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Chapter Three :: A Puppy Nicknamed Corn

Kyoko arrived quite soon after Lory had called her to the office. She had heard that Lory had a special LoveMe job for her, and she was somewhat afraid for what that meant for her. The last major job she had had was to pose as Setsuka Heel and that had actually been a lot of fun for LoveMe work. Arriving at Lory's office she bowed professionally to Lory before noticing the small puppy who was curled up on a chair, she gasped her eyes lighting up.

"I see you've noticed my friend," Lory gestured to Ren with a smile, right at that moment Ren was asleep, his tail wagging as if he were having an exciting dream. He gave her a wide smile, "So you've come to hear about your job."

"Y-yes," Kyoko smiled weakly not trusting the wide smile that Lory was giving her, this time the job would not be to look after Ren so it had to be something else. She shook her head trying to keep an open mind, perhaps Kuu was coming back and she had to take care of him again, that would be exciting, or maybe it was something that she and Moko-san could do together.

"I want you to take care of someone," Lory continued to smile as Kyoko nodded expecting to make a connection to the acting world.

"Okay," she replied, "Can I ask who?"

"Of course," Lory answered before sweeping his hand in Ren's direction, "Him." Kyoko blinked at him before looking back at the puppy who was starting to wake up. She paused before thinking of something, her mother had never let her have a pet not that she had ever asked her and she felt indebted to Shou's parents so hadn't asked them, she also had never asked Okami-san since she was a guest in their house.

"I don't know if I..." she tried before seeing Lory's firm look. She paused wondering what taking care of a dog had to do with being loved, sure she could take care of a puppy and show affection for an animal, but that didn't mean that she could regain the important emotion did it?

"Well then we'll have to take him to the pound," Lory joked before putting on a sad face as Ren stared at him and started to growl.

'Don't you dare' he barked before looking up at Kyoko who seemed to tower above him.

"No," Kyoko protested, "I'll take care of him," she put her hands on the desk as the puppy tilted his head to the side just watching her. He turned back to look at Lory before barking, 'Why are you getting Mogami-san involved?'

"That's wonderful," Lory replied happily before picking up a miniature tennis ball, he held it in his hand as Ren stared at him giving him a 'What? You expect me to fall for this?' he asked before he felt his tail start wagging. Something inside of him was just yelling out that he wanted to play with the ball and this was something that he didn't understand. Seeing his eyes light up Lory looked at the ball, "You really want to play with this?"

Ren put his paws up on the desk, standing up to his full height and without knowing what he was doing let a bark escape.

"You really want to play with this?" Lory repeated before gaining another bark so he threw it gently out the doorway and watched as Ren chased after it. He laughed seeing how cute he looked and then turned to Kyoko, "I need someone to take care of him for two weeks, he's a little temperamental but he's overall a very good dog." He grinned and leaned forwards, "In fact he might remind you of someone."

Kyoko tilted her head interested, "Really?" she looked in the direction where the puppy had run off in, "Who?"

"Well I'll leave that as a little surprise for you, I have all his things here, his owner dropped them off for me, however he had to go somewhere on urgent business and couldn't find anyone to look after his dog." Lory stood up before going to the side where one of his staff had put the collar, leash, several toys, some dog treats, some dog bowls, some food and what was most surprising some clothes that the staff member had picked up just for Lory's benefit.

Kyoko watched as Ren came back to the room the ball in his mouth, "What's his name?"

'Ren' Ren tried to tell her, 'I'm Ren'

Kyoko smiled as she walked over to the puppy and stroked his head sitting down with him. She picked the ball up from where he had set it on the floor and smiled warmly at him, "You're a smart dog aren't you?" she asked him before picking him up, "Puppy you'll be staying with me. That's alright isn't it?" she smiled as Ren stared at her before hearing Lory's voice.

"His owner gave him the name Kinji, however you can nickname him anything you want," Lory told her as Kyoko's eyes lit up in excitement.

"How about Prince Charming?" Kyoko's eyes sparkled as she saw the fear in the dog's eyes as he struggled to see Lory.

"I think that if you call him that he might run away," the president smiled seeing Kyoko's upset look

"What about Prince Adam?" she asked the dog seeing his sad eyes. "Prince Eric?" Ren shook his head. "Prince Ali?"

Ren stared at Lory 'Help me or kill me' he barked sounding as if he were ordering it.

Kyoko's eyes turned sad as she placed Ren down on the floor, "You don't like any of those names?" she asked before seeing Ren give a look which was basically asking for someone to save him from this misery. She tilted her head thoughtfully before it came to her, "How about Corn?" she asked as he barked happily. "You like Corn?" she asked as she rubbed his head and felt Ren stand up on his hind paws, wobbling a bit, and lick her cheek.

"I think he likes it," Lory told her with a strong smile, "And I have something for him too..." he passed forward a design of a small LoveMe outfit for a dog. "I've had it specially ordered, it should be here tomorrow,"

Kyoko looked at the picture and let a laugh escape, perhaps this job was actually going to be a lot of fun unlike what she was expecting. She watched as the puppy attempted to see the paper and so showed him. At the very sight of it Ren gave another what would have been pale expression and started growling at Lory. "Come on it's not that bad to be part of the LoveMe group," she said with a hand on his head, "Some of the jobs are quite good."

"Well I have some business to do," Lory told her picking up the three bags of dog related items, "So I'll see how you and Corn are doing later as well as giving you information on when his owner will return," he rubbed his chin. I'll have to prepare someone to play that role.

"Alright," Kyoko nodded as she passed back the design of the little LoveMe uniform. She took the collar before slipping it around Ren's neck and clipped the leash on, she picked up the bags and smiled warmly at him. "Let's go Corn, I'm sure you're hungry. Look at this dog food," she gestured to a bag of 'Premium Dog Chow' with a cartoon dog on it, "Don't you want to eat it?"

Ren looked back at Lory and glared at him before Kyoko led him out of the room, 'I really am going to kill you'