8

They reached the clothing store Sophie brought Daniel to without incident. It was a hip, streetwear brand that Daniel didn't recognise. He just thought it looked cool from the outside.

Sophie brought him in and the store attendants were stunned upon seeing the man after greeting them.

'Handsome!' Was their first thought. They then realised how tall he was, as well as his broad shoulders, sharp jawline, piercing eyes, large hands and long legs.

'…a perfect specimen.'

While the store attendants were still dazed from the handsome Daniel, the guy in question was pulled to the racks with designer sweaters.

Sophie looked through the rack with a discerning eye and picked out a few for Daniel. She waved over an attendant who broke out of their stupor and approached them.

"Hi, can you get these in his size?"

The attendant looked at the tags and nodded before eyeing Daniel's upper body.

"Sure. You look like an L size, maybe an XL? Which one would you prefer to try on?"

Daniel was not used to buying clothes for this new body. Even the cheap T shirt he was wearing now had been casually chosen more for its price than fit.

"Uhm, XL sounds good." He awkwardly replied.

"Of course, please just wait a moment." The attendant walked off to the store room to retrieve the sweaters.

Sophie then went over to another rack that had pants, her hands browsing the trousers they had available.

Curious, Daniel glanced at the price tag of the rack of sweaters Sophie had picked out from. His eyes then widened as he saw the numbers on the tags.

He hurried over to Sophie and whispered, "Hey, Sophie, the prices here… I can't afford it! I only brought 80 thousand won for shopping today. Just one sweater is already 130 thousand won!"

Sophie saw the tense look on Daniel's face and had to withhold a chuckle, "Don't worry about the price. I will buy them for you."

"What! How could I let you do that? It's not just a few thousand won… it's hundreds of thousands!" Daniel responded incredulously before continuing, "Is this because of what I told you? I didn't tell you about my family so that I could get you to pay for my clothes, you know?"

Sophie waved off his concern, "It's not out of pity. Just consider it a present from me."

Daniel felt hesitant, "But this is still a lot of money. And I haven't done anything to deserve this…"

Sophie smiled, amused by the apprehension on Daniel's face, "Didn't I say? My family is rich, so it's not a big deal. Besides, what were you going to buy with 80 thousand won? Can you even find clothes being sold so cheaply?"

Daniel frowned. He had initially been planning on going to some thrift shop to get some clothes from the bargain bin. Now he wondered if this girl even knew what a thrift shop was.

She was talking about hundreds of thousands like it was nothing. It honestly irked Daniel a little. His mother scrimped and saved just to make a few hundred thousand won a week, but that was just this girl's allowance. Was money really so easily made that she could afford to spend so much on some random guy she just met?

Sophie paused after seeing the frown, and thought that he didn't want to appear like a charity case.

"If you want to repay me for the clothes, then…" For a moment Sophie wanted to say he could repay her with his body, but held back from it after blushing madly at the thought.

"Can you kiss me?" She boldly asked, looking up at the tall Daniel who felt stunned from her request.

"…Kiss? Like, with my lips?"

She nodded meekly, the crimson flush on her face darkening with every passing moment to the point where she was starting to feel lightheaded.

"Is my kiss worth a few hundred thousand won?" He asked blankly, still trying to process the request in his mind.

She panicked at that moment, "I-it's not like I'm trying to buy your kiss! It's just… if you feel like you don't want to owe me then, that is something I can accept from you…"

"…"

Daniel tried to comprehend what she was saying. He was confused whether she was trying to buy a kiss from him or if she was just being mischievous. Either way, he felt like he was the one benefitting.

After a prolonged pause, where Sophie felt like she was going to explode from the silence, Daniel finally spoke.

"Where do you want me to kiss you?"

"Eh?" Sophie couldn't believe that he was really going to do it. A kiss from such a perfect man, Sophie thought that it was worth more than just a few hundred thousand won. He didn't seem like he was forcing himself, so maybe… she tried to push her luck.

Her trembling fingers pointed at her lips.

"H-here. Kiss me here."

Daniel's eyes widened. 'She wants me to kiss her lips? Ah, but this is… this is my first kiss. Is my first kiss going to be something that was bought?'

He felt a little conflicted at the notion but then started to think differently, 'Why am I struggling with this? Just a few days ago, I would have jumped at the chance to kiss such a pretty girl, let alone being paid to do so. Just because I have a handsome body now, does that change anything?'

Without saying another word, Daniel leaned forward and lowered his body.

Sophie who saw his actions felt flustered, 'Ah, he's really going to do it! Daniel is about to kiss me!'

She tilted her face up and closed her eyes in anticipation.

Daniel continued leaning forward until…

Their lips made contact and Daniel gave Sophie a small peck on her lips that lasted for only half a second. He quickly withdrew and looked away shyly. He has just given away his first kiss to a girl he had just met…

Sophie on the other hand, felt herself overheating. This wasn't her first kiss, heck she had even went further than just kissing in the past before. But this might have been the most stimulating thing she had ever done before, even though it was just a light, chaste kiss.

She felt like she was melting from the inside after receiving a kiss from Daniel.

Seeing that she wasn't saying anything, Daniel looked back and saw the crimson flush on Sophie's face. Her lips slightly parted and she exhaled lightly like she was releasing the breath that she had been holding. Her moist looking lips looked tantalising, inviting almost.

He felt his ears warming, thinking that she looked a little erotic like that.

"Was, was that okay?" He asked, waking up the girl from her daydream.

Sophie smiled, and there was a hint of seductiveness as she replied, "That was perfect."

The attendant chose this moment to come back with the sweaters, ruining the atmosphere charged with sexual tension.