A New Beginning (Akko x Andrew) *HIATUS*

First Snow (Part 4)

The group arrived at the town. Akko saw a clothes store and ran up to it. She looked at the mannequins through the window and smiled at the cute winter coats they're wearing.

The others caught up to her. Amanda asked, "You're shopping for clothes?"

Akko turned around and replied, "Yeah! I need a new coat. This one is too thin." She pointed at herself then walked to storefront and entered. The group followed her.

Akko was searching around for the coat she likes. She found several and couldn't decide between them. She turned to her friends and asked, "Which one's better?"

The girls tilted their head. "This one," Amanda pointed at the reddish brown coat. Constanze pointed at the navy blue. Jasminka pointed at the pink and shouted, "This one!"

Akko frowned. It seemed the girls were just choosing the coats that suits their style. She turned to Andrew, "What do you think?"

"Huh?" he puzzled. Akko repeated her question. Andrew observed the coats and looked back at her. She glanced away. Amanda narrowed her eyes as she observed them.

Andrew finally found an answer, "That one." He pointed at the coat that one of mannequins was wearing.

Akko went to it and gasped, "It's cute!" she looked at the price tagged, "But it's not on sale..." She turned back to him and pointed at the coats she chose, "I meant between these three!"

"Why ask me?"

"Amanda, Constanze, and Jasminka all picked different ones! I just need a majority vote!" she whined, "Which one is the best?"

Andrew sighed, "I honestly don't know. Any one of these looks good on you..." He paused. The girls widen their eyes at his remark. A blush crept up on Akko's face. She averted her eyes and said, "I'm being serious here!"

Andrew frowned, "This one..." He pointed at the reddish brown coat.

Constanze let out a huff as she was getting tired of being in the store. She pointed at the coat that Amanda and Andrew picked. Jasminka said, "Aww but pink is cute."

"All right. This one then," Akko placed the other two coats back on the racks, "And now it's time to find yours!"

The girls tilted her head in confusion. Andrew sighed, "It's fine, Miss Kagari. I-"

"But, I'm not fine with it!" she cut him off, "We're finding you something!"

Amanda tapped on her shoulder, "Umm... Akko. What's this about?"

She turned to her, "I want to give Andrew a present. Do you want to help me look?"

"Uhh why..?"

"'Cause he gave me something. I just want to give him something in return," Akko replied casually.

"Umm..."

Constanze stared at Amanda, demanding eye contacts. She turned to her, and the small witch was tapping her feet and pointing at the watch on her wrist. Amanda frowned and lifted her eyebrows. She turned to Akko and said, "Actually, we have to go now. The mechanical shop will close soon, and Conz really want to go there. Sorry."

"Aww okay. Thanks anyway," Akko waved and smiled at the green team as they were leaving.

"See ya!" Amanda briefly waved back and quickly left the shop along with Constanze and Jasminka.

"All right! Now let's see what they have in the men section!" the little witch declared as she turned around. She opened her eyes and found that Andrew was no longer around, "Andrew...?"