Before anything else I would like to give my heartfelt thanks to Dragon Spirit 10 and Sylvia-of-wings. You two have helped so much by beta-reading this chapter and helping to make it the absolute best it could be. Thank you very much!

I would also like to thank everyone that has taken the time to read, favorite, follow, and review this fan fiction. I am extremely grateful and glad that you are enjoying this fan fiction. Here is the latest chapter. I hope that you like as much as you have previous chapters. Please read and enjoy! Chapter ten will be post in one week.

Disclaimer: I do not own Skip Beat or any of the characters from it. Skip Beat is the property of Yoshiki Nakamura.

Couple's Beginning

Kuon looked at Kyoko and was about to say something when his phone sounded. Indicating that he had a new text. He looked at the screen and saw that it was from his Dad. 'We just talked. What did he forget to say?' With this thought Kuon opened the text.

Remember to behave yourself.

Kuon sighed and closed his phone. Not bothering to reply to his Dad's message.

"What's wrong?"

Kuon smiled, "nothing. Dad is just being an annoying parent."

Kyoko tried to giggle but ended up yawning instead.

"Mom and Dad are right. It's time to get some sleep."

Kyoko nodded and stood up. Kuon followed suit and walked with her to the door of the guest room.

Suddenly Kyoko turned back to the living room muttering, "shoot."

Kuon grabbed her arm. "What's up?"

"I forgot my bag by the door and my pajamas are in it."

"I'll go get it. Go wait in there." He pointed to the guest room.

Kyoko tried to protest but he was already at the end of the hall. She shrugged and went into the guest room.

Kuon was back less than one minute later and found Kyoko asleep on one of the beds. He gave himself an NG sigh feeling guilty. 'She must be exhausted. I shouldn't have kept her up so late.' He put her bag on the table next to the bed before kissing her cheek and tucking her in. He then went to his bedroom. He got ready for bed and laid down. He was asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

Kyoko woke up about twenty minutes after Kuon left. She was feeling warm but uncomfortable. She turned on the bedside lamp and quickly realized why she was uncomfortable. She grabbed her bag as she sat up. She opened it up and instantly found her pajamas. She changed into them. Feeling better she crawled back into bed and was asleep before her head hit the pillow.

It was about 9:30 when Kyoko woke up again. She kept her eyes closed enjoying the warmth of the blankets. She let her mind wander until she remembered the previous night. At which point her eyes flew open and her whole face went as pink as her Love Me uniform.

'Last night, so much happened... I learned so much about Kuon. It's so sad, what he went through. I can't believe he thought that I would hate him. Everything he said to me made me love him even more

'Wow. I can say and think the word love so easily now. Is my heart finally healing?...

'I even kissed him...' Kyoko bolted up right. 'I KISSED HIM! What a shameless thing for a pure modest Japanese maiden to do! He must be disgusted with me. There's no way – But he kissed me back... In fact most of the kisses were started by Kuon.' Kyoko blushed even more at the thought.

'How am I supposed to look at him now? I'm his girlfriend now and he's my boyfriend. Aah! I'm still not exactly sure what being in a girlfriend/boyfriend relationship means! What am I...'

*Knock, knock*

'9:25 I wonder if Kyoko is awake yet. She was exhausted last night so I can't guess. I still feel guilty about keeping her up so late. We talked so much. I feel so much lighter after telling her about my past.

'I still can't believe that she doesn't hate me for keeping the fact that I'm Corn secret for so long. She completely accepted me for who I am. She didn't care about any of the mistakes I've made. That just makes me love her all the more.'

Kuon leaned against his bed's headboard as his thoughts continued to wander. 'I wonder why she never told me that she's Bo. Why did she think that I would hate her? I suppose it might be because she's been abandoned so many times. She must be scared of doing something wrong. I admit that there have been times when I've lost my temper and accidentally taken it out on her. I need to be better about that. But I could never hate her and I will never leave her.'

'We are both off today. I wonder if I could convince her to go somewhere with me. She doesn't like it when people buy her things but I have a feeling that I could could get away with it today. She loves make-up so that would be the most logical thing to get her. However... I want to get her something to show other men that she is mine.'

'Would she object to me buying her a few pairs of earrings? I know that she doesn't have pierced ears but I would pay for her to get them pierced. She is only doing Natsu right now. And getting her ears pierced is definitely something Natsu would do. What kind of earrings would Natsu like?

'Actually forget Natsu. What type of earrings would Kyoko like?' Kuon smirked. 'She would love earrings that have to do with fairy tales and fairies. Fairies... There have to be earrings shaped like fairies. Earrings shaped like fairies would be perfect for her.'

Kuon suddenly got up and left his room. He went to the guest room and knocked on the door twice. There was no answer so he opened the door silently and went in. Kyoko was completely pink and obviously lost in her thoughts. Kuon smiled.

He went over to the bed and climbed on to sit down next to her. She didn't notice him so he leaned over and whispered, "good morning Babe. How are you this morning?"

Kyoko jumped about two feet and let out a small shriek. She turned to face Kuon. "Kuon! Don't do that! You scared me to death! How long have you been here?!"

Kuon chuckled and kissed her cheek. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you and I have only been here about a minute. Now are you going to answer my question? How are you this morning?"

"I was fine until you gave me a heart attack." She gave him a small frown.

Kuon wrapped his arms around her and put his head on her shoulder. "Again I'm sorry. I didn't realize you were that lost in your thoughts. Can you forgive me?"

Kyoko sighed. "I guess I can. Just as long as you don't scare me that badly again."

"I promise."

"Okay." Kyoko smiled and hugged Kuon back. "So what are we going to do today? Do you work today?"

Kuon pulled back to look at Kyoko's eyes. "No I don't work today. I get to spend all day with my amazing girlfriend."

Kyoko looked down a small smile on her lips. "You didn't answer one of my questions. Are there any plans for today?"

Kuon put a hand under her chin and lifted her face so that she was looking at him. He smiled at her before gently kissing her lips. "I think that we should go to the kitchen and find some food. Then we should get ready for the day and then I am going to take you on a date. No arguing. I am going take you shopping, then we will get some take out lunch, and come back here to eat it. That's all I have planned for now."

"D-d-d-date? Sh-shopping?! But what if people recognize you? I don't want to ruin your image. Everybody will say that I'm not good enough fo-"

Kuon silenced Kyoko with a kiss. He tightened his arms around her. He ended the kiss and looked directly into her eyes. "I don't care what other people think. I won't let anyone say anything bad about you. But I don't want us to be followed by the paparazzi yet. I want to monopolize as much time with you as possible. I am a very possessive man and I am not ready to share you.

"So while we're on our date we won't look like Tsuruga Ren or Mogami Kyoko."

Kyoko's eyes were spinning with what he said but she managed to ask, "if we aren't going to look like we do right now, who are we going to look like?"

Kuon smiled. "I have some temporary hair-dye in my bathroom. I can temporarily dye my hair back to it's original color. Only you would be able to recognize me then."

"You'll look like you did in Guam when you... You were my first kiss..." Kyoko turned bright red. "You had me tell you about everything even though you already knew what happened! That's why you were behaving strangely before we had dinner with Muse-sama. I can't believe you!" Kyoko slapped his arm but it wasn't hard.

"Sorry. I didn't have to courage to tell you then. I was a coward." He turned his head and looked at the window. "I'm sorry. I should have told you sooner."

Kyoko took his face in her hands and made him look at her. "It's okay Kuon. You don't need to apologize so much. I wasn't being completely serious just now. I just realized that and it surprised me. I guess it shouldn't have."

"No you've had to take a lot in, in the past twelve hours."

Kyoko smiled. "So you told me how you're going to be disguised. What about me?"

"I have some temporary hair-dye that's the color of honey. I'm sure that you will look beautiful with honey colored hair. Of course I always think that you look beautiful."

"Why do you have so much temporary hair-dye?"

"I guess I was just hoping that the chance to take you on a date would arise. I wanted to be prepared."

"Playboy." She had a smirk on her face.

"Hey. I've told you before that I don't act this way with just anyone. I only do it around you. I've wanted to be with you for a long time. I'm not going to apologize for hoping. Especially when it finally paid off."

"I didn't say it to be mean. I'm sorry. I guess it became a bit of a habit to think of you as a playboy. Please don't be mad."

Kuon sighed making Kyoko flinch. "I'm not mad. Just annoyed. Annoyed with myself for causing you to have that impression of me."

Kyoko kissed Kuon's cheek and got up and offered him her hand. "Shall we go find some breakfast? I'm getting pretty hungry."

Kuon laughed as he took her hand and got up. They walked to the kitchen where Kyoko let go of his hand and went to the fridge. Kuon frowned when she let his hand go but he went to the table and sat down.

Thanks to their grocery shopping last night the fridge was relatively well stocked. At least more than it usually was. "How about a western breakfast? Omelets and toast. It will be fast and not too heavy for you." Kyoko looked over at Kuon waiting for his response.

"Whatever you want to make is fine with me."

Kyoko smiled, turned back to the fridge, and began pulling out the ingredients needed for omelets.

Kuon watched her as she moved around the kitchen making their breakfast. 'She makes it look so easy. I want to help her but I would ruin it in an instant. Too bad I didn't get my dad's cooking ability.'

Breakfast was cooked quickly and they were soon eating at the table in the kitchen.

"Why do you want to go shopping?" Kyoko asked suddenly.

Kuon look up at her and was silent for a few moments. "I want to go shopping because I want to spend time with. I want to buy you things. I want to treat you as the princess I know you are."

Kuon could almost feel the heat coming off of Kyoko. "You don't need to waste money on me. You should use your money for yourself. On things that make you happy."

"Buying things for you makes me happy. Would you really take away that happiness from me?"

"But you don't need to buy me anything. I'd be happy with just holding your hand. Just being with you."

"I know that you don't need anything that I can buy you. However you can't stop me from buying things for you. I won't buy you anything big." 'At least not a for a little while.' "I just want to buy you something that you can wear everyday that makes you think of me."

"I already think of you without help."

"Kyoko please don't deny me this happiness. Please." Kuon was looking at her with his level three puppy face.

Kyoko tried very hard to not give in but she didn't have any defenses against Kuon's puppy face. She sighed dejectedly. Kuon smiled brightly knowing that he won.

"I'll let you buy me one thing. Just one thing Kuon! And it can't be anything expensive."

Kuon remained quiet but gave her a small smile. 'We'll just see about that Sweetheart. I know that you can't resist my puppy face. That is knowledge I will certainly be using to my advantage today and for the rest of our lives. I will try to hold myself back. I can't make any promises but I won't buy you too much today, Babe.'

After they were done eating and had cleaned up the kitchen Kuon grabbed Kyoko's hand and took her to the bathroom. He pulled the hair-dye out a cabinet and set it on the counter. "Are those pajamas important to you?"

"No. Why?"

"Because even with being very careful the dye could get on your shirt and stain it. I have some old shirts that I where when I work out. If you want you can wear one to keep your pajamas clean."

"Oh! No! It's okay! I don't want your clothes to get ruined."

Kuon laughed, "Kyoko I told you they are old shirts. They have paint stains on them and some have some small holes. That's why I only use them when I work out. I'll go grab one." He leaned in and kissed Kyoko's forehead. "You are going to stay here and not argue."

Kyoko frowned but didn't argue as Kuon went into his bedroom. After a couple minutes Kuon came back in. He was wearing an old T-shirt with paint stains on it and handed one to Kyoko. She took it and pulled it on over her pajamas. Kuon smirked at her playfully.

"What?" Kyoko asked blushing.

"You just look cute in my shirt."

Kyoko blushed and ducked her head.

Kuon bent slightly and kissed her hair. "Come on. Let's dye our hair so that we can go shopping."

Kyoko nodded and they set work.