Echo

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There is a small poke to my cheek that wakes me from my slumber. I open my eyes drearily only to find Taehyung hovering over my face. His close proximity startling me enough to fall out of bed with a drowsy squeal. I sit up abruptly with an angry look pointed in Tae's direction. He smiles before pushing his hair back and making a funny face at me. I can't stay mad at him he's too soft. I giggle before hopping on the bed again forgetting my anger. Tae looks at me grinning "let's go...SHOPPING!" He yells and I'm about to start yelling with him before I realize that I haven't brushed my teeth. "Give me ten minutes to get dressed and then we can go okay?" I say rolling off the bed landing on my feet with a small wobble. He laughs before picking up a pillow and throwing it at me knocking me to the ground.

We enter the mall arms linked together because Namjoon said that if Tae lost me in the mall he would burn all of Tae's favorite ties, Tae just stood there with a smile not really sure of the severity of what Namjoon had just said . Tae soon wore an horrified expression once what was said was translated so Tae could understand properly.

We enter several stores not really seeing anything until we reach some cool lookin mainstream store. I pay no attention to the weird name barely glancing at it has Tae drags me in eagerly. We enter and are met with deep music which quietly plays in the background as Tae searches through the racks persistent on finding me the perfect outfit. I let him do his work not entirely sure what he is searching for I just sit back and watch. Once he's finished he comes over with a stack of clothes shoving them in my direction with a smile. Tae seems like quite the fashion expert so I take the clothes quite happy with the colors scheme I see.

I head towards the dressing room shutting the door behind me with a quiet click. I sprawl the clothes onto the seat in the corner happy with what Tae has chosen. I slid the on the heavily ripped skinny jeans almost losing my balance when my left foot gets stuck in a hole. The jeans fit around my waist and thighs, the bottoms of the legs being cuffed but not tight around my ankles giving a mom jean type look. I then slide on the long sleeve fitted crop top. Not feeling entirely happy with my stomach being shown but going with it for the sake of Taehyung. I slide on the last piece of clothing which is a belt with two metal G's on it. I run my finger across the letters them seeming familiar but being slightly thrown off by Taehyun's persistent knocking on the door, shaking it off i open the door to the dressing room.

Tae smiles at what he had put together coming up to me and giving me a high five. I take all the stuff off and head to the counter with Taehyung expecting to pay maybe fifty dollars for all of this, as the cashier rings up the items I watch in horror as the price surpasses what I was hoping to pay by a mile stone. I stop Tae who I chatting with the cashier like he's a regular at this place. "Excuse me one moment, I think I left my phone In the back." I say grabbing Tae's arm harshly and dragging him to a secluded part of the store. He rubs his arm as I let go "Tae what the hell! I didn't expect to pay four hundred dollars for some regular clothes! I don't  have that kind of money what do I look like!" I say panicking slightly at the thought of not being able to tell the lady I can't afford this. If I get in any kind of trouble with the law I'll definitely eat forced to go to a foster home. I shudder at the disappointment I would see on Joon's face. "Tae what am I going to do, I didn't bring any more money!" I say shaking him on the verge of running out of the store. "Okay uh... calm down...I'll pay but you owe me... a flavor." He says looking quite proud of his English I ignore the fact that he said flavor instead of favor nodding in appreciation at the fact that he's willing to pay for my clothes. "I'll do anything, within reason of course but thank you so much Tae!" We walk back to the counter Tae smiling at the cashier once more.

He pays and we leave the store but as we're leaving I take a proper look at the sign hanging above the glass doors of the store. "Gucci..." I say the name finally clicking in my head.

I scowl as I'm dragged away by Taehyung who is humming a song I've never heard before. "What's the favor you wanted anyways?" I say glancing at him as he smiles to himself. "I want you and Jimin to sit on my dog!" I burst out laughing even though moment ago I was probably going to pass out in that overpriced store. They probably would have charged me seventy five bucks for that. I laugh at my thought ready to correct his English mistake when he drags me into another store.