This chapter has some VERY SLIGHT, and I can't stress that enough VERY SLIGHT lemony-like stuff. VERY SLIGHT. So, don't go freaking out on me. Anywhos, it took me awhile to decide upon a title for this chapter, so I hope you like this title because it took me awhile to decide upon.

Le Luxe de Bonté means The Luxury of Kindness

Now presenting,

Chapter 7

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After another hour, Renge still wasn't even trying to get home. She was just walking around senselessly. She was having trouble dealing with the fact that she loved that asshole, Kyoya. Renge told herself again and again that she couldn't love him, but when it really came down to it, she did. Renge was so lost in thought, that she had accidentally wandered into a bad part of town, and she hadn't realized it. It wasn't until she felt someone grab her butt that she snapped back to reality and realized where she was.

"Hey there, pretty lady" a brown haired man said in a husky voice from behind her.

"Get away from me, I'm pregnant" Renge thought that maybe he'd back away if he knew her current state. She turned around as saw him. He had brown greasy hair, his shirt was torn up and he was wearing old jeans with holes in the jeans. His coat was to small for him and it looked like his shoes were too. Not to mention that he was had scars all over his face.

"Doesn't matter to me, a pussy is still a pussy" the man almost growled as he lunged forward at Renge.

Renge was stunned when she managed to side step it. Once the man regained his balance, his head spun to face the young woman. His eyes flared with angry as he lunged toward her once again, and she managed to dodge him, once again. Even Renge was surprised at herself, so surprised that she couldn't help but smile ever so slightly. But he smile faded as she felt a hand cover her mouth and someone pick her up.

"We'll take her back to your place" the brown haired man said. The man who was holding Renge from moving was chuckling as he started to drag her down the street.

Renge began crying hysterically and between sobs, she screamed for help. But even those who passed them on the street, didn't seem to care. They all just walked past, some even chuckled. Renge didn't know what sick minded bastards could do this to someone, a pregnant woman, none of the less. They'd walked 5 blocks when Renge spotted someone that she knew, someone that she hoped would help.

"Ritsu!" Renge yelled out for Ritsu Kasanoda who was crossing the street a block away. His red hair was easy to spot in a dark, deserted area like this.

Ritsu turned at looked at who'd called out his name, he squinted his eyes and then called out "Renge?"

"Ritsu! Help!" Renge cried.

"Hey! Let her go!" Ritsu demanded as he ran over to the two men and Renge "Right now, or I'll tell my father."

The man who'd been holding Renge let go of her and pushed her into Ritsu's chest, which Renge immediatly clung to.

"Why do you care?" the brown haired man questioned Ritsu, clearly annoyed that the other man had just let go of Renge so fast.

"She's...my girlfriend?" Ritsu lied. Ritsu had to tell them something, because if his father found out that he saved a girl who he was just 'good friends' with, he'd be furious. He'd tell Ritsu that he had no reason to be protective and then he'd hit him for his actions. So, Ritsu had to lie. And it wasn't as if Renge really cared, she was so grateful that Ritsu had saved her that she would've let him feel her up if he really wanted to.

"I see" the brown haired man said "You the one who knocked her up?"

"Yes" Ritsu said firmly "Now, piss off!"

The two men took Ritsu's anger as the sign to scram, and they took off running back the way they came. Ritsu still held Renge close to him, and he shut his eyes for a moment. It felt good to hold Renge in his arms, he didn't know why, because it shouldn't. She was pregnant and Kyoya was the father, he knew that. He'd even heard about how Renge and Kyoya don't get along from Tamaki. So, it shouldn't feel good to hold Renge in his arms, but it still did.

"Thank you" Renge whispered "So much. I'm in debt to you."

Ritsu smiled at her and took her hand, but when he touched her hand, he felt a warm liquid that he was all to familiar with. Blood. He jerked her hand up and looked at her knuckles. They were slashed in at least 5 different directions and she had stains from the blood running down her fingers, some blood had even dripped onto the ground below them.

"What happened?" Ritsu questioned as he examined her hand.

Renge couldn't say that she punched the frozen over ground, that would make her look stupid. So, she lied "Those guys...it's nothing."

"No, this is a bad cut and those assholes are going to get it next time I see them" Ritsu looked around and then said "Come with me back to my house, we'll get you cleaned up."

"Cleaned up?" Renge didn't think that she was that dirty, other than her knuckles.

"Yeah" Ritsu nodded, pulling Renge off in the direction of his house.

As they walked to Ritsu's house, Renge realized that this was certainly a very different neighborhood than the one she lived in. There were shady looking people everywhere, the cars were beaten up and old, the houses were run down with junk on the lawn. There were homeless people everywhere and people didn't care that she was pregnant, they just ran right into her. That's why Ritsu had to guide her through. The shops had cheap items and pawn shops were everywhere.

Upon arriving at Ritsu's house, Renge noticed one key thing: his house wasn't like the rest of the neighborhood. His house was bright, warm, and welcoming. It had a big gate in front of his and guards all over. The lawn was beautifully landscaped and the grass was freshly cut. The cars parked in the driveway looked expensive and he was greeted by a man who looked to be in his 20's.

"Hello" Tetsuya said, smiling at Ritsu and Renge.

"Tetsuya, will you please start the bathwater?" Ritsu asked, as he lead Renge to his bedroom while ignoring questions from the help in his household.

"Yes, of course" Tetsuya said, slightly confused.

As soon as the pair got to Ritsu's bedroom, Ritsu shut the door quickly and locked it.

"I'm sorry about the people in my house, they're nosy and annoying" Ritsu tried to make the worried Renge cheer up "Hey, at least you're here in my bedroom and not that guy's room."

"Yeah, that's a good thing...thank you, again" Renge said, smiling. Renge's eyes explored the room, but stopped when she found the mirror. Staring back at her in the mirror was a dirty, bloody, messy, version of herself. She now understood why Ritsu had suggested getting her cleaned up and she was greatful. If she'd gone back to her house looking like she did, she would've gotten questioned and yelled at. Then she would've gotten fussed over and she would've hated it.

"The bathwater is almost ready, Master Ritsu" Tetsuya called from outside the room.

"Come on" Ritsu offered his hand to Renge and Renge took it. She wasn't going to turn down kindness, it was something that she'd taken for granted before she knew the real Kyoya. Nowadays, kindness was a luxury, not an expectation.

Ritsu lead Renge to the bathroom and Renge thought that he was just going to let her go in and do her thing, and he would wait. No, that didn't happen. Instead, Ritsu followed her into the bathroom and shut and locked the door behind him. Ritsu's bathroom had white tile floors, a giant white tub, a white toilet, a white sink and a white counter top. Their towels were blue with black accents. The walls were covered in blue wallpaper with swirls through it to represent the ocean. It was quite soothing, actually. Everything looked so neat and clean, Renge was almost afraid that she would ruin the room's good chi if she were to bathe in there.

"What are you doing?" Renge asked, a little bit freaked out.

"Getting you cleaned up. Renge, you're pregnant and I don't want you to have to move a lot, especially not after what happened just a little while ago. Plus, I'm sure you don't know how to properly clean those cuts on your knuckles" Ritsu was right, and surprisingly, Renge wasn't mad that he was right like she usually was with Kyoya.

"Fine, but I'm pregnant and you just keep that in mind when you're helping me clean up" Renge warned him as she pulled off her sweater. She tried to get her bra unsnapped, but for some reason, it wouldn't.

"Let me help you" Ritsu told her. She turned around so that he could unsnap it for her. After a few tries, he unsnapped it, and after see her back a little bit bare without the bra, he felt the urge to help her get it completely off. He slowly pulled the straps down her arms, letting his fingers tempt her ever so slightly. Surprisingly, Renge didn't mind it. It was actually a nice change of pace to have someone being nice to her.

"Thanks" Renge said as she set her bra and sweater on the counter. After a bit of struggling, she pulled her pants off too, but just as she was about to pull her panties off, Ritsu moved her hands away and slid them down himself. His fingers trailed from her upper thighs down to her ankles and back up again after she'd stepped out of them. Renge would've likely done something if it hadn't felt so damn good.

"Hop in" Ritsu told her, offering a hand to her for balance.

Renge slowly sat down with her legs bent in front of her. After she'd settled down in the tub, she felt a washcloth run down her spine. Once it got to low, she felt the same wet washcloth rinse of her shoulders. Ritsu rung the washcloth's water out over Renge's chest because he wasn't sure if she would let him go as far as to clean off any areas of her body that only her lovers had seen and touched. So, he just stuck with cleaning her back, shoulders and face off.

"Can you clean my feet off too, they're really dirty" Renge shifted around in the tub so that her feet were proped up on the edge.

"Of course" Ritsu proceeded to clean off Renge's feet. Ritsu was quite efficient, he cleaned between her toes, under her toenails, the bottom of her feet, and all the way up to her ankle. But of course, her calves were dirty too, so he just cleaned them off as well while he still had the chance. He couldn't trust himself to clean off her legs if they were in the tub, he might travel a bit to far up her leg which would likely piss her off, but then again, she didn't mind when he took off her bra and panties. Regardless of such, he wasn't going to take the chance.

As Renge was putting her feet back in the water, she noticed that the water had changed color. When she got in, it was clear and now, the water was a murky reddish-brown. Brown from the dirty and red from the blood off her cuts.

"Let me see your hand" Ritsu said as Renge showed him her bloody hand "It's not that bad, we just need to clean it and then wrap it up and it should be fine."

"Good, because I have a very low pain tolerance" Renge was slightly relieved.

"Then how are you going to have your child? I've heard that giving birth is like stretching your lip over you head, it hurts so bad" Ritsu said as he gently cleaned off her cuts with a washcloth.

"Children, I'm having twins. And, I know...but I'll try to be stong" Renge tried to imagine herself giving birth, and that of course, made her very nervous.

"Well, I think you'll do fine" Ritsu dried off her hand, grabbed the bandage wrap and started wrapping up her hand.

Renge didn't know about that. Before this pregnancy, she was a very small person and so giving birth wasn't going to be easy. She knew it. As soon as Ritsu was done, he helped Renge out of the tub, dried her off and helped her get her clothes back on.

"Thank you" Renge smiled an appreciative smile. She was truly grateful for his kindness. Ritsu lead her out of the bathroom and out of his house. They took the back exit so that they could avoid all of the annoying help. Ritsu's backyard lead straight to a bridge, a bridge that crossed right over to Renge's neighborhood.

"Let me walk you home, this way I won't have to worry and wonder if you made it home in one piece" Ritsu offered Renge his hand and Renge took it. They started their walk across the bridge, holding hands. About halfway across, Ritsu stopped and spun Renge around to face him.

"Yeah?" Renge wondered why they stopped walking.

"Why are you with that asshole still? Tamaki told me how he treats you, he told me how you and Kyoya don't get along" Ritsu had to know. Was there something that Renge liked about him? Was it hot sex? Maybe he gives her back rubs in exchange for blowjobs? Maybe he pays her to stay? No, that last one couldn't be right because Renge's family was the 3rd richest family in all of Japan, she wouldn't need the money.

"I don't know..." Renge shrugged. She wasn't going to tell him that she loved Kyoya.

"Have you ever considered that maybe you should be with a man who thinks you're beautiful and who still likes you even though you're pregnant and with some other guy!" Ritsu maintained eye contact with her.

"And who would that man be?" Renge didn't think that there was a man alive would would want that.

"Me" Ritsu said softly as he grasped Renge's shoulders. He leaned down and pressed his warm lips against hers. Renge's eyes widened, she was frozen and she had no idea of what to do. It was as if her brain was frozen too because she couldn't think either. Ritsu held the kiss until a voice yelled out.

"You fucking slut!" Kyoya yelled from the other side of the bridge. Kyoya had been looking around their neighborhood for Renge after he came home and Akio had demanded it. So, he spent an hour out in the freezing cold searching for her, only to find her kissing some other man, Ritsu Kasanoda, none of the less. Although, from Kyoya's angle, he couldn't see that Renge wasn't kissing Ritsu back.

Renge pushed Ritsu away, she hadn't been kissing him back, she was just in shock and Kyoya helped pull her back to reality. She spun around and saw Kyoya and started running towards him. She was almost to him when he started to back away. He shook his head at her, his eyes were glistening slightly. Was he...tearing up? Even if he was, he wasn't going to let his body language and facial expression show that.

"Kyoya..." Renge said softly.

"Get away from me! I'm leaving!" Kyoya snapped.

"No! You can't leave!" Renge cried out.

"Why? Why can't I leave?" Kyoya demanded to know.

"Because I love you!" Renge blurted out.

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Author's note: I intended for this chapter to be slightly longer, but ah well, I still think it turned out pretty good. I decided that I need the F word because Kyoya can't truly express emotions with the word freakin'. It's not very Kyoya like because Kyoya is an asshole and doesn't care what he says, so he shouldn't be saying freakin' when there's a word that could work so much better. So, yeah. Speedy updates is what I'm good at, apparently. I've never been very good with them for my other stories, but for some reason, I'm good at them for this story. Maybe it's because I'm so into this story? I don't know. Anywhos, if any of you have a Youtube account, come check out my channel: pinkfroggie06. I will probably be posting a promo video for this story soon (soon, meaning a week, or 2...or 3).

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