Chapitre 33: 7.5 Fun Times At The Supermarket
Stepping inside the building Ezraphel could not help but gasp in wonder. The first thing to hit her was the air conditioning but having been exposed to that at home she was hardly fazed what did faze her was the size of the place, the number of people and so many rows of assorted food products.
She felt Stanley take hold of her hand and looked down at him as they walked "I thought you said you had places like this back home."
"Well we do, however they are not quite so…large"
Stanley looked around "yeah this place isn't exactly an example of a typical Supermarket" he went to the side and rolled out a cart and came to stand beside the disguised Lilim checking out the isles "so, where do you want to start?"
The Lilim turned her gaze from the sights back to Stanley "huh"
"Where do we start?"
"Oh, um…" Ezraphel trailed off.
The Lilim was at a loss, Ezraphel had actually made a meal plan for Stanley. It was the kind of meal plan which would promote a healthy body, thus better (and tastier) spirit energy for her to eventually consume. She also looked up earth cuisine and would request ingredients should any strike her fancy, Gordon Ramsey and Jamie Oliver are her new teachers. Now though with so much to choose from Ezraphel was at a loss, where does she even begin!?
Was the room spinning?
"Hey" Stanley put a hand on her shoulder "you okay?"
"I-yes I am just…overwhelmed with the options" she chuckled "I do not know where to begin to be honest."
He hummed in thought before saying "we've got over a dozen isles to cover and I'm not in any particular rush. Besides you need to know what's where if you're going to shop by yourself"
Ezraphel's eyes opened "really Stanley?"
"Yeah eventually, what, did you think I was going to chaperone you every time you leave the house? Don't answer that" he added "you are a grown ass woman Ezraphel and if I can't trust you to behave in public then this relationship is in serious trouble."
At his words he saw the look in her eye and cringed knowing what was coming next.
'Aw shit, here we go again.'
The Lilim bent down to give him a searing kiss and suddenly they were in their own world.
"Damn"
Both eyes opened and turned to the side where a bunch of people where gawking at them. Stanley had the decency to look embarrassed and walk away while Ezraphel practically preened under their gazes and winked at the crowd before being dragged away.
She had a big smile on her face the entire time.
That little incident might have set the precedence for the rest of their shopping trip. Stanley would have liked to not draw attention to himself but with Ezraphel that was a moot point. Anime had it right all along, when an unassuming guy goes out with a beautiful girl they do draw attention. Though in this case its because Ezraphel seems to revel in the attention of people seeing them together and knowing they are together. He knew this because she straight up told him when he asked why she kept acting so...Mamono which was the only word to describe her actions.
Clinging to him.
Finding every excuse to kiss him.
Seemingly flaunting her body like a tease.
Making innuendos exclusively within earshot of others.
It got so bad that Stanley had to palm his face for an entire isle just so he wouldn't have to look at people's reaction, big mistake since he left her unsupervised and had to run back to the isle to return a bunch of stuff. Then there was that one time when a guy who happened to be in the same isle pointed out he had something on his face, it turns out to be lipstick smeared in several places.
When the hell did she even start wearing lipstick!?
Then of course there was the time they passed by the frozen dairy isle and boy wasn't that something. Ezraphel has sweet tooth that he may have unwittingly turned into a full on addiction with his buying her sweets every now and then. Don't even get him started on when she found the candy isle and somehow negotiated with him to buy five family size bags of assorted name brand sweets.
For his consideration she straight up told him that she was going to do something 'special' form him that night and that he should be prepared to pull an all-nighter since she wasn't going to let him rest. She said this while in the middle of the line at the checkout counter loud enough for everyone to hear.
The cashier girl looked shocked, the middle aged lady behind them looked scandalous and the guy behind her gave a mumbled "holy shit" which was clearly heard in the small interim of silence. As Ezraphel effortlessly took up all the bags and sashayed out the door with all the class of the princess she is the bag boy turned to him, he was a younger man.
"Dude, she's your girlfriend?"
Stanley could only answer with a single "yeah"
He went back to unashamedly checking her out before offering him a single word "nice"
Stanley blinked, straightened himself nodded a quick "thanks" before walking away.
He ignored the judgmental stares of the older folks and acknowledged the subtle nods of recognition by the men and some women who wish they were in his position. On his way out a guy offered him a high five…and you know Stanley took that shit.
When he came out the Supermarket though pretenses were dropped and he looked over his shoulder wondering to himself
'Did that just happen?'
He shook his head, it felt like he was in an episode of the Twilight Zone for a minute there.
"Stanley?"
Finally getting his head right he gave Ezraphel a glare "what the hell was that?"
"What was what?"
"Why were you acting like that?"
"I don't understand" and the real kicker is she looked genuinely confused. The chances of this being legitimate ignorance or just really great acting could honestly be 50/50. Ezraphel can be crafty when she wants to be.
He wanted to say/shout more but recognized they were outside and it wouldn't do to make a scene so he held out his hands "give me some of the bags."
"It is quite alright Stanley, they are not that heavy"
"I know you're stronger than the average human Ez but only me" his eyes narrowed and girt his teeth "I will not be known as the guy who let his girlfriend carry his weight so give me some of the goddamn bags."
Ezraphel blinked "very well" she handed him a few.
"Alright, let's go"
They both arrived at the car, Stanley turned off the alarm and opened the trunk to store the stuff in. Ezraphel was taking more time than necessary though.
"Ez, what are you doing?"
"Placing a stasis spell on the ice-cream, you always bring it back half melted."
"Okay" he acknowledged and after they were finished went into the car. As they buckled up Stanley paused when he saw Ezraphel had a snickers bar in hand. She unwrapped the candy bar with almost as much reverence and anticipation as when she pulls down his pants.
Before she could take a bite however Stanley swiped it from her "hey!"
The complaint was lost when she saw the look on his face "I would like to know exactly what was going on in your head when you decided to embarrass me in front of all those people."
The panic slowly left her expression as she lay back in her seat "I just wanted them to know I was yours."
"Are. You. Serious?" he seethed lowly.
She gave him a sharp look "yes. You may not have noticed Stanley but there were many who thought they could approach me, they thought I was not already yours, they forced my hand."
Stanley's head hit the steering wheel.
Stanley liked Ezraphel, he really did. She reminds nearly every hour of every day she would stay by his side and as such he wasn't worrying about any NTR situations with her.
Finally he sighed "I get it."
"You do?"
"Why do you sound so surprised?"
"Usually it would take more to convince you when I do something beyond your human sensibilities."
His eyes narrowed "that's insulting."
"It is what it is" she shrugged.
"Moving on, you didn't have to do half the things you did to get a point across that you have a boyfriend and aren't interested. Seriously only assholes would still go after a girl even though she has a boyfriend and those guys are just asking to get their asses kicked."
"But I like showing affection to you in public~" she pouted with an innocent tone though her expression was a sultry one.
'This girl…'
He knew it was a lost cause trying to explain to her why he didn't like that. PDA is a lot more accepted here than it is in the human society of her dimension. Even then it's not as if Ezraphel didn't understand modesty she just thought it was really dumb. In the same vain that he thought her hopeless romanticism is dumb. She can tolerate it but really it is more of an exception to the rule she does not normally follow and is unapologetic about it.
"I can tentatively accept that"
"Aw Stanley~"
"What I can't accept" he interrupted sharply "is you telling people about our business!"
"Oh?"
"No one needs to know about our private life Ez. I sure as hell wouldn't want to know if some guy is fucking his wife in the ass. Just like how I don't want people knowing you give me head. If it wasn't already clear I am a man who absolutely values his privacy" he took a deep breath "I know it's stupid but going in there and letting people know I have a girlfriend was already uncomfortable then you went and said that."
"I'm sorry"
"Forget it" he cut her off to start the engine "Kiss me, hug me but just...watch what you say alright?"
She nodded and for a time there was a bout of uncomfortable silence that was eventually broken by Ezraphel's tentative question "are you angry?"
Stanley sighed "no, I just…don't like attention much" he gripped the steering wheel tightly.
A delicate hand lay on top of his and he turned to see Ezraphel with an apologetic expression "Stanley, I am sorry I made you feel uncomfortable, I did not know"
"It's cool, here" he attempted to give her the snickers.
She declined it "you can have it, I have more" then she dipped her hand into her cleavage and pulled out another candy bar.
Stanley mentally recoiled and drew his hand back slowly 'what the fuck…?'
After a moment of trying to fathom what he just witnessed decided it wasn't worth it and chewed on the snack while pulling out the parking lot.
As he bit into the candy bar Stanley spoke "of course you realize I have to punish you for your transgressions."
This stopped the Lilim cold in her enjoyment of the chocolate, caramel and peanut blend.
"B-but you said it was 'cool' Stanley" she stuttered.
"Oh we're cool on that last bit but you've been embarrassing me for the entire shopping trip 'member?" she said with false cheerfulness "cause I 'member."
"But…but…" she continued to stutter.
"Hmm, for this, I think I'll revoke your dick privileges for the rest of the month"
If there was a phrase for the expression on Ezraphel's face right then it would have been: Enel Face.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
And so it is said that a mysterious wail washed over the parking lot that day and set off several car alarms.
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