REMINDER: I don't own Skip Beat and its characters; this work is purely fictional any scenes related to real life situations are purely coincidental. xD
Sho can't stop tapping his right foot ever since they boarded a domestic flight to Okinawa. It was late afternoon when they left Tokyo after he finished his commitments that day. Shoko who had been staring at him can't help but remember their conversation early that day after hearing the news from Ushio that Kyoko had been hospitalized and so is Ren.
Sho's face became pale after hearing from Shoko that Kyoko was in hospital. He immediately wanted to rush off to Okinawa and see her but he was on a tight schedule ever since he returned to Tokyo.
"Can you move my commitments some other day?" He asked with anxiety obvious in his tone of voice.
"I will see what I can do." She answered.
After a few minutes that seemed to be forever for Sho, Shoko was done talking with people through the phone and sighed before speaking.
"I can't cancel any of your commitments today." She said flatly.
Sho who had been sitting at the couch inside his flat angrily kicked the glass of the coffee table in front of him breaking it into tiny pieces, making Shoko jump from surprise.
"Damn it! I have to see Kyoko now Shoko, you are my manager do something about it will you?" He said in a high tone before storming off to his bathroom.
Shoko quickly went to the kitchen to grab a broom and dust pan to clean Sho's mess, she started to sob when she slowly picked shards of glass on the floor.
Sho glanced to his left and saw Shoko staring at him.
"Is there something wrong with my face?"
Shoko blinked a few times and drifted her eyes from Sho to the head rest in front of her.
"Nothing, I was just gazing at the window."
He sighed and closed his eyes wishing for the plane to land already.
At the hospital particularly in Kyoko's room…
Visits from staff brought smile to Kyoko's lips but it disappeared the moment they left her room. She had been thinking what caused Ren to break up with her and her mother's sudden concern. Realization brought her back while thinking about her mother, she didn't mean any of those harsh wards she said earlier to her mother. Fatigue, stress and stored feelings made her burst those words out of her mouth uncontrollably. Asking for her mother's forgiveness was her priority before sorting things out with Ren, but her mother was yet to return after leaving her room.
She flinched a little after hearing a creak from her door, Kyoko hoped it was her mother.
"Hi Kyoko san, how are you feeling?" Yashiro said smiling cheerfully at her.
"I'm fine Yashiro san, I was wondering when will you visit me considering you were the one who probably rushed me here last night." Kyoko replied smiling at the blonde man who sat at the chair beside her bed.
He knew it was not the right time to tell her about Ren being hospitalized but the girl in front of her deserves to know what happened to him despite the lament in their relationship at the moment.
"Mr. Kuu Hizuri and I rushed you here last night after you fainted, but you are not the only person who is hospitalized last night. Ren was also hospitalized and happens to be at the room adjacent to yours." Yashiro answered firmly to prove his point and avoid Kyoko from asking too many questions.
Kyoko wasn't able to say anything after hearing Yashiro for she had been thinking, she wanted to stand from her bed and visit Tsuruga Ren to check on him but with her condition she can't. He noticed her sudden silence and decided to break it off to make her come back to reality after losing herself in trance.
"He's not in a critical condition, it was…"
Yashiro halted his mouth from saying what caused Ren to be hospitalized for Kyoko might feel guilt if she heard Ren had excessive amount of alcohol because of their recent break up.
"That is good to hear but why is he also rushed here?"
"Fatigue." He lied.
"Same as me then… rushing things to meet the deadline have dire effects on the body aren't they?"
"Yes, yes indeed. A human's body is not like a machine that can't work simultaneously, it needs rest also to function."
"How about my father, is he busy he hasn't visited me yet."
Yashiro almost yelped when he heard the word father, Kyoko noticed his reaction and laughed.
"I was talking of Hizuri san. When I first met him we had this talk about my childhood, he asked me how my childhood was. I told him I was raised by my mother alone and I am seeking a father's love that I didn't have the privilege of having, I guess he was saddened by my story and offered himself as my father and asked me to call him as such." Kyoko explained and smiled as she remembered that time they talked.
I thought she knew already that his father is Kuu Hizuri, but Kyoko had no idea that Ren is Kuu's son and that they were half siblings. I must dig more information from Kyoko and uncover more before I draw out my conclusions. Yashiro said to himself.
"He left early last night after bringing you here, you are fully aware of his tight schedule being popular around the world and all so he must have other commitments as well. But after he is done with them I am sure Hizuri san will visit you."
"Of course how could I forget the fact father is a Hollywood actor?"
He cleared his throat and said, "Kyoko san, you mentioned your mother raised you alone without knowing who your father is right?"
Yashiro noticed Kyoko stared at the window like telling him you have no right to know about that personal matter.
"I'm sorry for asking, I should have just not asked it. I shall take my leave now and go to Ren's side, get well soon Kyoko san." He said before standing up.
"Wait Yashiro san it's really alright to ask me about it. I just don't know how to talk about it after…my mom and I have a misunderstanding this morning."
I should have noticed it when I enter and saw her alone.
"I see, well I hope you sort things out with your mother. Do you have any words for Ren?"
"Please tell him to get well soon and that I wanted to talk to him after were both cleared to leave this hospital of course." Kyoko said smiling.
At the other room…
"Are you suggesting me to elope with her?" Ren asked with his fingers gripping his blanket tightly.
"Yes. You are aware of Kuu and I being friends for such a long time and I really don't know anything about his past affair. I just learned about it this yesterday when we talked through the phone and I am made aware of your connection with Kyoko."
His headache that he had been complaining is getting worse with this talk with Lory, but he didn't mind it a bit as this man visiting him is talking sense.
"Then why are you suggesting elopement if you know that will hurt your friend and the taboo of the relationship itself doesn't it scare you at all?"
"I care for my friend but I also care for you and Kyoko. Both of you are still young and the love you have is something that must be treasured, even though it is taboo doesn't love always conquer everything? Tsuruga Ren you have made a lot of movies, dramas with that type of story aren't those enough prove of it?"
"But they are works of fiction, this is real life not like those movies and dramas."
Lory raised himself from sitting and walked towards the door, his right hand was gripping the handle when he looked back and said, "Decide what you want Ren. It is either you conquer it or let it go. This is a choice between happiness and despair, the choice is yours to make young man choose well."
When Lory exited his room he dropped his face to his hands bearing the headache and the weight Lory left for him to carry, two choices that will greatly affect his and Kyoko's life.
Kuu was walking back to his son's room with the doctor beside him when he saw Lory exiting Ren's room.
"Lory."
Lory shot him a look he was aware of. It was the same look he shot him when he asked for his help to rebuild his son from nothing.
"Please go ahead doctor, I just have something to discuss with him."
The doctor nodded and proceeded to Ren's room to administer his medication for headache.
"Kuu, shall we talk this over a drink like old times?" Lory said.
"Sure thing."
After crying for quite some time Saena drifted off to sleep at the fire exit, she had been sleeping the whole day and woke up to see herself still at the fire exit. After fixing her hair and wiping dry tears from her face she returned to her daughter's room that was sleeping when she returned. She took a sit at the chair near her daughter's bed and looked at her sleeping form. For Saena, Kyoko is her angel the one who gave her hope when she lost it. It has been a long time when she last saw her daughter sleep peacefully since she left Kyoto after receiving money from the Fuwas that she used for revenge against Himuro.
Memories of that day of her revenge were still fresh in her memory as she used the money to search Himuro and pay thugs to destroy the man. He was beaten almost near to death by those thugs Saena hired that he was crippled forever she didn't saw his beating but pictures showed by her hired man proved it. She felt pity but what's done is done and there is no turning back.
When the plane Sho and Shoko were boarded landed in Okinawa, Sho didn't waste time and walked hurriedly to the shuttle van waiting for them.
"Step on it mister, I need to be at the hospital soon!" Sho spat.
"Right away Mr. Fuwa." The driver said as he stepped on the gas.
"Sho please stay calm, Kyoko is not in a critical condition."
He glared at Shoko and said, "I don't give a damn if she is in critical condition or not. I just needed to visit her and see for myself that she is ok."
Shoko just looked away from him avoiding his glaring eyes.
When they arrived at the hospital Sho stormed through the hospital entrance and asked for Kyoko's room at the hospital receptionist, after knowing where she stays he quickly paced towards the elevator and waited until it reached the floor of her room. Shoko was left behind for she was not able to catch up with Sho's speed she would just have to go to Kyoko's room by herself later after Sho.
As he was waiting for the elevator to reach his desired floor he remembered the times he spent with Kyoko when they were still young. He laughed thinking how Kyoko used to look like during childhood, she always have a missing tooth due to constant falling and he would make fun of her about it. Instead of crying from his teasing Kyoko would just smile at him and it made him sick seeing her smiling with a missing tooth. He was aware of Kyoko's infatuation towards him since they were young and used to hate it for seeing him with her decreases his perfectness as he would call it.
It wasn't until he would see her crying that he started to feel sorry for her, Kyoko would always cry by the lake whenever she had a run on with her mother and the worst part of it was that he would only watch her crying from a far. As much as he would like to offer his shoulder for her to lean on his pride wouldn't let him. One day when Kyoko had a scolding from her mother for not perfecting the exam, she would not stop crying running from her house towards the lake and he followed her close by. He would have approached her and tell her it was alright for she was highest in the class but when Sho was about to get near her a blonde boy about their age got to her first before him.
Sho watched them and anger build up on him as he saw their interaction, he doesn't know why he feels such but he just want to beat the blond boy for reaching Kyoko first before him. From that day onward he started to be rude to Kyoko because of silly jealousy and would continue up to the present.
His reminiscing stopped when the elevator door opened, he searched for her room quickly for he doesn't want Ren to go to her first before him for this time he would like to be the one to come to her first.
AN: Quick update yay! Like I told you when the idea is in my head I would like to write it immediately for you people and also I have a lot of free time lately so here comes a quick update.
I understand why you don't write a review for you are busy people and many more reasons but please write one it makes my day worthwhile.
About this chapter, so Sho is becoming a human. I just want to add some tension for the "siblings" conflict is kinda heavy and adding a love triangle will make "siblings" conflict lighter. Saena is also trying to be a mother to her for a mother will always be a mother no matter how bad the relationship you have with them "lukso ng dugo". As I promised we are taking speed and chapter lengths are longer than of my past chapters.
Thanks for everyone who are reading, putting this on story alert, making it favorite and writing reviews for this fic.