-Chapter 14-

Mikasa's eyes were filled with wonder as Ayame walked with her down to the city. The city was filled with glowing lights and even though it was daytime, she could see how they illuminated the city. The signs flickered on and off; she let out a small gasp when she noticed that. Ayame smiled,

"Are we enjoying ourselves?"

"Yes…this place is beautiful." Mikasa answered as she kept looking around,

"Of course it's beautiful! It's the street that has my shop! Haha~!"

Mikasa smiled greatly, this man is amazing, Eren. He has his own clothing shop! And the outside world is amazing; you wouldn't believe how beautiful it is.

"Here we are~ my fabulous shop that has changed the lives of many- including me- people!"

Mikasa walked in the shop with Ayame and was immediately blown away. There were dresses of all sorts and colors…they looked so beautiful! She followed him and kept noticing different things in the shop; some of them confused her.

"Ayame-san? Is this a costume shop?" Mikasa tilted her head,

"Of course it is!" Ayame winked at her; Mikasa simply smiled.

"So, you like that red scarf hm? I'm going to have to take you to a fancy dinner sometime! I would love to make you a dress that color! It would look amazing~!"

Ayame lead her into a small room towards the back that had a lot of different fabrics. He made her stand up on a small stool as he began to look at her from different directions.

"Ah! I forgot to introduce you to someone very important!" He clasped his hands as he walked away. Mikasa noted that he looked extremely fancy as he walked away, she did not know that it was a possible thing-

"Mikasa-chan~! This is my lovely assistant Mine!"

A small girl with two braids and glasses came into view. She looked so lovely next to Ayame!

Alright! This is my chance to try and make a new friend! Try to be friendly…

Mikasa smiled awkwardly as she bowed,

"Very nice to meet you Mine-san!"

Mine's eyes suddenly looked as if they were glowing; she went straight to Mikasa as she introduced herself,

"The pleasure is mine! You are incredibly beautiful! Ayame, do we get to dress her up today?!"

Without getting a response from Ayame, Mine suddenly gently grabbed Mikasa's shoulders. She began to turn Mikasa around several times studying her body.

"Perfect! I think I know what works for you~!" And with that Mine and Ayame walked off talking their hearts out. Mikasa barely had the time to blink before they came back with what looked like 10 outfits. She looked at them and sighed. This might be a long afternoon. I do hope Kyo hurries.

Kyo was getting out of the shower; he was annoyed with himself. Yes, he had showered earlier that morning and no he wasn't doing this because of this date. He shook his head, dinner! He meant dinner dammit! He shut the bathroom door as he went over to his room. What should he wear…? Not that it mattered to him anyway! He just didn't want to look un-presentable! As he dressed himself he began to wonder what Mikasa liked to eat. She didn't strike him as the person who liked spicy food which was a shame. He wondered what her home was like; was it a dark place? He remembered that she mentioned something about 'its kill or be killed.' Well he might as well just wait; he was going to have to ask all these embarrassing questions on their dinner thing.

Kyo began to make his way towards Ayame's shop when a doubt began to rise from his stomach. Mikasa still didn't know about his curse…how would she react? He sighed as he looked at the floor; she would definitely label him as a freak and a monster. Why did he long to not be a monster for her? Was it because for the first time in his life he had the potential to save someone? He really wanted to help her in this new world…but he just couldn't. Everyone around him knew his role was not to help others. He had the role of shame; it was something that couldn't escape him…ever. Kyo sighed in frustration when he realized that he was in front of Ayame's shop.

"How long are you going to stand there for Kyonkichi~? Be a man and come on in!"

Kyo glared at Ayame,

"Be patient will ya?!" Kyo rolled his eyes as he walked into the shop but quickly stopped in his tracks. Ayame clapped his hands,

"Look at our lovely Mikasa! See? See! I can do an amazing job!"

A beautiful raven haired girl stood before him. Her hair was lightly curled and her bangs seemed to be pinned back. It showed her slender face more, instead of her usual bangs that draped between her eyes. She wore a black ruffle skirt that revealed her slender legs. She also wore a dark red shirt, a color like the scarf that she had. Her shirt had lace that formed a "V' revealing her neck that was usually covered with a scarf. Kyo stammered,

"Ya look good. I almost didn't recognize you…"

Mikasa looked at him with an obvious look of relief in her eyes. It was clear that she had never worn anything of this sort.

"Thank you Ayame-san for helping me out."

"Oh no problem my dear~! You have fun now and if you need a costume, you let me now!" Ayame winked and Kyo hit him in the head before Mikasa could ask what he meant.

"C'mon Mikasa let's get away from this freak." Kyo grabbed her arm and began to lead her into the city.

"You're supposed to intertwine your fingers with hers Kyonkichi~!" Ayame loudly yelled at them.

Kyo released her arm and put his hands in his pocket but Mikasa didn't notice since she was looking around her. This city seemed magical to her, it was simple breathtaking. Kyo kept grabbing her arm to pull her away from a couple of people that she was about to bump into,

"Hey, will you pay attention to where you're goin'?!"

"Right, sorry. It's just that this place is so amazing. It feels like I'm in a dream…"

Kyo felt a bit bad; this was seriously the first time that she had been in a city like this before,

"You'll be here for a while, y'know. Maybe I can take you out after we get some dinner. So…what exactly do you like to eat?"

Mikasa began to think,

"I really love spicy foods…but whatever you like is-"

"I like spicy foods too! I can show you this really good restaurant that Sensei took me; it has this really good Korean spicy food! You gotta try it out."

Mikasa nodded excitedly, she didn't really see him excited for anything so this must be really good food! Her arm felt warm; she realized that Kyo never let go of her arm. A small blushed formed on her cheeks as she silently hoped that it would be a good evening for her.