ran over to Yugi.
Long live the walls we crashed through.
"Can you check out, I can't listen to this song," I told her handing her the dress.
"Why?" Yugi asked alarmed.
"Tell you when you get out," I told her as I left the store.
I said remember this feeling, was the last thing I heard before I left.
Yugi came out, "What's up?" she asked concerned.
"That was the song that was playing when Amane died," I explained to her. Flashes of memory and out of my vision. Amane singing with me; dad joining in; Amane laughing he blonde hair bouncing; then I heard her scream Ryou. I clenched my head. Yami make them STOP, I pleaded. Then they stopped, I no longer heard or saw Amane. My breathe was heavy but a slowly got it to return to normal.
"You okay?" Yugi asked me.
"This time I didn't have a flashback, just bits and pieces. I could hear her screaming my name, and I don't mean Bakura. I flinch when I hear Ryou because I hear Amane saying it," I explained. Yugi nodded and put a hand on my back and handed me my dress. I grinned, I did look good in this dress, I think Seto will like it.
"Want to continue to shop?" Yugi asked and I nodded. "Next stop is Claire's. JEWELERY TIME!" and said and then giggled as she dragged me to the store. She must come here a lot, I thought, probably with Tea. We stop in front of Claire's. Here is a store I have been TONS of times. Amane and I loved jewelry. It was kind of a habit to collect since that was what dad brought us back from Egypt half the time.
"Here is a store I love," I said to Yugi, this time dragging her in. I wanted to find the perfect accessory. A necklace, I have always loved necklaces. I may have to wear my ring to the date, I would have to fight that one out with Yami later. Yugi and I looked around when I saw the perfect necklace. It was a ying-yang sign. Black and white, just like my dress and my hair. Then Yugi found earrings to match. "Sweet, I will look stuuning," I said grinning.
"Seto may be a prick sometimes but I think even he can appreciates you," Yugi said. That was nice for her to say, minus the whole prick part.
"He acts different when he isn't in public, I think he feels he has to be something in public," I said looking at some cute hair accessories. Eventually we found a pearl headband where half of them where white while the other half was black. "I mean he is the CEO of a worldwide company," I said.
Yugi nodded as we walked up to the comer to check out, "That has got to put some stress on the guy." I really did admire how he was able to handle that stress so well, I may have went crazy.
"He is more relaxed when people aren't looking," I noted. He was really. "Now where?" I asked when we checked out. We had the dress, a necklace, earrings, and a headband. What more did we need?
"We still need makeup and shoes. Don't worry, before the date and I will come over and help you get ready," Yugi said.
"Good because I know nothing about makeup," I told her. This comment made her laugh as she drug me through the mall.
"Shoes first, I want to get the makeup last," Yugi said. I shrugged, as long as we got what we needed I didn't care what order they came in. As long as I looked stunning enough Seto would like it. Considering he has only ever seen me in my school uniform, I doubted he liked me for my looks. More for the fact we can understand me on a deeper level than most. When we got to the makeup store, Sephora, I looked to Yugi.
"Now what?" I asked her. I never went to a makeup store, never using foundation to cover up bruises or cuts on my face. Never applied lipstick or lip gloss to make my lips stand out more. The most makeup I have used is nail polish once and Chap Stick in the winter.
"Now we go in," she said as she dragged me in. the place had all sorts of expensive makeup, much too expensive for my budget.
"This place is really expensive," I commented looked at a tube of dark red lipstick I liked. There wqas no way I could buy it, but I still liked it.
"Don't worry about it. Think of it as a happy-to-have-you-as-my-newest-friend gift," she said picking up the lipstick I was eyeing. "This will look stunning on you," she said putting it in her small basket. We walked around and added black and white eyes shadow, foundation, blush, eye liner, and mascara to the basket.
"Are you sure you want to buy all this?" I asked her. All this was NOT going to be cheap. "Maybe I could help you pay?" I said but she waved away the idea.
"Nonsense, I am sure I want to pay. In fact if you are that worried just leave as I check out, then we will go to Payless," she said. Payless sounded like a good store for me to shop at. I nodded and left, I couldn't stand watching her pay for all that expensive stuff for me. If there was one thing I hated the most it was having other people get stuff for me. I had a feeling that Yugi wouldn't have backed down so I let it drop. She came out and handed me the small back with my makeup in it. "Now to Payless," she said grabbing my wrist again. She seemed to love to drag me around the mall, maybe because she knew I didn't know where we were going. We stopped in front of a small store that read Payless, this place didn't seem near as expensive as the last place.
"This seems more reasonable place for me to shop," I said. Amane had been here with dad a couple times but I always wondered off somewhere else. Shoe shopping wasn't my thing. We went to their heel area. Yugi looked at a couple heels, after making me sit down and take my shoes off.
"These should be good," Yugi said as she pulled a box down from the shelf. The heels were zebra print and about 1 to 2 inches high. Could I even walk in these, I wondered.
"You will, trust me," Yami spoke in my mind. Could I trust Yami? Never the less, I slipped the heels on my feet.
"Get up slowly if you don't wear heels often," Yugi warned. I took her advice -I had never warn heels, never had the money- and started to walk. Only stumbling once, I was able to walk. Yugi was grinning on me, "Yep, those are the ones!" I walked over to a full length mirror and tried to imagine myself in the dress and shoes. Would I look good? Would Seto like me?
"Hun, he likes you for you NOT your looks! All he has ever seen you in is the school uniform!" Yami said. Thank you, I thought back smiling at myself as I slipped the shoes off.
"Promise you will help me get ready?" I asked yugi.
"I promise," she said. Then we went to check out.
"Now what?" I asked.
"Home, it is Thursday so we need to get home," she explained. I nodded and we hopped on our bikes and went home. Today had been I fun day, let's just hope the night was the same.
