AN: So I've sorted my problems out with this fic. I don't like updating it on days in which I work seven or eight hours because I get tired and especially if people don't review it because then it's like I spend energy that I don't have and it goes little appreciated so I've decided to try to update every other days but on days when I work seven or eight hours or maybe even six, I'm not going to update because I don't feel I have time to update.

Act Thirty-Four – Home

Kyoko had already made arrangements with the Taisho and the Okami-san that she would be living with them in exchange for working more at the restaurant, they had been a little worried about her and so the Okami-san had eagerly welcomed her back. Kyoko was going to give Ren a second chance though. Maybe he wasn't a fairy but he was a kind individual, she just wanted an explanation from him and to know why he lied.

She had packed her bags but she could easily unpack and she was sitting on her knees at the table and just staring at the door. He should have finished with his shoot half an hour ago so he would be home soon. She bowed her head and heard the beep of the door. She didn't move and as he entered he looked at her confused.

"Kyoko-chan, is everything okay?" he asked her before seeing her firm expression and he took a step back. Had he done something that had angered her? He couldn't think of anything.

"Somebody told me something today whilst I was working as a Love Me member," she said trying to be as vague as possible and hope that he didn't connect the dots. He blinked at her and Kyoko stood. "Just tell me the truth because they said fairies weren't real. It was someone from the agency," she told him and Ren looked at her guiltily. He wanted to ask who it was but he didn't want to overstep.

"What do you think?" he asked as he noticed the bags. She obviously had been convinced against her own beliefs.

"They were quite convincing," she told him and Ren sighed and pushed his hand back through his hair. "You, yourself, told me that Ruriko wasn't actually a princess so I want to hear your words. I want you to tell me whether or not you're a fairy prince."

"I…" Ren whispered as he looked away, "I'm not a fairy prince."

Kyoko frowned, the feeling of being betrayed coming back to her again. She felt the tears in her eyes as he looked away feeling guilty for continuing the lie. "So, you lied to me?" she asked and Ren sighed as he looked at the ceiling.

"I didn't mean to, I meant to tell you before but I didn't know how to. I wanted to help you. You mean a lot to me," he said and Kyoko looked at him, her eyes narrowing as she studied him. Somehow the mature Ren seemed a lot more self-conscious, he seemed more innocent and afraid of her reaction but he had been lying to her. He had been actively lying to her and making up stories which had clouded the truth but his answer to her next question might be enough to get her to stay.

"Who are you really?" she asked and Ren looked at her with wide eyes, he looked away. "What is your real name?"

"I'm really sorry," he told her slowly, "I'm unable to provide that information."

"So," Kyoko whispered as her hands turned into fists, she tried hard to blink back the tears that were starting to overwhelm her. "You just think that I'm some huge joke. You wanted to lie to me because you think it's funny."

"I…I don't think it's funny," Ren said feeling desperate but also caged. As much as he wanted to tell her the truth, he knew that it wasn't an option that he really had. "Kyoko, I care about you. I really do. That's just something that I can't tell anyone. I wanted to reconnect with you but…I can't let you know the details of my personal life."

Kyoko bowed her head as a few tears fell down her cheeks, "Friends tell, Ren." She tried to stop a sob and Ren reached out for her, wanting to comfort her. Kyoko pushed his hand off of her shoulder causing Ren to take a few steps back. He shouldn't touch her right now. "Friends tell each other the most basic of details like their real name and where they're from."

Ren looked away, "So you're asking me to choose between our friendship and giving out my personal information and background," he took a deep breath in before bowing his own head. "I can't give you that information. I've lived in this country since I was fifteen. I can't tell you what my name is or where I'm from. I'm really sorry."

"Then I have to leave," Kyoko told him and Ren nodded. "I can't live with a stranger," she told him and Ren nodded again. He hated what was happening but this was the way it had to be. He should have known that he wouldn't be allowed important people. She took her phone out of her pocket and Ren took a step back.

"Keep it," he told her, "I promise that I won't call you on it again but please keep it," he said and Kyoko stared at him.

"You know that I can't keep it," she said as she picked up her bags and Ren bit his top lip before shaking his head.

"I'm not taking it back," he told her before seeing her walk out of the door. He looked at the open door and sank onto the floor. He should have known that he didn't deserve actual happiness.

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The next night, Kyoko had found herself a place to sit on the stairs at LME. She held tightly to Corn trying to get the stone to work its magic. She wondered if she had made the right decision when it had come to Ren but she didn't want to stay with another liar. She didn't want to make the same mistake that she had when it had come to Shotaro. She froze as she turned the stone in her hand.

"It's okay. It's okay. It's okay," she said as she sat down feeling the sadness flow through her. Maybe it had been a tragic event that made it so that Ren wasn't able to tell her who he truly was. Still, in denying her the truth, he was causing a block in her friendship where she couldn't trust him anymore.

She held tight to the stone remembering her friend from her childhood. She could try and keep the little boy and the man separate, maybe that would be a good way of coping with the situation. "I'm all right. It's already nothing. Totally fine," she repeated as if a mantra.

She had to get all of the darkness removed from her heart and Corn would help her to do that. She took a final breath before raising her head with a smile, snapping back to reality. "Okay!" she said happily. She could at least start feeling fine even with the huge truth bomb she had experienced the previous night.

She looked down at the stone remembering that precious moment between the two of them. She smiled, trying to think of the best memories she had of "Corn". Once again, I've depended on you to help absorb my sadness. She thought as she looked at the stone. She could feel his body on hers but she would have to forget that feeling until he was ready to be honest with her. Maybe she could give him a second chance if he was honest with her.

As her fingers slid over the stone, Kyoko lost herself in that feeling of nostalgia. She was so lost that she didn't realize that Sawara-san was standing behind her and she flinched at the moment that she heard his voice.

"Mogami-san," he said and she stood up quickly.

"Sa-Sawara-san," she panicked, "Are you going home now?" she asked, he had obviously startled her.

"What are you doing in such a place? Sitting alone?" he asked and Kyoko tried to brush away his concern. She didn't feel the need to burden anybody else. She laughed, getting up and attempting to look professional.

Waving her hand in the air, she smiled weakly, "Nothing, it's just that…" she heard a clanking sound and then turned to look in her hands. Corn was gone. He was moving down the stairs, he was moving away from her. She screamed as she hurried down the stairs but when she arrived at the bottom she couldn't find it. Despite how she searched, she still couldn't find it.

Just like Ren, her relationship with Corn had come to an end.

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After a busy day of work, Ren and Yashiro walked down the same corridor that Kyoko had been in less than an hour before. Yashiro knew that something was wrong, all that Ren had told him was that Kyoko had moved out and gone to live somewhere else where she would be closer to her other job. He had then turned quiet, not wanting to talk about the subject in any more depth. Yashiro wondered whether he really would be okay, it felt a little as if Kyoko had deflected his affections.

As Ren walked down the hallway, his eyes stopped and his body turned cold. Right next to his foot was the Corn stone. She had disposed of it? It was in a shadowy location and he had only seen it by chance but if she had dropped it wouldn't she have looked for it. She was giving up not only on their friendship at this time but on the nostalgic feelings of the past.

With a deep sigh, Ren picked it up and held it between his thumb and index finger. He knew that it was the same stone and he wasn't going to let it go. He hadn't wanted to let Kyoko go but there were circumstances that were out of his control.

"What is that?" Yashiro asked as Ren smiled sadly. He had given her this so that she could have some way of directing her sadness onto a physical object. He had tried to leave her with a parting gift because he really had wanted to take care of her. It seemed that she was now rejecting that. He shouldn't be surprised, he had led to increasing her distrust in men.

"This kind of stone is mined in Kyoko," he told Yashiro trying to hide the nostalgic feelings and the depression that this stone was providing for him. "A lot of locals know of this stone since they sell them in souvenir shops all the time," he tried to inform Yashiro who believed that he was just finding out some new fact about Ren that he didn't have record of.

"Are you okay?" Yashiro asked with a tilt of his head and Ren nodded, carefully putting Corn into his pocket so that it would remain safe.

"It was just for a moment, I was wondering how a person could change so much," he said and Yashiro looked at him confused.

"What are you talking about?" he asked, "Are you referring to Kyoko?"

Ren shook his head. He had no right to judge her for any change she might have been through. She had been right the previous night, he was more like a stranger to her now because with all the changes that she had been through she had definitely not changed as much as he had.

End of Act Thirty Four

Thank you for reading, reviews are appreciated

Thank you to the reviewers of Act Thirty Three

Brennakai, Guest (x3), H-Nala, Kaname671, Kris XD, MWEH

Author Response

I think what I said in my author note makes the most sense for me emotionally. I think I was just stressed that sometimes I would work three eight hour shifts in a row and wouldn't have time to update but I'd scheduled it so I'm happy with my new arrangement, sorry if that disappoints anyone. Kyoko is still hurt from Sho so that's why she's projecting onto Ren…also, certain events in the manga wouldn't make sense if they lived together at this point.