Chapter 18: Painful Departure
For the whole afternoon Kyoko was sitting on her bed in the hotel room thinking about the event that happened in the Love Me room hours ago and how he made her feel. "Stop that Kyoko…there's no way he can love you…don't get fooled." She thought to herself, until someone touches her shoulder and she lets out a slight scream.
Kuu laughs, "I didn't mean to scare you but we need to leave for the airport now." He looks at her and knew something was going on in her head but didn't think asking would be a good idea.
"Ok Father." Kyoko says as she jumps up and off the bed to grab her suitcase and purse that were awaiting by the door.
Kuu laughs again and walks to the door to grab his suitcase as well then they walk side by side to the limo waiting outside for them. The ride to the airport was quiet and the silence continued until they got to the loading area at the airport. As they waited for their flight, once again using President Lory's private jet which had not yet arrived.
Kyoko was sitting in a chair with her legs up to her chest thinking, when she hears Kuu talking to someone but the sound of his voice got clearer as he came closer.
"Kyoko you have a visitor…"Kuu says to his daughter, knowing how she's been during the day, withdrawn from everyone. Even though he thought the event with Ren went well since Lory told him about what he saw.
Kyoko heard her father but didn't move an inch,wondering about who it was. she called Kanae early in the afternoon to inform her about the short notices about her departure and telling her that she would be coming back in 4 months. She also knew that it wasn't Sho since he didn't know where she has been for the past month. Which she actually liked, not having anything to say to that idiot. However since that event as Setsu, she had received 3 calls from him which she ignored as she didn't want to deal with his shit. The final person she could think of was Ren, but she never gave him a time since she was hoping to be gone by the time he would show up. So she could try again to lock up her heart, knowing that he could never care about her and didn't want to go down that path again that leads to pain.
Suddenly, Kyoko was brought right out of her thoughts when a hand was placed on her shoulder. She looks up to see the tall gentleman that was none other than Ren in front of her. "Hello Tsuruga-san…" she was showing no emotion but pain was reflecting in her eyes.
"Hello Mogami-san, I told you I wanted to be here…So why didn't you tell me what time you were leaving?" Ren asked the girl.
Kyoko looks down at her knees, " You are a busy man, so I didn't see the point of interrupting your busy schedule just to see me leave again…" she says but then opens her mouth to say something else," I'm not that important anyway."she said quietly.
Ren sighs and gets annoyed with the last part she whispers so he takes a seat beside her, "I have my evening free so you weren't going to interrupt anything." He says then moves his head close to her ear and whispers, "You are important to me Mogami-san, we are friends and I value that a lot."
Kyoko hears his voice enter her ear as she heard one small crack, "I'm important to him? He values our friendship?" She thinks to herself which brings a smile to her face.
Ren notices the smile and thinks that his words might of done something to her. He wanted to get through to her, that she meant a lot to him but she was leaving within the hour so he couldn't very well confess his love but at least he was happy that she smiled warmly.
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For the next hour Kyoko, Ren, and Kuu were talking about various things but mainly about acting to pass the time waiting for the plane to arrive. Once the plane arrived, a flight attendant called for boarding by the door that lead to the plane.
Kyoko gets up first, "Bye Tsuruga-san." She says then turns away, when the now standing Ren grabs her arm and pulls her into an embrace and holds her close. Kyoko was in shock, but could tell this hug was the same as the night as the Heel siblings when she was Setsu coming back from getting groceries, "It's like that night…he thought I was never coming back…could this mean something…" She thinks to herself.
As she didn't try to back away Ren took it as a sign to take the opportunity to break the embrace and kiss Kyoko on the cheek. He then moves his lips from her skin to her ear to whisper, "Safe travels Mogami-san, I will greatly miss your sweet presence again." With that Ren pulls out a small box from his coat pocket and puts it into her hand. He whispers in her ear again, "I want you to have this, but promise me you will think about staying when you come back in 4 months." Ren says hoping to get through to her that he cares as he steps back smiling.
Kyoko was frozen for a moment from his words and the kiss on her cheek that sent warm shocks throughout her body that caused her to hear every lock blow open. She looks at the box in her hand but unable to speak she nods to Ren about thinking about staying, "Father was right about love not wanting to be locked away for a long but this time I will take care of my heart…this emotion I need to be able to show it for my roles to the best of my abilities and to perform love in them" Kyoko thought to herself but then she wanted to try to speak but before she could Kuu spoke.
"Kyoko get on the plane, I will join you in a moment." Kuu says to his daughter as he had somethings to say to his son and she couldn't be around to hear.
Kyoko nods then bows to Ren before heading to the door and boarding the plane.
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Kuu looks at Ren with a serious look, "What was all that about? And what is in that box?"
Ren smirks as he lets his real self out as he was alone with his father, "Just leaving my mark on her heart and what is in the box is something that was originally hers, I'm just giving it back to her."
Kuu sighs, "For your sake I hope you really don't hurt her again or else…" he smirks before continuing, "She will become your sister Kuon. Your mother already loves her like her own daughter."
Ren laughs, "I would rather her as my wife than as a sister that's for sure..." He pauses for a second before continuing, "Could you tell Mother I said hi and that I love her, but I am still not ready to return home…" he felt ashamed that after 5 years he still didn't have the guts to go back home alone, to see his mother who has always loved him dearly.
Kuu puts a hand on his son's shoulder, "I will tell her and Son, she will understand you have to first get the girl, then you can return with her on your arm." He smiles.
Ren sighs, "There's one hard thing about that and that's the secret of my real identity."
Kuu looks at him, "That's not hard, just sit her down one night and tell her."
"You make it sound so easy but it isn't, do you remember when I was 10 and we came to visit your birthplace…" Ren says knowing his father will be confused about why he brought that up.
He looks at Ren confused, "Um, yes but what does that have anything to do with telling that girl about who you really are?"
"Well father, I always went to a clearing in a forest to enjoy the scenery and well one day an adorable little 6 year old girl saw me doing jumps from a tree…She believed that I was a fairy prince." Ren says hoping that Kuu would click in without him explaining anymore.
Kuu realized what his son was getting at, " Oh well yeah now that sounds hard…but she would understand even if she'd get a little hurt, you'd have to stay by her side…"He says realizing the flight was waiting for him to take off.
Ren nods, "I plan to once I can have her by my side I would do my hardest to keep her there and happy."
Kuu smiles, "That's my boy, you picked the right woman to cherish…I need to go or your mother will have a fit waiting." He chuckles.
Ren also smiles, "Good bye father and please watch over my princess for those 4 months when I cant."
Kuu gives his son a thumbs up, "She is my little girl after all, bye Kuon." He then turns and heads to the door and boards the plane.
Ren turns to leave with a hand over his heart, "This will be a long and painful 4 months without seeing her, but I made my imprint so I will just talk to her over the phone when the chance arises." He thought to himself as he walks out.
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The plane takes off and Kyoko was in her spot with the box Ren gave her in her hands, she was thinking as Kuu takes his seat across from her and can tell she was thinking but he really wanted to know what was in that box his son gave her.
"Hey Kyoko, what did Tsuruga-san give you?" He says pointing to the box.
Kyoko snaps out of her thoughts as she heard Kuu speak. "I haven't looked yet." She says, then opens the box to see her precious necklace, but she quickly noticed the chain was different as it was a strong silver chain and the cage holding Princess Rosa was crafted to be more secure then the last one. "He did all this just to fix my precious necklace to be safer so it won't break again." She thought to herself, a smile creeped on her lips, "Its Princess Rosa." She holds up the necklace so Kuu can see. "Tsuruga-san gave me a big rose last year for my birthday and the stone was inside the rose, so I made it into a necklace, and I always used to wear it when I was playing the role of Natsu for Box "R". " Kyoko continues to smile at the necklace.
"Then why did Tsuruga-san have it if it's so precious to you?" Kuu asked confused
Kyoko's smile fades, "Well the night I left Tokyo, I left notes for everyone close to me, and I left Princess Rosa in the envelope for him as he hated me and I wasn't going to return…"
"Well my dear, I can assure you that you will be returning as your life and future is back there and do you think he still hates you?" He asked that last part mainly so he can relate it to his son later.
Kyoko blushes slightly and smiles, "No, I don't think he hates me and he showed me that he never really hated me and that he missed me as much as I missed him."
Kuu was happy to hear her say that, since she realized that she means something to Ren. "Well then let me put that necklace on you, then we should rest, it will be another long trip back."
Kyoko still smiling nods as she hands the necklace to Kuu and turns around.
"It really is very beautiful, just like you." Kuu says slipping the necklace around her neck and clamping it close, as Kyoko blushes from the compliment.
After that they got comfortable in their seats and within a few minutes both Kyoko and Kuu had fallen asleep. Kyoko begins smiling in her sleep, while her thoughts run through like a happy trip down memory lane of her and Ren.
