Chapter 7 - 7. Unusual customers...

𝑾𝑰𝑻𝑯 𝑽𝑰𝑽𝑰𝑨𝑵 —————————

Vivian took the puppy on a walk at the same park, where she first met the puppy at. She let it roam around with no leash on.

it would be weird if there was a leash on the puppy that she can see but to others it will just be a floating leash that can be seen in their eyes. The puppy also follows her obediently even without it.

Despite, it being a young puppy, it was pretty well trained, making it seem like it used to have a owner who trained it to behave well but there isn't...not a single trace or sign of a previous owner.

After a while, they went to the town and took a look around the place. She doesn't go out often and hang around as she just coops herself in the dorm or just stays in school, playing her phone.

Jennie does try to bring her out but she always refused her and wanted to stay in the dorm but now since she found the puppy, she needs to bring it out once in a while for a walk so the puppy can have some sunshine.

Vivian looked around the shops and something shiny caught her eyes from a distant shop that she sees. She went over to the shop and picked up the thing she saw, her eyes sparkled brightly as she looks at the item in her hands. 𝑾𝒐𝒘, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒚~

"Hello, young lady~ How may I help you?"

"How much is this necklace?" She asked politely, with her eyes still on the necklace, it had long thick blue strip laces that was connected to a silver bird pendant in the middle. The silver bird shined as the light hit the surface of it.

"I'm sorry but that isn't for sale miss, it's just a display but there are others that you can look at~" She tilted her head, with a gloomy face on as soon as she heard that the necklace was not for sale. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂 𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒆, 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒊𝒕~ 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆...

"Oh i see, here you go~ thank you for your time." Vivian handed the necklace back to the store owner, smiling before leaving the spot with the puppy tagging along.

Feeling disappointed that she couldn't get what she wanted, she went off to a ice cream store and got herself some ice cream to cheer herself up instead.

"Maybe I should pay a visit to the pet store, I remembering seeing small turtles in a tank there~ and there were even hamsters there!" She mumbled before swooping up the puppy into her arms and started making her way to the store.

After some minutes of walking, she stopped in her tracks, feeling that someone was tailing behind her but as she turned around, there wasn't anyone behind her. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒅𝒅...She continued walking but soon felt that same unfamiliar presence again, 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.

She hurriedly went into the shop as it got closer in sight. She shut the door tightly, with her arm against the window of the door and cautiously stared out of the door.

She checked whether if someone was following her but there really wasn't anyone in sight. 𝑫𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒈𝒐 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈...?

"Hey miss your-"

"AH!" Vivian screamed in shock after hearing the voice calling out to her in the shop but it turns out to be the guy she saw the other day when she came here.

The guy who she didn't know the name of, stared at her, clueless on what she was doing by the door like she was on a stealth mission.

"You scared me! Oh god..."

"Sorry...? But what are you doing at the door though?"

"I felt that someone was following me, so I was just checking..." She scratched her neck nervously while chuckling. It wasn't long until the puppy suddenly started barking and she looked at it. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒕...?

It was barking at the young man, she tried petting it to calm down but it didn't seem to work as it jumped off her arms and ran to the young man. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆- 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕...?

"What's wron-" He suddenly stopped in his sentence and he tensed up. He didn't look down but he kept that friendly smile on, some cold sweat could be seen on his forehead as the puppy paced around his leg from behind the counter side.

"Puppy, come here!" It didn't listen and continued pacing around the young man, barking. He didn't look down but straight at her instead, 𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅?

She curiously walked over to the puppy, picking it up and held it up in front of his face. Seeing that he tried to discreetly move away from her, making her place the puppy back down on the counter top and cheekily smiled at him.

"Are you scared of puppies...?"

"What puppies hahah...? I'm not s-scared." He stuttered, looking away from her. 𝑾𝒂𝒊𝒕...she thought for a while before her eyes sparkled and grabbed both his hands happily.

"Can you see the puppy?!" She asked, making the guy stare at her with his eyes slightly widened but he collected his composure and smiled.

"No...I can't see it, I just felt the sudden touch of it." She retracted back her hands and stared at him. 𝑴𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕...𝑱𝒆𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒐, 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒊𝒕.

"Ahhh I'm sorry. I thought you could see the puppy and maybe if you did, I could ask some thigs about it..."

"Ahhh, hahah, it's okay~ Anyways what are you doing here miss?"

"Oh you can just call me Vivian or Vivi~" She kindly smiled as she got out of the counter and stood in front of it. There was a awkward silence before she coughed, grabbing the young mans attention back to reality.

"Oh right, I'm Jaxon, nice to meet you miss Vivian~" He politely bowed, making her flustered by the action of his, no one bows to anyone at anywhere or any point of time unless they are from the higher ups of the society.

"Hey hey, don't bow at me!" she waved her hand, in a no sign. It made her felt weird to receive a bow from someone she doesn't know at all. Morever, she wasn't someone with high status or fame to even receive a bow.

"So what did you come here for miss?"

"Oh I just came here to see the turtles and hamsters I saw the other day. I was having a walk around the town and thought about it!"

"We'll go ahead, they are right by near the entrance window. If there's anything you need, feel free to ask!" Vivian smiled at Jaxon before going over to see the turtles and hamsters, that were placed in their tanks and cages, near the front of the store windows.

She counted the turtles and there was 4 of them in the container. She smiled seeing that the turtles were healthy and they were looking cute. 𝑨𝒘𝒘𝒘~ 𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕!

She turned over to see the cute hamsters and grinned from ear to ear, after a few minutes of admiring the turtles. They were all so adorable, making her squeal in excitement. Then the door chime sounded, making her glance over at the door.

Seeing that a couple entered the pet store and took a look around maybe trying to find things for their pet. Somehow...something about them feels a little off...catching her off guard.

Both the couples were wearing a hoodie that covered their body and their head...though it was not a really cold day to be wearing them, they even each had a cap. 

She couldn't see their faces as the cap was blocking the view. 𝑴𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕? They were looking a little suspicious to her, the more she stared at them.

They turned to her, noticing that she was staring at them, she quickly looked away from them but the footsteps could be heard getting closer. 𝑶𝒉 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒕...

"Umm, excuse me."

"Y-yes...?" Vivian stuttered, looking at the two face to face. She couldn't look at them in the eye so she looked away instead.

"Are you the shop staff or owner here?" The woman asked, her voice was gentle and it wasn't too harsh.

"Oh I'm not any of it. I'm just a a customer here, just taking a look around hahah..." she nervously laughed and peeked over at the two standing tall in front of her. 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒘𝒐...𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝒊'𝒎 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕-

She mustered her courage and looked up at the two l, giving her warmest smile but it didn't last long as she widened her eyes. 𝑾𝒐𝒘...