Chapter 19: Returning Home but Missing a Part
When Kyoko and Kuu finally arrive back home they are welcomed home with a hug from Julie.
"Welcome home." Julie says all bubbly then releases her family and looks at them with a smile, "How was your trip?"
Kuu smiles at his wife, "My dear we will talk about that after dinner." He says to his wife then looks at Kyoko beside him. "Kyoko can you take our bags upstairs and I will start dinner."
Kyoko would rather help her father cook but knew it would be of no use to argue with him so she just smiles and nods, "Ok Father." She then smiles at Julie before grabbing their bags and heading upstairs to the rooms.
Kuu takes Julie's hand and walks to the kitchen, "Honey I saw our son when I went back…" He says and sees Julie's eyes light up.
"Really? How is he?" Julie asks really wanting to know her son was ok as she hadn't seen him for many years now in person.
Kuu chuckles, "He is fine, by what I know he is still healthy except for the first day that I saw him he was still heartbroken…"He was going to continue but Julie cuts in.
"What? He got his heart broken again? Isn't he the most desirable man over there? That girl must be heartless." Julie says frantically as she takes the seat at the island in the kitchen.
Kuu sighs as he goes into the kitchen and starts preparing the vegetable at the sink facing his wife, "Honey calm down…The girl isn't heartless, she was hurt by him not the other way around."
"Why do you say that? Kuon has never hurt a girl…" Julie says now with her arms crossed over her chest.
Kuu sighs again as he starts cutting the vegetables, "I say that because it's true and he did cast the girl away by saying that he never wanted to see her again. " He says calmly to his wife knowing she wasn't happy he was defending a girl that Julie didn't know was really someone they knew well.
Julie was shocked and moved her arms from her chest to the counter top of the island, "He never did that before that I knew of…Who was the poor girl?"
Kuu knew that now he will have to tell his wife about exactly why Kyoko came to them, "Well, Honey the girl was our daughter Kyoko…you knew that she ran from Tokyo because she was hurt which was true but she ran because of what he said to her and later I found out from Lory, that Kuon was heartbroken about her leaving and that he was one of the main reasons for it."
Julie was surprised but she could understand Kyoko's reasoning for leaving now and she was happy that Kyoko chose to come to them in her time of need, "Well I see why now, but is Kuon planning to win her back if he really does care about her?"
Kuu smiles, while putting the vegetables in a pot, "Yes he is, he told me that he will do whatever he can to get her back but as she is still slightly oblivious to love, it will be fun to watch what happens and how hard he will have to try."
Julie was so happy, "Our kids will be so cute together."
"Yes they will be, but don't say anything to Kyoko as she doesn't know he loves her." Kuu says as he goes to the stove and starts making dinner.
"My lips are sealed." Julie giggles pretending to zip her lips but then gets serious, "Kuu will I get to see Kuon when we all go to Japan in December?" she asked as she really wanted to see her son.
"You will see him but not as the Kuon you knew, he goes by a different name and looks different as he has brown hair and wears brown contacts so you would have to address him by his name there." Kuu says still at the stove.
Julie sighs sadly, "If I must then I will, but it still would be nice to see my son no matter who he's trying to be but it would be better to see him with our daughter."
"Who knows as December 25th would be Kyoko's 18th birthday and as she told you the grateful party goes from the evening of the 24th to the early morning of the 25th." Kuu says
"Well then we should get something nice for her, aren't we the only type of parents she has by what you told me about her before." Julie asks her husband as she moves from the island to grabbed some plates from the cupboard.
Kuu sighs, "You are right my dear…She told me that her mother abandoned her when she was 6 years old and that she never knew her real father…"
Julie sighs as well, feeling sorry for Kyoko, "Well no matter what happens between her and Kuon, she will always be my daughter." She smiles.
Kuu smiles as well, "I agree with you Julie dear…she needs parents and we are the best ones for her." He continues cooking dinner as Julie goes to set the table as the girl they were talking about will be down to join them soon.
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After dinner and cleaning up, Julie, Kuu and Kyoko sat in the living room talking about their trips and Kyoko was telling Julie all about the Tragic Marker premiere and about the event with Sho when she was in character teaching him a lesson as well as deflating his ego a bit which caused all of them to laugh. Julie told her that she did a good job teaching that kid a thing or two, then Kyoko continues to tell what happened on the trip but leaving out the part with Ren.
Julie enjoyed Kyoko's story but then notices the necklace and the pink jewel on Kyoko's necklace which she had never seen before. "Kyoko where did you get that necklace from?"
Kyoko touches Princess Rosa slightly with one finger and a slight blush formed on her cheeks, "Well a friend gave it back to me. The day I left Japan the first time to come here, I left it in his envelope."
"Oh, so who is this 'he'? Do you like him?" Julie asked noticing the pink tinge on Kyoko's cheeks. She wanted to get the information out of her hoping the 'he' was her son.
The pink tinge on Kyoko's cheeks gets more intense and she is unable to speak so Kuu decides to answer the first part for her. "Well Julie dear, she got that necklace from Tsuruga Ren." He knew his wife would clue into who exactly he was and Kuu continues. "Kyoko told me he gave her the jewel last year on her 17th birthday in a big rose which she put onto the necklace."
Kyoko smiles and nods to show that Kuu was indeed telling the truth but knew she would have to answer the last part of the question since they were pretty much her parents and they were there for her. "About the last part mother…I do like him but he wouldn't like me more than just a fellow actress and friend." She looks down to her hands in her lap, sad.
Julie and Kuu look at how sad Kyoko got with answering that question, but Julie being on one side of Kyoko she puts her hand on Kyoko's back, "Why do you think that dear?"
Kyoko sighs not looking up, "It's because I'm just a plain, boring women with no sex appeal, so why would Japan's most desirable man ever want me." She says as her heart begins to ache slightly at the thought.
Julie could understand her pain as she heard from Kuu before about Kyoko's past and about how the last man she thought she loved treated her and would constantly degrade her and lower her self-esteem with the same words Kyoko just said about herself. "Kyoko you aren't plain or boring…you're beautiful and wonderful and if any man doesn't see that then he needs to be hit in the head hard." Julie begins to giggle.
Kyoko giggles, "Thank you Mother that made me feel a little better." Kyoko yawns as she notices it was getting late. "Well Mother, Father, I should be heading to bed now I'm feeling tired."
Both Julie and Kuu says their goodnights to her as well as giving her a hug before she heads back to her room. Julie and Kuu continue to talk mainly about what Ren said to Kuu in the airport.
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Once Kyoko returned to her room and changed to her normal pjs of a lace tank top and lace underwear, she sits on her bed and pulls her pink phone out from the night table she notices she had a missed call. "Who would have called me at this time?" she thought to herself as she dials the voicemail number and began to listen to the message.
"Hello Mogami-san, I hope you arrived back to LA safely, and to inform you that you are really missed back home. I hope to hear from you soon and I'll see you in four months…good night Mogami-san."
After the message ended she closes her phone she was blushing. She lays back on the bed with the phone against her chest and thinks, "I miss you as well Tsuruga-san…I hope these months go by quickly…" with that she fell asleep with the sweet thought that Ren really was missing her and wanted her around which made her heart flutter slightly, knowing when she sees him again there won't be anything stopping her from feeling love but she doesn't want to show that to Ren as she didn't know if he could ever feel the same towards her.
