Ch 21- I had a hard time writing this chapter and it came out really long... I was going to add something more lemony to it... oh well have to wait til next chapter. Not my best chapter, a lot of drabble but something for you guys to read; my relatives are coming in like 12 hours for like a week and a bit so please be patient for the next chapter. Can't write something lemony if people are looking over my shoulder.
Anyways enjoy this chapter ^_^ Love Reika
For those who alerted the story: I uploaded this story 3 times, becasue i was changing the end part so sorry if you were expecting three chapters up.
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Kyoko stared across the table at what Ren was eating, and turned back to the bowl of congee and soup he had gotten for her; there was nothing wrong with the taste of what he got her, she was just jealous of what he had; why did I let him order that. Ren had pulled a table up to the bed for them to have lunch/dinner on as he felt it was more comfortable for her, he had also pulled a chair close by to eat with her. Ren spotted her eyeing his meal and she quickly turned back to her own; she scooped some of the congee to her mouth but ate very little of the spoon full, and placed it back into the bowl; her expression was tired regardless of how much she had already rested.
"Mogami-san you should eat a bit more congee even if you don't have an appetite, you need to keep up your strength," Ren stated as he looked across to her; her lack of appetite was something he observed as he watched her drink mostly the soup rather than eat the congee . Kyoko nodded and took another none existent mouthful of the congee again and sighed. "Is your fever rising again?" Ren asked as he got out of his seat and sat beside her; his weight on the bed made Kyoko slide closer to him and she subconsciously leaned against him.
"Mmm I just don't feel like doing anything..." she said tiredly and closed her eyes; but I should eat more so I can take the medicine afterwards. She felt Ren move next to her followed by some clattering.
"Mogami-san say ah," Kyoko opened her eyes and saw a spoon full of congee in front of her.
"Ahhh..." she tilted her head slightly and opened her mouth wide to eat the spoonful of congee. The congee tasted better for some reason; Kyoko turned to Ren who smiled down at her and blushed. Hah wait did he just feed me... and I accepted it... but why did it just taste better then, did he add something to it?
She was so cute, she even closed her eyes and made the 'ah' sound, and her blushing is just making her even cuter.Ren came to her with another spoonful and made the 'ah' sound again.
"Eh no you don't have to feed me, and you still have your food to eat and weren't you kidding before right," she blushed at him as she straightened up, "this isn't appropriate," she weakly pushed the spoon away slightly and looked away shyly, "umm please I'm okay; you can go back and eat your meal."
"Hmm it's fine I don't mind, you fed me as Cain before remember and I'll still eat my food afterwards I don't have much left so don't worry; this is what people do when someone is sick right? Weren't you feed like this when you were sick?" Ren curiously asked her; he saw her expression frown slightly. Huh, did I say something wrong? He didn't think feeding her when she was tired was a big deal, he had seen many shows where feeding a sick person was common and his own mother use to spoon feed him when he was tired once upon a time, but he stopped her when she was expecting him to eat half the amount Kuu ate because he was a growing boy. "Mogami-san are you okay," he turned to her with a slightly hurt expression; did I bring up a painful memory?
"Umm yes they did, well Mrs Fuwa did but that was when I was six or seven... when I got older I was pretty much left to rest alone as they worked, so not really," she said sadly, "they were always busy and tired afterwards... so I took care of myself to burden them less." They would just prep some things for me before they worked and then afterwards they would be tired and I would pretend to be sleeping so I wouldn't burden them. I was always alone in my room, even Sho rarely came to see me or his father would stop him because he didn't want Sho to get sick; now that I think about it he always tried to visit me around the times we had test and exams... that idiot was using even then for that. She turned to Ren and saw his slightly hurt expression. Eh why is he upset... ah could it be he thought he was treating me wrong by feeding me? I-I don't like him having a sad face. "Ah sorry, um you know you didn't do anything wrong, even if no one's fed me like this in ages people still do it, I don't want you to think that you were wrong," she said quickly and ate the spoonful of congee he was still holding to let him know she was somewhat fine with it. Mmm it really does taste better this way... why? She looked for the next spoonful, when she didn't see one she turned to look at Ren expectantly.
"I really didn't do anything wrong?" he asked her uncertainly, "I'm sorry if I made you remember something sad."
"No, nothing's wrong it's just... I guess I never knew how lonely I was back then," she smiled sadly while looking down into her lap, "so I'm very grateful to you for taking care of me and staying with me even though it's not necessary for you to, thank you," she smiled at him, but Ren face remained emotionless; there was a slight pause.
"What do you mean it's not necessary? You pretty much couldn't stand by yourself, how would you have gotten home and gotten medicine for yourself," he scooped some more congee for her, "when I found you passed out I carried you to my dresser and almost everywhere too." What would you have done if I didn't go to find you? What if it was that idiot who carried you around, to his dresser 'alone', loosening your clothes 'alone', being clung to by you 'alone' he clenched his empty fist; that guy already made a move on her and told her his intentions back then... he would have some fun if he knew how out of it she was... she doesn't know how vulnerable she was.
"Humph you couldn't stand by yourself either when you were sick, and you can't expect me to be able to carry a full grown man," she retorted and ate the spoonful, "you even fell on top of me and I was trapped under you."
"Huh I fell on top of you when I was sick... I vaguely remember that, did that really happen?" she snapped his attention back to her.
"Yes and I couldn't move or anything, I felt like a trapped bug under you no matter how much I moved under you I couldn't escape." I fell on top of her, she was trapped beneath me, my body rested on top of hers and she was moving so much under me... damn I wish I remembered how that felt or re-enact it, but she's still arguing with me.
"Well you fell down the stairs, and you clung to me so much that you just wouldn't let go of me when you passed out and you even-," Ren stopped mid-sentence with a blush and turned away to cough; um I can't say she was groping me in the corridors, Its better that she doesn't remember that, I don't want her to do the dogeza in my big shirt with so much material in front; I don't need any more temptations after that dream.
Kyoko saw Ren blush and in turn blushed as well after contemplating his actions. "Ah Ren y-you're blushing, did I perhaps do something... sh-shameful," she asked nervously; did I do something so embarrassing that he can't say what I did, ahh clinging could be it but it was Cain and Setsu right and wha-what else could I have done to him or did I do something... did I knock over the props again or throw up on the set or something or - her head was working over time thinking of what she could have done that she become woozy again. Clinging... I haven't clung to anyone in ages...
"You just... you were clung to me so much that I couldn't get you to let go... Nic had to help me," he said softly with a slight chuckle. He felt Kyoko lean against him again with her eyes closed and breathing deeply. "K-Kyoko are you okay," he panicked and placed his left hand on her face; she was sweating a bit so he grabbed the small towel that Nic got and patted the sweat from her face and neck. She's out again, is it always sudden? He found himself patting down her neck, then by her throat making it down slowly as he looked at the buttons of his shirt. His shirt was buttoned all the way but it still looked so low on her; the first button rested just slightly further down from the top of her breast; he paused and found himself staring. I've never seen them before; my mind wouldn't even let me dream of them... I wonder how soft they are when they're bare, how sensitive she is if I... gah no stop Ren. Kyoko began to stir in her sleep and Ren focused his attention back to her face; she opened her eyes slowly; hah w-what happened did I pass out again.
"You okay? You passed out again and were sweating a bit," Ren's voice brought her attention to him. Oh Ren is still here, so it wasn't too long.
"Yes sorry for worrying you, thank you for your help," she blushed slightly, "I'm sorry if I was a nuisance to you earlier... I should have warned you about my clinging habit when I'm sick, I've forgot I did that when I was sick... because no one was there for me to hug..." she said tiredly; Ren couldn't help feel sorry for her, she was always alone when she was sick, she never wanted to burden anyone and so she beared with her loneliness all by herself.
"Its fine, you didn't have an opportunity to tell me and I didn't really mind it," he smiled at her while he stroked her back. "You do know you can ask people for help when you feel you need it, you don't have to always bear things alone; Nic, Aria and I were all willing to help you," he felt her head nod against him. "Okay since you're sick I said I would pamper you so I'll do anything I can to make you feel better, even if you want to cling to me all night I won't stop you; but I won't be able to fulfil all your eating demands of me."
"Hehe as long as you eat something decent I'll be happy," she chuckled slightly against him. Ren was secretly disappointed that she didn't react to his clinging to him all night remark.
"Hmm so anything you want me to do yet?" he asked her; he saw her eyes widen before she buried her face into her chest. "Hmm what do you want?" he asked her sweetly.
"Umm it's embarrassing," she spoke into his chest.
"What is it can you say it to my face instead of my chest, I can't hear you." Kyoko pulled her face away and looked at him.
"Can you... um still feed me Ren," she looked up at him embarrassed before leaning into his chest again; she looked endearing to him, "for some reason I found it yummier when you spoon fed me." Ren chuckled slightly, "sure anything for you." Maybe love was the added ingredient.
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Kyoko was happily eating her congee fed to her by Ren; she ate it cutely and Ren smiled each time but was reaching the end of the bowl. Kyoko had her eyes closed as she chewed but heard extra clattering of cutlery.
"Mogami-san this is the last spoonful, keep your eyes closed I added a little surprise in it for you," Ren spoke as he drew the spoon closer. Kyoko opened her mouth wide and made the 'ah' sound again; she trusted him enough to feed her something extra. The flavours reached her tongue and her eyes opened, "mmm it's really good but chewier," she said as she chewed it; and Ren smiled at her.
"I knew you'd like it, you kept staring at it earlier so I thought I'd treat you with a bit of it," he said as he cleared her plates; she stared at him waiting for him to tell her what it was, "you can't tell what it was?" she shook her head, and he directed his head to his dinner.
"Eh? You were trying to make me help you finish your dinner!" she whined and Ren chuckled.
"I thought I'd let you try some of my fillet beef steak with an egg on top since you seemed jealous of what I had, and it was pretty yummy right," he stood up and picked up his plate before turning back to her, "I hope you get well soon, when you do I'll order us both this again or as you call it hamburger steak with egg on top," he smiled before leaving her to wash up. His smile made Kyoko felt warm and fuzzy inside and she felt happy.
He's been really nice to me and he's doing a decent job of taking care of me even though he's never cared for anyone before; apart from when he hit my head on the way in, and even loosening my clothes was kinda awkward, but carrying me, feeding me, supporting me... he really has changed from when we first met. She felt her face burning slightly. Ah I better take the medicine before I forget. She turned to the side of the bed and picked up the medicine Nic recommended to her and read the instructions; she grabbed her water and popped out two tablets and downed it before Ren returned.
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Ren returned to the bed and found Kyoko getting comfortable under the bed sheets in the middle of the bed; she had the tv on as he approached her and sat next to her. She stared at him as he fluffed her pillow behind her.
"Ren you really don't need to pamper me," she blushed slightly as their eyes met; she could feel the heat he emitted even though they didn't touch.
"Hmm nonsense, I said I would and I will or are you rejecting my offer," he turned on his puppy dog expression. Ah no fair he's using that expression even when he's not playing Cain *hiccup*; Ren chuckled at her sudden hiccup. "Here have some water and take the medicine too," he moved to pick up the items. Kyoko grabbed the bottle and drank some water, "hey wait for the medicine."
"Hmm I already took them while you were washing up," she said as she closed her water bottle.
"Oh okay; wait how much did you take?" he asked her with a slight panic.
"Huh two tablets like the box said," Ren sighed. Eh? Was something wrong?
"I should have told you earlier, Nic said they were really strong and that you should just take half the dose."
"Oh is that it... well I followed the instructions anyway so it should be fine, I don't think there's anything to worry about if it's just strong; maybe I'll get better faster taking the full dosage." She smiled at him.
Well she is the expert between the two of us... I guess I can't really do anything since she's already eaten it; nothing bad can happen right? He decided to call Nic just in case.
"Huh she took two tablets instead of the one... oh don't worry I just thought she will feel more energetic tomorrow if she just took one they tend to be really drowsy, anyway it's possible that the effects will be different on her so don't worry too much," Nic answered Ren on the phone.
"Sir, its time will you be coming in?" Ren heard someone speak in the background.
"Ah sorry Cain I have to go now, Setsuka will be fine don't worry too much; I'll see you next time, bye," Nic hung up and Ren sighed. So they just tend to be drowsy... is that all, guess there was nothing to worry about then. Ren began to get off the bed but Kyoko grabbed his hand; he turned around surprised. "Umm watch tv with me," she pleaded to him.
"Sure," he replied; what harm can that do? He began to panic when she didn't move across to give him more room, he panicked more when she lifted the sheets for him and he sat next to her under the sheets; Ren you'll only be under the same sheet for a bit, then you WILL return to the other bed; this was NOT an invite to sleep in the same bed.
He slid into the bed and focused his attention to the tv; "Ren your really warm," she whispered to him and he felt heart jump; I'm trying to behave and she goes and says that. Lucky for himKyoko had it on a crime series about a serial killer which would not evoke his inner desire; they watched it quietly together. It was rather interesting to watch but he had to admit but he never thought Kyoko was into such a series; as the episode progressed he found himself sliding further into the sheets making himself comfortable; he even felt Kyoko move closer to him but not in any way that would make him pin her to the bed. She began clenching his shirt and he turned to her; she was shaking slightly and wasn't looking at the screen but stared into his side.
"Mogami-san are you cold or could it be that you're actually a bit scared of the story?" he asked her and saw her flinch, "why did you choose this then?"
"Umm I heard it was a very good series in other countries and I thought you would like to watch it," she muttered. He really did find it interesting, but he didn't want to make her uncomfortable.
"It's very considerate of you but let's watch something else that you can enjoy too," he politely offered. She simply nodded and peered at the tv. Ren flicked the channel and it landed on an ad for 'naughty' applications for mobiles where they had clips of girls strip teasing or topless with just little stars to block there nipples; Ren flicked the channel again and landed on yet another ad about condoms – "so thin that it feels like you didn't have one on"; he flicked to another channel and was relieved it was a movie and not an ad; but god was cruel to him.
"Aaaah Ran-san more." \ "Yuko you feel so good... Yuko" \ "Ran-san, Ran-san, RAN." Ren flicked the channel one more time as a very intimate scene played out and safely landed on an ad about cars. That was kinda wild...all those thing on at the same time is it a sign...that last one the names were like ours, but seriously in the back of the car! He turned to Kyoko and saw her facing away from the screen her face was bright red; her innocence had been violated, she was also shaking. OMG they actually advertise all those things it's so embarrassing and are they allowed to show so much in that movie, there was so much skin. She peeked up at Ren who hid his emotion; it didn't seem to bother him at all she thought. She turned back to the tv and watched another ad for new game show before it returned to a movie... a horror movie.
"Kyaaa," Kyoko screamed and dove into Rens side knocking the wind out of scream covered the scream of the actor on the screen, followed by more scream and slashing and spurting and all these other gruesome things. "Ren change the channel change it," she pleaded against him. Ren fumbled the controller but managed to change the channel back to the intimate movie, "Uwahh Ran please don't stop." He hit the mute button and blushed; they were still at it, this time on the couch. The man Ran kisses ran up Yuko's body before taking her breast into his mouth. He turned off the tv, I don't need to anymore temptation, give me a break already. He looked towards Kyoko who was holding to him tightly and shaking; he could feel a wet patch form from where her face rested.
"Hey, tv's off maybe we should go to bed it's getting late," Ren suggested and touched her lightly. She pulled away and nodded at his suggestion; he saw her eyes were tearing, she really found the scene scary even though she hardly saw anything. He began to shift away from the bed but paused when he felt her tug his shirt; her hands were trembling.
"Don't go, stay with me please," she pleaded to him. Ren couldn't help it, he knew he should leave her, he was only going to the next bed, but she seemed really scared and he couldn't help but think of little Kyoko left alone by herself when she was ill all those years ago; so he stayed beside her and her shaking stopped.
He lay down next to her and stroked her side, calming her; she shifted closer to him enjoying his warmth and comfort as she held onto his shirt. She didn't want to cling to him as she thought it would discomfort him, but she was happy just holding his shirt making sure he wouldn't leave her. Ren saw her eyes begin to close; the effects of the medicine were starting to kick in and soon she was asleep. He stared at her sleeping face and began pondering about her.
I've learnt so much about you this week compared to the year I had; you dislike burdening people even when you were a child, you cling to people when you're sick and your lock can be difficult to break, you tilt you head slightly every time I fed you and make an adorable 'ah' sound, you're also strong enough to hide your embarrassment when you first wore Setsu's outfit and all those times I touched, kiss and teased you; you're really sensitive in the neck and I think you have a birth mark under your -. He decided not to finish that sentence in case it drove up his curiosity; she was after all in front of him, sleeping, bra-less and in a large top. You're still very innocent and pure, that those ads embarrassed you so much that you blushed like a tomato. You're scared of horror films that you even cry even though your Mio is way scarier; you're Natsu looked amazing too even though she drives my desire towards the surface. Even when you're sick you still look out for me and know when I'm lying and make sure I eat. You trust me enough to stay beside you to comfort and I'm grateful that you come to me. You've become really clever in your acting as well, you've fooled that idiot and can even manipulate me... you're beautiful and you keep getting more beautiful as you become an adult, you excite me with every role you get and every time, every day I see you; I'm happy to be with you and to have found you again.
No one else can make me feel the way I do about you... Kyoko I love you more and more each day.
Her warm breath hit Ren's skin and he smiled down at her sleeping face; he placed a gentle kiss next to her eye and caressed her face once more before settling down to sleep as well.
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A/N: I had to add the part of Ren feeding her and that was what stumped me I had a couple version; Kyoko tempting Ren while eating; Ren teasing Kyoko to get her to ask him to feed her and a couple more. Then getting a reason for Ren to share a bed was a problem; needed an idea that wouldn't let him leave after she fell asleep. I also thought I'd also add a bit about Kyoko's past; I wanted to bring the idea that she was lonely.
Pretty much I screwed my plan up when I said they checked into the hotel in the afternoon last time because I wanted to make it realistic, so extra plot was needed til it reached later that night. I found out since chapter 15, it's been the same day so let's assume that this chapter ended at the start of next day. Usually the dodgy ads air after mid night -_- Oh and what did you think of the name Yuko? is it close to Kyoko?
(14/10/2010)
Shiroyki76- thanks for the idea, I think I'll probably use it later in conjunction with a premonition
Acquainted-With-the-Night (AwTnight)- Yes the last chapter was not originally a dream, but then as I dream I could do all this stuff; lemon next chapter, with mental torture to Ren.
Rui- hmm I should reward him... but I wonder if how I'm rewarding him will actually do more damage *grin*
Yumi TF Angel: yes I enjoyed writing last chapter, tempting Ren is fun; I have one more idea to tempt him.
Jelly Babes 101: aww I think Ren needs some torture now, because once Kyoko realizes her feelings for Ren who do you think will be tortured to embarrassment? Hehe I changed the last bit with your advice... it does seem better this way and I don't think many ppl have read the chapter yet :) I sorta rushed the end coz I wanted the ch out today