Chapter Thirty-Six

Japan's No. 1 Bachelor Off The Market?

As seen in the photos above, Kuon Hizuri was spotted with Hollywood starlet, Chouko, in Oahu Hawaii sporting an interesting new piece of matching jewelry on his third left finger on the set of Chouko's new movie Tribal as they left for dinner. Rumor has it, that they eloped the day after Christmas and spent the holidays on their honeymoon. How romantic. See more on page 65.

Lory dropped the magazine and a cloud of depression fell over him. The story was all over the media at this point and Lory, Kuu and Yashiro had been left out of the loop. Julie had been called and told the day after. After many apologies and promises of a more showy wedding ceremony, the sneaky couple were forgiven. Maria had been told many months before in an email from her Onee-san and pictures were sent of the small ceremony the day after, that had been taken by Kanae.

"Oh! I see they finally found out." Maria commented offhandedly as she walked past Lory's computer and saw one of the many articles he had been reading.

Lory pouted. "You knew too?!" He huffed.

"Onee-san told me. They had been planning this for months. They were just waiting for her to turn 18." She told him like it was common knowledge.

Sebastian fought back a chuckle at the deception.

"Would you like to see the pictures from their wedding?" Maria asked in an innocent tone, but snickering evilly in her mind. Ha! I knew before you did Ojiichan! Take that! She pulled out her phone and flipped to her photos and displayed the pictures Kyoko and Kanae had emailed her and Julie.

Deep in the heart of Tokyo, a bottled blond rocker seethed with anger and threw a temper tantrum in his lonely apartment as his speechless manager watched on in disbelief.

"This happened because you didn't do as I told you Shoko! She married that stupid, pin-headed foreigner!" He yelled with accusation. "Had you done the one simple thing I asked you to do, I would have been able to stop this!" He threw the magazine that contained the news article at Aki Shoko.

Aki Shoko stared at him in silence for a moment, then responded in a cold voice. "No Sho. No you wouldn't have." She told him.

He turned a fierce glare to her. "What did you say?" He spat out.

"I said you wouldn't have been able to stop it. You caused all of this in the first place when you tossed her aside! This!..." She waved the magazine at him. "This is your doing! You are the only one that can be held responsible for this through all of your actions towards her! If you thought for one moment that she would come flying back into your arms after the way you treated her... You are sadly mistaken. No woman would willingly put up with your shit, given a choice! I QUIT!" She told him then slammed the door behind her and left to turn in her resignation, leaving a stunned Sho Fuwa to soak up her words.

"Congratulations Imōuto." A familiar voice lilted through Kyoko's phone.

She smiled softly. "Reino! How's the tour going?" She asked with excitement.

"Good. So, is what the news says true?" He asked.

She was puzzled. She hadn't seen the entertainment articles yet. "What news?"

He laughed. "Every gossip rag, entertainment magazine and website in Japan and some of them in American are announcing that you and Hizuri got married a couple of weeks ago." He told her.

"Poo!" She sighed. "Well... I guess the cat's out of the bag." She confessed. "Yeah, we got married on the 26th of December."

"Good... Did he tell you everything? Everything about his past?" He questioned.

She smiled into the phone. She loved how protective her Nii-san's were of her. "Yes Nii-san. He did."

"I'm happy for you. So, when were you going to tell me about the two new pups?" Reino pried.

"What are you talking about?" She sputtered.

Reino smirked and chuckled. "Never mind. Gotta go. I'll talk to you later." He quickly hung up not giving her the chance to respond.

Kyoko just stared into her phone with a confused look.

"Everything okay Babe?" Kuon asked as he exited the bathroom drying his hair.

"I think so." She told him, still confused.

"Who were you talking to?" He asked out of curiosity.

"It was Reino. He called to congratulate me and asked me about the two new pups?" She still sounded confused.

Kuon raised an eyebrow at the little revelation and chuckled. He knew that Reino sensed things; that type of news wasn't that far-fetched, all things considered. "Well, we haven't been using protection." He reminded her sheepishly.

"Wow... It never occurred to me. I'm sorry." She told him in a worried voice.

Kuon kissed her cheek. "It really wouldn't be a bad thing. In fact, I think it would be pretty nice." He told her.

She looked up at him with dreamy eyes. "You really think so?"

"Absolutely my Queen." He reassured her. "I can't think of anything that could top that kind of news." He confessed as he wrapped her in his arms and kissed her hair. "We should probably check on that." He commented.

She sighed. "I suppose it wouldn't be that bad. I guess I really never thought of that because of the way my mother was. I've always been just a bit worried that I would make a horrible mother." She told him.

"Nonsense... You would be a wonderful mother." He pulled her closer and caressed her. "Besides, I will always be here with you and you have Mom and Dad if we ever need advice on something like that." He reminded her.

"I suppose we do." She nodded in agreement then stood to go make their dinner. "Oh! We're in the press now too." She told him.

Kuon sighed then smiled. "I knew they'd find out sooner or, later. Oh well, it'll blow over soon enough."

"I wonder how many paparazzi will be on the set tomorrow." She pondered.

A worried look crossed his face. "Oops... I suppose I should call Yukihito and finally tell him."

She laughed. "That would probably be a good idea. You can invite him for dinner, if you want." She told him taking out extra ingredients for their meal.

"Yeah, that sounds good. He's probably going to be really ticked with me for that." He told her as he pulled out his phone and stepped onto the patio.

"Mom..." Kyoko whispered into the phone to Julie. "I... I... I think I might be pregnant."

Julie squealed then quickly calmed. "Sweetie you need to get checked immediately. Females of our kind have a bit of a rough time." She informed her. "I'll get you the name of a doctor that can help while you're there." Julie told her in a low voice.

"Thanks Mom." Kyoko was now worried.

"Kyoko... Don't worry. There won't be any major problems if we find out early enough. Meanwhile... you need lots of extra protein and avoid the foods on the list that I'm going to email you. Okay?" Julie told her in a motherly tone.

Kyoko thanked her again and they ended the call. Moments later she received an email with the name of a doctor and a list of foods for a mother of their kind to avoid. She then called the phone number and made an appointment with the new doctor for the next morning. Thank goodness filming is almost done. She thought as she looked up at Kuon then back to her new email.