Lincoln and Kanna both look horrified as the two yell at them for interrupting their fight. The two turn around and slowly walk away as the two go back to bickering amongst each other. The two are so enthralled in their argument they didn't even notice them leave.
"Ugh! Whatever Sam… I guess you're right." Ereen scoffs.
"About time! Trust me, this is the better idea to get her attention." Sam says smugly.
"Did somebody come by us earlier or something?" Ereen asks.
The two look around, confusingly wondering if someone actually came up to them. They shrug it off.
"Lets just go back to shopping for clothes so we can impress Kareen." Sam says.
Ereen shakes her head in agreement and the two make their way into a nearby clothing store. Clothes of all styles and colors decorated the store.
The two walk over to a shelf of skirts, and Ereen immediately picks one up. The skirt is pink with floral patterns on it, reaching barely down to her knees.
"This would be perfect, I think." Ereen says excitedly.
Sam looks in disagreement as Ereen holds the skirt up, looking over it happily.
"I can't pull off a skirt. That is way too girly for me."
Ereen looks at her with a smug grin stretched across her face.
"Who said it was for you?" She smiles.
Ereen takes the skirt and enters a changing room while Sam waits outside for her. She places her bag onto the changing room bench and slips off her current outfit, standing only in her bra and panties, looking into the mirror at herself. She pounders for a minute, looking up and down at herself.
"Will this make me look cute enough for Kareen?" She thinks to herself.
She shrugs and pulls the skirt up her slender legs, then pulls out a white t-shirt along with a navy jacket with a matching floral pattern from her bag, almost as if she planned this entire shopping event. After putting on the clothing, she takes another look at herself and notices something is off. After a moment of thinking, she has an eureka moment. She goes back into her bag and pulls out black stockings. She pulls them up just below her knees and takes one last look into the mirror at herself.
"Perfect!" she thinks confidently to herself.
She turns to the changing room curtain and swings it open, startling Sam. Ereen stands confidently, waiting for Sam's approval. Sam stares in awe at how she looks. The floral patterns matching perfectly, and just enough gap between the skirt and the stockings to leave room for the imagination. She continues to stare, as Ereen grows impatient.
"W-well? What do you think?" she asks awkwardly.
The sudden appearance change completely enthralled Sam, completely zoning out and not hearing Ereen. Ereen begins to blush and squirm a little, feeling slightly uncomfortable. Sam snaps out of it, and in a fluster squeezes out something.
"Holy crap! You can look this good?!" she says bluntly.
This causes Ereen's face to turn completely red.
"W-what?" she asks awkwardly.
The two stand staring at each other, both blushing. They both turn away simultaneously, continuing to blush with embarrassment.
"Holy crap, holy crap, HOLY CRAP! Ereen is actually hot!" Sam thinks in a panic.
"Did she just compliment me? No way, I don't look that good, do I?" Ereen thinks to herself.
"Wait, a minute… what does she mean by you can look this good?"
Ereen's blush fades away, and anger rises in her. She turns back around towards Sam.
"Wait, what do you mean by you can look this good, huh?!" she asks aggressively.
Sam quickly turns around waving her hands frantically.
"No, no, no! I didn't mean it like that!" she blurts.
Ereen crosses her arms and has a disapproving look on her face.
"Mmm, what did you mean, then?" she asks.
"Well, I- I um…" Sam stutters.
Ereen is now tapping her finger against the side of her arm impatiently waiting for an answer, her left eyebrow raised. Sam is getting flustered trying to find the right words to say, and then it all slips out.
"You, um… well, you always look good… you just look even better, almost like one hundred and ten percent… I don't know I'm not good with this kinda stuff, you know?" she says, embarrassingly.
This catches Ereen completely off guard, causing her face to fill with the color red. She gets flustered and turns away quickly, going back into the changing room and closing the curtain back. Sam gets a shocked look and droops down in defeat.
"Did I say something wrong?" she thinks to herself.
Inside the changing room, Ereen is now cowering in a ball on the floor, her arms wrapped around her knees, her face still red with blush.
"What the hell was that?!" she thinks to herself, completely distraught.