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KOTANI CLOTHING

A large shop with modern clothing, each garment is set out individually on a glass box, often lit from beneath, changing rooms stand in the far left corner complete with leather sofa's, the till is in the far right, where Kotani stands with two of his employees.

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Chipetsua walked slowly over to the shoes section, looking around at the clothing racks.

Arlian wandered over to the t-shrits, picking up some and looking at them with a frown Its so explensive!

Kotani wandered over to the tall male that had entered the shop "Hi there, are you looking for anything particular?" He asked.

"Ah, uh, yes. in your store in Avalar there was a pair of black leather buckle boots, do you happen to have those here?" He asked, looking at the male and smiling gently.

"Why yes we do," He showed Chipetsua over to a differnt block full of shoes "are these what you were looking for?" He gestured towards a pair of boots.

"Oh, yes they were!" Chipetsua said, picking up the for-show boot and examining it. "Do you happen to have a size nine in these?" He asked, now glancing past Kotani and looking at Arlian. He smiled lightly and perked his ears. "Do you want anything?" He asked in a curious voice. He knew Arlian picked the clothing he wanted and that he still had some clothing from diferent times Saki offered, but maybe he did perhaps want something.

Kotani smiled and nodded at Chipetsua and made his way round the back room of the store.

Arlian smiled and walked over to Chipetsua "No, its sooo expensive in here....but did you find what you were looking for?"

"Well, that's true... But most good boots are expensive. And yes, I did find them. The owner is going to get a pair for me... Are you sure?"

"yeah yeah I'm sure" He smiled at the taller male

Kotani retured, a pair of the boots in his hands. He looked at Chipetsua then at Arlian, his smiled immediatly faded.

Chipetsua nodded and placed his hand on Arlian's head gently, ruffling his bangs a bit. He looked up at Kotani and tilted his head slightly, his ears folding back slightly. "What's wrong?"

"Er.." Kotani stuttered "Arlian! It's been...ages!" he smiled at the pink haired boy.

Arlian looked down, he felt his whole body go slightly cold, he stood behind Chipetsua slightly.

Chipetsua released his hand from the smaller boys head, his ears perking slightly. "I didn't know you knew Arlian..." He trailed off when he saw that arlian kind of side-stepped behind him a bit. "What's wrong?" He asked quietly.

"Yeah, we were old friends..." Kotani frowned slightly "Arlian...where did you go?"

Arlian looked up at him and shook his head slightly "It dosen't matter...are you gonna try those on Chipetsua?"

"Uh... Yeah..." Chipetsua took the boots gently and headed over to a chair. He sat down and toed one of his boot off, unbuckling the left boot so he could slip it on. "How'd you two meet?" he asked, slipping the black boot on and tying and strapping it up.

"At the zoo..." Kotani smiled at Arlian, trying to catch his eye "Arlian was working there and well...I thought he was cute so i asked him out for a date" he laughed, putting him arm around Arlian as he did so.

Arlian looked down at Chipetsua, almost close to tears.

He slipped the boot off and put his own boot back on, quickly standing up. He slipped his arm right under Kotani's and elbowed it from Arlian's shoulders casually, holding the small male close to his side. He smiled gently at Kotani as he said, "I think I need a size nine and a half.. Mind grabbing me a pair?"

Kotani frowned slightly "Sure, I will go and get them for you" he made his way to the back of the store again.

Chipetsua looked down at Arlian and cupped his chin with his finger, angling his head so that he was staring up at him. "Are you okay, Arlian?"

Arlian blinked a couple of times and pulled his sleeve across his eyes before shaking his head no.

"Do you wanna leave?" He bent down and grabbed the boots from the ground, gripping them in his fingers. they did fit, he just want Kotani gone.

"no...you get the boots...its ok..." he smiled slightly.

Kotani came back from the back room with some more boots "Here you go" he handed them to Chipetsua. "Arlian, we should meet up some time y'know, I still have some of your crap at my place" He walked back to the tills.

Chipetsua kissed his forehead gently and smiled. "Oh, you know, I was planning on getting the boots anyways." He wagged his tail and hugged Arlian gently around the neck. "Come on, are you sure you don't want anything?"

Kotani looked acorss the store and watched Chipetsua kiss Arlians forehead, he glared slightly at them.

"Im sure thanks" Arlian smiled at Chipetsua "Can we go eat soon?"

"Of course." He said with a nod, loosening his grip around Arlian's neck and letting his arm rest back on his shoulders as he walked to the cash register. He placed his boots on the large counter. He pulled wallet out of his pocket and pulled out a couple fifties. He handed them to the cashier and waited for his change.

Kotani took the money form the cashier and put it in the till, before giving back the recipt and change he wrote down his phone number on a piece of paper and handed it to Arlian "Call me yeah? We should hook up" He winked and handed Chipetsua his change.

Chipetsua took the piece of paper, as well, and slightly glared at Kotani. "Why are you hitting on my boyfriend?" He asked, looking down at Arlian once more. He was just trying to get Kotani to stop bothering him. He slipped the piece of paper into his pocket, along witgh his money, and grabbed his bagged boots. "Come on, Arlian." He muttered, turning and leading Arlian towards the exit of the store.

Arlian kept his head down and exited the store back into Neontopia Mall