Chapter 2: Shopping at the Mall
Lexi woke up several hours earlier than she would normally. She looked around her and turned her head to see Hanji sleeping on an air mattress in the other side of the room. The whole house shook from the snoring in the other rooms. She tried closing her eyes to go back to sleep, however the loud snoring from her new roommates filled her ears and opened her eyes. She let out an agitated grunt and slipped out the bed. Careful not to wake Hanji, she slipped on her favorite Pikachu slippers and tip toed into the kitchen. She yawned and lumbered over to the coffee maker. She put in a mixture and hit the brew button. She heard the shuffling of feet heading towards the kitchen. She turned her head to see Sasha sleep-walking into the kitchen.
"Sasha?" Lexi whispered.
Sasha snored in response and lumbered past her. She stopped at the cabinet and opened the door, pulling out a bag of hawaiian bread.
"Sasha?" Lexi whispered worriedly, "are you just going to…."
Sasha lumbered out of the room and back into the hallway until finally disappearing into the shadows of her bedroom. Lexi stared back at the cabinet with the door still wide open. Her eyes' focus switched between the cabinet door and at the door of Sasha's room.
"Did… Did she just steal my hawaiian bread?" she asked herself.
Levi snored in his room peacefully. The birds chirped a little ways away from his window. He opened his eyes drowsily, staring at the unfamiliar environment around him until remembering he wasn't home anymore. Seeing as he had nothing to do or no places to be, he turned over and closed his eyes again. The aroma of eggs and pancakes traveled down the hallways and entered his room, tempting him out of bed. He ignored the heavenly scent at first, covering his head partially with his blanket, however his stomach growled in frustration from the smell. Levi gave in to the delicious scent and crawled out of bed. He rubbed his eyes and yawned as he travelled downstairs, where the scent lured him. He arrived into the kitchen to see everyone feasting on a simple meal of pancakes, eggs, and…. bacon?!
"What's going on here?" Levi asked drowsily.
Lexi handed him a plate of his own, "Good morning Levi! Did you sleep well?"
"Yes, I actually haven't slept so well in a long time," Levi replied with a yawn.
"Good good, here come sit," Lexi gestured to a chair.
Levi was about to take a seat until the toaster next to him popped up two bread pieces, causing him to jump back in surprise and nearly drop his breakfast. Lexi chuckled at the sight of a startled Levi as well as everyone else at the table, especially Hanji.
"What's so funny?" Levi snapped trying to cover up his embarrassment.
Lexi calmed her chuckle down a bit before answering, "Oh it's nothing. It's just not a common sight to see you get startled."
She pulled out the two bread pieces and handed them to him and Sasha.
"Alright now that everyone is here (and since I got a paycheck yesterday) I want to tell you my plan for today," Lexi announced, "I'm going to take you all clothes shopping!"
They stared at her blankly for a second until shrugging her off and continuing their meal.
"What…? No one? Come on! At least one of you has to happy about new clothes!" Lexi insisted.
"Sorry, you're yummy cooking is distracting us from listening to what you have to say," Sasha replied while stuffing her mouth with bacon.
"I'm… not sure whether to take that as a complement or an insult…" Lexi commented.
"She doesn't mean anything by it," Jean replied, "Stuff food in her face and she'll say stupid stuff for hours."
"Hey! That's not very nice!" Sasha exclaimed as she hit him on the shoulder.
Lexi sighed, "Well regardless, you are all going to need more clothing than your uniforms."
"You are right!" Hanji agreed, "These uniforms will smell after a while. And besides it will give us an opportunity to explore this amazing new world!"
Hanji grabbed Lexi's hands and spoke with tons of enthusiasm, "I would love to get to know your world and everything in it! Everything from what I've seen looks so interesting and fascinating!"
"From what you've seen?" Lexi replied.
"Yes! I went on your computer and found this excellent source of information called… Google. It's truly amazing how much information is stored on that thing!" she explained happily, "Also… do you have one of things I came across called…. what was it….. Oh a car?!"
Lexi nodded, "Yup I do, however, it probably looks nothing like the one's you've seen."
"Oh excellent! A new discovery is always exciting!"
They all stood outside watching a white minivan pulling out of a garage. Lexi backed out carefully and hopped out once she was far enough out.
"Hello ladies and gentleman, let me introduce you to my best source of transportation," she greeted as she opened the door and gestured for them to enter, "Make sure to strap yourselves in with the seatbelt."
Everyone piled in one after the other and tried to figure out where to only one left without a seat was Levi.
"Where am I supposed to go?" he asked.
Lexi opened the door to the front passage door, "Here you go."
He stepped into the car, found the seatbelt, and strapped himself in. Lexi ran around the other side and hopped into the driver's seat. She checked the top mirror and looked back at the back passengers.
"Everyone alright back there? All strapped in?" she asked them.
Hanji looked back at everyone who nodded in confirmation, "Yup we're good!"
"Alright," she answered as she strapped on her seatbelt and turned the key in the ignition. The car roared with life and buzzed slightly. She backed out the driveway and started driving down the street. The scenery quickly changed from a quiet neighborhood to the bustling streets of Downtown L.A. Skyscrapers towered over the streets, staring down at the pedestrians like giants. All around them were cars of different colors, shapes, and sizes, following each other and moving quickly. A news helicopter hovered above the buildings, surveying the streets below. Everyone stared out the windows in utter amazement of the sights, as if they were in a safari.
"What's that thing up there? It flies almost like a bird," Eren asked.
"That's a helicopter," Lexi answered, "There are people inside flying it and viewing the activity on the streets."
"And that tall buildings?" Armin asked.
"Those are skyscrapers," Lexi replied, "You know cause they're so tall. It looks as if they're touching the sky."
"Wow, there are so many different things here," Connie commented.
"We'd never see anything like this in our world," Mikasa added.
Lexi glanced down for a second at the radio, "Do you guys want some music?"
"Music?" Levi replied.
Lexi pressed the on button on the radio and turned up the volume a tiny bit. The radio began to play some music unfamiliar to them, yet still enjoyable.
"Well it's Saturday night and we in the spot, Don't believe me just watch!"
Lexi hummed to it quietly while the others stared at the radio, questioning what the heck it was.
"So like…. is there a really tiny person singing in there? Or how does it work?" Connie asked.
"It's really fun to listen to," Sasha commented as her head bobbed heavily to the beat.
"Makes me feel like dancing," Hanji added while swaying in her seat.
Levi shrugged it off and stared out the window.
Lexi pulled into the roof parking of the shopping mall and took a parking spot looking out at a view of the city. She set her car on park and turned the keys and took them out the ignition.
"Alright we're here," she announced as she released the seatbelt, "To get out of the seatbelts press the red button on the buckle."
They each strolled inside the mall entrance. The inside of the mall was a two story endless hallway of stores inside the walls. The white marble tile floor reflected the sunlight coming from the open glass ceiling dully. People casually strolled with friends at their sides and bags in their hands. Despite how noisy the chatting of everyone's conversations were, they felt invisible and tuned out naturally by the ear.
"Woah, this place is huge," Eren remarked.
"I've never seen any place like this before," Jean added.
Lexi smiled, "Well, are you guys ready to go get some new clothes?"
"Yes, that sounds very exciting," Mikasa replied with a bland voice.
They strolled around the store, window shopping at every interesting store they saw. Several stores later, they passed a shop that sold anime memorabilia. A trio was discussing on whether buying a figurine of Levi they found on display. They glanced up from their discussion and saw the group passing by. They laid their eyes on Levi and started to get excited. They walked out and went straight up to Levi.
"Hey nice Levi cosplay," one of them complimented, "You look exactly like him, it's scary!"
"What? Cosplay?" Levi question, "Liste brat, I have no idea what you are talking about and do not want to be bothered by what you have to say."
"You've even gotten completely in character," another member of the trio added, "You really got down his rude and intimidating manner of speaking."
He gave them a slightly annoyed glare after just telling them to leave.
"You even got down his height too. You look so short," the final person commented dumbly.
The trio nodded their heads together in agreement, completely unaware of how they just insulted the ill tempered captain. He had the most serious "I'm going to murder you ten thousand times" expression, nobody had ever seen.
"Do you mind if we get a picture?" one of them asked.
"Tch, would you scram already? I do not want to cause a red sticky mess," he snapped rudely.
Lexi looked back and noticed how pissed off the captain was getting at the anime weeb trio and quickly took action. She tugged on his sleeve and quickly tugged him away from them.
"I'm sorry you'll have to excuse us," she told them. She dragged him away before he entered his rage mode. The trio simply waved at them happily.
They all bought their stores at a thrift shop style type of store where the clothes were sold cheap. However, despite the fact they advertised the word "cheap" Lexi still ended up paying more than a hundred dollars on clothing. At least it was not as bad as it could've been, however, considering what she usually gets from her job, it was a lot of money for her. It was all Levi's fault; he wanted an extremely expensive leather jacket and she just couldn't say no to him. However, they all seemed quite ecstatic with what they got so she was happy, nonetheless.
