Kyoko tiredly sighed as she opened the door in their condominium unit, she saw Ren in the living room doing something on his laptop.

"'If he weren't my son... perhaps he could've been a lot happier...' That's what I've been thinking over and over."

"My father is my hero... I am proud that he's my father!"

Ren immediately stood up when she suddenly dropped on the floor and started crying.

"Hey… what happen?" He asked in concern and brought her to his arms.

"Corn… he… he was so sad… and it's my fault…" She sobbed. "It's because I advise such thing to you… you left them… He wanted to see you badly…" She cried out her guilty feelings. "He even said… that… you could've been a lot happier if you weren't his son…"

Ren gripped the girl tightly he was surprised that his father said such things…

"He was… your hero… right? Corn… can't you… can't you… at least meet him, even just for a few minutes? For me…? I want to make it up to him for suggesting such thing to you."

Ren was torn between his pride and the feeling of wanting to meet his father, but in the end, he chose the latter… to make her happy.

"Alright, I will meet him…" Kyoko was surprised and looked at him.

"Really?"

Ren nodded, wiping her tears. "When I left home, I didn't consider the feelings of the parents I left behind."

"Thank you…"

When Kyoko calmed down from crying, he phoned Lory.

"Ren! What's wrong? It's so weird that you're calling my cell directly. Some kind of emergency?"

"Boss, I'd like to speak to you tonight, with that person."

"Eh? Really?!"

"Yes in your house. I'll be there by twelve."

"Okay! I'll call him immediately."

Kyoko glanced at him and softly smiled.

Kuu was restless, walking back and forth, while listening to the ticking of the clock. And Lory, on the other hand, was getting annoyed.

"You're annoying. Calm down. Weren't you prepared?"

"Even if I'm prepared, I'm still nervous. It's been six years after all. And our meeting earlier at the TV station was just a coincidence." He mumbled nervously. "I don't know what to talk to him about! Should I ask if he already has a girlfriend?"

Lory snorted. "Try that, and he'll slash you without second thought."

"President..." Lory's assistant, who's wearing a turban, entered the room. "He has arrived."

"I see. Just what you'd expect of the never late king, who always arrived earlier than scheduled." Lory proudly said. "Hey Kuu."

The Super VIP Hollywood actor slowly turned to doorway and stood up, finally facing the son that he misses so much. The two were staring with each other both don't know what to say first.

"Hey…" To the two men's surprised, it was Ren who speak up first. "How… uhm… How are you…?"

Kuu can't help but feel happy, then the clock chimed, it's already twelve o'clock.

"I'm… fine…" Kuu took a better look at him. He seemed healthy, and doing well. "You look fine…"

"Yeah…"

They both succumbed in uncomfortable silence again. Lory blew the smoke from his cigar.

"Why are you even whispering? Seriously, just talk normally its okay to have your parent-child conversation."

The parent and child froze. "Ah, they froze." He heaved a sigh. "Ren, you yourself said that you wanted to meet with him."

Kuu smirked. "Ah~ Did she finally tell you what I did to her as my attendant, and decided to come here? Or you want to ask my real intention why I let her act as 'Kuon' today?"

Lory jaw dropped. This idiot! Did he really want to be killed that badly?!

Ren frowned at him. "Isn't it because you missed the 'Kuon' that you used to love with all your heart? The pure and innocent 'Kuon'?" The actor immediately covered his forehead, when he saw him getting angry and ready to finger strike his forehead.

"'Used to' huh? Can't you stop using the past tense? Even though to the other people you become rough and wild, to me, you are still my cute little Kuon that cannot be substituted by anyone else!" He yelled, scolding him.

Ren looked down guiltily. "I'm sorry…"

"Stupid, you don't need to apologize, honestly, I received a lot of 'sorry' today." Kuu informed him, and in a blink of an eye, he's already sitting on the couch, globing all the food that Lory prepared. "That girl, I don't know what happened, but when I told him about you, she suddenly cried, and kept apologizing. I don't know why though. And she even called my wife 'Titania' and called me 'Oberon-ou-sama', is she fond of fairies?"

Ren can already imagine her dreamy eyes, and he unknowingly smile. Lory snickered seeing his expression. The actor ignored him and took the seat next to his father.

"By the way, what you saw earlier was her special acting training. It's because she had trouble with the role for her new drama and was completely at loss."

"That girl, if she can overcome that weakness, she'll get used to being a 'mere handful' actress." Lory added.

"Indeed. She's the same as you, a pretty scary type of actor."

Ren softly smiled. "I'm glad that you helped her somehow. Thanks."

Kuu paused from shoving the food in his mouth to stare at him. "Do you… perhaps… like her… romantically?" He asked carefully. His soft, and loving smile, answered his question.

"EEEEEEH?!" Lory and Ren jumped when he suddenly exclaimed. "What should I do? What should I do? I did some nasty things to her! Oh my god! I did all that to my future daughter-in-law!" Kuu cried in panic.

"What exactly did you do to her?" Afraid of his son, he was forced to confess what he did on her first day.

"But it was boss' idea!" He exclaimed, pointing at Lory.

"Oi, who told me that 'bullying is my specialty'?"

"Eh, but you're the one who told me to 'make her cry her eyes out, for sure, she will complain to him.'"

The two men were passing the blame back and forth, until Ren softly laugh. They both blinked, making sure that they're not hallucinating.

"She already told me about it." Ren confessed.

"Eh?"

"But, you only raise her fighting spirit. She's not that fragile to begin with."

"Well... that's true... she even compared me to a drunkard, and made me eat leftovers in a garbage bag." Kuu mumbled, and shivered at the memories. "She's really frightening."

"By the way…"

"Hm?"

"How is she?"

"Who?" Kuu tilted his head in confusion.

"The person that she referred as 'Titania'? Your beautiful wife, Julie." Ren noticed that he become serious. "What's… the matter…?"

"Actually… That's the main reason why I returned to Japan... I only used my movie promotion as excuse, but in fact… It has something to do with her… and I have something to request for you."

"Request…?"

"I know how important your image and position as 'Tsuruga Ren', but, Kuon… Just once would be fine… Even for a few minutes would be fine… Can't you… return as 'Kuon'…?"

Ren stared at him. "Did… something happen to her?"

"Well…"

Kyoko was playing on his laptop after he left, she's browsing the internet when she saw Sho's picture together with Kuu, the one that she took when they coincidentally meet them at Sunrise TV, the singer posted it on his social media accounts and brag about it. She rolled her eyes, not wanting to read the comments, and decided to look for a nice birthday present when her phone vibrated.

It's a text message from Mei-chan.

Thank you… Kyoko-chan.

The girl tilted her head.

For what?

You just made a parent happy.

Kyoko softly smiled. Right… Mei-chan didn't know yet that she already knew about her relationship with Ren. It was sometime after her injury she asked in the passing on how he knew that the Director and Mei-chan are already married.

"Mei-san is my cousin, her mother is my father's older sister. Her mother married an American, and that's why she has an American surname – Anderson. Her full maiden name was Mei Hizuri Anderson, and she's my mother's protégée in designing and modeling."

"Really? That's cool! Then why she's not carrying Director Yamato's name, then?"

"'Mei Anderson' is for business purposes only, but in legal papers, she's 'Mei Tezuka.'"

"I see... so Director's full name was 'Tezuka Yamato' huh..." She mumbled. "Oh, now I get it!" She gasped in realization. "No wonder why her designer label is M&T... M And T... Mei And-erson T-ezuka. And the name of her fashion magazine, MhAT Vogue"

"Amazing! As expected of you..." Ren clapped his hands. "People who don't know the meaning behind it thought that she's working with another designer, like D&G."

"But still! Being married, but the staff didn't say anything!"

"Their marriage is a secret itself." He explained, surprising the girl. "They only invited 100 guests, excluding the closest family members, and they only have one camera man. So, only few people know."

"Whoa… How old is she anyway?"

"24… She got married at 18."

Kyoko smiled and sent her a reply.

I know Kuon wanted to meet him too… It's been six years, after all…

Mei-chan widened her eyes at Kyoko's reply…

"So she knew about his real identity?" She mumbled. She's pulling an all-nighter she needed to finish the costumes that was requested on her.

Earlier that evening she received a call from her overjoyed uncle, informing him that Kuon asked Lory to meet him. The designer's intuition says that it has something to do with Kyoko.

"Did you tell Kyoko-chan about Kuon, uncle?"

"Hm? Of course! And she was crying after hearing his story... You know her, Mei?"

"Of course, she's my model after all." She proudly said. "She's a diamond in the rough."

"Oh? For you to compliment her, I think I will tell Julie about her too."

"Don't do that!" She whined. "She's my model. And you should think about your meeting with Kuon."

"Ah, right! I need to get ready."

Mei-chan sent her reply.

I see… You knew about him, Kyoko-chan?

Yes…

About his past too?

Yes… about Rick too…

Mei-chan softly smiled.

I'm glad… I thought he's keeping it from you. That boy, if it wasn't for you, maybe he won't even plan on meeting his father… His pride will hinder him, he's too proud for that.

Yeah… because of the vow he made to his self when he came here.

Mei-chan still remembered the first time he went to her office, as 'Tsuruga Ren', declaring his bold decision.

"When I'm in this form, I am not related to you, and you are not related to me."

"How long will you take that persona?"

"Until I become a successful Japanese actor 'Tsuruga Ren' and return home by my own power, until then, I won't appear as 'Kuon' ever again, not to my parents, or even to you."

"I see… I understand…"

"Ren, should I call Ten to prepare you for your transformation?"

The actor shook his head. "No need, Miss Woods already made a Kuon wig for me."

Both men blinked. Kuon… wig…?

"Eh? So you mean, you sometimes go out in Kuon's appearance?!" Kuu exclaimed in surprised.

"Yes. I don't want to hassle Miss Woods in transforming me into 'Kuon' every time I accepted a job overseas…" He explained. "So I told her to make me a wig instead."

"Oh…"

"I will record the video when I get home, and hand it tomorrow."

"Can I come to your place?" Kuu excitedly asked.

"No!" Kuu was startled when he slightly raised his voice. "I mean, you can't… What if someone will see you?"

"Well… you're right… But you know, I already prepare myself for your refusal."

"She was away when the president took me from home, I didn't considered both of your feelings. However, if a single message can put her at ease, then I'd be glad to do it."

"Kuon…" Kuu whispered, and he's about to cry.

"You're still awake?" He asked in surprised when he come home, seeing her in the living room with music sheets in the table, and guitar on hand.

"Yup! I can't sleep. How did it go?"

"It was fine, he requested something from me." Ren told her about the video message that he wanted to show to his mother.

"Then, what are you waiting for? Let's do it!"

The girl helped him with his hair, and took the camera and tripod from the studio. He was sitting on the couch, nervous, to finally express his feelings for his parents after six long years...

"Hey boss…"

"Hm?"

"Have you ever been to his place?"

"No, but I helped him in choosing a place."

"I see… Do you think Kuon's hiding something in his place?"

Lory gave him a look. "What are you planning now?"

"I want to see what kind of place he's living! Who knows, he might not have enough food, and always ordered take-outs!"

"If you want to go, then go by yourself, just don't run to me, crying, while asking for help, if he won't talk to you anymore."

"EEEEEH~~~"

"Oh! I see… so you're in a character last time?!" Yashiro surprisingly asked. "You were Hizuki Kuu's son, Kuon, when we met you!"

"Yup!" The actress beamed at him. "I was basically in the middle of acting and can't explain."

They're in Dark Moon set, and the bespectacled manager immediately asked her if she has a twin brother, the girl explained that it's only a special training.

"I was surprised that Ren played along! I never knew that Kuu has a son! I never heard of the name 'Hizuri Kuon' in showbiz!"

"He was laying low for a while, and I'm sure he will make a huge comeback in the show business soon. Right?" She smiled at Ren, who was listening at them the whole time.

"Yeah…"

Kyoko tell her experiences when she was playing as his son. "Kuon was totally a 'father's boy'! And he was spoiled rotten by his doting father!"

"Heh. I totally agree." Ren seconded, smiling.

"The fake angel is here!" Kiyora and Dasuku excitedly exclaimed. They are in Japan Crown Records, Vie Ghoul's new label. After the success of their debut single 'Rebirth' and followed by another hit single 'Orpheus', there are lots of recording companies and composers got interested on them, and their enigmatic manager, signed a contract with Japan Crown.

"I have a name, and it's not fake angel! It's 'Kyoko'!" The girl gushed. The band called the actress during lunch time, telling her that they have a surprise, coincidentally, Kyoko also finished writing few songs for their album, with their latest single befitting for Christmas season.

"Amazing, and it's all original." Miroku murmured when he saw the scores.

Kyoko grinned at him. "Of course! It's my compositions after all, I have more confident in my writing skills, than acting." She joked.

"Kyoko."

"Yes?"

Reino handed her an unsealed envelope, the members where grinning behind their leader. "This is your payment as our composer."

"Oh…" The girl was curious and accepted it when she carefully opened it, her eyes widened. "B-But! It's a blank check!" Are they playing a prank on me?

"Indeed." Reino smirked.

"Our manager already put his signature and your name on it, so it's up to you now, to write how much you wanted." Miroku explained.

"EEEEH?! Seriously?!" She exclaimed incredulity.

The band members nodded.

"Thank you…" She whispered, she slowly glanced at them and smile.

"We were the one who supposed to thank you." Reino stated with a small smile.

"Yay! Let's get to work and defeat Fuwa Sho!" Dasuku cheerfully exclaimed. The five men jumped when Kyoko suddenly slammed her hands on the keyboards, resonated a scary noise.

"What was that again?" The girl growled. Reino was awed at the menacing aura surrounding her, it was fascinating. "So you were just singing my songs just to defeat one singer? If you are that shallow, then I will stop this!"

"EEEEH?!" Kiyora and Dasuku exclaimed; Shizuru and Miroku widened their eyes; and Reino was smirking.

"Sing for yourself, and for your fans! I don't want you to have that kind of thoughts while performing my song!" The girl scolded. "Because I didn't write these with 'defeat Fuwa Sho' in mind! I wrote this for you, so I hope, you will do the same."

The members smiled, understanding her point.

"Yes, ma'am!"

Kyoko was happy, yet lonely... She's happy knowing that Ren decided to meet his father, meaning, this will be the last night for being Kuu's attendant.

"Kyoko-chaaaaaaaaan~~~" Kuu welcomed her with full energy. "Thank you so much~~ My wish came true last night~~"

Kyoko smiled. "That's great! So, if you make a wish sincerely, then it will surely come true, huh…"

"Indeed… And since this is my last day, let me help you cook!" The Super VIP skillfully chopped the vegetables into the mixing bowl, while she was stirring the rice in the wood container.

"Amazing! So you can cook! Then why I was given the task to be your attendant?"

Kuu froze. Crap! I tell her 'So that I can bully you.' "W-Well, because I'm busy! Have you ever seen anyone cooking for his own meals while on a pleasure trip?"

"Oh… So that's it…" She mumbled. "Kuon is lucky to have a parent like you, he might not show it, but he loves his parents so much… To him, you are his hero… That's, at least, what I felt when I acted as 'Kuon' yesterday…" Kuu stared at the girl. She softly smiled. "I never knew how it feels to have a father, so I was happy and thankful for letting me experienced it for the first time."

He suddenly flicked her forehead.

"Ouch!"

"What are you talking about? I only ended your homework, to play as 'Kuon', but I don't remember severing our bond as father-and-child!" He scolded.

Kyoko stared at him. "Eh…?"

"Won't you call me 'dad' anymore…?"

The girl felt her tears in the corner of her eyes. "You… really mean that…?"

"Of course!"

Kyoko cried… it was as if, for the first time, someone wanted her to be their child.

Kuu glanced the clock, it's ten in the evening, he stretched his arms, he's finally done packing his things for his departure tomorrow. He went to the kitchen to grab something to eat when he heard a phone ringing, and it's not his ringtone. He was looking around from the source and it led him to the living room, and there he saw a blinking pink phone.

"Kyoko-chan forgot her phone?" He mumbled. The ringing stopped, but it gone off again after a few minutes. "I better answer it." Kuu picked up the device and flipped it open. He raised his eyebrow at the caller ID, it was written in English alphabet. "'Corn'?" He read it out loud. "What kind of parents who named their son from vegetables?"

He pressed the answer button. His heart stopped when he heard the person on the other line speaks. "Sweetheart? Are you on your way home now?" Kuu instinctively blushed at the endearment.

Wh-Wh-Wh-What's the meaning of this?! Those two! Are they-! What?! When?! How?! His mind was in pandemonium on how his biological son and his surrogate daughter are living together!

"Hello?" The doting father snapped from his thoughts when he noticed the change on his son's voice. He opened his mouth and close, open it again, he wanted to answer him but no voice will come out.

"K-K-K-uon?" He stuttered. He heard him gasped.

"Father? How –" Kuu heard a small voice from the background saying 'I'm home' and 'What's wrong?' Kyoko maybe noticed his son's confused expression. And he's just listening to them.

"Can you check your phone?" He heard him ordered, and heard some rustling sound, Kyoko's exclamation.

"Oh no! It's gone! Corn, someone stole my phone! Ohmygosh! What should I do?!" She cried in panic.

Ren chuckled. "It was not stolen. You forgot it in the Imperial Hotel."

"How did you know?"

Kuu guessed that Ren showed her that they're talking. "Look."

"Ohmigosh! Otou-sama!"

Kuu needed to put the phone away from his ear. "Wh-Wh-Wh-What's the meaning of this?"

"I appreciate it if you won't say a word to the president about this." Ren warned sternly.

"He didn't know?" He gasped in surprise.

"He didn't."

Kuu grinned. "You can trust me. But" His voice changed. "Be sure to be a gentleman, young man! Are you sleeping in separate beds?" He sounded like a doting father who just learned that his only daughter already gotten a boyfriend for the first time. Kyoko's cry in embarrassment answered his question. "Wha-!"

"But nothing happen!" Ren immediately followed up. "We're just 'sleeping'!"

"Are you sure?" He growled.

"Yes!" His two children answered immediately.

"Good. Sleep now. I will give Kyoko-chan's phone back tomorrow, okay?"

"Okay." Ren answered.

"Otou-sama! I'm so sorry for lying to you!"

"It's alright Kyoko-chan! Now I have some information that the boss didn't know about! It will make Julie happy!"

"You mean Titinia?!"

Kuu giggled. "Yup! Her!"

The couple already said their goodbye before they will talk about fairies and magic again. Kuu can't stopped the grin on his face when he saw the phone's wallpaper – it was his Kuon hugging Kyoko, both are smiling at the camera.

"You really can't help it, can you?" Kyoko snickered at the actor beside her.

"I was just following the president's orders." He pouted.

"I was really happy when he welcomed me with a smile on his last day. I was glad that somehow, I made your parents happy." Ren softly smiled at her, thanking that the people were not paying attention on them at the moment. "That's why I wanted to call him out and say goodbye, but there are lots of people around, I can't say it the way I had imagined it."

"If you call out to him, I'm sure he'll notice you tho. Like you did the other day, calling out 'father'"

Kyoko blushed. "B-B-B-But..." Their attention went to the roaring crowds.

"Ah!" Kyoko gasped when she saw the super VIP actor talking to his fans. "O-O-Oto… O-O-Oto…" The girl slumped on the floor. "It's no use, I can't do it." She mumbled.

No Kyoko, you have to do it! You even prepared a gift for him! She gritted her teeth.

"FATHER!"

All men stopped to turn around.

"Whose daughter is that?"

"She clearly said 'father.'"

"I wonder who tho."

The people start whispering around, wondering who is the 'father' that she called.

Kuu smiled at pink-overalls clad young lady. "Oh! Did you come to see me off, Kuon?"

"Eh? 'Kuon'? But, isn't that the name of Kuu's son right?"

"You mean to say that girl is 'Kuon'?"

"No way! 'Kuon' is a boy. Just what kind of relationship she has with Kuu?"

Well... I'm sure boss will probably give them an accurate explanation later. Ren thought, watching from the side lines.

"Father."

"Yes?"

"I will try to do it…"

"Yeah? Have you made up your mind?"

"Yes!" She answered with determination. "Honestly, I don't like the 'bully' role after all, but I decided not to run away, this is my first obstacle as an actress, so I will give it my all and fight!"

Kuu give him an approval smile, and winked. "That's a good resolution. As expected, that's my girl!"

Kyoko flushed and smiled at him, as Ren was watched them fondly. "And father, please accept my gift!" She handed a small box to him. "Open it when you are already in the plane."

Kuu accepted the gift and caught his son's eyes. Ren gave him respectable bow as his way of saying 'Goodbye and Take Care.'

In the plane, Kuu was smiling, looking at the window, glad that he accomplished his original mission and he can happily meet his wife back home.

These children of mine... really... I look forward to see them grow as actors and as humans. He sighed contently. Do your best, Kuon!

Kuu opened the small box that Kyoko gave, he grinned when he saw a very well made, realistic Kuon-voodoo doll key chain.

"That girl…" He amusingly chuckled.

During their lunch break, in the cafeteria, Mimori won't stop bragging Sho's picture with the Hollywood star, which gained lots of comments and likes on the singer's social media accounts.

"Because my Sho-chan is not an ordinary artist after all! They can even pass as father-and-son!" The young model exclaimed, and her friends agreed.

Kyoko cringed at the idea. There's no waaaaaaay he can his son! He's nowhere near Corn's level...

"Mimori, look! Sho-chan's song fell in third place in this week's Oricon chart!" Her friend exclaimed and shoved her phone to her.

"What?!" The model exclaimed in horror.

"Vie Ghoul songs occupied the first and second places!"

"It's the first time that something like this happened!"

"I knew it! Vie Ghoul is an amazing band! And Reino is so handsome!" One of the students said loudly. They are another group of friends, and they are not-so-Fuwa Sho fans, in short, Mimori's enemies. And the Akatoki model lashed out at them sometimes, despite of being her seniors.

"I prefer Shizuru! He's a silent type~"

"They're latest single was a Christmas themed song! They really deserved the number one and two spots."

Kyoko stifled a grin from the praises that she was hearing for the band.

"I honestly don't like Fuwa Sho's songs... I don't feel any emotions on it. Just like in his 'Prisoner', the reason why I voted for it was because of the PV, not because of the song itself."

"Whoa! You said something deep, Hina! As expected from Lilia-sama's granddaughter!"

The actress whipped her head to the group of girls. Lilia-sama's granddaughter… she says…?

Mimori narrowed her eyes at them. "I can't believe that the granddaughter of the well-known musician is tone deaf, she can't differentiate what's good music is, to a trash." She remarked sarcastically. "At least my Sho-chan, don't need a composer, he personally write all those hits songs, unlike that Vie Ghoul!" She huffed.

"Are you sure about that?" Hina smirked at her. "Do you actually see him writing his songs?" She challenged the childish brat.

When Mimori couldn't answer, the girls rolled their eyes on her. "Come on, let's go back to the classroom, there's someone bitter over here, because her 'beloved Sho-chan' lost." They snickered as they leave the cafeteria.

The group of girlfriends chuckled, leaving Mimori and her friends flushed when most of the students stared and starts whispering with each other.

"Kuon… he will come back to us when he's ready, isn't he?" Julie sniffed she lost count on how many times she watched the video message of her beloved son.

Kuu chuckled and kissed her head. "Yeah…"

"I wonder when that'll happen." She wondered.

"I'm sure it will be in a not-so-far future and he might bring us a cute daughter-in-law…"

Julie's eyes sparkled in excitement. "Really?"

Kuu grinned at her. "Yep~ a beautiful, talented, and amazing Japanese woman that Kuon loves~ she even called you 'Titania'" The man giggled, remembering her expression when she talked about fairies and magic. "And her magic was the reason why Kuon is in front of us now."

"She really seems amazing… I'd like to meet her soon."

"I know… but let's wait… I have the feeling that she's the one who will bring Kuon back to us."

Julie hugged her husband as the couple was silent as they continue watching the video message.