やあ、いとしい人

   yuri sat up at the others words. “right now?”  she asked as more of a statement than a question. she wasn’t expecting to go out looking for boys tonight, and it was obvious by how she was dressed. adidas leggings, sneakers, and an over-sized shirt was her choice of clothes for today. her eyebrows raised slightly at the sight of her friend’s closet. the organized closet was a bit surprising, but the things that were in the closet was not. all kinds of colors were in the closet, along with many different patterns and styles. she had always wondered what the red head’s closet looked like and it was more than expected. “i have to break necks? i’m not even sure that i’ll get a quick glance from someone, let alone break necks with my looks. i guess i can try, though.”

   the girl pulled out her phone and responded to some texts. she heard the hanger sliding along the rod and looked up to see the writer looking through the closet. she nodded at the girl’s words. “where’d you learn this? do you and i have to have a talk?” yuri joked, laughing. she got up to join the other at the closet. she picked up the bag of chips and stuffed a few in her mouth before looking at all of the clothes. she looked through the closet, thinking of an outfit that will turn heads. for a moment, she almost had an outfit in mind, but she immediately trashed it when she realized how ugly it looked together. after a few minutes of what looked like blank staring, but was actually yuri thinking, she grabbed a black skater skirt and a maroon colored crop top and showed it to the girl. “well? it’s probably ugly. it’s okay if it’s ugly, you can tell me.” she said quickly, doubting her choice of clothes almost immediately. 

   “Unnie.” The younger girl smiled wide, her eyes hinting as something much darker than the expression she was giving as she kicked out a rather large box from the back of her closet. She knew all too well the organized contents inside the box, but waited for the other to lower herself and unfold each lip to expose what was held beneath. She snorted at the other’s small gasp to the amount of porn she owned with a shrug, her smile turning lessening into a smug grin with her back tured as she busied herself in one of the drawers of a small dresser. After a moment of digging around, the red head found what she was looking for and presented it to her editor. “This will go with your outfit. I’m fond of the color you chose for the crop top, and the shape-- it’s form fitting but will still keep your flesh hidden. Boys love a tease and a chase. She held out the glittering chain and let it drape over her chest. It’s a belly chain-- well whatever.You put it on like this.” Tomie gestured how to put it over top what she would be wearing for the night, posing it cute yet seductive poses, very pleased with herself. “I bet your belly button will be adorable poking out above the skirt and flattered with how this reflects light. They will follow the trail of the chain down to where it hangs just above your hips.”

   A thought struck her, causing her to hault her actions and start digging in another drawer for a moment before she pulled out a few more items to finish the look the older had chosen. Once she was satisfied with what she picked, Tomie crossed the room once more to lay everything on her bed for the other to see, neatly arranging each piece so it was easy to gather what went where. She nodded as she checked to make sure it was all set and then turned back once again to face her friend with the same smug grin as before. “Along with the chain, I chose a garter for you, along with black thigh high stockings and a pair of black heeled boots. The stockings will keep your legs warm and I’ve got a black faux fur croped coat to top everything off. You’ll be perfect. I’ll do your make up first though so we don’t get anything on the clothes, okay? You don’t mind a dark lipstick do you? Something to go with the maroon of the top.” The red head waited expectantly for the approval, knowing full well she wouldn’t get a no, though she was still giving her the choice. If June really didn’t like the outfit, it wasn’t going to tear her apart, they was plenty more for them to choose from, that was for sure, but she knew that what she had chosen would compliment the girl perfectly. “So? What do you think?”

   the snap of the pencil made her jump slightly. that was the same way that yuri felt when it happened. the worst part was that she saw him grabbing and kissing a girl that she had no idea existed. she broke it off with him the next day. now, she was over him. yeah, he would have a special place in her heart, being her first love and all, but she didn’t miss him at all. “hm? boy shopping?” it sounded like a good idea. the editor had been single for long enough and if she kept this up, she’d become a cat lady at such a young and ripe age. “alright, sure. it’s not like i had a choice anyways.”

   yuri took a quick glance at the faraway sketch before looking back at tomi. she nodded at the others words. it was nice and cute that tomi was making up these rules just so that yuri wouldn’t be heartbroken again. “alright, i’ll follow the rules.” she ruffled the other’s red locks a bit with a smile. “don’t be! that stuff happened in the past. all i can do know is learn from it and move on. cheer up!” she squished the other’s face in an attempt to make her smile. “now, when are we doing this boy shopping thing?”

   Once the other’s fingers messed her hair from it’s original placement, Tomie reached out to snatch the bag of chips from her lap. Stuffing a few in her mouth with an obnoxious amount of noise, her muffled response came between chews. “Right now.” With that, she pushed off of the floor, turning on her heals and crossed the expanse of her room to her closet to which she slid the doors open with vigor. Turning back with a grin, Tomie stuffed more chips into her mouth and gestured towards her extensive wardrobe, sorted by color, type, and style. Wigs lined the top shelf as well as accessories hanging from either wall and doors. “You must choose how you would like to present yourself, and nothing normal for you! You are not going to walk out of this room without presenting youself in a way that is outside of your comfort zone. You must break neck with how fast these men’s heads will turn, okay? Another one of the rules. Mn.” She nodded at her own words in a matter of fact tone.

   Turning her attention from the other, Tomie set the chips on the floor and began sliding clothes along the rod in her closet, choosing what she would like to wear herself. Though this outing was for her precious editor, she still wanted to take part in the games that they were to play with boy’s hearts that night, and she would be damned if she was the ‘plain’ one out of the two. The night hadn’t even begun, and she intended for it to be a long, very fun one indeed. “We are going to stop by the karaoke bar a few blocks from here for sure, but we should also get a treat that will draw attention to your face and mouth. Maybe a popsicle or a lollipop? Something sweet for sure, guys love it when girls eat sweets. Don’t ask me why I know that, you already know some extent to the answer, I don’t think you wanna know any further than that.” The red head hummed in content as she continued through the closet, setting aside a few articles of cloth for the older girl to try. “Why don’t you come over here and take a look for youself? I’ll dress you if I have to, but I want you to show me what you got in mind from what I have to offer first.”

   her head shook from side to side as she laughed. “nah, it wasn’t that much fun.” she took another handful of chips into her mouth and chewed. she was glad that her stories were making tomi excited. yuri had never thought of her stories as anything worthy of drawing about. “sadly, there’s no one in my life at the moment.” she said after most of her chips had been swallowed. her hands went up to the corners of her mouth to wipe of and excess there might have been. “i do have a few more stories. there was this time when i almost broke my leg trying to sneak into his room.” she chuckled and played with the ends of her hair. “that’d be stressful, being in a love triangle. being in love with one person is crazy enough.”

   yuri laid down on her back and stared at the ceiling. her mind wandered off to a different galaxy before she snapped back to reality at the other’s new batch of questions. “his hair was jet black and it was on the shorter side. he was the cool type. he was a bit of a rebel, but wasn’t a complete bad boy.” she still stared at the ceiling as she spoke. it was obvious by the tone of her voice that tomi was excited and inspired. the last question made her turn her head over to the other girl. “um, nope not really. unless you want to add in that he cheated on me and then i revenge cheated on him. i’m not sure if that’ll go well in the story, though.” 

   Tomie nodded while the older girl spoke, her tone even without rise or fall as she recalled moments and details of her past, that was until she spoke of his infidelities. A small snap indicated that the pressure she had placed on her pencil became far too great for the lead that was pressed between wood and paper. How dare he... men could be such pigs, and she hated it. This was one of a million reasons why Tomie never let herself become involved with another romantically, to avoid the exact pain that her editor and friend had gone through. “Say unnie.. “ Her jaw flexed momentarily before continuing her thought out loud. “Would you be interested in going boy shopping soon? This needs to change and I will not take no for an answer. I just cannot accept someone hurting you and it being left at that.” 

   She scowled down at the paper where she had begun sketching the man June had been describing, but before casting it aside, she was sure to mark an x over each eye to depict that she would kill the man of. After a brief moment, the redhead regained her normal bright composure she carried around her editor and crawled over to where the girl was laying. “But there will be rules to boy hunting, I will not tolerate another one doing anything remotely close to what he got away with-- alright? If anyone is to be doing the heart breaking, it will be you.” She pursed her lips with a slight huff of her breath, staring down at the other with an obvious bad mood written across her features. “This really pisses me off.”