He pushed the door open, going inside, the bells chimed his entrance.

He heard the sounds of the TV, the cafe was quite old-school and had an elderly couple in one of the booths, on the counter sat a middle-aged man. He had slicked-back black hair with a receding hairline, gray eyes, a chinstrap beard with a goatee that flared out and wore glasses like Ren did.

His outfit consisted of a pale pink dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up, pale khakis held up with a white leather belt and white loafers, a black apron with a white pinstripe design on it and had his pants legs folded up to mid-calf.

Tabloid Host:”...A public bus was driven down an opposing lane with its clients still in it! The citizens can’t live in peace if this keeps up” The voice had a fake concern and fake playful to its tone, it was grating.

Elderly Male Customer:”How frightening”

Elderly Female Customer:”What could be going on? Didn’t this happen just the other day?”

Manager:”Vertical is...The name of a shellfish used for farming pearls…Hrmmf..”

Ren:”It's probably clam”

Manager:”Huh?... Oh right, they said that it was today” The manager put the newspaper on the counter and raised himself from the chair.

Elderly Male Customer:”Thank you for the service, The pay is on the table” The couple also got out of their seats to leave.

Manager:”Thanks for coming.”

Elderly Male Customer:”This place is in the back alley so there are no worries of a car crash in here.”

Manager:”A crash?”

Elderly Male Customer:”There’s been a string of those freak accidents lately, you know, I just hope that none happen around here.”

Manager:”I’m not interested”

Elderly Male Customer:”Haha, we’ll see you next time.”

Manager:”...Four hours for a single cup of Joe.”

Manager:”So you are…?”

Ren:”I’m Amamiya Ren...Pleased to meet you” He shook hands with the Manager.

Manager:”Oh, I’m Sakura Sojiro, You’ll be in my custody over the year”

Sojiro:”I was wondering what kind of punk would show up, but an Ikemen...huh?”

Sojiro:”Have you’ve heard? A customer of mine and your parents know each other and--Well, not that that matters….Follow me.” Sojiro lead Ren to the top floor of Cafe Leblanc, it was a storage room, to put it lightly, it was very cluttered with books, sacks of trash, bags of beans, and other things.

Sojiro:”This is your room. I’ll at least give sheets for your bed. Hm, it seems you want to save something”

Ren:”It's cluttered”

Sojiro:”It’s up to you to clean the rest.”

Ren:”...”

Sojiro:”I’ll be leaving after closing the shop each day, You’ll be alone at night, but don’t do anything stupid. I’ll throw you out if you cause any trouble. Now then...”

Sojiro:”I got the gist of your situation, you protected some woman from a man forcing himself on her, he got injured, then sued you, Right?”

Ren:”Hrm”

Sojiro:”That’s what you get for sticking your nose in a matter between two adults, you did injure him, yeah?”

Ren:’So, this person isn’t any different, this society is truly rotten’

Sojiro:”...And now that you’ve got a criminal record, you were expelled from your high school. The courts ordered you to transfer and move out here, which your parents also approved. In other words, they got rid of you for being a pain in the ass.”

Ren:’Father, you are a truly foolish man, you only care about your image...Mother was crying badly...when I go back you’ll probably be a dead rotting corpse thrown out like yesterday’s trash in a forest somewhere...Mother…she was quite obsessed with me...a bonafide yandere, if I were you, Father, I would run for the hills.’

Sojiro:”It's better if you don’t do anything unnecessary I am in the restaurant business you know? Behave yourself for the coming year, if nothing happens, your probation will be lifted.”

Ren:”...A whole year....”

Ren:’Yep, father, You.Are.Dead.’ Ren did a small prayer for his father in his mind, while he hated the man, he was still raised ‘normally’.

Sojiro:”Cause any trouble, and you’ll be sent straight to the Juvenile Hall”

Sojiro:”We’ll be going to Shujin tomorrow”

Ren:”...Shujin Academy…” Ren fiddled with the emblem on his uniform, his outfit was a red-buttoned black blazer with Shujin's emblem on the pocket, a white turtleneck shirt with chevron detailing on the collar, and red plaid trousers.

Sojiro:”We’ll introduce ourselves to the staff there, There’s rarely a place that’ll accept someone like you, you know. What a waste of my Sunday”

Sojiro:”Your things arrived earlier, I left them over there” Sojiro pointed at the cardboard box, he then left downstairs.

Ren, went downstairs and tried offering help, but was rejected, instead Sojiro advised him to clean up the mess upstairs first, he opened the box containing his necessities, he undressed, taking care to not put his clothes on the dusty floor, he looked at his slender frame in thought, he fished another set of clothing he then wore an unbuttoned black blazer over a black-trimmed cream sweater, blue jeans, and brown shoes.

Ren:’I should start cleaning’

>>Take your Time

20XX/04/09~8:00 PM

Saturday-Evening-Cloudy.

Yongen-Jaya Cafe Leblanc.

When he finished cleaning, it was already evening, most of the room was dustless, the trash bags were thrown out, and the room seemed livable for now, although there was still furniture full of clutter that needed cleaning, but it was alright, there were still things to clean but the bed was very clean at the least.

Ren:’It’s late...It seems like I’ve been cleaning for a while.’

Sojiro:”What the heck? I heard you making all sorts of noise up here, but I didn’t think you were cleaning. This place doesn’t look half bad, though it's only natural to keep your room tidy. Hrm, you should sleep, I will be closing now, Bye now...”

Ren stood in the middle of the room looking intently at the wall, he was in deep thought.

Ren:’It’s time I change myself’

Ren picked his bag, and fished for some textbooks, he put them on the clean table, He also picked a sweat pant from the box and put it on, he was shirtless and started exercising, jumping jacks, push-ups that sort of thing, after 35 minutes he stopped.

+5 Hp

+3 Sp

-- Hp:89

-- Sp:29

He picked a white T-shirt and put it on, picking the textbooks, he went downstairs, turned on the light and sat on the booth opened the books and started reviewing the material for the coming year, after 30 minutes, he turned on the TV, the news talked about the accidents he had been hearing all day, after 7 minutes he turned off, and started studying again.

+2 Knowledge

-- Learned -- 3/20

20XX/04/09~9:53 PM

Saturday-Evening-Cloudy.

Yongen-Jaya Cafe Leblanc.

Ren: ‘Time to go to bed’.

Ren climbed the stairs, undressed and folded his clothes back into the box, picked his uniform and underwear for tomorrow and laid it on the clean sofa, his naked form approached the bed, and he picked his phone, he looked around and surely he found the same eye icon.

Ren:’I was sure I deleted it’

He deleted it again, he looked at the battery of the phone, and it was strangely full, on the side it had the symbol for infinity.

Ren:’What is this, am I seeing things right...I must be tired from all the studying’

Ren:’Arrest...Trial…’ He remembered the distress the woman was in.

Ren:’Still, I couldn’t let that go….My eyelids are starting to get heavy’ He put the phone on the soft bed, by his side.

The sore muscles also left him tired, he pulled sheets over his naked form, covering his high above-average penis and his abdomen, he soon fell asleep.

>>Take your Time

Ren gasped awake, he looked at the walls and it was an azure blue silk wall, there were chains held in the ceiling dangling, he turned his eye to the side and surely he saw a toilet, full of water, he was in a narrow cell.

He sat on the metal bed and saw that his hands bound by chains, his body had a loose black and white prisoner uniform.

He held his temple.

Ren:”*sigh*”

Ren:”When did I put clothing?”

A flustered chuckle reached his ear as two twins young girls stood in front of the door they had platinum blonde hair, beautiful faces and golden eyes, the one in the right had intricate buns, and a smile on her face, the other had a long braid, both wore a blue prison outfit, black gloves, blue shorts, black shoes and high socks white in color, they wore a brassard on their left arm and matching ties and black eye patches with the letter “V”, he put his feet on the ground, raised his body and walked towards the door… however by his feet was a ball and chain, making him unable to escape the cell, he approached the door and grasped the bars, there in front of him was a bizarre old man with a long nose, pointed ears, and bulging bloodshot eyes. He wore a black suit with white gloves, he sat on a fancy chair, and in front of him was an elegant table, full of documents and a peculiar feather and ink.

Bizarre Old Man:”Welcome to my velvet room” A very grave voice, even lower than his resounded in the prison, it came from the bizarre old man.

Buns Girl:”So you’ve come to, Inmate.” A pretty voice chimed in, it was the girl on the right, but she was staring not at him, but at his crotch, a blush formed on her face as her gaze held.

Braided Girl:”The you, in reality, is currently asleep, you are only experiencing this as a dream.” The girl on the left responded stoically, however she stole a couple of glances towards his pants as well.

Ren:”Why are you staring down there?”

Buns Girl:”Naaa… I-I’m not staring...A-anyways, don’t get cocky because you are gifted down there! Hmph!” The girl in the right responded with a hotheaded tone, her face, and ears red.

Braided Girl:”My innocent eyes, gazed upon such a monster, I can’t marry anymore.” The girl on the left said with a cool calm voice, however she had a pink hue on her cheeks.

Ren:”Did you....?”

Bizarre Old Man:”Haha, forgive them, they got ‘over-enthusiastic’ observing your rehabilitation” The old man laughed at their fluster with his deep voice.

Ren:’Rehabilitation, Observing?’ Ren saw the place, and anxiously looked around for danger, and an escape, while the banter with the loli police was good, he had some bad vibes from this place, it’s like the tone suddenly shifted to make him uncomfortable all of the sudden.

Bizarre Old Man:”Haha, Welcome, I am delighted to make your acquaintance, Amamiya Ren, This place exist between dream and reality, mind and matter. It is a room that only those who are bound by a “contract” may enter. I am Igor, the master of this place. Remember it well” The man played a tune on the wooden table with his fingers.

Igor:”I summoned you here to have a precious talk about important events that will happen your life”

Ren:”Tch, talking like this... if you want to “talk” let me out!” Ren banged on the prison doors.

Buns Girl:”Know your place, Inmate! Who do you think you’re talking to!?” The girl on the right banged the door with an electric bat, Ren flinched back from the strike to avoid being hit.

Igor:”Still, this surprised me… The state of this room reflects the state of your own heart. To think a prison would appear as such….”

Ren approached the cell, he grasped the bars.

Igor:”You truly are a “prisoner” of fate…”

Ren:’Don't bullshit me bizarre old man… my heart is already set free...It was what I decided this afternoon, there is something very wrong here’

Igor:”In the near future, there is no mistake that ruin awaits you…”

Ren:”Ruin?”

Igor:”I speak of the end of everything. However, there is a means to oppose such a fate. You must be ‘rehabilitated. Rehabilitated towards freedom… This is your only means to avoid ruin...Do you have the resolve to challenge the distortion of the world?”

Ren:”Hmph, this society is rotten...I will destroy it if needs be...I will challenge it, this world”

Igor:”Haha, truly?...well then...allow me to observe your path to rehabilitation”

The girls turned to face him again, carefully avoiding looking at his face, although they stole glances at him and blushed a bit.

Igor:”Ah… pardon for not introducing the others...To your right is Caroline: to your left, Justine, They serve as wardens here”

Now that Ren noticed, Justine had a hat with the letters "O-Y-O-O," while Caroline had one as well with the letters "X-M-R-N." The letters appeared to spell "OXYMORON.".

Ren:’Oxymoron, contradictions, incongruence, something opposite?’

Caroline:”H-Hmph, try and struggle all you like in futility”

Justine:”The duty of wardens is to protect Inmates, We are also your collaborators… on the condition that you remain obedient.”

Igor:”I shall explain the roles of these two on another occasion. Now the night is waning, your body needs a bit of rest...It is time you go back….Take your time, you’ll slowly come to understand this place. In any case, we shall meet again, eventually. An alarm rang.”

Caroline:”Now it's time, go obediently back to your sleep.”