More Than A Feeling (Reloaded) (2/2)

First thing to say: Having no stamina sucks. Even walking around the mall like this feels like a huge chore! Second of all, this place sure have many stores... and you know what? Many stores means many eyecandy! And she's SERIOUSLY easily distracted by what's on the display window! Like come on, all that cute vest with different patterned sleeves that looked so warm... that looked like something she would nab! But hey, she's not going to waste her precious paint money on these!

"....siiiiiiiiiiigh."

...yeah, she won't. Haruka looked downtrodded as she walked away from the display for the xth time. She want some new fashion too dangit! But no, she haven't been paid yet! She need to look for more art competition just to show more of her artistry!

...Even if it means she have to spend more money on paint. But quality demands the most dedicated reverence, and she will not cut corners when it comes to that! That's why... just today... just today! She only can buy things that she's sure she will use, either for her art or for her daily use! ....This reminds her that she kinda ruined her indoor school shoes too. She need to buy one later... sigh.

Anyway, the thirteen years old decided to walk to the nearest lift. There's no way she would sacrifice her legs to walk around the place trying to find escalators here and there! And when she finally arrived there... huh. There is someone with a peculiar character here, judging by his look. Well, none of her business! Maybe he's trying to get into some audition or something? Swaying at the ball of her feet, Haruka hums a random tunes carefreely.

"...Hmmm, when the lift gonna come down I wonder~"

Oh! Quite the gentleman this person with peculiar character is! Haruka quickly slipped in while grinning widely. "Well, thank you for that, Onii-san! I do need the lift~ My legs are practically killing me!"

Hm, as for her, she looked at her phone again to check where the store that might caught her attention is... let's see, let's see... streetwear is fourth floor. She looked at the lift button... oops, the big guy is blocking it. "Ano, please press four for me if you don't mind, if it's not already lit that is!" she requested to the guy. ...Speaking of which, her diffuser necklace's scent this time around is sandalwood. Thank goodness she didn't pick durian or something just to be funny. That would be disastrous, especially in lift like this!

"Hmhmm... let's see, let's see... should I buy shoe? Should I buy pants? Or more jacket? Or perhaps more hoodie? Hum... Skirt would be nice too, but they frill a bit too much..." ...Oh, right, there's lolita fashion sold on the sixth floor. She chuckled when she imagined herself wearing one of those. ...And there's a sweet deal on the cafe on the seventh floor? ...Auggggh....

..Eh well. "Nii-san, you dresses quite interestingly~ Are you a model or trying to audition for something?" she asked outta random. Yep, she's already bored, and now she have an excuse to talk to him.

"Huh, something that you usually wear? Well aren't you trendy..." she mused. Or perhaps this is what they wear internationally? Either way, it was breath of fresh air. "...Excuse me, do you mind if I do a quick sketch of you just as a reference?" she asked. If she got the permission, she quickly whipped out her sketchbook. Fifteen seconds is all she needed to put down his basic looks. Which... perhaps, a bit too long for the elevator.

"By the way, Onii-san, I think you shouldn't carry your stuff in that sort of plastic bag. If you bought something already before you could just ask for a paper bag or something and put your stuff in there. Less conspicious," she would comment. "Plastic bags are rare nowadays after all, unless it's for trashes or... probably some stuff from the convenience store."

Something fancy for gathering? Hmmm, well, not her business! Especially with age gap in mind! But it does sounds interesting. "Hmmm? Are you heading somewhere in particular?" she asked just in case."I might know the shop or you can ask at the information desk. Either that or the map.There should be a hint in google too, right?"

Once Haruka put her sketchbook back to her bag, she nodded. "Ah, looking nice pair of kicks is it~? Over here then! I think I know which store might be of your liking. If you prefer the harajuku style you're pretty much in the right place... well, that is also considering that they even have specialitiy store for the goth lolita fashion or the lighter fashion or sort. I'm not into that, of course, but just to explain to you how.... wide the selection is!

Anyway, let's see, western branded shoes are of course the norm, along with UNIQLO-like brands for shoes. However, if you want something like a custom store... there are some also. Basically, they're not the kind of store that sells branded fashion but their own creation. It's quite unique really. You can find almost everything there. Would you like to?" she asked. "Though, they might only sell one or two of the same style due to them being self made and not factorymade. So if you happened to want another pair either to replace the old one in case something happened to them, you probably need to either wait for it to be remade, or custom order. I think custom order only need like 2000 yen extra though of the normal price, so it's kind of affordable. As for me, myself, I think I'm heading to one of such store. Would you like to follow?" she ask.

Hmn? Phone issue? "Might want to get that phone checked or something later. Not sure if there's an electronic store here or not, but there sure are some phone accessories store here."

"Well aren't that concerning," she mused. "Have you tried to turn it on and off?" oh but that is such an elementary fix, she blushed and smiled. "Oh but maybe you have tried that already? I'm sorry, I'm just running on autopilot there," Haruka apologized sheepishly.

Oh, looks like he's going to follow her? Sounds good then. "Well, then, over here please--- oh, the name's Haruka. Amano Haruka. It might be just for a chance meeting but hope that it'll be a productive day there, onii-san!" anyway, she guided the guy toward a...not so famous store; at least not yet. There's a logo of dinosaur on the shop's entrance, and as advertised, selling many different kind of clothes, pants, shoes and even coats. The store was positively like a fashion gallery.

"Kei-saaaaaaan, are you here? I got a potential customeeeeeerrrrr"

...But there's no answer.

"He might be on the back. I'll try to see if he's around... why don't you check with the robot there?" Haruka pointed out at a multicolored dino robot that looked like fancy lego dino. except not really lego because he's not so lego blocky either.

"Heyo pal, how can I help ya?" a mechanical voice came out from the 'robot'. He's sitting near the counter, and seem to be... hmn? he's not charging. But either way, the robot seem to act like a store assistant or something. "You can ask me anything!" the dino spoke again. "Just don't touch me, because I'm dang expensive!"

"Latest model? Ya think we're selling factory made kicks and drips or what?" the toy dino asked back. He sounded a bit too natural and high tech... especially when he just hopped off the chair. His movement is still mechanical, but there's just something that screamed high tech about him. "Everything here, Kei made them. Kicks," he pointed at the section with shoes "drips" to the coat and clothes "and even some of those accessories. We only have silver ones, in case of jewelries. Well, sometimes arcylic too, but that's not really that important is it? Gahahaha! Yer here for the kicks! 'nyway, follow me!"

He walked toward one section of the store. "Here are the kicks. We got military style boots," he pointed the one closest to him. "The more modern, futuristic look," he pointed at ones like the one Haruka wore. "or the more simple street wear, factory style. We got different patterns, just keep looking on whichever caught your eyes, eh? If those doesn't caught your attention I can bring something from the back. EY KEI ARE YOU STILL SLEEPING!?"

"'m heeereeee...."

A sleepy, slightly disheveled young... actually he could pass either as a very beautiful young man or young woman. His clothes didn't present him as either gender either, with it being mix of female and male presenting. What was clear however is the button shaped mark on his cheek... he might accidentally slept on the job huh.

"Welcome, I'm the owner, Honma Keigo.... *Yawn* I'm sorry, I think I got too engrossed in making my latest ware... eheh."

"Kei-san, you should at least sleep on the bed you know!" Haruka chided.

"Oy, ye should ignore that look about me boss' unprofessional looks, a'rite? 'e's a great lad and all that, but 'e just have tons o' orders recently. Anyway, ye should do just whatever ye want. Browse around, check whichever ye want... oh and tell us yer shoe size or somethin'. Maybe we didn't have them on yer size yet, but that can be easily fixed. We got the raw materials and all," the toy dino reassured. "Plus, with whatever yer buyin', we'll produce the notes of compositions and whatnot so ya can bring that notes back in if ya want another of the dang drip made copies of. Custom order costs ya 2000 yen on top of the original price. So say the original price be like 3500 yen, ye pay 5500 yen for the copy. I think it's a great deal for a custom work like dis, ey?"

"Oh, and we do have a three month warranty for each purchase," Keigo added. "So it would be very appreciated if you would like to buy any, or even just keep us in your mind, really."

Hmn? He wanted to check on something? "Sure, check it out yourself! If you have anything that you checked but doesn't seem to quite like, just put them there," Keigo pointed at some basket right beside the display shelves. "We'll deal with that ourselves later. Don't need to put them back to the place or anything like that."