[BL] Between an Alpha and Omega

U: Shopping Trip

Since it was the first time in weeks that Jun Yibai and Yang Ru had spent time together, she suggested that they hang out. It was, as she proclaimed, what she deserved after being worried sick about her friend.

Jun Yibai obliged, wanting to spend some time outside with a friend.

He, unfortunately, forgot that Yang Ru was a woman despite her brazen personality. As such, most of their hang out was walking from store to store, looking more than buying. Worse, she chose high-end stores since they had the best products.

Jun Yibai could only watch her marvel at an expensive purse that, to his eyes, looked no different from the previous six he'd seen in the last few stores. Yet Yang Ru insisted that this was special.

"It's a limited edition Huanmei bag! All my classmates were raving about it since there are so few made." She cooed, looking at the bag like a lover. "They all swore it wouldn't hit local markets before the year ended yet here it is!"

Yang Ru wanted to take a picture to show off to her classmates. They were all med school students so they didn't have a lot of free time. Admiring these little luxuries was a reprieve from the stress of studying and expenses so Yang Ru wanted to share it with her friends.

Yet her action was halted by a clipped tone.

"Miss, please refrain from taking photos of products that don't belong to you." An employee walked up, glaring at Yang Ru. She had seen the pair walking from store to store, clearly window shopping. While the employees at other shops didn't seem to mind, this employee was going to put her foot down.

Looking at their casual clothes, she pegged them as just regular college students.

"If you wish to take photos, please pay for the item or kindly leave." She continued, brushing her hair back in an arrogant manner. "We have paying customers who would like to shop in peace."

Yang Ru gave her a hard look before glancing at the bag. The price of the bag, as expected of a brand new, limited edition bag, cost a lot. It was close to her tuition for the entire med school program.

Buying it would be a complete waste of money, yet she hated how this woman was talking down to her. She opened her mouth to lay into her before Jun Yibai raised a hand to silence her.

"You'll have to excuse us. We didn't mean to disrupt your busy workplace with our chatter." He said, looking around at the near-empty store. "I'm sure your two customers must feel very aggrieved."

In fact, the two other patrons in the store hadn't even noticed them yet, too busy talking to the other employees.

This woman was clearly just trying to start shit.

The clerk grimaced, glaring at Jun Yibai. These annoying guys, acting so ridiculously in such a high-end place. She had worked very hard to get away from people like this yet the mall just let anyone in!

"We have expectations from our customers, sir." She explained, smiling though she wanted to shout. "We can't just wait for our esteemed customers to be bothered, that would be irresponsible."

They hadn't even been that loud. Yang Ru was a master of whispering since her parents had sensitive hearing, according to her. While she was excited, her actions would only be noticed if someone was nearby, like the clerk had been before this.

"How were we bothering anyone?" He countered, crossing his arms. "We haven't touched anything, our voices have remained low and the sign outside the store says we can take photos as long as other customers or employees aren't in frame. So what have we done to warrant this?"

The clerk frowned looking around the store. She had thought her other co-workers would notice them by now and back her up but all of them were doing their own thing. One woman looked over, smiled, and went back to sorting the products.