Akira slipped his arm around Gen's shoulders, "slow down there, friend. Let's just start with your basic needs. Clothes, stuff for showering and what not. Then we can figure out the classes and stuff. Most of the regular classes have the books already in them. We don't get them from the store. Yes, I will gladly help you with clothing." He said with a smile as they entered the store that wasn't that far from the cafeteria.
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Gen tensed when Akira slipped his arm around Gen's shoulders, confused by the gesture.? Did it mean anything?? Or was it just a casual platonic gesture that a normal person would make to a new acquaintance? .Why did it have to feel so good?? The androgyne just wanted to melt into the embrace, to increase the amount of bodily contact, to soak up the warmth he could feel coming through the thin garments they were wearing.? And Akira's off-hand comments about "stuff for showering" and "help you with clothing" were, however innocent, stirring fantasies in his head.? But the signals he had picked up earlier had made him think that the other boy wasn't "that way".??
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Walking into the store prompted Gen to focus again.? He knew that he'd been given some kind of credit with the store and so could actually purchase some things, so he started paying attention to the clothes on display.? And on the toiletries he might possibly need.? "Does this look good?" he asked, looking at a combination of green pants and orange shirt that caught his eye.? "And does this stuff make you smell good?" he asked, picking up a bottle of strawberry-scented shampoo from a nearby shelf.? "I want to, you know, smell good," he said, looking self-consciously to Akira for his opinion.