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Kyoko 11: Imposter Kuon
That guy is in for one telling off and I know that Setsuka can do it. I sigh and walk in, making my way over to Kuon. I cough and keep my arms folded behind me. "Am I missing something here?" I ask him and I see that he doesn't recognize me. That is extremely weird. Did he hit his head or something? "Wow, you really are a celebrity diva. I'm looking for my brother."
"Well he's not here," Kuon replies with a raise of his eyebrow, "I'm kind of looking for somebody myself and as much as I'd love to stay in your bed, I'm hoping to find my wife," he says and my eyes widen. Okay, either he's been in an accident that has made it so that he has amnesia or something is wrong here. He wouldn't even pretend if that was the case, just pull me over to another area.
"I'm Setsuka Heel," I tell him as people start to flock around Kuon and I see that he really doesn't know me. His eyes don't have the same shine to them, his breath isn't the regular rhythm, everything underneath the appearance is all wrong.
He shrugs and then walks away, "I can't remember everybody," he says and I pull out my cell phone before taking a step away from him. I don't get this. I know that he said he doesn't want to talk to me but he wouldn't act this way. He doesn't even seem to care that I'm calling and I wait for his phone to ring. Don't talk to me if you don't want to but don't pretend that I don't exi-
"I'm sorry, I don't want to talk about this," I hear Kuon say as he answers the phone apart from the guy in front of me, the one who could be Kuon's twin because of the physical match…he isn't on the phone and I don't know who I'm talking to or who I'm looking at.
"I just want to ask you a very simple question," I begin, my breath is catching in my chest and my brain is trying to come up with the best explanation here. "Please don't hang up, you owe me," I tell him and he reluctantly stays on the line. "What is Corn?"
"What or Who?" he asks and I smile weakly although my eyes stay concentrated on what seems to be a Kuon imposter. "Corn is the name that you gave me as a kid because you said my name wrong, Corn is a magical stone that you named after me who gave it to you, Corn is also a type of food and part of your favorite pizza topping."
I freeze. Only someone who knew me very well could be able to say all of these things and though it does sound more like a growl, it is his voice if he were sick. If I'm on the phone with Kuon then who the hell am I looking at?
"One last question," I say to him, "Who is Setsuka Heel?"
"You are," Kuon replies and this is far too confusing, "You are Setsuka Heel. The president was worried about Cain Heel going out of control so he tried to use you to reign me in. I am Cain Heel and you are my younger sister, Setsuka." There is a long silence, "May I go please?" he asks me and I feel the pain in my chest.
"I don't want you to," I whisper, "I want you to explain what is going on but yes….yes you can go," I feel my heart burn as I say this and hear him hang up on me. I don't want us to have a forced relationship but I need to make sure there's not a weird cloning machine around here before I work on how to win him back.
I make my way over to the man who looks like my husband, "I need to ask you something," I say as I train my eyes to keep observing him. I pause and take a few more breaths. "What is Corn?" I ask him and he shrugs.
"A food," he replies and I freeze. He's not Kuon at all, he doesn't even know about Kuon, if he knew who Kuon was and what we had together he wouldn't be saying this now. "Look, are you stupid. There's all kinds of vegetables on the internet."
I take a few steps back before leaving to go home. Something very very wrong is going on here and it involves Kuon, my Kuon, not that imposter Kuon. I try to control my breathing but it's hard and I know I'm turning into my blue form.
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As I go to the front door, I know that I don't want to alert anyone to my presence. I have to come up with a plan on how to proceed through this. Kuon has a double who is trying to get control over his life and I have to help put an end to it. I want to tell him, to track him down so that he can stop this. I know that he doesn't want to see my anymore and that breaks his heart but maybe I can help him.
I see the door open and I try to steady myself. Father and Julie-san must still be here, if they were to ask me anything about Kuon they might be able to see right through me. I pause trying to come up with a story in my head but the person freezes. The same hoodie wearing somebody that I met outside LME. I pause as I turn to him.
"Hi," I say as I start to become aware of the real reason as to why he was there. He was outside LME and he grabbed me because he's Kuon but he's wearing a hoodie and I can't see him. "There's…a new Kuon," I say slowly and he pauses.
"I've got to," he says, his voice showing fear and repression. I don't want him to leave me. I rush over and try to grab his hand but he pulls away from me, turning his entire body to the side so that I'm unable to see him.
"Please don't leave me," I whisper to him, "I'm sorry for whatever I did. I'm sorry that you can't love me because of the way that I look."
"Kyoko," he whispers before shaking his head, "I don't know what you're talking about."
I push forward and grab one of his…I freeze as I look down at his hand. It looks more like a glove than an actual hand, one of those furry gloves very popular in the holiday season. I see him pull away from me, something's happened.
"You're not okay, sweetheart what happened?" I ask him as my heart begins to thump in my chest and I see Father get very shocked that I'm here with Kuon. I stay firm as Father keeps looking between us, "What can I do? Please tell me, do you really want to get a divorce?" I ask him with my heart aching and pulling painfully in my chest.
"You deserve to have a good life, a normal life," he tells me and I don't understand what he's talking about. I'd have those things with him in my life. "I'm not…I'm not human any longer," he tells me and I close my eyes. That doesn't matter to me, I don't think that I'm human any longer. "I can't transform and I don't want to face the rejection right now."
"We…we don't need to leave the apartment," I try to argue with him, "Sweetheart, please, what's going on?" I know I sound desperate, but I don't know what's happening and I wish I had all the answers. I wish that I could truly help him.
"Not theirs…" he says and I see him flinch, "Yours."
Is he actually serious? There is no way that I could reject him, he's my prince and sometimes princes aren't the most handsome people to the rest of the world but they are your prince and you fall in love with them and then there is no way they could be seen as ugly."
"Is it really so bad that you're scared that I'll fall out of love with you?" I ask him and he nods. I feel that my world is crashing down around me. I feel so sad that he feels this way and it doesn't matter what they've done to him. I love him. "Father is it…" I say as I turn to Kuu-sama.
"It's a change, definitely," Father replies to me, "and it'd take some getting used to but I don't think that the two of you should be separated." I pause but feel determined that I want to see him. I want to know what those cowards did to him.
"Kuon, please?" I beg him as I feel myself breaking down into heavy sobs. The pain is too hard for me to cope with, it's too hard to handle. I just want him safe. I want to be with him. I feel as if I'm going to die from the sadness and then he sighs and my breath catches in my throat as he removes the hoodie. It's definitely a change but I can see him under the blue…fur. I open my mouth but close it again, I'm not sure what to say.
He takes a nervous step away from me and I see his tail move. My husband has a tail. I pause, so this is what he meant by a tail….did he actually think this was a deal breaker for me? I walk over to him and place both of my hands on his furry cheeks and pull him in for a passionate kiss.
I pull back and I take in his lighter green eyes, his blue fur and hair and his claws and sharper teeth and then I look at his tail. He definitely doesn't look human anymore but he still looks like Kuon. "Oh," I say before shaking my head and I see him crash, he bows his head and I see his pointy ears. I put a hand on his cheek again and he cups my hand holding it to him but he seems so terrified still. "I love you," I tell him, my eyes never leaving his.
"I can't provide for you. I don't know if I'm able to transform but I don't think so. I can't be the person…or creatures that you need," he says quickly and I look at him. I step closer and wrap my arms around him.
"I love you," I tell him honestly, "No matter what. I didn't marry you because of what you look like, you idiot. I love who you are underneath it all. I'm not going to let this change my mind on you. I love you, you idiot and if you can't provide for me then we try other ways, we work together and besides, any judge would see this and they would award damages against who did this to us," I look at him and weakly smile. I can still see Kuon through all of the changes.
"I have a tail," he tells me and I nod, looking at the new body part as it waves around. I reach out for it, rubbing my hand down it and it seems to wag the same way that a happy puppy's would. I smile at him, putting my hands on his shoulders.
"How does it feel when I pet it?" I ask him and he looks away.
"It's like you're squeezing my butt," he says honestly and I grin. I look at him and see his sadness and don't know if he's ever going to recover from this but I know that I want him here with me and I want to prove to him how much I love him.
End of Kyoko 11
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