A Warrior's Heart

Chapter 8; The mall

Sum dancin uwu

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Taehyun soon took the prince to the nearest shopping mall, actually quite excited to his own surprise. The blonde did get some weird glances and stares and some people rudely didn't even try to hide it but the boys didn't pay them any mind as they walked through the mall.

Colored skirts lay on one side of the table and grey tinted shorts on the other side. Racks full of clothing were neatly scattered out over the entire length and width of the store. Chandeliers hung from the ceiling to light the place up and there were people walking around everywhere, clothing in their hands and some had kids walking beside them.

Beomgyu looked around in amazement, his eyes wide as if he tried to take everything in all at once. It looked like he had never been to a real shopping area before and he was new to all of this, so innocent and pure. He looked so excited, and that actually warmed Taehyun's heart a bit. It was the first time he saw the boy smile.

His thin rosy lips spread out over his face, pushing his cheeks up and forming two lines besides his nose. His full cheeks pushed in their turn his eyes to crescents. He looked so pretty when he smiled, and Taehyun wanted to make him smile as much as he could, wanting to see him smile and smile only.

Taehyun watched as Beomgyu rushed around the store, touching and looking at everything within his reach. He examined all sorts of clothing, taking some of the shirts and jeans from the racks and handing them to the younger. Taehyun took them without a word, silently carrying the clothing for the prince as he followed him around the place, serving as his personal clothing rack.

Taehyun had told him he could change into a new pair of clothes right away, so the prince selected an outfit and went to put it on. When he got out of the fitting room his red silk robe and golden accessories were now exchanged for a different attire. He wore a light pink shirt tucked neatly into a pair of blue jeans at the front, a black leather jacket covering it. The golden belt had made way for a black one, matching his jacket. The clippings that previously held a few pieces of hair together were now gone, letting the platinum blonde strands flop down freely down the side of this head, framing his face perfectly.

He looked different, but still so good.

"Do I look like you now?" He asked, snapping Taehyun out if his thoughts. The taller nodded his head and smiled. "You look good in those clothes." He answered. "Now you'll blend in more with the rest of the people here."

When they finally paid for the clothes after what felt like hours they came to the shoe department. Taehyun told him to measure his feet with the small measure device at the wall first, and after he explained and showed him how it was done he watched as Beomgyu tried it himself, a soft smile on his face as he succeeded.

After he picked out a pair of shoes as well they paid for them and the prince immediately changed his current shoes for the new ones, saying he'd rather walk in those. Not soon after they were walking down the hallways of the shop center together.

"It's huge." The prince mentioned, looking out over the two different floors as they approached the escalators. Taehyun smiled. "Is my world really that different from yours?"

"It's.. different in many ways." The boy answered, nodding to himself. They stepped onto the escalators and went down. When they were halfway the prince suddenly gasped and took off his sunglasses.

"You okay?" Taehyun started, but his worry soon faded as he saw a smile appear on the other's face. "What's that?" The prince asked and he eyed the treat in a girl's hand.

"Oh that's ice cream." Taehyun replied. "It's food."

"What's it taste like?" Beomgyu asked, moving his sunglasses on to his mouth and biting softly at the legs. Taehyun smiled at the sight and stepped onto the grounds when they reached the bottom of the escalators. "Well at first it's cold, but then it's sweet."