"it looks perfect, but you ALWAYS look good babe," he assured her as he watched her look at herself in the mirror. the two were shopping together and in the end, that wouldn’t necessarily have bothered him if it hadn't been for this little detail, or better said – her mother – who had absolutely wanted to accompany them and now watched over her daughter like an eagle. she was sitting right next to him on the couch and uttered a delighted sound when she heard evren's words. at least one who was satisfied, but he, on the other hand, had wanted to leave for what felt like an hour. not that he had anything against seeing ayda in nice outfits, quite on the contrary, he enjoyed the little show, but the problem was the facade that now had to be maintained. the two were far from being a couple, it was just a favor and this one had somehow developed into friends with certain benefits. however, to her family he was the nice boyfriend, the guy who always wore suits, drove fast cars and had a fantastic job. in his opinion, he had that too, but not for her family. and fast cars, he saw enough of them, but more when he was repairing them and not driving them. he tugged at the collar of his shirt, leaned back, guessing it was going to be a long day, especially considering the store they were in. he hardly dared to touch anything here, a tie alone was worth as much as his damned monthly wage. after a while he got up, he walked slowly over to the changing room, smiled again and looked at her mother and then he quickly stepped behind the curtain and thus into the cabin where ayda was. sighing, he ran his hand over his face when he got there. “how long do you think this will take? your mother has been ramming her elbow into my side at almost every outfit, i have no idea what she wants to imply or achieve with it, but it's getting strange." evren whispered, he suspected what her mother was getting at and what if it was more than compliments. "you know, i didn't necessarily plan to get on my knees in front of you in a store like this, but she seems to have a certain expectations?" he didn't know where she got this expectation from, but maybe it was better if he wouldn’t find out. silently, he leaned his shoulder against the wall of the changing room, it was the first time he had time to properly look at ayda, alone and without her mom watching over him. his hand went to her hip, he pulled her close so that her back bumped against his chest. he smiled and kissed her shoulder. "but, it's true, you do look beautiful," he whispered to her quietly.