My jacket rubbed against my bare chest as I walked out the door. I heard footsteps behind me, Okami-san was standing in the hallway looking back at me. She smiled and waved to me. I looked at her and smiled, really smiled. I walked out the to the first moment of my new life.
Instantly a grimace took over my face, The Chief was standing out of the cockpit of a massive pink tank with an L.M.E flag flying majestically in the air. "Ren my boy! Come aboard the L.M.E Love Machine! Don't you just love love? Bahahahahaha!" He laughed heartily as the sabre at his waist jingled and his cape blew in the snowy wind. Quickly I began walking down the cold street to the place I hoped my car still was.
"Ren! There is no where to run tooooooo!" he said sing songily, "Quickly men! He is getting away!" Instantly the tank began lurching towards me at a surprisingly fast pace. When I looked back, Lory had already gone inside the but his voice continued to carry outside of the tank. A loud speaker was blaring his words both inside and outside the tank. "Ren my boy! Quit fooling around, we towed your car and blocked the road. The only way out is with me! Haha! What a great plan I had. Come aboard the Love Machine!"
I reached the intersection of the road, to see he was telling the truth, massive police barricades blocked the road. Dogs and fences colored L.M.E pink stood out intensely in the white snow. Car horns blared from behind the barricades as people were held up from going to work.
Putting on my gentlemenly smile I turned to face the tank. "Fine! I'll come with you!" I yelled towards the large tank. "Oh huzzah! I'd hoped you'd say that. Alright now boys lets get you back inside, no force necessary! Woooooonderful!" My smile began to waver as large guards armed with riot gear ran back to the tank.
A massive ramp flipped out of the side of the tank with a hiss of steam making a pathway for me to walk up, a red carpet lined the path. Lory stood waiting at the inside of the tank at the end of the red carpet, smiling excitedly. "Hurry now, come aboard and quit making your face like that or it'll freeze. That would be bad for your image." Sighing I walked further up the path, as Lory continued his soliloquy." "Now Ren my boy, how old are you now? No no, it doesn't matter... Anyhow, let's talk about your love life!" He said giggling as they walked down the massive tank hallways. After following one particularly long corridor, they finally reached a door with a sign proclaiming "Lory's room Keep Out! _" the sign looked like it had been made by a bored five year old, looking at Lory I said, "Did Maria-Chan make this?" Lory looked peeved at me as he said, "Don't look down on my artistic intent! Now let's go inside."
Opening the door a strong perfume of roses rushed out of the room, along with a pink smoke. It filled my eyes and my lungs, and I began coughing. Lory was laughing, enjoying the perfume of the room he stood with his hands on his hips and his chest to the sky. His hat barely stayed in his head. When the smoke cleared I walked closer into the room, to see pink walls, pink chairs, pink floors, pink curtains covering a heart shaped false window. Frilly pillow hearts in shades of red, pink, and the occasional white lined the couches and floor. It was like Valentines Day exploded. In the middle of the room on the floor was a massive crest, "Lory's Love Lair", it read, in a heart made of 3 connected cursive L's.
"Wha-what is this?" I cried, "Well my boy, it's my secret Love Lair, did you miss the crest? I'll have to have my assistant come, we need to address this right away. But about the room, here we will discuss your love life freely, no holds barred. Let's get a ring on that finger!" He said throwing himself onto the larger of two heart shaped loveseats, he gestured for me to sit on the seat opposite him. I walked over to the couch in a daze as he stood and slapped me hard on the back, "Let me be your love guide!" We both sat back down this time, Lory was seated next to me. He picked up a remote from the heart shaped table in front of the couch, pushing the biggest heart shaped button, and a massive heart shaped TV screen came down from the rafters in a puff of pink smoke. Lory really is crazy I thought to myself.
"Now now, let's look at potential women," he said smirking, he acted like he knew something I didn't, and knowing Lory, he did. "Takarada-San, I'm quite uncomfortable with this so I think I'll be going now..." His hand shot to my leg holding me in place with the fury of a righteous god. "Are you really that sure?" He said turning to face me smiling, but with a look of pure evil in his eyes. "No no I'm good I can stay no problem." I said swiftly. He smiled and released my leg that evil was gone just like that. What had I gotten myself into? Lory pushed another button, and the screen lit up, this time with a picture... A picture of me, a picture of me with Kyoko. A picture of me bare chested holding Kyoko, kissing her forehead.
Instantly I blushed and my hand shot up to my face to cover it. I must have a fever of one hundred and three. "How-what-when did you get that?" I said stammering over my words. "Ah Ren, we all have our ways." The tank lurched forward, my escape was now more than ever impossible. "Now Ren we both know about your "special circumstances"," he whispered "blondie..." Then returning to his natural speaking voice he continued, "And for all women except one, you could continue your facade indefinitely, though if your heart lays where I believe it too, then we most certainly have some work to do." He clicked the button again this slide was me kissing Kyoko's lips. I didn't bother to hide my blush anymore. At this point I wouldn't be surprised if it was permanent. "How on earth did you get these pictures?!" I said exasperated, "This isn't funny anymore, photoshopping pictures of me and my junior together, what if these get out? That's both our careers destroyed. I'm done I'm leaving." "Ren-San, they aren't fake, you moved in your sleep. You kissed her, you love her don't you?" He looked at me with such intensity, it made the lie even harder to say, "That Takarada-San is where you are wrong."
I stormed out of the ridiculous "love room", trying not to support myself on the walls of corridor, even though the tank didn't stop shaking. I was in my own personal hell. I knew I could never have Kyoko, and this was just the icing on the top of the cake. Lory's voice boomed over the speaker, "Ren please wait at the door, we will be arriving at LME momentarily and you can finish your schedule for the day with Yashiro-San." He sounded very forlorn, bough it was his own fault. The tank lurched forward then rolled back as it came to a stop. A man in a suit came up to me to help me get off the tank, it was massive, and I was royally lost. "Mr. Tsuraga-San, you will now be leaving on the Chiefs orders. Please follow me and I will escort you to your next appointment." I nodded my head and followed after him, an American with a strong military demeanor. We traveled for what felt like ages down twisting and turning paths, I swore we were walking in circles. "Here we are sir, he pushed a button and the path fell out from the wall again, and I swiftly went down it.
"Ren-San! Thank God your okay! Takarada-an called me with this ominous message, but thank goodness here you are! ... Why aren't you wearing a shirt?..." He said as he noticed my bare chest peaking out from my jacket. "Yashiro-San, it is a very long story. " I said tiredly. "Can we please just go home?" "Mm yeah. Let's go, I'll cancel your appointments." We began walking towards the waiting vehicle, I was a step behind Yashiro, I didn't know where we were parked. "Yashiro-San, I'll drive please." I said, and he handed me the keys.