With a sigh he looked up from his drink to see Suzuki Emiko, an old co-star. There may have been a moment in which she thought he had been flirting with her and convinced herself that he liked her. He had never flirted with her however and it meant nothing to him.

"I have a girlfriend." He said trying to show as little emotion as possible. Someone like Emiko was likely to convince herself he was inviting her to try harder, if he expressed the smallest inkling of emotion. Even irritation was somehow an invitation for someone like her.

"I don't see her here." Emiko purred.

"I could call her. I'm sure she'd love to ask you why you can't take a hint." Kijima said and Kuon raised his eyebrows shocked and impressed.

Emiko pouted but quickly turned her attention to Kuon.

"Don't even try it." Koga said. "Kana would slam your face into the pavement."

"Why does Kana-san need to know about a little dance?" Emiko asked trying to catch Kuon's gaze by fluttering her lashes.

"Is there something in your eyes, Emiko-san?" Kijima asked.

Emiko pouted, "Why come to this club if you're not going to dance?"

"That's what I'm saying. None of you are going to dance with any cute girls?" Sho asked looking at the three men. He glared at Kuon who had a scotch on the rocks in front of him. "You're just as boring as she is."

"Who's boring?" Emiko asked thinking he was talking about her.

"His little girlfriend." Sho spat as he blatantly raked his eyes up and down Emiko's body.

"Speaking of which, Fuwa-san, you have a girlfriend too. Don't you?" Kuon asked playing the perfect gentleman.

"Tch," Sho scoffed. "Why are you so boring? It isn't cheating to dance and have fun."

"I want the real thing or nothing at all." Kuon explained to Sho's confusion. Sighing he elaborated, "If I can't wrap my arms around the one I love it's not fun for me."

"Oh, Tsuruga-san." Emiko said fanning her face and blushing. "Won't you have just one dance with me?"

"Tch, what's so great about him? He allowed that ugly boring prude to put him on a short leash." Sho remarked curling his lips in distaste. He was jealous that Emiko was showing him no interest, yet she was practically drooling over Tsuruga. Just like Kyoko, he sneered.

"I rather like my leash." Kuon said with a sensuous smile that caused the woman to sigh and look at Kuon with hearts in her eyes.

"I knew you were a freak Tsuruga." Kijima said beating Sho to the punch.

"That's so sweet I could vomit." Sho said and Koga snorted.

"That's my line." Koga said bringing his colorful drink to his lips.

"Emiko-san, would you like to dance with Fuwa-san?" Kuon asked wanting to be rid of both nuisances.

"No." She replied her face falling into a deep scowl.

"Well, since none of us wants to dance with you and you want nothing to do with the only one interested in you might I suggest that you leave." Kuon said struggling to keep the smile on his face.

"Really Tsuruga?" Sho asked as Emiko stalked away in a huff. "Tell the truth now, you were a little bit tempted. Emiko is fucking sexy." Kuon shook his head. "You have women throwing themselves at you all the time and you want me to believe that you don't ever think about them."

Kuon shrugged. "I don't need you to believe it."

"Whatever. Those two over there have been making eyes at you since we got here." Sho said pointing to two scantily clad girls who were trying to catch Kuon's attention. "Are you telling me that you haven't noticed how hot they are? That you haven't thought of the possibility of getting both of them to go to a private room with you."

"Of course, I noticed them." Kuon said and Sho gave a smug smirk thinking he had gotten him to admit something. "I am always aware of my surroundings and the dangers each person in the room presents."

Sho's mouth fell open. What was he talking about, what danger?

"Right, like this one time when I first started out, I didn't notice this one girl was creeping too close until it was too late." Koga said and Kuon nodded. "She tackled me to the ground and suction cupped her mouth to mine. I couldn't get the taste of the sushi she had for lunch out of my mouth for two months." He shivered, "Do you know what it's like living in Japan and having an aversion to sushi?"

"Me too. This one woman got on stage in the middle of an interview and jammed her tongue right down my throat. It was horrible." Kijima said looking over his shoulder.

Sho spat. "Boring prudes all around."

"What you think it's ok for some random stranger to kiss us against our will just because we're big strong men? Should we just be happy and enjoy the perks of fame even though we didn't invite them to touch us?" Koga sneered downing his drink. "I'll have you know that I already have someone waiting for me at home. I would prefer not to have randoms groping me and then having to go home and explain myself because for some reason it makes me feel guilty."

"They're not randoms. They wouldn't be allowed in here if they weren't hot or famous or rich. Three things Tsuruga's boring virginal little maid isn't."

Kuon rolled his eyes.

"If you want to dance then go Fuwa. None of us are stopping you." Kijima said taking a large gulp of his fruity cocktail. "We all wanted to go to karaoke, but your manager said you would hate that. Go dance."

Sho pressed his lips together and glared across the table at Kuon ignoring the other two.

"So, you're saying that if two girls offered no strings attached sex with both of them at the same time, you'd turn them down?" Sho asked looking at the two girls who were dancing together still trying to catch Kuon's attention.

"It's not all it's cracked to be." Kuon said with a shrug.

"Wait what? You've had a threesome?" Kijima asked turning to look at Kuon. "Why have I never heard of this?"

"It's no one's business." Kuon said finishing his drink.

"Does Kyoko know?" Koga asked with a glare at Kuon.

"Yes." Kuon blushed at this. "We tell each other everything."

"Oh." Koga said impressed. "Was it just that one time or...?" he let the question hang in the air and Sho hated to admit that now he was curious. He wasn't even thinking of using the information for his own gain, he was just intrigued that the perfect gentleman Tsuruga wasn't as boring as he'd thought.

"It happened a few times." Kuon shrugged. "My girlfriend at the time liked to bring other girls over. I guess she thought it would keep me interested or maybe she liked them. Who knows, we were young."

"Man, Tsuruga you have all the fun." Kijima said then he asked. "What other male fantasies have you experienced?"

"I don't know. Does it matter?" Kuon asked uncomfortable with the three pairs of eyes fixed on him. Their expressions were akin to Kyoko's when she was in hero worship mode except when it was them it creeped him out.

"Have you ever had a girl feed you grapes?" Kijima asked causing all of them to turn and look at him. "What it's like the ultimate fantasy. Just imagine laying your head in her lap and she is petting you as she feeds you."

Kuon shrugged thinking that it actually sounded nice. He wondered if Kyoko would like to be fed while lying in his lap.

Sho face palmed wondering how they went from uncovering dirt on Tsuruga having threesomes to talking about being fed grapes. He pouted wondering if Kyoko fed Tsuruga like that.

"Does it count if she sits in your lap while feeding you the lunch she made?" Kuon asked leaning back as he saw the horror on Sho's face.

"Man, you are so spoiled Tsuruga." Kijima said. "I never told you, but I was always so jealous of your Kyoko-chan lunches on the set of Dark Moon. They looked so good."

"Dark Moon? You weren't even dating then." Koga said feeling jealous.

Sho narrowed his eyes, wondering when exactly the lunches had started. Was it before or after that valentine's day? How long had these two been secretly dating?

"She only brought me lunch once while filming Lotus and it was just leftovers, she brought to thank me for my advice." Koga said pouting.

"Tch, I bet if you just asked, she'd make a lunch for you every day. That girl was aways so eager to please everyone. Men in particular." Sho said with a smirk. He would never admit that he was jealous of Kyoko feeding Tsuruga while perched on his lap. Everyday!?

"Do I need to reintroduce your face to my fist Fuwa?" Koga asked.

"Whatever." Sho spat out doing his best to conceal his fear of the three men. He was after all just one person and they were all bigger than him.

"Go dance Fuwa. The sooner you've had fun the sooner we can leave." Kuon said losing his perfect gentleman aura since Emiko was gone. "I have an early morning shoot."

"Yes, yes you're always busy." Koga griped as he downed his drink. "The rest of us may not be as busy as you but we do still have things."

"Then let's head home." Kuon said getting ready to stand.

"Oh my god is your leash that short? Can you not stay out past midnight?" Sho asked annoyed that he had been tricked into an outing with these three just so he could listen to them complain about wanting to go hom.

"Whatever!" Koga said before wanting to dig the knife into Sho's heart. "He just wants to get home so he can get laid. Gentleman my ass! He's nothing but a horny pervert with his slimy hands all over my little sister."

"Hey he said it." Kijima said excitedly. "Koga-san admitted that he loves her like a sister."

"I still don't believe any of you. She's an old-fashioned spinster with zero sex appeal. There's no way he's even gotten a peck on the cheek from her. That's why he has Kana-san isn't it?" Sho said refusing to believe that Kyoko would ever betray the childish fairytale ideals. She would never do anything with Tsuruga. He wasn't her prince charming.

"I need another drink." Koga said. "Or else I might lose it on Fuwachi here."

"Fawachi?" Kijima asked.

"It's another thing she calls him that he hates." Kuon explained.

"Tell me how long you were dating before you convinced her to feed you while sitting in your lap." Kijima asked desperate for help with Momose.

"Convinced her? No, she just started doing it as a show of dominance." Kuon said.

"Yeah right." Sho said but he was ignored.

"I keep telling you that the best thing for your relationship is to be open and honest. Tell her when you like something. Tell her when you don't like something but be careful how you word it." Kuon advised.

"I can't just walk up to her and say I want her to feed me grapes and pet my head." Kijima said shyly. "What if she thinks that's weird. I mean I have a reputation that I worked hard to cultivate and that doesn't exactly fit my image."

"She isn't dating your image. In fact, I think she's dating you despite your playboy reputation. You need her to see that you're serious about her." Kuon said.

"Why are you asking Tsuruga for advice? He's dating an ex-porn star and a spinster." Sho sneered hating that he was being ignored.

"What if I tell her that I like something, and she thinks it's too boring and stupid. I don't want to be dumped for not living up to my manly reputation."

"If you can't let go of who you think she wants and be who you actually are around her then you're going to lose her." Kuon said taking one of the drinks Koga brought back for himself.

"That sounds familiar." Koga said sitting down with his other drink.

"You said it to me once." Kuon supplied and Koga nodded.

"Right, because you made her cry. I owe you a punch for that." Koga said.

"And I would gladly let you punch me for it, but she'd kill you." Kuon said.

"Yes. Yes. I know she loves you so much." Koga sneered.

"This is ridiculous." Sho grumbled standing up and walking away from their booth.

"Oh, he finally got the hint." Kijima said happily. "I'm getting another drink. Would you like one Ren?"

"Driving remember." Kuon said shaking his head and eyeing Koga who had already finished his drink.

"I'll get another too. Since Tsuruga has sticky fingers."

"You should drink more responsibly." Kuon said but his cautious words fell on deaf ears. All he wanted to do was go home but he knew he was stuck babysitting.

Sho managed to find a dance partner in no time. He pulled the body close, and she giggled seductively in his ear. His hands roamed over her curves, and he imagined Tsuruga running his hands over Kyoko's body. Pulling her close and whispering in her ear. He shook his head. Why was he thinking of her when he had a sexy body in his arms?

Random? That's what they had called these people. A random person who fit nicely in his arms and was willing to give him a night of pleasure. Then what? Would she make him breakfast? If he asked, would she sit in his lap and feed him? He clenched his jaw and groped the woman in his arms. He didn't want any of those boring things. All he wanted was to own Kyoko again and have her be his little maid like she was always meant to be. Then he could go out and fuck around with voluptuous models. That was how things were meant to be.

"Do you want to go into a private room?" he asked the woman shoving all thoughts of Kyoko's homecooked meals from his mind.

"Yes, I'd like that." She whispered seductively in his ear.

He led her off the dance floor not thinking about how he didn't even know her name though she probably knew exactly who he was. He would have sex with her then forget everything about her except that she had a nice body. That was all he needed. Everything else was irrelevant.

He kissed her against the door as she removed his shirt. He did not wonder if this was the same room Tsuruga had brought Kyoko to. He didn't imagine Tsuruga shoving her lithe body against the door and ravishing her mouth. She moaned into the kiss parting her lips and accepting his tongue. There was no patience in the kiss. He moved fast and hard against her as he led them to the leather couch careful to maneuver around the large coffee table in the center of the room. He sat down and pulled her on top of him straddling his lap.

No, he did not think about how flushed Kyoko would look as Tsuruga kissed down the column of her neck. He did not wonder what color her fingernails were when she gripped the leather behind his head as he ground into her.

"Kyoko." He moaned and the woman atop him didn't even question it.

She didn't care and why should she? They both knew what this was. They both knew that she would not be making him lunches. This was pure raw physical need and nothing more. That was all he needed. That was all he wanted. Who wanted to be fed grapes by a boring woman with no sex appeal? The woman rode him hard and fast, panting and calling out his name. It wasn't cute. He bet that when Kyoko panted, she somehow managed to sound cute and erotic at the same time. He bet that Tsuruga had done everything he could to make her cry out louder in the tiny private room. That he had teased her about being caught.

"Thanks." The woman said when she was finished and climbing out of his lap. He felt nothing as he watched her fix her clothes and smooth down her brown hair. She would have a story to tell her friends about how she had sex with Fuwa Sho. And what would he have? He doubted Shoko would want to hear about his hook up with some random woman.

He tried not to imagine Kyoko cuddled with Tsuruga on the couch he now sat. The sound of her giggles as Tsuruga's fingers tickled down her spine and his lips kissed her sweaty hair. There was no way he would ever dream of wanting something so lame as postcoital cuddling. He didn't want to whisper his secrets to the random stranger as she snuggled up to his chest.

"Do you want money?" he asked the woman who was still lingering. He knew what she wanted was his number. She had maybe even hoped that this would become something more. He couldn't help the thought that she wasn't even that pretty.

"I'm not a whore." She screamed at him before storming out of the room.

For a long moment he stared at the door willing Kyoko to walk through it. She could come in and scold him for being a lustful fool. If she called him a disgusting pervert, it might annoy him and then he could say that he felt something. He would never admit it, but he would give anything for her to care enough to drag him out of the room and demand that he went home to get a good night's sleep. He envied Tsuruga his short leash firmly held in Kyoko's grasp. With an annoyed growl he flipped the table in the middle of the room. Then he shoved the couch over and kicked the pillows. He picked up a vase filled with flowers on the end table and hurled it across the room. He broke a leg off the upturned table and smashed the lights on the wall.

After everything was destroyed, he heaved a sigh and fixed his clothes.

Kuon placed an arm behind Koga and covertly slipped the drink out of his hand. The man could not handle his liquor.

"You know what I actually like having late morning starts anyway. You're starting to get circles under your eyes from all those early morning shoots and late-night filming." Koga slurred his words not even noticing that his drink had been stolen.

"You have a lot of work too Koga-san." Kuon said downing Koga's drink to keep it from him. It was the fifth drink he had taken from his friend.

"I'm busy in the morning too Tsuruga. You know I get a lot of offers."

"Koga-san you're going to lose to me if you don't learn to drink responsibly. At this rate you couldn't even hope to be Fuwa-san over here."

"Yeah, right. I could kick his ass any time anywhere. Fool thinks he can date my sister." Koga said meaning to throw a glare at Kuon, but his eyes closed heavily. "Didn't I have a drink?"

"Nope." Kuon said. "And I have had way too many. Come on Kana-san is on her way."

"Shouldn't we find Fuwachi." Kijima asked not nearly as inebriated as Koga but knowing he'd had too much to drink and couldn't drive.

"Oh, I forgot about him." Kuon said as he lifted Koga from his seat.

"I'll beat the shit out of that useless bastard. Where is he?" Koga slurred looking around and spotting Sho coming out of the private rooms. "Damn bastard was back there fucking some other girl!"

"Koga!" Kuon shouted as Koga pulled out of his grasp and lunged at Sho. "Shit!"

"What the hell?" Sho shouted as the drunk man came at him fists flailing.

"What the hell is right! What the hell were you doing? Or should I ask who? Do you even know?" Koga shouted unaware of their audience.

"Koga, come on." Kuon tried to calm him down as he and Kijima seized Koga's arms.

"I should kill you, you cheating bastard."

"Then come on kill me already. The three of you all want to. Especially you Tsuruga. Here's your chance. Come on!" Sho said opening his arms to invite them to hit him. "You can't, can you. She'd hate you if you did."

"That's enough Fuwa. It's time to go." Kuon said sternly.

"Oh, is it time to head home to your master? He's the one you should wanna hit isn't he. I'm not the one who had your her bent over the leather couch of one of the private rooms. I'm not the one so eager to go home and defile her." Sho sneered and Koga turned his glare at Kuon.

"Come on man it's time to go." Kijima said tightening his grip on Koga. "Or we'll leave you to find your own way home."

"Do what you want. I have people I can call." Sho said.

"I'll pay the bill." Kuon said. "You two take him to the car. Kana's waiting."

"I'm not going with you." Sho said like a child throwing a tantrum.

"Just get in the car." Kuon said with as much restraint as he could muster.

"Or what Tsuruga? You gonna drag me out in front of all these people?" Sho asked and he bumped his shoulder on Kuon's as he walked past him.

Kuon wanted nothing more than to grab ahold of Sho's scrawny neck and body slam him onto the floor. His fists clenched and he took a deep breath.

"I'll call Shoko-san for you." he said and Sho stopped dead in his tracks.

"Don't bother. I'm not some baby who needs big brother to take care of me." Sho sneered turning around ready to punch Tsuruga. He wasn't dumb enough to do it though. There was no way he would survive a brawl against Tsuruga, and no way Kyoko would ever speak to him again if he managed to land a hit on her precious senpai.

Someone cleared their throat drawing all four men's attention. A man in a suit flanked by two other burly men stood with his arms crossed.

"I'm afraid I will need to ask you to leave after you cover the damages." The man said clearly unimpressed by their celebrity.

"Damages?" Kuon asked eyeing Sho. With a sigh he gave the man a bow and apologized. "Of course, I will cover any costs for damages caused by my friends."

"Tch." Sho scoffed about to say something.

"Go to the car." Kuon snapped causing Sho to flinch. There was no hint of the gentleman Tsuruga Ren. The man before him was a beast who could and would kill at the slightest provocation.

"Fine." Sho said like a sulking child and helped Kijima usher Koga out of the club.

"I am so very sorry sir." Kuon said and let the man take him to the back room to see what Sho had done.

Kuon quietly entered his bedroom and smiled at Kyoko sleeping peacefully in the center of his bed. She had left the lamp on and there was a notebook laying to her side. He picked it up closing it to neatly set it on their nightstand and perch himself in it's spot on the bed. Softly he caressed her cheek with the backs of his fingers. She let out a contented sigh in her sleep. He trailed his hand down her neck.

"Corn." She breathed rolling over as he drew his fingers across her collarbone. His eyes flicked to hers worried that he had woken her. Her eyes remained shut and her breathing soft and even. She was smiling in her sleep mumbling about Corn's wings being beautiful.

"Silly girl." He chuckled leaning down to kiss her cheek. As he rose up, he spotted her hand gently resting on her chest.

His eyes zeroed in on the deep purple marks on her wrist. He sucked in his breath and suppressed a scream. He should have killed that boy. Before he could wake her up and start demanding answers, he exited to the bathroom to shower for bed. There was no reason to be mad at Kyoko but sometimes he wanted to shake some sense into her. She seemed to believe that Fuwa Sho was a decent human being deep down inside. She couldn't see that the boy she had grown up with was a monster down to his core. He got into the shower willing the hot water to melt his anger away.

"Compassion?" he laughed derisively. "That boy doesn't even have empathy for his own family."

Kuon knew that Sho hadn't called his own mother in over two months. He knew because they spoke weekly and Kuon had gone to the Fuwa Ryokan to visit with the older couple a few times. They had welcomed, however reluctantly at first, into their home. Sho's father liked that Kuon liked to fish and hike, and they had plans to go out together with Kuu in the summer. If only the Darumaya couple would be more open. Then all Kyoko's parental figures could be involved in their lives. And they would all see how much happier she was when Sho wasn't around.

A hand smoothed up his back startling him out of his thoughts. His irritation melted away as her arms snaked around his torse and she pressed her bare breasts to his back.

"I'm sorry did I wake you?" he asked closing his eyes and basking in the moment.

"No." She fibbed tugging on his shoulder so he would turn around.

"Liar." He said turning and wrapping her in his arms.

"I wanted to wait up for you. I finished writing something and I thought you might like to read it and tell me if it's any good."

"I'm sure it's amazing." He praised kissing her head.

She raised her head seeking a kiss. He obliged cupping her cheek and licking the water from her lips. He caressed his hand down her arm and gently took her bruised wrist in his hand. Though the touch was soft and careful it sent pan through her arm. She flinched but he held onto her wrist. Her heart pounded with the fear that she would be scolded but he met her gaze and pressed a kiss to her knuckles.

"I'm sorry I wasn't there to protect you again." He said laying a kiss against her writs. She caressed his cheek and leaned up kissing his bottom lip.

"I should say, before I let you seduce me, your friend is in the guest room." He admitted. He wouldn't mind having sex with someone else in the apartment, but he knew she would be embarrassed.

"My friend?"

"Kana-san. We had too much to drink so she drove us all home and came up with me for appearances." He explained.

"Oh," she said pouting. "Then we'd better shower and get to bed."

"Yes, ma'am." He said picking up his shampoo.

A/N: It's nearly four in the morning and I couldn't sleep so here's a chapter for you. Some of the scenes were written before at an appropriate hour. Some of the scenes were finished or written in their entirety between one and three forty in the morning. I don't know why I always write and post things when I should be sleeping but I do. I know I should wait to post it but as I mentioned I haven't slept and I just want to post it. I hope you liked it though I'm sure it's riddled with typos.