Dress Up!

     Although it was still very early in the day, it had been really slow at the restaurant, and Dax knew it wouldn’t hurt a thing to close up early. He knew everybody was out and about, the whole Cove was abuzz with activity. Everybody was trying new things, be it food, clothes, or even hanging out with new friends. Just as Dax was locking the door a voice called out to him.

     “Daaaax! Daxy? Oh wow can I call you Daxy? I so am!” Dax turned around to see a very pink Yume bounce right up to him. He recognized her as Styx, the self proclaimed Pink Reaper of the Cove.

     “Well hi! You’re Styx yeah? Nice to meet you! I’ve heard about you, what can I do for you?” Dax greeted and asked the smiling nightmare.

     “Well, I bought a bunch of awesome dresses for a friend of mine, but he won’t have time to get around to letting me play dress up with him. He also didn’t seem very interested anyways which is like, real lame! But I heard you were the same size, and wanted to see if I could play dress up with you instead!” Styx explained very straightforwardly, and Dax couldn’t tell if her eyes were sparkling with mischief or excitement. Regardless, Dax got excited with the idea that Styx proposed. Dress up! He had never had a chance to wear dresses before, and it was his turn to try out something new.

     “I’m so down! Let’s go, lead the way my pink friend!”

     With those words Dax was led away by Styx to her place, where it wasn’t as pink as Dax expected, but still had plenty of pink to match Styx. As soon as they arrived Styx ushered Dax into her room, where a pile of dresses lay on her bed. Some were fluffy, some were slim, and Dax thought he saw at least one very shiny one in there. The exact styles he had no idea on, but he was excited regardless to try them all on.

     “Okay Daxy, do you mind undressing to your underwear? Like, I get it if you want privacy but if you don’t care about me seeing I don’t either!” Styx asked, not showing any ounce of shyness or shame. Dax admired her boldness for a moment.

     “Oh dude I don’t care! Just plain old boxers on good ol’ me!” Dax beamed and promptly stripped down to just his boxers. Without missing a beat Styx got the first of the pile ready to go.

      And so began dress up, and Dax was thrilled to bits. Styx had an infectious happy energy about her, and Dax didn’t understand why anybody might try to spread the rumor that she was actually creepy. And Dax thought Styx was brilliant for knowing exactly how each dress worked and needed to be laced or zipped. She also explained a bit about each dress, though most of it went a bit over Dax’s head. Something about a decora style dress he did catch, because that dress had a lot of bright and colorful accessories that Dax was worried would fall off.

     With each dress Styx stopped and took almost a mini photo shoot. She would pose Dax certain ways in certain dresses, and said it was to make them look more flattering. Dax was more than happy to be Styx’s personal model for the day, he discovered he very much enjoys the long slim dresses the most as a result of agreeing to do this for Styx. 

     Hours and hours passed of this before they finished going through the dress pile. Styx couldn’t thank Dax enough for doing this with her, and even let him keep his favorites of the dresses she bought. Dax as he left made sure Styx knew she was welcome to come grab a bite to eat on him anytime too. Dax decided that today was a major success is trying something new!