Kyoko's POV
I finished the sixth batch of Grue Brique Geleé di Vins and let of a tired sigh. When I first took over the restaurant I introduced the Grue Brique Geleé di Vin recipe it sold very well do I decided that every Saturday customers would get a free Grue Brique Geleé di Vin with each meal. Many of the other apprentices thought I stole one of Mignon-san's recipes and was using it as my own. The lunch rush was finally beginning to die down. I grabbed an order book and headed to the main dining section. I was surprised to see Kuon and Yashiro. I smiled as I walked up to their table.
"Are you ready to order?" I asked. Yashiro nodded, not looking up from his menu. Kuon glanced up at me and smiled.
"I'll have the Fettuccini Carbonara." Yashiro said setting down his menu.
"I'll have the Grue Brique special." Kuon said chuckling quietly. Yashiro raise an eyebrow and glanced at me. I waved at him.
"Hello, Yashiro. Did you just arrive today?" I asked remembering he wasn't here when Kuon had come in. He nodded slowly.
"Yeah, I had to go to my little sister's wedding. So you're working as a waitress now?" Yashiro asked. I rolled my eyes.
"Why does everyone guess that first? No, I actually own Le Goût du Vin. It's not very busy now so Yuki hustled me out of the kitchen so he didn't have to take orders." I added chuckling. He cocked an eyebrow.
"Who's Yuki?" Yashiro asked. I looked at him blankly.
"You didn't tell him?" I asked Kuon. He shrugged.
"I didn't want to deal with his questions." I shook my head.
"I knew he got his laziness from you." I muttered. Yashiro had a lost expression on.
"Okay, you two are telling me what exactly going on." He said. I shrugged.
"Do you want to tell him or should I go find Yuki?" I asked Kuon. He rolled his eyes.
"I'll do it. Yashiro would probably faint if Yuki told him." I nodded.
"He's going to want prove so I'll go find Yuki." I said and walked off.
Kuon's POV
I sighed as Kyoko walked away. Yashiro was glaring at me waiting for whatever information I had.
"I'll tell you but all that I'm about to tell you is top secret so you can't say a word to anyone about it." I told him. He nodded cautiously.
"It's about the reason Kyoko left." I started. Yashiro's eye grew slighter wider. "I don't know how it happened but she got pregnant. I don't know where she got the crazy idea to runaway to France but she did and now Kyoko is here living with her 15 year old son, Yuki. You saw him earlier." I added. Slowly the wheels started turning in Yashiro's mind.
"There was a rumor that about three months before the location shoot for Emerald Empress Kyoko was seen leaving your hotel room. The president, Kuu-san, and I asked you about it but you were so shocked at the idea we thought it wasn't true…" He trailed off and looked at me. I shrugged.
"I don't remember much of what happened after the end of Dark Moon party. I woke up in my hotel room alone and there was no evidence of anything else so I thought I just went to sleep that." I said. It was true. I'd woken up in an empty hotel room with no evidence of wine bottles, wine glasses, someone else's clothes or anything that might have pointed to someone else being in the room. Yashiro nodded.
"So what's this son of yours like?" He asked. I could imagine the fantasies floating around in his head. I rolled my eyes.
"He's almost exactly like me at that age." I said. Yashiro's eyes were glazed over as he was lost in his little fantasy world. I chuckled as I imagined the look on his face as his fantasies were crushed.
"Kyaa! It's Yuki." Someone screamed a few tables away. A few seconds later Yuki was rounding the corner and dived under the closeted table which happened to be mine. Suddenly, Hime came around the corner searching for a poor Yuki. Even though she was only 12 she looked more like a 16 year old with her white strapless tunic, black jeans, and low wedge black heels.
"Kuon ji-chan!" She exclaimed as she saw me. I waved her over.
"Hime-chan, it's been a while." I said as she came over. She shrugged.
"Otou-san's been filming a movie about this teleporter so we have to do a lot of location shoots around the world. It's been two months since I've been home." Hime said rolling her eyes.
"So Hiou-kun's doing some filming in Paris?" I asked taking a sip of my water. She nodded.
"Yeah, I'm so lucky this restaurant was close by, too." She said a dreamy look on her face. I bit my lip.
"Why were you lucky this restaurant was close by?" I asked pretending I didn't know the answer to my own question.
"This restaurant is the only place this super hot guy from a picture I found online is seen regularly and I wanted to see him for myself. He has a reputation of being a great street fighter but he doesn't actually start the fights. The other party usual picks fights with him. And after a bit a digging I found out his okaa-san is the owner of this restaurant and is Japanese like us." Hime said an excited and dreamy face on. I just nodded my head knowing that if I opened my mouth I would go into a laughing fit.
"What's the name of this 'super hot' street fighter?" Yashiro asked curiously. I bit my lip.
"His name's Mogami Yuki. Isn't it funny how his surname is the same as Kyoko ba-chan?" She said meaning no harm whatsoever. Yashiro looked at her blankly then glanced at me.
"He's almost exactly like you at that age?" He asked weakly becoming pale. I nodded.
"I used to be like that, but after going to Japan I matured quite a bit." I said. Translation: after I came to Japan I learned how to hide and control my dark emotions. He shivered.
"Anyway, Kuon ji-chan, did you see him? He has short black hair, grey eyes, and really tall for a Japanese man." Hime said glancing at Yashiro's expression. I shook my head.
"I haven't seen anyone matching that description." I told her. She nodded a bit dejected. She gave me a little wave before heading back to her table.
"It's okay to come out now." I told Yuki glancing under the table. He slowly crawled out and looked around to make sure the coast was clear.
"I didn't think Hime-san would know about me. Hell, I had no idea pictures of me were online." He added quietly. Suddenly a petite hand slapped the back of his head. I looked up to see Kyoko with her black hair tied back in a ponytail.
"Do I have to put a sign up that says no swearing inside this restaurant?" She asked shaking her head. I chuckled.
"Yuki's just being a teenage boy, Kyoko. He's going to let out a swear word every once and a while." I said grinning. Kyoko rolled her eyes.
"Says the man who has never sworn in his whole life." She said frostily. I shook my head.
"That is an assumption. I have never once said I have never sworn." I said defensively. She raised an eyebrow.
"So the great gentleman Tsuruga Ren aka Hizuri Kuon has sworn sometime in his lifetime?" Kyoko asked curiously. I chuckled.
"Just asked Otou-san. I used to be quite the rebellious brat." I said truthfully. She laughed.
"It seems I learn something new every day." She said with one of her charming grins on her face. I mirrored her smile.
"Well, I have one think that's not new that I want you to know." I whispered to Kyoko. She blushed lightly.
"I have a feeling I know what it is and I want you to know the same thing too." She whispered back.
Kyoko's POV
My heart was beating so fast I thought it would fly out of my chest. It practically stopped when I made eye contact with a raven haired beauty with grey eyes, Moko-san. She was frozen staring wide eyed at me and Yuki. I watched as anger filled her eyes. I dived under the table before she exploded.
"MOGAMI KYOKO, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" She yelled at the top of her lungs. Yuki fell over from surprise and laid still until she stopped. I slowly poked my head out.
"I'm sorry. I didn't tell you much in the phone call, Moko-san. But I was scared." I told her crawling out. She stomped over and grabbed me in a tight hug, rendering me stunned.
"Don't ever make me worry like that again." Moko-san ordered, a few tears spilling over. After recovering I patted her on the back.
"I'm sorry, Moko-san. I just wanted what was best for Kuon and Yuki." I whispered softly as me own tears fell.
"Um, Kotonami-san?" Yuki asked nervously. She glared up at him.
"What?" She asked.
"Um, people are starting to stare." He said withering under Moko-san's glare. She immediately released me and stood up blushing. Kuon pulled out his cell phone and took a picture.
"And send. Hiou-kun is going to love that picture." He said with a smirk. Moko-san growled and lunged for the phone. Kuon moved it just out of her reach. She scowled at him and lunged for the phone again, this time knocking it out of his hand but facing planting into the floor in the process. I picked up the phone and deleted Moko-san's picture.
"Kuon, didn't I tell you not to bully others?" I asked shooting him a disappointed look. He shrugged.
"I'm not bullying anyone, I'm just teasing her." He said taking his cell phone out of my hand. I rolled my eyes.
"Kyaa! Yuki!" A voice screamed. Immediately Yuki took off running, not bothering to see who it was. A young raven haired beauty sprinted after Yuki. I recognized her from the picture Kuon had shown me.
"How does Hime know Yuki?" I asked Moko-san, staring after the two.
"She found his picture online and thought he was cute, so she went digging. She fell in love with him after hearing how he was living with his single mother and helping out with her business. Hime likes he's 'sweet', 'kind', and 'sensitive'." She said rolling her eyes. I laughed.
"My son, Yuki, is sweet, kind and sensitive?" I asked laughing harder. Kuon chuckled. Even Moko-san laughed quietly.
"So what brings you to France, Moko-san?" I asked as I helped her up.
"Hiou's doing a location shoot for a movie in Paris. Hime and I have been tagging along on his other locations shoot so she can see what it's like in countries besides Japan." She explained with a shrug.
"So how long are you staying here?" Moko-san shrugged.
"Until Hiou's shoot is over which should be four or five days" She said. I smiled.
"Come in for dinner some time, just you and Hiou-kun. Let me know ahead of time and I'll prepare a table for you." I said with a wink.
A/N
Recently I've been having major writers' block so the nixt chapter might be a while.
