Day #1:
Both of them head over to the mall to buy some clothes for Samantha. Shane was walking over to a "not so cheap" dress shop, which caused Samantha to stop and stare at the shop's dresses price tag. "This shop...doesn't look like it sells cheap clothes..." Samantha said while staring wide-eyed at the price tags. And it's safe to say that the profit that Samantha made, in her previous life, would only allow her to buy 2 of the expensive dresses.
"And?" He raised his eyebrow and looked at her. It was like he could care less about how much a single dress could cost him. "There are so many zeros on all of these dresses..." The price tags on each dress made her hands sweat as she browsed through the clothes. As soon as she turned around, he poked her forehead "Silly, stop looking at the price tags and pick a dress" he tilted his head "Unless you want me to pick up your clothes too". She immediately denied it "No! It's okay, I mean..." but before she could finish, he was already picking up some dresses for her. He didn't even look at the price, and he already grabbed 10 beautiful and expensive dresses, and she gotta admit that they all look...cute...
"Um..." She tries to say something, but Shane interrupts her by placing another dress in front of her. This one is crimson red, and the skirt had black transparent flowers as a decoration. "This dress is perfect for the upcoming party" he smiles "What do you think?" he asks Samantha. She looks at the dress wide-eyed and thought:
"Shane really knows his stuff..."
"The dress looks pretty...Is it really-" she gets interrupted by Shane holding a finger to her lips to make her quiet. "How many times do I have to repeat myself?" His smile is awkward this time, and there was a hint of annoyance in his voice yet again. Samantha goes quiet and takes the dress from him "Can you please wear it? I want to make sure the dress looks great on you" Samantha nodded and went to the dressing room. "Why does he does all of these things for me? We only just met a few days ago..." as Samantha was deep in thought she remembers what Shane said the day before:
"Are you Samantha?" He asked
"Y-yes…, why?" she asks
"Cuz I gave this to Samantha"
The young blonde man showed her the necklace that she was wearing, the necklace that her favorite writer gave to her as a gift.
"Wait, is he actually...him? My favorite writer? How I did not notice before!?" at this sudden revelation Samantha didn't know how to react. Moreover, his calm approach to the situation left her with more questions than answers, but at the moment, she just has to go with the flow. She even forgot to look at the mirror before leaving the dressing room. "Just as I thought, you look beautiful in that dress" he commented, making Samantha blush a little. In the end, he paid for her clothes and left the store with her.
"I picked up your clothes, but I won't choose your undergarments of course, I'm not a pervert" he stated before giving her money. "Also, buy stuff that girl uses, like the shampoo's and stuff, and don't buy cheap stuff just because you feel bad for using my money".
"We will meet here in an hour, you go to any shop that you like" Samantha nodded and both of them went in opposite directions. When Samantha counted the money he gave her her jaw almost dropped. "Where does a famous writer get all this money from!?" she didn't want to use his money, but then again, he will probably get angry if she doesn't. When she finished Shane was already at the waiting spot, but he didn't have the bags with him. Samantha tilted her head confused.
"I delivered the bags to the apartment" he chuckles as he reached for her bags "I'm gonna send this as well so we don't have to carry these all the way home"
"This is an interesting sight" someone that Samantha doesn't recognize said. Shane's face turned from smiling to annoyance, he turned around to face the person. "Hi big bro, long time no see!" the young man said with a bright smile, it was like the sun itself, too bright. Shane sights "Long time no see? I saw you 2 days ago..." At this point, Shane is not even trying to hide how annoyed he is. "Come on big bro, can't you say hi to your little brother?" he sounded hurt, but still smiled all the same. "Get lost Zero, I have better stuff to do" he turns around. "I don't know why you hate me so much big brother..., but that won't stop me from smiling " he said, his smile never faltering. " Zero is Shane's little brother? Shane has had so many interviews, but he never mentioned that he had a little brother, I wonder why..." Samantha was deep in though. Zero finally notices her.
"Oh! Who are you miss?" he asks. "Stay away from Lilith, Zero!" Shane's tone turns a little aggressive, he grabs Samantha by the wrist and drags her away. Despite him being irritated, he gently drags Samantha away from Zero. Samantha still waves at Zero all the same.
"So Zero is his little borther's name, he looks to be around my age too" Samantha thought
After Shane dragged Samantha out of the mall he apologizes "I'm sorry that you had to see that..., I just don't get along with my little brother..." he didn't looked at Samantha. "It's okay, I understand" despite being curious as to why he doesn't get along with Zero, she doesn't pry into it. Shane takes his phone out of his pocket to look at the time, his eyes go wide "We need to go back to the apartment ASAP, I'm a little late for work". "I'm sorry I took so long..." Samantha looks at Shane with apologetic eyes "It's okay, besides Zero took time from me too" he makes a call.
"My assistants are gonna pick us up, good thing that my other assisstant was nearby, I gotta say, that's a little convenient" he chuckles. "You have assistants!?" Samantha was surprised, Shane just smiles in response. "We will talk about it later" as soon as he finished talking, two cars pulled over. "You go first, I need to go straight to work" he opens the car door for Samantha, when she got in the car he gave her a phone. And of course, the phone wasn't a cheap one either "Feel free to use anything in the house, my phone number is already registered, see ya later" he closed the car door. Samantha waved goodbye to him, which he did the same in return.
At the apartment:
When she reached the apartment she went straight to her room. Samantha was deep in thought as she put away her new clothes.
"What should I do while he's at work?" Samantha thought about cooking dinner for him "I can at least do that..." She realizes she should be at school, but she didn't want to keep taking money from Shane's pocket. "Should I get enrolled in school again? But I have to act different, I mean nobody will notice that I act like "Samantha" but still..." Samantha sat on her bed thinking about her options.
"Argh!!! I can't be thinking about this! I should be thinking about how to repay him for all that he's done for me!" And so Samantha went to the kitchen. "He doesn't want me to pay him with money, then how about I cook him dinner? Well, I don't know how to cook tho..., But I'm good at baking". She browse through the cabinet and smiles when she sees that there are enough ingredients to make a cake. "A cake it's gonna be then!"
2 hours later:
Shane came to the apartment, and despite having been at work, he didn't look tired somehow. "Shane! Welcome home!" she was excited to show him what she baked for him. "Thanks, you look excited, did something good happen while I was gone?" Samantha dragged him to the kitchen and showed him the cake that she baked. "This is for being so kind to me!" She smiles, while Shane grew a little pale.
Shane's POV:
"Oh crap..., This isn't good, she's so cute..., but I can't eat this but I also can't refuse this or else she's going to be sad if I refuse it..." he pats Samantha on the head. "T-thanks" he picked up a knife and cut a piece of the cake for Samantha "Here, I'm gonna also eat a piece of the cake later" he said while gently smiling. "Okay then!" Samantha smiles. Shane waits for her to leave the kitchen so he could go to the neighbor's house and give them the cake. He felt bad, but he couldn't eat the cake. After giving the cake to the neighbor's he came back to the apartment. "I feel bad..., But I can't eat that" Shane went to the livingroom and sat beside Samantha. She was watching the news while eating cake.
The news:
"We found the young violinist Samantha dead in the streets this morning, the investigators said that the cause of her death was probably being slashed in the neck... But nobody knows for sure"
Back to Shane and Samantha:
Samantha got upset after hearing the news about her death, she stopped eating the cake. She got gloomy and Shane immediately changed the channel. "Sorry you had to see that..."