"What do you mean there's no such thing as fairies!?"

The seven year old boy gave Kyoko a confused look. He was obviously delusional. How could someone his age not believe in fairies? Children had the purest hearts of all the humans, and by default could interact and see the magical things of the world no problem. Yet he had the audacity to say such horrendous things!

"It's what my mom told me.." said the boy, licking the Popsicle Kyoko had given him. "And she also told me Santa wasn't real. She said that parents who lie to their kids with tales of the Easter Bunny and fairies are bad parents. Lying is bad, and my mom promised me that she'd never lie to me."

"But- I saw one!" said Kyoko, waving her arms in front of her. A few people were giving her odd looks, wondering what she was doing making such a raucous on set. The boy was one of Kyoko's new colleagues in the new drama they were filming. It was the first time they had spoken to each other and this was to be their first conversation?

"But they're not real." said the boy, tilting his head at Kyoko "Were you drunk? Or maybe you were on the drugs. My mom says that drunk people can't think straight. They get all wobbly in the brain."

"I've never touched a drink in my life." said Kyoko, feeling defensive. "I was completely sober. We talked, exchanged stories. He even ki..." Kyoko stopped, putting a hand to her lips at the memory, spots of color appearing on her cheeks.

"Are you sure it wasn't a person disguised as a fairy?" said the boy. "You know, like when people dress up like Santa Claus."

"It..."

Kyoko's brain stopped working, the implications of the boys statement making her dizzy. If fairies weren't real... then who had she been talking to? She refused to think she was crazy, which meant it had been a person. A live human talking to her about her life, knowing intimate details that only a few knew. Wearing the face of the man she was completely besotted with...

Kyoko's whole body was suddenly on fire. There was no way. How could he have known about memories in their childhood? Unless he had been there... She didn't understand how it could be possible.

Yet she couldn't deny it either. She might not know the specifics of Ren's past, but the similarities of the things she did know were glaringly obvious. A great father that overshadowed their existence. A brilliant mind, but too young to fly by themselves. A troubled past with so much pain...

A disturbance caught Kyoko's attention.

Pure terror flooded through Kyoko along with panic. Oh yes, there was definitely plenty of panic. It was taking every bit of self control she had not to throw down her script and run away screaming. The object of her thoughts was walking towards them, looking every inch the fairy she realized he was. Because there was no doubt about it. Ren was Corn. Corn was Ren, and she had no idea how she felt about that information.

Ren stopped in front of them, smiling as he greeted the two of them.

"You two ready to go back on set?" he asked, then noticed Kyoko's expression. "Is something wrong?"

"No. Nothing's wrong." said Kyoko licking her lips. "Except, I just realized that fairies aren't real."

Ren blinked, then what she said hit him. His mouth dropped open, the shock causing him to completely freeze.

Kyoko bit her lip.

"You have a lot of explaining to do Corn."

Kyoko my dear... are you seriously arguing with a seven year old about the existence of fairies? you need help.

Thanks for reading!

-Blushweaver