Chapter 32: Fitting Store

The place we entered was a clothing store. But something was off.

“……What is this?”

Sia muttered, looking around.

Something seemed suspicious.

And for good reason.

There were no display shelves, which you would normally see in a clothing store.

It was a clothing store, but not a single piece of clothing was on display.

Instead, one wall was lined with fitting rooms.

That wasn’t all.

There was also a photo room inside the store.

It looked like a small studio, with a camera set up for taking photos.

There was even a sign on the wall that said, ‘Don’t forget to take a commemorative photo!’

“What is this place?”

I muttered, looking back and forth between the fitting rooms and the photo room.

A clothing store full of fitting rooms, and a photo room?

What was the connection between them?

“What’s the gimmick here?”

Sia also crossed her arms and pondered.

Since all the places we’ve been through were suspicious, there must be something here too.

But I couldn’t even guess what it was.

First, I carefully opened the door to a fitting room.

Inside was just an ordinary fitting room.

There was a full-length mirror on the wall, and a small light on the ceiling.

It seemed like a space designed for changing clothes… but the problem was that there were no clothes to change into.

“Should we go in?”

Sia said, checking inside the fitting room.

I nodded.

“Let’s go in together.”

We carefully entered the same fitting room.

We closed the door and waited for a while… but for some reason, nothing happened.

I blinked and looked at our reflection in the mirror.

There was no change, just the two of us standing there.

Sia and I sighed at the same time and opened the door.

It was still quiet outside.

I muttered as I left the fitting room.

“That’s strange, nothing happened?”

“Yeah. Is it just a real fitting room?”

“Then I’ll go in alone this time.”

I went back into the fitting room.

Maybe something would change if I went in alone.

“Hmm.”

The inside was still the same.

I closed the door and looked at the full-length mirror.

At that moment–

Ding.

A mechanical sound came from somewhere in the room.

“Huh?”

And suddenly, my body was enveloped in a strange sensation.

A slithering feeling, like something was wrapping around my skin.

I instinctively looked in the mirror.

And.

“Wh-What the!”

Suddenly, the reflection in the mirror was wearing a bunny girl outfit.

A tight-fitting bodysuit, black tights, and finally, a headband with perky bunny ears.

No, what is this?

I was horrified and instinctively tried to take off the clothes with both hands.

“Wh-What is this?!”

But the clothes were stuck as if they were tailored to my body, and they wouldn’t come off no matter how hard I tried to take them off.

I hurriedly opened the door and ran out.

Sia looked at me with a dazed expression as soon as she saw me.

“What’s that?”

“I don’t know!!!”

I shouted, flustered and with a bright red face.

But no matter how hard I tried to take it off, the clothes were stuck to my body and wouldn’t come off.

Sia looked at me for a long time.

Then finally, she couldn’t hold back her laughter.

“Pfft, a bunny girl, you look so cute.”

“Don’t laugh!”

My face turned even redder, like a beet, and I desperately ran back into the fitting room.

Sia was still unable to hold back her laughter, but I didn’t even have the time to worry about that right now.

I hurriedly closed the door and looked in the mirror.

“Please go back to normal, go back…!”

I squeezed my eyes shut and opened them again.

At that moment.

Ding.

The mechanical sound rang out one more time.

And the bunny girl outfit that was wrapping around my body started to fade and disappear.

“……!”

I reflexively touched my body with my hands.

Fortunately, I was back in my original clothes.

Thank goodness.

I let out a sigh of relief.

This wasn’t just putting on clothes, it was like a forced transformation system.

I didn’t even change my clothes myself, but I became a bunny girl just by entering the fitting room.

Fortunately, I returned to normal when I went back in, but a part of me was still anxious.

I quickly opened the door and went out.

Sia was still giggling and looking at me.

“You’re back? That’s too bad.”

“Stop laughing!!”

I glared at her with an angry face.

But Sia just shrugged and said.

“But, what’s the gimmick of this?”

“How would I know!”

I crossed my arms and glared at the fitting room.

A system that forces you to wear a specific outfit when you enter alone.

Then the question is…

“If I go into a different fitting room, will I be forced to wear a different outfit?”

I muttered, looking back and forth between the fitting rooms.

Sia also nodded at my words.

“That could be. Should I go in this time?”

“………Be careful. If you put on something strange, you have to come out right away.”

I said, still wary.

Sia smirked, and carefully entered one of the fitting rooms.

After Sia entered the fitting room, a short time passed.

Ding.

That familiar mechanical sound was heard.

I reflexively looked at the door.

‘What kind of clothes will it be this time…?’

And soon, the door opened and Sia slowly walked out.

“……Huh?”

I blinked for a moment and looked at her.

Sia was wearing a green jumpsuit that covered her entire body.

But that wasn’t all.

The suit had a short dinosaur tail, and small spikes on the back.

Moreover.

“It’s glow-in-the-dark?!”

I exclaimed without thinking.

The clothes Sia was wearing were glowing faintly in the dark, in a light green color.

It was literally a ‘glow-in-the-dark dinosaur’ outfit.

Oh my god.

It would be amazing if it was just glow-in-the-dark, but it’s a glow-in-the-dark dinosaur outfit.

This was really amazing.

I instinctively brightened my eyes.

My heart was pounding.

“Ah.”

But I quickly came to my senses.

For some reason, my face felt flushed.

I quickly turned my head and bit my lip.

‘N-No. I’m definitely not excited like a child. There’s no way.’

I desperately tried to reassure myself.

But in a corner of my mind, I was already shouting that the little dinosaur-shaped outfit was too cute.

Sia didn’t miss my subtle reaction.

“Could it be… you like this right now?”

She looked at my face with a grin.

I hurriedly waved my hands and shook my head.

“N-No! Not at all!”

“Then why were your eyes sparkling like that?”

“That’s just, uh, the reflection of the light! That’s it!”

I stammered, making excuses.

But Sia was already enjoying herself, wiggling her hips and shaking her tail.

“Look at this, do you know that the tail glows slightly whenever I move?”

“St-Stop it!”

I shouted, clutching my head.

I couldn’t stand this situation any longer.

“Go back in there right now!”

“Aww, but it’s so cute?”

“It’s not about being cute!”

I forced her into the fitting room.

The door closed, and a few seconds later–

Ding.

Sia came out again in her normal clothes.

I wiped my chest.

“Phew…”

“Thank goodness.”

Sia came up next to me with a grin.

“You like glow-in-the-dark dinosaurs, don’t you?”

“I told you I don’t!”

I shouted, my face red.

But Sia was still smiling.

February 2nd, 2025.

A day at the clothing store.

We arrived at the clothing store, but something was strange.

There were no clothes on display.

Instead, there were a lot of fitting rooms in the store, and there was even a photo studio in the corner.

There must be some kind of gimmick, but I couldn’t figure it out.

Since I couldn’t just stand around and waste time, I went into the fitting room with the two of us.

And nothing happened.

So, I went back into the fitting room alone.

I thought maybe something would happen if I was alone.

Unfortunately, my prediction was correct.

Suddenly, my body was enveloped in a strange sensation.

When I looked in the mirror at the strange touch that wrapped around my skin…

I was wearing a bunny girl outfit.

A tight-fitting bodysuit, black tights, and a bunny ear headband on my head.

I was horrified and tried to take off the clothes, but they wouldn’t come off at all.

In the end, I was very embarrassed and hurriedly opened the door and ran out.

Sia, who saw me flustered and with a bright red face, couldn’t hold back her laughter.

She couldn’t help me, bad Sia.

But when I went back into the fitting room in a hurry, I was back in my original clothes.

That’s a relief.

Now, I have to find a clue to escape from here.

+P.S. What’s this? Why did she leave out all the parts about her being completely into the glow-in-the-dark dinosaur in her diary?

+P.S. What, Sia! I told you not to steal my diary!

Yeah, yeah. Why are you getting sulky again? Do you want me to wear the glow-in-the-dark dinosaur outfit? P.S.

+P.S. No!!!!