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Lux Tenebris

What would you do when your home, a place where you lived most of your life, is not a safe place? What would you do, when every single day, you're at risk of getting killed and getting your innards gouged and sucked out of your very own body? Every single day, whether it be in daylight or nighttime, no one is safe. Would you kill someone else to save yourself? What about your own family? What would you do when they try to kill you? These are the questions that the residents of the City think of every single day because, with each passing day, your chances of living continue to be risky.

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Chapter 20

Mirin walks around the clothes shop while she looks for clothes that fit Wyatt. She walks around for a while before finding a black suit with white stripes. She looked at it for a few seconds before looking back at Wyatt who is following behind her as she tries to remember his previous clothing. She imagined it fitting for his body as she takes the black suit and gave it to Wyatt.

"Try this one," she said as she hands over the black suit to Wyatt and Wyatt took it without making any sound.

"Alright then, what should I use for the pants? This one? Or this one?" he asked Mirin as he picks two pants. One is gray-colored jeans and the other one is very light blue-colored short pants.

"See? This is what I meant with your trash sense of fashion. At least you should pick something that fits with the suit!" Mirin exclaimed as she looked at Wyatt with a rather annoyed-looking face.

"Well, I'm sorry. I just wear whatever clothes I have. Not like it could save me from whatever danger that lies in the City anyway unless they're some sort of high fabric or an Abnormal, then I would most definitely take care of them and wear them all the time," Wyatt explained his mindset as he looks at Mirin while raising one of his eyebrows while shrugging.

Mirin sighed before continuing, "At least you have some sort of idea as to what you want for your clothes. Although you indeed need something that can always protect you all the time, you also need some casual clothes to go along with it. Do you want to go to a group meeting while wearing battle armor?" she said, trying to explain her mindset about fashion along with it.

"Not like I have many friends anyways. Most of them died an unfortunate death in the City. That's just a common thing. Both you and I can die here and the Head of the City won't give a damn about it. Now, I only have the members of the Dos Office as the last few friends that I have that have been with me longer than any other group of friends that I ever had. Not only that, even if we've only worked together for only 2 years, I want you to at least be safe," he explained once again while also telling her a little bit about his personal life that Mirin doesn't know.

"oh, um. Sorry to hear that, my condolences," she said as she felt sympathy towards Wyatt.

"Don't mind it," he said as he shrugs his shoulder once again, "that's just a common thing that happens in the City," he continued in a nonchalant tone.

"Right then, that was a pretty good chat. Now try this one as it fits more with that suit" she said as she takes other pants that are straight pants that have the same color as the suit. It seems like those pants were the intended pairing for the suit.

"Alright then, now I just need to look out for a dressing room, right?" he asked Mirin in confusion as he raises one of his eyebrows again to look at her in an unsure manner.

"Yeah, that's right. What about it? Do you want to use some accessories to go along with it?" Mirin asked in a mocking tone as she looks at the confused Wyatt.

"Not really. I was just making sure that this is all that I needed. We do need to hurry up and catch up with the others, you know?" Wyatt asked as he keeps on staring at Mirin with one of his eyebrows raised.

"Of course we need to hurry up! Just go find someplace to change or something!!" she exclaimed in an upset tone as her face became visibly annoyed.

He then looks around to see and search for a dressing room and after a few moments of searching, he finds one as he casually walks slowly towards it with Mirin following behind him. After arriving in front of the dressing room, he checks whether the door is sealed or not to check if a person is using the changing room by slowly trying to open it. The door opened without any problem as he then steps inside the dressing room and locked the door behind him as Mirin waits outside the dressing room. He then opens his bear onesie that looked ridiculous in the current place and time as he changes to the suit that he brought with him inside the dressing room.

After a few minutes of adjusting to his new clothes, he walks outside wearing his new outfit. His manner changed as he now emanates a more noble-like aura that is now distinctively noticeable as the way that he wears the suit differentiates him from the others. Mirin, who is now looking at Wyatt that has a different aura, thought to herself for a while before her eyes widened as she seemed to have a great idea.

She ran towards the cashier, leaving Wyatt alone. He then follows behind her as he walks in his usual casual manner and his hands in his pockets. Not too long after, Mirin came back running towards Wyatt.

"Huff... huff... here, try this... huff..." she was exhausted as the distance from the cashier to his current position is quite distant.

"You know that you shouldn't run around inside a shop, right? What kind of things were you doing anyway?" he asked nonchalantly as he stares at the exhausted Mirin.

"What's the matter?... huff... huff... just turn around... huff… huff…" she said as she told Wyatt to face his back towards her. Wyatt being confused and clueless, followed along as he spins and faces his back towards Mirin.

Mirin then grabbed Wyatt's hair softly as she ties his hair with a black and white bow. Although the bow was rather long, with the end stretching to his waist due to the sheer length, it somehow fits him.

He then puts his hand on the bow to try and feel what kind of things did she do to his hair. He noticed that his hairs were now tied with a bow as he turns around again to face Mirin that seemed to be proud of the thing that she just did.

Wyatt thought to himself, 'Well, as long as she's happy, I guess I can keep this for a while,' before speaking towards Mirin, "Was this your idea?" he asked as he wanted to confirm that it is in fact, her idea to do such thing.

"What? You don't like it? If you don't like it then you can just take it off," she said.

"No, to be honest, I'm kinda happy for this," he said as he looks at Mirin with a slight smile that seemed like a smirk.

"You? Smiling? That's a rare occurrence, alright. But I guess I can pretend that didn't happen since you seem to be having too much fun with me," she said in a bragging tone as she proudly puffs her chest.

"Uhh, let's just buy this one and get back with the others, alright?" he suggested as he seems to have enough of her small mischief. She gave a nod as they both now walk back towards the cashier together.

When they arrived there, they can see that the cashier is a man with short brown hair. He's wearing a brown-colored suit with only one button, which is at the stomach. He also smiles widely as he radiates a sign of humility and then the cashier asked them, "Did you took this suit from the suit sections?" he asked in a polite and low tone that seemed to be asking with humbleness.

"Yes, it was from the suit parts," Wyatt replied.

"Then it'll be 20 silver Louras for the set," the cashier told them. Wyatt then took out his pocket which is still within the bear onesie. He took out 2 gold Louras and puts them on top of the cashier's desk before putting his wallet inside his new suit's pocket.

"Thank you for your time, please come back later," the cashier said in a tone that sounded peaceful and humble with a smile on his face.

Feeling delighted, both of them walks out of the shop with Wyatt carrying his bear onesie in his right hand as they both are headed back to where Axel, Fulario, and Sophie are guarding the kids while waiting for them.

Note: I am not a native English speaker so any form of feedback and suggestions are welcomed. Enjoy!

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