doku | VISIONS I HAD BURIED UNDERGROUND / RETURNING TO ABUSE US

[He's just kind of idly staring at whatever until Nariko clings to him. Hello there! He looks down at her and manages to crack a smile.]

You really want to start rumours about the two of us, aren't you?

[Rumors about them dating, more than making music together! Still--he reaches up with his other hand to pat the top of her head.]

Let's go to one more stop and check in with Izzy, okay?

[She answers with a little huffing kind of noise and squeezes him as if that might cause some amount of discomfort. Aren't those rumors unavoidable? They live together, will end up making music together, and will constantly be photographed together! ... Of course he's just teasing, so she really shouldn't take it so seriously.]

Sure, lead the way!

[He sat through her menial side event, she can return the favor! Nariko even manages to let go of his arm when they get back to the truck and pile inside. If you ever wanted to take her somewhere incredibly weird, Krieg, now is your chance.]

[It's a Korean boutique that has a variety of street fashion available, including Krieg's newfound taste in refined punk, or whatever the critics want to call it.

He falls in love at first sight. But the problem? He's having a hard time finding his size. It's not all sunshine and roses when you're a muscular skyscraper.]

Ah, c'mon...

[Of course he is! Welcome to clothing hell, Krieg. At least you've got a friend who can help you out. Although for a good twenty minutes there Nariko does nothing to help, she looks around, takes the place and the vibe in, but he sounds a little discouraged to her ears, so it's time to step in!]

Don't lose faith now!

[There's the clearance rack (all the sizes no one wants go there), the very back of everything on the floor, pestering the employees to please actually check in the back and the endlessly important question of 'is this available in a different size online'. She knows her stuff and has a few different articles of clothing that make for excellent proof! There's a nice pair of perfectly frayed but still respectable jeans, a shirt with (fake) zippers placed to carefully that it's almost weirdly artistic, another top with a splatter design that's apparently meant to resemble blood - it's a range of showy to more immediately comfortable, but it's within his new range.]

Some of them you just have to give your opinion on, they have a website.

[See, not so bad!]

Oh, hey.

[But look at the sweet loot you found, Nariko! These are awesome. He takes them from her as he looks them over.]

I'm sure they do, but I don't know how to order clothes online.

[Like. How do you make sure you like their fit?? It's like taking a shot in the dark!]

By the way, if I asked you to try something on, would you humor me?

It's not that bad, you get the hang of it easily enough.

[When you become very close with your measuring tape it's nowhere near as much a shot in the dark. But, proud of her finds, she folds her arms over her stomach noncommittally until he goes and asks that.]

Sure! I'm kind of flattered you want to see me in something at all!

Awesome.

[He's beaming away now. Look at how excited he is! He's not bounding around with energy like Nariko does, it manifests a little more...calmly, and it's hard to imagine someone so even-mannered used to have a drug addiction and a chaotic reputation.]

Over here.

[And so he leads her back to the outerwear section.]

I know this isn't your usual thing, but...

[The ensemble he brings her to? This one. Don't act surprised when you find out a guy that likes to be tied up also likes women's outfits that are reminiscent of military garb.]

[Aw, he really is elated, right?! Sure, it's a different brand of excitement but that doesn't lessen its impact! She follows him and in the time it takes them to get from where they were to where they're going she's already decided to love whatever he's picked out, just because it's nice to see him happy.

Granted that might not count for too much since, yet again, Krieg has shown that he possesses wonderful taste.]

It's so cool!

[Kinda edgy and darker than what she usually wears, sure, but it's distinctly feminine, too! This is - This is actually more along the lines of what she might have wanted! She didn't want to be anyone's cutesy little bohemian goddess anymore, but Nariko couldn't toss off her femininity so easily, either. This seemed like a good compromise between super girly, suave, and cool!]

Krieg you're a genius, and I love you.

[She's also ripping it off the rack because fuck yes she's gonna try it on!]

I don't know how that smart I am. It's probably too warm for this weather.

[Then again, they will be touring the whole country all year long, so she'll need it at some point. Still, his pessimism isn't getting in the way of his smile. Maybe he should look for some dresses or skirts and blouses to go with it?]

[He should do that so long as it doesn't get in the way of looking for his own stuff! It's really not all about her.

But she does go try on the coat to find that he's right - it's definitely too warm for where they are, but son of a gun, does it look good on her!]

See, now I get to run into the same problem.

[It's a great coat but it just barely manages to keep the boobs where they need to be, and that's without a top on, because for the sake of trying it all on she's just got her bra on, and they're smooshed together in a manner that's probably a bit too scandalous to anyone else in the store, but she's kind of digging it.]

Where'd I put my phone?

[Yes, she's gonna take a selfie while wearing a coat as an overly sexual dress.]

I'll get it for you.

[And so he does, wherever she might have kept it, and sneaking it into the dressing room stall.]

I'm still finding it hard to believe that you're what people consider extra large...

[It's disappointing to suggest that she might not be able to take that sick coat home. Still, they have the name of the place so she can teach him how to shop online.]

Thank you!

[She opens the stall door to get her phone, and stands in front of him, points at her chest.] Boobs, Krieg. The only part of a woman's body aside from her stomach that can dramatically alter sizes.

[And the stomach part was more a reference to pregnancy, since you couldn't do anything about that once it got started.]

If I can find a thin enough top it should work, though! It's technically a coat anyway.

[So she'd never really wear it like this, and she could never button it all the way, but that wasn't such a bad compromise, and there is still the online store! She lifts her phone with her camera open annnnnd! Selfie!!]

Does the fashion industry really consider them that big?

[...uh, yeah, they are kind of huge, Krieg. How much of a virgin asexual can you be? Or have you just really not looked, like, at all?]

Do you trust me to find something large enough for you?

[Send him out on a mission! Or would you prefer not to be surprised?]

Krieg, in the entire length of our friendship have you never looked at my boobs and then looked at someone else's?

[Which, considering the man she's talking about? That might be the case.]

Sure! Like I said, I'm going to end up looking online too, it's not a big deal if there isn't a lot to be found. [She can't help grinning at the mirror, though it's more directed at Krieg - she just can't stop looking at herself yet.] Besides, I like being dressed up by guys.

[He's not the type for that at all, which is why it's kind of funny.]

...Should I have?

[He thought he was doing the respectful thing...!]

I'll be right back.

[And so Krieg scurries off for his quest. What does he return with? Two things. One shirt that should be thin enough on the grounds that it's practically see-through, and the other is a little more chiffon. They're both the biggest size he could find.]

[That's very respectful! But even on a purely observational note ...

Anyway! She waits and leaves the coat open, does a few little poses here and there in the mirror until he comes back and she can open the door again.] Oh, that one is perfect!

[The white one! She tries that on first with the coat open this time. Her gray bra is too contrasting and easily seen, and she's still wearing her shorts but it's got the makings of a decent outfit! She looks at the blue one, too and deems that while it may not work immediately there's a nice pair of leather pants that it'd fit with!]

And I had thought you'd need help with clothes! Hell, you're helping me!

I don't care. I'm having fun.

[He has some clothes. She has some clothes. They found them together and had fun doing it!]

Lemme see?

[You know, it's not as if she doubted it but that's weirdly reassuring to hear.]

Oh, right!

[She'd kept the door closed the whole time, but now it opens so that he can see as much as he likes.] A nice skirt, maybe add in a petticoat? It'll be perfect.

[She's really onto something here and he's right: It is fun. Shameless, directionless fun that she doesn't have to justify to anyone.]

Hmm.

[Krieg actually sits on his haunches to get a better view of the whole thing. A top-down view isn't the most comprehensive of vantages.]

What about a miniskirt and stockings?

[There's a little bit of odd staring at that but - whatever works for you, Tall Man.]

That'd work, too!

[He really has an eye for these things! If they weren't relatively close she'd actually feel a little bit jealous.]

[Only the best for you, Short Woman.]

I think we'll cut our losses for now and try to finish this up online instead.

I might already have a miniskirt that'll work, too! But we'll have to hunt down the stockings. Let me change!

[It's a shame to take the coat and top off, but it'd look a little strange if she walked out or went to lunch in this getup. When she comes back out she organizes the definite buys and keeps a hold of them just in case he isn't done! Otherwise, time to head up to the register.]

Man, I can't wait to wear that leather dress. Hey, do you think your sister would want to go dancing?

[Wait.]

... Is it weird if I go to a club with your sister?

I have no clue, you'll have to ask.

[He brings out their few winners out to checkout! This with what they bought earlier...it's not a closet, but it's a start. At her second question, he gives Nariko an arched eyebrow.]

Why would that be weird?

I don't know, I have an easier time with brothers, not so much with sisters.

[She's just trying to be a respectable music partner. One time lover ... Whatever, man. She pulls her phone out so that she can write some item numbers down before the dude at the register takes the security tags off.]

Maybe it's weird to ask when I've only known her for five seconds. And maybe she's low key like you ...

[This hopeless wondering will continue even as they get into the truck.]

Brothers?

[Only one?]

You're not--you don't intend to romance my sister, do you? [This is most definitely starting to sound like not a girls' night out thing.] She's got a girlfriend.

[He won't comment on the low key thing, because he honestly could not say one way or the other.]

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