Authors Note: I've been made aware that my "definitely" are actually being auto-corrected into "defiantly" for some reason sorry if that has caused any confusion. I'm beginning to really hate auto-correct. Oh well, as always enjoy! Please review

Disclaimer: I do not own Skip Beat or its characters only the Kuchiki's

Chapter 11: Shaky night

Kyoko grabbed a bunch of carrots and began washing them in the large sink away from Ren. Even though she was using hot water her hands couldn't help but shake slightly as she felt his eyes on her. What do I do now? She began to panic. He just keeps staring at me. He hasn't said anything yet. Is he mad now? I knew I shouldn't have done that. Why did I listen to Chika? After she was done washing the carrots she walked over to the island slowly never looking up at Ren once. She grabbed a cutting board out of the cabinet and placed the carrots on top. She took one of the chef's knifes out of the cutlery block and started chopping a carrot. Half way through she stopped and set down the knife unable to stop her hands from shaking.

"Kyoko-san are you alright?" Ren broke the silence worried.

"Yep" Kyoko squeaked out looking up at him their eyes meeting for a second then she returned her focus to the carrot again and blushed. Why can't I look at him fully? I can't manage to do anything I'm too nervous. I should have asked what I should do after the kiss but I didn't even think about it. He's still staring thou. What could he possibly be thinking?

"Are you sure?" Ren questioned. She doesn't look like she's fine. What should I say? Should I ask her about it? She seems like she's frightened now. She's probably regretting it, maybe she didn't feel anything when we kissed.

Kyoko stood still trying to think of what to say. When she couldn't think of anything she decided fleeing would be her best option. "Would you mind if I cooked supper a little later?" It came out in almost a whisper.

"Sure it's only a little after 5 anyways, if you want I can make it" He said then cringed a little thinking of how it would come out tasting if he actually made it.

"No there's no need for that I can do it" Kyoko said hastily. "I…I..I would just like to take a shower first, since I haven't had one yet today." It was the first excuse she could think of to get away from her situation.

"Oh that's right I almost forgot" Ren said remembering the shower at the hotel and cringing more. "I moved our bags to the stairs" he pointed over at them. "I think the shower is probably upstairs."

"Thanks" Kyoko said walking over and grabbing hers. "I'll be back in a little bit then" she said looking back at him then made her way up the stairs. Ren sat still in his seat lost in his thoughts. She's defiantly regretting it, she can't even be around me now. This is bad, what made her kiss me in the first place? Then he remembered Yashiro's text. What did he do? He must have known if he sent me text like that, he must have said something. This is why I don't tell people things, if he had kept his mouth shut none of this would have happened, she wouldn't be acting this way, everything would be fine right now. She would still be cooking dinner just fine.

"Ummmm Ren-san" Kyoko's voice came from the stairs about 5 minutes later stirring Ren from his thoughts.

"Yes Kyoko-san" Ren said excitedly glad to hear Kyoko calling to him. He got up from his seat and walked over to the stairs and looked up to see her standing at the top.

"I think I found the fish" Kyoko's voice sounded like she was almost in shock as she stood there looking down at him.

"Huh" Ren replied confused then remembered the house rules and the fish they were suppose to feed.

"Y-y-you have got to see this" Kyoko's sentence ended with a small giggle which intrigued Ren. He made his way up the stairs as Kyoko turned and began walking down the hallway that was lined with paintings and photos hung on cream colored walls. There were 4 light wood doors two on both sides of the hall leading to rooms that were all locked up; probably guest rooms. They walked to the end of the hall way where there was one door that was open. Ren stepped in to see their bedroom for the week and stared at his new surroundings.

The room was huge and had about a 10 foot ceiling built with the same style as the living rooms ceiling. Scattered around it was small built in lights and in the center hung yet another chandelier. The rooms walls were painted a light blue color and to the right of the entrance was the bed which was definitely the focus piece of the room. It was a king size bed with a dark blue padded head board that jutted out from the wall about a foot. The center of it was a lighter blue and was inset slightly with small reading lights at the top. The bedding was satin in various shades of blue which matched the room and there was 6 various sized pillows. At the end of the bed stood two dark blue pillars attached to the beds foot board that were about 6 feet high. Between the pillars and the head board were dark blue rods that connected them. A sheer cream colored fabric hung from them creating a canopy that surrounded the bed and was tied in bunches around the pillars. That's the bed that I'm going to have to sleep in with her! Ren took a noticeable gulp in his nervousness.

At the foot of the bed was a small light orange bench seat which faced a light tan stone fireplace that went from floor to ceiling. On both sides of the bed were light wood night stands which held an alarm clock, two small lamps, candles and fake blue and orange flowers. The right wall of the room was all windows just like the down stairs and had thick orange curtains at either end, on the right side there was another small alarm pad. In the middle of the glass wall was a sliding glass door which opened up to a small balcony that had two white chairs and a small white table. Between the fireplace and the wall of windows was a plush light orange colored lounge chair with a small pillow and a cream colored throw blanket on it. To the left of it was a round light wood side table with a candle on it. Behind it was a large tan floor vase with hay like looking branches coming out of it. There was a tan colored shaggy fur rug that covered most of the hard wood floor connecting all the different areas of the room together. To the left of the fire place were random shelves lined with various cream, orange, and blue candles as well as some more fake flowers. On the left side of the entrance were 3 light wood doors which separated the wall. The first two doors were walk in closets one for him and one for her. Between the two doors was a small light wood cabinet that was about 3 feet tall, on top of it was a couple of candles. Kyoko was standing next to the last door on the left which was the bathroom as she watched Ren examine the room.

"They're in here" Kyoko said and pointed into the bathroom. Ren walked over to her and entered the bathroom and she followed. It was by far the biggest bathroom he had ever seen. The walls of the room were lined with tan limestone tiles. In front of the entrance along the wall was a huge dark wood vanity with two sinks and a cabinet in-between which went to the ceiling holding towels, washcloths, and various bathroom products. Above the sinks were two large mirrors that went 6 inches from the ceiling and had lights on top. In front of each sink was small dark wood stools with white plush seats that could be tucked up under the sinks next to the trash cans if they needed to be. On the other side of the vanity was the white porcelain toilet that was separated from the room by a small tiled wall. Across from the vanity was the huge white two person tub which was raise up from the rest of the floor by two steps. There was a huge window on the wall behind it framed with dark wood. To the left of the tub in the corner of the room was a glass walled shower. The wall between the tub and the shower was not just glass but a huge fish tank which was about 5 feet tall. Inside was about 50 different brightly colored tropical fish and various coral and plants. Just in front of the tank between the tub and the shower was a small dark wood cabinet that held the fish food like the rules had said. Scattered around the room on various surfaces were candles of different shapes and sizes, fake white and blue flowers, and white porcelain jars containing items like cotton balls and such.

Ren walked over and stared at the fish tank in amazement. I can't believe he has a tank like this in his master bathroom of all places. Why on earth would you put one in here? He reached into the cabinet and pulled out some food and stepped up to the tub platform and put some in the tank. Some of the fish made their way up to the surface to eat while others waited for the food to sink to the bottom. Ren stood for a moment watching the fish then put the food away and turned to Kyoko.

She couldn't help it anymore and started laughing. "Why would they be in here?" she managed to get out between laughs.

"I have no idea" Ren said plainly equally confused and started laughing himself. "It's impressive though I have to admit." he said looking back at the tank once more.

"I'd have to agree, but it's kind of weird too. I just know I'm going to feel like they are staring at me while I take my bath." she said looking at them and giggled again. Her words making him laugh again thinking about it. Why do they get to watch Ren thought suddenly envious of the fish.

"Well…I don't know how to help you there. Guess you could just try pretending they aren't there." He said trying to be helpful. "Enjoy your bath" He said with a smile and made his way for the door.

"Thank you" Kyoko said and closed it behind him bowing slightly as he left. She turned around once again and took one more look at the tank. After a moment she walked over and began running the water in the huge tub. She found soap in the large cabinet and within 10 minutes she found herself relaxing in a nice bubble bath.

"Kyoko-san" Ren voice called out from the door which made her jump slightly.

"Yes" she yelled back.

"I'm going to go outback for a bit so if you hear the alarm go off that's just me okay" he explained.

"Alight, there's a hot spring back there if you would like to take a bath in that. If you don't feel like waiting for this one" she informed him remembering he hadn't bathed yet either.

"Thanks, I might just do that" he yelled back.

"Your welcome" with that she heard him leave and she began watching the fish in front of her.

Mean while Ren made his way down stairs and grabbed his cell phone and a change of clothes and headed outback. He stood on the patio and surveyed his surroundings amazed at the enchanting environment. He made his way down to the hot spring and looked around for a cabinet that might have a towel and found one behind one of the large rocks between the spring and the patio. He grabbed one and undressed quickly behind the rock and got into the hot spring. He set the towel on the tall rock behind him keeping it dry and flipped open his cell phone.

He texted Yashiro What did you do? -Ren. He leaned back slightly on the rock getting comfortable and looked up at the evening sky, which was now turning shades of pink, blue, and purple. His phone beeped and he looked down.

I didn't do anything. She talked with Chika. Y? -Yashiro

That's not helpful. Talked about what?-Ren he replied not satisfied with Yashiro's answer. She talked with Kuchiki-san. I don't know how I should feel about that. What could they have talked about? He began to worry.

That's something you should ask her don't you think? -Yashiro

Ren groaned can't he at least tell me something! Never mind, and I can't-Ren

What do you mean you can't. What did you do?-Yashiro

I didn't do anything she just won't talk with me. -Ren

Well you did kiss her back RIGHT?- Yashiro

Of course I did. I'm not that stupid -Ren

Well you should be fine then. Talk with each other when she's ready. I'm sure you two will figure it all out. Just give her some time she's probably still trying to figure things out herself. -Yashiro

Sure fine and by the way your horrible at helping -Ren

I do my best-Yashiro With that Ren sighed and set his phone off to the side in the grass. You do your best, ya right you didn't help at all! What on earth could they have talked about? Well obviously me, but what could have been said. Why was it decided that she should kiss me? None of this makes sense. Of all things she didn't say anything just kissed me how could that have helped anything? What was the point of it? Ren felt himself get more and more frustrated with his thoughts. Well I guess there's no point in thinking about it. I'm just going to have to figure out from her whenever she decides on talking I just hope that's soon because everything is just going to be awkward till then. He closed his eyes and leaned back more trying to relax and enjoy the hot spring.

Back upstairs Kyoko jumped slightly as she heard her phone go off in her pile of clothing on the floor next to the tub. She leaned out of the tub and grabbed it flipping it open to see who it was from.

You have got to talk to him!-Chika Huh Kyoko looked at the text confused. How does she know I haven't talked with him.

I don't know what to say -Kyoko she texted back honestly.

Anything, everything be honest tell him the truth -Chika

The truth?-Kyoko

Yes like why you kissed him. Don't just kiss him then not say anything. I said only keep your mouth shut before the kiss not after! -Chika

It's so weird though I freeze up when I go to talk to him. -Kyoko

Well get over it. You can't do this to him he's going to start thinking something bad like you didn't like it or something like that -Chika

Okay I'll talk with him-Kyoko

Sooo how did it go by the way. Did you like it? Do you like him?-Chika

Kyoko looked at her phone and blushed. Yes, I pretty sure I do-Kyoko.

Good glad to hear that. Now suck it up and talk. It's going to be awkward till you do so you might as well get it over with. Anyways it will be so much more fun after and if he kissed you back you have nothing to worry about. Have fun! be honest-Chika

Kyoko flipped her phone shut and set it to the side. She's right, it's going to be like this till I talk with him…but I don't know how to start. She pouted slightly and grabbed some bubbles in front of her. All he did afterwards was watch me in the kitchen. What does he expect me to say, I figured at least he would say something but he didn't. Ergg I still can't believe I did that its so out of character for me. She tossed the bubbles towards her feet in her frustration. I guess its good though I mean that would mean I'm no longer under Sho's control anymore. Ah I have to stop thinking about him erase him from my mind. It did feel really good though. Kyoko blushed remembering the kiss. Okay I need to talk with Ren-san. She began to blush more. It feels weird yet nice calling him that, I'm glad he said yes to it. Okay Kyoko focus I just have to talk with him! I need to tell him why I kissed him. That I needed to see if I really felt that way and I needed to know how he felt. He deserves to know the truth, even if it's not something he wants to hear. But I still don't really know how he feels. That's it I can ask him that. I can start by asking him if he liked it or how he felt about it. Having him talk first might help me. Her eyes widened and she smiled with her new idea. But I still need to make sure I tell him how I feel or something. How do I feel? Kyoko sat trying to get her feelings together so she could understand them. well umm it felt nice it wasn't bad, but do I like him?

Well I guess I do. I mean I don't know if I love him, but I guess I could say I like him more then I normally would for a Senpai. I should stop calling him that, because if he is like a Senpai I wouldn't think of him like this. When I really think about it there's nothing really that I can think of that I don't like about him. I can talk with him, I feel comfortable around him, I trust him, I'm usually happy when I'm with him, he's kind to me more then Sho ever was. He's always willing to help me no matter what it is I ask. I guess I could say there are times when I look forward to meeting him, and he's attractive. Kyoko sat with wide eyes about her last thought. Oh my god! I do like him! When did this happen! Was Chika right have I really been this blind! Just because of Sho! I HATE that man! How could I have been that stupid! I need to talk to him! She made up her mind and stood grabbed her towel and began drying off.

Wait what happens if he doesn't feel the same way? Kyoko froze scared of her thoughts. Well he did kiss me back. He didn't yell at me or anything, but then again he didn't say anything so maybe he is mad. Wait he kissed me back so he has to feel something right? No wait I'm just going to have to ask him I can't freak out too much about this Chika said I can't freak about anything. I need to talk to him. I have got to calm down this can't be that bad, if it was he would have yelled at me by now. With that Kyoko finished drying herself and grabbed her new clothes and put them on. She made her way back down stairs and looked around to find that Ren wasn't in the house. He must still be outside She thought as she walked into the dinning room. I'll just wait and start dinner then. She made her way to the kitchen and picked up where she left off.

15 minutes later Kyoko had finished chopping up the vegetables and set them up to steam and had began cooking the hamburg(steak). She was about to flip them over when she was startled by a loud ringing noise that encompassed the house. Did I set the fire alarm off? No I couldn't have its not burning Kyoko began to panic. She turned to see Ren rushing in the door and over to the key pad pressing the code in. Kyoko took a deep breath relieved that it was just him coming in. He grabbed his bag and began walking over to the stairs when he caught a whiff of Kyoko's cooking and turned to see her staring at him from the kitchen.

"Kyoko-san I didn't even see you there" He said somewhat shocked. "Sorry if I scared you"

"It's alright I forgot that you were outside. I thought I had set the fire alarm off or something. Supper should be done in about 10-15 minutes." She said remembering what it was she was doing and turned back to the stove.

"Alright, I'm going to bring my stuff upstairs then I'll be back down to help" Ren said and headed up stairs. Moments later he was back in the kitchen unsure of what to do he decided to put some rice in the rice cooker. By that time Kyoko was done with the hamburg and had started frying the eggs. She removed the vegetables from the stove and scooped them out onto the plates and placed the pan into the sink to be cleaned. She then placed the hamburg and now ready eggs on the plates and started stirring up a sauce to dip them in placing some in two small cups and set them on the plates as well. She placed one of the plates in front of Ren on the island and one in front of the seat next to him and started to scoop some rice into two small bowls. She grabbed the rice and some utensils walked around the island and handed Ren his and then took a seat beside him and placed her own down. They sat in silence eating slowly, tension building between them as they did.

"Tastes good" Ren broke the silence.

"Thank you" Kyoko replied looking down at the food on her plate. Okay I need to talk, I need to say something to him. She built up her courage and looked over at him. "Ren-san"

"Yes Kyoko-san" Ren said as he swallowed the food that was in his mouth and looked over at her.

"Umm…..well….about earlier I just needed to find out" Kyoko said hesitating slightly unsure on what to say.

"Find out what exactly?" Ren replied after a moment confused.

"How I felt and how you felt" Kyoko said turning her focus back to her food and pushed it around on her plate with her knife nervously.

"Well did you figure it out?" Ren asked curiously.

"Yes…well no.. sort of" Kyoko was still unsure.

"What are you having trouble figuring out?" Ren said hopeful. She's seriously thinking about everything, about me in that way. The thought made him smile slightly.

"Well…You." Kyoko stopped what she was doing and looked back over at him. "How do you feel about everything? I think I know how I feel but I still don't know how you feel clearly. I don't understand everything completely. A number of people say you like me as…well…more then just a student." Her voice started to get quiet with her last words. "But I just don't understand you've never made any advances other then just being my Senpai or at least none that I've realized so I can't really believe it, but earlier you kissed me back so I'm confused. So I guess what I'm saying is that I need you to tell me in your own words."

"Okay…umm…give me a moment" Ren said thinking of where he should start. I have to make sure I say everything clearly so it makes sense to her, and in a way that doesn't scare her. Remember I have got to get her to like me or they are going to force us into a relationship and I just can't let that happen, not after what happened earlier. He took a deep breath and began.

"Your right I don't think of you as a student. To be truthful I never really did, that's something that you came up with on your own and I just kind of played along." He paused for a moment and looked forward at nothing really just unable to look at her as he spoke and continued. "Let's see, guess I should start at the beginning. When I first met you I didn't like you too much I thought you were annoying and were getting into the acting business for all the wrong reasons, but over time you proved me wrong and I'm glad you did because from what I've seen you've become a very good actress. Slowly I started to notice things about you more and more and found myself wanting to see you more and more. Even I didn't realize that I liked you at first it just kind of snuck up on me. I finally noticed and accepted it when you came over to help me figure out Katsuki for Dark Moon. Do you remember that evening?" he asked looking over at her.

Kyoko nodded her head acknowledging she remembered and he looked forward again still unable to look at her and speak. "When we fell and I grabbed a hold of you and hugged you I got the overwhelming urge to not let go. For the first time I realized what it meant by the saying "can't help, but to hold tightly" to someone. It is a saying I heard somewhere that usually is said in regards to a feeling you get towards someone you like. That was the first time I had ever truly felt it before and at first it really caught me off guard. Ever since then I've been aware of my feelings towards you but have been to afraid to act upon them. I was afraid you would run away, erase me just like you have Sho-san and it scared me because I don't want that. I would rather live with you by my side as a friend then lose you completely because I acted on my desires. So since then I've tried to ignore those feelings telling myself your too young, you couldn't possibly like me like that, or something, anything really." He paused and looked down at his food then back over to her. "That's the truth. Its okay if you don't feel the same way. If you would like we can stay friends like what happened earlier never happened. As long as you keep me in your life somehow that's good enough for me." He said his last words slightly depressed but wore a hopeful smile. I'm suppose to be trying to make her my girlfriend not giving her the okay to just be friends. What am I thinking?

Kyoko sat in her seat looking at him speechless her heart beating so hard and fast she found it hard to breath. He really likes me. Me, Kyoko, he likes me. She couldn't believe it. "Why me?" she said in almost a whisper but he heard it.

Ren chuckled slightly under his breath. "That's a good question, one that I don't really have a answer for. Somehow you managed to get to me over time I guess. I don't really know how to describe it, but I can say your one of the very few people in the world that has the ability to touch my heart and understand me like you do. Sorry but that's the only answer I can give you."

Kyoko looked down at her food processing his words. "So what your saying is you want to….date me?" She could barely get out the last words.

Ren sat for a second looking at her "Yes, I guess you can say I've wanted that for a while now but I've never been able to say it. I never thought a day like this would come. I didn't think you would ever consider it. I wouldn't want to feel like I'm pressuring you into anything that you didn't want to do. So I've stayed silent."

Ren's eyes went wide slightly at her words. Is she…could she be…giving me a chance? Does she want me to ask her? For real? Does that mean she feels the same? Ren smiled slightly and cleared his throat. "Kyoko-san…would you…w-w-w-would you go out with…me?" He said nervously bringing his eyes up to meet hers. "Is that better?"

Kyoko sat still unable to break away from his eyes. "L-l-like be your girlfriend going out? For real? Not just in the movie?" Her voice came out but she could barely hear her words over her heartbeat.

Ren looked over at her with hopeful eyes and shook his head and said "Yes will you be my girlfriend in real life" and bit his lower lip in his nervousness waiting for a response. Unaware that his whole body was slightly shaking.

Kyoko sat in disbelief on what she had just heard. He's really asking me! I've got to make a decision. Yes or no? Well I did decide that I liked him upstairs, I don't think those feelings would just go away now and my hearts beating out of control. What happens if I make the wrong choice? If I say yes I don't know what will happen, but if I say no I'm not giving him a chance at all. "Y-y-yes I would like to give it a try" she managed to get out in a quiet voice. She let out a breath she hadn't realized she was holding. "B-b-but if it doesn't work do you promise we can still be friends?" she said a little louder.

Ren took a quick breath in with her words. "Of course" he said and couldn't help but reach over to her and pull her into a hug happy that he finally had her all to himself. Kyoko buried her face into his shoulder as she wrapped her arms around his large shoulders without realizing it.

"Promise me something?" Kyoko said into his shoulder.

"Anything" he said trying to catch his breath his heart was beating so fast he was finding it hard.

"Please don't hurt me" she said and felt water build up in her eyes.

"Promise I'd rather die then do that" he replied squeezing her tighter to him. They sat like that for a couple minutes then he began to release her. When they were far enough apart to see each others face he brought his hand up and wiped away the tear that was on her cheek and smiled. "Now lets finish supper" He said in a warm voice. They let go and turned back to their now semi-cold meals and finished them with random small talk about nothing in particular. When they were done they put all the dishes in the sink and made their way to the living room.

They both sat on opposite sides of the corner part of the couch and turned on the TV. Ren flipped though the channels asking Kyoko what she would like to watch, but both were undecided. Finally they came to a movie that was about to start that nether one of them had seen before but heard was good. It was called "The Ring". Kyoko pulled her knees up to her chest as she began to watch the movie which didn't seem that bad. She wasn't particularly good with horror movies but still enjoyed watching them. The beginning seemed a little eerie but wasn't too scary. Without realizing it she began to shake slightly which was noticed by Ren as he found himself looking over at her every couple of minutes in a way reminding himself that she was in fact sitting there next to him. He got up from the couch and walked to the cabinet behind it and pulled out a blanket without her even noticing he had moved. He walked back around and sat down just in time to see the main character of the movie watch the supposedly "cursed" movie. He looked over to see Kyoko squeezing her knees to her chest and breathing heavily.

"Kyoko-san, are you okay?" he asked and touched her shoulder which made her jump and him laugh. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you" he said between laughs which made Kyoko glare at him.

"I'm not scared" she spit out and blushed in her embarrassment.

"Could have fooled me" he said smiling at her. She looked like she was about to scream or cry. She just tucked her head behind her knees and pouted. She is just so cute and she's finally all mine. He couldn't help but think as he looked at her like this. "Your not very good with scary movies are you?" He questioned with a smirk.

"Not really" Kyoko said from behind her knees "But I really like watching them anyways" she admitted. Ren smiled and nodded he grabbed the one of the pillows at the end of the couch and moved to the corner bringing his legs up on the left side of the couch.

"Come here" he motioned for her to move over to him. Kyoko hesitated at first but slowly moved over to him stopping about a foot away from him. Ren looked over at her confused. "Don't worry I don't bite I promise."

Kyoko looked over at him and smiled then looked down at her lap. "I'm sorry its just…It's just that I…umm…I don't really know how to act around you now. I'm a little nervous."

Ren smiled and over and lifted her chin up to face him. "It's okay I understand I am too. Just try to act normal you don't have to do anything special. Just be you and try to relax that's all. Don't worry I won't push you to do anything we will go slow." Kyoko nodded her head in his hand and smiled a little more relaxed. "Now come here it's okay. Your shaking I don't know if it's because your scared or cold but if its because you scared rely on me I won't let anything happen to you I promise."

Kyoko moved towards him slightly and he brought his hand down and grabbed her waist and turned her around so she was facing the TV with her back to him which made her eyes go wide at the movement. He took the pillow and set it in his lap and grabbed her shoulder guiding her to lay down on the right side of the couch which she did and looked up at him and smiled. He grabbed the blanket that he had set on the back of the couch in his movement and spread it out across her allowing her to bring her arms up on top of it. "See its not that bad now is it?"

"No" She said blushing slightly at her position on him.

"Good" He smiled and set his arm lightly across her belly and grabbed her left hand. "Now if you get scared just hold on to my arm, and remember I'm right here" Kyoko nodded and wrapped her right arm around his and put her hand on top of his and her left. She returned her focus to the TV and began watching the movie again. I can't believe this is actually happening. Never in a million years did I think she would be my girlfriend let alone let me hold her like this. She's so warm she can't be cold she must just be scared. Next time I see her I should probably thank Kuchiki-san I don't know what she said but right now I don't really care. I finally have her in my arms and that's all that matters. Ren thought looking down at her then began watching the movie again. Kyoko's thoughts were also drifting away from the movie This feels nice. I actually like this. Watching movies like this with him, I've never watched a movie with someone like this before. It makes the whole experience better somehow, I don't know why but I feel like I'm enjoying it more now. I'm less scared.

By the time the movie had ended Kyoko had successfully screamed three times and buried her head in the blanket and Ren's arm making him laugh each time. Even though she became beat red with embarrassment each time he wouldn't have it any other way as he held her tight reminding her that it was okay making her relax again. When it was over it was late and they were both sleepy fighting back yawns. Ren shut off the TV and they made their way upstairs. Kyoko grabbed her sleeping clothes and headed to the bathroom to change and Ren changed quickly in the bedroom. Unsure on what side of the bed she wanted he took the side closest to the window. He sat in bed waiting for her to come out so he could shut off the lights for about 10 minutes before he called for her. Kyoko opened the bathroom door slightly and hide behind it poking only her head out which confused Ren. "Are you okay?" He questioned.

"Umm…yes" Kyoko said blushing a little bit. "It just well…I…umm I didn't know I was going to have to be sleeping with you so I didn't really bring appropriate sleeping wear I'm afraid." She said looking down at herself.

Ren froze slightly and gulped at her words. Didn't bring appropriate sleep wear? What does she mean by that? He began to worry. "I'm sure whatever you have is fine" He managed to say preying he would be able to control himself.

Kyoko looked down at herself again and nodded slowly opening up the door and stepping out in a white spaghetti strap tank and a pair of blue short-shorts Pjs. Ren's eyes went wide for a second at the sight of her and he took a couple of deep breaths trying to control himself. It could be worse, I can handle this. She made her way over to the bed quickly and jumped in under the covers and looked over at him blushing slightly.

"They aren't that bad" He managed to say calmly and then yawned. "But if you would like we could go out shopping tomorrow and get you ones that you would feel more comfortable in."

Kyoko nodded and gripped the blanket around her "Okay that sounds good." Ren managed a smile and laid down more in the bed. He reached over and shut off the light lazily on the night stand. "Goodnight Ren-san" He heard Kyoko say as he laid down fully.

"Goodnight Kyoko-san" He said in the darkness smiling to himself. Today has been like a dream I hope when I wake up in the morning it's still the same. He closed his eyes and tried to fall asleep but found it mildly difficult because the bed seemed to be slightly shaking. "Kyoko-san?"

"Umm" She said.

"Are you shaking?" he questioned.

"Ah, yes sorry I can't seem to help it" she said embarrassed that he noticed.

"Are you cold?" he asked turning slowly towards her side of the bed barely able to see her body facing away from him with moonlight that shown in the window.

"No, I just get like this after a movie like that. It takes a little while for it to go away, but I'm fine really" she said trying to convince him.

"Ohh" Ren said and thought for a moment and yawned. He moved slightly towards her so she was within arms reach and he grabbed her waist which made her jump and scream. "It's okay Kyoko-san its just me don't be frightened" he said trying to calm her. Kyoko didn't say anything and he pulled her towards him so her body was up against his and he wrapped his arm around her. "I told you I'm right here there's no need to be afraid" He whispered in her ear which made her heart jump in her chest. He kissed the back of her head and put his head back down on the pillow. "Now try to get some sleep" he muffled into her hair half asleep already.

"Okay" was all she could say as she allowed herself to be trapped in his arms. He's so warm and caring. I feel like I fit perfectly against him I wonder why? She thought and began to relax. Soon she stopped shaking and fell asleep easily to the sound of his breathing behind her.