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Mayu laughed a little as she was handed back the stockings. She was wondering when he was going to protest to one of her ideas, and she folded the webbed socks up and placed it back on the shelf.

She wouldn't beg him to wear them, as she had did the maid dress -- they were a bit overkill, anyway. As she ushered Demare to the dressing rooms, a little something hanging from a hook caught her eye, and she snagged it to pay for later.

After the boy was in the room chaning, she walked over to the counter and paid for the little something, taking off the price tag to present as a gift later.

"Oh, would you have to have a..." she asked Edmund, idea suddenly coming to mind. She was cut off by the man, however, as he held up his polaroid camera with a sly smile.

"Camera? Why yes, I do. Come, we'll take him by surprise."

The conversation was interrupted by the chatter of tourists, as a man and a woman stumbled into the store gasping. They were followed by a few others, seeming glad to get out of the torrent of people.

"I wonder if he's done yet..?" Mayu murmured, looking to the dressing room door. The crowd was getting a bit uneasy as well, having been explained the situation to. They were muttering amongst themselves as they crowded around the dressing room area, and the Legend raised a hand to shush them as she shoved through the crowd.

The tourists shut up immediately as the girl raised a hand to knock on the dressing room door, cameras ready at hand.

Mayu took a deep breath and rapped on the door, asking in a loud voice if he was ready to come out. Maybe she shouldn't.. It was a bit mean with all of those people watching.

Oh well, all or nothing.

Mayu frowned, hand dropping. She looked to the crowd of faces and shook her head, echoing the boy's words.

"He's not coming out."

The tourists grumbled reluctantly -- there was something about seeing a little boy in drag that amused one greatly, and they were rather disappointed that the star of the show would be absent. A few people shuffled out of the crowd, each giving a light punch to the man who had spoken out. The man himself grumbled, slipping out of the growd inconspicuously as to not attract the fists of other angry tourists -- especially the ones wearing rings and other metal jewelry.

As the time ticked by slowly, more and more began to disappear from the crowd, eventually leaving only Mayu waiting at the door.

The Legend sighed, once again raising her hand to knock at the door. She had done something wrong, she could sense that.

"Persistand, aren't we?" Edmund muttered, to which he was promptly given a sharp glare. He sighed, continuing his strides about the shop to restock his wares. Kids these days..

"Clare?" she tried once more, knocking sharply on the door with the last of her energy. She had become tired from standing for so long, and was slumped against an opposing rack listlessly as she tried coaxing the boy into coming out.

"You can come out now, they're gone." She would explain the whole situation when he actually stepped out of the confines of the dressing room.

"That's fine," Mayu said, nodding to the boy from her spot upon the floor. She wasn't quite sure if he coud see her from the crack in the door, but she had gotten quite comfortable in her seat and was a bit reluctant to move, even at the invitation to go in. However, she gathered her strength and made way towards the door. It was rude to decline an invitation, and especially if one was to apologize for some misdeed they had done.

Once she had made her way in, she shut the door behind her and took a seat by Demare. He had apologized for yelling, so he probably wasn't that mad. However, an explaination was indeed necessary.

"Okay, you probably want an explaination, right? So here's the deal--" She paused mid-speech, lifting a brow. Standing up, she took a few steps back and looked the boy head-to-toe, then nodded.

"You still have the dress on? Guess you must really love it, huh?"

She grinned, then sat back down. "Kidding aside, it looks pretty cute on you!"

He would, hopefully, take that statement as a compliment and not a critique.

Mayu blushed as she listened to his defense, raising a hand to tug at her bunny hat idly. He had.. kept the frilly thing on for her. Had he not realized that the costume party, everything, was all a lie?

"You really are too nice to me.." she muttered, looking over to Demare with a smile. Nodding at his request for help, she walked over to the spot where the shirt was discarded and picked it up.

"You figure out a way to get that dress off, first."

Mayu watched this with a sort of fascination, blushing a bright red as Demare slipped the dress over his head. He was... shirtless. And... they were alone...

She felt a bit dizzy. Holding a hand to the wall to catch herself if necessary, she looked down to the shirt in her hand and back up to demare.

"Oh yes, your shirt!" she said, face turning a brighter shade of red. Walking over, she handed over the article of clothing, all while looking down at the ground. Boring a hole into it, really. Kimiko would kill them both if she found out that they had been in a dressing room together, and him with no shirt on... She could hear her guardian screaming from inside the house during the kiss, after all.

Mayu paused, however, as she noticed the bandages wrapped around the boy's chest. Touching them gently with one hand, she turned so she could see his face and looked up to meet his eyes.

"What happened to you?" she asked, an added tone of worry to her voice. Why hadn't he told her about this? Was it for the same reason that she had not told him about her fast?

"Now you see why I didn't tell you about my not eating on IM last night," she said, offering a small smile. "I didn't want to make you worry, either."

She reached up to pat his cheek gently, and smiled. "Just take care of yourself okay? Try not to get into any more fights," she said, then looked to the shirt in his hands.

"Okay, now get your shirt back on and show me where you need help tying it." Her hand dropped to her pocket, and she patted it to make sure that the trinket was still there.

"I've got something special to give you after this."

Mayu nodded, though Demare obviously couldn't see it, and complied to his request. Pulling the strings as tightly as she could, she tied them together quickly as to not allow them room to become loose once more.

"Done!" she said, with a clap. Walking over to the door, she opened it with a fluid motion and waited for the boy to step through. She then went back, picking up the dress, choker, and frill that had been discarded upon the floor moments before.

Handing them to Edmund as she walked out of the small room, she chuckled lightly and shrugged, as if to say, "maybe next time".

Edmund returned with a nod, and stepped off to hang the clothes back up in their proper places.

When she and Demare were both outside, she reached into her pocket and pulled out the gift she had been saving. It was a shell necklace in the shape of a crude flower, pink-tipped at the edges with a blue jewel laid in the center. Standing on tip-toes, she slipped the necklace over his head and smiled, standing back to get a better look.

"That's for putting up with the whole dress fiasco. What do you think?" she asked, with a hopeful smile. "Be honest."