"What is going on here?" The shop assistant frowns, but she is clearly more surprised than angry. Now in her soft and slightly sweaty hand, Alex is grateful that he is no longer drowning on his own clothes, but also he's grateful for another couple of things: That the most attractive girl in the store was the one that spotted him (aside from the mother of that kid maybe but she was waiting outside) and that her eyes weren't even focused on him, which gave him time to cover himself and not feel so uncomfortable under her gaze. She was instead most likely looking at the pile of clothes and at that glowing stone that caught his attention, the one that seemingly made him shrink.
"Don't touch that thing! I touched it with my shoe and now I'm like this" Alex warned the girl as soon as she felt her leaning forward.
"Huh? I'll just take the clothes then, looks like some perv entered the store if I don't move them" The girl joked until her gaze finally focused on Alex and she frowned slightly "or maybe just some jerk"
"wh-what?"
"Not so hot now huh? sorry babe" she mocked him and Alex blushed, unable to give some smart reply when he felt she could suddenly squeeze him if his choice of words was wrong. "I'll put you in my pocket for now, need my hands free to take care of this" she continued and Alex nodded, sighing with relief knowing she was not that angry about it, as he was gently deposited in the front pocket of her work apron.
The pocket was spacious but it wasn't comfortable for Alex, he was at the mercy of the shop assistant movements and felt every single step as she moved, first to the store room to hide his clothes and then, from what he was able to hear, to the register to attend a couple of customers. For a few minutes he thought this hot but thin skinned girl forgot all about him as once again he jumped along with the movement of her legs, but finally a hand appeared from above and plucked him out, setting him down gently next to the huge register.
"Sorry for that, was waiting for those two girls to leave" she shrugged "now what were you saying? how did you end up like this again? Ah, here" the girl finally gave Alex her full attention and even threw him a little piece of paper to cover himself. It wasn't functional at all but at least it allowed him to keep one of his hands free.
"Thanks. There's this glowing stone thing on the floor, I touched it and the next thing I knew I shrunk" Alex repeated a bit surprised that he had to tell his story twice to this girl. He didn't know if she was an airhead, if she was tired, if she just didn't care at all or even if she saw something like this before, but he expected a bit more shock about his predicament.
"You said I shouldn't touch that right? stay here" The girl gave a couple of looks at the entrance and at the hall she found Alex in before going to the store room again, leaving him there in the counter area, exposed but free to move. Alex simply leaned next to the register he could easily fit into and chuckled as he saw the assistant out of the store room again with an empty can, not even bothering to check up on him.
Alex wondered if she felt any intrigue about this at all or if she was that committed to the job she just didn't want to deal with another shrunken customer, but he reasoned his next move would be to get her help him call mom, or maybe try touching that stone again? It would be risky but there was a chance he would grow back just by touching it again.
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