Chapter 14

Why didn't it bother her? Shouldn't she feel at least something when she met with him? Shouldn't she be outraged at his past behavior? No... She deduced. I did say an awful thing to him, but it was true. That Kyoko was careless and she was common. He said it himself. Why did he look so torn when I spoke the truth to him, used his own words? She chuckled wryly and sighed. You know what? I just don't care anymore.

"Kyoko? Are you okay? You've been awfully quiet since we got in the car." Kuon asked her with concern.

I should tell him before he finds out from someone else. "I saw Fuwa-san at TBM today after my interview." She commented and searched his face for the reaction.

"Ah..." He answered as he pulled into the parking space and turned off the car. "What happened?"

She sighed with nervousness. "He... He tried to get me to admit to being "His Kyoko-chan"" She told him with air-quotes around her name sarcastically.

"And?" He probed as he tamped down the anger at the young rocker for trying to insert himself into the life of a woman he wasn't supposed to know.

She looked down at the fingers she was nervously twisting in her lap. "I told him that I wasn't that girl. That I would appreciate it if he didn't compare me to that girl, in so many words... He... He got angry at what I said and slapped me, then his manager came in and stopped him." Kuon didn't need to know exactly how harsh she had been to Sho and to be perfectly honest, something like that was none of his business. Especially since she felt so wrong about it.

Kuon sighed. He knew there was more to it than that, but he wasn't going to pressure her on it. He had a hunch she said something pretty scathing to get him to hit her, but that still didn't excuse the reaction in his mind. If the little punk came near her again, it wasn't going to be pretty.

The buxom woman sat across from her charge, giving him a scornful look and scowling at him every now and then.

"What?" Sho hissed at his manager.

Shoko sighed and her hands dropped to her lap. She shook her head. "Sho... I know you really don't want to hear this from me, but I'm saying it anyway. You need to face the facts. I heard what Feya-san said and I think she's right. You need to move on and you need help."

Sho started to protest and Shoko continued as she held up her hand to stop him. "Look... Even if she was Kyoko-chan, do you honestly believe she would want to be anywhere near you after what you had said to her or, have you forgotten how you treated her and how you told her off that night? Certainly Feya-san was a little harsh about what she said, but it was infinitely less harsh than what you said to Kyoko-chan. You need to stop all of this and leave that poor young woman alone. If the media got wind of any of your behavior toward her, they would eat you alive as an obsessive stalker."

"I am not a stalker and I never called her careless or, common!" He hissed.

Shoko shook her head. "No you just called her a plain, boring and unattractive maid! That's much worse and the fact that you lied to the security guards and had her thrown out of the building by telling them she was a stalker fan makes it worse!" She shut up immediately, realizing that she just rehashed all of the details that lead to the girl's death. She had told him over and over that it wasn't his fault, yet had he never done that, she would have never ended up in that alley.

"Whatever..." He said in a voice without any caring whatsoever. "I still think she's Kyoko." Her words had just flown past his ears without any meaning taken from them.

Shoko shook her head. "Well, if you decide to continue with this, you do so on your own. I will not cover your ass when she, Tsuruga-san or, her company decide to come after you for harassing her." She stood and left the room to go get a cup of coffee. "I do not need this." She groused as she walked down to the studio cafeteria.

She rolled her eyes in irritation. When was he going to just leave her alone? Did he really need a slave so much that he had to latch onto her again like this? If she was so plain and boring, why was he following her to the set of Dark Moon? How did he even know where to find her? Oh, that's right... everyone knew where the set was. She groaned internally.

Kuon stood protectively between Kyoko and the arrogant young singer as the boy approached and Yukihito stood next to her, wondering exactly why this young man decided it would be a good idea to come to the set and visit Kyoko after what Kuon had taken him aside and informed him of, only moments ago. Yukihito was still fuming internally over it and wanted to rip the young man's throat out himself.

"I want to talk to her." Sho demanded.

Kuon cocked his head to the side slightly and smiled a fake smile. "It's good to want Fuwa-kun, it builds character. However, I don't believe Feya-san wants to talk to you."

"I... I just wanted to... apologized." He whispered with his head down, in a barely audible tone. Had the three not been of the nature that they were, they would have never heard him.

"I don't want, nor do I need an apology from you Fuwa-san. Please leave and do not bother me again." Kyoko told him, letting her voice slip, causing the two males protecting her to worry and the unwanted male to freeze in place and shiver.

Yukihito swooped in and grabbed the boy by the arm to escort him out of the studio for his own protection. "Fuwa-san... I think it would be in your best interest if you leave and do not attempt to contact my charge again." He told him as he deposited him down the hall.

"But..." Sho started and Yashiro held up his hand to stop his words.

He shook his head. "You have apologized for your behavior. Do not repeat it or, make matters worse. My suggestion to you, would be to not confuse Feya-chan with the girl that you hit her over." Yashiro gave him a pointed look.

Sho huffed indignantly for being called out on his behavior by essentially a stranger. "I did not..."

Yashiro continued through the boy's denial. "If... IF you continue to pursue my charge, I will have to take certain measures. Measures that would not reflect well on you and certain things about your behavior will leak into the press. Certain things that would damage your image. Is that what you truly want? Is your little obsession really worth your career?" Yukihito warned with a strange glint in his eyes. It was almost predatorial and disturbed the young upstart immensely.

Sho shook his head stiffly, still recovering from the manager's imposing presence.

Yukihito smiled cordially. "Well, I'm glad we had this talk. Are you able to find your way back to your manager or, do you need an escort?"

"I'm fine." Sho turned and walked away with Yashiro watching him closely. I just need to find another way to talk to her. He groused.