"Are you still upset with me?" He asked, tying the first bow slowly.
"No, I'm not." She said back. "Ares taught me how to control my temper." She smiled at the thought of her boyfriend. Pan, however, grew jealous and decided it would be fun to tug...
"Okay... How about this one?" I held up a pink hoodie in front of Ares, so far he's picked out a pair of jeans and a Blood Orange T-shirt.
"It's alright, I guess." He shrugged but gave a disgusted look.
"That's a 'no'" I said put the hoodie back on the rack.
"I'm good with just this, Y/n. I don't want you to spend all of your money. You need it." Ares told me.
"Ares, don't worry about me." I grabbed his arm reassuringly. "If I didn't want to help you I wouldn't have asked."
"Are- are you sure?"
"Positive." I looked between his scared and normal eyes, finding a bit of agreeance in them.
"Okay then," He grinned, "I might take the hoodie." I took the hoodie back off the rack and handed it to Ares.
Our hands lightly brushed each other. His hand was a rough feeling. He hadn't had the best life, if he had, his hands would be soft.
"Sorry," He apologized while still keeping our hands close and staring into my e/c orbs.
"Don't worry about it," Our little moment was disrupted by thunder outside. I looked out the glass windows to see the sky was a deep grey. More thunderstruck as I saw rain falling down, coming heavier and heavier as moments went on. "We'll have to stay in here until the storm passes." I turned to look at Ares.
"Okay," He said.
"Hey, it'll be fun. I think I saw some cool stuff we could try out."
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I spun around while putting my hands on the humungous sunglasses I found. For the first time, I heard Ares laugh. He had the sort of laugh where his whole body shook, but it still wasn't quite a belly laugh. I had also put on a pink boa scarf to add to the look.
I threw the scarf over my neck and spoke in a fancy accent.
"Good day to you sir," I said, walking to Ares.
"How do you do, Madam?" He mimicked, bowing down to me.
"Here, I found this for you," I turned back to my normal voice while pulling out a large, green, polka dot bowtie from behind my back. I placed it over Ares' curly locks and positioned it a bit to the side. Ares reached to the shelf next to us and grabbed a large top hat, placing it on his head.
I laughed even harder at Ares' new look.
"It suits you," I joked.
"Why, thank you." He smiled at me.
Ares and I continued laughing and smiling around the clothing store, we hardly noticed the weather get nicer.
We were just two teenagers having fun, running around the shops without a care in the world. And for a moment, I forgot all about the curse, I forgot about Peter and my dad, I forgot that the Evil Queen was manipulating us. I just thought about myself. And it was a really nice thought.
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Ares and I left the shop with two shopping bags. Ares ended up getting 2 pairs of jeans, 3 hoodies, a jacket, 4 t-shirts and a pair of shoes.
We were still a laughing mess from the fun we had inside. As I held the door open for Ares, I saw Henry run up to me.
"Y/n, I have... I have... Who's this?" Henry asked, panting. He looked like he just ran a marathon. Given, it was quite humid out due to the recent rain.
"Henry, this is Ares." Ares smiled and said a quick 'Hi.'
"Oh, hi!" Henry smiled.
"Henry I'll, uh, come by your house later, okay?" I said. I wanted to continue hanging out with Ares, I had gotten more comfortable with him, and it seems my thoughts were mirrored.
"No, it's fine. I gotta go anyway... curfew and all that." Ares suggested.
"Are you sure?"
"Positive." He repeated one of the lines I had said in the store. Charming.
"See ya, buddy." Ares gave Henry one of those bro-goodbyes before waving to me. "Thanks for the clothes, Y/n, I owe you."
"Bye Ares." I waved watching him walk away towards the orphanage.
"Who's he?" Henry immediately asked.
"What do you mean?" I questioned, looking down at the boy.
"From the book?" Right. I had completely forgotten about the book. Hanging out with Ares was relieving, in a way. I didn't have to worry about who I was in the past. It was me. And I really liked that.
"I, uh, I don't know yet," I mumbled. "What did you need?" I asked, there had to be a reason that Henry interrupted my time with Ares. Not that I cared. I don't think...
"There's a new guy in town,"
"What- what do you mean? No one ever comes to Storybrooke?"
"I know. That's the problem."
"Do you know who he is?"
"His name is August, I just don't know who he really is."
