Matt was rushing out of the mid-day traffic down at the subway station.
He raced up the stairs, desperately trying maintain his balance with the walking stick.
People were staring at him… but this time it was mostly girls.
He wondered why... but he couldn't care less as he rushed into the copper sky scrapping building.
Almost yanking the door of his office open, Matt was greeted by his butler.
"Hello Sir, please sit down Master Ishida will be here shortly." The old butler said courteously.
"What are you talking about Takagi-san? I'm here," Matt said as he pulled out some white shirt and a suit to change.
The old butler stared at him in disbelief,
"Master Ishida?"
"Yes Takagi-san, what is it?" Matt answered from inside the washroom, trying to wash off whatever that Tachikawa-chan had put on his face.
Reappearing out of the washroom he asked Takagi-san,
"Do I have anything on my face?" Matt said pointing to his face.
Takagi-san answered politely, "No Sir."
Unaware to Matt, the make-up Mimi used on him is all water and smudge proof.
"Anyway has the guy from TimeCel® arrived?" Matt asked as he struggles to tie his tie properly.
"Yes Master Ishida, they are waiting for you in the conference room." Takagi-san said, The old butler was now flabbergasted, he couldn't believe what he was seeing.
Is this really the sick kid he raised since he was still in nappies?
Tying his shoelaces into a ribbon, Matt gradually stood up with the help of his walking stick and dusts his pants.
"Ok, Takagi-san… How do I look?" Matt asked his butler.
"Dashing, Sir." The butler said.
Grabbing his PDA Matt walked towards the conference room with his butler help.
The guard in front of him rushed and opened up the door for him.
Taking a deep breath, Matt took a confident step and entered the room.
Taking the seat at his chair, he looked up and greeted everyone.
"Now, let's start. Mr. Hiroshi?" Matt said.
The meeting went on smoothly.
But…
Matt felt a little uneasy, his female staff was giving him odd looks…
Trying to calm down his nerves Matt asked for a glass of water.
Reaching for the metallic mug on the table Matt took a sip of water.
Feeling a lot better, he slowly withdrew the mug from his face.
However instead of seeing his normal nervous wrecked face, he was greeted by an alien face staring back at him from the metallic surface.
Water sprayed out of his mouth due to shock.
The member of the meeting turned mute as Takagi-san patted Matt on his back while the poor boy coughed.
Clearing his throat Matt spoke immediately, "Plea-Please, do continue."
A few hours later the meeting ended.
Matt's company managed to nail the contract with TimeCel®.
Even after all that chaos.
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In the office
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Matt was sitting alone in his office.
After the meeting he made a beeline for it.
He didn't dare go out.
It was his dream to finally be normal again, but now that it came true… even though it's just by make-up, he was just to scared to…
Matt sighed heavily.
He needed to talk to somebody…
All of this felt so surreal.
'Sora.' Matt thought, 'He could always talk to her.'