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Chapter Three - Preparations
"So, we have to decide whether to tell anyone or just keep this between the three of us. I know that Kuon would want his parents to know about this," Kyoko said as she looked at Shou. "Can you do your hair differently or something, it's hard to get angry at a face that I've touched in so many ways in so many areas," she said before seeing Shou try to completely mess up Kuon's hair.
"I'll style it later," he told her, "but I mean, yeah, parents should be alright. Damn it, does this mean I have to pretend to be an actor too?" he asked and Kyoko raised an eyebrow.
"Much easier to be an actor pretending to be a character than learning how to sing. I doubt that Kuon's ever sung in public before. I haven't even heard him sing." Kyoko sighed. She looked over at Kaguya who had fallen asleep and smiled. Soon she would have to be taken from the room again but for now she had her and Kaguya had a lot of her father inside of her as well as outside.
Kyoko was caught by surprise at a knock on the doorway and her smile widened as she saw her in-laws. She felt a little disappointed that Kuon wasn't with them, but maybe if she explained what was going on using Shou as her example it would work out.
"Trying a new hairstyle right now?" Kuu smiled before giving a thumbs up, "I like the super messy, I'm worried about my family vibe you've got going on. Kyoko," he said as he went to hug the new mother. "How are you hanging in there?" he said before seeing the tiny baby.
"Are you really alright?" Julie asked as she wrapped her arms around Shou from behind thinking it was her son. She came before him and let a hand run through his hair and then checked his forehead. "No fever, that's a good thing. The doctor told me that you had been reported to have lost consciousness for a little bit, you're feeling alright now, right?" Julie leaned up and placed a gentle kiss on Shou's forehead. "Moy dragotsennyy mal'chik
"There's something you two need to know, that's not…" Kyoko said as Shou stared at the two people in the room.
"Yeah, I'm so cool and you're my cool fans. I have fans of all ages 'cause I'm so popular, and you can kiss me on the lips, gorgeous," Shou told Julie as she quickly looked back at Kuu.
"Kuon, are you sure you're alright. Did you hit your head and get a concussion? I'm sure that Kyoko agrees that you might need to get looked at by a doctor," Julie said as Shou stared at her.
"I am more comfortable with your lips on mine and your arms around me," Shou tried to woo Julie who was staring at him as if he was possessed. Kyoko glared at Shou wanting him to actually pay attention to the clues and to stop being an idiot.
"Джулия, я бы не стал рассуждать с ним. Он не Куон. Послушай, я знаю, это звучит безумно, но поверь мне, он Шоу Фува в теле моего мужа и твоего сына." Kyoko told them, she had learned a lot more Russian than she had let Kuon become aware of but she still had to speak slowly and carefully.
Julie looked at Kuu and then back at her. The next words that Shou said confused her. "I don't know what you are saying when you talk like that. Say everything in either English or Japanese. I understand those languages."
Kyoko sighed before seeing Kuon back at the doorway.
"Не могли бы вы рассказать ему, пожалуйста, прекратить неуважение к моей матери. Они новы к информации и здесь, чтобы увидеть их внучку."Kuon said as he asked Kyoko to tell Shou not to disrespect Julie since she wasn't comfortable with the body switch. He didn't know if she would believe him but both of his parents were staring at him as if they had seen a ghost. Kuu had Kaguya in his arms.
"It's not possible," Kuu said before Kyoko looked down.
"It sadly is," she lifted her head to see Julie approaching Kuon and putting a hand on his cheek.
Julie studied his eyes very carefully before wrapping her arms around him. "Hi, baby" she said as she pulled him into her in a hug. "I'm so sorry that we didn't believe you, it's just…it seemed so impossible."
"It's okay," Kuon smiled, "You didn't have all the information, of course you'd jump to the wrong conclusion. I probably would as well."
"So," Kuu sighed as he gave a firm look to Shou, "What are the two of you going to do? Obviously if you and you," he pointed to Kuon and Kyoko, "go home as if nothing's happened, the media outlets will run a story that they don't understand hasn't happened. On the other hand, I don't want you to send my granddaughter home with a man who my son hates."
"You're more than welcome to come back to the hotel room with us," Julie told her son. "We can even book you one on our floor so you can hide out."
"As much as I want to hide out in this body," Kuon said as he saw Kuu still holding Kaguya close to him, "I've already discussed it with Kyoko and I think she wants me back at our home with her. Plus, I just became a dad and I'm not going to let anyone take that away from me."
Julie looked back at Kyoko, "Are you going to be alright with this?" she asked knowing how much the jerk occupying her son's body had continually hurt her in the past. If Julie was faced with someone who she had such a history with she wasn't sure if she would be comfortable, however, if Kuu was occupying that body she knew that she wouldn't want Kuu to leave.
"I'd feel better about it than not knowing what he's dealing with," Kyoko admitted, she gestured to Shou, "This one though, I just need to do it for appearances sake plus I don't know what he's going to get up to in my husband's body now that he's stolen it."
Kuu looked at Kuon and smiled weakly, "You call us if you need a place to stay. Our offer always stands," he told his son and Shou sighed.
"Are you parents or freaks?" he asked them and Kuu and Julie looked at him offended. "Nobody shows this much love and attention to a child in a different body unless they want something."
Julie was about to answer, but Kuu beat her to the punch. "Oh, of course we want something," he said before turning to Kuon. "We want the health and happiness of our son. We want to make sure that he's okay."
Shou sighed dramatically but Kuon stood there with a weak smile on his face. He was truly thankful that he had the parents he was born to have.
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Once they had gotten back home, Kyoko stood in front of Kuon who was protesting sleeping in their bed and instead said he'd sleep on the sofa which was too small for him to be completely comfortable whilst asleep. Kyoko knew this. She wasn't going to let her husband sleep somewhere where he'd pull a muscle whilst they had given Shou the spare bed.
She crouched down in front of him and let her hand sweep through his hair. She had to start looking at his expressions rather than the outer appearance. If all she saw was Shou then she was a terrible wife who was unfit to be with her Kuon.
"My sweet Corn" Kyoko said as she knelt before him and placed one hand on his forehead to check his temperature. "I'm not going to be getting any sleep if I'm worrying about you all night. You know that I have trouble when you're not beside me."
"I'll sleep beside you," Shou said as he straightened the new jacket he had bought for this body. He didn't want to wear any of Hizuri's clothes. It was bad enough staying with the two of them.
Kyoko shot him a glare, "You're lucky that we're even letting you stay here," she told him before looking back at Kuon. "You're going to get a cold if you stay out here. I promise that I know it's you under there, you don't need to worry about this body. We'll find a way to sort this out, I promise you."
Kyoko softly kissed Kuon's lips, enjoying the way he still kissed like her husband.
"Kyoko, this body's owner has given you so much pain. Won't it feel like a violation if we're together? I can't do that to you, princess," he protested and Kyoko shook her head.
"A body is a vessel, if I was in Moko's body or even Honoka's body, what would you do?" she asked him as she ran her fingers through the blond hair again.
"I'd want to hold you and assure you that it'll be okay and that I'm there for you. I'd want to tell you how much I love you and I wouldn't ca—"
"Care about my body as much as my safety and happiness," Kyoko finished for him. "So, it's the same thing. I'm not going to be able to get a good sleep if I know you're out here," she said before hearing Shou laugh using Kuon's voice.
"Again, my offer still stands that I'll sleep with you. It's his body that you want, right? I'm sure that if you were in Shoko's body that the two of you wouldn't be sleeping together and he'd take the opportunity to fool around with her in your body, it's the -"
"That's why I can't stand this guy," Kuon said to Kyoko in a straight forward manner.
Kyoko nodded, "Yes, I don't think you'd do that. You hold on there for a second," she said before going to where she had her craft supplies. She returned quickly and peeled back a sticker before putting it on the black tee that Kuon had on.
Kuon looked down at his shirt and smiled as he read the sticker: Hello my name is Kuon. "I am very fortunate that my wife is so adorable," he said before sitting up and pointing to the sticker. "Are you sure that this is going to be enough for you?" he asked and Kyoko kissed his cheek.
"Definitely, plus I know it's you. The way you act, your facial expression, those body gestures when you feel different emotions, they're all memorized. A wise sempai of mine always said that you should take in your surroundings and let that be your guide." She placed a hand on his cheek and saw his eyes soften as he looked at her. "You're my prince," she said.
"Isn't that what you used to call me when we were little?" Shou asked and Kyoko shot him another warning look.
"I also called Kuon a fairy prince," she said before feeling her husband pull her in for a hug. She wrapped her arms around him tightly before hearing Shou laughing.
"See, this is what you should always look like. It's going to give me memories of the two of us together," Shou commented which made Kuon let go of her. Kyoko continued to embrace him.
"Ты принц, он ... другое слово для мула." Kyoko tried to remind her husband who smiled.
"О, он определенно мудак" Kuon said before they both looked at Shou and laughed knowing he didn't understand how they both just called him an ass.
AN 2: Thank you everyone who has supported this story in whatever way you choose to do so. A special shout out to: Guineapigs1 and JeremyVD for reviewing the previous chapter.
