Author Note: I know this is a weird place to put this author note and for that I apologize. Yesterday I almost gave up on fanfiction since three people decided to contact me and tell me how they thought it was funny in a 'you're pathetic' way that I like doing rewrites. Well, I'm a perfectionist but I'm also emotional and impulsive due to a psychological disorder so the fact that I actually stated that this time I would be working on both fics, the old and the new, and still people attacked me for it really hurt.

If you want to see a schedule of my updates, then go and visit my profile. I'm very sensitive, probably overly sensitive, but I really did want to give up writing last night. Well, I hope you enjoy this chapter and I'm really sorry for babbling on in an author note.

Chapter Four – Natural Lighting

Kyoko looked around her room at the Darumaya. She had taken down the Shou and Ren pictures and hidden the dolls already in case he wanted to take a look up and see her room, but she still didn't want him to think that she was poor. There weren't a lot of expensive items in here and the ones that were here all were gifts and most of them from her recent birthday.

She knew that Ren…no Kuon was very aware that they were both of different social classes, however that didn't mean that her lack of fashionable clothing wouldn't scare him off. She had stood in front of the mirror for a while trying to figure out which of her clothes she could wear for a date. She knew that Ren Tsuruga would take her out somewhere elegant and memorable, he would try to be romantic and really go in for the kill with some music being played on a Stradivarius.

Corn would take her somewhere outdoors where they could enjoy nature together. If she was with Corn then she would know it was a very casual moment and that Corn could be clumsy and silly but he would always have a cute smile on his face. He would tease her in other ways and she wouldn't have to dress too elegant.

Then again, there was always Kuon. She had seen slivers of Kuon before or at least Ren's other side when they had been acting together as the Heel siblings. She wondered if Kuon would have taken her out on a motorbike for a night of adventure where he'd try to sedu-no, Kyoko laughed weakly. Kuon was probably more like Kuu apart from with much less food.

Was there some kind of manual for dating a man who had three different personalities? Was there a guide for how to dress and then what if she started the date off with Ren but she left the restaurant with Corn and came back with Kuon. She laughed weakly as she thought about that.

Kuon didn't have multiple personalities, he just used a stage name. There may be subtle differences with all of them but they all were the same person, right?

Hearing a knock on the back door of the restaurant, Kyoko smiled at the cute skirt and blouse combo she had picked out in pastel colors with a white jacket and shoes. She hoped that she wasn't too ill fit for her new boyfriend. She blushed as she reminded herself of that fact. She had a boyfriend.

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Okami-san heard the knock on the back door of the restaurant and then looked across at her husband who was getting together a bowl of fish. "Dear, Kyoko asked us not to give this one the fish test as he's taking her out to dinner. I wonder what type of nice and sweet boy she agreed to date," she mused. Kyoko hadn't said much about who she was going out with, she had just formally bowed and explained that she was going to be dating someone and that she would finish her work early if possible.

Kyoko had never dated before so it was very exciting for the female owner of the restaurant. She shuffled to the back door and opened it, her eyes widening at the man opposite.

Kyoko really was dating Ren Tsuruga!?

Ren stood there with a smile, he had a bouquet of flowers in one hand and a high price spice set in a box under his arms. He had managed to style his hair similar to the night when Kyoko's mother had denied her existence and he wore a leather jacket, white shirt, and formal black pants. He bowed and then gave a gentleman's smile.

"Here," he handed them to Okami-san with his gentleman smile. "I'm here to meet with Kyoko, I would really like it if I could date her," he said as Taisho watched him cautiously to which Ren gave another smile.

"You will eat the fish today," he said to Ren who paled slightly.

"Of course," he replied through his smile which seemed to annoy Taisho further. He sat down at a table as the fish was brought to him. He had practiced for this and he was going to devour this fish in the best way he could, a style of eating that would make his father proud of him.

As he was finishing, Kyoko came down and put a hand over her mouth to stop herself from laughing.

"I'm glad that you're being given another chance," she smiled as Taishou nodded, accepting the victory, "but you are Ren Tsuruga and your stomach can only take so much food. Probably because your mother made it such an ordeal for you as a child."

"An odd form of punishment that I still have nightmares about," Ren laughed before standing. "I'll make sure to take good care of her and I won't keep her out too late," he promised them before turning back to her. "You look beautiful as always, Kyoko" he said.

Okami-san looked at them before going over to her husband, "Is Tsuruga-san allowed to date women being an artiste?" she had to ask as Taishou frowned watching the two of them.

"Oh," Ren laughed not understanding the old Japanese custom about actors just as he hadn't understood the phrase when he had first met Bo. "Don't worry, I'm able to date women so I won't get her into trouble," he said before looking curiously at Kyoko.

"So you can work as an actor and still date women?" Okami-san said as Ren's eyes widened.

"Oh yes, I'm completely straight at least to the experiences I've had so far, I don't know entirely about my manager but it's not the kind of thing that you ask about," he smiled. "There are of course some Japanese actors who aren't heterosexual, but I'm only attracted to women," Ren attempted to explain as Kyoko looked between them.

"Well, we're heading out for the night, hope you have a good night and I'll make sure not to make a lot of noise when I come back," Kyoko bowed before directing Ren to the back door. "Did you really have to say that about Yashiro?" she asked him as Kuon blinked.

"Well, if Yashiro came up to me tomorrow and introduced me to his boyfriend then I'd applaud, there's nothing wrong with that. I grew up in LA, a lot of people in the industry are of different sexualities," Ren blinked as if it was that easy.

Kyoko shook her head before a playful smile came over her face, "Well, Ren. If I ever have to go under cover as a man for a long period of time, I might have to make you my boyfriend or life partner,"

"And I would be okay with that," Ren laughed honestly. "As long as it was you."

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"Sir, madam," a French waiter said as Ren and Kyoko stood at the check in. It was of course a very high profile restaurant and everyone was staring at Ren Tsuruga with an actress that they kind of…sort of recognized. "Your private table," he led the two of them out to the balcony where they were surrounded by nature including a small river with fish in it.

Kyoko sat down and pulled her jacket around her as Ren raised an eyebrow.

"Oh god, are you cold? Sorry I thought this would be…" Ren quickly attempted to apologize but Kyoko shook her head.

"I'm so happy that I get to enjoy nature with you again…Corn," she whispered knowing that there was nobody around them. "This place really takes me back to when I first met you, my fairy prince."

Kuon smiled and bowed his head with a grin effectively switching to his real self despite having the appearance of Ren Tsuruga. "Kyoko, after we spoke this morning, well Yashiro brought up a good point and I think I'd like to ask you about it."

"Sure, I mean, if you feel like something Yashiro said is important to bring up then go ahead," Kyoko said nervously since usually Ren would just brush off some of the things that his manager said to him and wouldn't place any importance on it. It seemed that Yashiro had struck some kind of chord here though because Ren had obviously been triggered by it.

"If there are women who are jealous of you, if those women get…" Kuon tried and Kyoko laughed.

"I am in love with you, Re-Reon" she said teasingly, "So I say let them come. I don't care how many of those silly girls get mad at me because I'm the one who ended up with the prince. I don't care what they say about me, I care about what you say about me. I care about you keeping me safe from them" Kyoko tried to explain honestly.

Kuon shook his head, "You're amazing," he laughed.

Kyoko looked down with a blush covering her face, she didn't know how to describe how amazing she actually found the man in front of her. She wanted to match his praises but she didn't want to let her heart open all at once. She was glad that he was there though, if it was anyone else she would definitely not have felt this comfortable.

"Do you take a lot of women here?" she asked before pausing. That sounded very judgmental, maybe he thought that she was accusing him of being a date recycler or that he was hiding something.

"No, I actually haven't really dated anyone before as Ren Tsuruga. As, Ku…the other guy, yes, I've taken a girl to a restaurant like this, well not so much a restaurant but a picnic. It was terrible," he smiled to her and Kyoko felt herself at ease seeing him laugh at his own memories. "The girl complained the entire time about her hair, nature, the bugs that she thought she saw. Then she refused to eat any of the food that I'd purchased because she accused me of bringing dirty food. It was a real mess. I'm glad that you're not like that, Kyoko…really glad."

Kyoko smiled and put a hand out as she squeezed Kuon's. "I'm just glad that I'm with you…Reon," she tried again as he smiled at how she was attempting to combine the names. "It doesn't really matter where we are, of course this is beautiful scenery, but to me it doesn't matter where we are or what we do. What matters to me is who I'm with and I wouldn't pick anyone else."

Kuon nodded, he was relieved to hear that. "Well, how about if I let you pick the next date. As you said it doesn't matter where we are or what we do, the only thing that matters is that I'm with the woman I'm crazy about," he held her hand and lifted it so he could softly and affectionately kiss the back of it.

Kyoko blushed again but nodded as she started to put together a plan. "Could I borrow your spare key?" she asked as Kuon nodded and got it out without questioning her on her motives. "I've thought about what I want to do for our next date, but I need to know your schedule as well."

"Of course," Kuon nodded, "I mean, I can tell you my schedule as Ren. If you've noticed, I've slipped out of his character for a moment," he laughed as Kyoko smiled.

"I want to fix you dinner, Reon" she smiled. She liked saying this. She knew that the world wasn't allowed to know that Ren Tsuruga and Kuon Hizuri were the same person, but she desperately wanted to call him Corn and Kuon. Saying Reon might attract some weird looks, but it could easily be passed off as just a very strange way of saying Ren's name.

"Alright, I'll look forward to it," Kuon grinned before looking down at the menu.

As delicious and expertly cooked as this food was, Kuon and Ren were both looking forward to whatever Kyoko would choose to cook much more. Her food really did taste better than anything else.