It's finally here...! PLEASE read the PROLOGUE for this story "They Had Each Other" if you haven't already. I'm fairly certain this is going to make absolutely no sense if you have not already. If you have read it this story more or less picks up from the first chapter from there if you need a refresher as it has been quite some time since that was posted.

Enjoy!

The sun had begun to rise. In fact, Setsuka was fairly sure it had been up for a while now. She sighed in annoyance. They had to get up early this morning. She was positive she set her phone alarm to 8am so that she would at least have time to make breakfast and time to eat said breakfast before they had to go out.

Today was the day the mysterious actor that played BJ in Tragic Marker would be revealed. Setsuka didn't see the need for such formalities at all, considering she didn't even understand why the director wanted to keep her brother's identity a secret to begin with.

She sighed again.

Sometimes being Cain Heel's manager was really too much work. She'd rather spend the day cuddling with him in bed then forcing him to get up and spend time around people that were not her. Her eyebrow twitched in irritation. She would have to see that Hamster girl again, the one that was so adamant about getting her brother's attention all the time. Setsu would have hoped she learned her place after having it bluntly spelled out for her, but maybe her expectations were too high.

In any event she needed to get up. No matter how much she REALLY didn't want to.

Her brother's arms were still tightly wrapped around her body from the night before. Being enveloped by his scent, cigarettes and mint, and his warmth was better than anything she could possibly imagine. A smirk played on her lips as an idea came to her mind. He would scold her for sure, but it was worth it.

She lifted her hand, which had been gripping onto his shoulders, and raked her long nails across the expanse of his back. He shuddered in his sleep. Her smirk grew. She drew her nails down his back further until she reached his waist His sweatpants hung low on it, probably loosened in his sleep. Her heart beat faster when he stirred slightly, his sides were the slightest bit ticklish. Her hand moved under his arm and her fingernails made her way up to his chest and delicately up his neck. Her hand lovingly rested against his ear and her fingers moved to wipe across his lips. Although not in her plans, she couldn't resist stretching upwards to plant a chaste kiss on his lips.

His eyes opened immediately.

"Good morning, nii-san." She greeted, sweetly. Her hand brushed his dark hair from his face. He looked at her dazedly not quite awake.

His hand rose up and a gentle thumb brushed under her eyes. She could feel the dried tears on her face and knew that he was silently asking if she was okay.

The answer was complicated. She wasn't, but she also knew no better feeling than being held in his embrace. The night before had been plagued with nightmares, of course they weren't any worse than the ones she usually had, but the problem was that she'd had the same exact one for five days in a row and the stress was starting to get to her. But Cain didn't need to know that. He blamed himself enough as it was.

Feigning ignorance to the question, she asked one herself.

"What would you like for breakfast?" Cain studied her face for a moment before removing his arm from under her and draping it over his face as he rolled over onto his back. He wanted her to answer his question first.

There had been a time where he might have made his point with words but in all they had been through in the last three years Cain had slowly resorted to talking only when he felt it necessary such as times when he couldn't express himself physically or found verbal language more effective in the situation. Or perhaps it had come about from spending so much time in Japan, around people who spoke a language he wasn't fully comfortable with. So, she had gotten used to the newly developed mannerisms and could read him well enough to understand exactly what he meant.

She sighed, rolling over and getting out of the bed. She stood at the edge and stretched her arms over her head, making her camisole rise and expose her creamy white skin. She was trying to distract him and they both knew it.

And based on the stony look he gave her from under his arm he wasn't falling for it.

Setsuka bent down to look for her phone and groaned to herself when she realized it had died because she forgot to plug in the charger. With a huff, she plugged it in, knowing it would hardly do any good now.

Cain was watching her, looking for any sign that she wasn't okay since she refused to acknowledge his silent questions. She wouldn't even make eye contact with him now.

"So, nii-san," Setsu began, walking into the kitchen. "You've got a busy day today. Please, get out of bed and into the shower while I work on breakfast."

Cain watched her legs as she left. Those shorts she wore to sleep really were too little and too much at the same time.

As much as he didn't want to get up, they really did have a busy day. His identity would be announced to the public, followed by many interviews and as Director Konoe had promised him "many job offers".

He stood from the bed and was about to go into the bathroom when an idea came to his mind.

"You don't want to join me?" He asked, voice gruff with sleepiness, taking a few steps in the direction of the kitchen. Setsu had frozen, leaning down into the refrigerator to grab ingredients for breakfast.

He had pulled out one of his trump cards. He didn't often invite her to shower with him, most of the time she would beg him to join her in the bath but that was it. Because of that, Setsuka knew it was a trap. If she agreed she would have to answer his question.

The truth was she couldn't honestly say that she was okay and she would rather die than lie to her brother. She was still shaky and the many nights of minimum amounts of sleep was starting to get to her, but she couldn't tell him that. It would distract him and he'd probably force her to stay home and get some sleep. At the same time, refusing his offer was just as good as saying that she wasn't okay. Because no way in her right mind would she ever refuse such a thing.

She looked at the time displayed on the oven. The answer suddenly came to her.

"Nii-san. It's already 9. We need to be on set by 10." She huffed in exaggerated concern.

Cain lifted an eyebrow. He was not impressed. While shooting for Tragic Marker they had been hours late and it hadn't bothered her in the slightest. She was never this stubborn about not telling him when there was something wrong. He couldn't help but feel hurt.

He walked over to where his little sister was standing, pulling her by the hand into a hug.

"Setsu…" He mumbled. "Look at me." She did as she was told.

"Are you okay?" He asked outright, tired of her dodging the question. Setsuka sighed, wrapping her arms around her brother.

"I'll be fine. Don't worry about it so much." He hugged her tighter.

"Be fine?" He repeated, unable to look her in the eyes anymore he mumbled into her hair.

"Yes. I'll be fine." Cain ran his hand through his sister's hair. Maybe he should make her stay here and get some sleep.

"I'm going with you." Setsu said sternly, almost as if she had heard his thought.

"Setsu.." He trailed off. He didn't want to argue with her but if she wasn't feeling well…

"Cain." She said right back. She only called him by name when she was being very serious.

He sighed and begrudgingly acquiesced. He stepped away from her and stood close, observing her as she prepared breakfast.

"Go and get in the shower already." She instructed, a smirk ghosting her lips when she realized he had forgotten.

...

Surprisingly they managed to be almost an hour late. Surprising because the crew had deemed their tardiness as them not showing up although Director Konoe had assured them they were. Konoe was making the announcement about BJ's identity on one of Japan's favorite morning talk shows. So, unlike on the set of Tragic Marker, they had a specific time slot that Cain Heel was bordering on missing completely. At least the announcement was to be made at the end of the show so they had a slightly bigger margin of time.

As the Heel siblings entered the building all thoughts of reprimanding the two for being late instantly left the minds of all that saw them.

Much to Cain's dismay, Setsuka had insisted on dressing up for the occasion since she would actually be making an appearance on Tv. She was wearing her favorite knee-length chunky black leather boots, a black corset-like cropped top, and her shortest black skirt with the exception that it was looser than most of the ones she owned, black stocking reached up from her boots to meet the skirt, and she had on her favorite lacy fingerless black gloves. The various chains and loops on her outfit and hanging from her neck made tinkling noises as she sashayed into the building. She was also wearing one of Cain's black trench coats that he had practically thrown onto her when he saw her outfit.

And Cain, put into a bad mood by seeing his sister's outfit, was wearing an even more murderous glare than usual.

"Can she actually wear that on national tv?" Someone near them whispered. Cain turned his head towards the speaker and the woman seemed to turn several shades paler before scampering off mumbling apologies.

"U-um… are you Heel-sama?" A meek looking worker asked in Japanese, avoiding eye contact with the taller man but shivering in fear all the same. Cain looked to his sister to answer.

"Hai." Setsu answered in a bored tone. The terrified woman nodded jerkily despite the confusion on her face and looked at her clipboard.

"T-then please follow me to your d-dressing room." The woman turned around immediately and started walking quickly to the dressing room.

"We don't have much time to get your makeup sorted." The woman continued, feeling safer now that the two were out of her sight. How someone could give off that much contempt without even saying a word terrified her.

After a few moments they arrived at their destination.

"S-someone will be here in just a-a moment." The woman stated before running off.

Cain opened the door for his sister and followed her inside. Silently, he made his way to the only chair in the small room, by the vanity, and sat down heavily.

Setsuka looked around the room lazily. She regretted not drinking any coffee this morning, the little sleep she had last night was catching up to her. She focused instead on her brother's adorable pouting face.

"Nii-san, why are you in such a bad mood?" She asked, leaning against the wall. His face softened slightly. He had no reason to look at his beloved sister like that.

"I don't like what you're wearing." Setsu looked down at her outfit, ah, so that was it.

"Don't lie to me," She purred, crossing the room to stand in front of him. She placed her hands on his knees and whispered in his ear.

"You like what I'm wearing. I bet you like it a lot." She leaned back to look at his face, he was still frowning but his face had a degree of strain in it. She smirked.

"You just don't like that other people can see me looking this good." Setsu lifted her leg and straddled his lap. She was teasing him to the max. Her skirt was so short that if Cain even glanced down she would be flashing him with her lacy underwear. She hooked her arms around his neck forcing it downwards a little. She brought her mouth so close to his ear that at every word she spoke her lips were brushing against it.

"Don't worry, nii-san. I'm all yours- forever. Isn't that right?" Cain just grunted in response. Somehow he couldn't find his voice. He both loved and hated when his sister acted like this with him. He loved that she wouldn't ever do this to anyone else. But he hated the urges that welled up in him that he couldn't ever act on. Because the simple truth was that she was right. He didn't hate her outfit, he fucking loved it. He loved the way her thighs looked in those boots, the way all that black made her white skin stand out that much more, the way he nearly drooled just looking at her. And he was pissed because he knew that everyone else that saw her saw exactly what he did and most thought the same about her as well. But she was also right when she said that she was his, because she was. And he was just as much hers.

A knock on the door ruined the moment. Setsu kissed Cain on the corner of his mouth quickly before climbing off of him.

"Excuse me…?" A pretty girl with hair dyed light brown poked her head in the door.

"Oh. You're Heel-sama, yes?" She asked. She was admittedly confused. All her co-workers had basically been wishing her happiness in the afterlife when they saw who she was to be working with and she had been rightfully scared. But the man in front of her had a small smile on his face and although the way the two people in the room were dressed was rather intimidating she didn't really see any reason to be as terrified as her coworkers said she would be.

Cain nodded and the woman entered the room.

"Nice to meet you both, I'm Iwamoto Runa. I'll be doing some touch-up makeup for the show. Please take care of me." She greeted, bowing her head respectfully.

"My brother doesn't speak Japanese very well, so if he needs to say something to you I'll be translating." Setsu said, not bothering to introduce herself. Runa looked surprised but nodded, fishing out some makeup brushes from her pouch.

"Are you going to be going on stage as well, Heel-san?" Runa asked, directing her question at Setsu as she tried to find the right color makeup for Cain's face.

"Yeah." Setsu replied. She had grown bored and was carefully inspecting her black nail polish.

Runa paused and looked at Setsu's face. She already had a lot of make-up on so it wasn't like she needed to add anymore, Runa concluded, focusing her attention on Cain once again.

Someone else knocked on the door a few moments later. It was Director Konoe.

"Are we almost ready in here?" He asked, stepping into the room. His face reddened when his gaze fell upon Setsu. Honestly, how could she walk around looking so promiscuous? He turned away immediately but not soon enough for Cain to miss his reaction. The small smile was long gone as he glared at the director. Runa who had turned around to bow slightly to the director noticed the change in his facial expression and shivered. Was this what everyone was talking about?

Konoe cleared his throat nervously.

"Ehm… Anyways," He was scared to even talk to Setsuka now even though he needed to ask a question.

"Is Setsuka-chan going to be joining you on stage Cain-san? And as an interpreter or your sister?" Cain's face had darkened even further at the mention of her name. Setsu sighed, all that work she had done to get him to relax had gone down the drain.

She walked over to him and translated Konoe's questions into his ear. Cain mumbled his answer in english, he would have turned to Setsu but Runa was applying makeup around his eyes and moving suddenly could be dangerous.

"Both." Came his reply from Setsu's mouth. The shorter man rubbed his chin thoughtfully. Introducing her to the world probably wasn't the best idea, considering the kind of relationship the two siblings had, but he valued his life a little too much to dispute such a thing with Cain. But… it really just was a bad idea all around.

Honestly, Setsu was also surprised by her brothers answer. She didn't think it was the best idea to tell everyone that they were siblings, especially not if any acting jobs were going to be in danger because of it. She decided to try to avoid introducing herself as such. Besides she was the translator, it would probably be simple to not say who she was exactly.

"Alright." Konoe responded after a long moment. "Anyways," he looked at Runa. "I think he's due on set in about 10 minutes."

"Okay. I'll be done in a few minutes, thank you." She paused what she was doing to bow politely towards him. "I'm sorry you were made to tell me this, everything has been a little hectic this morning I hope you can understand."

Konoe laughed a little at her overly polite display.

"It's alright. I understand, sometimes these things just can't be helped." Especially if the main guest of the show is almost an hour late, he added mentally. He waved a hand as he exited the room and was able to breathe hatred-free air again.

Setsu, grown bored again, had popped a stick of gum into her mouth and was trying to see just how large of a bubble she could blow before it popped. Her brother looked on in amusement.

A few minutes later Runa hummed happily.

"All done! Alright, you still have a few minutes before you're needed on set but you should probably go ahead and head down." She said, speaking to both siblings.

Cain grunted in response. Setsu popped her gum. Runa couldn't help but to find interest in this strange duo. They were so strange and off in a world that nobody else was invited to.

"Nice meeting you both." She spoke, bowing her head once more before leaving the room and shutting it behind her.

A few minutes went by as the siblings breathed in silence.

Finally an exasperated Setsu spoke up.

"Nii-san." He merely grunted in response. He was so grouchy today.

She walked over to him again. He couldn't go on national TV with this attitude.

She hooked a finger under his chin and within a second had slipped her tongue into his mouth sliding the gum in her mouth into his. She stepped back as soon as she was finished, this was after all technically the third time she had kissed him today and sooner or later he would stop letting her. She grinned at his surprised response and although she was blushing like mad she felt like she had won just now.

"For good luck!" She cheered, "Now, let's go introduce nii-san to the world!"

Cain was shocked to be completely honest. She had slid her tongue into his mouth so fast and then she was standing at the door grinning down at him and he had her gum in his mouth. She was going to be the death of him, for sure. He stood from his chair in a daze but draped an arm around Setsu as they headed off to the stage.

...

The shows host, Chino Miu, looked visibly frightened when Cain walked onstage. She had of course seen Tragic Marker, simply to see what all the buzz was about the mysterious actor X - really he wasn't even credited in the movie. But as Konoe stood and shook hands with the man who he introduced to be Cain Heel, the mysterious Actor X, she realized that the striking fear she had felt while watching BJ in the movie was less the cause of the character and more due to the actual man.

Her heart beat thunderously in her chest as he walked over to her and reached out a hand, she was surprised but the part of her brain still functioning instructed her to shake it as it was a western greeting.

He was tall, taller than he had seemed in the movie and emanated that same haunting and dangerous aura even though he was had a small smile on his face. Instead of being comforted by it she was reminded of the smirk that BJ wore in the movie. The sinister one that had her shivering and grabbing onto her boyfriend in the theatre.

Somehow she might have even been able to speak a greeting to him before he turned and sat down on the couch.

As he sat Miu was then able to see a much shorter and more asian looking girl, that had also taken a seat on the couch without greeting her. Though she was glad that the girl hadn't. She wasn't evoking the same fear that Cain was but the look in her slate grey eyes were full of disdain and her outfit was… was she really allowed to wear that on national television?

Her audience seemed almost as shocked by the two as she was, a hushed blanket had covered the room- everyone just as unsettled as she was. She had no idea why the girl was here in the first place, she had only been told that she would be interviewing Actor X and Director Konoe.

With a start, she realized that the three people on her couch were staring at her expectantly. She cleared her throat nervously and glanced down at the short list of questions she had prepared.

With a deep breath she faced the intense gaze of Cain Heel, ignoring the instinctive urge to run away when she did.

"So, Heel-sama, was it? We're all dying to know, why all the secrecy about your identity?" She had braced herself for his response and was surprised when Konoe spoke instead.

"Well, it was mostly for publicity purposes. Cain-san was a relatively new actor that was introduced to me and I was very impressed with his acting ability and thought we could play on the mystery of BJ and make the actor just as mysterious. Not to mention, I love a good surprise."

She nodded, it had certainly worked. The opening weekend had produced more ticket sales than any single Ren Tsuruga film ever had in it's opening. A feat not easily obtained, especially by a newbie actor

"Well, it certainly worked. I even saw the movie myself, how many others in here have?" She asked, directing her question to the audience who responded loudly.

"So, who exactly is Cain Heel? Tell us about yourself." Miu risked making eye contact with him, to emphasize that she wanted him to answer, given that he hadn't said a single word yet.

Instead, she was surprised again when the girl in the revealing black clothes leaned over and began talking into Cain's ear. The man was quiet for a while listening, then he responded in a deep voice speaking… English? The girl nodded when he finished and then both of them were looking at her sending a pang of fear through her heart.

"He says: Cain Heel is who you're speaking to. He's from England, 23 years old, and doesn't speak Japanese that well." Miu's eyes widened in complete shock. How could he have acted in a completely Japanese movie and not speak the language well? Though, thinking harder about it she realized that BJ really hadn't spoken very much throughout the movie. Still, why had nobody told her?

She felt her cheeks redden in frustration. The least the girl could have done was introduce herself as his translator to begin with.

Konoe seemed to notice her distress. "My apologies, Setsuka Heel is Cain's sister and translator." He explained.

Miu frowned now. Sister? Her gaze went back to the blonde girl who almost seems to be scowling now, she had a streak of pink in hair and her lips were a bright scarlet with a metal ring in her lip that connected to a black choker around her neck. Then she looked into her eyes. Then into Cain Heel's. They shared the same cold, slate grey stare.

But… nothing else about them said they were siblings. Their body language was… different. Suggested something different. They looked like they belonged together, but not as brother and sister.

She shook the thought off, attributing it to the strange idiosyncrasies of Western cultures.

"So," She began, trying to focus on the interview. "BJ is quite the… intense character. What was it like to play him?"

...

Setsuka was sleepy. The interview had gone on forever and was one of the most boring experiences she had ever had. The interviewer, Setsuka really didn't even know her name, was so visibly uncomfortable with her and Cain that it was almost laughable. Almost. What was laughable was the face she had made when Konoe had told everyone that Setsuka was Cain's sister.

Speaking of, they were now outside of his office- waiting as he spoke on the phone.

After the interview Konoe's phone had begun to ring and hadn't stopped since. He had driven them to his office and instructed them to wait with an overly excited look on his face and Setsu had promptly made herself comfortable in her chair, which meant being more on Cain's lap than her own seat and taken a nap.

Now, hours later- judging by how dark it had become outside- she awoke and stretched her limbs out like a feline. She breathed in deeply, and noticed with surprise that a limb had been stretched over her waist. She looked up, into the tender eyes of her brother, and decided to stay where she was instead of moving back into her own seat as she had been planning.

"You should have stayed home." He said softly, the rumble of his voice comforting.

"Why is that?" She questioned in return, speaking just as softly.

"You're obviously more tired than you said you were." Setsuka frowned. That made it seem as if he thought she had lied to him. She shifted her position again, so that she was now sitting and the arm that had been laid over her waist was forced to loop around her shoulder instead.

"I'm fine." She stated firmly, looking into his eyes. "I just felt like taking a nap since we weren't doing anything." Cain's face changed ever so slightly and he lifted a hand to run his fingers through her hair as he turned away.

She sighed, giving up. He really was in such a bad mood today.

They sat in silence for a few moments before Konoe finally emerged from his office looking exhausted but that bright look of excitement in his eyes was even brighter now.

"Cain!" He cried in joy, face reddening only when he realized he had called the man without an honorific. He cleared his throat and presented a stack of papers to the dark man.

"You have way more offers than I could have ever anticipated! Even more important than the acting offers though," Konoe pointed to the top of the list in Cain's hand. "The companies that want to represent you. Including one of the most prestigious talent agencies, LME!"

Cain looked almost disinterestedly through the stack of papers. Setsuka already knew she was going to have go through them herself. Her eyes drifted back over to Konoe and the few papers he was still holding. He looked nervous.

"We'll look over them." Setsuka spoke. "Is that all?"

Konoe looked at her and opened his mouth, then closing it looked back at Cain uncomfortably.

"What?" Cain demanded in Japanese, not liking the look he gave Setsu.

"Well," He presented the few papers in his hand to Setsuka instead of Cain. "There are also a handful of offers for Setsuka-chan."

Hi, everyone! How many of you thought I was never going to actually post this story? I definitely didn't. But I've worked so hard on exploring my writing ability and becoming more confident in what I do write that I felt it was only right that I come back to this story after gaining so much confidence. The prologue for this story was quite possibly the hardest thing I've ever written and ever since overcoming that hurdle I've been hard at work just writing whatever I felt like and being proud it and myself. And I think I've really come a long way. I'm always filled with inspiration and I always feel like writing. So I'm finally bringing this story back after being hard at work with it for the last few months. I really meant to have this up on the same date I posted the first chapter of the prologue but unfortunately I'm a month late xD. Whoops.

Hope you enjoyed. I've got a lot in store for these two! :) Thanks for sticking with me and being so patient. So much love :*