It had been a week since the meeting, and Bamburai and Banjex were preparing to go to Banjex's farm to harvest some of the "product." Lugging a duffel bag full of jars around, Banjex headed out while Bamburai limped along on his crutches, looking at Bamberly before leaving.

"Watch him." He hissed quietly, giving a quick, stern look to Bamwind, who was on the couch, then to her.

"I'm going to shop, Bamburai." She stood up from the dining room table, walking over to him. "Just leave him here."

"I don't trust him, honey. Bring him with you, just don't leave him alone." It came as a whisper, putting a hand on her shoulder briefly before limping out to the car, the vehicle leaving soon after.

Bamberly sighed, walking back to where she was previously sitting, texting her friends.

Bambs: srry guys my bf n banjex had to run errands so i have to drag his dipshit brother to our trip

gmar grill: WTF? THIS CLOSE TO OUR TRIP?

hewwo: bruh, why can't he just take him? it's bad enough I saw him at the meeting >:(

Bambs: THATS WHAT I SAID...

racket!: knock his ass out

hewwo: ^^^

Bambs: I wish LMFAO, brb, I gotta get ready.

Bamberly put her phone in her pocket, going upstairs and getting ready for her trip out, putting on some mascara before going downstairs.

"Listen. I have to go out on a trip with friends, and you're coming with me."

"Because he doesn't trust me alone with the house, right?" Bamwind looked at her voice before responding, a somewhat somber look on his face as the other deity looked surprised at the fact he knew. "I know, you aren't as quiet as you think."

"Er, well, yeah. Anyways, we gotta be there soon, so come on."

They stepped outside of the house, the breeze ruffling his hair as he followed behind her, stopping when her footsteps stopped. This worked most of the time, except when they were nearing the mall, and she had to drag him out of a passing car's way.

As they approached the entrance of the mall, the sound of people chattering filled their ears. Bamwind was surprised, and kind of tense, he hadn't heard this many people in his life.

Bamberly and Bamwind headed towards the food court, where they approached a table with a girl with blue hair and a black dress, a girl with rocket boots, and a girl with cutesy pink clothes.

"Hey, guys." Bamberly sat down at the table, Bamwind awkwardly sitting down next to her.

"Hey, Bamberly!" Hashley greeted, trying not to look over at the unexpected guest at their table. "We're all together! Happy faaace!"

"Happy face! By the way, the person that was just talking is Hashley." She looked over at Bamwind.

"I think I know her." He said. "You were at the... meeting last week, right?"

"Erm... yeah." She said. "I've heard a lo- OW!" Hashley was elbowed by the girl in the black dress.

"Sorry about her." The girl in the black dress interjected. "My name's Dansuki, nice to meet you, Mr...?"

"My name is Bamwind."

"Nice to meet you, Bamwind. The other girl here is Bianca."

"Hey." Bianca waved. "Bullshit aside, we're going to the Hot Topic, right?"

"Yeah!" Hashley squealed, squeezing her fists. "It's my turn this time! Lets goooo!"

"Alright, alright. Chill, Hashley."

They walked over to the Hot Topic, which was on the floor above them, alternate music spilling out of the door. The girls walked over to the pants section of the store, Bamwind reaching for a pair of pants, to be met with the sensation of cheaply made chains.

"...Chains? Are these prisoner clothes?"

"Bamberly?" Hashley took a deep breath, before turning to her. Dansuki and Bianca exchanged worried looks. "Can I talk to you for a moment?"

"...sure."

They went to the back of the stores, by the fitting rooms.

"Can you get control of your boyfriend's brother, please? I don't need him judging my clothing taste."

"Hashley, he can't judge your clothing taste, he's blind. Let's just tolerate him for now, I don't want him here as much as you."

"WHAT? You never freakin' told us he was blind! Does that mean we can dress him up?"

"He's blind, not stupid."

"As the person who planned this trip, we are going to dress him up."

"Whatever."

Hashley snagged a black crop top before coming back to the pants section, where Dansuki and Bamwind were awkwardly chatting about fabrics.

"Hey, Bamwind, guess whaaat?" Hashley sang, holding up the piece of clothing, which had a Kuromi design on it. "We're going to buy some... modern clothes for you!"

"...Thank you." He stared blankly at Hashley. He didn't really want to change out of his traditional clothes, but it was probably time to start conforming to the fashion of Popcorntopia.

"Alright! Bia, get the pants, Dansuki, you get a cute bucket hat, Bamberly, get the choker. Bamwind, you stay here. MOVE MOVE MOVE!!"

The girls ran to get their respective clothes, leaving just Bamwind, who had the crop top thrown at him. He held the piece of clothing, putting his hand on the graphic design. He listened to the music that was playing. It was actually kind of good.

Bianca was the first one to come back, Bianca and Bamberly following soon after, Hashley coming back to guide him to the changing room, throwing all of the clothes in the fitting room.

After he had changed to the crop top, a pair of baggy pants with chains, a spiked choker, and a dark pink bucket hat with a frog, he didn't feel very good. The pants were too baggy, the shirt was too short, and this new hat felt strange. Bamwind took a deep breath, this is what everyone was wearing, right?

He stepped out.

"Oh my god... YOU LOOK SO GOOD!" Hashley squealed, leading him to the cash register, where the cashier, Banzack, was.

"OMG! IS THAT THE NEWCOMER I SEE?" The cashier beamed, scanning the items. "I love the new outfit!"

"...thank you." He responded bashfully.

"No problem! That'll be-"

Hashley slammed two hundred dollar bills on the counter.

"Keep the change." She looked at the shocked cashier, then took the giggling squad outside of the store, and back to the food court, where they had gotten 3D Hut. The girls chattered with each other, with Bamwind rarely contributing to the conversation.

After they had eaten, they went their separate ways, Bamberly and Bamwind not talking much as they walked home. Bamburai and Banjex were watching a movie on TV when they got home, and as soon as Bamwind stepped in the house, Bamburai's eyes widened.

"...Bamberly?" He said, in complete disbelief. "What... what the fuck did you dress up my brother in?"

"First of all, I thought you didn't give a shit about him, secondly, it was Hashley's idea."

"Okay... okay. What the fuck did Hashley dress up my brother in!?"

"I thought these were modern clothes." Bamwind said, realizing that they might have had him dress up in something embarrassing, his face flushing.

"Wh- No! These clothes are what kids on TikTok wear!"

"What's a TikTok?"

"That's not important! You look gayer than you already are!"

"And what's wrong with that?" Banjex interrupted.

"Nothing! It's just-"

"I didn't want to wear this anyways." Bamwind threw his bucket hat down on the floor.

"Then why are you wearing it?"

"It was a gift."

"Just- go back to your original clothes if you hate it that much." Bamburai put his face in his hand.

Bamwind took his original clothes from Bamberly, going upstairs into the bathroom to change.