Strolling out into the mall proper, or at least as close as he could get to a casual walk with brand new, stiff leather dress shoes on his feet, Diego breathed a half sigh of relief that the shopping portion of their day was over.  It wasn’t that it had been unenjoyable, although he could go quite some time without getting another facial, it just was harder and harder to fight off the feeling of being a kept man as Kat picked out and purchased everything for him.  Sure, he WAS a kept man, but it didn’t mean he had to keep feeling that way.<br/><br/>As they started walking past the various stores, Diego alternated between glancing in the windows and at the girl walking next to him.  Glad that she had decided to stay with him, he could hardly look as ridiculous as he felt with a girl like Kat at his side, he laughed at her rationale.  “True, true, especially since I am doing all of this for you.”  He replied, making it sound like he was not doing it for the money, although they both were aware of the truth.<br/><br/>At Kat’s question, Diego’s face fell a little bit.  This was hardly a flattering part of his life to discuss, and while it might have been tempting to make something up, he guessed that Kat would either immediately see through his lies, or ask enough follow up questions to trip him up.  It was better to just be, embarrassingly, honest.  “My last date...hm...that would be two semesters ago.”  He began.  “It was a girl from my differential equations class.  Juanita.  We went on two dates, both of which I thought went pretty well, and she came to my dorm twice.”  Diego said, believing that he probably didn’t need to go into too many details on that part.  “Like I said, I thought things were going pretty well, but then she ghosted me.  If i had to guess, I’d say she had been after my homework.”  He chuckled wryly.<br/><br/>Looking over at Kat, he approached the next sentence like a man contemplating a walk across a minefield.  Dangerous, but fair was fair, right?  “I know how your last date went.   How long had you two been together?”