I hope you all don't want to kill me right now. Hopefully this chapter will help some! Thanks again for the reviews and favorites! It really helps to know people like it. I was super nervous no one would be willing to accept the pairing. I'm sorry about the baby thing, it's the only way I could get rid of Ren and still keep him Ren... Anywho, on to the show!

Previously:

"That's my son…."

Silence rang throughout the room as Lory comprehended the words he'd just heard and examined the image in his hand.

"How old is he?"

"14 months I think" Ren replied, staring out the window at the skyline before them.

"How long have you known?"

"Just a few weeks. Ayame was out of the country with friends and family when she was pregnant. She wanted it to stay out of the gossip columns until she was ready to tell me. I think she was debating not telling me though" Ren continued sadly, contemplating the idea of never knowing his son.

Silence filled the room again as Lory continued to study the image in his hand. The toddler laughed excitedly at the camera while holding a giant lollipop in his hand. Despite being a little over a year, the resemblance to Ren was remarkable.

Thank god he got his mother's hair; that would have been something to explain otherwise.

Thoughts shocking him out of his reverie Lory's eyes shot up to Ren. "Ren, does Ayame know about your past then?"

A long sigh escaped the actor's lips as he slumped back against the couch, head falling back as he stared up at the ceiling. "No, she never knew when we were together and how do you tell her now?"

"But you plan to soon, correct?" Lory pressured on, leaning towards the boy across from him.

"Now isn't the right time to reveal myself yet is it? I thought we were waiting still" Ren half-heartedly argued back as he sat up and looked anywhere but Lory's face.

"Ren! I cannot allow you to marry a girl who doesn't even know who you really are!" Lory exclaimed, jumping up from his seat as he waved his arms towards the boy in question. "How can you even think of deceiving the woman you lov-" Lory stopped short as he scrutinized the man across him before continuing calmly. Ren's eyes winced slightly at the thought of the next question. "Ren, do you even love Ayame?"

"I always felt I cared deeply for Ayame when we were together, we seemed to connect more than any other relationship in the past, and now with the baby…." Ren started, clearly confused by the question itself. "When I see her holding my son, I can't imagine not being with her"

Silence in the room was interrupted by an obnoxiously bright ring-tone from Lory's phone. Pulling it out the LoveME pink cell, Lory's face visibly fell before turning to Ren panicked. "Ren, did you by any chance tell your mother before you made this announcement?"

Sweat poured down the faces of both men as Lory flipped the phone open, bracing themselves for the tirade to follow.

Sho sighed for the hundredth time today as he once again tried to physically shake Kyoko out of her stupor. An hour had passed since Sho ushered her into his apartment and sat her on the couch. So far Sho had tried calling out to her, waving a hand in front of her face and physically shaking the poor girl. Pacing in front of her Sho reassessed the situation again.

What could possibly have happened to her to put her in such a state? It couldn't have been Reino, he just did an interview from America yesterday.

Sho's continued to pae his apartment as he continued contemplating what happened and how to snap her out of it. His apartment was simple considering his popularity. There was a single hallway from the door with a kitchen off to the right and a small dining area just past the kitchen, in the corner of the hall. The kitchen had two doors from it, one from the front hallway, the other entering out into the dining area. To the left of the dining area was his living room with a simple white plush couch, a coffee table and a flat screen TV. The single bedroom and bath were to the left of the living room, completing the simple rectangular shape his apartment layout was. Kyoko sat in the center of his couch, staring blankly ahead. Sho had pushed the coffee table to the side in order to approach her from the front, not that it helped any.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrghllllllll

Sho's head whipped up at the sound of the foreign noise, unsure what it was that knocked him out of his thoughts.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrghllllllll

Looking around again for the source of the noise, a snicker passed his lips as Sho slowly approached the culprit. Leaning down he took a single index finger and lightly jabbed Kyoko in the stomach.

GGGGGGGGGrrrrrrrrrrrrrrghllllllll was the response Sho received back as his hunch was correct. Rolling back onto the floor, Sho allowed himself a few moments to laugh, a much needed reprieve from the current situation.

Only a complete idiot would black out so bad she wouldn't even notice she's starving.

Shaking his head, Sho grabbed a sweatshirt and hat before turning to the girl on his couch. She hasn't moved in hours, I doubt she will in the next 20 minutes.

Turning back just in case, Sho called to the apartment "I'm getting us some food, don't go anywhere". Seeing she, again, didn't acknowledge the noise, Sho shook his head one more time before locking the door behind him and heading out onto the evening street.

Fifteen minutes later, as Sho walked back towards his apartment, bag of take-out heavily swaying in his left hand with his stride, his thoughts dragged him to the last time he got take out for Kyoko.

Twelve year old Shoutaro walked down the path home, heavy bag of food in his hands as his school bag was slung over the other shoulder.

"Hopefully she's gone by now. That woman only ever brings drama and heartache whenever she bothers to visit" Sho mumbled to himself as he kicked a stone across the path.

Knowing that idiot, she's probably crying in her room again. She only got a 98 this time; of course that makes her such a "failure".

Looking down at the bag in his hand Sho hoped the treat he stopped to get her would bring her back from the depths she always fell to after a visit from Okaa-san. He felt bad lying to Kyoko that he had plans after school and sent her home to see her mother without her "Sho-chan" beside her, but he knew he'd just stand there like a deer in headlights throughout it all. At least this way maybe she'd feel better faster.

Sho unlocked the door and called in, hoping Kyoko would respond this time.

"Kyoko, I'm back! Could you help me unpack the food?"

Silence filled the room as Sho dropped the food on his kitchen table and leaned around the corner to see Kyoko still sitting blankly on his couch. Sho sighed again as he placed the bag of food on the couch before approaching Kyoko one more time.

"Oi, come on. Enough is enough!" Sho yelled this time, kneeling before her so he was eye-level with Kyoko. Grabbing hold of her shoulders, Sho began to lightly shake her again. "Come on! I have no idea what happened but how can I help if you don't SNAP OUT OF IT"

Failure got the best of him as Sho shot up once more, tugging at his hair in frustration. Pacing back in forth in front of Kyoko, Sho came to a dead stop as an idea popped into his head. Sho nervously chewed on his thumbnail as his fist rested against his face.

She'd kill me! No she'd skewer me before roasting me alive over a pit!

A cold shiver ran down Sho's back as he imagined the pain and misery Kyoko would subject him to. Deciding it might be crazy enough to try and with a lack of any other ideas Sho moved into action.

Kneeling before Kyoko, Sho gently reached his right hand up to cup her cheek. "Please forgive me. At least don't try to kill me" Sho whispered before leaning in, closing his eyes, and placing a gentle kiss on Kyoko's lips.

After a moment, vacant eyes snapped back to recognition as Kyoko's eyes frantically darted around her before settling on the face in front of her, the face that was KISSING her.

Darkness erupted from her being as Sho felt a shiver run down his spine before daring to crack open an eye.

Okay, maybe you hate me more now than before! I swear I'm not an evil person... Keep reviewing! Next chapter will be up by next week I promise!