REMINDER: I don't own Skip Beat and its characters; this work is purely fictional any scenes related to real life situations are purely coincidental. xD

Kyoko who cannot take any more of her mother's harshness on her decides to leave the house. She longs for her even though she knew her mother would still treat her the same way she has treated her since her childhood, she has a reason to see her to ask about the deal but she was not able to think about the for deal she was too hurt to even think about it.

Sho did not wonder why Kyoko was running crying away from her mother for he saw that scene a lot of times in the past and no one can console Kyoko but herself so he did not follow her.

"Won't you run after her?" Saena asked

"No ma'am she is more fine by herself than be by her side, don't you love your daughter even a little?" Sho asked with his arms crossed.

Saena smirked and said, "What kind of mother am I if I don't love her, maybe I just love her too much that I am always hurting her."

Sho angered by Saena's reasoning grabs her shoulders and said, "Don't give such lame excuse, if you love her then you should be taking care of her not hurting her! What did she ever do to deserve a mother like you?"

Saena cried after hearing Sho and upon seeing her cry he loosen his grip at her shoulders.

"If I tell you the truth about Kyoko's existence, will you be able to understand why I am rude to her?"

"Kyoko's existence?"

Ren, Shoko and Kijema were looking all over town for Kyoko and Sho to make their search faster they decided to separate. Shoko went to the police station to ask about Kyoko and Sho, Kijema looked at the establishments in town while Ren looked in the woods.

Call it fate or coincidence but Ren found Kyoko by the lake deep within the woods weeping while holding into the blue stone she treasures the most. Slowly he walked towards her and Kyoko who is still in state of sadness and delusion mistook Ren as corn who came back from the fairy world to console her and called him corn.

Teary eyed Kyoko said, "Corn? Have you returned to take my tears away?"

Ren surprised to hear Kyoko address him as corn did not bother to ask why she called him as such and immediately embraces her.

"Mogami san, what happened did Sho hurt you? I'm glad you are safe I was so worried something bad happened to you."

Upon hearing his voice Kyoko returned to her senses and cried at Ren's broad shoulder until she cried enough before saying, "I'm sorry Tsuruga san if I mistook you for someone else and for making you worry. I didn't mean to I'm really sorry." and started to cry again.

Ren did not ask anymore whatever happened he knew Kyoko would tell him when she feels like telling him to see her safe was enough and questions can be saved for later.

"Stop crying Mogami san I am here for you there's no need for you to worry just don't leave without telling anyone where you are going next time alright?" Ren said before carrying Kyoko by his arms.

Kyoko stopped crying when Ren carried her by his arms for she remembered when she was sprained and he carried her for the first time making.

Inside Saena's home Saena and Sho were talking about Kyoko.

"What do you mean by Kyoko's existence?" Sho asked eager to know.

Saena took a sip from her tea before talking, "She was born out of sin."

Sho surprised at what he heard shivered while holding his tea cup.

"What are you implying?"

Saena sighed before answering, "We were childhood friends me and Kyoko's father but because of the differences we had about life we were separated just before our love was about to bloom. He went to Tokyo to pursue his passion in acting while I stayed in Kyoto."

"Passion in acting, so you mean Kyoko's father was an actor?"

Kyoko asked Ren to stay in the lake with her. Ren hesitated at first because he wanted Kyoko to rest but he knew Kyoko too well that her decision whatever it may be is final. She was leaning at Ren as they were sitting below the tree by the lake looking at how peaceful the lake looks like.

"If I did not ask Sho to have a talk with me we should have not met."

"Who are you talking about?"

"My mother, I accidentally bumped into her."

"Are you unhappy to see your mother after all this time?"