Heels 3
Rewritten version
Wow. I'm so happy that you still want more.
Dia; Thank you for the review. It made my day really and got me pumped up for another one. I dedicate this one to you.
To the guests reviewing, Thank you a lot. I hope you enjoy this one too.
Disclaimer. I do not own the characters or the original story. I only own the order these words are put together.
I hope this still stayed in the same rating as the original manga. There is a bit more steam in this one but I hope I justify it enough with the way they reason about it.
….. Contains spoilers from chapter 209….
Kyoko woke up to the sound of her alarm. The song was a soundtrack for a horror movie that always made her freeze up and that was the reason she had chosen it. It made her tense up and think before she moved.
She was amazingly warm and her bed smelled amazing.
'Ren is in my bed.' Kyoko realized as the sound cut short. The little pause in Kyoko's mind gave Setsu time to take over and move on auto. Setsu reached out for her brother and put their lips together lightly. It was a greeting and she moved to be able to press her face to his neck.
"Good morning Nii-san." She sighed and relaxed into his heat again. It smelled amazing for some reason and Kyoko started to wake up in their mind.
"Morning Setsu. I was about to scold you for the early wakeup call but I guess you made up for it." She could hear the smirk in his voice as he wrapped her in his arms. Kyoko was burning with embarrassment inside her mind but couldn't really find a reason to cut the cuddling short. She also kind of enjoyed it.
Setsu let herself be held for about five more minutes before she slowly slipped out of his hold.
"Setsu." He complained and she could hear the Puppy-pout without looking. She refused to meet his eyes just because she knew that he would be able twist her around his finger.
"I will get some breakfast." She yawned and Cain followed her out of the bed. He caught her waist and pulled her back into his arms.
"They serve breakfast at this hotel. You may sleep for another 30 minutes." He told her and she slowly turned inside his arms.
"Hum, but sleep is so wasteful." She smirked and lifted her knee to put it beside him at the bed. He was forced to fall back as she moved up to sit on his stomach. He let go of her waist and fell backwards with an expecting face.
Setsu leaned and laid her face on his chest right above his heat. His pulse was strangely quick but the pulsations sounded comfortable.
"I did not think you would be this cuddly in the morning. If I knew I would have slept beside you earlier." He murmured and slowly stroked her back.
"Never too late to start." She hummed back and Cain exhaled in a laugh. Setsu inhaled his scent deep into her nose and felt her pulse rise in response.
'I'm glad I woke in character. Morning cuddles with my Senpai.' Kyoko was kyuing inside her head. 'But please Setsu. A kiss on the lips… you have to warn me about it before!' Kyoko whined internally.
'Says the girl that kissed him on the lips yesterday.'
'What?!'
'Yes, I don't remember calling him Nii-san even once. I was not in charge.' Setsu mused and Kyoko paled inside her head so badly that Setsu quit pushing her and instead turned to her brother.
Setsu had time to inhale one more breath of his smell before Kyoko overwhelmed her and stepped in front.
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Ren had only slept for short moments that night but he could not regret it. Her relaxed face and the small snores had been adoring. He had counted her eyelashes when they both flinched by the alarm. Ren reached for the phone quickly as it was far too early to wake up for them both. He found the right button and then turned to her face to see if he had managed to kill it in time. He saw her blink a few times and then without warning, she reached for his head and melted their lips together.
"Good morning Nii-san." She hummed, still drowsy and Ren couldn't help to be stunned.
Cain moved his body and talked without Ren being present. He came back when Cain stopped her escape and pulled her back to the bed.
'She even woke up in character.' He was baffled as she pushed him back down and curled up with her face to his chest. He soaked in the closeness without moving and hoped he could convince her to get a bit delayed for the shooting.
The girl suddenly moved in his arms and she landed on her knees to his side. The position was too tense to be his sister. Cain got up on his elbow and met her eyes. It wasn't his sister that looked back and Ren filled with surprise but also a sting of nervousness.
"Tsuruga-san I'm sorry to break character but I must ask you something." Her whole body emitted concern and Ren quickly stepped forward.
"It's all right Mogami-san. What do you want to ask?" Ren couldn't help but to feel a bit uneasy.
'Is it about the kiss? Is she going to tell me not to talk to her outside the act anymore?'
"Is my new Setsuka alright? It feels right but I wonder if I took it too far or didn't push it enough? Is the new Setsuka someone that Cain would love?" She was talking fast but he managed to catch every word.
'She is asking about her role?' Ren could only stare at her while she fidgeted. 'If I tell her to bring it down a notch it would probably be better for my heart. But I can't do that.'
"I think your Setsuka is the perfect one. I'm certain that Cain would love and pamper that Setsuka for every waking moment." Ren saw the adoring blush rise on her cheeks. She looked embarrassed but then saw the fire lit up in her eyes.
"Tsuruga-san." She said and she started to transform in front of his eyes. "I will let Setsu roam freely."
"Mogami-san." Ren interrupted her and Kyoko regained her face. He had to calm down his nerves somewhat. "I'm sorry if this project forces you to do things you are not comfortabl…" He began but her violently shaking head stopped him.
"No! Don't worry, Tsuruga-san. I enjoy acting with you and I learn a lot from Setsu and Cain. Please do not worry and continue to play the brother Setsu loves."
"But to make a pure…" He stopped again when her smile turned awkward.
"Well, it turns out that I'm not as pure as I believed. But it is all right. Setsu makes me see things and makes me grow. Don't worry, Tsuruga-san. I'm a bit sore but I love playing Setsu. I want to be the perfect sister for the short time that remains." She spoke rapidly and Ren got hooked up on many of the words she blurted out.
'Wha….?'
"I will bring Setsu out now." She smiled and the light left her eyes. Ren couldn't keep up with the rapid changes and the mind-blowing things she just had knocked him with still echoed in his head.
Setsu climbed back onto his stomach and Cain pulled her close while Ren was struggling to keep levelled in his mind.
'Hey! Wait a minute! What? Not pure? What is she not pure about? And she loves playing Setsu? Wasn't Setsu far from her desired roles? And sore? Sore where?' Ren was about to break out to ask her when she stroked the place on his neck that she had marked some weeks before.
"My mark is gone." She sighed and pulled back to look at him. "It's a shame." Cain smirked at her.
"You know I'm yours." He brushed her hair back as she sat up on his stomach.
"I do. However..." She said tilting her head. "That twat of an actor yesterday did not seem to know whom I belonged to. You better mark me good." Setsu hummed and Cain tried to make out her mind.
"I thought you said you didn't want me to do that to you?" He asked and Setsu looked like she was weighing her options.
"I don't want you to do me like any other woman." She looked oblivious to the double meaning of her words while Ren died a bit on the inside.
'Do her? Kyoko! What are you saying?' Ren gasped in their head and Kuon was too amused for it to sit well with Cain.
"Setsu…" He began but she silenced him with a finger on his lips.
"Nii-san, let me ask you. Have you ever bitten a woman before?" She asked and all the men immediately knew the answer.
"No." Kuon laughed.
'With my father? His gentleman ways did influence me. There is no way I would even get the idea of biting a woman.' Kuon shivered by the thought of his father finding out he had done that.
"Good. Then leave a mark like I did. Bite then suck. That is something you only may do with me." She said and leaned close like she wanted to threaten him into obeying. Cain could only stare at her and tried to make out if she was joking. Kuon and Ren was gobsmacked inside their head.
'Did she just ask him to bite her?' Ren gaped.
'Do it!' Kuon ushered. 'She asked for it. You can't resist.'
Cain got up on his elbows while she looked down on her own body.
"How about on my neck? Or collarbone? How about the stomach maybe?" She asked and touched each place she named. Ren was not strong enough to resist and he really didn't have any reason to.
Cain flipped them around and pressed her into the mattress. He didn't warn her before he bit down on the juncture between her neck and shoulder. Setsu inhaled sharply and threw her head back to allow him access.
Cain lowered his weight on top of her, pinning her to the bed.
"Harder." She purred in his ear. "That little won't make a mark." She chuckled and he bit down harder.
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'Ouch.' Setsu mused and Kyoko blushed. Her adrenaline was flowing so fast she barely noticed the pain.
'Ren joined me in the act. I wanted to test the limits but this was not it. He touches me without hesitating. He doesn't seem to have noticed my slip yesterday.' She smiled and distantly wondered if her skin bleed.
Cain let go with his teeth and his lips took their place. Some pain leaked through when he sucked on the bruised area. She couldn't help the sharp inhale and her brother flinched. He looked startled into her eyes and she could see regret beginning to emerge. She had to stop it before he acted on it.
"That was intense." Setsu smirked and bit her lip. "I didn't know I liked pain that much." She winked his way and was amazed when she saw actual blood on his lips. She sensed his confusion as she licked her thumb and rubbed his lip with it.
"You look great with blood." Setsu got the smudge off him and his eyes turned wide again. Setsu saw him turn to the mark and she had to do something about that look he let slip through.
'Nii-san was mad at himself for hurting me. But it was my idea.'
"Nothing says taken as a bite does." She said and flipped them over again. She leaned down and hummed pleased. "We have to perfect this technique."
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'More?' Ren gaped and looked at the mark again. It was already black and blue and one blood vessel had busted all the way to the surface. 'It's bleeding.'
"My turn." Setsu purred and Cain had to hold the mask hard as she eyed him like prey. "And I know just the place." She hummed and moved to his left side. Cain couldn't really follow what she was doing but she continued down.
He got up on his elbows the moment she bit the tender skin on his hip. It was just above the low riding sleeping pants and Ren blew a fuse seeing the girl at his hip. It hurt as she bit down but she didn't take long. She let the skin go with an audible plop and chewed on her lip with a victorious grin.
"Now we are even. You have marked my neck and hip and I have done the same." She smiled and climbed off the bed. "I will take a shower and you will order breakfast. Just tell them you want the usual." She said and picked up some clothes from the drawer in the hallway. Ren, Cain and Kuon all stared as she walked to the bathroom and closed the door.
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As soon as the girl felt the lock on the bathroom door click into place, she dropped her mask and ran to the mirror. Kyoko blushed bright red while she eyed the mark on her shoulder.
There were two half-moon sets of teeth and an off-centre black bruise. It looked more painful than she recalled it feeling like and it grew darker as she watched. Kyoko took a picture of the mark and got a closer look. The blush grew even more heated and she crouched down on the floor. 'Is there no limit for the siblings' actions? He didn't stop me or even reacted from that.'
'Ohh girl you are so bashful today you make me blush.' Setsu smirked and Kyoko quickly jumped into the shower to hide her blush and left the wig and the contacts on the counter behind.
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Ren didn't even think about getting out of the bed. His mind had too much to handle to be able to stand. Not even ten minutes after he had given her the go for the new Setsuka, she shocked him again.
'The thought of that girl taking a bite of my hipbone... What is this? Did the insomnia play tricks on my mind?' Ren let his hand find his left hip and he could feel the bump of the bruise. 'No, it's real. I can feel it.' Ren put his other arm over his head in case she walked into the room. He needed to hide the blush he had heating on his face.
'How will I be able to keep this up?' He grunted and traced the mark with his fingers. 'I won't…'
'No. You can't abandon your role. That girl said she loved playing Setsu. And I have to be her brother.'
'No matter how much it will damage my heart. We have to play this act with her.' Kuon agreed as Ren sighed and got up. He lifted the phone at the room's desk and ended up in front of a mirror. He could see the dark mark and he probed it while he ordered them food.
Her words suddenly echoed through his head again and he frowned.
"Admiring my work?" A voice asked behind him and Setsu walked up to his side. She reached out to trace the mark too and her touch burned his skin.
"Yes. But Setsu, what did you mean about me marking your hip?" He asked and turned to his sister. He leaned against the dresser and she came in close to his front.
"I discovered it last night when I took a shower. I didn't even notice it before then. Guess you really didn't like it when Murasame tried to take me off the dance floor." She chuckled and turned her side to him. Cain watched as she hiked the white skirt down a few centimetres and he saw a bruise on her hip. It took him a moment to figure out its shape.
"What did that?" He asked and Setsu grinned while she took his hand and matched his left hand index finger with the bruise. Cain couldn't help but to yank away his hand when he saw that it fitted perfectly and there was an additional bruise from his thumb visible on her lower back.
"Why didn't you stop me?" He couldn't believe it when she smiled at him.
"Why didn't you stop me from biting your hip? Because I enjoyed it. I only wished for you to hold me even harder." There was a sincerity in her voice that immediately calmed him down.
"You know I have all fingers." She mused and spread his fingers to match a grip on her hip. She had to turn her back on him to make the angle work. He let her, but then wrapped his arm around her middle and pulled her back to his front. He kissed her hair.
"You are amazing." He exhaled and Setsu snorted.
"It makes me happy that you don't see me as a fragile girl." She reached for his other arm and brought it around her body too.
"There is no way that will ever happen. You are strong." He liked how she played with his fingers and soaked in her nice, newly bathed smell.
They stayed like that only for a moment until there was a knock on the door with their breakfast.
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Kyoko sat on the set for half the day just letting her mind process everything she had done and discovered during the short time in Guam with her brother.
It all condensed into the fact that this feeling in her body was new.
Never had she felt this much just talking to another person while trying to decipher his responses. She had been happy when Shotaro just was in the same room. But she never put any weight in his words when he dismissed her or when he treated her beneath his level.
If Ren had said the things Shotaro had, Kyoko knew she would never recover. It was a whole different level of matureness in her thinking. She was not satisfied with a fantasy anymore. She fully wanted the real thing. She was happy to be at Ren's side but her heart followed his every mood swing and every sigh with care. She wanted him to want her. She wanted his approval, without it she wouldn't allow herself to stand by his side.
'Your focus has shifted. You are not focusing on the image of a relationship like with Shotaro. You are focusing on the person itself. You know it would not be perfect but it would be worth it with that person.' Setsu put her thoughts into the process and Kyoko weighed her words as if they were from a dear friend.
'It feels different. I can't put a word to it….'
'For me it's clear. Shotaro was the unwilling prince in your fairy tale, you didn't ask for his approval, you did not try to find out what he thought about it. You just had your vision and thought he would come around. That was just your own admiration that made you blind.'
'Admiration? What I had for Shotaro was only admiration?'
'I think you almost counted as a believer.' Setsu said and undid the lid on the water bottle. The temperature had climbed again and sweat damped her back.
'W... Why would you say that?' There was no denial in Kyoko's mental voice. Just a pure want to understand.
'Why did you still love him and follow him around when you knew he kissed and slept with other girls?'
'Because I thought he would eventually come around.'
'You refused to see the truth and never tried to take his opinion into consideration. He was just a piece fitting into the puzzle you were building.'
'He was the only one I ever was around. I guess he was the only logical choice.'
'Let me ask you. How would you react if Tsuruga-san kissed someone, not from work, and you saw it?' Setsu inhaled sharply when their heart clenched in pain. 'Damn it girl.'
'I-I would wish him happiness. He deserves to be happy.' Kyoko stammered mentally and Setsu could only feel pity.
'I know girl. You would break. You would not be able to blank out and ignore it later. It would hurt you and you would feel sorrow for the possibility lost. Because you would respect his choice and realize he could never be yours. If one girl broke past his heart's defences she would stay there, forever.' Setsu breathed through the pain and found her brother slashing an innocent bystander's throat on set. Kyoko was processing a lot in their brain and Setsu followed the path she made.
'Setsu. You really think this is different?'
'Kyoko, what do you think? Let's face it. It was not only measurements for the dolls that ran through your brain when you took a closer look at Ren's body? You never even considered wanting to see Shotaro undressed.'
'Please don't say that.' Kyoko wailed and the images that threatened to make her face flush resurfaced in her mind. Setsu cleared her throat and shifted her seating. She was dangerously close to being pulled into La-la land and needed the girl in her mind to focus.
'I won't be able to help you for much longer. You should take this opportunity to pick your own mind and realize the difference.' Kyoko returned to reality and Setsu could feel the gratitude flow out of the girl.
'Setsu, you have already made me realize so much. And I have learned how to stay in an act no matter what. I will never forget you.'
'Don't say it like I'm going to die.' Setsu mused and smirked at the tall man that walked straight towards her across the set. 'I'm a part of you.'
'Thank you, nonetheless. I owe you a lot.'
'Don't thank me too soon. I still have a lot up my sleeve before leaving my Nii-san.' Setsu thought and Kyoko grew pale in their head with the suggestions Setsuka considered. Setsu did get a bit proud when she didn't hear even one complaint from the girl regarding her possible actions.
"Setsu."
"Done?" She asked and Cain made an unhappy grunt.
"Two-hour break." He said and Setsu rose to stand beside him.
"You look tired." She reached for his face and stroked beneath his left eye with her thumb. Her hand was cold from holding the water bottle and Cain leaned into the touch.
"Setsuka-san!" Someone took the opportunity to break their tender moment with his presence. Cain turned to Murasame with dark eyes even if Setsu tried to ignore him.
"Setsuka-san. We have to talk about what happened yesterday." The man said and Setsu glared at him from the corner of her eye.
"About what?" She asked but then noticed Manaka behind the actor. "I said what I wanted." She turned to her brother and leaned into his space.
"First a hamster then a scared bunny." She said in English and she could see that her comment amused her brother.
"Stop that! We are trying to discuss something here."
"We don't have anything to discuss." Setsu snaked her arm around Cain's waist to give him comfort by touch.
"You attached Manaka yesterday!" Murasame fumed and looked like he was about to rip them apart.
"I did? I only remember talking to her."
"You threatened her." Seemed like he heard the whisper then.
"Yeah, I know."
"You can't do that!" He seemed stunned about her indifferent tone of voice.
"Did you not threaten my brother the very first day on set? Something about making him…" Setsu just kept her voice flat and watched as Murasame first looked like he was about to reject but then remember the incident. He clenched his jaw and Manaka spoke up instead.
"You can't do that to me. I'm just a frail girl." Setsu twitched when the irritation peaked in her body.
"Just a girl?"
"Yes! I can't take it when you are mean to me!" Manaka said with conviction but it only pissed Setsuka off even more.
"Why should you get special treatment just because you are a girl? I'm a woman. Do you think I'm fragile too?" Setsu asked in a low voice as silky as honey. The men both knew that answering yes to that question meant immediate problems. Something that didn't register in Manaka.
"Yes. Setsuka-san is a girl like me! You have the support of your kind-hearted big brother otherwise you would not be able to do anything." Setsu saw red at what she was implying and Cain gripped her hand when he seemed to notice the fury boiling inside Setsu. Murasame took a step back when grudge-Kyokos filled the air around them.
"I have earned my brothers trust." Setsu's eyes shaded with darkness. "Don't you question our relationship. Now leave." Murasame backed away several steps but Manaka seemed too ignorant to notice the icy air.
"You only want your brother to yourself but that is too selfish of you. I think your brother would like some friends his own age. Like me or Murasame. He just can't ask when you are this selfish. Don't you see?" Manaka smiled and the clearing around them turned silent. The coldness around Setsu fell like snow and Murasame felt the hair in his neck tingling.
Cain tensed beside her and Setsu turned her gaze at him.
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Ren was amazed with how much he could understand from her with just that one look. Setsu was furious and her eyes begged him for permission to kill. Cain ignored the request and reached out to touch her mark. It was just a small gesture but it reached her mind.
'I'm yours, you are mine. She is not worth it.' Setsuka's eyes told him she was sorry for the loss of blood but that she lived for her Nii-san's words. The grudges pulled back their force but still sang and danced in the chilly air.
"I guess I can't harm someone with brain damage." Setsu relaxed into his frame and Cain patted her hair.
"Not worth the trouble." He agreed.
"Don't speak English, I can't understand." Manaka whined and Setsu turned to her with a pitying smile.
"Poor girl. If only you knew how hopeless your love is. Its only admiration and delusion. I guess you would flinch tasting the real scotch." Setsu mocked the girl but Ren got caught in the words.
'If you love me for real, then you won't flinch?' Ren knew he was grasping for straws but his aching heart could not help it. Feeling the joy of living in the act, Ren gripped it and gave the control to the girl's brother. 'My heart will probably explode but I will die in joy.' Ren thought as Cain stroked his sister's back. He caught Murasame flinching in the corner of his eye and Cain realized he was smiling.
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'Look at him. Handsome guy… OH MY GOD did I just think him handsome?' Murasame uttered a guttural sound. Manaka turned to him and the siblings were forgotten for a second.
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Setsu saw her chance when Murasame stared into the ground with something like shock on his face. She had no idea what happened to him but she also didn't care.
The conversation didn't interest her in the slightest and she decided to cut it short. Setsu laced her fingers with Cain's and pulled him to the side while Manaka saw to Murasame who turned paler by the second.
The siblings had a trailer for themselves that day and Setsu pulled Cain towards it. No one would disturb them there.
Setsu led the way and placed him on the sofa to the left just inside the door. There was a mirror and a make-up table across it and Setsu leaned against it when she had closed the door.
"You let her stir you up." Cain stated and Setsu grinded her teeth.
"She implied that I was bad for you." Setsu said and kicked off her shoes. She immediately felt more comfortable. She pushed away from the table and walked deeper into the trailer. She passed the wardrobes and then the back opened to fit a queen size bed. She walked up to it and sat down on the edge.
"Well Setsu, are you bad for me?" Cain smirked her way and she was barely able to meet his gaze in the dark room.
"For you?" She didn't miss a beat. "For you I'm everything. Good, bad, cute, or intimidating. I'm whatever you want." Setsu smirked right back as her brother got up and walked over to her.
"So," He said and moved closer to her. She had to lean back on her hands to be able to see his face. "if I said that I wanted a fantasy-believing, pure girl with unquestionable politeness… Would you be her?" There was a challenge in his words but also something else. She could not place it. It was somewhat like nervousness.
"I don't think a girl like that would fit Nii-san. But if you want, I could do it." Setsu's smile widened.
'Kyoko, he wants you.' She said bluntly and Kyoko flushed red in their mind.
'He doesn't know how little pureness I have left. He will be so disappointed.' Setsu sighed mentally at the girl's words but didn't let it show on her face. She reached out to stroke Cain's waist. The skin was hot and damp and it smelled amazing this close to her.
"You could do it? Tell me Setsu, when did you get interested in acting?" His voice was low as a smooth caress but still with a warning inside it. But Kyoko had figured out the answer to this question after the slip day two in Guam.
"When my Nii-san did." She stated easily. "There is no way I would not learn about something my Nii-san likes." She didn't fall for his trap.
"Is that so, Setsu? Then show it. Play that girl for me." He challenged and put one knee on the bed beside his sister. She scooted back to make room.
"That kind of girl would probably pass out if she saw my Nii-san climb into bed with her." She pointed out and Cain trapped her eyes with his. She saw the challenge again and she sighed out loud. "But alright." Setsu closed her eyes and threw the unwilling Kyoko to the surface. Stunned by the intimate position with the man she loved she couldn't help but to freeze. He let some weight transfer to his knee and his body shifted forward. Kyoko had to do something.
"H-heeel-san! I-is something w-wr-wrong?" Kyoko stammered as Cain climbed into bed with her. The mattress dipped down by the weight and her legs slid against his.
Kyoko jumped up and sat in seiza. Cain let his other knee follow the first into the bed, driving the girl for the headboard.
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Cain watched her every move as he got closer. He could see the faint tremor that played her whole body.
"Heel-sama." Kyoko tried to make him talk. It was like she thought that making him speak would break the tension. He didn't aim to please her so he didn't fall for her plea.
She had backed up all the way with her back to the headboard and he had followed one step behind. When her back hit the black metal that was the frame her eyes widened. He felt like he had cornered the small animal again and his heart wavered.
"Heel-sama, what...?" Kyoko began uncertain how to deal with the dangerous man. Cain saw her fall forward into the humblest of dogeza and he stopped. Ren couldn't help but to slip when he saw her with her face down into the mattress.
"I'm sorry I'm in the way. I didn't mean to sit on your bed. I won't ever do it again. I'm sorry Heel-sama. A girl as plain and boring as me has nothing to do with you. I promise I won't get in your way again." Kyoko was rambling and Ren felt horrible to have pushed her to this position again.
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"That's enough Setsu." He said and Setsu let Kyoko go back into hiding.
'Don't touch him, don't stare.' The girl was chanting like a prayer to make him not notice that she had actually not disliked the situation at all. Ren believed she would be afraid and she had tried to act it. She had probably gone a bit overboard with the whole apologizing rant but it was better than him noticing her blush and fluster.
Setsu smirked while she took over and got up from the dogeza. Cain looked bothered and she reached out for him. She stroked his stomach and the remnants of special makeup. She leaned back onto the headboard and slid her legs between his.
"How did I do?" She looked up into the man's face and his eyes were burning.
"Very convincing." He said and she could see that he was a bit disheartened.
"I can't stand that type of girl. They are weak." Setsu exhaled and wrinkled her forehead. "No punch-power inside her."
'Well thank you very much.' Kyoko muttered but knew that Setsu was talking about the old her. Not the reborn Kyoko that had started to accept her feelings and urges.
"Setsu. Why did you call yourself plain and boring?" Cain asked and lifted her chin up as her gaze had drifted to her hand feeling his skin.
"A girl like that without any punch-power, I guessed it would be natural to feel plain and boring." Setsu delivered it directly while Kyoko felt a bit depressed inside. Her self-confidence did indeed need some work.
"You could never be plain or boring Setsu. In whatever form your mind takes." Cain turned the hold of her jaw into a caress and stroked her hair with his left hand.
"Thanks, Nii-san." She smiled sexily and Cain's eyes burned for a bit before he continued.
"You know that Setsu. You are cute beyond my imagination. I can't even see other women. It's only you. People must feel so helpless when you enter a room. Your beauty entrances the men and makes the women green with jealousy." Cain continued. His eyes burned while he kept their gazes locked. Setsu built up a faint blush on her cheek.
Inside her head Kyoko had exploded in love-overdose. Every time she was about to pick herself up, she met the sincerity of his eyes and she crumbled again.
'Don't Kyoko. He compliments Setsu. Setsu, his sister. Not you.' Kyoko mumbled and Setsu gained her ground again.
'He complimented my body and looks. It's yours too you know.'
'It's just an act.'
'Don't be ridiculous. Cain would not lie about it. If he didn't think it, he wouldn't have said it.'
'Stop Setsu. If Cain and the man beneath really see me as a woman I will die.'
'Die from what? You can't be killed by feelings. Stop trying to push them down, let your heart feel again. God knows you deserve it after the exorcism of Shotaro from your heart.'
Kyoko smiled at the last comment and when she looked into Cain's eyes again, she tried to see what he felt. Kyoko only found things that let her believe for a moment that the comment also involved her. While Kyoko soaked in the feeling of attraction Setsu had yet to answer her brother.
"Is that so? I never notice you see. I only see my brother. No wonder you would like to keep me locked up." She bit her lip and she could see that Cain liked it.
"That's right, we should buy chains and locks." He smiled and let his left arm slide down her arm and grip her wrist. The feeling of entrapment only made Setsu excited and she played with her fingers teasing.
"You should. I can still move this hand." She said and let her left hand trace his chest. The skin had calmed down inside the cold trailer. Cain took his hand from her chin and pushed it between her and the headboard.
Before she knew it, he had lifted her from the top of the bed and carefully placed her back down on the cover. She settled down with her head on the pillow and with her legs between his.
He lifted the hand he had around her wrist and pinned it above her head. Slowly, while letting her find the way to breathe, he trapped her body with his own.
The soft bed made the added weight easy to handle and when he completely relaxed, she smiled alluringly enough to make Ren punch Kuon out before he got too eager.
"Well, this works too." Setsu smiled and she was surprised how even her voice was even with all that weight on her chest. She got well enough air to manage.
"I'm still buying chains." Cain stated with his head on her shoulder and pillow.
They didn't give a damn about the special makeup as they moved closer to each other.
'This is as when I was trapped beneath the feverish Tsuruga. Only, this is nice…'
Kyoko made her body feel and remember every place he touched her and Setsu was satisfied too with the attention.
"They might come in handy." She said and her left hand fitted itself over his neck. She ran her fingertips over his nape and her fingers burned from the contact. He was laying on her left arm and shoulder with his arm over her chest, still gripping her wrist.
'We have two hours and then they will have to fix the makeup. It will be a late shoot today. Two hours like this…' Kyoko thought but it was with excitement not horror as Setsu first assumed.
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Cain felt everything about the girl beneath him. Her black corset that made an imprint on his bare skin and the small areas where their skins touched directly. The fingers that traced his nape were toxic. He breathed her in and his head swam with her scent. But no matter how much he would have liked to live in the moment, he could not fight the calm and the night without sleep. He listened to the distant sound of her heartbeat and it lulled him from one dreamland to another.
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Kyoko felt the breath that tickled her neck turn steady and deep. She continued to touch his soft hair while her heart calmed down. The soft hair, the weight of his body, the heat and the steady breathing was addicting. Kyoko slid to the surface but stayed relaxed. Her eyes filled with heat and love. Slowly she synced her breathing with his and let herself relax completely.
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"Where is that damn foreigner?" Murasame fumed with poorly controlled anger.
"The makeup team doesn't dare to go inside his trailer and he won't answer the door."
"Where is his sister then?"
"In there with him." The director said as Murasame moved past him.
Konoe had searched for the siblings earlier and found them. He knew that what he had seen would make Murasame fume. Director Konoe felt a bit bad for helping the Heels mess with their lead actor but resist it.
Murasame turned to the trailer and the three trembling assistants outside it. He made his way through them and opened the door. He regretted it the moment he did.
The trailer was dark, quiet, and cool air flowed out. It felt like he was stepping into the lair of something evil and goosebumps rose on his skin. Murasame bit back the feeling resembling fear and stepped inside.
He tightened his hands into fists and climbed the three steps into the trailer. He had to let his eyes adjust to the dim light before he could make out that they weren't in the front. The makeup chair and sofa gaped empty and he realized there only was one remaining option. He turned to the sleeping quarters and finally made out the dark shapes on the lighter bedspread. Realizing that the actor was sleeping kicked Murasame's anger to flare for a moment.
A soft sound behind him told him that the assistants had followed him inside. He was running out of time and didn't want to get caught hesitating on the edge. He pushed forward until he could get a good sight of the bed, without giving in to the fear that chilled him to the bone.
Murasame moved to the side and realized that it wasn't just the actor but also his sister on the bed. He could not do anything but stare at what was in front of him.
The assistants peeked inside the opening and the two women and the one man stared equally shocked. One of them dug up their phone and started to take pictures. As soon as the first did it the others followed. Their suppressed giggles brought Murasame back to reality. They moved him out of the way to be able to take better pictures and then hurried out of the trailer all together.
The actor didn't really know why he pulled out his phone and pressed the icon for the camera. Maybe because he wanted something to blackmail them with later or maybe the sight was too strange for him to accept right off the bat and he would need evidence later. Murasame leaned close and pressed the button. The sound of a camera shutter echoed into the dark cave and Murasame froze.
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Cain snapped awake by the familiar sound and his hand gripped the phone even before he had fully woken up.
A loud scream made him focus on the intruder and he pulled the phone out of his hand. Ren's mind was still fuzzy from his deep sleep but he soon regained his act in front of Murasame.
Setsu stirred at his side and then opened her eyes too. Cain was a living demon and he flipped the phone over to find out what made the actor make such a stupid move. Ren and Kuon gaped in shock from the picture and Cain pressed the buttons quickly.
"What are you doing here?" Setsu asked beside him and her unamused tone told him she once again woke up in character. Ren filled with proudness as he pressed the buttons on Murasame's phone.
"It's past lunch." Cain told her in English when he noticed the time on the phone in his hand.
"And they sent him?" She continued in the same language and let her hand find her hair. Ren knew that she checked that the wig was still secured and he turned to Murasame.
"Seems like it. And he woke us by screaming." Cain muttered but his mood was too good to be destroyed. The picture reached his own cell phone at that moment and Cain rose from the bed.
"Hey! You are late!" Murasame had regained his voice by then but they ignored him.
"His manners are really lousy." Setsu moved to follow him and he offered her a hand that she immediately took. "But I slept splendidly." She adjusted her corset when she stood up and Cain laced their hands together.
"Me too." Cain was in a really good mood. Not even the annoying actor could change that. Murasame even helped make him into his current state of mind. They walked out of the trailer, leaving the screaming actor behind.
"Hey! I'm talking to you!"
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Setsu and Kyoko watched the shooting with patient eyes but inside they were boiling.
'What happened?' They wondered as there was no crying or screaming during the second half of the day. Something had happened during the short time they were away and it had resulted in everyone accepting Cain. They still kept their distance but they also smiled a lot.
'What is this?' Kyoko wondered and her mind went high wire for a bit. 'What if they had been exposed?!' Setsu was in a bad mood and almost snapped at the assistant that suddenly appeared beside her. The smile on the girl's face put her off her plan. The girl held her phone and crunched down in front of Setsu.
"Your brother is a real softie to you right?" She asked and the question was so random that Setsu got shocked into answering.
"Of course. What about it?" She bit back but it only made the girl giggle.
"I had to ask. It's so cute I didn't know if it was real." She smiled and flipped her phone open.
"What is?" Setsu frowned and took the phone from the girl. The picture made Kyoko shrivel again in love-overdose and made Setsuka's mood skyrocket.
In the picture she was sleeping with a soft, beautiful face and her left hand was in her brother's hair like when she fell asleep. Cain was placed on her shoulder with a slight happy smile on his lips. His left hand had lost the grip on her wrist and he had tucked it beneath her shoulder blade. It looked like she was his teddy bear and his tight grip was possessive and cute. Cain held her tight, sleeping soundly with a happy face.
Kyoko died the kyuu-ing death again.
'It's so freaking cute.' Setsu agreed.
"Send it to me."
"Witch one?" She asked and Setsu felt like she had stumbled upon Christmas.
"All of them." She smirked and the girl pressed the phone quickly to make it happen.
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Thanks to the strange behaviour and the fewer retakes because of crying, they finish up early. Cain frowned when a few people sent them off with smiles.
"Is it just me Setsu or are these people behaving strangely?"
"They are strange." She shrugged easily and blew a bubble in her chewing gum that stuck to her lip ring. Muttering, she released it and Cain looked back at the set.
"Right. But more strange than usual right?"
"Yeah. They don't think you are the devil reincarnated anymore." She flipped her phone open and showed him her new background picture. He immediately recognized it and he frowned.
"Where did you get that?" He had thought he had deleted the only one from Murasame's phone.
"One of the girls. They left before Murasame apparently." Setsu looked at the picture again and smirked.
"Looks like you slept well." She teased.
"I did. Let me use you as a pillow some more." Cain made it a challenge.
"Looks like I'm more of a mattress than a pillow. Sure is handy to always have the perfect pillow with you. Right, Nii-san?" Setsu flipped the phone closed and put it back into her bag.
"You are amazing." He said and enjoyed the faint colour on her cheeks.
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The man wore pale suede imitation with geometrical shapes in red and black draped around his hips and then across his chest. The sound of a text message made him stop in his walk and the feathered crown on his head swayed by the change of pace.
"President." A voice greeted him and made the man carrying a tomahawk turn around.
"Yashiro-san." The man greeted and watched the manager's reaction. The competent manager stared open mouthed in disbelief as he took the whole facial painting in. "What do you think?" The president grinned and made a twirl.
"Terrific, Taisho." Yashiro said with a slightly more composed expression. The president was satisfied and put the stone axe in the lining of his pants again.
"Was there something you wanted me for?" He asked and Yashiro pushed his glasses up on the bridge of his nose.
"That's right. I have finished Ren and Kyoko-chan's schedules until Christmas. I will hand in Kyoko-chan's part to Sawara-san before I leave." Yashiro flipped some papers he had been holding and the president smiled.
"Wonderful. I hope I didn't ask for too much."
"Of course not. It's difficult to keep busy when my charge is not here." Yashiro said with a wide smile. "Just the thought of me having a weeklong holiday is too much for my brain to wrap itself around." The president smiled widely at that.
'Yashiro was a great choice for Ren. He keeps it light but he loves his job and takes pride in it.'
"I wish you a great and fulfilling rest. Thank you for your hard work." He bowed slightly and then smiled again. "And keep praying that our plan for those two unfolds nicely."
"I will use my greatest power of conviction to make it happen." Yashiro closed his fist in a fighting gesture and the president nodded approvingly. His phone vibrated and Yashiro bowed in a goodbye as Lory pulled it out of his pocket.
"Then until next time." The president said but then held up his hand. "Wait. I got a message from That Girl just this moment. Care to join me in reading it?" He mused and Yashiro beamed in excitement. He jumped to the president's side and watched as he opened the message.
"Ya Boss! Brother and I are doing fine. Stop bothering me. Look, I will send evidence." The message said and Yashiro stared at the words. It didn't sound like Kyoko.
"It's Setsu. I asked her how they were doing. I haven't seen the picture yet. Let's look together." The president was literally dancing on the place with an excitement that Yashiro easily matched. Yashiro turned to the screen with a serious face. The suspension was thrilling for them both. "Ready?" The president asked and marked the attached file.
"I'm ready." He confirmed and the man dressed as a native American pressed the button. The picture of the sleeping siblings filled the screen. There was a moment of silence and then they burst out giggling. The fangirl and the love-crazed president danced in happiness. Sebastian quietly waited while the men tried to calm down again.
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This is it for this time.
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