Kotoko opened the bathroom door completely and saw Naoki rushing towards her. Her eyes were already full of tears and all that she could do was hug him. She held him in her arms with all her strength. Her mind was still in panic; she couldn't think straight. The only one occupying her mind was the one in her arms. She was violently trembling and mumbling something that Naoki could not understand because of her cries and sobs.

"Kotoko, please calm down, look at me, calm down!" When she heard his voice something snapped inside of her, losing the little control remaining. She ferociously attacked his lips, putting both of her hands behind his neck to push him against her and demand a response to her kiss. She spent too much time trying to be strong, month after month of pretending to have her life under control finally took a toll on her. Naoki was drowning in a sea of confusion, but it didn't stop him from kissing her back. It was a desperate kiss, one that they both needed to have to feel alive. He tried to slow her down but she was already pushing him towards his bed and unbuttoning his shirt. When he felt the mattress in his back he kissed her softer and softer until he managed to create a warm, sweet and soft kiss. He sat them both up in the edge of his bed and gently broke the kiss.

"I can't do this anymore, I'm not strong enough, Irie-kun I'm so sorry!" He dried her tears only to see more coming.

"Tell me the result."

"I… I'm not pregnant." Naoki's soul was suddenly lighter and a small smile showed on his face. He felt the second his brain started working properly again and, although the test was negative, he needed to be sure.

"Let's go to the hospital, let's have you checked to be complet…" A new kiss shut him up. He received it gladly, her lips and scent were addicting. The kiss was soft and yet she kept unbuttoning his shirt until she successfully removed the garment off him. He was starting to lose his mind again, her tiny and not so soft anymore hands were inexpertly travelling his chest and slowly moving southward until she found his belt's buckle and tried to open it. Just then some oxygen got to his clouded brain and he softly stopped kissing her, taking her hands in his. He needed to understand the situation, to know why she was behaving like this, taking into account that in the past she said she didn't love him anymore and moreover, she was in love with Ikezawa. He spoke softly, trying his best not to scare her away.

"What are we doing Kotoko? Why are you kissing me?" She blushed violently but she knew she couldn't hold her feelings anymore. This was a wakeup call, a very scary and exhausting one that made her lose her focus and her willpower. She wasn't sure of how wise was it to share her awful secret with him, but it was clear as water that after today's fright she wouldn't be able to face her life alone. But first, she also wanted some answers.

"Why did you kiss me back? Why have you been looking for my company? Why are you worrying about me now that I finally understood that I'm not good for you? Am I really a sister to you? Is that how you feel about me after living together all this…" Naoki kiss her on her cheek, effectively silencing her.

"If I told you that I now accept that I love you, would you believe me?" Naoki decided to keep talking despite the shock in Kotoko's eyes.

"I realized that I love you. I knew you were important to me ever since Father's heart attack, but I thought I was just used to you. I took you for granted because you were always chasing after me and giving me your unconditional love. But then you seemed to have forgotten about me to go after Ikezawa and I felt awful, lonely, miserable. Then I saw him tackling you down and I knew I needed to protect you, but you wouldn't let me do something for you… you looked so in love with him that I just wanted to stop feeling, well, anything. And then you kissed me at the laboratory and I knew I loved you, I accepted my love for you. Then you were continuously being hit and my temper flared." He caressed her cheek and she closed her eyes, losing herself in his warmth. Kotoko was ecstatic with his declaration, never in her wilder dreams she thought Naoki could ever love her. This was the best sensation in her life. She heard him talking again.

"I couldn't sleep just thinking about your safety and how you rejected my help. It was painful to see you loving that guy so much while I could only regret that I had lost my chance with you and now you were in danger." Now he kissed her on her lips, never getting tired of her taste.

"I will never be able to see you as a sister you dummy. I would be a pervert if I was seeing you as a sister and then kissing you like we just did."

"But I… I want to do more than just kissing…" Her blushing cheeks seemed to call his hands, so he cradled her face while smirking at her.

"That's unlike you, Kotoko. Since when are you so straightforward?"

"Since never! I just wanted to feel closer to you, to show you how much I still… How much I still love you…" She looked down, sadness setting in her face. "But I can't help to think that I don't want to go through that horrid moment ever again, thinking I could be carrying a baby that is not yours. I never believed that I would be scared of being pregnant because I always thought I would have your babies, not Kinnosuke's…" Naoki let go of her hands and his face lost the softness that had shown during their entire conversation.

"You had sex with him. Why? Did the bastard force you?!"

"No! Well, yes, but it's not the way you think it was!"

"I don't care! How dare he! He beats you, treats you like trash and on top of it he rapes you!" Naoki stood up and punched the wall next to him.

"Stop it! Irie-kun please listen to me!" Kotoko took him by his arm and managed to sit him down again. Then, she proceeded to tell him her whole story, trying hard not to break down and not to omit any detail. More than once Naoki stood up again ready to find Kinnosuke and kill him, but Kotoko sat him down every time. Once she was done with her story he lifted her blouse without warning and saw the last lashes on her ribs. He was seeing red, what kind of sick and twisted joke was this?! He stood up with a goal in his mind.

"Stay here, Kotoko. I'll go to Osaka and end with this." Kotoko stood up in front of him quickly.

"No! Stay here, please… Today was a hard day for both of us, we need us more than you need to see him." She hugged him and flushed her entire body against his. "Could you please try to forget everything and just stay here, with me?"

"Kotoko, I need to do something, just let me go and I'll have everything solved sooner than later."

"Later, Irie-kun. I need you here."

He gave into the hug and sat them both down again.

"So, what do you want to do? I guess you are unemployed by now." Kotoko giggled, that was something she would deal with later. She traced small circled in his still bare chest and looked into his eyes. Naoki couldn't believe his luck. Even though there were tons of issues to solve, right now she was his and he was hers.

"I know what I want… Breakfast! I'm kind of hungry…" A groan from her stomach confirmed her words. Naoki couldn't help to smile at her smiling face. God he loved that smile… "Later it is, then..." he thought as they walked to his small kitchen. He would make her happy for the next couple of hours, and they would think of a way to set her free later.

AN: We are reaching to the end! What kind of ending do you think this story will have? Please let me know your thoughts!