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
It was morning when they returned and fatigue and lack of sleep is being felt by everyone. As Ren entered his room he saw his father waiting for him with a serious look on its face, he closed the door and took a seat across him.
"I have been waiting for you Kuon." Kuu said hoarsely.
Ren's eyes widened when his father addressed him through his real name, he knew this conversation is serious getting a sleep is far from happening. Still he must get that much needed rest and delaying the conversation is what he should do.
"I am honestly tired father, can this conversation wait until I have my rest?" He asked pleadingly.
"This won't take long son, I just want you to stop seeing Kyoko."
"You are still pushing me to stop seeing Kyoko chan, tell me father why are you so eager to break us apart?" Ren's voice was getting a little higher.
"I don't want to see both of you hurt that is why."
"Us getting hurt? I don't even see that coming anytime father will you give me more specific details on why should I break up with her, for as far as I am concerned I will not give up on her not now when we are both honest with our feelings."
Kuu sighed and said slowly with tears building on his eyes, "Just give up on her Ren you can never be together for Kyoko….Kyoko is your half sister."
Ren felt his soul leaving his body after hearing his father's words, they were unexpected how can he and Kyoko become sisters the thought was just absurd.
"You must be kidding father, can't you come up with better excuse than that to break us?" Ren's voice was shaking upon saying those words.
"I'm sorry son I betrayed you and your mother, I had an affair with Kyoko's mom and….and Kyoko is the result of that affair." Kuu said his tears already flowing in his eyes.
Fatigue, lack of sleep and anger are built up on Ren and his emotions just needed to be released and punching his father straight in the face is what he did. Kuu fell down with the impact of Ren's fist, but he did not stop there he continued his punching and was sure to kill him until Yashiro finally entered the room pulling Ren away from his father.
"What are you doing Ren, you are going to kill your father!" Yashiro said while trying to control Ren.
"Let me go Yashiro that bastard must be punished for what he did!" Ren said with eyes glowering like that of Cain Heel as he tries to be free from Yashiro's hold on him.
Kuu slowly raised himself while wiping the blood from his mouth, "He's right Yashiro I must be punished from what I did to him and his mother. Let him go, to die by his hands is enough punishment to all the wrong I did in the past."
Ren was using all his strength to be free from Yashiro but the heated tension inside was suddenly disturbed when a knock was heard from outside.
"Tsuruga san I prepared some chamomile tea to help you sleep. I'll just leave it here outside please drink it while it is warm, again I would like to thank you for everything that happened last night." Kyoko said before placing a cup of tea in front of Ren's door.
Kyoko's voice made Ren return to his calm attitude.
"Free me now Yashiro, I won't kill that bastard yet."
Yahsiro let him go and Ren turned his back on both men to open his door and drink the tea Kyoko made in one gulp. Yashiro immediately went to Kuu's side to check if he's alright.
"Don't try to find me I want to be by myself." Ren said before leaving closing the door behind him.
"What exactly happened between the two of you?" Yashiro asked curiously as he attends to Kuu's wounds.
"I told him the reason why he and Kyoko will never be together. He hates me so much he can kill me if you didn't come, I guess I owe you my life now."
"What is exactly the reason they can never be together?"
Kyoko cannot sleep at all even though she was tired from last night's shooting images of her and Ren doing that scene keeps on playing in her mind. She was blushing by the thought of it never did she imagine such thing will happen between them, for Ren is someone she can't reach. But the declaration of love they had for each other changed everything. Kyoko knew she was lucky to have someone such as Ren who loves her for who she is and she had to thank Sho for dumping her for if not for him she would never meet Ren.
Yashiro still can't believe what Kuu said to him of Kyoko and Ren being siblings, of all the people they have to become siblings. Yashiro was in favor of their relationship he even saw the hints of their feelings for each other even when they haven't declared it. To have their relationship destroyed by such fate is something uncalled for not when both are feeling the same. He wanted to help Ren but how can he help him for this relationship is a taboo.
Ren bought a lot of whiskey at the convenience store for he wanted to drown himself with alcohol to ease the pain he feels inside. He didn't mind the fact that he is drinking early morning with an empty stomach for his pain is greater than that, because he doesn't want to be found by Yashiro or his father or anyone else he turned off his phone and chose the port where he would drown himself with alcohol. His eyes were bloodshot due to controlling of tears to fall down from his eyes, he was looking pathetic with smell of alcohol from his mouth. People who saw him pities and laughs at him but he just glares them with his death glare making them scared to approach him, unbeknownst to them he was Japan's number 1 actor Tsuruga Ren.
Morning turned to evening and Kyoko was wondering why she haven't seen Ren yet, she thought he was still sleeping but missing both lunch and dinner and not able to contact his phone was something to be scared of. Kuu did not eat lunch and dinner either for he was just inside his room to avoid people to saw his wounds inflicted by Ren. Yashiro acted normally but he was stuttering when Kyoko asked him about Ren.
"Yashiro san have you seen Tsuruga san I haven't seen him all day, is he still sleeping in his room?" Kyoko asked curiously.
"Re-ren is not in his room, he-left early for he wanted some time alone." Yashiro said nervously, seeing Kyoko after knowing the truth was hard for him.
"Is that so, do you know where he went?"
"I-m sorry Kyoko san I-I don't know either. Don't worry about him he-he'll return eventually."
"But I can't help but get worried, he's tired and he's not answering his phone either. I'll find him Yashiro san."
Before Yashiro could stop Kyoko, she was already gone from his sight.
Yashiro sighed, "This is getting more complicated."
Kyoko felt something must be troubling Ren, she didn't know where to look for him but she will not give up on searching him.
Tsurugan san found me before, now I shall find him I don't care if I have to turn Okninawa upside down to find him.
She had been searching high and low while night was getting deeper, as she was searching she saw two men who looks like porters due to their body built laughing.
"Did you see that man, he had been there drinking since morning and was glaring at everyone." One man said while laughing.
"Why are young men like that nowadays?" The other man said laughing with his friend.
Kyoko approached them and asked, "Where is that man you are talking about?"
"There, be careful miss he might eat you with his death glare." The man said pointing at the direction where Ren had been drinking all day.
Kyoko lowered her head as sign of thanks and immediately rushed to where the man was pointing at, her eyes widened at what she saw. It was Ren who had emptied 5 bottles of whiskey with eyes ready to kill someone. She was scared upon seeing Ren it was the first time she saw him like this he was intimidating when he was acting as Cain Heel but the sight before her was different. Slowly she approached him and placed her hands in his face and looked directly in his bloodshot eyes.
"Tsuruga san."
Her angelic voice triggered something inside of Ren and all the tears he had been holding up were released. Kyoko embraced Ren to let him cry at her shoulder, seeing Ren so lonely and lost made her cry as well.
I don't know about Tsuruga san's problem but this time I want to be the shoulder he will lean on.
AN: AN update by me finally. Thanks to those who are writing reviews and those who are reading this I really appreciate it. If you have any suggestions feel free to tell me.
