A/N: Omg guys! School has been effing chaotic!!! I had to do three writing assignments, had to take a school ranking test type thingy, had to do a history project and a final science exam with a gigantic project in science and to top it all off I stretched or over extended or something like that to the ligaments in my left arm so It took me forever to type this damn thing. I'm wearing this huge brace thing on my wrist and hand and stuff it's like a death trap! So anyways enjoy!
Ren pulled up to the curb silently and Yashiro tripped down his steps and jumped into the car. The eerie silence that engulfed them was suffocating, almost intolerable. Yashiro shifted anxiously as Ren pulled out into the lane and sped down Yashiro's street. He griped the steering wheel tight enough for his knuckles to turn white and kept his eyes on the road.
"Please, Yashiro-San, stop that." Yashiro stopped his fidgeting and glanced up at Ren through his glasses with an apologetic expression on his gentle face.
"You shouldn't worry about her so much. She's a strong girl, Ren." Ren swerved over to the side of the road recklessly and smashed the brake down. The car creaked and complained as Ren shoved it into neutral. He slammed his head against the steering wheel and dropped his vicious grip on it. His hands moved up to wrap around the back of his neck.
Yashiro closed his gaping mouth and just stared at his shaking companion.
Neither said anything for a few minutes and Ren hardly moved an inch. Yashiro sighed deeply and readjusted his glasses on his nose. "You all right?" Ren didn't reply he merely grimaced over at Yashiro before returning his gaze to the floor. Yashiro sighed again and unbuckled his seatbelt, before sinking heavily into his chair and studying the ceiling. "You do know she is going to be alright don't you?" Ren said nothing so Yashiro continued. "She is going to be fine Ren. She is a tough girl and she has good doctors at a good hospital taking good care of her." He turned his head down to see if Ren was listening.
Ren took a deep breath and cleared his throat. "I know she is going to be all right in the hospital, Yashiro-San…" Yashiro surprised expression didn't shock Ren in the least. "I'm worried about when she gets out of the hospital."
"Then why are you so upset?" Yashiro sat up in his chair and turned to Ren, his eyes intent and expectant.
"The woman who hit her was…" Ren glared and smacked his head against the wheel again.
"Stop it! God Ren, you're going to hurt yourself." Yashiro had that fatherly tone yet again as he ordered Ren around. "The woman didn't mean to she-"
"That's just it." Ren growled, interrupting Yashiro. "She meant to hit her."
"There is no way you could-!"
"Know that?" Ren finished Yashiro's sentence then glared at him. "But I do. Do you know who that woman was?" Yashiro shook his head silently. "That was Kyoko's mother." Ren rose his head off the wheel dropping it into his hands as Yashiro's face fell drastically.
"W-What?" he stuttered slowly and Ren sent him a demon lord glare, not even bothering with his gentlemanly smile.
"You heard me, Yashiro-San." Ren's whisper was icy and irritated. It ended all of Yashiro's questions in an instant. "That woman is a threat to Kyoko." Yashiro gazed at Ren as he sat up and retightened his grip on the wheel.
"What are you going to do?" Yashiro ventured his question and instantly regretted it as Ren fell back into his depression and re-slouched in his seat.
"I haven't the slightest idea." Ren moaned as the Demon lord retracted and left him to his own misery. "And now I have to deal with the press who are most likely going to tear Kyoko's life to shreds, especially after I made that bastard Sho look like a good guy…" Ren groaned and cursed his life. "And that idiot Sho, I have to deal with him too. What the Hell does God want from me? What could I have possibly done to deserve this…?" Ren's memory flashed back to America, the gang fights, the stealing, abandoning his own family… "Never mind. I deserve it." He muttered praying that Yashiro wouldn't hear.
"You don't deserve this Ren." 'That's it, God hates me.' Ren complained to himself as Yashiro continued to speak. "You love Kyoko so you'll just have to find a way to deal with all of your issues and work through this stuff you guys have to go through." Ren looked up at Yashiro's comforting smile and sighed again.
"Yea. I guess you're right." He sat up uneasily and started the car. Yashiro was quick to fasten his seatbelt and cling to the door handle for dear life as Ren sped back onto the road.
Meanwhile dot, dot, dot I mean …
"Sho! Hurry up! Get out of bed already!" Shoko slammed on Sho's bedroom door before pulling out her key and shoving it into the lock. She trampled Sho's clothes that covered the floor and stormed to his side. "Get your lazy ass out of bed!" She tore his covers off and grabbed his wrist, pulling him roughly. Sho smiled and yanked Shoko down on the bed next to him.
"Hey, why the hurry?" He whispered into her ear and wrapped an arm around her. He tugged Shoko close and buried his face in her hair.
"Idiot!" Shoko shouted as she tried to escape Sho's grasp. He laughed and held her tighter. "Sho!" She whined hopelessly and turned her neck to look at him. "You have work. You need to get up. I have work, I need to get up. Do you see a pattern here?" Sho smiled devilishly and cupped Shoko's head in his hand.
"But I can think of some way more fun things to do than go to work." He whispered seductively and leaned in until his lips nearly met Shoko's.
"Idiot!" She screamed and kicked Sho hard in the stomach. He choked while Shoko jumped out of his arms in an instant. He glared up at her before smirking and stepping onto the floor.
"Fine then, you obviously have no idea what you're missing." He grinned and Shoko traipsed out of the room.
"And here I was trying to be nice and wake you up early enough to go see Kyoko, but sense it took you so long to get up we are now out of time! So you won't get to see her until tonight. If you're lucky." Sho's grin turned to a sickened stare as Shoko continued to storm around his apartment.
"Fine. I won't get up then." He leaned back and clamped his eyes closed.
"Get up you spoiled brat!" Sho smiled as he heard Shoko stomp back up the hall towards his room.
"No don't think I will." He teased before drifting off.
Ren and Yashiro walked into Kyoko's room quietly as Yuuki smiled kindly at them. "Good morning, Ren-kun and Yashiro-San." Yuuki turned back to Kyoko with a gentle smile. "I'm almost done, Kyoko-Sama." Kyoko nodded and turned to her visitors with a pained expression.
Ren and Yashiro studied her worriedly. "She's drawing blood." Kyoko explained and Ren relaxed, drawing his lips into a relieved smile.
"How are you today?"
"Better. No longer hallucinating." Kyoko laughed nervously and Ren's eyes narrowed.
"But?" Kyoko's laughter ceased and she stared at Ren in surprise.
"Huh?"
"What is wrong?" Kyoko's smile left her mouth and she lowered her head.
"Can't you just not see through me for once?" She whispered tiredly and Ren chuckled slowly.
"No I can't. Sorry." Kyoko looked up, her eyes bright.
"Fill them in on the damage, please Yuuki." Yuuki withdrew the needle from Kyoko's arm and gently placed a Band-Aid over the small hole.
"Just a moment." She threw the needle away and took the small vial containing Kyoko's blood out into the hall. Yashiro and Ren stared after her.
"You guys might want to sit." Kyoko suggested with a brilliant smile on her face. Ren sat down at the end of her bed while Yashiro sat in the chair next to it. "How is your leg, Ren?" Yashiro turned to Ren with shock on his face.
"What does she mean? What's wrong with your leg?!" He looked worried sick as his face paled and he studied Ren up and down.
"It's fine. It only hurts when I walk." Ren ignored Yashiro, completely fixing his attention on Kyoko. "Who told you about it?"
"Yuuki said that a nurse was raving about how you slept in her arms." Kyoko smiled hugely. "And about what great legs you have." Ren's face flushed and he looked away quickly. "So she asked 'why and why would you know something like that?' and the nurse said you had a giant gash she had to treat and that you called her 'dear' as you passed out from blood loss." Kyoko giggled as Ren's neck turned bright red and he turned even further away from her.
"I, u-uh don't remember calling her 'Dear'" He coughed nervously and Yashiro's eyes widened.
"You passed out from loss of blood and drove home the same day! And you didn't even tell me you were injured! What's wrong with you?!"
"Watch the inside voices boys." Yuuki scolded playfully before sitting in a chair by the door and studying the group in front of her.
"Sorry." Ren focused on Yuuki quickly. His intense gaze forced Yuuki to turn away.
"So, here's what I can say, Kyoko-Sama will make a full recovery in the spread of two months." Yuuki cleared her throat and turned to Kyoko. "She has a concussion, just a minor one mind you, but still it's there. She also had severe blood loss. We gave her a blood transfusion yesterday and her body took the new blood easily," She glanced at Ren, "however, there will need to be someone taking care of her at all times for the first week she is back home. To make sure nothing goes wrong." She looked away from Ren back to Kyoko. "Do you have anyone who can check in on you? Maybe spend the nights?"
Kyoko ran the facts over in her head. The Durama couple would be there so she would be fine, but they worked during the day, so did Moko and Ren. So in all honesty she would have to take care of herself and as for the nights she wouldn't dream of asking the Durama couple to watch over her while she slept and once again Ren and Moko had work so that was out of the question And to top it off Ren was doubly out of the question! Sure they were couple but they weren't anywhere close to spending nights in each other's home even if all they did was sleep… "I'll manage." Kyoko smiled respectfully and then turned to Ren and Yashiro. "No broken bones! It's like a total miracle!" She laughed, trying to cover her insecurities, She flexed her arms over her head, but Ren saw through her in an instant.
"We're here for you. It's okay, Kyoko." He smiled sweetly and reached up to ruffle her hair. Kyoko sighed and smirked as Ren pulled his hand away.
"O, my hero." She whispered sarcastically and then laughed as Ren once again tormented her head. "Okay, okay! Sorry!" She smiled and Ren stood up stretching. "So what does your schedule look like today?" Ren looked down at her with an evil smirk.
"O, I get to spend the whole day with you, while Yashiro tries to save my reputation." Yashiro moaned and tugged out his phone as it rang. He looked down at it then tossed it to Ren.
"It's for you." Ren opened the phone and placed it to his ear.
"This is Ren."
"Ah! Ren!" Maria screamed into the phone excitedly and Ren flinched away from the speaker.
"Hello, Maria-Chan." He rubbed his head as Maria continued happily, completely unaware of the pain she was inflicting on Ren.
"Ren guess what!"
"What is it?"
"Grandpa and I are coming to see you and Kyoko!" Ren froze.
"How did you know I was here?" Maria giggled in embarrassment.
"Because Grandpa says you'll always be with Kyoko Onee-San now!"
"And why is that?"
"Because you love her! Duh, Ren!" Ren choked on his gum and swallowed it roughly before turning bright red.
"H-he told you that?" Ren asked hoarsely and Maria laughed on the other end of the line.
"Course not silly! It's just so obvious!" Ren grimaced and twitched as he realized he was so transparent that a little girl could tell who his love interests were.
"O, I see."
"You alright Ren? You sound sick?" Ren could hear the president laugh in the background and Ren glared into the phone.
"Yes I'm fine Maria-Chan. I'll see you when you get here." Ren said nervously.
"Okay, bye Ren." He snapped the phone shut and threw it at Yashiro.
"Don't ever give me your phone to answer again." He hissed darkly before calming himself and turning to Yuuki. "Would you let Yashiro buy you lunch? It would be like a thanks for taking care of Kyoko for us." He smiled his gentlemanly smile and Yashiro's mouth fell open. 'Wait what!' He shouted inside his head but composed his startled face into a sweet smile as Yuuki turned to look at him.
"I'd really hate to impose…"
"O no, no, no! You wouldn't be imposing at all Yuuki-Chan." Yashiro smiled warmly and Yuuki nodded.
"Alright I guess I could take my lunch break now." She looked up at the clock and frowned. '1:30 I defiantly should have eaten by now.'
"Everything alright Yuuki-San?" Ren looked at her worriedly but Yuuki shook her head and regained her composure.
"Just thinking about how I usually eat earlier than today. Just odd." She walked up to Yashiro with a wide smile. "Ready to go, Yashiro-San?"
"Sure." They walked out of the room together and Ren collapsed onto the end of Kyoko's bed. She laughed and leaned forward to play with his hair. He peaked up at her through his bangs, studying her serene face.
"I'm guessing you didn't sleep well last night did you?" Ren shook his head and closed his eyes as Kyoko caressed his cheek. "Two hours of sleep."
"I wish." Ren scoffed, catching Kyoko's hand in his, intertwining their fingers.
"An hour?"
"Just barely." He squeezed her hand gently, still keeping his eyes clamped shut.
"I'm sorry." Ren opened his eyes and looked up intently at Kyoko through his lush locks of dark hair. "It's my fault you didn't sleep well. I'm sorry."
"Yea it is your fault." Ren grinned up at her widely. "But it was my fault for you ending up here so I think we are even." His smile faded and he closed his eyes again as Kyoko stroked his head comfortingly.
"You've gone through so much for me. We are hardly even." Kyoko felt warm tears slip down her face. "You have given up so much, put in so much effort, and I-I can't d-do anything." Her trembling voice dragged Ren's eyes open, he popped up and reached out toward her. His fingers lingered on her cheek as he wiped away the tears.
"There is no need for you to cry, sweetie." He leaned in kissing her forehead. Kyoko raised her arms and wrapped them around Ren's neck and continued to sob.
"I-it all h-hurts so m-much. I can't bear it anymore, Ren!" Kyoko clutched the back of Ren's shirt and his eyes grew wide. "It hurts!" She shouted agonizingly and Ren couldn't even respond. He just knelt there and allowed her to weep into the crevice of his neck. He could feel her hot tears as they slid down his skin.
"Kuon? Kuon? Where did you go?!" The woman's voice was just as agonized as Kyoko's was now, as she searched desperately for her son. "Kuon?!" Her blonde hair blew around her beautiful face as she ran in the wind. "Kuon! Can you hear mommy?"
"Mommy! I'm here mommy!" The woman turned around and sprinted towards her son. When she reached him she instantly dropped to her knees and wrapped her arms around his neck. Tears poured out of her eyes as she clutched the young boy tight against herself.
"You s-scared m-mommy! It hurt t-to n-not know wh-where you were! I c-couldn't be-bear it!" Her tears ran down the boy's neck along with the chill of knowing he had inflicted pain upon his own mother.
'That's right.' Ren's thoughts swirled as his memory faded. 'I remember this feeling. Knowing you've hurt someone you love.' He raised his arms and tucked them around Kyoko protectively. "It's okay. You'll feel better soon." Ren slapped himself mentally for only being able to say something so lame. "I'm sorry." He held her tight as Kyoko continued to bawl. "I'm so sorry."
Ren couldn't remember how long they sat like that. He didn't even remember hearing Maria complain loudly when they arrived and Yuuki wouldn't let them in to see Kyoko. Or Yashiro and Yuuki coming in and standing awkwardly in the doorway for a few moments listening as Kyoko poured her heart out on his shoulder.
She had told him everything she was feeling, everything she was worried over, everything that was tearing her apart. Told him how her mother's sudden appearance after so many years was sickening to her. She had told him how happy she was with him, how much she loved him and in the end Kyoko had drifted to sleep in his arms.
He laid Kyoko down gently and stared at her for a moment. All the things she said were spinning around inside of his head, making him dizzy. "Bye, love. Sleep well." He leaned down and kissed her forehead gently so he wouldn't wake her, and left the room. Ren walked into the hall to find Yashiro and Yuuki chatting quietly over cups of coffee. He sat down in an empty chair by their sides and stretched his neck.
Yashiro and Yuuki exchanged quick glances before turning to Ren. "How is she?" Yashiro looked at Ren understandingly as Ren glanced up at him.
"Better. I hope." He felt the shoulder Kyoko had rested her head on, it was soaking wet. Yuuki and Yashiro studied Ren's damp shirt with wide eyes. "She's asleep." Ren dropped his hand and turned to Yashiro. "I'm sorry you had to wait." He didn't even bother with his gentlemanly smile. He was way too tired for that.
"Don't worry about it. I was just discussing things with Yuuki-Chan. It wasn't a problem at all, Ren." Yashiro turned to Yuuki. "If you'll excuse me. Ren needs sleep and I need a ride. See you tomorrow, Yuuki-Chan." Yuuki waved sympathetically and walked into Kyoko's room. "Ready, Ren?" Ren stood up and clutched his shoulder again.
"Yea, let's go."
A/N: So how was it? A little OOCness but come on it's a fan fiction, I have to change the characters just a bit, poor Kyoko, I feel bad for making her so miserable… *Evil Grin* But it was just so much fun to do I couldn't help myself! Sorry for the wait I'll update soon!
Lots of Love
~Eva-Chan~