Author's Note: Alright everyone. Last chapter time. It's been a fun ride.


Faking Fake Love

Light split through the crack that existed between the two portions of privacy drapes. It cut a harsh line through the darkness and split the otherwise dark room into two segments of darkness. It was the proof that while they might all pretend that the sun was still hiding, morning had come for the occupants of the hotel room. No amount of drapes would keep the morning from coming, and bringing with it all of the things that came with a morning.

Chitoge wasn't ready for it to be morning yet. Things had been easy when it had still been night. Her dreams had sprouted like beautiful flowers while her eyes had been closed, but now the harshness of being awake in reality had come for her. She knew that the further she watched that sliver of light stretch across the floor, the further she was from her lovely dreams where everything worked out, and the closer she was to a very uncertain reality. It was very tempting to close her eyes as tight as she could, drown out that sliver of light, and get back to the dream scenario in her head.

It wasn't that the day would wipe away what had happened, or that anyone was going to try and pretend it hadn't happened or anything. The fact that she still felt Raku's body on the mattress behind her meant that there was no way that either of them would be able to pretend it hadn't happened. It was all of the questions of what happened now that had begun to creep into her mind like little seeds of doubt. As long as they didn't both wake up and start into their day, the seeds were just seeds. When they both started talking about what had happened was when they would turn into the horrible fruit of pain.

The night had been a wonderful night, filled with things that Chitoge expected that she would treasure forever. The problem was that there was no telling if Raku felt the same way or not. Sure he had said the words that she had wanted to hear, but that had been a heated moment, and she had pressured him to say it that first time. People said things when they were engaged in the kind of activities that they had partaken in. It didn't necessarily mean anything.

Even if it did mean anything, would it matter? Raku had his family, and everything that he had going on here, and Chitoge had her mother and her work, and everything that would keep her moving around. She'd never be able to ask him to leave everything he had here behind, and even if she did, the Raku that she loved would never leave his family behind. She also knew that he wasn't ever going to ask her to stay. He might think about it, but then he'd decide that he couldn't keep her from her adventures.

In the end, it had been a lovely evening. She had finally gotten to have a little bit of time where she was with the man she loved. She had gotten to spend an evening where she was the thing that he was thinking about. It was a beautiful moment. Ultimately it was just that, a moment.

Once she finished her work here, she'd tell him that she had to go back to work. He'd nod and look at her in his usual understanding way, and then she'd get on her plane and be gone. It was a beautiful one-night-stand, and there wasn't anything wrong with that. They had both had a lot of fun, but that's all it really was, just a bit of fun.

When she thought more about it, she realized that with him still pretending that they were a couple, he probably wasn't really able to have a whole lot of this particular brand of fun. Sorting things out between the two families was definitely something that she was going to have to work on before she left. It was obvious to her now that just leaving wasn't going to let Raku get together with Onodera like he wanted to. She was going to need to do just a little bit more than that.

Raku made an uncomfortable noise as he shifted on the bed beside her. She knew that it was just a matter of time until he woke up and they had to deal with the awkwardness that was doomed to come next. She wrapped her arms around herself in a tight hug, protecting herself from the cool air on her naked skin, and from the conversation that she was dreading having.

As much as she didn't want to have this conversation, the silence was going to eat her alive, so she broke it with a soft mutter, "Morning…"

"Looks like." He responded looking up at the ceiling.

The silence crept in again. What was she supposed to say now? Was this something where she said thanks? She let a conversation that started with the words 'thanks for the sex' play out in her head. That was definitely wrong.

"So…" He seemed to not know what to say beyond that, but the unasked question of 'should we talk about what happened last night' hung in the air between them.

Chitoge rolled onto her back so that she was laying next to him and looking up at the same ceiling, "We left the party early." She felt a blush creep into her cheeks as her mind ran over the images of why they had left early, "I never did get to find out what you needed the land for."

Raku groaned softly and rubbed at his face with both palms, "Animal shelter."

She winced and let out a pained groan as she realized that the land that she had taken hostage to get his attention had been earmarked for such a noble purpose, "Fuck…" She brought her arm up, covering her eyes with her forearm, "I'm kinda a bitch, aren't I?"

He shrugged, looking up to the ceiling with a smile, "I mean…"

Chitoge found herself playfully punching Raku's arm, "Jeeze! You aren't supposed to agree with me!" She pouted as she looked at him, "I know we're just in a fake relationship, but aren't gangsters supposed to do something when someone says their girlfriend is a bitch?"

He moved with a speed that she hadn't been expecting. Before she had been able to react, he had rolled, grabbed her wrists, and now was hovering over her with her wrists pinned above her head. His eyes held a dangerous fire to them, and Chitoge would have been lying if she had said it hadn't had an impact. The moment she had suggested that he stand up to her she had found herself pinned and helpless, looking up into his eyes.

She swallowed hard as she looked up at him, "Y-Yeah…That's a good start."

"What if I don't let you go?" His words seemed like the sort of thing that would be a weird joke, but there was no humorous tone, to them, just a cool seriousness.

She looked up to him, mentally trying to keep her heart from beating too fast, "O-Okay." She nodded, looking up at him, "A threat like that, you'd definitely make anyone who called me a bitch take it back."

"Stop." He had only said one word, but his voice had such an authority to it, that Chitoge felt like she might have stopped breathing for a moment, "What if I don't let you go, Chitoge?"

She swallowed hard to get another breath into her lungs, "Y-Your arms will g-get tired…eventually…"

He closed his eyes for a moment, only to open them to reveal even more of that fire behind them, "Fine. I'll just tie you up with that hair ribbon of yours."

Chitoge's mind ran wild with fantasies of Raku tying her up with the red hair ribbon and using her body in every imaginable way. She felt shudders of pleasure run up her spine and a soft moan died on her lips, "Fuck, that'd be hot…"

His grip on her wrists tightened, "I'm not joking around, Chitoge."

She looked up at him through her eyelashes and shifted on the bed, her thighs rubbing together. Her lips moved slowly as she spoke in a sultry voice, "I'm ready when you are." No one said their fun had to end after a single night. She could definitely get into a little 'exercise' to wake herself up this morning.

"That's not-" Raku looked down at her, a slight blush creeping into his cheeks. He let out a long sigh and closed his eyes, "How long are you here for?"

A seductive smirk spread across her face, "Well, I assume if you're gonna tie me up you're good for a least a couple of rounds." She felt him twitch against her belly and felt the warm feeling of pride swell up in her chest as his body told her everything she needed to know.

Raku groaned softly, "Not the room, Chitoge." He looked into her eyes, "I meant, how long are you in Japan."

Defeat hit her like a bucket of ice-water. Chitoge pouted and looked at his chest, not finding the strength to meet his gaze anymore. She had known that this harsh reality was something that she was going to have to face, but she had thought that she'd found a way to put off thinking about it for a while. Honestly, she had been hoping that they'd be doing something that was going to keep her so far away from thinking that maybe she'd be able to forget that this was real. She just wanted to live in the happy fantasy, just for a little bit longer.

"Probably a week." Her voice was weak as she said the words.

Raku nodded and then spoke in a clear and calm manner, "What if I don't let you go?"

She blinked for a moment and then looked up to his eyes, hers flashing with curiosity, "You are gonna stop me from leaving?" She let out a snide chuckle, "What? Are you planning on kidnapping me or something?"

"Yes."

Again, a single word was all it took, and Chitoge was sure that her heart had stopped beating. Her mouth was left agape as she looked up at him, her brain struggling to process the one-word response that she had not expected. What did he mean, 'yes'? That didn't make any sense! How was he going to kidnap her? Why would he even bother?

"W-Why?" Her voice was a little bit shaky as her brain tried to gather the information it needed to complete this equation.

"Stop acting dumb, Gorilla-girl." He let out a long sigh and looked at her, "I want to keep you here because I love you, obviously." He chuckled softly as he looked at her, "Maybe also because I've been thinking about the things II could do to you after I tied you up with your ribbon, too."

Chitoge shivered softly and then asked the question that she had been dreading, "What about Onodera?"

Raku blinked as he looked down at her, "I don't think Onodera wears a hair-ribbon."

"That's not what-" Chitoge struggled and then shot him a glare, "Wait, were you just thinking about tying up Onodera?"

Raku gave her a blank stare and then spoke softly, "No." He blinked slowly, "I mean…maybe a little now."

Chitoge began struggling against his grip, "You ASSHOLE! Didn't you just say you lo-"

Raku had silenced her by pressing a crushing kiss against her lips. She struggled hard against him for a moment but no matter how angry her mind was, her body was all too willing to melt into the kiss and enjoy it. Her angry shouts were transformed into softer moans by the hungry kiss that he had pressed to her lips. Slowly she felt the power that she needed to struggle being leached out of her body. By the time his lips left hers she was still fuming, but she was no longer thrashing against him anymore.

He smiled weakly as he looked at her, "Bad joke. Sorry."

"So you were only thinking about tying me up?" Chitoge was staring at his chest again.

Raku smirked and decided to tease her a little bit, "I was thinking about doing a lot more than just tying you up."

A blush worked its way across her cheeks and she struggled a little bit, "You know what I mean!"

Another groan escaped Raku's lips, "How would I be able to think of anyone else when you are naked and I have you pinned to the bed." His face took the more serious expression again, "Chitoge, you are the woman that I love. I've spent five years thinking about you, and now you're back. I don't think I'm capable of thinking about anyone else."

Finally he released her wrists from his grip and let her go. Chitoge still couldn't bring herself to move, just leaving her hands there and looking up at him. How was she supposed to follow up a confession like that? Somehow the words 'I love you too' seemed too hollow, like they didn't really respond to his feelings in kind. She bit her bottom lip as she looked up, struggling to find the best way to express her feelings to him.

All of a sudden it hit her. She looked away for a moment, "I'll need to make a call later to set things up." She looked back at him for a minute, "If you're kidnapping me, I assume you have space for me at your house?"

"You're gonna stay?" His smile beamed as he looked down at her.

She snorted back a chuckle as she looked up at him, "I love you too much to try and leave again."

His eyes moved about the room quickly, "I'll find your phone so you can make your calls."

Chitoge smirked enjoying how he was looking around excitedly. She brought her fingers down and carefully worked on the knot of her hair ribbon, "Don't worry, I'll do that later." She bit her lip and looked at him through her eyelashes, "Something tells me I'm gonna be a little too tied up to make any phone calls today."