AN: Hope you enjoy. Since there are some parts in this chapter where I accidentally slipped into first-person POV, I hope I was able to clean it up and the flow wasn't too disturbed by that.

Chapter Twenty Three – Sleeping Arrangements

Kyoko paused and looked at the woman in front of her. Suddenly she was starting to feel a little small and it wasn't Kuon's height which was making her feel like this. She had done her best to be loyal to Kuon throughout all of the craziness that had been happening and had never said a word against him to the media but this was supposed to be their night together. She had just moved in here.

"Oh, hello," Kyoko said as she dropped into a bow, "I'm Mogami Kyoko. It's a pleasure to meet you."

"Do you have to be here?" Alisa asked as she looked down her nose at Kyoko and then wrapped her arms around one of Kuon's. He instantly took a step out and towards Kyoko, putting a hand on her back protectively.

"She lives here," Kuon said before Kyoko could get a word out. "Kyoko is my girlfriend."

"For now," Alisa commented and Kyoko turned to her boyfriend. What did that even mean? How was she supposed to respond to that? Kyoko took a step close to Kuon and wrapped her arms around his arm. She smiled up at him and Kuon grinned down before they looked at Alisa who was glaring at the two of them. "So where is my room?" she asked and Kyoko looked at Kuon very confused.

"Your room….at the hotel that you're staying at," she said before Kuon dropped his head.

"The president has asked us to host Alisa," he said and Kyoko stared at him horrified. She didn't know what to say to that. They had just started living together and now they had some guest who was obviously wanting to come between them.

"Kuon," Kyoko said before dropping down into a bow again, "I'm really sorry to have offended you, please be our guest," she said but she squeezed tightly to Kuon's hand. She saw the way that Alisa looked at Kuon and how she subtly flirted with him, running her tongue over her lips and pushing her hair back.

Compared to her, Kyoko felt like a child bawling for attention.

Kyoko looked back at the meal, she could probably separate it into thirds but she had specifically chosen something small and light so that Kuon wouldn't feel any pressure upon eating it. It would make it an even smaller meal but she could do it and maybe it wasn't too late to come up with another dish. She hummed as she looked back at the stove.

Kuon sighed and bowed to her and Kyoko's eyes widened. She always felt unnerved when he would ask her for forgiveness. There was still that part of her that admired him as her sempai. "I'm really sorry, I shouldn't have said anything to the president," he apologized and Kyoko stared at him.

"You requested for a strange woman to live with us?" Kyoko asked confused and then as Kuon rose she saw the guilt on his expression. She blinked as she saw him nervously look to the side, avoiding eye contact with her.

"No, not that…I…" Kuon said uneasily as Kyoko stood in front of him. She knew when he wanted to hide something from her and this situation was too strange for her to not want to find out what it was. "I told him that I was jealous that you'd be performing with some other man. I am sorry. I wasn't going to tell you but I feel you deserve to know why she's here."

"She's here because the president wants me to feel jealous?" Kyoko asked completely stunned and then shook her head, "That won't work. I know that you don't have feelings towards her, plus I trust you. I'm not sure what the president is thi-" Kyoko paused and looked at Kuon making direct eye contact, "Do you not trust me?"

Kuon looked at her, "I don't trust myself to be enough for you," he said honestly. "If I were to see you saying I love you to another person, kissing another person," he sighed and closed his eyes, running his hand down his face. "I'm a huge jerk."

Kyoko sighed and frowned as she turned to stare at the floor, "I'd really like to take the role," she said honestly, "It would mean a lot for my career." She looked to the side nervously. As much as she wanted to act, she didn't want to be the cause of the relationship ending. It couldn't end, right? Kuon was a man that she believed she would one day marry and…

"I want you to do the role too," Kuon said as Kyoko turned to face him. "I really do. It's just…going to be hard for me to imagine another person loving you, which is stupid since I've obviously acted with a number of different women."

"Well, just think that whatever this guy gets isn't real and I'll save all the real for you," Kyoko said as she put her hands on Kuon's shoulders, grinning up at him. "Look, I'm new to being in a proper relationship but I'm very glad that you told me how you feel and I know how it is to be jealous. I've seen you In movies and dramas and wanted to be the one you've held in your arms. Whenever you feel like that, I want to know. When I know how you feel I can work on helping you feel differently. I love you, Kuon."

Kuon smiled down and lifted Kyoko's cheek so that he could kiss her passionately. Kyoko put her hands on his shoulders, melting into the kiss and acknowledging her love for him. That was until Alisa made her presence known once again.

"There's no open room for me. Do you mind if I sleep with you, Kuon?" she asked and Kyoko grabbed Kuon's hand, her eyes showing a high level of disgust and irritation. She attempted to keep her cool though. She had just said all of the things about wanting to stop Kuon from being jealous and hopefully he would be able to help her.

"I could book you a hotel room, just tell me which hotel," Kuon said with a strained smile.

Alisa shook her head, "The president told me that I should stay with you, why don't you get a hotel room," she said as she approached Kyoko who stared between the two of them. Kyoko smiled softly.

"I'll be sleeping with Kuon, I'll move some of my items out of the guest room for you and I'll sleep with Kuon," she said as she confidently walked past her. Kuon opened his mouth to protest this. He knew that she wouldn't have made the choice by herself and though he preferred infinitely sharing the bed with his girlfriend than some strange woman he didn't really know, he felt that she was being forced to do this.

"Alisa, I know that you're one of the presidents guests and he has trusted me with taking care of you but if you intentionally hurt Kyoko then I will not forgive you," he said with a stern look. "What the media is saying about me does have some truth in it and I love my girlfriend."

Kyoko came out with a bag of her belongings and she looked at Kuon who went to the room to pull out some more of her belongings so that they were safe in his room. He hadn't wanted Kyoko to share his bed with him this way but he would protect her. He was a little glad that he would be able to hold her close in his arms but he hadn't wanted it to happen like this.

…

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Kuon sat on the bed, looking at all of the things in his room whilst Kyoko got changed in the adjoining bathroom. He sighed and let his hand go through his hair. "I can sleep on the sofa," he called out to her hoping that she would be agreeable to that compromise.

"I'm not letting you sleep on the sofa, you'll hurt your legs," Kyoko called out before opening the door as she stood there in a pair of pajamas. She smiled to him. "If you want then I'll-"

"Don't you dare, you deserve to have a proper bed and it's not like we haven't slept together before," Kuon smiled and Kyoko walked over to him and threw her arms around him.

"I tried to sleep in a bed with Sho many times but he always told me he needed his space and I slept in a sleeping bag some nights. I wouldn't spend a lot of time sleeping anyway," she sighed, "I know that it'll be strange for me to be so close to you but I think that with you close and with your warmth and your love, I'll definitely be able to sleep."

"You should be careful who you say that to," Kuon joked, "whereas I know it's because of the hours you were working and the fact that you wanted to wake up early to make him breakfast, some people might get the wrong idea." Kuon held her close before getting up and going to lift the duvet off to get underneath. Kyoko followed him and then paused.

"Kuon, do you think the president asked us to take that woman in because he knows that we're living together and that might be the only way for us to share a bed right now. I mean, I'm happy that I get to sleep in your arms but I'm nervous, I don't think I would have had the courage to ask," Kyoko admitted and Kuon stared at her for a moment whilst considering the possibility of that being the case.

"I don't think the president thinks that far in advance," he commented as he let Kyoko snuggle close to him and he pressed affectionate kisses on her forehead.

"Kuon," Kyoko smiled as she felt the warmth from his body, "this is the president that we're talking about."

"Then it's quite possible that that's a benefit he thought of," he told her before reaching for the light. He let his hand run through her hair, "if you need anything then wake me up. Even if it's really early in the morning, if there's anything that you need or you want, just wake me up."

"You need your sleep," Kyoko protested and Kuon laughed.

"Wake me up," he said before kissing her again and pulling her in towards his body. Kyoko tried to steady her anxious breaths and as she noticed Kuon had fallen asleep, she started to feel more confident and secure. This was different from when they had been the Heel siblings. They were in a relationship now and they hadn't been then. She had all the right to be with him and in his arms whilst they were in bed together.

She wouldn't be counting fairies tonight, Kuon's rhythmic breathing was enough to put anyone at ease. Kyoko was about to let her eyes shut fully when she saw that the door was being opened and she looked up and at Alisa who was watching them.

In Kyoko's mind this was insanely creepy. Who would do this!? Not even Shotaro's most dedicated followers would try to spy on him whilst he's sleeping….well not when he's sleeping in his own bed. At least those were Kyoko's thoughts as she snuggled closer to Kuon and felt fortunate that he had fallen asleep.

"I'll take him from you," Alisa whispered, her eyes never leaving Kyoko's face.

Kyoko froze, trying to shake off what had just happened. Nobody could have predicted that something so strange and uncomfortable would happen. Still, Kyoko had no idea why she had started to cry onto her pillow.

End of Chapter Twenty Three

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It would be nice if Kuon had an older sister or sibling but I don't like the idea of a younger sibling to replace him but hopefully Alisa has been at least a little explained. Thank you so much all of you for your patience in the updates of this fic.