A/N: Thank you so much for reading and following along n.n

-Oxford - Friday: Part 2-

Lory watched as his daughter walked around the couch, mornings had quickly become a comfort to him. It was time for just them, though he was busy checking the news, making notes of what he had to do. His little girl found comfort in him and after what had happened to her, the fact she trusted him so much still amazed him. 'She had shown that trust pretty quickly' not that she had been all that comfortable with contact but even that slowly faded when it came to him and Ruto. Her fingers tapped the edge slightly of her textbook, 'Russian hm?' after each line, she seemed to close her eyes slowly muttering to herself in the language she had pretty much adopted as her own. 'He had such an influence on her' that bothered him deep down.

Pausing at the buzzing of her phone she picked it up and frowned heavily for a moment. His eyes trailed back towards her as he watched her mutter something in Russian before looking up at him. "Anything in the news I should be wary of?"

Lory paused thinking for a moment, "No, the girl Alice Patterson hasn't been found. Sho doesn't seem to have made any new remarks, seems that the majority of the nation has accepted the reason for the pictures and the date. So they are not faulting either of you now."

Kyoko tilted her head before looking back down at her phone for a moment, "What about that man's fans?"

Lory leaned back, "Kyoko, he has a name."

Kyoko huffed, "Not when he being a childish" she muttered. Lory lifted an eyebrow to looking at his teenage daughter. 'What did you do this time Kuon?' he mentally shook his head before placing a hand on her head.

"Even then but his fanbase seems torn, some think that he's fallen in love with my cute little girl. Yet your age does become an issue, so that is not good for him. Then there are those who believe in him and have fallen deeper in love with him." It was the truth, the image of Maria and Ren did help a great deal but there were still too many questions, it had helped that he hadn't danced with her perhaps if he had, had anything more been caught. There wasn't likely much he could have done about it. Even here when it came to the Royals and Nobles and the ideals for them and marriage were more relaxed it wouldn't change the rest of the world.

Kyoko sighed heavily before looking back towards her phone. "Keiji is going to try something new." Lory nodded his head, he had heard about it from the young man last night, even approved of the idea. Yashiro had moved time around to fit it in and make sure he would be back in time for final touches. It was lucky that Francis was such a big fan of his. "He's going to ruin Keiji's hard work."

"I doubt that Kyoko" his eyes turned towards her, "He takes his work seriously."

"Then he should eat properly. He's being childish" she pulled back some in the couch, pulling her legs to her chest as she began to type, to who Lory could only guess but he chuckled before being shot a deadly look, "You aren't much better father."

Lory winced, she only called him that to his face when he had upset her, 'Great going Kuon, getting us both in trouble because of your eating habits' he pouted at his little girl, "But that's because Daddy likes it when you fuss over me." She rolled her eyes but he noticed the small smile that played on her lips and that he had been for the time being forgiven at least for the moment because her main focus was on his Godson. 'Poor boy and no daddy or Maria card to play.'

Kuon closed the door to his hotel room before turning, he rested his head on his door to his hotel room for a moment, trying to gather his thoughts. In truth, he knew nothing about what was going on, only that it likely had something to do with food. Not that he wanted to deal with eating either but he couldn't help the small smile that slowly crept up on him. There were things that made this alright in his mind, Keiji his little cousin for lack of better words. Cared, and while he might not know who he was perhaps, perhaps they could reconnect. Maybe it was a good thing that Keiji had little to no memory of him near the end. It hurt but if that was the case then he could allow him to be in Ren's world right? 'Already allowing Kyoko-chan back in' only she had no clue who he was either. Maybe where he didn't have a place as Kuon in the world, maybe Ren could. He felt his mind turning darker because he knew deep down, that Ren wasn't real, he was a character, someone, he created to be who he wanted to be.

"I really don't think you should do that Keiji-san" Yashiro's voice broke him from his thoughts as he looked to see his manager and Keiji, both were on the other side of the hall. Even though Yashiro stated he shouldn't do whatever it was he was doing, it was also clear that he wasn't making any move to stop him, as in taking his phone from him.

"He's my date, I see no harm," he said shoving the phone into his pocket. Yashiro's eyes widen slightly and his mouth making an o before looking backing towards his charge. "Stop." He said pinching the bridge of his nose. Kuon couldn't blame him, Keiji had gotten, odd since he was last with him. Yet he apparently didn't find Ren attracted and he Kuon knew that he wouldn't find him attracted because they were more like family. That would just be a whole different set of problems if he did.

Yet Yashiro's eyes turned back towards Keiji who was now walking away before looking towards him. "Girls weren't enough now you going for young men as well?" He shook his head "and Kyoko-chan's partner too" he said walking next to Ren as they follow the teen.

"He's not into me" Kuon placed his hands in his pockets, 'at least that's what he had said.' No he would have to trust him, Keiji was likely a ladykiller anyways by now, he was out and about not locked away in his room. Nor was he anything like him, so he would keep a respectable distance with young women who threw themselves at him. People did fawn over him when he was younger, not as much as they did with him. He tried to shut down the bitterness when he realized exactly why people did. Kuon let out a sigh, "Yet this was his plan" his eyes trailing towards his manager as he smiled, hoping that the man would take the hint and tell him what was exactly going on.

Yashiro flinched just slightly before pushing up his glasses, "I'm sorry Ren, I'm under strict orders from the President to not say a word. I was only to assure that there was time set aside." Kuon knew better than to push his luck when it came to his Godfather, there was just no one would beat him. No that wasn't exactly correct they could if they didn't mind having to deal with the fallout when he got even. "The good news it's not that far."

Keiji stared down at his phone. He hadn't really said much of anything but neither had Ren since they had gotten into the van, there had been a slight twitch he had noticed as the door was opened by the driver but as a Volkswagen Multivan instead of having to back seats faced front and the middle seats faced the rear and thus gave a limo like feel without standing out. Ren raised an eyebrow as Keiji sat in one of the chairs that would face back, unlike many people who weren't used to such sitting, it could cause some nausea feeling but it wasn't the case for him. Sure enough, Ren and Yashiro were sitting towards him and there had been silence since then. Just the feeling of Ren eyes burning into his skull if you could call that even talking. His eyes turned towards him for a moment, the smile on his face saying something. Anger? Confusion? Keiji wasn't exactly sure, it wasn't as if he wasn't used to fake smiles, that much he could tell was going on, the Political Smile, or he supposed in Ren's case it was a Professional smile but he knew them well, the key was finding out what caused those smiles. Lies were one of them. People tended to smile when they lied, but this man never really seemed to have much of anything but that plastered on smile. So the key was finding what actually caused him to smile, maybe.

Sighing heavily Keiji finally figured he would at least tell him where they were going and hopefully he would figure it out from there. "Ltach" and he was right back in his phone, looking at news and comments dealing with his newest child. Though in truth he knew that if this didn't get corrected soon, Kyoko was likely to feel even worse and throw herself into trying to fix it. Which may make things worse, not needlessly in the professional world but in the private world and thus far he knew the lion couldn't be trusted with her, yet. 'Choices, the Peacock is a never, the Beagle perhaps, honestly be better to put her with Charles' he shook his head. He knew Charles would at least make her happy, there wouldn't be the perfect romance of real and true love but there would be understanding and happiness. 'And she wouldn't be for his money or status' his eyes turned back towards Ren feeling his eyes on him. "Do you not know what Ltach is?"

Ren smiled seem to brighten even more, "Of course I do."

Yashiro stared at his charge for a moment and Keiji wondered if that was his lying smile after all, before Yashiro spoke up, "It's Long-term acute care hospital right?"

If Keiji was the smiling kind of person he might have smiled but instead, he looked at Yashiro as if he just kicked a puppy instead, at least that's what his eyes said the rest of his face was actually pretty neutral. "tsk" his eyes turned back towards his phone, "troublesome" he muttered under his breath. Yashiro looked towards Ren as if wondering what had gotten into the teen in front of them before he just shrugged his shoulders slightly, Keiji eyes shot up from his phone and he narrowed them. "Interesting."

Yashiro eyes turned towards Keiji, "What is?"

Keiji stared at Yashiro as if he was a moron, which when he thought about it on a personal level. The man likely was, at least when compared to understanding things of this nature. It was something that Kyoko had to work on, to become more Westernized or more correctly to fit in better, her manner worked well because of her social standing in this country, but there had been small things. Contact for one but that could be pushed off to trauma, but they had come a long way with that. The rest was her modesty which again could be explained. Leiko was very traditional in many of the ways as she grew up Japanese but wearing shoes in the house instead house slippers, the fact they didn't change them when they moved into a bathroom setting, the fact they didn't do a pre-washing they simply just got into the shower. Even the way they shook hands could come down to it. Though again all of this could be explained away, no matter where she grew up she was being raised as a Japanese Princess in many ways. That meant finding the perfect mix. In a way it was a good thing she wasn't pretending to be a normal British citizen, she wouldn't pass for one.

In the end, Keiji pretending that Yashiro had said nothing even as the man pouted at him for not telling him. "I'm going, to be honest with you Ren-chan," he said causing Yashiro to shift more in his seat as if he was going to confess something, "Stop." Exactly how many times was he going to need to say this to this crazy man? Yashiro was as bad as Ren had been the night before. He watched as the man seemed to sink almost in a sort of pout, he wasn't sure what the guy was thinking or how he came to such a thought but it bothered him. He made it a habit not to slip the fact he was interested in men, by being more like Charles was. He showed no sign of attraction to anyone it was just safer, easier to pretend. Not that his parents didn't accept him, but they had spoken after he had come out, he had overheard their worries about what it would mean for him. It was more about his future, but he could tell that there was the fact that people would take this as him shaming his family's honor. It didn't matter how good of a person he was, and it was just another reason to shut people away. Why he refused to let people know the truth unless he had no choice and he was pretty damn sure if he said 'Yes I'm gay' these two would not react well. They would start to feel uncomfortable and that wasn't something he wanted to deal with. He wouldn't have told Kyoko it was needed for her to heal, 'no I might actually have told her anyways' he mentally sighed once again. "Troublesome."

Once he was sure that Yashiro was back in his corner of whatever fantasy he was in at the moment his eyes fell back on Ren "You fanbase has taken a hit" he turned back to his phone as Yashiro paled slightly before looking towards the smiling face of Ren, 'Anger and lies.' he said making a mental note.

Yashiro put his hand up slightly, "The President said it was nothing to worry about." He said turning towards Keiji as if seeking help but he wasn't paying him any attention at the moment, mainly because he had been annoyed by the man in question. He would let him stew for a little longer under that smile.

Ren smile didn't falter, "and I was left in the dark because?"

Yashiro cleared his throat some as he looked at his charge, "Well because it wasn't a big deal. The main problem has been taken care of is all. Majority due to the Queen and Queen Mother have accepted the reasons given and the fact you have a been invited for tea is a huge deal, I mean you all were but it's a huge honor here. So that would only improve everything anyways."

Yashiro mouth hung open for a moment, before seeming to regain control, "are you going into PR?"

Keiji stared at him for a moment trying to figure out exactly what part of his brain was damaged, "No. I just know politics" he said simply. It was after all one of the things he was good at, his grades weren't bad and if you compared the school to perhaps a Japanese school he would already have finished high school and be in college most likely. The fact that he was in one of the top schools, with the best teachers, smaller classes that worked on your weaknesses and strengthen even your strengths on made to assure that those who went there came out in hopes of bettering the world. That's why you wouldn't find celebrate children there, you wouldn't those who came from money there unless they had some sort of background that made them stand out more than just money and privilege, though that was, of course, one of the things that came with the school. It was also one of the biggest melting pots in the world. The fact it was centered in British Empire just added to the power that the British Empire held in the world. The US might like to think of itself as the biggest force out there and they weren't a weak force by any nature but they didn't have the same sway. No, the only force he could personally think as bigger even the British Empire might be the Russian Mafia. The world would be destroyed if the US ended up in the same position as the British Empire if you asked Keiji, the Russian Mafia would overtake the world and it wasn't exactly like they hid in the shadows now. Pushing those thoughts out because that wasn't the world he worked in, he only barely glanced at that world enough to know who to stay away from.

Ren was staring at him again and it was starting to really annoy him, "So you treating this as though it is politics?"

Keiji smiled slightly, "Exactly." His eyes focus on him before looking down at his phone, "As you know people in certain positions tend to be held to a certain standard. You are a celebrity, your standards are able to lack, it's not uncommon for scandals, affairs, and so on." He held his hand up, "Yes I know blacklisting is a lot easier in Japan" He leaned back some, "Yet looks at these little facts, you have never been seen with another woman outside of innocent manner until Wednesday night, and then there was six of you. If this was Japan that illusion of your fanbase having that chance with you, is even more important. If she had been an actress or a model in the Japanese world she would have been shamed even worse, doesn't matter if she was innocent or not." He tapped his phone on his leg for a moment, honestly, it was a good thing it happened here and not in Japan. "It's hard enough for someone to approve of a relationship, but it all has to be done to seem innocent, both fan bases need to basically approve if they don't feel the person is worthy of the other then." He didn't want to think about how it normally destroyed careers. In many ways, he figured that was why so many Japanese actors, models, and singers hoped to reach an international market. Not that many ever did.

His eyes turned towards Ren and he could see the understanding that was there, even Yashiro realized now exactly how bad this could actually be and likely couldn't understand why the President was saying it was fine. "Don't worry, we're going to correct it. We're going to give the illusion that Ren Tsuruga would do this for anyone." He smirked slightly as he looked at his phone, "We are going to a children's Ltach for that exact reason. Little Kyoko was pushed out as a scared little girl, so who better for our dear Ren-chan to tell stories too but scared little girls and boys all under the age of 18?"

"So the Media is going to be there?" Yashio asked.

Keiji rolled his eyes, "No."

Yashiro face showed his confusion, "I see."

Keiji couldn't help the smirk as he looked at Ren, he could tell the young man figured it out. Why there wasn't going to be the media, the fact that he wasn't really known either would help not that he figured Ren would know this.

Yashiro sighed taking his glasses off and cleaning them, "How does that exactly help?"

The van stopped, one look at he knew they were there. "Trust me. I know people." He put his phone in his pocket, "and besides, the kids will have a blast." His eyes turned towards Ren, "After all he's an actor, he should at least be able to act like this is something he cares about."

A/N: Ltach is for long-term in the hospitals, normally longer than 25+ days.