Chapter Seven – Magnetic Attraction

Kyoko had decided to take a nap. She still cared deeply for her fiancée but she needed some time to rest her mind before she joined Kuon again. She was so sleepy but the noise from the television helped her. She had asked for Kuon to watch the first five episodes of Dark Moon and after watching the first episode with him, she had thought that he would be okay watching the others on his own. It felt like she was taking advantage of him with him only able to say yes to her.

Kyoko yawned and stretched in the bed before looking up. She smiled as she pushed herself into a seated position. Kuon was standing over her, staring at her. "Hey," she said as she reached out for his hand. "The episodes are over already?" she asked and he shook his head before dropping down into a deep bow.

"No, the episodes are still playing," he told her. "I am sorry that I failed my assignment, Ky-Ky-Kyoko-ch-chan," he struggled and Kyoko blinked hard. He had actually called her Kyoko-chan and not Lady Kyoko as he had been doing. Maybe he was healing faster than she had believed was possible.

"Is something wrong then, did you feel ill by watching the episodes?" she asked and Kuon blinked at her before looking down.

"I saw colored lights, wavy lines," he told her and Kyoko sat up and touched his cheek. He didn't flinch this time and she wondered if she was getting through to her more. "Like with a computer."

"Sweetheart," Kyoko yawned as she took his hand, looking at him very concerned. "You do understand that you're not a computer."

"I know," Kuon nodded before putting a hand on his head, "but it's like the memories are blocked. I can't access them and then I came here," he looked around the room that he had been terrified to sleep in the previous night. Kyoko studied him. She wondered if she should feel happy that he had come in here. Still, if he was experiencing that kind of thing in his mind, it wasn't good and he needed to break free of this brainwashing immediately.

"Why did you come here?" Kyoko asked him confused.

"I am sorry," Kuon whispered as he bowed again and Kyoko jumped up, wrapping her arms around him. She hadn't meant to make him feel that he had done anything wrong or had overstepped what he was supposed to do. She wanted to keep him calm but he didn't seem to be holding it together and who could blame him for that. She pushed his head down so he had his face on her shoulder despite the height difference.

"Sweetheart, it's okay. It's all right," she said as she rubbed his back feeling him shake a little. None of this was his fault. Kyoko sighed as she saw him regain composure. It was a little nerve wracking seeing Kuon so different. He looked into her eyes before looking away like an innocent child. "Sweetheart," she whispered as she touched his cheek. "You came in here for a reason, right? And that reason must not have been to watch me when I was asleep because you haven't left. Can you tell me-"

"My body was drawn here like a magnet," Kuon said in a monotone voice and Kyoko tried to understand his words.

"Drawn into the room?" she asked. Maybe this was his way of telling her that he wanted to be with her but it was a hard thing to do knowing that he had to break free of what his mind was telling him to follow what his heart was telling him. "Okay. You can stay in this room."

"No," Kuon whispered before pointing to his side of their bed and Kyoko looked between him and the bed. Now she was convinced that his heart was trying to take control and he still wanted to be with her when she slept. He was starting to abandon the programming and fight for what he wanted and not what he was told to want.

"Yeah, yeah, we can…" Kyoko went to the bed and lifted up the blanket, inviting him to sleep with her. "Yeah, of course. Come," she said with a smile and Kuon nervously went to the bed before sitting down on it, his back towards Kyoko.

"If I am to lie in the bed then I will be next to Lady Kyoko," he said and Kyoko watched him. She was begging that the mind control wasn't going to make him suddenly leap off of the bed as if it was a pit of fire coals. She needed him to fight because any advancement was good and if he would hold her in bed then it was very good.

"Yes, please do so," Kyoko whispered and Kuon put his legs on the bed and turned to face forwards as if he were some modern android who was working from a computer chip. "Would you like more blanket?" she offered and saw Kuon move to be lying in the bed. He picked up the blanket and tucked it around him as if he were a fully programmable robot. "How do you feel?" Kyoko asked as she smoothed his hair and kissed his forehead. She slowly snuggled down so that she was next to him.

"It feels nice," he told her, "Please let me know if I am too close and am making you feel uncomfortable," he told her and Kyoko moved forwards to kiss her lips and smiled as she looked into those amazing emerald eyes which were starting to gain a little more focus.

"I'm not uncomfortable at all," she said as she closed her eyes. She smiled but didn't dare to move as Kuon held her in his arms. She just had to work inch by inch until he was better. At least he wasn't hesitant at sleeping in the same bed as her any longer.

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Kyoko stirred a little as she heard a knock on the door. She looked up at the empty space where Kuon had been. She felt nauseous as the idea of Kimiko being the person at the door entered her head. She wouldn't be able to forgive herself if he was once again reprogrammed by Kimiko just because she wasn't aware of what was happening.

She went to the door before seeing a very friendly and excited blonde once it had been opened. At seeing Kuon, Julie wrapped her arms around him in a huge hug. It was a happy moment for a short time until Kuon took a step away from Julie. In his facial expression, Kyoko realized that he didn't recognize his own mother.

"Kuon? Darling?" Julie asked before she reached up to feel for his temperature. "Are you okay, my baby?"

"Julie-san, Kuon is going through some things right now which I can explain to you," she said and Kuon turned to her confused.

"Lady Kyoko, is this woman a guest of yours?" he asked and Julie had to bite her lip to not fall apart in one of the biggest breakdowns ever. Her son was passing her off as 'this woman' and he didn't seem to be acting as if he knew anything about her. She had seen Kuon and even though they had acted as if Kyoko was their main connection, her son had never had a blank expression like this on his face. She paused, and did he just refer to her as 'Lady Kyoko'

"Julie-san, there's a big problem, a health condition that you have to know about Kuon," she said and Julie took off her coat.

"Lady Kyoko, should I take this woman's coat?" he asked her and Julie looked to her son before frowning towards her future daughter in law, she didn't know what was going on but she was not liking this newly arranged power dynamic between them.

"Kuon," Kyoko said as she walked over to him, "Sweetheart, I know you might not remember this," she said sadly as she looked at Julie apologetically. She knew how much both Kuu and Julie adored Kuon. She also hoped that they trusted her enough to know that she would never take advantage of him like this. "Julie-san is your mother. Julie, Kuon's been brainwashed, there are only certain memories that he can access."

"And I'm not important enough to be one of those memories," Julie huffed and Kuon turned to Kyoko looking rather concerned.

"I have done a bad thing, Lady Kyoko?" he asked before turning to his mother. "I have hurt this woman. I have made her feel sad. This woman is one that I would call my Mo-Mother?" he asked and Kyoko wanted to scream. How was anyone supposed to deal with this situation calmly?

"You have done nothing wrong," Julie said as she hugged him again, "Come sit down with me. We'll talk about -"

"Does Lady Kyoko need me in her service at the time being?" Kuon asked as he cut Julie off. Kyoko looked at the blonde model and felt herself choke. If she were in Julie's shoes than even she might be blaming herself. You see your own child wanting to serve someone else and you start to wonder whether that person he wants to be serving is forcing him into that. This was definitely not one of Kyoko's favorite versions of Kuon but it was still Kuon.

"No, go talk to your mother, please but sit down I'd like to say something first," Kyoko said nervously and Julie patted Kuon's shoulder.

"Go ahead, I'll join you in a moment, my darling son," she said as she kissed his cheek and looked back at him. He was sitting as if posing for a canvas oil painting from the Elizabethan era. Only Kyoko had this much formal posture, Kuon could do it but he usually liked to relax a bit more.

"Julie-san," Kyoko bowed nervously. "Please believe me. The way that he's acting right now, I didn't do that to him. I know that it might be impossible to believe but this isn't the type of Kuon that I want to marry. I would never want him subservient to me."

Julie sighed as she cast her gaze away, "I do understand that," she nodded, "but I am still trusting you to take care of my little boy. As long as he is safe and healthy and you're working on a cure for this, then I still will support your relationship but don't leave him this way for too long."

"I'm doing my best to cure him as soon as I can," Kyoko whispered. She looked down and closed her eyes, "I have to go and grab some food and return a call. I know that you just got here but could you watch him for me?"

Julie nodded. That wasn't even something worth thinking about. Of course she would take care of her son, he was her son after all.

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As Kyoko made her way to the grocery store, she felt an anger intensify inside of her. It was burning its way through her body and she felt the desire to murder somebody. She turned to the side and saw what her grudges were catching hold of. She glared at the woman as Kimiko strode in front of her.

She was going to get Kuon back to normal or at least she was going to make the best effort that she could. With her hands on her hips she walked over to Kimiko who raised an eyebrow and looked from side to side. She sighed and said something that truly pissed Kyoko off.

"I thought you'd want to return him to me by now but I must admit that having a slave all of my own, especially a gorgeous one like Kuon feels amazing."

End of Chapter Seven

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Therapy will be explored next chapter. Thank you for the support