Fishes In The Sea-Chp9

[Meanwhile Wander n Hater were searching thru the racks in a nearby boutique for the perfect robe]

Wander: Hmm, too emo... Too gaudy... Too shiny...

Hater: (think) Hm.

Wander: Wat do u think of this one? [showed him a rather garishly green robe]

Hater: Hmm...I dunno.

Wander: Still too bright?

Hater: (nod)

Wander: Hmmm... How abt this one? [showed a rather sickening yellow]

Hater: Um...not the biggest fan for yellow... ^^;;

Wander: How abt this? [showed a maroon red robe]

Hater: Hmm... it's not too bad. :)

Wander: Go ahead, try it on :D

Hater: (takes it and heads for the changing rooms)

Wander: [waited outside excitedly]

(few minutes later)

Hater: (stepped out) Well... how does it look?

Wander: [stares at Hater in the maroon robes which made him somehow look rather...handsome] :O .....

Hater: ? (waved his hand on front of the nomad's face) Hello?~ Wander?

Wander: Huh? Umm wait, wat? O.o

Hater: I asked what you think of me in this robe?

Wander: Oh, umm, yeah, u look pretty good. I mean, well, red definitely still suits u [tries to act casual abt it]

Hater: So...think she'll like this, too? :)

Wander: Umm, yeah, of course! She would definitely like it. N it fits the thing she's doing, spicy food challenge or something? Yeah, tht should totally work :D

Hater: :$ I hope so too.

Wander: So u gonna get it?

Hater: (nod) Yeah.

Wander: Yayy! Awesome! Go pay for it then. I'll wait for u outside

Hater: (nod) (goes to change into his other robe first)

Wander: [made his way outside the store to wait, his heart still thumping a little n his face still a little red] (think: Woah... Wat was tht abt...?)

(while later)

Hater: (exited the store) (wave) Hey.

Wander: [turned to him] Hey, how is it? Got the stuff u need?

Hater: (nod) Got it.

Wander: Cool, lets go meet up the others then :D

Hater: :) (follows Wander)

[a bit of walking n they soon come across Sylvia n Peepers at a nearby food truck store]

Wander: Hey, guys! (wave)

Peepers: Oh look, the furball is bk [munched on his hotdog]

Sylvia: (swallowed part of her sandwich) (wave) Hey guys.

Peepers: How did the shopping go? Didn't get u anything too ugly, did he, sir?

Wander: Ooh, food truck~ [made his way to the food truck to order something]

Hater: (shake) Nope. (showed him) :)

Peepers: Wow, not bad. Tht furball did something right for once (smirk)

Hater: Heh, yeah.

Sylvia: (munched on her sandwich)

Wander: [bought himself a cheese n veggies foot-long sandwich] Mmm~ :p Want some, Hatey?

Hater: Uh... thanks, but I'll get something for myself. ^^;;

Wander: Suit urself [shrugged n ate]

Peepers: I'll hold onto that for u while u get wat u want [takes the shopping bag from Hater]

Hater: (nod) (goes up to make his order)

Wander: [ate his sandwich] Mmmm~ Yummy :p Wat did u get, Syl?

Sylvia: Chicken cheese steak. :P It's delish.

Wander: Sounds nice, if I weren't a vegetarian, hehe, wat did u get, Peeps?

Peepers: Chilli pepper hotdog

Sylvia: :)

Hater: (came back with his order) :P

Wander: Hey, Hatey. Wat did u get?

Hater: :) Salami cheese sandwich.

Wander: Nice. Well, lets find some plc to sit dwn n enjoy our food then

Peepers: [spies a nearby park n an empty bench there] How abt tht?

Sylvia: (nod) Sounds good.

Hater: (nod)

[the four made their way to the bench to sit dwn]

Wander: Ahh, nothing beats sitting in the park ppl-watching while enjoying ur food :D

Peepers: Its got its perks, I'll admit :)

Sylvia: :) Yup.

Hater: (munched his sandwich) :P

Wander: [munched his sandwich too] So any plans wat ur gonna do aftr tht spicy food contest thing ur a plus one with ur lady friend?

Hater: (shrugged) Dunno yet.

Wander: :O U dunno? She asked u to be her plus one. The least u could do is plan the nxt thing while ur there

Peepers: Well, fyi, we don't knw anything abt the planet we're gonna go to

Wander: Don't u usually do the research for him?

Peepers: :| [realized he was right n he had no excuse for tht] ...W-Watevr!

Hater: Well, I'm sure I'll think of something.

Sylvia: |-( Sure.

Wander: Don't take too long. U don't wanna bore ur partner on a first date ;)

Peepers: I'll look up on that planet once we're done with this snacking |-(

Hater: (nod) Sounds good, Peepers.

Sylvia: (nod) (munched on her sandiwch)

[the gang spent the afternoon ppl watching while eating, engaging in small talk, n soon evening falls n it was time for them to retire to their rooms]

Peepers: [busy clicking away on his laptop]

Hater: (lay on his bed)

Peepers: [looking up on a lot of articles for his research]

Hater:... Found anything?

Peepers: Nothing too out of the ordinary. The planet is mostly tropical, with the last two mths of the yr a full blown winter, good for plenty of tourism. They hv this spicy food contest almost evry yr to celebrate their independence day, n its also a way to boost tourism as well. They've got a lot of islands here n there tht has plenty of holiday hotspots, so maybe u can plan on them to take ur lady on tht date aftr the contest [tossed him a few holo-files for him to read abt the islands n its attractions]

Hater: (think) Hmm.

Peepers: (yawn) Right, I'm beat. Gonna go bath n hit the hay [got off the chair n made his way to the bathroom]

Hater: (nod) (thought more to himself...)

Peepers: [came bk out 15 mins later, dried up, got dressed in his jammies n got in bed] Hey, sir?

Hater: Yeah, C Peeps?

Peepers: I knw u always want to hv a gf n all, bt... just be careful not to jump into it too soon, OK? Ur not just my boss. Ur my bff as well. I don't wanna see u get hurt

Hater: ... I'll try not to.

Peepers: Good (nod) .... (yawn) G'night, sir [tucks himself in n slept] Zzzz.... |-)

Hater: Night... (thought some more) ... Hmm...