𝐖𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐏𝐒 ✄ 𝐒𝐏𝐘𝐗𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘 [OLD]

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"Ah... young love."

Kilian stopped in the middle of sipping his apple juice to give Becky a bewildered look, "The hell?"

Becky pointed to Anya who was lurking around a corner, peeking after Damian who was observing a notice on the board regarding a meet up for imperial scholars.

"I'm so frustrated." Anya muttered, likely due to the whole Operation Strix plan. If Kilian did some meddling, he could probably help, but why would he do that?

Meddling required energy.

All of his energy was reserved for when he was set to go on vacation with his grandfather in a few weeks.

"And I get so frustrated seeing you like this!" Becky exclaimed, looking all excited and 💩, "I know exactly how you feel, Anya! Love can be so difficult to express~!"

"Love?" Anya echoed.

Kilian could practically see the gears turning in her brain as she thought for a long moment before shaking her head rapidly, "Nope."

"You don't need to be shy about it, Anya!" Becky chimed, "Kilian and I already know, so you can be open with us!"

"Hey, hey, don't loop me into this!" Kilian snapped.

"I've got an idea!" Becky declared, ignoring the boy, "I'm gonna help you make Damian fall for you!"

'Oh no.'

So that's how Kilian ended up going out that weekend. He told his Aunt about Becky's invitation to go shopping, and she encouraged him to go on ahead.

She sent Elena to monitor him from afar to be safe, but sent him on his way with some money. Kilian ended up running late because he didn't want to leave, but Elena and Y/n dragged him out the house and threw him into the car so Elena could drive him there.

"Elena, I don't wanna go..." Kilian mumbled as the woman fixed his jacket for him, brushing some of his hair out of his face, "I'm not good at shopping."

"You're hanging out with your friends, aren't you? Don't worry about the shopping piece, just have fun! Your Aunt said that if you ever want to go home, just say the word and I'll take you back." Elena pointed out, "Just give it a try, okay?"

Kilian didn't look convinced.

"You trust me, right?" Elena asked and the boy nodded, "Go on ahead, Kilian. I'll stay nearby if you want me to, so just enjoy yourself!"

The boy reluctantly nodded before heading off to the store begrudgingly, burning up with embarrassment again.

He was stopped at the store front by a lady.

"Sorry, but the store is reserved today. I'm afraid that you won't be allowed to enter for the day." the woman began.

"Oh. Sure." Kilian immediately turned away.

"Kilian, there you are! I was afraid you wouldn't be here!" Becky gasped, running over to greet the boy,
"Come on! Anya has already started trying on outfits! Since you're a boy, we need your input!"

"Just because I'm a boy doesn't mean I'll have any good input." Kilian groaned but was dragged off anyways.

Kilian felt like dying as he sat in that chair and was forced to watch Becky and Anya put on a fashion show.

The outfits went from nice to horrid in a matter of minutes, and Kilian had something to say about all of them, but stuck with two blunt answers.

"My Aunt would like that."

"Wouldn't be caught dead near you."

It was easy to tell which was good and which wasn't.

Anya dropped to her hands and knees to catch her breath after a while, but Becky was still ready to go, "Fashion... is hard...!"