Ren glanced at the building in front of him, with a smile of recognition. Although he was happy to see it again, the people next to him made him wary about letting his feelings show. No one, except lory, knew that Ren had visited this place before.

After the release of Dark Moon, the show had received soaring ratings, even rising past the fame of its initial adaption, Tsukigomori. This, Kuu Hizuri decided, was the perfect opportunity. He offered the entire main cast to stay at his home in California, where they could celebrate the success. Lory was thrilled at the idea, Ren was not.

It wasn't that he didn't want to see his parents again, it was just that he'd prefer to meet them differently. Preferably, he'd rather meet them alone, rather than playing Ren around the entire cast. The pressure was on, he had to keep character.

So, there he was, at the entrance of his old home. He looked at kyoko, who was excited to see her father. She looked like she was in La-la land, astonished at the sight. "It's just like a fairy kingdom…" she awed. Ren would not admit it, but he liked the idea of inviting her back here, with himself one day. She seemed to love his old home.

"I guess it does look that grand, huh." Ren joined in, trying not to reveal his true feelings. Kyoko agreed, before realising Ren was a bit gloomy. "are you nervous, Tsuruga-san?"

"…no. well, yes. I guess I am. Mr. Hizuri seems hard to live up to." He tried to change the subject somewhere else. "Are you excited to see your father?"

Kyoko blushed. "well, I suppose I'm nervous too. I haven't seen father in such a long time. And, who knows what he thinks of my Mio…" Ren tried to not hug her. Instead, he pet her head. "I'm sure he would be happy to see you. And the whole cast knows how well you did, so why wouldn't he?"

Before kyoko could answer, the door opened, and Kuu Hizuri stepped out. He smiled at the entire cast before, running up to bear-hug kyoko. She smiled, and yelled "oto-san!" lory had to explain to the cast, before anyone started thinking kyoko was his real daughter.

While hugging her, Kuu glanced at his real son. What he saw was not what he expected. Was Kuon looking a bit jealous? He then looked at kyoko, before it popped into his head. Well this is an interesting development…

Before anyone could greet Kuu, a second person stepped out. Kyoko's jaw dropped, along with the cast. Juliena Hizuri was unmistakably beautiful, with her blonde hair, and shimmering blue eyes. Kyoko noted that her beauty rivalled Corn's.

After releasing kyoko, Kuu went to talk to lory and the cast. Kyoko didn't know what to do, until she saw Julie's eyes on her, walking up. She glanced nervously at the floor. "err, hello, Mrs Hizuri-san – "

"don't call me that!" she embraced kyoko in a hug. "I'm your new mother sweetie! Call me Mom! If Kuu's your father, then I'm your mother!" Kyoko laughed, a bit more relaxed now. Ren almost wanted to join in too, hugging his mother he hadn't seen in years. She released kyoko, still in a dazed state. Now she had a daughter. While the cast was busy with Kuu, she saw Ren. The briefly nodded. Only kyoko noticed.

"do you know Tsuruga-san?" Julie tried to think of a reply, before kyoko answered her own question. "ah! You must've been the model he was talking about!"

"model?" Ren recognised where this was going. This was going to be awkward.

"yes! Tsuruga-san taught me how to model one night, after making him dinner. He said he learnt from the most beautiful woman in the world!" Kyoko failed to notice how touched Julie was. Ren glanced away in embarrassment. Julie then wondered why kyoko was staying at his house, making dinner…