“Now then time what to wear”
He closed the door and walks towards his closet with all his clothes, as he opens the cabinet he looks through and finds the same pair of clothes he is currently wearing but with different colors, shorts, and a mediocre shirt that you would buy from a sale going on in a clothes store
“...”
He looked at his closet for a hot minute and then closed it, he waited for a second and then opened it again, he did this 4x like he was expecting a new pair of clothes to magically appear
“...Oh wait I still have that don’t I”
He pushes his clothes to the side and pulls out a large box with dust all over it, he brings the box outside and dusts it off, then he opens it up revealing a letter brown jacket and some nice blue jeans
“The pants look like they will still fit but as for the leather jacket”
Jacob gives it a quick try and…He can’t get it on, it's too small for him
‘Now that I think about it how have I not gotten a disease yet, Im seriously lucky’
Liver disease as well as gallstones and other fatty-type problems arise usually from not taking care of yourself properly so in this case he truly is lucky
“Now then time to go into town and get some clothes, come on Coco lets go”
Coco responded with an excited bark and they both proceeded to head to town, the walk from Jacob’s home to the town was a couple of minutes away, and for him walking like this was nice. There is a saying that words alone can’t describe how good something feels, and in this case that may be true
‘that feels nice’
The fresh air, the leaves blocking the sun, the sound of nature, and so forth, while it may not seem like anything significant at first glance, once you take a moment to realize how beautiful It is, the feeling is almost overwhelming in a calming manner.
“And here we are”
As they got there the town itself was quite frankly a run-of-a-mill town, it had all the necessities in terms of general items but that was just it, a town where everyone knew everyone and all the young people wanted to leave to go to the big city, nothing special. Jacob went inside of clothes store that happened to be owned by Aunt Betty, as he walked in he saw that no one was at the register so Coco started barking, then in response, someone’s words could be heard in the back
“Coco is that you? One second loves I’m organizing some stuff I’ll be out in a second”
After a minute or 2, she came out with a stack of boxes, a quite attractive milf standing around 6’1” with blond hair and light blue eyes, she had a built physique that one would come to expect from a powerlifter, and she definitely looked European
“Now then what can I get yo-”
When she saw Jacob she looked confused
“Oh, New person huh, well we don’t get a lot of people coming here from out of places, so I hope you didn’t mind my casual talk
Jacob looked at Aunt Betty with a confused face
“Aunt Betty, It’s me, Jacob”
“Jacob?”
“Yes Jacob”
She takes a good look at him, then she pulls out her phone and puts the picture of the old him vs the current him
“I'm gonna have to call some bullshit on that love”
Jacob sighed and pulled out his wallet showing a picture of everyone,
“Woah, well I’ll be damned…what happened to the homeless man set up”
“Did I really look like a homeless man”
“Look at it this way if I didn’t know you I would differentially have thought you were”
“Anyways can we move past that I’m here for a request”
“Ohh that's rare, usually you never ask for stuff, so what's the occasion this time”
“Well to be honest I’m gonn-”
“Gonna accompany Marry to the festival”
“Wait Wait wait, How do you know about that”
“Marry was talking about it while she came here to check up on her dress, which shocked the hell out of me since you know that girl has always been a tomboy, so for her to go out on a date is a miracle”
“We’re just going to hang out that's it”
“Love The RoseMarry sisters have had their eyes set on you since you came here”
“Yea, I guess they do…”
Aunt Betty’s sees jacobs expressions and changes the subject
“Let's just forget about it, you came to request an outfit right?”
He plops down the box of his old clothes, Betty takes a look at it examining the clothes, then she looks over to Jacob, and back at the clothes
“Not gonna work”
“Wait what, you can’t do it?”
“No no I can do it, but”
“But?”
“The problem is time love, it takes me a bit, plus your not the only me who requested a suit change, but maybe”
She drops the clothes and grabs a tape measurer as she proceeds to seize him up, she starts with his upper body and then works around to the rest
“I might have something similar to your build that can work, just need your dimensions”
Betty proceeds to finish up taking measurements and heads to the backroom, after a couple minutes of shuffling and boxes being dropped she comes back with a set of clothes, a black shirt with black pants and a brown sweater
“Try it on in the dressing room”
Just as instructed, Jacob tries on the clothes and looks at himself in the mirror
“Honestly I like it”
“Oye come out so I can see how it is”
Jacob comes out of the changing room and aunt betty looks a bit shocked
“Pretty dang hot”
Jacob couldn’t help but laugh a bit,
“That's what Alexandra, Rose, and Tin said as well
“Well to be fair you do look pretty well off”
“Thanks”
“Now then”
Jacob attempts to pull out some cash
“Don’t worry about it”
“Huh, but the outfit”
While this is her first appearance Betty is quite the character and often brash in her tone as well as actions, However, she is also wise and kind
“How many times have you offered yourself in order to help others, or how many times have you put others before yourself Jacob, In this cruel world we call life good karma should be rewarded…at least that's what I feel is right”
“I-I Don’t know what to say”
The room stays quiet for a bit until Betty yawned loudly
“Don’t need to, Now that you got your clothes get the hell out of here, I got work to do as well as spend time with my precious Coco
She picked Coco up and started rubbing her head
“I’ll leave her in your care”
With that said Jacob walked out the door, with his heart feeling warmer than ever, even though he never once asked for help he was reminded that people like Betty go out of their way to make sure that he is not forgotten
“Thank you”
Along his way to tins house to get ready, people were greeting him with awe and warm smiles upon the realization of it being Jacob, While people were kind to him before when he helped them out, this time it was not as payback or thanks for what he had done for them, but rather him being here was making there day, the very act of just existing and interacting with them as an individual filled these peoples hearts, like children visiting their grandparents, Jacob being there and talking with them warmed everyone day up
“Look how much you’ve grown”
“Come play with us sometime big bro”
“Looking sick man”
“Here take some treats for you and Coco”
While this was not a very huge town, it seemed as though everyone came out as soon as they saw that Jacob had appeared, individuals ranging from the children to the adults came to greet this person who rarely came out of his “peace”. All throughout this mini get-together people talked to one another, while Jacob was the center of the attention, others chatted amongst themselves, despite this not being the festival people brought out some drinks and food that they were saving for the festival. As people danced and partied for a bit everyone was having a blast due to the appearance of one individual, and before anyone knew it, it was almost time for the festival, and the final people bid him farewell
“Well see you in a bit Jacob”
first was the twins, They were fairly tall standing around 5’7” and both had black hair and a slim build, they had brown eyes as well, and the only way to tell them apart was there braids on their hair, the one who spoke up was Freya with a moon ornament
“I can’t wait until tomorrow, it's our first day of university”
Jacob couldn’t help but think how crazy that was, so much time had passed since he first met them when they were young
“You guys really have grown up”
The other one wearing a sun ornament spoke up
“Damn straight just wait Jacob until we ace all our classes and get degrees, only then we both will become filthy rich”
Jacob remembered that they would always talk about money when they were young, now they were Highschool seniors who wanted to be doctors and pursue a career path in helping individuals by gaining profit, kind people in their own right, Then there was Loxy, He was an old grey-bearded man who looked around 70 or so, his body was frail as he used a cane to walk around, but despite this, his smile that he showed to others was so full of life
“When the festival is over my boy do you want to go fishing”
The old man was also cunning, each time he would ask him to go fishing but he would decline, now in this situation where Jacob is the most vulnerable, he would finally pay him back for all the things he has done for him by showing him life skills
“Im…”
Jacob looked at the old man whose eyes were full of life, he couldn’t help but sigh
“Sure why not”
Loxy smiled and smacked him in the back softly
“That’s my boy, you won’t regret it, I’m gonna show you how to fish”
With that said he walked up the stairs while the final person who was waiting patiently waited for him, it was a man standing around 5’11”, he wore black hair and brown eyes, he was a bit overweight but nothing too bad, as he looked at Jacob he was a bit confused as he never met this man
“Hello”
He slowly approached Jacob which at first put him on guard, he had never met this man and was sure he didn’t see him interact with anybody
“Um hi, who are you”
The man stopped and looked at Jacob almost confused, after a moment he realized something
“Ahh my apologies, it seems we haven’t met yet, my name is ———”
As he spoke his words they blurred out as though someone bleeped them on purpose, the man continued to speak as though nothing happened
“Anyways, I hope you don’t mind me asking, but I’m a bit lost, do you know where RoseCorp is located, I have a meeting with the head of the company”
Jacob looked at the stranger, he did wear a suit and carried a briefcase with him as though he was actually going to the meeting, in that regard, Jacob didn’t have any reason to not tell him the directions, so he did
“Its that way above the mountains, through the gravel trail”
The man smiled kindly
“Thank you for your time, and good luck you’ll need it”
With that said the man walked as directed, not before leaving Jacob those words that didn’t sit well with him, although he didn’t seem like a bad individual, something felt off about him, but now was not a time for that. now Jacob was left alone with tins house just in sight, he looked towards it
“I’ve kept him waiting”
He proceeded to start walking towards it, and as he got closer he couldn’t help but notice that not much had changed
“Wow, it's just as I remembered it, How long has it been since I’ve been here”
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