So I just read 194 like five seconds ago and I couldn't help speculating what might happen.
Kyoko was shocked. Who was this man who was pinning her? It was obvious that it wasn't Tsuruga-san since he would never be so possessive and dominate her like this. It also was equally obvious that this wasn't Nii-san. While he was affectionate towards her and quite possessive it didn't feel like him.
Her mind flashed back to the time where he had smiled during the rehearsal fight. Was this the same person from then? It had to be. But who was that? Why would he be so concerned with the fact that Sho was calling her?
Suddenly in one quick move Kyoko found herself on top of a now startled… whoever it was. She was Setsuka but at the same time she had retained a bit of herself. This man had an aura like Nii-san and that called out to Setsuka but at the same time part of that man called out to Kyoko Mogami. Not the star that she had become but a younger more innocent part of herself.
"Why do you care who calls me?" Kyoko/Setsuka asked the man who was pinned beneath her.
The man just looked up at her transfixed as though she is the most beautiful sight that he has ever seen in his life.
Kyoko didn't know what to do but the Setsu in her did. She found herself leaning in to kiss this stranger. The Setsu in her felt that this was the only natural course of action that was open to her at this moment. The Kyoko in her however was panicking. She knew without a doubt that one kiss could destroy all the walls in her. The walls that had come down lately due to the feelings that she knew were becoming stronger. She forced herself to deny it though.
Even knowing this the Setsu in her didn't stop. She was close now, so very close. She could feel his warmth from his body that was flushed up against hers now. Then she felt his lips on hers. The man beneath her didn't hesitate he locked his hands in her hair and pulled her to him. Making the contact as close as possible.
For one moment her mind was blissed out. She didn't know who she was and to her surprise she didn't care. She wanted this. Kyoko was in full control now and she didn't stop the kiss. She couldn't. But he could. He pushed her away.
There were tears in his eyes. He wanted to run. How could he have let Kuon have so much control? He knew she was reacting as Setsuka and he also knew that any chance that he might have had with her was gone.
Kyoko was in shock and she sat panting where she had been left on the bed. Slowly she glanced over at Ren. Immediately her breath hitched. He was on the wall closest to the bed and he looked soulless but tears were flowing from his eyes. The sight was very eerie and it scared Kyoko.
'Could he have been hiding feelings for me?' she wondered. It was obviously a totally different personality that had possessed him and that personality seemed to express traits that he didn't want revealed. whatever it was that he was hiding had to be bad if the man had created a new personality just so that he could hide one that was infused with a darkness that was like Cain Heel's.
It dawned on Kyoko then that she didn't know him as well as she had thought. All that time she was selfishly thinking about how bad she had it and she never even noticed how much Ren was suffering. Sure he was a top rate actor but she was someone who had spent so much time around him and it didn't matter how good he was she should have noticed. God she was so selfish.
"Tsuruga-san!" she cried as she went to him. "I'm so sorry. So sorry. I'm around you so much and I care about you so much but I never noticed how much pain you have hidden away." She wrapped her arms around him and slowly she felt him respond. Tentatively as though he was afraid that she was going to run away he wrapped his arms around her and for the first time since he had adopted his Tsuruga Ren persona he allowed another to see him in his weakness. He shed the persona and allowed Kuon to come out and cry.
'Tsuruga Ren' had held Kuon back for so long and now the mask that had hidden him so well had cracks in it and 'Ren' was tired.
"Ren?" she whispered.
Kuon couldn't lie anymore. He didn't want to hide away again just yet. He was guilty of so much but a part of him was still that boy who had met that little girl so many years ago in that forest and he didn't want to hide from her anymore.
Kuon pulled back and looked at the beautiful woman who the girl he had known so long ago had become. He took a breath and for the first time in years he allowed his birth name to pass his lips. "I'm not Ren. I am Kuon."
Kyoko looked at the man and slowly recognition crept into her face as she began to understand. She didn't know everything yet but that would come with time. For now though, she was content to hold that man who had captured the heart she thought was lost.
