BLEED/HAVEN

[XXV] LEO

Leo nodded and replied before Jet could,

"Sounds good to me, should we head to your shoe store first? Kill two birds with one stone then meet up with Tina before we meet the tailor?"

The two of them looked at Leo for a moment with raised eyebrows. Jet gave a genuine grin and Setton did the same before signing towards him,

"Works for me."

Leo silently thanked Juno before the group began their journey through the crowded mall. The crew went through a few stores along the way, buying miscellaneous items and chatting up strangers about how outfits looked on then and the Lunar Festival. Eventually the three came to the shoe store where they spent some time picking out the perfect pair of shoes. When they finally decided on a pair and got in line to purchase, Leo felt a pair of hands grab his waist from behind, he turned around quickly to see Tina with a bunch of bags and a large smile on her face.

"What's up buttercup?"

Jet spoke, noticing the woman,

"Oh hey, nice of you to show up."

She looked different, her normally long blonde hair was cut short in a bob that fell just past her chin. Her skin was glowing and the outfit she wore, being blue jeans, wedges and white shirt with a fall themed long jacket accentuated her body. The woman went over to the other two and offered hugs before dropping her bags into Jet's arms with no question. He sighed but did not fight it, easily shouldering the bags as the woman spoke again,

"Let me see the shoes you got Leo."

He obliged, showing her the shoes and she made an impressed face,

"Wow I didn't take you for a man of expensive tastes like such."

Leo looked confused for a moment and then forgot. Jet dresses very nicely and so does Set. This store also seemed to have plenty of people who dressed nicely. He took the shoe and looked at the price tag and his stomach dropped. He quickly pulled Jet to the side with force and whispered,

"Jet. How am I going to afford this? What the heck kind of shoes cost six hundred credits?"

Jet looked surprised for a second before he playfully pushed Leo off and simply said,

"Remember what we did a few days ago? Check your bank account."

He tentatively obliged, pulling out his phone and checking his bank account. What he saw made his eyes widen. Six numerical digits in his bank account. He looked up and the three others were staring with mischievous intent. That explained everything. These three wanted to come to the mall not only to spend, they were ready to splurge today. From there, the crew of four went around to several more stores, spending more and more money and racking up the bags they were carrying around to the point where they had to take a trip to the cars to drop things off.

Leo walked past one store in particular and something caught his eye. A bracelet of a beautiful emerald hue. It was iridescent and nearly see through, absolutely beautiful, drawing him into the store where the manager, dressed in a maroon suit, approached and spoke as he stared.

"A beautiful piece of work if I do say so myself. Rennavich Maktalvi's work in particular, crafted of a beautiful substance found on an asteroid. One of a kind until the man decides to hand craft more."

The man went to let Leo hold the delicate trinket before Tina came over and looked over his shoulder,

"It's gorgeous, does the rookie have a special someone he didn't tell us about?"

Leo felt heat in his face for a moment and replied,

"No. But, this thing is calling me. How much sir?"