Doraemon.
Can I Have This Dance? [Discontinued]
“Welcome!” the lady greeted us as we opened the doors of the mall.
Donghae bowed his head, his hand holding on his cap to make sure he wouldn’t be recognized. He led me to the women-clothing sector, still clinging on my hand. It was weird walking around like this… People were staring at us as if we were a couple. Well… we were supposed to be one, but still!
“So what should we get you?” he asked himself, while looking through the clothes hung there.
“It’s fine Oppa! Really it’ll dry fast! No need to buy me anything!”
“And let you catch a pneumonia? No way!” he said,
Before I could protest more, he shoved a pill of random clothes in my arms, so high that I couldn’t see in front of me.
“Go and try this!” he said and pushed me to the dressing room.
Every time I put on a new outfit, I showed it to Donghae. He was siting on a chair in front of the cabinet and shook his head every time I came out. I had to change about a hundred times! This feels like a cheesy drama scene…
“You look constipated in that dress,” he said, holding his laugher,
“What do you want? It’s so short! Why did you pick this one anyway?” I asked, pulling the black leather mini-mini-dress lower to my knees,
“I don’t know, I just wanted to see how you it looked on you,” he shrugged,
“Aren’t we just supposed to buy me new clothes because mines are drenched? Why did it turn into a fashion show?”
“Oh come on! It’s not like we’re not having fun,” Donghae cheered,
“I’ll try one last outfit and if it’s not right yet, I’ll just wear my own clothes back!” I warned,
“But –,”
I didn’t let him finish as I immediately went back to change in the last outfit he gave me. It was a simple white dress, tight from the top of the chest to the lower tummy and loosing as it goes down the skirt. A light blue ribbon was tide around it, making it look like an Alice-in-Wonderland dress.
I just wore it without paying attention to my self-reflection in the mirror as I opened the curtains to show it to Donghae.
“So… How about this one?” I asked,
Donghae looked up from his phone and his eyes instantly widened. Do I look that bad?
“What now?” I asked flatly,
Donghae just stared at me, his mouth opened, blinking so much that you would think it was the play back of a damaged DVD.
“Oppa?” I waved my hands in front of his eyes, “Hello?”
He shook his head, finally reactive, but kept looking at me, judging me from head to toes,
“So?”
“This is it!” he snapped,
“Huh?”
“Did you look at yourself? You look stunning in this dress!” he said, turning me around so I was facing the mirror,
The dress was really pretty and it looked like a ballerina costume, but you could wear it in daily basis. It really did look good on me. Not that I’m complimenting myself.
“I’ll take this one. No need to wrap it, she’ll wear it now,” I heard Donghae say to the lady,
“Of course,” she replied,
“Thank you very much Oppa! You’ve been paying all day,” I said,
“Oh it’s nothing! Offering gifts to my girlfriend is something that makes me happy,” he said. I blushed, a little pleased by what he said before telling myself that all this was just a play.
We were about to leave the mall when I glanced back at the men-clothing sector.
“What time is it Oppa?”
“Mmh… About 5PM,” he said, “Why?”
I grinned, “Come here!” I said, pulling his arm to follow me,
“What are you doing?” he asked, fixing his cap,
I dragged him to the men-clothing sector, when we got there he looked at me,
“Ho! No, no! I’m not doing this too!” he shook his head,
“Why?”
“Because I’ll have to take off my clothes and put new ones, take them off again and put some new,” he said, gesturing while he explained,
“And what did I do for the past hours?” I raised my eyebrow,
“Well, you’re a girl, it’s not the same!”
“Why wouldn’t it be the same? I had to take off my clothes and put new ones, take them off again and put some new too!” I imitated him,
“I’ll buy you ice cream! Okay?” he suggested,
“Mmh…” I thought,
“Mmh?”
“Okay!”
“Ah! Thank God!” he sighed,
“But you’re still going in!” I said,
“W- OOF!” I did the same thing he did to me, shoving random clothes in his arms, a pair of pants landing right on his face!
I wanted to take a little revenge on what he’s been making me wear, but it didn’t turn out the way I wanted. You ask why? Because everything he wore looked good on him!
“Arf! You’re no fun,” I crashed on the little sofa,
“Why?” he asked, looking at himself in his latest outfit,
“Because you could be wearing a bikini you’d still look super handsome,” I said,
“You think I’m handsome?” he looked at me with playful eyes,
“Err… Uhm…” I coughed, “I didn’t say so!”
“You could be wearing a bikini you’d still look super handsome,” he repeated what I said,
“I never said that?”
“Yes you did!”
“No I didn’t!”
“Fine, you didn’t,” he smiled and went back to try his last outfit,
I sighed threw my head back closing my eyes to rest a bit. Today was amazing, but I never expected date to be so exhausting! I was about to doze off when his voice brought me back from dreamlands,
“So? What do you think?” he asked turning around, opening his vest a little to show me what’s underneath,
He looked handsome as always, but this was the one I preferred: a pair of white pants, with a white shirt and a sapphire blue vest. In a way, we had matching clothes, again.
“Uhm,” I coughed, trying to not sound too enthusiastic, “Well, it’s fine,” I said,
“Fine? Only? I’m not super handsome anymore?”
“Kind of got tired of your prettiness,” I said
“Okay then, I’ll go change into another one,”
“No! Wait!” I stopped him, immediately regretting it,
“What?”
“I-I’ll buy this one, no need to wrap it up either,” I quietly said to the same lady so that Donghae wouldn’t hear me,
“I heard it,” he smiled,
“Let’s go already!” I said and dragged him to the cashier where I paid for his clothes,
“Thanks,” he said,
“You’re welcome! It’s the least I can do for what you’ve done today,”
“The mall is going to close soon, let’s go out,” he said, offering his arm,
I hooked and we walked out as he put on his sunglasses. As we made our way to home, we weren’t talking. But it was not the awkward silence we had this morning, but more like a confortable silence by just enjoying each other’s presence. Then we passed through something that caught my eyes.
“DORAEMON!” I yelled, spotting the small doll machine on the side of the road,
“You like Doraemon?” Donghae asked,
I think my eyes answered for him, I could feel them shining at the view. I LOVE Doraemon! It’s my favorite cartoon. Sora, Eunhyuk and I used to watch it together back in Goyang when it was too hot to go out. This little blue robot-cat grew up with me. It’s like my own little brother.
“You want one?” Donghae asked, breaking my chain of thoughts,
“Huh? Ah! No it’s fine! I already have one at home! A big one!”
“Really? I didn’t see you with it,” he said,
“Well it’s because I left it at the New York home,” I shrugged,
“Then we should get you another one,” he smiled and pulled 200 won from his pocket,
The machine lightened up and I watched Donghae try to catch one of the plushes. The tong nearly grabbed one but it felt back down when he tried to pull it out,
“Aish,” Donghae sighed, “It’s okay, let’s try one more time,” he said, pulling another 200 won from his pocket,
After 3 or 4 attempts, Donghae finally succeeded and gave me the Doraemon doll,
“Yay!” I cheered, like a 4-year-old, “Thank you Oppa!”
“You welcome little kid,” he patted my head,
“I’ll add this to the list of things I owe you,” I said,
“Oh you don’t owe me anything! I’m just paying back the favor you’re doing me!” he smiled,
My smile fell a little when I realized again that it was just a date so I could know better about him and help him with Minhwa.
“It’s good,” I muttered,
“Let’s go back home! Before it gets too late,” he smiled,
“Okay,”
And we walked back to the dorm. We wished each other sweet dreams and I crashed on my bed. Sighing, I hung Doraemon in front of me,
“At least today was fun,” I smiled and slowly fell asleep.
I have one thing to say: DORAEMOOOOOON! <3
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