Before I start this chapter, I just wanted to make this quick side note: All the chapter names will be in French and you'll see why later in the story because they'll be more on Renge's time in France and what happened there that changed her. But anyway, since all the chapter names are in French, I thought I'd translate the chapter names at the beginning of every chapter.
1st Chapter: Trouver Dehors means Finding Out
2nd Chapter: Outre de son Plan means Apart of his Plan
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Kyoya offered to take Renge home that day. Renge knew what was coming. Kyoya only acted so damn happy because he was around his friends, but now he was alone with Renge and he wasn't about to start the car until they got some things figured out.
"Renge" Kyoya said, adjusting his glasses.
"Yes?" Renge replied softly. She had her hands folded in her lap and a frown on her face, but she was looking down so he'd never know.
"How the hell could you let this happen?" Kyoya asked, irritated.
"How could I let this happen!? What about you! You should've been wearing a condom!" Renge shot back.
"You should've taken birth control!"
"You shouldn't have taken me into your bedroom!"
"Just shutup!" Kyoya snapped, he clenched his hands into fists.
Renge swallowed and tried hard to fight back tears, and she was doing a pretty good job so far at keeping tears from flowing down her cheeks. She didn't want to be precieved as weak, because she was anything but that. Her mother had always told her how strong she was and she wasn't about to let her mother down now.
Kyoya let out a sigh "I'm sorry for that brief outburst, but I'm sure that you knew it was coming."
"I suspected that you'd be an asshole" Renge clenched her own hands into fists. Man, her hormones were going crazy. All day, she'd been managing them just fine, but not now. She was so angry right now that she was willing to get out of the car and punch whoever was closest to her, reguardless of who it was.
"I'm not being an asshole, I'm being sensible" Kyoya said coldly "And Renge, how long have you known that you've been pregnant?"
"I just found out this morning after I took a pregnancy test...and since we had sex about 3 months ago, I think it's safe to say that I'm just about 3 months pregnant today" Renge looked out the window "And no, I haven't slept with any other guys. Just you. You know Kyoya, I promised my mom that I'd wait until marriage until I had sex. But that night, I couldn't resist. You were just to tempting."
Kyoya stared at her "Well, you could've controlled yourself. Have some class."
"Shutup! Just shutup! If I wanted your opinion on the matter I would've asked!" Renge hissed. It was official, Renge had snapped. She could only contain her raging hormones for so long.
Kyoya was sufficiently shocked by Renge's outburst and it took him a few moment to collect himself "Very well. We have more important matters to address than some pathetic promise. Now, you do realize that our parents will force us to marry?"
"Yes, I figured that one out earlier today" Renge looked over at Kyoya "And I also sort of guessed that we're likely going to tell our parents of my pregnancy tonight?"
"We have to, if we wait to long, others could find out before our parents have a suitable cover story for this matter. Now, on the topic of our marriage, would you like a winter or summer wedding?"
"What!? You're already planning out our wedding!?" Renge didn't know if she was more shocked or appalled "How do you even know if I will want to marry you?"
"You have to. We both know that our parents will force us to marry, that or our status as powerful families will plummet and nobody would ever hire another Ootori or a Houshakuji. We'd be seen as scum, lower than Yakuza members. Renge, we have to get married whether you like it or not" Kyoya explained.
"I heard you talking to Tamaki, I thought you liked me?" Renge heard what Kyoya said, but she didn't feel like commenting on the inevitable.
"That was all apart of my plan, because I suspected something was up with you, and I just needed you to have the impression that I actually liked you. That way, you'd open up to me and tell me if something was wrong" Kyoya snapped.
"Can't we just go tell our parents?" Renge would rather face her father right now than listen to Kyoya's bullshit for another second!
"Yes, but first, we must discuss our character when we do. We should both act like we truely love each other, hold hands and all that jazz" Kyoya started the car "Don't ruin this, Renge. If you mess up, then I may not inheiret one of my father's businesses."
Renge was in disbelief. He really didn't care.
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First stop: The Ootori's. Kyoya and Renge sat outside his father's office, they were waiting for his secretary to come out and tell them that they could enter.
"You have to wait to just talk to your dad?" Renge was a bit shocked "I can just talk to my dad anytime."
"Well, my situation is a bit different than yours. I don't have as much luxeries" Kyoya said bitterly.
"Hey, you know what would be great, Kyoya?" Renge snapped.
"What?" Kyoya asked, unamused.
"If you would just shut the hell up! I have more luxeries? Please. You don't know the half of it...asshole!" Renge hissed, turning away from him.
"Whatever" Kyoya rolled his eyes.
"Excuse me, Master Ootori, your father will see you and your...friend...now" the secretary came out and told them.
Kyoya stood up and started walking into the big room, Renge followed slowly behind him. They walked to the back of the big room where there was a door that lead to Kyoya's father's office. Kyoya pulled the door open, he kept his head high, while as Renge did the exact opposite.
"Close the door" Yoshio, his father, commanded.
Renge scurried over to the door and gently shut it before scurrying back over to Kyoya. Yoshio's office was dimly light and it had a certain smell, like old books mixed with tabacco. Yoshio's desk was a giant oak desk, in which he was currently seated at. There were 2 chairs sitting in front of the desk and Kyoya and Renge sat down on those chairs.
"What do you need?" Yoshio asked, still more focused on his paperwork than his son.
"I'm not going to make small talk or beat around the bush, Renge Houshakuji is pregnant with my child" Kyoya said, pointing towards Renge when he said her name.
Yoshio dropped the paper that was in his hand and everything when silent. Renge could've sworn she heard the paper hit the ground, it was that quiet.
"Did you say, Houshakuji?" Yoshio asked after a few moments.
"Yes. She's the daughter of Akio Houshakuji, the man who owns over 30 businesses in France and over 100 businesses here in Japan" Kyoya refreshed his father's memory. Yoshio gave his son a look as if to say 'well, if it had to be anybody, I'm glad it was her, this will bring our family's status up'.
"Ah, well, Miss. Houshakuji, it's nice to meet you. If you don't mind me asking, how far along are you?" Yoshio was treating Renge more like a client rather than the mother of his future grandchild.
"3 months" Renge told him softly. She thought that he'd be having a fit right now, which is why she was shocked that he wasn't. She knew that he father was going to have a fit when he found out.
"6 months left until you're due then, very nice. So, when is the wedding going to be? Kyoya, do you have the number of the woman who planned your sister's wedding?" Yoshio asked, searching through a pile of business cards.
"Yes, I have the number. But, we don't know when the wedding will be yet, maybe a few months after the baby is born" Kyoya tried to be as agreeable as possible. It didn't matter that Yoshio was trying his best to accomidate Renge, if Kyoya acted up he'd get slapped and he knew it. Yoshio treated Renge like a client because it was proper since she was the daughter of a very powerful man, and because this union of families would make Yoshio millions more yen.
"Well, it is the 4th of October already, so the baby will be born in April. How about a summer wedding? You two could wed in August?" Yoshio wasn't really going to give them a choice anyway.
"Okay" Kyoya said "Sounds good, right Renge?"
Renge nodded "Yes."
"Alright then" Yoshio folded his hands on his desk "If you don't mind me asking, have you told Renge's father yet?"
"No, not yet" Kyoya said.
"Well once you do, please let me know the housing situation as soon as possible" Yoshio picked the paper up off the ground.
"Housing situation?" Renge was confused.
"Yes, since the two of you will be living together. I need to know if you'll be staying with us, if Kyoya will be staying with you, or if you'll just be switching back and forth" Yoshio explained.
"I think we'll just switch back and forth" Renge offered a small smile.
"Very well. Now I have paperwork to tend to, please show yourselves out" Yoshio looked back down at his paperwork.
"Thank you for listening" Kyoya stood up.
"And understanding" Renge added, standing up too.
"Yes, yes" Yoshio said, distracted.
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Kyoya and Renge now sat in Kyoya's car outside of Renge's massive mansion.
"I can't do this..." Renge shook her head.
"And why not? You were fine around my dad" Kyoya was getting irritated. They'd been sitting in the car for at least 20 minutes, as Renge debated going in or not.
"You don't understand! My dad isn't like your dad! My dad will honestly care about this, and he'll get mad!" Renge was on the verge of tears.
"Don't cry, it's stupid to cry" Kyoya looked away from her.
"I was raised to believe that feeling different emotions and expressing them in natural, and that I should always express how I feel" Renge said coldly "I didn't learn to repress all my emotions."
Kyoya grinded his teeth together and made a low growling noise. Renge pretended not to hear him.
"Asshole" Renge mumbled.
"Come on! Let's just go inside and tell your dad!" Kyoya got out of the car, but Renge stayed put. That is, until Kyoya came over to her side of the car and pulled her out forcefully. Renge stumbled over her own feet as Kyoya was pulling her up, and Renge started to fall to the ground.
"Renge!" Kyoya quickly caught her before she hit the ground.
Renge's eyes were wide. She was about 1 foot away from hitting the pavement. She swallowed and let out a sigh of relief.
"Thank you" she almost whispered "But...why'd you save me?"
"Even if I may not like you all that much, you're still carrying my child and I'd do anything to protect him" Kyoya stood her upright.
"First of all, it's our child and secondly, how do you know it's going to be a him? Maybe it'll be a girl!" Renge shot back.
"Maybe" was all Kyoya said before he took hold of Renge's hand and pulled her towards her front door.
"No! Let go of me! Kyoya Ootori! Let go! You smug bastard! Let go!" Renge hollered.
Just then, the front door opened. Renge didn't know who it was, but reguardless of that, Renge was already jumpy from almost hitting the pavement earlier, that she was startled when the front door opened. So, she did the instinctive thing and she clung to the closest thing to her, which just so happened to be Kyoya. She laced her fingers with him and she gently touched his arm as she hid behind him.
"Madame Renge?" a female voice said. Renge peeked out from behind Kyoya and saw her personal maid and butler standing in the doorway.
"Hello, Saya" Renge replied from behind Kyoya. She peeked her head out from behind him and flashed her maid and butler a smile.
"We heard yelling, is something wrong? Who is this young man? Should we kick him off Houshakuji property? Madame, you know how your father feels about you dating" her personal butler, Hibiki said.
"Nothing's wrong, and no we don't need to kick him out. Yes, I do know how my dad feels about me dating and he'll be in for a real treat with what I have to tell him" Renge came out a little more from behind Kyoya and she moved her hand away from his arm, but she was still holding his hand "And this young man is Kyoya Ootori, youngest son of Yoshio Ootori."
"Pleased to meet you, Master Ootori" Saya curtsied and Hibiki nodded.
Renge let go of her tight grip on Kyoya's hand "We'll be going to have a small talk with my father now, I'll see the both of you in a little bit."
Saya and Hibiki moved aside and let the young couple pass by. Renge led Kyoya upstairs and down a few halls before stopping in front of two big doors. All the while, Kyoya was admiring the fine architecture and all the rare paintings they had on their walls. Renge was gripping the doorknob tightly, but she didn't want to turn it. So, yet again, Kyoya had to be forceful. He gripped his own hand over Renge's and turned the knob with her hand still on there. He pushed open the door ever so slightly.
"Yes?" a deep voice came from inside the room.
"Daddy?" Renge popped her head into her father's office.
"Hello precious, how are you? Is everything alright?" Akio asked his only daughter.
Renge stepped into the room and Kyoya followed her in. At that moment, Akio knew that something was not right. Akio had always told his daughter to wait until she's older to date but she never listened. He knew that she dated a lot, but she'd done in secretly, so it made him wonder why she was bringing this boy to meet her father.
"Daddy...didn't you say that you'd always love me...no matter what?" Renge said, she was fidgeting with her fingers.
"Yes darling, but what's wrong?" Akio was seated behind his desk and he completley abandoned his paperwork to talk to his daughter which suprised Kyoya.
"This is one of those 'no matter what' times..." Renge took a very long pause before continuing on with something that she didn't want to say, but she knew that she had to say it "Daddy...I'm pregnant with Kyoya Ootori's child."
"WHAT!?" Akio yelled. He knew that something was up, but this!?
"Please don't be mad...please don't be mad..." Renge kept mumbling, although it wasn't effecting Akio's mood.
"Renge, how could you let this happen!?" Akio yelled.
"I'm so sorry, Daddy! I'm so very sorry! It was in the heat of the moment and Kyoya and I forgot about the risks and we were stupid, so stupid" Renge was now crying. Kyoya looked at the poor girl, and he knew that he didn't exactly like her to much, but she was crying and he hated seeing girls cry. He walked over to her and wrapped his arm around her waist, he pulled her close to him and let her cry into his chest.
"Your actions were stupid, very stupid" Akio shook his head "How far along are you?"
"She's 3 months" Kyoya answered for Renge.
"I didn't ask you, Ootori!" Akio snapped at Kyoya "Renge, how long have you known?"
"I-I-I j-just f-found out t-t-today" Renge sobbed.
"I expect that you two will be getting married?" Akio said, it was more of a statment than a question though.
"Yes" Kyoya replied.
"Y-Yes" Renge sobbed.
Akio took a few more deep breaths before leaning back in his chair and letting out a big sigh "Renge...come here"
'Oh no, she going to get slapped my her father for her actions...' Kyoya thought to himself as Renge walked over to her father.
Kyoya was throughly shocked when instead of slapping Renge, her father hugged her and began telling her how much he loves her, no matter what. Kyoya wondered if this was how most families were, or if it was just Renge's that was different. Maybe it was because she was from France? He didn't know. But either way, Renge's father and his own father certainly have very different views on parenting.
After Akio was done hugging Renge, he watched his daughter walk back over and stand near Kyoya and he couldn't help but smile.
"I suppose you two do make a nice couple" Akio smiled.
"Why thank you, sir" Kyoya smiled back at him.
"So, does Yoshio know already?" Akio asked, raising an eyebrow and looking back at forth between the two.
"Yeah, we told him first. He was fine with it, and when we were there we decided upon an August wedding since I'm due in April" Renge explained to her father. Although, it was awkward to tell him this considering that she's only 16 years old and a second year. Kyoya was going to be 18 soon, and he's a 4th year.
"Okay, now, what's the living situation going to be?" Akio looked back and forth between the two once again.
"I'll live at his house with him for the first half the week, and then he'll live with me here for the second half. And on Wednesday's, we'll just be there in the morning, and then after school we'll come here" Renge told him, and at the end, he nodded.
"Sounds like a plan. Now Renge, when your mother was pregnant, she had awful morning sickness and she would only eat certain types of food throughout the day. I'm just warning you that that might happen to you too. Also, Renge, just...be careful" Akio offered one last smile for his daughter before she and Kyoya walked out of his office.
"Wow" Kyoya said after shutting her father's office door "Compared to my father, your father is like a holy saint!"
Renge started laughing, and then gradually, Kyoya joined in on her laughter. Renge looked up at Kyoya and she stopped laughing. Her eyes met his and she remembered his face before they were having sex, and during sex and she remembered his face the morning after. She couldn't believe that this was the same Kyoya that she'd lost her virginity to 3 months ago.
"Was this all apart of the plan too?" Renge asked.
Kyoya stopped laughing instantly and stared at Renge wide eyed. He didn't know what to say, because it was true. It was apart of his plan.
"That's what I thought" Renge said softly before turning and quietly walking down the hall. He didn't hear so much as a sniffle or a sob, there was only silence.
Kyoya just watched her walk. What should he say? He knew that he was mean, but if she knew that that she'd lost her virginity to a man who didn't love her, didn't even like her, that was one thing. But now, it was those two big issues, plus the fact that he planned it. That was a betrayal that she wasn't likely to forgive easily...or maybe not ever. Kyoya had been suprised at how vicious, yet sometimes how sweet Renge can be. He was suprised that she hadn't gotten out of the car when they were in the parking lot of the school, he was speechless when she was still there after him dragging her into her house after her being on the verge of tears, and there wasn't even a reaction for her still laughing even after all that she'd been through today.
Then, something happened. A change in her expression and she asked that stupid question. That's when things went downhill. And after all she had stayed strong through this whole day of hell that he had put her through. Yes, he knew he had. So he didn't blame her, when after all of that,
She just walked away.
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Author's Note: Okay, so maybe Kyoya is a little OOC, but this is like dark Kyoya. I think Yoshio was pretty in character, meaning that he cared more about social status and money than anything. So, all in all, I thought that it was a pretty good chapter. Rate and Review!
