_buy clothes since hers were mostly back at home.

would be more than willing to help Meika with shopping! It was, after all, one of her favorite hobbies.

wouldn't mind the help, even though she wasn't very into dresses. She still needed them for certain functions however.

strides up towards the familiar German woman; she seemed safe enough in a store… "Meika?" She asked her with a soft smile, surprised to_

see her here, especially looking at *dresses*.

turned and saw Marianne, keeping her embarrassment down. " Guten Tag Marianne." She turned back to the dresses and sighed, staring at them

_like they were something she'd prefer to ignore.

runs her fingers over a particularly smooth, silky dress. She let out a happy sigh at the feeling before turning her attention back to_

Meika. "It is unusual to see you shopping for dresses…" She trailed off, her eyes taking on a bright glint. "Have you perhaps been struck_

by cupid's arrow?"

resisted the urge to blush and mumbled, " Most of my clothes are not with me, and I do need to get something feminine." She didn't want to

_admit to her relationship with Italia, unsure if it was such a good idea.

nods knowingly and reaches over to stroke her cheek lightly. "You look so beautiful with a light blush on your cheeks!" It softened her_

otherwise intimidating and frightening features. "A flowing dress would look wonderful on your body; Surely your lover would appreciate_

it."

blushed but forced herself to keep her composure, shifting a bit before murmuring, " M-My head of state normally says the same thing. I'm_

not sure of the color however."

begins rummaging through the dresses while humming to herself. She pulled out a short, knee length blue dress and held it up to Meika and_

squinting one eye as she envisioned it on the blonde. "This color would make your eyes look more beautiful than the sky."

blushed at the odd compliment from Marianne and shifted a bit, murmuring, " I suppose... I'm used to greens and blacks for color." She was

_secretly thankful for the help, since she didn't know what to do when it came to dress shopping.

made a quiet 'tutting' noise and shook her head. "You need more color! How do you expect to get everyone's attention in dull green and_

black?"

raises a brow at that and taps her throat in reminder of how she does get everyone's attention in world meetings.

tuts again and shakes her head with a light laugh. "My dear Allemand, that is no way to capture someone's attention."

blinked and asked slightly, " Then what do you mean by 'attention'? I don't quite understand." She eyed the dress and added it to two others

_she had previously picked out before Marianne came. One was a long-sleeved, dark green dress and the other was a slender black one.

looked over the dresses in Meika's arm and quickly discarded the long sleeved dress, but after a moment of thought decided that the_

slender black one might work well with her figure. "When you walk in to a room you should have their attention not because of your harsh,_

demanding voice," She started, picking at the aspects of Meika that had most intimidated her. "But because of your feminine curves, and…"_

Normally she would have said 'delicate' figure, but Meika wasn't quite 'delicate' by any means so she paused for a second. "Womanly figure."

snorted at that, knowing that her figure wasn't the best thing... the only positive aspect of her figure was her chest. She frowned as the

_long-sleeved dress was put back, unsure of showing her scars from the wars. She had been particularly stubborn when it came to them, and

_fought with her boys in them. She wasn't a swooning female to stay behind in the fighting. She couldn't be seen as a female though, so she

_had cross-dressed, getting stronger and less of a female figure. She sighed, sliding away from that thought and moving in, picking out a

_pretty dark blue dress with sheer sleeves and a slimming flow to the skirt of the dress.

certain that if Meika found the right gown it would flatter her figure and give her a gentle, feminine look… Even if the German wasn't_

particularly gentle or feminine… She pulled out a few more girly, almost risque dresses that had a somewhat low neckline. Nothing too_

scandalous, but she suspected it revealed more than Meika was accustomed to.

stared at the dresses and pointed to one that was particularly low cut and clingy before saying, " Nein... Just nein. Put that one back.

_Please."

tutted quietly and shook her head. "Non, non, non. You must try it~ It will look beautiful on you!"

stares at said dress and murmurs, " I do not think it's a dress. It's a scrap of tight fabric that is masquerading as a dress." She was not

_so comfortable with it, and hoped that Marianne would at least pity her to not make her wear it.