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"You wanted to see me, President?" Ren asked as he walked into the office.

"Sit down Ren. Do you know what that is, Ren." Lorry asked and showed him the picture Yashiro had sent him this morning.

"Yashiro being noisy, I would guess?"

"That, Ren is a headline. A headline reading 'Ren Tsuruga dating new rising actress Kyoko?'. So I want to know, how did this happen. Yashiro tells me she moved in with you. I didn't even know the two of you knew each other, Ren."

Ren shifts uncomfortably. "You are not wrong. Ren Tsuruga and Mogami Kyoko never met before yesterday."

There is something in that statement, and before Lorry can stop himself, he already asks. "Kuon?"

There is a shift in the presence of the room and suddenly Ren is different somehow. There is a playful air around him, and he has a slightly dreamy look. On his face is a teasing grin. "Have I never told you about my little golden eyed angel, Uncle Lorry? About my Kyoko from Kyoto?" The atmosphere in the room shifts again, and Hizuri Kuon is gone as fast and as sudden as he came.

"Her? That is the girl you wouldn't shut up about? I didn't think you had met her again." "Every summer for five years, and then after I started here every few months for a few dews whenever I was in Kyoto." "Is that the reason you took so many offers from there up until a year ago, too? Whatever. She knows who you are then? And is that the reason why she lives with you?"

"Yes, she knows, but no, that isn't the reason. I met her the last time just the day before she left for Tokyo, and I worried for her so I gave her my address and told her to look for work at LME. I told her the address was from a friend and to go to him whenever she needed help, and I guess last night was it then. She came here with a friend, and it turned he wasn't as good a friend as she had thought. He said some pretty cruel words and she left, and needed a new place to stay, so I offered. She had recognized me as soon as I opened the door last night. She understands that she can't call me Kuon anymore."

"Did you teach her how to act as well? She is pretty good, you know." "She has always been very imaginative and expressive." Ren chuckled. "But yes, I did teach her a bit, and whenever I came to visit her I brought her both some exercises and a script or two that she could act out. She then learned the whole script by heart and entertained me the next time I came by acting the whole thing out by herself."

Lorry leaned forward. "And that friend of hers, the one that she came to Tokyo with? "

"Sho Fuwa, the singer. The two of them grew up together in the Fuwa family Ryokan after her mother ditched her there. I think Kyoko hasn't seen her mother since she turned ten, and even before that she just came every few months to visit. She learned the tea ceremony and cooking from them, the whole thing, everything she would need to run the inn. My guess is they groomed her into the perfect bride for their son. Guess he knew, spoiled brat treated her like a maid." Ren had gotten a bit angry towards the end. "He always treated her like dirt, and I guess his parents confronted him in a way, but he run of to Tokyo, and he took Kyoto with him so he had someone to cook and clean for him and to pay his bills and just generally make fun off. He doesn't know she's an actress, by the way."

"Probably would have exploited her in that area too, otherwise, and then I would have noticed and put a stop to it." Lorry mumbled. "So I guess it's safe to say he won't come running here, looking for her. Were the two of them lovers?" "No. They weren't in Kyoto, and I doubt there is a lack of pretty girls that wanted a piece of Sho Fuwa here in Tokyo." "No, I guess not."

He sat back again and studied Ren. "You love her." Ren startled a bit, but then he nodded and smiled slightly. "I always did." "And does she love you as well?" "Until yesterday she thought herself to be in love with Sho Fuwa." "And she is living with you now." "Yes. She moved into my guest room." "I see. Well, I will prepare a press statement in case anyone else sees you two interact like this and draws the wrong conclusions, or if anyone finds out she lives with you. Do you have anything you want to discuss? Otherwise, you can go."

Ren stood up and started walking towards the exit."Thanks, boss. By the way …" Ren stopped at the door and turned around. "Tell my parents you heard from me, Uncle Lorry." And with that he was gone, leaving behind a slightly stunned President. Lorry chuckled. That boy.

"Congratulations on your new part, Kyoko." "Thanks, Ren. What do you want to eat tonight? We still have to go shopping." "Actually, I was thinking we could go out for a change? After all, It is now three months ago that you moved in with me." "Has it really been three months? I completely forgot." "So, eating out?" "Let me guess, Ren. You have already made a reservation, but you can just call in and cancel it, if I don't want to go."

Ren chuckled. "You know me too well." "Well, we have been living with each other for three months now." "I have bought you a dress you can wear, it's a bit higher classed." "You shouldn't buy me things, Ren." "I want to. You deserve to have pretty things you like, Kyoko.

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