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emjay
Ethan's eyes left the shopkeeper and travelled to the girl next to him as her armload of overly sweet-smelling concoctions came crashing down at his feet. He watched her, somewhat amused, for a moment as she flusterdly retrieved the bottles, then he bent down to pick up the last one, relieved that his formerly embarassing situation had been lightened. "No worries," the fifteen year old replied with a chuckle as he started to hand the girl her last shampoo. "Or would you like me to carry a few for you?" he asked, noting her full arms - really, was she hoping to shampoo all the heads of the entire team of the Kenmare Kestrals? She certainly had enough for that task, that much shampoo would last him his entire life! - and not wanting her to have any more accidents.
"Er... what?" Ethan glanced into the soap basket as she mentioned the soap he had just tossed in there. Just when he thought all had been forgotten, the girl mentions his former embarassment... great. A flush threatened to rise in his cheeks at the memory, but he managed to stave off the telling pink tinge before it could color his face by taking a calming breath to keep his cool demeanor.
"Mums like this kind of thing, huh?" he asked, moving his eyes from the soap to the girl. Wait... was she blushing now? What was that about? He watched her curiously for a moment until a movement near the corner of his eye caught his attention. Turning where he stood, Ethan soon came face-to-face with his half-brother. He must've gotten bored waiting for him, because he couldn't think of any other reason that he'd actually choose to come in to such a place overrun with pink, glitter, and fruit-smells. He raised an inquisitive eyebrow to Dozer's expression. Was he making fun of him? Frowning a bit, he snatched up a few of the soaps that the girl commented on and said to him, hurriedly, "I'm almost done." Why did he feel so self-concious here? He was usually much more confident than this.
Was Ethan turning red? Dozer's grin grew as he watched his brother fumble with some bottles of girly stuff. He hadn't ever seen Ethan this nervous though to be fair they hadn't known one another for very long. Still, Ethan seemed a little too jumpy.
Dozer couldn't help the small chuckle that escaped though he managed to cover some of it by clearing his throat.
"Need some help with those?"