-Oxford - Friday: Part 13-
Lory beamed as he answered the phone, "Hello Sweetie!"
"Father" Kyoko's voice sounded far too sweet to his ears.
Lory shivered slightly before pulling the phone away from his ear. It was just a weird thing, but he was pretty sure that she had said father in Russian. 'She must be really upset to be speaking in Russian.' While he knew that Kyoko really had a love for the language, which he was sure had more to do with Son of the White Shinigami than anything else. It was also true that whenever she wanted to say something that to her was not proper in the English and in a way the Japanese language to someone she used Russian. That included swearing, He hung his head as he hit the speakerphone not so much so Kuu could listen because he knew that man knew very little Russian even after all these years with Juliena. Other than when she went off in Russian he was in trouble. 'Guess it's the same for me now' he would have to make an effort to learn the language, his eyes turned towards Ruto who moved standing behind him to repeat Kyoko's words to him in Japanese.
"Of all the people you had to choose him? Do you realize how wrong it is that I see their son? A son that has my Nephele is hurting over and you knew he was here and didn't have him even attempt to contact her?"
Lory looked at Kuu for a moment, his eyes perking up at the word Nephele, he knew was going to need to explain some things here shortly. All he knew right now was that it was a good thing that Ruto was translating otherwise he wouldn't know what any of this was about, sighing he spoke in English again wishing he knew more Russian, at least he wasn't nearly as helpless as Kuu, just mostly. Not that any of that helped him at the moment because she was speed talking, which she only did for two reasons, panic or putting herself down. Based on what she was saying, he was guessing panic, likely panic that she would now be hurting Juliena who she was extremely fond of. "Kyoko, sweetie, even if he's Juliena's son" his eyes narrowed he was going to kill that boy. "It's his choice..."
"I don't care, wouldn't you insist if I was with Kuu and Nephele that they at least try and make me contact you? More so when they know you were hurting? Don't you understand, he hurt them. Yet, you bring him here, you want him to watch me but he can't even be bothered with contacting his own parents! What good is he?"
Lory sighed 'This is why I told you not to tell her' he was really tempted to strangle his own Godson, "Kyoko. Sweetie, listen to me. Kuu raised him to treat women with respect" he, of course, knew that he had been far too many relationships that went nowhere but not one of them was love. "I trust him to take care of you, this was something you wanted to do after all."
"Then maybe you should of made it that Man instead, at least he doesn't seem the kind to be walked all over" there was some mumbling under her breath that Ruto simply shrugged his shoulders over, "Even if one of them does come, the chances are he wouldn't even be able to tell. Honestly, I doubt even that Man could." Kyoko had sighed heavily, "He couldn't even tell something was wrong with that cop..."
Lory really wanted to bang his head on the table at this point, because he knew for a fact 'that man' she rather has at her side was Ren Tsuruga the man behind the mask of Kuon 'What kind of personality did you give this character that she doesn't feel safe?' Before he sighed heavily and ran a hand through his hair in frustration, he didn't know how to address this that well. Most people would never think that there was something off about a police officer, or for that matter most people, it was fully her experience in that place that had allowed her to understand a danger that prior she would never have known. Yet Kuon was more adapted to such things when he allowed himself to be truly himself when he didn't lock his true self away. "I promise you Kyoko you will be safe with him, Kuu taught him well."
"That's right Kyoko!" Kuu shouted "My boy won't let anything happen to you! His mother would kill him if he did."
"Father... am I on speakerphone?"
Lory sighed happily at least it was English this time. "Well, sweetie..." he wasn't able to get any further in his statement because once again his little girl was off ranting in Russian all he could do was glare at Kuu as if this was all his fault now.
"I can't believe you put me on speakerphone! With his father in the room at that? I was just insulting his son calling him a weak... well he is likely only pretending to be completely helpless, pretending to not understand English!"
Lory sighed 'Well if he spoke in English the chances are higher you would figure out it's Ren and that would just cause a whole new set of problems' he thought as he listened to Ruto translate his daughter's words to him.
"I mean seriously don't men tend to hate it when girls protect them? Then again maybe he's just a playboy like that Man is" she growled under her breath "Well he can't be any worse than that cockroach." He could almost see her pacing back and forth, dark clouds wrapping around her.
Kuu looked at him almost as if to say he was sorry as he ate his apples. 'I think I'm going to have Maria move to America when she gets this age. Let her father deal with teenage years. She's gonna be so much worse than Kyoko.'
"Honestly, he should be talking to his parents, his poor mother." He could hear the pain in Kyoko's voice, pain, and anger. "Hurting her like that is just unforgivable, and you allowing him to keep hurting her? Throw him at me, what am I supposed to do with him?" There was a pause and he was pretty sure his daughter was now trying to figure out some way to make Kuon contact his parents. "That should work right?" she began to speak in English and that helped but he had to admit he wasn't to pleased where her mind was heading. "I'm sure she would be really happy... but how do I make him obey me?" she frowned slightly and he knew she was lost in her thoughts now.
"Kyoko. Sweetie, don't do anything rash" he wanted to point out she was doing plenty of rash things, like trying to take down someone who was in the sex trafficking business but he knew how she would respond to that. He knew she felt that it was her fault somehow, that not only did Heth get the police on his side, but he was hurting others in the process. The worse part was he also knew if he tried to point out that she was not to blame she would just think he was saying it more so now that one of the girls Alice Patterson was her replacement. 'The world is not your responsibility, but perhaps... maybe this would be good for him.' In the meantime he looked at Kuu, he knew she was right of course, he too could see the pain on their faces. "Kyoko, his parents are very understanding. Besides he promised to return to them when he was ready."
"Hey Boss, Roman here" Lory was surprised at the change of voice, more so the sigh that came from him, "Calm down will you." Lory's eyes darted towards Kuu for a moment "Fine" which was followed by a wince.
"Stupid Playboy Princess Man-Boy!" and a slam of what Lory could only think was a door. His eyes narrowed as he stared at Kuu who had quickly grabbed his own cellphone. Clearly texting most likely Kuon about this, not that he seemed scared at all with that grin on his face.
"Playboy Princess Man-Boy..." Lory ran a hand across his face, he didn't think he would ever hear anyone call Kuon a Princess let along a Man-Boy... Playboy yes but the rest. He shook his head "Kyoko, sweetie what happened."
"It's his own fault" she muttered under her breath, "It's fine, I handled it..." but at least it was in English now, but who knew how long that would last.
"Handled what exactly?" He asked feeling a headache coming from this whole thing.
"He's just completely useless, all he's going to do is attracted attention" she huffed "but I swear Daddy if you ever put me with that guy again, I'll run away and live with my Nephele!"
Lory banged his head on his desk, the moment the line went dead. "What the hell did you do Kuon?" he groaned.
Kuu grinned slightly as he looked up from his phone, "Don't worry, I'm sure Julie will love her to pieces if she runs away from home." He held up his hands as Lory glared at his him, "I'm just saying, we would treat her like our own daughter."
"If my daughter runs away you'll lose your one and only child. I'll put him in the ground myself."
Kuu eyes turned towards Ruto for a moment who simply nod his head and Kuu quickly went back to his phone. "Right let me just... " he said scratching the back of his head. "And I'm told I was overprotective" he muttered.
Kuon opened the door to the hotel room. There in the middle of the room, was Kyoko pacing back and forth. There was a mixture of anger and annoyance that seemed to be following her every action as she spoke. He lowered his head as he closed the door behind him and leaned against it. It wasn't that she was wrong, he really did not know how to exactly deal with women without his true nature or his Ren's smile. 'My father always told me to respect women' and while he would never force himself on another and treated all his girlfriends with respect, but that hadn't been enough in the end. It had broken something inside of him and made him disgusted by the way they looked at him like a piece of meat. In a way that was what he was trying to do as Roman, at least that's how he thought about it. He hadn't wanted to hurt them, treat them nicely, but apparently, even that was not an easy task. 'I wonder if it would have been different if I had just kept in touched with Kyoko-chan' his eyes followed her pacing.
He winced slightly at her words however, he knew he had hurt his parents. Yet at the time he hadn't seen a way out of the darkness that had wrapped so tightly around him. So he had run away from everyone who cared about him. In the end, it seemed that Daiki would never forgive him and Keiji couldn't recall exactly what he looked like. 'Well maybe in a small way I can repair at least that relationship.' Yet he wondered slightly if that was really a good idea, his eyes following her once more as she seemed lost in her own world. 'What is she planning?' He found it hard not to glare at her, the idea of her somehow getting Lory to help her all of sudden flashed through his mind and he took the last few steps and grabbed the phone from her hand, even as she spun around.
"Hey Boss, Roman here." He knew that Lory Russian wasn't good at all, he wasn't even sure who was better; Nick or Lory. His eyes turned towards Kyoko raising an eyebrow at her as she seemed to be in the mist of black flames.
"What do you think you are doing?" He couldn't help but smile as he stared down at her.
For someone so small she really was a little ball of fury it was endearing for some reason. 'Urg, right Mother's like that too now that I think about it.' He sighed heavily, as he shook his head. "Calm down will you." It wasn't really a question as much as an order but it was clear that she wasn't going to listen to him. 'Why am I not surprised.'
"I'd like to see you make me," she said reaching up to take her phone back from him.
'Does she really think I'm that weak?' He thought back to the two women and he had to keep himself from laughing, well even as Roman he wasn't. He just had to keep that part of himself in check. "Fine." He said holding her chin, 'Just tease her a little' he watched as her eyes widen he was having a hard time not wanting to smile as he leaned forward. He did this many times, acting like he was going to kiss them on the mouth, only to turn around and kiss them on the cheek. His mind figure this would be no different than all the others before. He winced as he felt the sting on his cheek and her snatching her phone away. 'A little Firecat' he rubbed his cheek slightly.
"Stupid Playboy Princess Man-Boy!" His eyes shot towards the slamming of the door and then to the missing phone in his hands before he sighed heavily.
Kuon found himself staring at the door that had been slammed shut 'Did she really just call me a Princess and a Man-boy?' He found himself holding his stomach trying to keep himself from laughing. His phone going off being the only thing to really keep himself in check long enough to check his text message from his father.
Good Job! Your mother will be so happy, keep doing whatever it is you're doing so your mother can keep her! - Father
Actually, you shouldn't. I don't want you to die. - Father
Kuon stared at the text messages from his father. 'I guess Lory's pretty upset' his eyes trailed towards the closed door. It wasn't as if he couldn't understand the reason for it. It couldn't be easy to have Kyoko for his daughter, she always did her best in everything. Always trying to be perfect in everything she did. Always wanting to make sure everyone around her was happy and safe to the point she didn't take care of herself. As her Fairy Prince Corn, he knew all this and the fact she was so open with him when he could see how much hurt she felt had made him want to be her Fairy Prince even now. 'Yet I can't be' he sighed heavily as he looked back down at his phone.
The temptation was growing stronger to contact his father as himself but that would pass, he was sure that it was simply a matter that his father and Lory were together. They have been like that whenever they were together. 'Best friends...' the image of Rick had him gripping his chest in guilt. 'I'm not even allowed that anymore...' his eyes trailed once more back to the door 'I don't even have the right to be her friend... or anyone's friend.' Though he knew deep down he wouldn't be able to stop thinking of her as his childhood friend and wanting to keep her safe. 'How screwed up is that my dark past can actually be a useful to her right now.'
Taking a deep breath he moved towards her door and knocked on it, "Marian, if you are planning to do this, we should head out soon."
"I'll be out in a moment" he wondered slightly if he went too far.
His hand moving back towards his cheek 'she didn't slap Him though' he looked down 'But then she trusts him... and it's not like she knows we're both the same people.' he sighed knowing that he needed that to remain as so for his own protection and peace of mind. "Alright."
A/N: I was totally going to use Fairy instead of Princess and the Man-Boy because it seemed like something she would blurt out to me!
As for Nick, yeah I always thought he seemed almost as if he was one of Kuon's friends.
Anyways as always thanks for reading as of course the reviews!