AN: Thanks for choosing to read this fic 😊 I'm trying to get rid of my frustration with the manga by writing this. There are several plot twists but I am hoping for some Kuon-Kyoko stuff even if just gradually but hey, there will be more than the manga.

Chapter Two – Bad News

It would be about sixteen hours until Kuon's flight landed and Kuu couldn't hide his excitement. After so many years, his son would be coming home. He grinned thinking about it. He had taken the whole week off so that he could prepare for Kuon's return and so that he could spend some time with his son once he had returned. Julie had been dancing around the house for three months once he had told her, or rather asked if his return was okay.

They would have their son back. He had matured and turned into an amazing guy, a world-class actor and all of that lost time would be but a memory that they could put in the past. Kuu had hoped for something to blossom between Kuon and Kyoko but he didn't want his son to endure so much pain, the pain that Boss had been telling him about.

Kuu looked at the clothes that he would be wearing to meet Kuon in. He hummed as he tried to straighten them up. His son would call him Mom and Dad again. He would be able to celebrate his twenty-second birthday at home and they would be enjoying a Christmas together after so many years.

Julie was standing opposite a magnificent Christmas tree that they had yet to decorate, it was her hope that they could decorate it as a family or maybe just her with Kuon sitting and watching her. As long as they could do it together. They were going to be able to spend some time as a family again and she was going to be able to give her son all the love that she had wanted to for six years.

It was at this point though that the phone rang and Kuu went to pick it up, "Hello, you've reached the Hizuri residence."

"Shuuhei," Lory said in a heavy manner and Kuu's back straightened as he held the phone closer. "There's been, something tragic has happened."

"Something…" Kuu walked over to the stairs to sit down on them. This sounded like a situation where he needed to sit down. "Tell me honestly, please be as clear as you can be," he said as his gut twisted. Something had gone wrong, it must have gone wrong. Why was it when everything was going so well that the worst things in life happened? "He's not…tell me," he whispered.

"Yes, right now he's alive but he was hit by one of the large delivery vans, you know the type," Lory said gravely and Kuu froze. Most people wouldn't have survived that, they'd be dead from the impact. His breaths turned more shallow but he tried to keep himself calm. "There was a lot of blood. It won't be reported on any news site or channel, I've made sure to take care of that. He was hit when he was Kuon and not Ren."

Kuu took a few more deep breaths, "What is his prognosis? His chances of survival?" he asked and Lory maintained his calmness as well.

"He's showing a good chance of survival," Lory told him, "He's been admitted to the hospital as Kuon Hizuri so it's up to you whether you want to come now or…he should be able to return to America at the beginning of next year."

Kuu paused, he tried to think it through. Boss definitely did sound confident that Kuon would be able to travel so it wasn't that bad a thing but these delivery vans were monsters in their size especially if they were carrying stage items and he had just heard that Kuon had been thrown back with a lot of blood. He didn't know whether to be hopeful or not.

"You're not telling me something," he said as he tried to think it over. Kuon was skilled in self-defense but that was against other people, not in serious road accidents. "Where did the blood come from? Does he need surgery? How are his organs?"

"He's in recovery, he has a strong chance of survival," Lory repeated and Kuu brought his head down, his fingers running through his dyed hair. How could this have happened? All Kuon had needed to do was to say his final good byes at LME, get in a car, go to the airport, and catch a flight. How had something like that gone so wrong?

"Can you do me a favor?" Kuu asked with heavy breaths, "Any hospital bills that need to be paid for, please forward them to me. Does he need an organ donation? Blood donation? I'll take a test and I'm sure Julie would to if you need to find someone who is a match."

"He's already had a blood transfer," Lory told him. "We'll have to see how he is when he wakes up. I'm really sorry, Kuu" he said and the actor nodded. They had expected too much, of course the world wouldn't be kind to them.

"I'll come over," Kuu told him, "Please forward all information to me, thank you for taking care of him, I'll be on the next flight over," he said before wrapping up the conversation. He looked up to see Julie standing before him in shock, her confusion in her eyes.

"What happened?" she asked and Kuu shook his head, unsure how to answer that question.

"Are you okay with traveling to Japan?" he asked and Julie nodded nervously.

"What happened?" she asked again, "You have to tell me. Is he okay? I'm his mother, Kuu, I have to know what's happening if it involves our Kuon."

"He was hit by a van and taken to the hospital," Kuu told her and Julie broke down into tears. Kuu wrapped her up in his arms. "He's a fighter though and he's really strong, the doctors are predicting that he's going to be okay. As for the role, maybe I could do something, influence it a little, the same producer approached me about a project. I mean, I know that Kuon wants to do this by himself but he was hit by a van, maybe the producer can shoot the TV show a little later."

Julie put a hand to his lips and shook her head, "That doesn't matter, Kuu. What matters is that he's alive and keeping him alive. That's the only thing that matters."

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"Would you like to go to the hospital to get a check up?" Lory asked as he looked at Kyoko who was seated in front of him in his office. Of course Lory had heard exactly what had happened, it had been his man who was driving the car, he was listed as Kuon's emergency contact in Japan as well. He knew what was happening and the danger that Kuon was in that he refused to tell Kuu.

"No, I'm…" Kyoko whispered as she looked straight in front of her, "Have you heard from the hospital?"

"You shouldn't concern yourself with that," Lory told her bluntly and Kyoko's mouth opened but she didn't say anything, she didn't know if she had the right to say anything. Kuon could be dead because of her. If she hadn't had tried to run after him then he would be at the airport right now waiting for his flight.

"Can you answer a question for me?" Kyoko asked as she looked straight forward at the president. "Would I have died were Kuon not there?" she asked and Lory paused. He took a few deep breaths as he studied her, seeming to be looking for the answer, "Please, just tell me honestly."

"Honestly, yes, you would be dead," Lory finally told her. "It's amazing that Kuon is still alive. The plan that he had seems simple enough, he had ended things at this company, I let him out of his contract and especially since I'm a friend of his family I managed to waive some fees. All he needed to do was catch his flight and the dreams that he's been fighting six years for would have come to completion but he wasn't able to do that."

Kyoko felt the sobs inside her building. As much as she was angry at him for lying to her, she hadn't meant for this to happen to him. She knew that he had sacrificed his own life so that he could save her but why couldn't they both be okay? She didn't feel that she had any right to be angry at him after he saved her life.

"Can I see him?" she asked and Lory stood, walking over to the window.

"I'm not trying to be harsh but I don't think that's a good idea," he told her and Kyoko paused. She and Corn were childhood friends, she had always looked up to Ren with respect and she loved him and did she…did she tell him that? "In fact, I'd prefer it if you stay away from him unless he approaches you," Lory looked at her. "You may think that he saved your life and you have all the right to see him after he did that but he needs to recover, rest, and if possible continue the acting dreams he's had for such a long time in America, please don't ruin this for him."

Kyoko felt herself get pale and she closed her eyes but all she could picture was the way that Kuon's body lay limply in the middle of the road, the second lane of traffic, and how he looked so much like a dog that had been hit. The way that he was struggling to breathe, how limp his body was. Hearing that he had saved her life and that was the cost hurt her terribly.

"I don't want for him to move to America," she said and Lory came over to sit in front of her.

"Are you prepared enough to tell him that you love him, to ask him to stay for your benefit?" he asked and Kyoko shook her head, feeling guilty about that but knowing that the president could see through her lies. "Then it might be best for all parties if you just let it go. That boy has suffered enough, things that you might not even imagine. I want him to have a good life and focus on that dream that's been motivating him for so many years."

"He's going to recover though, isn't he?" Kyoko asked nervously, "He's going to be okay. He has to recover, his injuries," she struggled as she suddenly started to think about the past year. She had been so happy at Valentines Day, she had been happy during the time they had spent as the Heel siblings, but after she had thought that he was in love with Kimiko and after she started playing the role of Momiji everything had started to unravel. Those times he had come to see her after she had finished her acting assignment and she had shrugged him off and made sure to brush off any type of interest he showed her, he might have been attempting to tell her all of this.

Did he hate her? Had she done enough to him that he hated her now? He hadn't even told her that he was leaving the country or that he was resigning from LME. He used to share that kind of thing with her but she hadn't responded to his actions, instead running from them. There were so many things that were all too complicated that she had to deal with. She had left so many questions unanswered.

He should hate her.

Still, he was Corn and Corn was too gentle, too kind to hate anyone.

"Can you please just tell me about his injuries? There was so much blood, please, I…I want to know that he's going to be okay."

"I don't think he will be," Lory told her and Kyoko bowed her head.

"What did you tell Kuu-sama?" Kyoko asked and Lory shook his head.

"I covered up elements of the truth," he explained, "It's not worth losing hope especially when your son, who you have only seen once in six years, was supposed to be coming home to you but instead is in a hospital where his fate is uncertain. I'm not such a cruel person to break my friend's heart but no, I don't honestly think that he will be okay."

End of Chapter Two

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H-Nala, Kaname671, kikoune, ktoll9

AN2:

I'm so thankful for all of the support. The ending was a cliffhanger but I'm writing from my emotions and frustration but there is a plan. Hope everyone continues to enjoy it.