Traitor (Renji Yomo x Reader) [Continued in a second book!]

The Mall

From the moment we entered this big fancy building, I felt sick. The place was crowded. Lots of couples, kids, teens. Every age group was present. Yet I was the only one in a wheelchair, I immediately caught attention.

Can they stop looking at me like I'm some theme park attraction?

"Which one should we check out first? Yours or the one for the baby?" Renji asked as he pushed me along the aisles.

"Baby. I need maternity wear.. It'll be nearby.." I mumbled, feeling uncomfortable with all these eyes on me.

He hummed in agreement and my gaze dropped to the ground. Seeing people walk freely, saddened me. Sure, I would get used to this eventually.. but for now.. I was still in shock. Too many things happened and my medication kept me from coping with all of them. I couldn't cope properly. Not with my diagnosis of being paraplegic, not with what Renji did to me. All these events were real, I knew they were ..I felt them and I dealt with the consequences every single day of my life. But deep inside I still hoped to wake up from this nightmare. Unfortunately, this was not a nightmare. This was real life. The only person I believed would never harm me, almost killed me. Beat me multiple times and ended up scooping just as low as the Aogiri ghouls. He took my smile. He took my happiness. He broke my heart. And I hated him for it. Right now, I was merely a shell of who I used to be. Sad, disappointed, fragile and angry. Lost and full of hate for the man I used to love. The only thing he didn't take from me was my daughter. But I would take her from him.

A few moments passed until he came to a stop. I lifted my eyes right up to check if we made it - and we did.

"Wow, this is full of stuff" he murmured as he let go of the handles of my wheelchair and walked past me.

He was right, there was lots of different stuff in front of me. And after I lifted my gaze further, I saw even more amazing stuff. Cute rompers, little dresses, hair accessories, bows, jeans, shirts. Even fancy clothes. In. All. Colors.

So many colors.. And such cute patterns.

"What about this?" Renji asked as he held up a simple deep ruby dress, "I'm sure you could match that with some other clothes."

The dress was undeniably cute, so I nodded. Though we didn't now the gender yet, I really hoped it was going to be a girl again. And even if it was going to be a guy, he could always wear that too or we could cut it so that it could be a nice shirt. He handed it to me and I took it, examining it for a price tag and for quality.

"This cardigan would fit well" he proclaimed as he suddenly held a gray cardigan out for me to take, "I'm sure we could find some matching tights and shoes as well."

He was smiling again, but I couldn't smile back and instead just nodded once again. After he took a closer look at it, he gave it to me as well. It looked very nice as well. A mixture between formal and playful with little embroideries on the front. It was something both genders could wear undoubtedly. But the sizes didn't match.

"Both sizes are quite big. It might take a few months before it can wear it. But anyway, the dress is too small. If we want both to fit at the same time it has to be a size or two bigger" I informed him as I held up both pieces of clothing to compare the sizes visually.