I Became The Male Lead's Female Friend

Like it’s natural, I put my hand on his arm and looked around. 

Just then, two Division Commanders followed behind us and asked cautiously.

“Where are you going to start?”

At his words, Dahlia’s eyes lit up immediately, and she answered without hesitation as if she had been waiting for such a question.

“There’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time,” said Dahlia.

“What did you want to do?”

“Yes, I have been wanting to do it with Rudrick…”

Rudrick looked back at me, perhaps puzzled by my words. 

Well, maybe he couldn’t imagine what I was going to say, and what I wanted to do with Rudrick was…

“… Play with dolls.”

And Rudrick’s face, looking at me, stiffened.

As I often used to tease Rudrick, I added with a bright smile, “Shall we go shopping first?”

The first place I went to with Rudrick was the salon.

It was also a salon specializing only in men’s clothing, and in modern times it was like a tailor’s shop.

The only thing that was a little different was that there were a lot of different types, and they dealt with all sorts of clothes, from comfortable tunic shirts that are commonly worn to banquet suits worn at parties.

As we entered the salon, I glanced at Rudrick, who looked around as if he were unfamiliar with it.

Then I whispered with giggles, “I didn’t know this day would come!”

What I said earlier about  ‘playing with dolls’ was not a joke.

No, I was quite sincere.

One of the things I wanted to do when I could be with Rudrick was to choose Rudrick’s clothes.

It has been my long-cherished wish since I was young.

In the past, Rudrick, who was cute, was simply like my breath of fresh air.

Looking at him reminded me of dozens of clothes I wanted him to wear, so I secretly made a list. 

I promised myself that when I grew up, I would go shopping alone with Rudrick and pick out clothes for myself for him…

Who would have known? I didn’t know we wouldn’t see each other after 10 years.

Besides, I didn’t expect Rudrick to become a man like a beast!

In the end, I had to throw away all the lists I had secretly written, but thinking about it, this wasn’t too bad either. 

In the first place, Rudrick was a cotyledon ready to grow, and rather than dying, his beauty became even more mouth watery.

“Hah!… I’m going to dress you up,” exclaimed Dahlia.

So it was only natural that I was pensive while reading the catalog.

The shopkeeper, who greeted us as soon as we entered the salon, soon led us to a room. 

It was a splendid and large room with a moon’s thread.

Having already been here a few times before, I knew that the room only existed for VIPs. 

However, the Division Commanders who came here for the first time seemed busy looking around with their mouths gaping.

Normally, I would have told jokes while looking at them, but I couldn’t afford it now. 

Rather, I sat on the sofa nervously and opened the catalog in a hurry.

And I was immersed in these happy thoughts about the numerous menswear designs that unfolded.

‘I want to see a light tunic shirt and a semiformal on Rudrick. A tailcoat would be fine, and I think any type of coat would suit him since his tall.’

I don’t think I’ve ever thought about it so seriously when talking about business with Jeron. I carefully flipped through the catalog one by one, frowning. 

Furthermore, I had no choice but to cover this catalog.

It seems like I won’t be able to decide even if I look at it, and it’s because the truth of life came to mind.

And I looked directly at the person to practice that truth.

“Rudrick.”

Rudrick was half leaning on the sofa with his legs crossed. I was stabbed by his appearance of being tired already, but I decided to be a little brazen about this.

I asked him without hesitation, “Are you confident in your physical strength?”

“…?”

He didn’t respond, he just stared at me at the strange words I was talking about. 

Instead, he rang the bell and called the shopkeeper.

“The clothes here. Bring them all!”

Thus, my ‘dressing up Rudrick’ began.

“Wouldn’t it be better if the collar was upright?”

“It’s not. His Excellency said it’s better if the collar is folded.”

“It’s not about the collar, but the frills on the neck are too flashy.”

Before we knew it, we were having a heated discussion with Rudrick standing.

Except for Sir Leona, who seems interested in this every second. I was a little embarrassed because I didn’t know even Sir Ruth, who seemed to be interested in this kind of thing, would actively express his opinion.

However, he immediately accepted it and talked seriously.

“Is that so? A flashy one would suit me, but…”

“No. Your Excellency looks good in simple yet sophisticated outfits. They call it a restrained beauty.”

Even this man, his taste was firm. Lord Ruth actively expressed his opinion, to the extent that it was suspected that he had chosen the clothes Rudrick was wearing today.

While I, who was chattering with him, pondered for a long time and finally shouted.

“All of it!”

And Rudrick’s mood, who was watching all of this commotion from the center, went sour.

Rudrick gritted as if he was holding something back, and soon he finally said, with his lips trembling, at a pile of clothes that came in at my beckon.

“Can’t you stop?”

“Oh, this one!.”

“Ugh? Just one more—”

The two Division Commanders, who were showing their taste in clothes at my charming cuteness, looked back at me bitterly.

Rudrick was glaring at them openly.

“Just one last.”

“Yes!”

“Should I just cut your tongues first?”

“I’m sorry.”

Hey! He still doesn’t like to be seen as cute.

Not knowing whether to like this or grieve over the discovery, I smiled bitterly.

And I decided to relieve this sad feeling by dressing Rudrick. 

Soon, seeing Rudrick coming out in his next outfit, we began to discuss again.

“As expected, a dark color rather than a bright color…”

‘How long has it been?’

Before I knew it, quite a few clothes were piled up around us, and Rudrick, who had worn them all, was as pale as a corpse.

Feeling apologetic for that appearance, when I tried to talk to him, Sir Leona, who was examining the clothes one by one, muttered as if talking to himself.

“Um, there are so many to choose from, so it must be hard to choose from here.”

I glanced at him immediately, finding his words strange.

“Why are you picking from them?”

“Yes, why?”

Then I said calmly, “We can buy them all.”

Sir Leona gaped, then he checked the price tag on the clothes to see if he saw it right, and then he looked back at me and continued to talk bewilderedly.

“These—, all of this?”

Then Sir Ruth, who was watching from the side, helped as if worried about the same thing.

“Wouldn’t it be difficult to take this amount?” 

“That’s right. Shall we just buy a salon then?”

“… What?”

“I’m kidding.”

Of course, I had enough money to buy a salon, but I thought it would make the Division Commanders’ eyes pop out, so I lightly shrugged my shoulders pretending to joke around.

“We don’t have to buy them all. It’s ready-made in the first place.”

“That means…”

I answered immediately, as if asking such a question was natural.

“Let’s have it customized.”

Then he smiled brightly and said, “I’ll send it all to Duke Bouser’s mansion later.”

✿

After that, our shopping continued. I was really like a fish jumping out of water.

Originally, I was only planning to visit one or two places, but maybe because of Rudrick, who was more fashionable than I thought. Or maybe it’s because I’m so excited about going to the salon with him.

I dragged him around, saying let’s do everything we wanted to do when we were young.

What I ended up buying were hats, shoes, brooches, gloves, necktie pins, cuff beaters, and so on. 

After purchasing everything, even the smallest things, I left the store looking satisfied, followed by Rudrick with a tired expression.

Even so, we didn’t just go shopping.

Shopping was more fun than I thought, so it was delayed for an hour or two, but basically, I moved according to the plan I had made in advance.

When Rudrick showed signs of exhaustion, we went to the cafeteria to take a break, and of course, we had a late lunch at a high-end restaurant in the middle.

Especially during meals, we had many conversations…

— ‘I remember that…’

— ‘ …?’

— ‘When we first met, you couldn’t eat beans, so we secretly switched plates.’

When I mentioned that, Rudrick paused for a moment, as if he had also remembered it. 

Rudrick, who was looking at the terrace as if thinking about something, muttered slowly.

— ‘When I was young…’