POV
Nym:
A notification pops up on my phone.
"Hey you foxy lady! I'm dropping off some gowns for the Galla. Tell me which one you like best! I want pics." -Koi
There was an extravagant number of emojis following the message. Soren's eyes looked at all of the colorful emoticons flashing across my screen and immediately darkened. "It's just Koi being himself..." that seemed to make him happier as his eyes flashed back to their normal hue. I started patting his head, "Now don't be so silly; he isn't going to take you away." He has been getting more and more clingy as of late, but now I can tell how he feels.
He has also been improving his writing albeit slowly as he grew up learning Italian. He can now write very simplistic sentences; the writing is a little scrawled. It'll just take time as everything does. He is doing really well and is excited about learning new things. It made me happy to have someone to teach and spend time with. My house finally felt warmer and more like a real home.
"Bzzzt Bzzzt" The doorbell rang in monotone electric whir. Soren sat up quickly and slowly walked to the side of the door. 'He is so silly' I moved toward the door and opened it softly.
"Hey girl! I come bearing gifts!" Koi's arms were full of boxes and bags. "Now I now you don't like dresses, but hear me out.."
"You know me so well." I say sarcastically to him.
"Now now, don't give me sass I'm only the messenger. You need to look like a fancy lady." He said enunciating the a dramatically
He pushed some of the bags into my hands and rushed me back into the room. "The stylist will be here in three hours so make sure to hurry.
"Fine Koi, but you have to help. Respect both my boundaries and Soren's." I said exasperated.
"Of course my queen! You know I live to serve." He said whilst chuckling. He quickly ushered me upstairs with all of the clothes. How can he not get bored of this: it's so tiring. What's the point of dressing up? I really don't get it. It's a pain to act like you 'enjoy' the company of the upper echelons of society , and of course it's all a facade. Well if this makes the company prosper than I must.
When the three of us made it into my bedroom Koi immediately started to unpack some of the boxes. There were around 26 gowns in an array of darker colors. Blacks, crimson, navy blues, deep greens, and purple gowns were sprawled out delicately across the bed. Soren carefully ran his pale fingers along the soft and silky fabrics. "Come on we haven't got all day!" Koi reminded me.
"Fine, hey Soren?" I patted his head, "Would you like to pick some out?" He nodded his head in an excited manner and quickly pointed to a deep maroon gown. I carefully picked up the gown and the two other boxes that came with it.
I headed to the bathroom and kept the door slightly cracked open. As I opened the first satin box the first things that I saw were the undergarments that consisted of a iron boned corset that was similar to a high end Victorian top with a collar and some black lace as well as a pair of stocking and a garter belt. All of which had beautiful black and real silver details. There were silver spider lilies and floral patterns lining the boning. 'Well I guess they know my tastes' I chuckled softly to myself. I pulled the garter belt up and then strapped the stockings on carefully.
"Hey koi! I need some assistance buddy!" I said with a slightly raised voice. He quickly peeked into the room with his hands slightly covering his face. "You knew that I was going to need help, so stop acting shy know. You've seen me in less man!" I teased. He blushed and fully entered the bathroom. "Why do you always have to bring that up?!?" He stammered avoiding my eye contact. "I just need you to fasten this corset; can't do it myself can I?" I buttoned the front while he started lacing and pulling at the back.
Soren walked in to see what was going on and walked over to see what Koi was doing. "Can you hold here little buddy?" He asked Soren. He put his hand at the bottom of the bodice while koi finished pulling the cords through the eyes. He then moved Soren's hands out of the way and pulled extremely hard. A soft oomph fell from my lips before he did it again. "Pay back for teasing me." He snickered and shrugged unapologetically. I continued and opened the other box taking out the set of black 6 inch heeled boots that fastened over part of my calves. As I put on the dress I turned to look into the mirror.
"I'm not sure I like the skirting... I cannot move the way I would like." I said slowly. They looked over at me and agreed. "Do you have anything not skirted and floofy?" I sighed pointedly. Koi ran back into the bedroom and pulled out a large silver and black box with three other small boxes; they all matched each other. "Luckily you can keep the corset on, but the other things will need to be taken off." He looked dejected. "Hopefully this one will suit your fancy tastes my lady." He set the boxes on the counter and lead a grumpy Soren back out of the bathroom.
I pulled the ribbon off of the first box and pulled out a beautiful dress trench coat that smelled lightly of peppermint. It had a high latching neck piece and flowed like a skirt and more silver detailing. However, it was anything but an actual skirt. I opened the next box to find a pair of black leather pants that had eight buttons and a black thigh strap pouch. There were four silver floral buttons on each side. I slid the smooth leather over my legs after taking of the stockings. The next item was the shoes, another pair of boots. This time they were a lot fancier and were definitely meant to be seen. With these shoes my height was 5,11 I definitely looked intimidating. I liked that; it meant that not as many people would bother me. The last box contained gloves and jewelry.
After a while I exited the room and both of the boys turned to look at me with mouths agape. "Do you boys like it?" I turned around to make a full circle cause the coat to flare out like a luscious ball gown. Koi clapped his hands together joyously. "I knew this would suit your tastes!" He said with his eyes lit up with a thousand stars. Soren and Koi made eye contact and nodded seriously to each other.
I walked over to Soren with his lilac eyes sparkling dim room. "What do you think?" I asked him honestly. He went to grab his whiteboard and quickly scrawled out 11 words. 'You look the way you are supposed too; like an angel.' He looked me right in the eyes as he gave me the board.
"Well thank you, but to me you are the real angel." I told him while stroking his long hair. I pulled one of the ribbons from the box and tied it up in his hair. The sound of soft clicks were heard in the room causing him and I to look at Koi. "Shit I didn't know the volume was on..." he got up and sprinted to the door "bye!" He quickly got into his car and left. I looked at Soren dumbfounded.