♪ The Panty Pirating Pervert's Painful Punishment! ♪ (Job w/ Theo)

The head above the bush leaves smiled in relief at the rosy haired girl, finding a little solace int her words despite his continuing condition. But then...it somehow got worse. How could it get worse? Worse and worse! Now, as much as he loved being close to her and physical contact, in the current compounding predicament, this was probably the last thing he really wanted. She was in the bush with him now. The first time they'd hung out in a bush was pretty enjoyable, but this time was torturous. Theo might be exceptionally embarrassed, but he was still a man and couldn't quite compartmentalize all the feelings he had. It was for both of their safety that she was here because of the stampede of commando women, but... "Don't be sorry. I'm just gonna die a little, if that's okay..." he muttered, feeling so much blood rush to his head that he sprung a leak in his nose just to release pressure. He raised the back of his hand to try and hide it and smear it away, but was there really any point?

Rin made a valid point, as much as he hated to admit it. The thonged man groaned in dread of having to go back into the lion's den, scantily clad as he was. Sneaking was something he was good at, but never had he had to in quite these conditions. How would he not be a blinding beacon of 'Hey look at me!' in this frilly number that bared his cheeks? Running a hand through his hair like he usually only did when stressed, the jello man steeled himself. With the angrier of the women chasing phantoms outside, maybe the ones inside were less ragey. "OK, let's go," resigned the young man, pouncing out of the bush and scampering inside, careful to stick to the walls with his eyes open for threats. Where ever there was a place he could take cover like a fake bush or tree or behind trashcans or under tables, he darted out of sight to plan the next line of movement.

By some miracle, he slightly less large mountain of underoos edged by grabby girls came into view, the still unconscious pervert laying nearby. With the females largely occupied, his bare feet rushed behind them to grab the jello restrained hands. Theo dragged him over into the empty food court, smacking his face until his prey came around. "Put all the clothes back," Theo demanded, pretty serious for a change.

"No," replied the pervert, eyes twinkling in amusement at his victim's get up.

"Put them back now, or I'll beat you."

"NO!" the man cried, though not out of fear. "PANTIES ARE MY LIFE! ANY I GET ARE MINE FOREVER! PANTIES!!!" he screamed, crazed, but also alerting the girls not too far away with his screams.

"SHHH!" Theo peeked his head up to see them wandering closer, like a mob with imaginary pitchforks. He scowled, thinking quickly under pressure...and he didn't like what he thought of.

The predator loved girls and specifically their panties, right? This gave Theo a more...effective idea, though his dignity would no doubt suffer even more. "Rin....look away..." he warned sadly, turning sharply angered hues on his foe. "Fine. You want to be stubborn? How would you feel if I rubbed this," he paused to twist his hips around and point at his rear end, "on your face until you do what I ask? If you like panties so much, it doesn't matter where they've been....does it?" Theo asked with feigned innocence. He gave his rear a good smack for effect. He may be one of the legendary butt brothers, but in this case he suspected this was not the kind of butt this man would enjoy in the least.

Still the trench coated man, now sweating, tried to call Theo's bluff. How cute to assume he was bluffing... "I-It doesn't matter! Panties are what a crave...n-no matter...." the words trailed as the Crystal Swan mage made good on his threat, beginning an epic slow bend with his booty situated right over the pervert's face, descending upon him with full intention of following through until the task was completed and he had clothes again. The girls were coming! And if this didn't work, they were all in for some pain, and man did he hate pain...

"OK STOP!" squawked the panty man, just as Theo's cheeks was mere centimeters from his own facial ones. The jello man paused his crouch. "Will you do it now?" Theo hissed, stressed for time. The girls were in view, and this position they were in was even more horrible than before! "YES YES, JUST GET YOUR MAN BUTT AWAY!"

Theo quickly stood as the clothes thief snapped his fingers, and Glory Hallelujah he had his proper underwear and clothes on again! He patted himself to make doubly sure, never so thankful in his life to be in so many layers. The mound of under garments in the distance were gone, and the stampede had skidded to a stop as they felt their own unders back where they should be. Turning on Rin, he wanted to make sure everything was how it should be. "Is everything okay?" he asked, unsure how to really ask if her panties were back. It's not like he could look....and asking outright seemed risky at their current level of relationship. Normally first dates had nothing to do with panties at all!

When had she even disappeared to get that candy? Theo blinked at her a few times, processing at a slower rate since his body was only just calming down from such a stressful string of events. "Where..." he began, then looked beyond her and answered the question for himself. The candy store she'd longed to go inside before the Panty Man struck was just over there. There was a small part of him that twinged in emotional hurt that she could leave him alone while in such a compromising position, really putting all his dignity on the line to get her panties back while she frolicked over to get a whole bunch of sweets. But then again, he had told her to look away since he didn't want what he just did permanently burned into her retinas and memories to forever remember should they ever get around to fooling around, so being distracted with something delightful was probably for the best. And to further read into it to make himself feel better, that meant she viewed him as strong and fully able to protect himself and her, so that was good, right? She could be carefree with a good man around! Regardless of what implications were present or how far he really wanted to think about it, she'd returned with something very near and dear to his heart, almost like a reward. Candy. Sweet, sweet sugar, something the jello man needed a lot of because he was pretty exhausted after all of that hullabaloo. He plucked the taffy from her fingers and popped it in his mouth without another thought.

Maybe it was because of all the chaos and energy he'd expended, but this was the most delicious taffy he'd ever tasted! It was cherry, his favorite, and almost instantly balmed his soul enough to lift his spirits about the whole day in general. How bad could it really be if you got to have such sweet confections afterward? He'd be a fool to view the glass half empty after the life he'd lived before! There'd been no candy after days of grueling work in the hot desert! No sweet reward after a harrowing cave dive, or upon returning with the head of one of the sultan's enemies! No, the only reward back then was retaining your life and having just enough to eat to survive, because that was more than most of the people around you were afforded. It was a thing to really shift perspective, but not many suffered such hardships as was back then. Especially in Fiore now in the "future", it was easy to take things for granted and get grouchy because plans that weren't even live and death were foiled. It was so easy to get wrapped up in the bratty emotion of it all, and let ever inconvenience wear on the patience to the point of depression. Even Theo fell victim every now and then, this day in particular. He should count his blessings! He and his beloved Rin were alive to even attempt a date. On his date no one starved or died. At the time things were distressing, but she was right earlier. The ace's cheeks flushed as he considered that. His love had mentioned that this would all be funny one day to their "grandchildren". Even a disaster like today was far from the true meaning of the word. A ruined date and a perverted panty thief still ended in smiles and sharing candy with his lover from the store she'd been desperate to get to, and it would indeed be hilarious to kids. Theo's face softened. Children....he'd never really thought that far ahead. They...they could have some, someday. A family...together. A little embarrassing, but also something he didn't know his heart wanted until now. They had time, but he hoped desperately that the path they walked would bring them there, and not throw him more unwanted curveballs like he'd endured prior to Fiore....though even those brought him to this point, so how bad really was it? It was all about perspective, wasn't it?

"Yum!" he cried, all of that thought somehow getting done in a silence so brief he hadn't even had a chance to be awkward yet. He grabbed another, peering into the jar for all his favorite flavors. There was an awful lot of treats here. "Gee, Rin...this is a lot. It had to be expensive.....wait- You said you found them?" he asked, suspicion quirking his brow. For all his introspection about perspective, he wasn't unjaded enough about the day to assume a quantity of candy this large laying around to be found was free of any trap or, dare he think it, poison! He was more concerned for the innocent girl than himself, so his luminescent eyes darted back to the store as if staring at it would give him answers. He'd need to ask the employee there about them, but his eyes found no such person. Quick on his feet, he put it together. The extreme purity Rin had displayed in agonizing repetition for the day, coupled with an unmanned store with a jar just sitting around....it did add up. Theo heaved a breath he didn't know he was holding. She'd stolen them. That probably should have been more alarming to a legal mage who despised stealing these days, but comparing it to the rest of the day's activities, he really didn't give a crap. He wanted to take her home, or at least somewhere else with about one tenth the people as here. This chapter of the date needed to end, and walking into a store to explain your girlfriend didn't know better to not steal the sample jar and start a whole fiasco that could either be as easy as paying for it or as horrible as getting security to throw them out, Theo decided to skip it entirely. Shrugging his shoulders, he grinned. "Eh, whatever. Thanks, love. These are very tasty and a perfect end to this," nodded the man, turning to glance at his prisoner. Oh right. One more thing.

Pulling out his iLac, he dialed one of the numbers Lester had programmed in for him. Essentially to call Fiore's version of the police to come get this joker. After speaking with a dispatcher, all that was left was to wait for him to be picked up and carted off to prison. Once that was over, Theo turned to Rin and held out his arm for her to take. "Alright, shall we go? I think anywhere will be better than here!"