I'm so sorry for the long wait! Things got really hectic and I didn't have any free time at all! I'm really no extremely sorry for making y'all wait! But I will say all y'all fangirls out there this chapter is for you! I personally think this is one of my favorite chapters so far! But thank you for being patient with me! I also want to thank my beta- jewelprincess7 for helping me!
I hope y'all will love this chapter as much I do!
I don't own skip beat sadly... (Lol Ren and Kyoko would be already together...)
I hope you enjoy it!
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Suddenly appearing in Lory's office, Reino smirked at their dumbfounded faces. It wasn't everyday a handsome man such as himself, pops out of thin air with a beautiful lady in his arms. Who wouldn't be dumbfounded, for him it was completely normal. They looked like they had seen an alien from outer space. As Reino walked over with a fallen angel carefully leaning against his chest, he walked over to Ren then said,
" I will give her back only on one condition. That I will be able to see my sister on a regular basis."
Looking at Reino, Ren could see the sincerity in this man and that he truly cared for her and wanted to be apart of her life. In some ways at that moment, Ren saw a little bit of himself in Reino. He too wanted to be a part of her life. Sighing, Ren looked up into Reino's purple eyes and said,
" I will agree to your condition."
When Ren had said to her "brother" it looked almost like relief then happiness run across his eyes.
After hearing Ren reply, Reino nodded and gently placed the sleeping girl into his arms carefully then sent a message into Ren's mind saying,
' I'm putting her in your care, please keep her safe. She is the only thing in this world that is precious to me. I have nothing without her. I love her... But I will not take her away from you because she longs to be with you. I'm content with being her brotherly figure in her life. I give you my blessing.
Letting his emotions slip, he looked Ren in the eyes to show him that he told the truth.
Ren eyes widened in shock as he stared at the man before him... He let her go so I could I have her.. He loves her so much that he's willing to sacrifice his own happiness so she could experience it with another. Suddenly, Ren started to respect Reino a lot more for what he had done for them. A look of acceptance from Ren was all he needed as Reino disappeared once again before Ren could reply back.
When her "brother" had disappeared, Ren unconsciously tightened his hold on Kyoko pulling her closer to himself.
As Kuu, Lory, and Yashiro woke up from their shock, they asked,
" What happened? "
After what it seemed like forever, Ren looked up to the three and smiled genuinely at them. It was the first time since that accident when he was little that he smiled with such happiness.
Seeing his son smile for the first time in a very long time, Kuu started to cry tears of joy. He had thought he would have never gotten to see his son smile again like he did. It seemed like a weight was taken off his shoulders because he knew finally his son was trying to find happiness again. He was finally healing...
Lory froze instantly at Ren's expression, it was the purest smile that he had ever seen grace the boy's face. This smile that crossed his face outshined his fake gentleman smile by far... The light seemed so pure, so untouched. It seemed like beautiful swifts of incandescent lights swirled around the two souls. Their aura felt like they were warming the innermost part of your soul.
The two men were completely awestruck at the man before them. All the sudden the girl ,that was laying peacefully in the man's arms, started to glow brighter as she started to wake from her slumber. As the girl woke, their incandescent light seemed to shine like the morning sun. It was the most beautiful sight they had ever seen. As the two men that were staring intensely at the supernatural scene, could barely contain their excitement as they watched the two destined soul mates. But before they knew it, it was over.
Seeing the President and his father both staring intensely him, Ren asked,
"What's going on? Why are you looking at me like that!"
Speaking up Lory said,
" That was beautiful! I've never in my life have experienced such love between two people before as you two just did! "
Very confused, Ren replied,
" Umm President, I don't know what you are talking about."
" What! What do you mean you don't know what I'm talking about! That smile! You and her embracing like two soul mates would!"
Now extremely confused, Ren said,
" Huh? I have no idea what you are talking about."
" No! You forgot! How could you forget such a passionate moment!"
" ahh president I wouldn't call Reino handing Kyoko over to me a 'passionate moment'.. Are you thinking straight?"
" YESS! "
" Okay what ever you say. I'm taking Kyoko home; good night sir.."
" *sigh* fine! You did see it Kuu didn't you."
Wiping his tears, Kuu nodded.
Suddenly Lory rushed to the security cameras to see if it was on the tapes. Fast forwarding, they watched it play out and saw the exact scene they had seen.
" I knew it! "
Quickly recording the entire tape, Lory put it in a safe spot to watch again.

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After working hard all day, Ren was utterly exhausted as he walked through his apartment with Kyoko in his arms. Despite his weariness, he carried on strongly. Glancing down at Kyoko, he could see that she too was exhausted but what was alarming was that she was sickly pale. Closing his eyes for a second, he knew that she had pushed herself way too hard and now she was paying for it. Quickly laying her down on his bed, he left to go get some broth. After coming back to the bed, he opened her shirt and popped the cap then poured in the brown liquid. Now knowing she had something in her stomach, he took off her outer clothes and dressed her in a creamy pink nightgown. After throwing the dirty clothes in the laundry basket, he covered her up with a black comforter. Quickly placing a kiss on her forehead he changed into his pajamas then joined her in bed.
Carefully getting in beside her he pulled the covers over the two of them. Not being able to restrain himself as he stole a quick kiss from her and whispered softly while pulling her closer to his body he said,
" I love you Kyoko... You are more precious than rubies alone. Your e-"
Exhaustion took over before he could finish his sweet sentiments but unbeknownst to him the girl in his arms was awake and blushing madly. He had been caught red handed and he didn't even know it yet. Carefully turning around to face the man that had unknowingly confessed to her, her heart beat faster by the minute at the thought of this man loving her.
Could it really be? Does this man truly love me? Is that the reason why he took me in then? Because he loved me? Not because of charity but because of love? He loves me? Me? He loves someone of broken as I am?... Is that why I trust him so? Because my heart unconsciously knew that he loved me when I, myself didn't... Do I love him? Have I really fallen for Tsuruga Ren? Or should I say Kuon Hizuri? Has my heart accepted him without me even realizing it?
Before she could think anymore on the subject, she too fell asleep again...

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Waking up to the sun shining brightly in her face, she opened her eyes to find Ren staring at her. Remembering last night, she blushed deeply then buried her face in her pillow too embarrassed to show her face to him. Kyoko didn't know why she was hiding from him, it wasn't like this was the first time she slept in his bed with him. Actually she had been sleeping in his bed a lot lately...
Breaking her thoughts, she heard Ren talking and it's seemed like to her.
"Can you repeat what you said Ren?"
" I said, Do you feel better?"
" What?"
" You were really exhausted last night."
" I was?"
" Yes you were... Can you tell me why or how you were so exhausted? You could barely keep your eyes open."
" Ummm..."
" You pushed yourself too hard I take it?"
" ahhh..."
" I'll take that as a yes."
" ha ha well you see.. Umm."
"Kyoko. Even though you have healed for the most part, you have been bedridden for almost a month! You need to build up some more strength before you start doing strenuous things."
" I know, I know.."
" Yeah, you know, but you didn't act upon it."
"Okay, okay, I get it.. I admit it, I pushed myself too hard yesterday. I just didn't want to be a burden to Nii-san and I DID NOT WANT TO TAKE A NAP IN HIS, THAT... THAT COFFIN!" she shuddered violently.
"What do you mean coffin?!"
"Nii-san sleeps in a coffin..."
What, a coffin? What kind of a guy sleeps in coffin! Wait, him... I really don't like this guy at all. He just gets creepier by the minute...
" Well, that's just creepy..."
" No, Nii-san is not creepy... He just has a unique personality. "
Trying to change the subject Ren said,
" Well, it's time for me to get up from this bed and get ready for work. Kuu will be here very soon. "
" Aw, but I wanted to stay in bed..."
Sighing Ren replied,
" I know you do, but sometimes you can't always do what you feel like doing. "
Sitting in bed, pouting, Kyoko didn't move a muscle.
As Ren looked over his shoulder at her, he saw that she wasn't moving at all. He said,
" Kyoko, you better be at least sitting upright when I come back from a shower, or I'll personally drag you out of bed myself. "
With that, he turned around and shut the bathroom door. While Ren was in the shower, Kyoko purposely didn't move a muscle from her position in bed. It was so comfy and warm.. The bed made her feel like she was floating on a cloud and best part was it smelled like him. With that as a good excuse, she just laid there in complete harmony in his bed.
After taking a quick shower then quickly drying himself off, he put some clothes on his person then walked out the bathroom door. As he walked out the door, he saw that Kyoko was not sitting upright but was still laying down comfortably in bed. His Father was coming soon; he knew if his Father saw Kyoko in his bed that he would get the wrong idea and never hear the end of it. As Ren stalked towards the bed, he stated,
" Kyoko I thought I told you to be sitting upright by the time I came back?"
Shuffling to the other side of the bed away from Ren, she said
" Umm really? I don't think I heard that."
Smirking Ren tore the sheets and bedding off the bed making Kyoko let out a playful squeak then scrambled away trying to run away from him. Reaching over he quickly grabbed her ankle pulling her towards him. As he pulled her across the bed, she fought to get away from her captor but failed miserably when she was pulled into strong arms, caging her in the process from escaping. Knowing that she lost, she gave up trying to escape from his cage-like arms that were wrapped tight around her.

As he watched her calm down and relax in his arms, it made his heart swell up with pride that she would relax in his arms with barely any fighting on her part. She was getting used to his touch and that made him very happy. When she had first come, she was almost scared of his touch and it hurt him deeply because of it but now she welcomed it freely.
As Ren pulled her even closer to his warm chest, she slightly blushed at the close proximity. It had taken her a while to get comfortable with Ren but now that she was used to his touch and his warmth it was becoming an addiction to her. She was beginning to yearn to be in his arms all the time. It made her feel safe, secure, and stable. His arms were like her anchors to keep her steady. His voice was soothing to her, which kept her calm. Never in her life had she felt so stable mentally and physically then at that moment. All her life she felt so insecure, but with Ren she felt the opposite of that. It made her happy to feel somewhat put together and to have something seem right.
Suddenly tears started to gather around her golden orbs, but not out of sadness but out of happiness. To hide the tears before Ren noticed, she wrapped her dainty little arms around this broad form pulling him even closer to her.
Startled at her odd gesture, he complied and let her pull his form into a more intimate embrace. Tightening his arms around her slightly, he noticed she was shaking. Concerned, he started to rub tiny circles on her back to give some comfort to his loved one. But instead of making her calm like he thought she would, she started to shake more..
" Kyoko what's the matter?"
Pulling her face away from his chest, he cupped her face lovingly between his large hands then stared into her shimmery tear glistened eyes.
" What's wrong?"
His beautiful chocolate brown eyes stared back at her golden ones waiting for an answer. As he gently wiped each tear that fell with his thumbs while cupping her face like a lover would his wife.
Placing her hand on top of his, she closed her eyes and leaned into his awaiting hand lovingly. When she opened her eyes once again and looked at the face of her heart's desire, she smiled the most heavenly smile. It was a smile of pure happiness and adoration. Finally she had accepted it that she was deeply in love with Kuon Hizuri and Ren Tsuruga...
Taken aback by her expression of adoration towards himself, Ren turned his gaze away quickly not knowing how to take it .
Was that expression she gave me did it meaning what I think it meant? Never in his life had someone gazed at him with such love and compassion in their eyes.
As he gazed down at her once again, that look of adoration was still etched upon her face but it appeared more passionate than the last time he looked. Faintly blushing, he averted his eyes from her. Ren was so confused about that look that she gave him. Was it love that he saw? No, it couldn't be.. Kyoko hates even the word love, but her eyes. They seemed like they were trying to tell him something. Could it be possibly be true? Ren started to contemplate if he should get his hopes up or not.
As she watched him turn his face away from her, she didn't know why it irked her so but it did. When she had finally accepted that she was in love with Ren, it was like the old emotions that she swore to hide away forever suddenly broke free of their chains. Her Angels came back and healed her broken heart that was once filled with hatred and rejection. The heaviness that she once felt in her heart disappeared,feeling like a breath of fresh air had hit her system.
Kyoko didn't feel like she once felt when she was younger. She felt like she had changed and matured. Kyoko felt like a new person as new emotions came flooding into her senses. It was a new kind of love that she had never experienced before. This new love felt real... Pure... it didn't seem fake at all. Knowing now, she knew that the "love" she had for Fuwa was fake and the love she had for Ren was real. At that moment she knew for sure that she was definitely in love with Ren and she was completely okay with it. Noticing that she was spacing out, Kyoko decided that she didn't like when it Ren turned his attention away from her. When she poked him in the chest and nothing happened, she became frustrated. Deciding to go to plan B, she let Natsu come out a little bit to help her out.
Ren's eyes widened, when he felt something wrap around his hips then crossing behind him. He froze completely not knowing what to do... When he turned to look at Kyoko, he was left speechless. As he gazed at the being below him, he stared at the burning sets of molten gold. They were like staring into the sunlight. As he gazed into her eyes, he felt his heart pounding rapidly for her. Could it be?

Looking deeply in her eyes to find the answer, he found not hate but maybe love? Deciding that this was his chance, he let his walls down and let his true emotions show through in his chocolate orbs. As he embraced her lovingly around the waist and neck, he slowly leaned down and gently pressed his lips against hers. To his utmost surprise she responded to him, she was kissing him back. All the sudden everything came crashing down, she accepted him.. As he deepened the kiss to show her the passion he was feeling, she did the same. When both of them were about to run out of breath they parted. Gently caressing her face, he leaned down then whispered to her ear "I love you."
Hearing the three words that she's been wanting to hear her whole life, a great wave of happiness washed over her. All her life she had just wanted someone to say 'I love you' to her. She wanted to be cherished in her childhood. She wanted to be loved like everyone else but she had never gotten it. Her heart leapt with joy because finally she found someone that loved her. Tears of joy slid down her cheeks, as she held on to Ren like he was her lifeline. After hugging each other in silence for a while, Kyoko pulled away slightly.
When he felt her pull away, he decided to change their position into a more comfortable one. After untangling himself from her, he sat down then pulled Kyoko in his lap,that he had done so many times already, and started to wipe her crystal tears away.
As he cradled her face while wiping her tears away, she leaned into his hand and whispered,
" I love you too."
Hearing her words, his heart jumped for joy. He was being accepted! As he looked down on her his smile grew bigger and his eyes seemed to be brighter than the sun. He was so happy that he stole a kiss from her and embraced her lovingly. He knew this was the best day of his life! Glancing over at the clock, he saw that he was about to be late for work and Kuu would be here any minute. His eyes widened as he pulled away and told Kyoko,
"My love, I'm sorry but we need to get out of bed because our father is gonna be here soon. Also I am going to be late for work. We'll talk about this tonight when I get home."
Smiling Kyoko said,
" Go, hurry get ready we wouldn't want you record to be stained, I'll be here when you come back. "
" Alright."
After kissing her one more time, he rushed to get ready.
When he left, Kyoko decided to get up and throw some clothes on. After putting a nice dress on, she went to the kitchen and whipped up some breakfast for Ren.
When he came into the kitchen and saw Kyoko had already made breakfast and coffee for him. Coming up behind her and hugging her, he said,
" Thank you my dear for making my breakfast. But you shouldn't be standing around; you ar-"
Blushing furiously, Kyoko said,
" I'm fine now, just a little out of shape that's all. Now you go and eat before father comes."
" Okay okay. I get it. I'm going."
After he ate, he kissed her on the cheek then said,
" One more thing, let's keep this a secret for now. Okay? I don't want the press and everybody getting into our business just yet. I want to go slow and cherish these precious moments with you. I don't want people breathing down our necks and stalking us. When the media does find out it will be mad house, and it will very hard to go any where without being confronted. I want to spend these first stages with no interruptions at all. "
Smiling at him, she nodded then said,
" Okay. But people are going to asking about that smile on your face. "
"There are reasons why I'm called an actor "
" We'll see."
Before he could could reply, there was a knock on the door.
" There's father." Kyoko said walking away with a smirk on her face.

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After leaving Kyoko with his father, Ren was driving over to pick up Yashiro. As he was driving, all he could think about was the girl back at home. He knew it wouldn't be long now and she would go back to being an actress. Pulling up in the parking lot, Yashiro got in the car and said,
" Good morning Ren."
Smiling a little bit too brightly Ren said cheerfully, " Good morning!"
Flinching at his strangely joyful mood, he stared at the actor in shock as Ren hummed happily while he drove to LME.
As Yashiro took up some courage he asked,
" Ren, are you okay? "
Still smiling, Ren replied,
" I am wonderful; couldn't be better!"
Pressing on Yashiro asked,
" How's Kyoko-chan? "
Ren's eyes lit up as he exclaimed,
" She is doing much much better. She is getting stronger every day and her wounds are almost healed. "
" What's put you into this mood? I haven't ever seen you like this."
Laughing Ren said,
" Nothing really, I'm just happy. Is that a bad thing?"
Putting his hands up in defense, Yashiro stated,
" No no no! It's not. It's just I guess I'm not used to it."
When they arrived to LME, Yashiro still eyed Ren with uneasiness as he got out of the car. Lifting an eyebrow at the actor walking with a little jump to his step, he wondered what could have happened. He was almost glowing with happiness, something he happened he knew it! Nothing happened his foot! Something happened between him and Kyoko and he doesn't want to share. Pouting, Yashiro followed Ren into LME to start the day.

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As her father walked in the door she was thrust into a warm embrace, she knew he had been really worried about her. Snuggling into his chest, she enjoyed the feeling of Kuu hugging her. Only recently she had found her real father, but while she was growing up she had never had a real fatherly figure. Fuwa-san was nice in and all but she didn't think that he cared for her as a daughter more like a employee..
Looking up at her " father" she said,
" Good morning father! "
Smiling broadly at the angel he was holding Kuu said,
" Good morning my precious son! "
A weight lifted off his shoulders when he saw that her spirits seemed up today. Her eyes weren't clouded with sorrow as they once were, this made him very happy that his daughter was coming out of it. Before when she was still in the hospital, her eyes were haunting. They were so lifeless and so broken, he could barely withstand it. Seeing her eyes once filled with happiness and love, then it to disappear completely and replaced with hurt, anger, and brokenness it broke his heart having to watch it. It was untold torture for him, to watch someone you love struggle like she had. But when she greeted him with that same love and happiness he saw once long ago it seemed like, Kuu nearly lost it. He was overrun with happiness, that finally his daughter was returning to him.

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After many hours of movies and games with her father, Kyoko was exhausted. It had been really fun but all she wanted to do now was go to bed. She knew she would be out for a while so she politely told Kuu to go ahead home but he didn't want to leave her alone. So after thirty minutes of convincing her father that she would be okay by herself, he finally consented and left. As she walked into Ren's bedroom, she fell on the bed and fell asleep almost instantly. While she was sleeping, a certain someone appeared in the room and patiently waited for her to wake. After a while, he saw that she was waking and went over to her.
Feeling like she was being stared at, Kyoko opened her eyes to see her brother sitting right next to her. As she jumped sky high, Kyoko said,

" You scared the hell out of me! How did you get in here anyway? "
Smiling at her with an amused twinkle in his eye, reino said,
" What no hug? No hello nii-san? "
" Not until you apologize and answer my question."
" I'm truly sorry my dear sister for scaring you and to answer your question I can teleport to wherever I want. "
" Apology accepted and thank you for answering my question."
" It's my pleasure. So now may I have my greeting."
Laughing, Kyoko launched herself in his arms hugging him tightly which he accepted with pleasure.
Pulling away Reino said,
" Let me see your arms."
" Why? "
" I want to undo the destruction you did to yourself. An actress can't have terrible scars on her arms."
Nodding she started to undo the bandages, for him to see. When she was done, he took her arms to see the extent of it. As he looked carefully at the angry red scars that adorned her skin, he could feel the anguish and hate from them. He felt the feelings that she felt when she harmed herself. His swelled with grief that he didn't take action sooner. He should have taken her to his own home and watched her but he didn't.. At that moment tears started to fall down his cheeks as he held her arms to his face. As the tears slid down his cheeks and dropped onto her arms a small light started to appear healing the scar that it touched.

Startled when her brother broke into tears, she tried to ask what's wrong but she felt this burning sensation on her arms. Looking down her arms, her eyes widened at the sight of her arms glowing beneath her sobbing brother. As her brother cried harder the burning get worse until it felt like she was on fire. Painfully crying out, she lost consciousness as she fell to the floor in a heap.
Reino not knowing what was going on with himself and what was around him, jumped when he heard her shrill cry of pain. Quickly looking down, his eyes widened when he saw her glowing body. It looked like shimmering dust swirling around her form, reminding him of the moon's light. It was most beautiful experience he had ever encountered in his life.. Suddenly her hair started to grow long and turn silky black, making her look like a divine goddess. When he thought she couldn't get anymore beautiful, suddenly her skin started to look like perfect porcelain. As the glow started to fade he saw that all her scars had disappeared completely but when he looked on her right wrist he saw a gorgeous blue crescent moon. Examining the blue swirls inside the crescent moon and the silver shimmer over it. Looking on the other arm he saw a beautiful sun on her left wrist. The middle of the sun seemed to be like a red hot fire, but the tendrils of the sun's light seemed to have a translucent yellow having them seem like they were glowing. Both of the markings looked like pieces of art that were painted on her wrists. Stepping back Reino looked down at his sister then at his hands and wondered what had he done? At that moment, the door opened and Ren walked in the room and saw Reino's eyes looking at his hands with Kyoko passed out on the floor below him..

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Well how was it? Please review to tell me your thoughts on it! I hope you enjoyed it! Please stay tuned for the next chapter!
Extra-
I thought I would tell you about my definition of a soul mate.
Soul mates: well I think that soul mates are the husband or wife that God has specially picked out for you. That one person you feel like you have a connection with spiritually and physically. I feel like when God is involved then that's how you find your soul mate. I also think when you find your soul mate that you'll mentally feel a pull towards that person. Or "see" their heart.