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“You know I’m not gonna wear most of that stuff, right?” Susie sits on her bed in the dark world, cris crossed, a bowl of a various snacks sat in her lap.
“Oh I know.” Ralsei ignores the remark and continues hanging clothes in Susie’s closet, humming a tune as he works.
Susie takes a large handful of her snacks, then begins speaking with her mouthful “Like, I could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure Tennas not gonna be offended if we don’t keep his entire costume department. Plus half of that we didn’t even end up wearing.”
“Um… “ he pauses, squeezing his lips together for a moment. “Actually I think Tenna, would be upset, and I don’t exactly want a repeat…”
“Fair enough” Susie places the bowl next to her then leans back on her hands. “Wheres alla your stuff anyways?”
“Oh um… apparently he wasn’t as prepared for me as he was for you guys… really not much to keep.” He clears his throat, then whispers in a false passive aggressive tone. “And somebody wouldn’t let me keep the horse costume…”
“Okay well the horse costume was fucking stupid!! I’m not gonna start going on adventures with fluttershy from my little pony!”
“… Susie I don’t know what that is…?” Susie only rolls her eyes in response.“It’s unfortunate you didn’t get to wear a lot of this… there’s this really pretty dress in here th-“
“HA- jeez now I’m really glad we didn’t agree to more ‘bonus rounds’”
“Awww” his tone becomes slightly dejected. “But I think you’d look really nice!”
“If you like it so much, you wear it!” Susie scoffs and takes another handful out of her bowl.
“Oh no I couldn’t do that, it’s yours after all!”
“Me case ah sew case ah or whatever the fuck they say.”
“…huh?”
“Yknow!! Like we can share and junk!”
“Susie, I don’t know…”
Susie pounces up from her spot on the bed, coming up behind Ralsei and giving him a playful slap on the back.
“C’mon dude! I can tell you wanna try out new stuff! You don’t get to be stubborn, that’s MY job!” She gives a huge smile and dramatically points to herself with her thumb.
“Okay fine…” his face pinkens a little. “…but!” He points his finger in Susie’s face.
“You have to do it with me! You want me to be more selfish? Then fine! I’m forcing you to play dress up with me!”
“Ew gross don’t word it like that” Susie sticks out her tongue. “Haven’t heard anyone say that since elementary.”
“Oh! Alright then, what would you call it?” Ralsei responds, eager to compromise with her.
“Um… S-Susie and Ralseis epic-! Um…” She puts her hands up dramatically, only to realize she can’t come up with anything. “Okay whatever fine but you better not turn this into a whole thing.”
“Deal!” Ralsei smiles at her brightly.
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Ralsei giggles.
“Susie I don’t know if those can even be considered pants anymore…”
“What?? Cmon they’re sick!!” She gestures down to the baggy pair of pants she has on, barely held together by thread around the knees.
“Whatever you say…” Ralsei giggles a little more, zipping up the suziezilla costume up.
“Hell yeah! Not a fluffy boy anymore now, are ya!” She goes to ruffle his hair, his glasses ending up a little crooked. “More like uhhhh… scalie boy? Nah that doesn’t sound right…”
“Hehe, RAWR!!” Ralsei grins widely, putting his hands up in a claw motion.
“Pfff—“ Susie holds a hand to her face attempting to hold back laughter. “HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Dude that’s so cringe!!”
“Aw…” Ralsei pouts, and then is immediately shoved by Susie.
“I already knew you were lame though!”
Ralsei resumes sorting through the clothes in the closet, examining them each carefully.
“I wonder what challenges Tenna even had planned… some of these I can’t think of a scenario for..”
Susie looks up from what she’s doing, “HOLY SHIT IS THAT A PIRATE COSTUME!?”
“Oh it appears so-!” Ralsei is scootched over as Susie starts to grab at the hanger.
“Oh hell yeah!! Be right back dude, you pick something else you like too!!”
Ralsei smiled to themself, a little amused that Susie was so against playing dress up, yet now appeared to be having more fun than Ralsei. He turns back to the closet, unable to keep his eyes off the dress he previously mentioned…
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“ARGH!!” Susie slams the door open, hat in hand. “I’ve come to sacrifice ye nerds to the six seas!”
Ralsei stands paralyzed, face flustered. If he were anymore like a real goat he would’ve flopped over, then and there.
“Oh!” Susie stands at the doorway for a moment. “Need a hand zipping up?”
“Um… yes please” Ralsei faces back towards the mirror, trying his best not to make eye contact. “Also um it’s.. seven seas. Not six.”
“Nah, it’s 6 now. I drank the seventh.” She snickers to herself and approaches Ralsei. She struggles for a moment to get her large hand to grasp the small zipper, but once she does she zips it in one quick swoop.
Ralsei stares at himself in a mirror for a moment, his hands tightly folded in front of him, fidgeting. The dress was kind of simple. He had seen ads for similar things in cyber world, mostly “home coming” dresses, whatever that had meant. It reaches his knees and flowed out at the waist, covered in glitter and fake flowers. A silk sash, that Susie is currently fiddling with, goes around the waist.
“Um… how do I tie a bow again?” She scoffs at herself.
“Oh um, do the bunny trick.”
“Right!” A very messily tied, slightly too tight bow forms from Susie’s hands. “Jeez I dunno why Tenna would try to put me in this. Glad he got the memo last minute..”
Ralsei stands still for a moment, processing, but then Susie’s hands come to rest on his shoulders, making him yelp. She rests her head on one side of his head, looking into the mirror with him.
“It looks really nice on you though. I like your usual green but purples definitely our color!” She shakes him around a little playfully. “Good thing, makes me the perfect accessory!!”
“… I do look rather nice, don’t I?” His shocked expression melts into one of excitement.
“Hell yeah you do!”
“Oh! And you do as well Susie!”
“Uhhh, duh? I’m literally the coolest.” She lets out a puff of laughter. “Oh uhhhh, what’s that thing people do. OH YEAH!! Do a twirl Ralsei!”
Ralsei follows the instructions, giggling a little as the dress flows around him.
“Wait that looks fun…” Susie jokingly pouts.
“There’s another one! We could, um, match!”
Oh HELL NO. Susie was NOT going to wear some dumb dress.
“Pwease Suwsieeeee” Ralsei tried his best puppy dog eyes.
…God she regretted teaching him that.
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“UGH.” Susie stands, her entire body tensed, wearing the simplest of simplest black dresses. “OKAY IM DONE YOUVE HAD YOUR FUN!!!”
“Awww Susie please? Just a little longer! I’m sure it won’t be as bad if you accessorize!!” He pulls out a leather jacket studded with golden spikes out from the closet. “Cmon, just this once! You want me to think about what I want right?”
“Uggghhhh fine!” She snatches the jacket from out of his hands, putting it on. “There, happy?!”
“You haven’t even looked yet!” Ralsei pouts.
“JEEZ FINE!!” She turns to look at herself in the mirror. “… oh wait that’s actually not that bad.”
“I told you!” Ralseis already rummaging through the closet drawers, pulling out miscellaneous jewelry and accessories. He hands a big pair of chunky boots to Susie.
“Hey wait! I’m not a dress up doll nerd!” She snorts. “At least let me get stuff for you too!”
“Fine, fine, but you first!” Ralsei hands her a pair of (almost destroyed) tights. Susie reluctantly listens.
“Heh maybe Tenna rubbed off on you or something!”
“Maybe so…” Ralsei squints. “Bend your knees for a second!”
Ralsei grabs a handful of golden necklaces and places them over Susie’s head. Then he pats her shoulders and begins admiring his work.
“Ya done now?”
“Hmmm…. Nope! Can I braid your hair?” He beams.
“GOD YOURE SO EXTRA” despite Susie’s frustrated tone, she goes to sit down on her bed. Ralsei follows suit.
“You have really nice hair Susie!”
“UGH yeah whatever, it’s a hassle.”
“… Well I think good things are worth the effort.”
“…yeah?”
“Yeah.”
They sit in silence until Ralsei is done, finishing the braid with a purple ribbon.
“Now it’s your turn!” Susie jolts up onto her feet, her hand holding onto Ralseis, practically dragging him down the hall to Kris’s room in the castle.
“WAH—! SUSIE!!” But his complaints fall on deaf ears as Susie is already (messily) going through Kris’s things.
“Got it!!” She runs back over to Ralsei, draping a sheer white cloak over his shoulders. “…crap this clasp is small.”
“I can do it Susie-“
“No. I want to do it.”
Susie bites down on her tongue as she fiddles with the meticulous clasp, her face uncomfortably close to Ralseis.
“… aren’t you glad you agreed to play dress up with me?” He lets out a small laugh.
“Psshhh it was my idea anyways! Also I’m still not calling it that.”
“…hey Susie?”
“Yeah, what’s up?”
“Can I um… borrow stuff from your closet again in the future?” His face flushes slightly.
Susie finally finishes, then fishes two white ribbons from out of the drawer and ties them at the top of Ralseis ears.
“100% dude. Just don’t go ‘repairing’ my stuff without permission. I like the holes.”
“Hehe, okay Susie.”
“Plus it um..” It’s hard to notice at first, but Susie’s face goes a slightly more vibrant shade of pink. “It looks nicer on you anyways… you look really cute-“
She’s cut off as Ralsei goes in for a hug. She instinctively ruffles their hair.
“Pssshh, love you too dumbass”