Slave to the Darkness 141 141 At the Market 2

Yuki looked at the bag and took it but was careful and acted like it was heavy. "Wow, this is a bit heavy!" She giggled and looked inside. "Is this a watermelon!?!? I can not wait to try this, thank you so very much." Yuki curtsied to the lady.

"Oh dear, you do not need to bow to me. I just wanted to do something nice for you. You are right though it is a watermelon. You are so polite and made this man so happy. The last time I saw him here he was so forlorn and depressed." The lady smiled at Yuki.

"I will do my best. Cedric is the most important person in my life." Yuki smiled and looked at the bag in her hands again.

Cedric took the bag she was holding, "I can not let you carry something so heavy. Thank you for the watermelon, Caroline." He pushed her gently to the fruit stand and saw that she had already placed some items on the counter. "Did you get everything that you wanted for here?"

"I was going to grab this fruit as well. I am not sure how it will taste but doesn't it look interesting?" Yuki held up a red fruit that had green leaves attached to it.

"That young lady is called a dragonfruit. When it is cut open the inside is white with grey or black slimy seeds. As a thank you for everything that you grabbed I will throw it in for free. It is something that requires a certain taste. When you eat it let me know what you think of it the next time you come around." The guy at the counter placed everything into two bags and handed them to Cedric.

Cedric paid for the fruit and smiled, "thanks, Fred. I am glad that she seems to be enjoying herself. I was worried that it would be an issue but here we are. She is happy and that is all that I could ask for."

"You are one lucky lad. She is a beauty, not that you are not handsome yourself. There will be some shopkeepers that will be sad that you are no longer single but we older people have your back." Fred smiled and shooed them away.

Yuki skipped away and was looking at all the other shops. She stopped and looked at some interesting plants.

Cedric walked up behind her and displaced his hands on her waist. "Did you find something that you would like?" He placed his head on hers and looked at the interesting plants.

"Ah, I was just browsing, I was unsure if we needed anything else. I am not sure what else we could need." Yuki saw a venus flytrap and looked at it as it ate a fly that was in the air.

"You are interested in the venus flytrap we can get one but you will need to make sure that it stays on the boat as it will die back at the house." Cedric picked up the plant and placed it in her hands. He paid for the plant and they went into the grocery store. He placed all the bags in a cart and started walking around.

Yuki held the plant and smiled. 'It is viscous I am kind of glad that I got this. It will be something fun to enjoy.' She followed Cedric and saw him grabbing cheese, butter, olive oil, milk, and some snacks like chips and dip. "Do you think that we will need more than this?" She points to the cart that was now overfilled with things.

"Do not worry there is a service we can get all this delivered to the ship. With Liam there, he will be able to direct them and we can finish the market shopping. That is one of the reasons that Caroline and Fred gave us extra. They know that I use that service. I do what to pick up some chicken, bacon, and chorizo." Cedric pats her on the head and pulls out his phone. He sends off a quick text. ~I have too many items from my shopping. Can you take them back to my boat for me?~

~Roger that, I will be in front of the grocery store in five minutes.~ Was the quick reply he got back.

Yuki was standing in line waiting to go through. She was starting to feel hot.

Cedric went to the cooler and handed her a water bottle. "Drink this to cool yourself down." He started to place everything on the counter and had the lady scan two of the water bottles in and paid for them right away. So that they would not get upset over Yuki drinking the water right away.

Yuki opened the water bottle and started drinking. She let out a sigh in relief. "Thank you, Dear. That's what I needed." Yuki finished the bottle off and looked up at him

"Do you need more? I bought the water bottles for you just in case you needed more than one. You are not used to the heat." Cedric took the empty bottle and handed her the second bottle. His phone buzzed as he finished paying and loaded the bags in the cart.

Yuki followed him with the venus flytrap and saw that there was a teenager on a bicycle with a wagon attached to the back of the bike. "Is this the person you texted?"

"Yup. he is a great person." Cedric pulled out his wallet and handed the teenager fifty dollars. "Can you take everything in the cart and a venus flytrap to the usual ship?"

The guy hops off the bike and takes the money. "You bet. I will load everything up right now and take it there. If you have anything else you want me to take I will bring it with me as well." He opened a cooler and placed all the milk and perishable items in there so that it did not spoil.

Chapter end