Chapter 11

There can be very few reasons she was with him. One, she was there to get her revenge on him and make herself look bad; two, they made up and they're together again (this idea darkened his mood further); three, she was actually there for the job. Although, I doubt if it was anything as simple as option three. He sighed as his phone notified him of another voice message. His finger hovered over the call button to check the message and he decided against it, he was just too irritated with her at the moment and didn't want to even hear her voice. He wasn't even sure why it bothered him so much, he had decided to not stand in her way. If she didn't see him for who he was, wasn't it fate? Didn't it mean that they truly were never meant to be together in the first place and Aphrodite had charmed her into loving him the first time? That particular thought depressed him even more and irritated him far more than he expected.

He had managed to avoid her and his negative thoughts for many days. He was starting to feel a little less irritated by the whole situation and the thoughts that his mother may have interfered in his love life gradually ebbed away. Then it all came flooding back the moment she informed him that she didn't do the PV for the arrogant ass, because of vengeance. He knew he responded childishly, but he just couldn't help himself. He couldn't stop himself from thinking of how she had been alone with him for so long and questioning exactly what their relationship actually was. It wasn't uncommon for people to explore their sexuality at that age and she did behave like the jilted lover at times. What other reason could there be for her intense reaction? He just didn't want to allow that particular thought to run rampant in his mind or, he might actually hunt the little bastard down and really do something to him, something that his Great-uncle Hades would be very proud of and boast about, for years to come.

"I just don't understand what I did to make him so angry." Kyoko told Kanae as they sat in the private room of the karaoke bar.

Kanae snorted inwardly thinking back on that one, to a similar time when her sister had the same problem with Deimos.

{"MO! Why do I always get stuck in these ridiculous situations with you?" She groaned at her sister.

Aoidḗ looked up at her sister apologetically. "I'm so sorry." She whined. "I just wanted..."

"Ugh! I know what you wanted. You were trying to avoid him... Now Father is pissed at us. Fix this, and fix it fast! I'm tired of helping you avoid those two." She poked her sister's shoulder to make a point. "And I refuse to be subject to Father's crazy schemes because you can't accept what the fates have dealt you! Besides, you obviously don't hate him so accept it!"

Aoidḗ slumped to the floor and sighed in resignation. "Fine..." She drew the word out long and dramatically.

Mnḗmē chuckled and ruffled her sister's hair. "I thought I was the only one of the three of us that could be dramatic." She helped her sister off the floor. "Come on, we have work to do. We can talk about how you're going to appease him later."

Aoidḗ shuddered at the thought. "It's going to take a lot." She said in a small voice.

Mnḗmē laughed. "That... I seriously doubt." She smirked. She knew that Deimos couldn't stay angry with her sister and wouldn't expect a grand apology or, explanation of the situation that her sister had been found in with Wolfgang. The mortal was a shameless womanizer and she knew her sister hadn't provoked him at all. If it had breasts and a vagina he was going to pursue it rigorously.}

She looked at Aoidḗ thoughtfully. "Hmm, maybe he's jealous..."

"Mnḗmē, you can't possibly be serious. Did you even think of what you just said? Why would someone like Tsuruga-san be jealous?" Aoidḗ still didn't get it.

Mnḗmē groaned internally, Aoidḗ just wasn't ready yet. How badly did that little cockroach damage her? She decided to take a softer approach and ease her into it then. "Well, then maybe he saw through your lie." She suggested and Aoidḗ accepted that lame excuse. All was right with the world once again. Maybe I'll push her in that direction later. She obviously suspects something deep down.

"If that's the case then I should clear things up with him. I don't want it to be uncomfortable between us." She pondered.

"Yeah, because it isn't that way right now." Kanae grumbled quietly.

He really needed to get these thoughts out of his mind. They were making it difficult to concentrate. Of course, seeing her scream in terror and quickly shutting the doors to the elevator, really didn't help much for his ego either.

"You know, the way you've been these past few days really doesn't help the situation much. Did you expect her to have any other reaction than that?" Yukihito asked.

He sighed, wondering what was actually running through her mind to garner that type of response from her, as he and his trusty manager/brother made their way down to the parking garage, only to be shocked once again by her fully prone on the floor begging for forgiveness for lying to him.

He sat silently in his car as he drove them to their next destination. It was too quiet and uncomfortable. He listened to her explanation of the situation that led her to act in Fuwa's PV intently, yet without expression. He was relieved that she didn't spare the little ass one single thought once she was in character. There was no love between the two and in so many subtle ways, she informed him of it.

"I already knew about everything, so why did you feel you had to lie to me about it?" He asked. It was something that the more he thought about it, it cut him deeply.

"I just didn't want to lose your trust, when you had said that you believed me. I honestly forgot about everything once I started acting." She confessed in a small voice.

He smiled softly and felt his heart become lighter than a feather. "I believe you."

Now that the troublesome things with Kyoko/Aoidḗ were out of the way, he could focus on trying to convince Lory, whom he still didn't realize was Zeus, to let him take part in Tsukigomori as Katsuki.

"I still don't understand why he needs this meeting, Deimos. We've never had to run anything by him before regarding your acting jobs. Doesn't he trust my judgment on this?" Yashiro pouted.

Ren glanced at him as they sat waiting for the stoplight to turn green. "It's not that he doesn't trust you. It's me. He thinks that my romance acting is... well, less than adequate." He ground out.

"Less than adequate?! It's not like you've never been in love before! Aoidḗ is testament to that!" Yashiro ranted.

"How do we know that it wasn't just mother meddling with our lives?! How do we know that Aoidḗ and Mnḗmē really loved us without being forced to?!" He barked his response.

Yashiro's jaw dropped. "If that were the case, she wouldn't be..." His mouth quickly snapped shut when he realized that he had almost revealed the secret.

Ren turned sharply to look at him in shock and quickly pulled into the parking space. "She wouldn't be what?"

Yashiro shook his head.

"What are you hiding from me Phobos? You know who she is, don't you?" He prodded with an oppressive aura.

Yashiro sighed. "You know that doesn't work on me Brother." He groaned. "Fine, I do. But she made me promise. She wanted for you to find each other on your own." He spilled.

Deimos narrowed his eyes at his brother and smirked. "It's Kyoko..." It wasn't a question and didn't need confirmation, he knew it instinctively and Phobos had been gently pushing him in her direction ever since that first day they discovered they were brothers. He sighed. "I should have known. It seems the fates want us together after all and Mother has nothing to do with it."

Phobos looked at him curiously. "Why do you say that?"

Deimos chuckled. "I met her in Kyoto when I was ten. We were friends when we were younger."

Phobos squealed in delight at the news and Deimos winced. It was a characteristic of his brother that he would never get used to, no matter how many millennia.

"So, what do you plan on doing about it?" Phobos asked with curiosity.

Deimos looked up in thought. "I suppose I'll play her little game." It will give me time to figure things out. I'm not sure I'm really good enough for her the way I am right now and I'm not sure she'd still want me anyway. He thought to himself. He honestly didn't know what to do. Everything was so different right now and he didn't feel that he was worthy of her anymore. He was still trying to find his place in this world, even more so now after discovering his new identity.

He sighed inwardly at his thoughts. I am Kuon Hizuri, who is Ren Tsuruga, who is Deimos, the god of terror and dread. Wow, this explains so much. He shook his head as he and Phobos entered the elevator to go to the meeting with Lory. Why do things always have to be so complicated?