AN: To celebrate 50 reviews, I'm posting 2 chapters today. A double-feature. Yays! If I get 100 reviews, I'll post 3 chapters on one day. Thank you so much for your support, everyone! I know how rushed my story is. Some day, when it's finished, I will go back and completely re-vamp it and flesh it out, throwing in more supporting charachters, looking at things from Ren's point of view more often, and going into much more detail with Kanae x Yukihito gooey goodness. In the mean time, to make up for my abruptness, I'll be bringing the story into a surprising, and very exciting new arc. I hope everyone enjoys!
Kyoko blushed profusely, but she realised that everything Moko was saying made perfect sense. Kuon was a smart man. He was wild, and sometimes his self-control wore thin, but above all else, he was smart. If he didn't want children, or he wanted to wait, he WOULD have made sure that the proper precautions were taken. The fact that he didn't had to mean he wasn't completely against the idea, right? Now that she thought about it, many young actresses had built successful careers, and been mothers at the same time. If she played her cards right, surely she could do the same thing? She might need a little help and advice, but she was friends with some of the biggest names in the industry, Lory Takarada, Yashiro Yukihito, one of the best managers in the business, and her Father-in-law, Hizuri Kuu. Surely they could help her get through this, if nobody else could.
Yes… Maybe, just maybe it would all turn out alright after all. Just then, Kanae's phone rang. She checked the number first, but when she saw who it was, she decided to take the call. "Hello. How can I help you." Yashiro grimaced. "Kuon-kun's looking for Kyoko-chan. Apparently she told him Box R would be filming late today, but when he called there to see how she was a minute ago, they told him she'd finished filming her scenes hours ago, and left as soon as she was done. He's with me now. I told him you'd gotten a call from her, but I didn't want to give him any details until I was sure it was alright with Kyoko-chan. Are you still with her? How is she?"
Kanae smiled gently. "She was a wreck when I found her, but I think she's feeling better now. I'm not sure if she's ready to talk to Kuon-kun about it though. Just let him know he doesn't need to worry. There's nothing wrong with her, she's just worrying herself like usual. I'll have her back to her old self, and back to Kuon in no time." Kyoko was watching her, and listening to everything she said, but she just chewed her lip, and looked a little anxious. Yashiro sighed, and told Kanae to call him back soon. "Kuon-kun's really worried. You know how protective he is of Kyoko-chan. If we don't give him something soon, he might well come over there and break your door down. I'll do what I can to keep him calm, for now."
When Yashiro had hung up, Kanae turned back to Kyoko. "You're going to have to tell him eventually, you know that right? He is the father after all." Kyoko nodded at the floor. "I'm just so scared. If he tells me he doesn't want the baby, or if he asks me not to have it, it'll kill me. I've just started to love this baby. There's no way I can do anything bad to it now, but I love Kuon so much… I don't want to lose either of them, and I'm terrified that he's going to force me to choose." Kanae stared hard at her friend, and asked the question Kyoko was dreading, but knew needed to be answered. "If he does demand that you choose between him and the baby, which one will you choose?" Kyoko closed her eyes, and allowed herself to admit the truth. "I'd choose the baby. No matter what happens, I can't let myself become the good-for-nothing, heartless parent that my mother was to me."
Kanae nodded. "Alright, you've made a decision. That's a start. I really don't think Kuon-kun is going to make you choose between him and the baby, or be upset when you tell him that you're pregnant. In fact, I'm so sure, that I'm going to make you this promise. I'm going to let you sleep here tonight. You've had a long day, and stress isn't good for the baby. I don't think you'd get any sleep if I took you home now anyway. You and Kuon-kun both have tomorrow off, right? Tomorrow morning I'll take you back to your apartment. I'll wait just outside the door, while you tell Kuon-kun your big news. If he doesn't take it well, just come back outside, and I'll bring you right back here. I'll ask Yashiro-kun to get your things, and you can move in here with me, okay? There's plenty of room in my house for my best friend and her baby. How does that sound to you?" Kyoko stood, walked over to Kanae, and gave her a crushing hug. "Thank you so much, Moko-chan!"
True to her word, after breakfast the next morning, Kanae drove Kyoko to the apartment she shared with Kuon, took the elevator up to the correct floor with her, and waited outside the front door while she went inside. Kuon was sitting in the living room, his head in his hands. It didn't look like he'd slept or eaten since he's discovered that Kyoko was missing. When he heard her key in the door, he jumped up and reached for the handle, opening the door before she could. She was startled, and she'd been nervous enough as it was, so she'd instinctively taken a step back. Kuon noticed, and that alone was enough to force his self to take a deep breath, and calm himself down. "Kyoko, please come inside. I'm sorry I startled you, I've just been so worried… Are you alright?" When Kyoko didn't answer him, he sighed, took another slow, deep breath, and stepped back.