I Almost Said I Love You-Chapter 217

Ozzy led her outside, shivering a little before pulling her close to him. "Let's hurry up." he said, heading off to find an ice cream parlor.

Amber: *raised her arms up to be carried coz it was a little too cold for her to move ard, tho she pulled her hoodie ovr her head as a precaution for this city to not find out she's a virus, as her parents taught her*

*the germaphobe city was not exactly vry helpful in selling nice food, all of them were bland crap, n the monotonous stoic cells tht inhibit this city were not helping either at giving them any directions to good food*

Ozzy lifted her up with ease, holding her close as they looked around, frowning a little. He was sure Klepta and Edison brought back treats from somewhere in the city, maybe he should of asked Klepta before he left.

*as if by luck, they walk past an area in the city where the plc looked almost like a normal town of sorts, n familiar germ-like ppl were walking ard, n in one of the shop was a thrift shop where Klepta was shopping for his stuff*

Amber: *points at Klepta* Ji-san~! (uncle)

"Huh?" Ozzy blinked and looked to where she was pointing. "Well then, why don't we ask Uncle Klepta where the ice cream is?" he said before heading into the store.

Klepta: *had a trolley behind him with his selected items as he continued to browse some more*

Amber: *called out n waved* Ji-saaaaaan~!

Klepta: *turned ard n saw Oz n Amber* Well, if it isnt my fav family members. Wat r u guys doing here?

Ozzy gave a little wave before hutching Amber up against his side some more so she didn't fall. "Somebody was being a little mardy, so I said I'd take her out for ice cream."

Klepta: Haha, lemme guess: the twins getting her cold turkey for milk didnt work, did it?

Amber: *eyed at the things in the trolley n wanted to ride on the trolley's built in baby seat*

"Yeah, she practically attacked Edison to get at him, so he may have a bite mark on his... eheh... boob." Ozzy looked to Amber before he blinked. "Ain't you a bit big for that?"

Klepta: *noticed* Its alright. She's just the right size *takes Amber n let her sit in the baby seat* There. U wanna shop with Uncle Kleppy?

Amber: *nodded n nommed at a random hat frm the rack*

"Pff, Amber, that's not food." Ozzy said, taking it off her and putting it onto her head. "Heh, cute."

Amber: *giggled as the hat was put on her*

Klepta: *smiled* Looks like tht's a keeper. I've got Rodeo n Rouge's requests n Eddie's request, n got a few for myself. I havent got urs n Thrax's yet. Wanna help out?

"Huh? Sure, yeah. Uh." Ozzy moved around him to look through the racks, seeing if he could find anything he liked.

Klepta: *continued shopping, finding a fur coat tht might fit Thrax n added it into the pile in the trolley* I bet ur wondering how did I find this plc

"Actually, yeah, I was shocked when I came across here. I thought this place was completely shut down?" Ozzy asked, pulling out a jacket, looking it over before putting it back.

Klepta: I thought tht too, bt apparently it was almost pure luck. Thrax n I were scouring the area once n we saw a germ looting off a cell. Naturally the cell was too stupid or too stoic to fight bk n give chase, so we did it for him. We chase tht germ all the way here, to this part of the town where some germs n bacterias managed to get their way in somehow. We asked Majah abt this n he educated us a little. U can't be too careful abt wat u eat apparently. They thrived n bred here throughout the yrs, frm wat we learnt, n tried not to cause any trouble tht would grab the immunity's attention, so they were pretty much left alone in their own community. Oh, Majah called this Germtown, right at the end of the Spleen District. U can say its like a human version of Chinatown

"Ah, cool. So at least there's somewhere we can get the good stuff." Ozzy mumbled, pulling out another jacket, his eyes soon widening. It looked just like his old jacket, but it had more thick fleese inside to keep the wearer warm.

Klepta: *noticed* Found something u like, doll?

Amber: *sees a vry cute looking quilt tht had designs of little bacteria n germ animal designs on n pointed at it* Ne! Ne! Ne!

Ozzy held up the jacket. "This is just like my old one... before... heh, before Thrax burned it." he rolled his eyes and shook his head, putting the jacket in the cart. "What have you found, Amber?"

Amber: *tried to reach for the quilt to the point of tilting ovr*

Klepta: *caught her just in time* Easy there, tiger. Wat is it? *sees the quilt* Aww, this is a nice one. Add tht to the cart. Good thing this is a thrift shop. Evrything here is below 10 carbs except for selected items

"Really? Wow, that's a deal." Ozzy said, grinning a little as he looked over the quilt. "Hey, there's one that looks like Nessie on here when he was a pup." he mumbled before he moved to look at the other quilts.

Klepta: Yup. Germtown here is all abt community n survival. Most of these things r secondhand items tht used to belong to the germs themselves or pillaged frm this germaphobe city area wen they're not looking or pay attention. Watevr they don't need, they sell it bk here n give it bk to the community. Beats throwing out things

"Well, I guess if it's helping others." Ozzy mumbled, pulling out a few quilts and tossing them into the cart. "They're the thickest ones on the pile, they should do, right?"

Klepta: Yup, tht'll do. Thank Frank for this part of the city. Or else we would nvr hv decent food during this long time we stayed here. Good thing we've got some carbs given by Majah frm time to time. He secretly scoffed it frm Big Mama, so who cares. We can spend it howevr we want them.

"Heh, yeah." Ozzy said, nodding as he pushed the cart towards the cashier, looking over the stuff they had. "Do you still want ice cream, Amber?" he asked, wondering how they were going to carry all this back, and ice cream.

Amber: *raised her arms happily* Ai-keem~!

Klepta: U go on ahead. I'll wheel these bk to our plc. Trolleys r available for rent if u wanna bring them outside this town, so I'll be fine. If u want ice-cream, take a left frm here, then a right. There's a mini parlour right ard the corner. Not the best ice-cream in the world, bt its decent with watevr they could make

"Alright, if you're sure. Be careful on your way back." Ozzy said before lifting Amber up and heading out with her, following the directions given to him.

Klepta: *waved goodbye to them n went the opposite direction*

Amber: Ai-keem, ai-keem~!

"Haha, I know, I know." Ozzy said, heading around the corner and into the parlor. "Let's see what they have, hm?"

*the person running the parlour was a yeast bacteria, n he gestured him to his ice-cream menu where there were abt 12 flavours to choose frm*

Amber: *pointed at the chocolate n strawberry* Dat one~

"You sure? Okay can we get that one and... hm... I'll have the cookie dough one, thanks." Ozzy said, pointing to the flavors on the menu.

*the yeast bacteria nodded n made the ice-cream, using his tentacles to do both their orders at once, which was done within minutes n handed to them*

YB: Tht'll be 3 carbs each pls

Amber: *squealed as she got her ice-cream n licked at it, liking it already*

Ozzy nodded and rooted through his pockets, handing him the cash before taking the ice cream. "Thanks, have a nice day!" he said before he left and headed home.

Amber: *nomming the ice-cream, loving the taste*