In the arms of Lamy (Preview)
Every day is the same, Waking up, Heading to the bus stop, riding to work with the same smelly people, Going to work at my boring office job, Making nothing but pennies and dimes. Of course I feel miserable, Nothing’s enjoyable in this grey and Dull world, and I could be replaced at any moment. But, somehow deep inside me I still have hope that one day I'll be liberated from this turmoil of survival. So, every night I try to dream, dream of a better life with green fields and blue skies. Tonight’s dream was different, I dreamt of a woman, a beautiful woman with long blue hair, I chased after her, the distance increasing with every step I took till I woke up.. My alarm’s droning it’s ungodly wail to alert me from the sleeping realm, a Miserable thing to listen to, so I switch it off, the time reading 5:30 AM. “shit, I’m late.” I quickly get dressed, not even bothering to eat, I run out the door. Eventually out of breath I get to the bus stop, strangely, the streets are unusually quiet. Usually cars pass through this street at this time, but this time it’s completely silent.. Until I see her.. The girl in my dream, walking down the next street over. Her blue clothes and hair, strikes an unnatural beauty in the Concrete jungle around her. A purity that seemingly shouldn’t exist. As I begin to walk to her, the bus conveniently gets in my way. Even if I chase after her now I’d risk getting fired, so I Walk onto the bus with a sigh. The workday was dreadful and slow as usual, But the thought about meeting that blue haired girl kept me motivated.
At the end of the day, I walk home from work, the bus doesn’t come as late when I leave. The stars are clouded with smog, the sky seems as bleak as the city below, a sad and impure world, so why does this one girl exist? A girl so pure. My head wanders off with ideas as I smash my face into a telephone pole.
“Are you okay?” I hear the voice of a girl, a pure and sweet voice, So I open my eyes immediately. Staring back at me is Her, The girl. Immediately I sit up, Staring deeply into her hypnotic yellow eyes, eyes that entrance me. “You’re her…” I manage to mumble those words out of my mouth. “What was that? I couldn’t hear you.’ “I’m fine, sorry. I just didn’t look where I was going.” I fully stand up, unharmed by the telephone pole, but still feeling dizzy just by looking at the girl. “Are you sure? you seem to be stumbling” I stare at her. Everything from her soft and frilly dress to her puffy white hat, she is impossibly beautiful in this god awful world. “Yeah, Just had a bad day at work. What’s your name? My name is ██████”. Finally feeling less dizzy I try to introduce myself, still a bit nervous. Smiling a pure and precious smile, she answers. “My name is Lamy, Yukihana Lamy, I’m just taking a walk. You said you had a bad day at work? Mind telling me why?” I blush, Nobody ever has time to hear what I have to say, or even care about my existence. “W-Well uh, okay.. Basically It’s the same job, every day, for 15 hours straight I sit at a desk staring at a screen, making nothing but nickels every day with the fear of being replaced instantly, nobody really ever cares for or about me, and I really have no reason to go on.” I decided to vent everything I had at this woman, I was so desperate for someone to listen to me. That I just needed to say it all.
After a few mins of my rambling she replies “Hm, you seem to be just the person I’m looking for. Someone who I know will be happy in my group.” Something unexpected came out of her mouth, Something I never expected. “R-really? I’m your type? But I can’t afford someone living with me..” She giggles from my response, A giggle that makes my heart melt. “No silly, But, if I tell you what I really mean, then you might be scared.” Confused, I ask, “What do you mean, Scared? I'm literally a nobody, I honestly don’t have a reason to be scared.” she sighs and looks at me seriously. “You will lose everything you have right now, even your memories. Are you sure you wanna go through that?” I’m more confused than scared. “If it means that I’ll be free from this lifestyle, then I’ll do anything.. Anything to be happy again.” She suddenly takes out a box, opening it on the ground, And takes out a strange bottle. “Drink a cup of this a day for 5 days, and then meet me. “O-okay? What is this stuff anyways?” I’m more confused than scared, she’s really nice giving me a chance and all but I really wish she’d tell me more. “It’s Something I made myself. See you in five days.” She walks away, heading into the alleyway ahead. “H-Hey! Wait!” I chase after her, turning to find that the alleyway is empty. “She must not be from this world, she’s just too weird, but I trust her.” I thought to myself, before deciding to head home, desperate for a way out of my misery that isn’t painful. Usually the walk home is a slow and miserable one, but this time today I feel happier. Eventually returning to my house and taking down a glass from my Cabinet, I never really Drank anything but bottled water, so I had no use for these cups until today. I take a sip, it tastes sweet, yet slightly acidic. “Beer? She wanted me to drink beer?” Sighing, I drink the rest of the cup. It’s good, but I don’t know how it’ll help me, so I immediately head to bed, not the least affected by the miniscule amount of alcohol. In my restless sleep She appears in my dreams. Her beauty is outstanding and pure, I lean towards her to kiss her, only to wake up just before doing so. “Damn.. That was some night. I hope to see her again soon.” I thought to myself before getting up and getting dressed for work, Picking up my clothes and heading to the bathroom to clean myself.
Laying my clothes down, I pick up my razor to shave, only to find that My face is devoid of any small facial hair that it had the night prior. “Huh? What the? Guess I shaved the night before, Must have forgot, maybe the beer had an effect on my memory?” Shrugging off, I turn on the shower. It's cold and the hot water doesn’t work. I dry off my freezing body and change into my tight and uncomfortable Uniform, That is until I noticed that for some reason my already Scrawny body loosely fits into the Supposed tight uniform. “Did I lose weight? Guess that’s what happens when you barely eat anything.” Everything is the same up until I get to work, for some reason I don't feel as terrible as usual. Eventually I get off work, Full of energy, somewhat happy even.
Deciding to go down the same street where I met Lamy last night, Hoping to see her and then eventually getting disappointed that she’s not there. “Five days I guess, Four more Till She visits me again..” I sigh, walking to my tiny home. Opening the door to find that there is a box on my table. On the box it reads: “Open this tomorrow.” Honestly, I’m confused. Trying to open it does nothing, and the fact that it’s on my table without anyone entering my house confuses me even more. “It must be her then, nobody else would do such a thing as giving me a gift”. I grab a cup to drink the beer again at the same time as last night, it tastes even sweeter than yesterday, and it makes me feel warm inside. “Man, this stuff is very good, but I don’t think I could drink more than one cup, I’d be wasted”. Feeling extremely dizzy I pass out Immediately onto my bed, falling into a dreamless sleep.
I wake up from my phone buzzing in my ears. I unflip it, my boss is texting me that the office burnt down and that I'll be out of a job for a while. Wait what? How? I flip on my TV. the office where I worked at, or what remains of it, Is shown all on the news. Apparently, an electrical wire came loose and started a fire.. But on the next channel they say it was purposely started.. “Man, they can’t ever get things right.” I then go to the bathroom, I look into the mirror and to my surprise My hair has grown tenfold. “W-what the? I know my hair was long but it wasn’t this long!” I look like a woman with this hair, Must have been something I ate or.. Drank.. “Is the Beer i’m drinking.. Giving longer hair?” feeling up my face I notice how slender and more feminine than usual.. And my skin is extremely soft. “H-How… am becoming a woman?” Immediately I pull my pants down, My penis, Average as ever has not been affected. Just that my body hair is gone, and my skin has softened.. “Is it the soap?” Very confused I look at the brand of soap I’m using, It’s Just normal branded soap, says nothing about my skin turning extremely soft. “I-i feel kinda good.. Whatever’s happening to me, I guess I don’t really mind if it makes me this soft.” After my Long thinking session in my shower of what could be happening to me, I remember the box in the kitchen. The box is wrapped neatly, with blue and white stripes. Obviously it’s a present box but how it even got in my house confuses me. “Did she know my lock? Oh, whatever. A gift’s a gift. Even if someone breaks in to give it to you.” I gently open it.