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Chapter Four – Friendship
"So," Kyoko said as she sat on her knees on the chair opposite Kuon. "You can't go home until the curse is broken?" she asked as Kuon nodded. Kyoko felt the sadness in her eyes as tears gathered. "And you're not going to tell me what I can do to help? I always wanted to break a curse and I'd especially do it for you, Corn," she said as Kuon sighed and looked up.
"That's nice, Kyoko-chan, but I don't know how to break the curse just yet. I'm working on it though, anyway…getting back to your day?" he asked wanting to concentrate on something other than the fact that he could only move two fingers and a thumb and had to rely on his parents for everything else.
"Oh, well I helped with breakfast," Kyoko smiled, "Shou-kun always loves to eat white rice but he doesn't like any of the rice grains to be too hard or too dirty so I have to wash them really really well. Do fairy princes eat rice?" Kyoko asked and Kuon smiled.
"Sometimes we do, Kyoko-chan, but right now I just have milkshakes because I can't move," he said as he saw his father out of the corner of his eye. He looked at Kyoko who immediately got up from the chair and dropped into a bow. She had already been spotted and the king had told her to get supervision or permission to be here. She didn't want to tell him how she had followed him here without another adult present.
"Hello again," Kuu said as he sat down next to Kuon, placing the drink in front of him and concentrating on Kyoko who was now curtseying. Kuu heard Kuon laugh and smiled hearing it, he had thought about how much time he would have to wait before hearing that sweet laugh again. "We have a guest,"
"This is Kyoko-chan," Kuon said as he gestured with his head towards the six-year-old. "She's my friend. I think she came to visit me and she found out that -"
"Do you know anything about evil curses Mr. Fairy King-san?" she asked and Kuon chuckled again at how adorable she was. "There must be a reversal spell."
"Ah, for Kuon's curse," Kuu said as he tried to nod along and shared a look with Kuon as they tried to think about what to tell this very imaginative child. "I'm sorry, even with all of the extensive research I have in my book collections, I am still unable to track down the exact method of helping Kuon. I think it's going to take time and I think that human medicine might help us."
"So Corn is trapped like this?" Kyoko asked with tears in her eyes, "That's so sad. I'm so sorry, Corn," she said trying hard not to break. "I hope you can get your wings again. You flew so beautifully. It was so exciting," she smiled and Kuon nodded.
"I promise to try my best, Kyoko-chan." Kuon said before he saw Kyoko have a determined expression on her face. He knew that he should be expecting something big and possibly unusual from this girl.
"Mr. King-san?" Kyoko said as Kuu nodded, "Do you please have any onigiri, please?" she asked.
"I bought some at the store today, I usually make my own food but it's good to have some on hand for a quick bite," Kuu said before looking at Kyoko, "Are you hungry? Did you want me to take you ba—"
"No, thank you," Kyoko said politely. "I just need the power of the onigiri and a place to wash my hands," she said as Kuu took her into the kitchen and ran some water in the sink.
"Alright, any kind?" Kuu asked and Kyoko nodded
"The kind that Corn likes best," Kyoko said before grinning and Kuu looked at them before going to get one of the onigiri out. He took off the wrapper and handed it to Kyoko interested in what she was going to do with it. By this point even Julie was watching this strange girl who had seemingly come out of thin air.
Kyoko held up the riceball high in the air, "Please don't resist this, Corn" she said as Kuon watched her. "I know I shouldn't ask to feed the prince of fairies but I think this will have the health benefits that a prince should have," she said as Kuon raised an eyebrow and then started to eat the onigiri as Kyoko held it for him.
Seeing her grin widen was enough to make Kuon continue to eat it like a pet would. Somehow helping Kyoko with her fantasies made the riceball taste even more delicious. Kyoko smiled widely, happy that she had done something to help the prince. She ate the few remaining grains off of her hands and grinned before spotting Julie smiling out of relief.
"He ate it," she sniffed as Kyoko got down and curtsied to her.
"Good Afternoon, Queen Fairy," she said as Julie paused and nodded. "I'm honored to meet you."
"I'm…I'm honored to meet you" Julie said, "what is your name?" she asked softly with the motherly affection that she was known for.
"I'm Mogami Kyoko," Kyoko grinned.
"She's my friend," Kuon told his mother not able to see her but imagining what the conversation looked like.
"Corn has been trapped by an evil curse and I want to help him feel better," she said spreading her arms wide. "May I stay here with Corn just a little longer?" she asked and Kuu nodded.
He walked over to Julie as Kyoko started to talk to Kuon about what happened after breakfast and the connection between clean rice and royalty. "She's already here, I think since Kuon's happy she doesn't need to go home straight away. Fifteen minutes and I'll drive her back home."
Julie nodded. She didn't want for anyone to think that they had kidnapped this young girl, but she didn't want to deny her son when he looked happier than he had since before the accident.
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"Can I come back and see Corn on another day?" Kyoko asked as she sat in Kuu's fancy car. She tried very hard to keep a formal posture but she wanted to ask why the fairy king didn't just fly her back home.
"I think that should be doable," Kuu grinned to her, "Let's ask your mother about it," he said and saw Kyoko look down, her eyes glued to the bottom of the car. "Is something wrong? We are getting near to your house, right?"
"Yea, we're near," Kyoko said, "right there," she pointed.
Kuu smiled to her before driving the car into the space beside the house. "Okay, so we're at your house, let me walk …"
"No, I'm fine," Kyoko said as she tried to get out of the car, not wanting for a royal fairy to see the kind of conditions in which she lived. She didn't want for them to exile her from being around them if they saw her mother. She wanted to play with Corn and make sure his curse was weakening.
"I thought you wanted to ask your mother for permission to come play on another day," Kuu said as he got out of the car with her. Kyoko took deep breaths, she hoped that her mother wasn't there and that the door was locked, she'd have an excuse.
She slowly went to the front door and tried to listen to see if there were any noises inside, she pressed her face against the door and then
WHAM!
Kuu's eyes widened as he saw a woman coming out of the door, her hair neatly drawn back into a bun and a phone to her cheek. She didn't even notice the six-year-old who had been knocked down. Despite her not paying attention to her daughter, she did see him standing there.
"Hello," she said before smiling coldly, "If I'm not mistaken you're Kuu Hizuri aren't you? I also think that you're in need of legal help if you've -"
"I was bringing your daughter home," Kuu said before going over to Kyoko and looking at her cheek. "You might want to get her some ice," he said rather impressed that the small girl wasn't bawling. "Her cheek is going to bruise."
"Such a dramatic person you are, Hizuri-san" Saena said as she looked at him with a challenging glare, "I take it that you're not requesting use of my legal resources and so you have no purpose being here especially for such a distasteful reason as the one you gave."
Kuu paused, "This is your daughter," he pointed to Kyoko, "Are you honestly telling me that you wouldn't care were she to be hurt."
"That child is worthless, just as useless as a wisdom tooth. She only brings bad luck to anything that she tou-" Saena said as Kuu looked at her completely horrified. He had heard some whispers and gossip about Kuon in a distasteful manner before but he would never say those things to his son. Whenever someone called Kuon annoying or immature or a distraction, he would stand up for his child. He couldn't believe that there were people like this in the world who would tear their child down in front of them.
"Kyoko can hear everything that you're saying about her right now. All these words are going to affect her in very negative ways, I have a problem thinking that you don't care about that, that you don't care about her," Kuu said and Saena blinked at him without changing her facial expression one bit.
"You take her then," she said as Kuu paused and took a step back, "It would save me from paying the Fuwas to take her in," Saena commented and then rolled her eyes. "I don't see why you'd want such an unwanted burden on your life."
Kuu looked at Kyoko and then back to her mother. "I can't legally take her," he tried to tell her, "but I don't approve of -"
"Didn't you just hear me say that I am a lawyer and the sooner I can get rid of her the better, so take her," she said acting as if Kyoko was a stick of gum that was giving her purse a sickening mint smell.
Kuu smiled before coming over to Kyoko, he knelt down in front of her. "Kyoko," he said as he saw her trying to curl up into a ball. "Would you like to stay with me and Julie and Kuon?" he asked as the girl nodded. Kuu placed a hand on her back, "It'll just be until the curse is broken," he tried to tell her and Kyoko nodded again.
"If it's not trouble," she said and Kuu shook his head.
"Never," he said kindly as Kyoko dared herself to smile despite the words that were just said to her.
AN 2:
Hope you guys liked the little twist right there 😉 I will be including Shou next chapter as well so that'll be something fun. Thank you of course to everyone who is supporting this story. Special shout out to: Ashenvale, brennakai, DreamIdol, Irie27, JazminSS, JeremyVD, Julie, justsomebread, KetariTM, Kris XD, ktoll9, paedirt, Sara, Guest (12) who all reviewed the previous chapter.