nights out [aespa]

shopping spree !!

If there's one thing the girls can't resist when it comes to hanging out, it's shopping and eating.

Especially Karina,. Even her members called her a shopaholic and a foodie! She'll gladly wears those titles like a crown.

"I know a good place to look for good clothes for less money," Karina exclaimed excitedly. "I used to go here before I was a trainee, then I just didn't have the time.

The rest of the girls followed her into a big mall, to the 4th floor, and down a pretty empty hallway.

What stood infront of them was a medium-sized clothing store with clothes that would probably be in their dream wardrobe if they ever had the chance to afford clothes like those. And that chance was now.

The marble floor reflected the cream white from the ceiling lights. It looked like a hotel reception, but full of clothes. Inexpensive, stylish clothes.

"How'd you find out about this? It's like a gold mine!" Ningning asked suprised. No way she was going to pass on this amazing place.

Good clothes, good price, good interior design, good employees, and barely any line for the fitting room and cash register! It was like a shopper's dream heaven.

"Heard it from a friend," Karina winked. It seemed like she knew the place like the back of her hand. Ask her where certain clothes could be found, and she'd lead you there first try.

Winter even joked that she was an employee here before and Karina just gave them an ambiguous "Maybe."

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They were so busy and caught up with their shopping that they hadn't realized Giselle disappeared while they were checking out the sections.

Immediately, panic ensued.
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"Giselle, this isn't funny," Winter called out worriedly while looking for her.

Meanwhile, Giselle being Giselle, she loved messing around.

Ningning and Karina split up to look for her and Winter was contemplating whether she should tell the employees or just keep looking.

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6 minutes later, no sign of her. So Ningning, Karina, and Winter decided on the best possible thing to do right now: report the missing Giselle to the guards near the store entrance.

Just as they were walking towards the entrance and past the dressing room- the only place in the store they hadn't bothered to check- , a familiar and relieving voice called out loudly for them.

"Hey, Ning. I told you I'd pull it off better than you could!" Giselle announced from behind them, stepping out of the dressing room wearing... a clown costume?

They started laughing like crazy. Winter sneakily took a picture of her and Karina couldn't stop herself from falling to the floor. "Oh my god, Karina, are you okay?" Winter asked while also giggling and held out her hand to help Karina up.

Giselle flipped her hair then catwalked to them and the girls couldn't deny, even in a clown costume, she absolutely killed it.

Ningning's mouth was agape, then it quickly turned into a defeated smile. "Okay fine, you win."

Giselle smirked, she knew already she'd won that bet from the start.

"Wait, where'd you even get that?" Ningning asked.

"Found it in the sale section, so I bought it and put it on in the dressing room," she replied while flaunting her new fit.

One of the employees came to see what the commotion was about. They couldn't stop a big grin from forming upon seeing Giselle. "Nice outfit," she complimented.

Giselle turned around and gasped in surprise to see the employee.
Suddenly, she shifted from goofster to shy and hid her face behind her hands and started laughing.

"Anyways, the store is closing pretty soon, it's almost 8," the employee reminded us.

The girls suddenly looked at her in shock. Almost 8? They checked their phones: 7:43. They've only been to two places so far. Guess it was time to start moving.

Ningning shrugged and headed over to the register to pay for the stuff she had chosen. The rest of them followed too.

Since Giselle was already done paying for her stuff, she went back to the dressing room to change back into her outfit. "I'm definitely gonna be making Ningning wear that on her birthday," she giggled while putting the clown costume in her shopping bag.

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They walked out of the store holding a bunch of shopping bags and were still laughing about what happened with Giselle. "Can't believe you actually did that," Winter said.

"You should've continued wearing that, you would've definitely stolen the spotlight," Karina suggested jokingly. Giselle simply smiled at her, as if she was considering it.

"Actually- don't do it, you'd become famous without the rest of us, it'd be unfair," Karina pouted and nudged Giselle playfully.

They put their bags inside their manager's car and rode to a different part of the city, somewhere that's more famous for its good food.

As you would've guessed, Karina also loves this place.