'You want me to what?!' exclaimed Zessica. She was franticly trying to grasp the situation in hand.
'Take Kagura to different places in Hong Kong. Show him more of this world. Beside that, I need you to buy formal clothing for both of you to wear in the party this Friday, the expenses will be covered by us,' said Crea almost emotionlessly and she handed Zessica a credit card.
'So it's like…..a date?' asked Zessica almost in a whisper.
'You can call it that if you want to,' Crea said with a sigh.
'Fine…if it has to be done,' said Zessica as she sighed in defeat.
'Hey, I didn't agree to any of this,' snarled Kagura.
'Hmm…Kagura, are you perhaps too shy to go on a 'date' with me?' Zessica said teasingly.
'Not so cool without your Mithra Ghins?' continued Zessica. She then wrapped her arms around his arm.
'Hey, get off me!' said Kagura. His face was all red; he was always awkward with women considering there weren't any in Altiar.
'Aww…Kagura, I didn't know there was this side of you,' Zessica continued teasing him.
'Ahem, Zessica leave the poor boy alone. Remember you mission today and buy some decent clothes today,' said Crea.
'Yes ma'am,' said Zessica. It almost seemed like she was disappointed that she couldn't continue embarrassing the boy.
Back in the cafeteria…
'Good morning Mikono-san!' said a cheery Amata.
'Good morning to you also Amata-kun,' Mikono responded equally cheerfully.
'So our lovebirds are already here?' Andy joked as he walked towards their table with Mix.
'Andy-kun!' was all Mikono could say. While Amata just sat there silently eating his breakfast, his face all red from embarrassment.
'Andy, you destroyed such a cute moment,' said Mix quite angrily.
'Ahh…never mind about that, I'm starving,' said Andy and he went to get some food to satisfy his hunger.
After Andy got some food for himself and Mix, they were all eating in silence. Until, Mix decided to break the silence.
'Hey, where's Zessica?' she asked.
'Strange, Kagura also left early this morning,' said Andy.
'I remember chairman Crea wanting something with them,' said Mikono. Behind her, Amata was nodding in approval. His mouth full of food.
'Nevermind then, they'll surely show up later today,' said Andy.
Meanwhile…
'The girls dorms are this way, so I'll go get changed. Meet you back here at the docks in 7 sharp ok?' said Zessica.
'Yeah, whatever,' Kagura replied. He started making his way back when Zessica called him again.
'Oh and Kagura? Be sure to wear something nice,' she added with a playful smile.
The red-haired boy said nothing but continued to walk back to his dorm, it was clear that his whole face was red from embarrassment.
In the girl's dorm…
'Oh, Zessica you're here. Where were you, we didn't see you at breakfast,' said Mix.
'Oh, the chairman called me. I have to do something in Neo-Kowloon. See you later guys,' said Zessica. She hurriedly put on a pullover over her top and ran out of the dorm.
'She looks like she's in a hurry,' said Yunoha.
'What could the chairman want Zessica-san to do?' Mikono said to herself, albeit lound enough for everyone to hear.
At the docks…
'I'm here,' Kagura said. He was wearing a slightly modified version of his normal clothing so it didn't expose on either sides. She had to admit, he looked quite hot in it.
'What's with the pullover, Mopey girl. Feeling insecure?' sneered Kagura.
'Oh, nothing. I just wanted to add some decency to it. Maybe its cause of Mix's constant blabbing about how I dress too revealingly,' replied Zessica rather casually.
'About time you realized,' Kagura said under his breath.
'Huh? I couldn't catch that,' said Zessica
The sound of the rippling of the waves was heard followed by a sharp sound that sounded like a horn.
'Nevermind, the ferry's here,' said Kagura as he pointed towards the metal plank where they had to walk to board the ferry.
Onboard the ferry…..
'Been a long time since I went to Neo-Kowloon, let's see what the chairman wants us to buy,' said Zessica as she took out the paper the chairman had given her. 'Hmm, interesting. She wants you to buy a suit set and a qipao for me.'
'Hey, I'm not gonna wear a suit,' protested Kagura.
'Live with it big boy. Oh? We're here already. I was just starting to enjoy view,' said Zessica with an air of casualness.
'Let's see….according to the chairman, she has set up us with a meeting with Lordly Tailor, which is in Prince's building. Which means this way,' said Zessica. She pulled Kagura and started to walk.
'Hey, Slow down,' said Kagura. However, it seemed like Zessica wasn't listening to him at all.
A few minutes later they were at the door of a shop which read 'Lordly Tailor', they were greeted by a curt bow by the store workers.
'Ah, you must be Ms. Wong; Ms. Crea has informed me about your arrival. I am Stephen, the manager of the store. Please follow me this way,' said the manager as he led the pair to another side of the shop.
'This part is reserved to our VIP's only. Please feel free to try anything and do call any of the store assistants if you find something you like,' said Stephen and he left with a curt bow.
'Thank you. We will take our time,' said Zessica.
'So do you want to look for your clothes first or should I finish with mine first?' asked Zessica.
'Whatever you want,' said Kagura. He proceeded to sit on one of the sofas and stare into nothingness.
'This'll be a long day…' thought Zessica. 'How about you help me pick my outfit and we'll do yours later?' said Zessica.
'Yeah, ok,' said Kagura. He wasn't really paying attention to her or anything in particular.
Zessica just gave a long sigh and started to go look for clothes. A few minutes later she came back wearing a long qipao with a cut on the side up to her thighs. It hugged her figure well.
'How does this look?' she asked.
'Its ok,' replied Kagura lazily. He was focused on playing Temple Run 2 on Zessica's phone.
'Are you even looking?' asked Zessica with a pout on her face.
Several minutes later, Zessica came back wearing a qipao that was shorter than the previous one. It only went up to her knees and exposed her back.
'How's this?' asked Zessica. She spun once to show Kagura the exposure of her back.
'It looks fine,' Kagura said, again without much sincerity.
'So you mean I don't look fine?!' Zessica said.
'…..No, I mean you look fine in it. Look, can't you buy both and go look for my clothes so we can get over this nonsense?' said Kagura with a bit of annoyance.
'Fine….I'll just buy both and decide on which to wear later,' said Zessica. She was also getting annoyed by Kagura's attitude.
Zessica went to another section of the room. Several minutes later she appeared with a pile of shirts on her arms.
'Here, try these,' she said and dumped them on Kagura.
'All these?' Kagura asked. He was kind of annoyed that he had to try on so many shirts. Couldn't they just by a random one and get on with life? He began to take of his shirt.
'Hey, what are you doing?!' Zessica exclaimed. Her face turning red from embarrassment.
'Don't tell me you are embarrassed,' said Kagura. As he continued to take of his shirt.
'Woah! He's ripped,' thought Zessica. 'I shouldn't think like that, I like Amata!'
'What are you looking at?' said Kagura.
'No…nothing,' said Zessica hastily. She turned her face away from him to avoid him seeing her whole face red from embarrassment.
After 2 hours of choosing the right shirt for Kagura, they finally found the perfect one for Kagura. Zessica hastily gave the money to the store manager and started making their way back to school.
On the ferry…
'Ohh, look at the view at night, Kagura. The view always looks best at night,' exclaimed at night.
When Kagura turned his head to look at the view she was talking about. He felt a bit of weight on his right shoulder. He looked down to see Zessica's sleeping face. The girl must have tired herself out from all that shopping he thought.
Normally he wouldn't let others put their head on his shoulder, let alone sleep on it. But he decided that he would let it pass this time. He then turned his head towards the direction Zessica pointed towards before she fell asleep and lost himself in the view of the night.
Finally, I'm done with chapter 4. I'm sorry about the late update (it's been a week since my last one). I wanted to keep the quality constant instead of rushing it. I hope you guys will like this chapter. I'm sorry if I focused on Kagura and Zessica too much. I promise I will develop the other pairs in the next few chapters. I may even have chapters focusing on each pair just like this one. Hope you enjoy!