A Life Once More-Chapter 50: A Crazy Couple (1)

"What flavor do you think?"

I looked at the different options and was stumped. The glass display was practically glowing under the warm lights, rows of vibrant, colorful scoops stacked like sugary gems. They had so many that I didn't even know where to start. The faint chill from the freezer fogged the glass slightly as I leaned closer.

"Oooo, they have extra caramel chocolate~" Kate lost herself at the thought. Drool slipped out of her a little, glistening at the corner of her lip, so I took my sleeve and wiped it off for her.

She gave me a very hateful look, but I'll be honest—it was completely ineffective with her face looking like a cherry, flushed pink from either embarrassment or excitement.

Our turn in line came up soon, and she quickly readjusted herself, brushing back a strand of hair and straightening her posture like nothing had happened.

"I'll get the Extra Caramel Chocolate cone!"

"I'll get the Rocky Road cone."

The employee rang us up, and of course, I paid. In no time, our order came out, and we walked around with our newly acquired treats.

"Hey Eiz, let me get some!"

"You have your own..."

"And I want more!"

"Haha~" I put my cone near her lips, and she started to lick my ice cream. Realizing what was happening, I couldn't bear to keep staring. Heat rushed to my face, and as I turned my eyes, I noticed some people giggling at us.

'Ughhhh!' I really felt a lot of urges and emotions at this moment! My face was burning, and the sticky sweetness of the ice cream on my tongue wasn't helping. The warmth of the sun on my back only made it worse—as if the whole world decided to crank up the heat on me.

I couldn't help but glance back and with her still at it my mind kept going deeper into the trenches.

"You're quite good," I mumbled, almost too low to hear over the hum of passersby.

"Hm? Good at what?"

"Licking things." I didn't even mean to say that, but my true thoughts came out—slipped out slicker than the melting dessert in my hand.

"Pervert." She smiled mischievously, her golden eyes narrowing slightly, practically glowing with playful malice. Which told me she knew what she was doing!

Not wanting to take this without a fight, I countered back!

Muah~

I took her hand and led her to the nearest clothing store, as that was one of our original plans for this date. What scared me was that I hadn't heard anything from her after what I did, and I felt a little anxious.

'D-Did she not like it?'

After walking into the store, I turned and looked at her. She stared up at me with stars in her eyes and a goofy smile.

[I think she liked it. I'm surprised you could even be so bold.]

'Tch... I couldn't let her keep leading me! Besides, it was only on the cheek, so...'

[You still kissed her in front of a bunch of people. I'm so proud!]

'And you ruined it.'

Focusing back on Kate, I brushed a few strands of her hair back behind her ear, which caused her to quickly separate.

"Uh?"

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"You can't kiss me here!"

"I'm—pfft~ okay." I didn't even retort. If I did, I felt like we wouldn't get on with anything. She slowly came back to my side, but this time, instead of locking our arms, she interlocked our fingers and hands. It felt way more intimate to me, and we searched for some clothes.

We first went to the men's section and—while I say "we"—I meant that Kate did all the looking and choosing. On Friday, I had gone through and packed clothes that I liked and brought them to my apartment, so I wasn't lacking in clothes.

"Eiz, how many outfits do you have?"

'A strange question. I have no clue!' I didn't voice my thoughts but seriously pondered it.

"Probably seven."

"Just seven?"

"I mean, I have one fancy one, then nine casual outfits. Three pairs of pants, three shirts, three pairs of shoes. But my math is off for sure, if you do it pro—"

"Shut it, Nerdy Pervert!"

My eye twitched hearing her lame insult. I'll take the pervert accusations, but nerdy was inaccurate!

"Good boy."

'...'

[BHAHAHAHA~! You're a "good boy" now! BAHAHAHA~]

If I could look into a mirror, I'd definitely see black lines right now.

Kate seemed upset with my lack of a reaction.

"Do you not like that?" Her words were so genuine it smacked me back into reality.

"It's not that I didn't like it per se, I just wasn't expecting it. However, I'll be honest—I didn't prefer it, but perhaps it'll grow on me. Who knows." I gave up explaining at the end and just went with it.

"I see~" My answer seemed to be correct, but I think I just gave her leeway to try a bunch of new ways to tease me. The thought of which made me want to just accept "Good Boy," since her mind could definitely come up with something worse.

Before I knew it, she had a whole bunch of clothes in her hands and pushed them toward me.

"Now dress up for me!"

I shook my head with a smile and walked into a changing room. Putting the clothes down, I saw a mountain and could only hope she didn't make me do a bunch of different combinations.

Grabbing from the pile, I put on a black collared shirt with some khaki pants. Very basic, but I slipped it on and walked out.

"You suck at this, Eiz."

"That's not fair!"

"Hmph! Next one now~!"

I went back in, and the next two hours proceeded like this. Two whole hours! It was fun, so I'm not complaining one bit, but to think clothes shopping could take this long...

"Okay, now to the next one! I want to get some new clothes now!"

"Haha" I dryly laughed and followed my cute girlfriend to the next stop.