Shopping

John didn't know what to make for her for breakfast. He decided to go with Congee as he didn't like eating porridge, he felt like it was a trait that had stuck with him during his rebirth. As it was cooking, Viviane came down the stairs wearing a black dress and heels.

"It's almost done, just give me five minutes," John told her

When he was done, he filled two bowls and walked over to the table where she was sitting, watching him quietly.

"What is this?" she asked

"Congee or rice porridge" John answered

"Congee?"

"Asian food" John replied seeing her curiosity

"Oh" she nodded

She kept on staring at John absentmindedly.

He eventually scooped up a spoonful and fed her. She opened her mouth and swallowed it but felt the hot rice flowing down her throat. She began to cough and John stared at her nervously.

"Too hot" she complained

He fed her again but not without blowing on it first. She ate happily with him feeding her. He thought it was quite cute as she was acting like a child when being fed. She is always like this, she would seem mature to others but if it was just the two of them, she would show him the childish side of her. She got up from her seat and sat down on his lap, and made him feed her while giving him puppy eyes. It caught him off guard but it was pretty cute and continued to feed her until she said was full.

There was still a lot left in that bowl which made him frown.

"Eat more" He ordered

She shook her head in refusal.

"I will force it into your mouth," he said as he started to touch her cheeks

"No," she said stubbornly

He scooped up some and put it into his mouth and kissed her. It caught her off guard and the food flowed into her mouth.

She coughed a couple of times

"John" she complained

"What?" he asked with a smile "We can do it again or are you eating everything?"

She looked at the bowl which was half full.

"Do I have to?" she asked

"Eat," He said sternly

She finished the bowl with a face full of frustration and he placed it in the sink before they left the house. He took her on a ride in his car to the mall not far away from his home. She refused to talk to him on the way there.

"You're not going to talk to me?" he asked

She didn't say anything and continued to look at the road.

"If you're really not going to say anything, I might have to do something to you" He slowly said

She glared at him but continued to stay silent

"If you really stay silent, I can do anything right?" He began to threaten "You wouldn't object?"

"You wouldn't" she blurted but she began to regret blurting something out.

"I made you talk," he said playfully "what should be my reward?"

"Hmph" she pouted angrily "I hate you"

"Do you?" he asked gently

She was quiet

"You always bully me like this" She muttered

"Don't you bully the girls going after me?" he chuckled "I just turned blind eye to your antics"

Her face changed before she began to rub her face on his arm and said pitifully "I'm wrong don't abandon me"

He held onto the steering wheel with one arm as they entered the parking lot and slowly said "I won't. I know how you are, silly. You didn't hurt them in any way and just said that you were my girlfriend before. There was one time where you pranked them too, harmless. I know everything you did, but I didn't say anything because I only liked you at the time, even if we weren't dating."

"You knew and yet you still..." She looked at him pitifully

"I wanted to make sure it wouldn't end up hurting us if our relationship failed" He spoke quietly

He parked the car and turned to see that Viviane was starting to tear up.

"What's wrong?" he asked with concern

"I...I..." She couldn't get the words out "I.. just...I hated you for ignoring me"

She broke out into tears remembering how she went against him before several years ago when John ignored her attempts to date him. It ended up with her refusing to be around him for several weeks until that event where he saved her from gunpoint when the shop she was in was being robbed.

"It was also my fault too" he sighed and reached over to hug her the moment he parked the car. "It's useless to think of the past, at least we are together now"

She nodded "en"

"We got some shopping to do, you little crybaby" He teased

"You made me cry," She said as she wiped her tears with a tissue.

John didn't speak as it was indeed his fault for bringing up her supposed dark history. To others, she may seem mature and cold, but if there were only the two of them, she would show the fragile side of her to him. Her father never seemed to have loved her and her mother didn't care for her much. The only people close to her were John and his parents. They would always take care of her when her parents weren't around.

The two got out of the car a while later and she latched onto his arm as they walked towards the mall. They went through various stores, picking out clothes.

"How does it look?" she asked when she came out of the dressing room.

"It's not bad" he replied as he looked at her

She was about to change again when he went to a nearby rack and picked out a white sweater. "Wait"

She looked at him puzzled

"Try this one" He handed it to her

She looked at it for a minute before going back inside and changed

"How is it?" she asked nervously as she walked out.

"Beautiful" he smiled "You should wear dresses less and put on more casual clothing"

"I only put them on for you" she muttered quietly but John heard it

"I know" John smiled "but doesn't it feel better to wear casual clothing instead?"

she nodded obediently and went back to change into her dress.

He took the clothes from her hands and brought her to the checkout. As they walked over he made her try on several jackets and overcoats.

"John" she complained as he was picking out several overcoats.

"It's getting colder and it will snow in a few days, you should wear more clothes" He explained

He checked out at the counter with a large pile of clothes costing over eight hundred dollars in total. She was distressed at the amount of money he used just to pay for her clothes. Although she likes shopping and John is rich, she still felt like it's not right to spend so much money on her.

He gave her a smile and swiped his card.

The process would repeat and as they went into each store, she would pick out the less expensive pieces of clothing while looking at the ones she liked but find them too expensive and John would choose the ones she liked as well as the more expensive ones.

"Am I the one shopping or are you doing it for me?" She couldn't help but ask

"What do you think?" he smiled

"You didn't even care about how expensive it is and still bought it" She looked distressed "I know you are rich but you can wast your money like that"

John shook his head "It doesn't matter, you can spend all my money if you want."

He gently touched her face. "I just love you to the point that I can't help but spoil and dote on you"

She allowed him to touch her face "Just don't abandon me one day, otherwise I wouldn't know what to do without you"

He smiled "Never, I promise"