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''Well hasn't it been a long time my friend.''

''If it isn't Takarada Lory, what can i do for you?''

''Oh i don't know maybe just wondering where have you been these past 5 years!''

''Calm down Lory, i'm alive aren't i.''

''Anyway i heard that your daughter is now the president of your company, so i was wondering if you wanted to work here.''

''Didn't i quit working for you 24 years ago?''

''You said that you were quitting because you needed to help your father with the company and now that your daughter is running it i don't see what would be stopping you.''

''Lory...''

''Look Takashi, you have a talent and it's not something you lose in time. You could really be useful here, so why don't you come here tomorrow and we'll talk about it?''

''Fine i'll stop by, see you then.'' Takashi hung up the phone, he knew he couldn't win this battle. He sat down thinking about when he was an actor he remembered how much he loved acting at the time, it was his dream and he remembered how hard it was for him to leave it all behind.

In the evening at Ren's apartment, he is anxiously waiting for Kyouko to arrive, he has been waiting all day to be alone with her but before he could do anything to her he had to tell her the truth about his past.

KNOCK KNOCK

Ren opened the door and saw Kyouko dressed in a white frilly dress that looked adorable on her, she wasn't quite sure if that was the appropriate dress for the occasion but the clerk at the shop seemed to think otherwise. When Ren smiled at her she felt at ease and decided to start cooking, Ren sat on the couch in front of the Tv but turned around to see her cooking, it was amazing for him to see a person do so many things at once so he couldn't stop watching her. Kyouko didn't have any problems finding the kitchen appliances, she had gone to his apartment to cook something for him a couple of times already so she knew his place well, suddenly she felt like someone was staring at her so she turned and saw Ren looking at her intensely, after she saw him she blushed and quickly turned around to continue what she was doing before.

''Are you sure there's nothing i can do to help you?'' A flash back of the last time he decided to help her in the kitchen came to Kyouko's mind s she wanted to reject the offer but when she saw his puppy dog eyes she gave up,

''If you don't mind you can lay the table.''

''Sure.'' After he finished laying the table the food was ready so they started to eat, during their conversation Kyouko remembered when she met Kuu.

''Oh and i saw Kuu today.'' Ren nearly choked on his food. ''Are you alright, Ren?''

''Yes sorry i was just surprised.''

''Yeah so was i, he said he had to see an old friend anyway we had lunch together and i told him about the new movie we're going to be in.''

''What did he think?''

''He was very happy.'' They washed the dishes after Ren insisted of helping her, when they were done they went on the couch and Ren told her everything that happened to him, the fact that he is Kuu's son and what happened to Rick, by the end Kyouko was crying.

''It must have been awful to lose your best friend like that.''

''Kyouko i truly am sorry that i never told you any of this before, are you sure that you still feel the same way about me?''

''Yes, i love you Ren.'' Ren had waited so long to hear those words from that he couldn't contain himself anymore, he cupped her cheeks and kissed her. Kyouko started leaning back on the couch and without breaking contact he positioned himself between her legs, after they stopped to breathe Ren kissed her deeply and her hands started to roam around his broad chest, eventually Ren started running his hands on her back and found the dress' zipper and when she felt it Kyouko started to panic because she had never gone this far with anyone and wasn't exactly sure of what to do next. Ren felt her stiffen under his touch and when he looked at her he saw the concern in her eyes so he kissed her forehead.

''Don't worry if it hurts we can stop, okay?'' Kyouko nodded, she felt more reassured now so she took off his shirt and started kissing him again.

In the morning..

RING RING RING

Kyouko switched off the annoying alarm only to realise that it wasn't hers so she stretched her arms and noticed that there was someone behind her. She slowly turned around and saw Ren, for a moment she panicked because she had forgotten the prior night but when she moved and felt that her body was sore she remembered every detail. Kyouko couldn't help but blush it was like a wonderful dream and she hoped it would never end, even though she wanted to stay in bed longer it was better if she took a shower so she picked up her clothes, which were scattered across the room, and went in the guest room's bathroom to have a shower. Fortunately she had left some products the last time she stayed so she was able to have a relaxing shower, when she went in the living room she saw Ren wearing a casual shirt sipping coffee.

''Good morning.'' He turned around and smiled at her.

''Morning Kyouko, can i drive you to work?''

''Sure.'' She soon turned her attention to his cup of coffee.

''You have to eat something for breakfast first.''

''We can stop somewhere before we go to work if you want.''

''Won't people recognise you if we go to a cafe?''

''That's why i have these.'' He walked to the closet and grabbed 2 wigs and gave Kyouko one of them.

Lory was in his office waiting for Takashi to arrive, sitting at his desk looking through an old folder. Takashi was walking in the corridors of LME, it was nostalgic for him after all the last time he walked through them was one of the worst days of his life. He had just found out that his father was sick, he had to marry a complete stranger and run his father's company, ultimately he had to give up on his dream and begin a life where he had to satisfy other people's expectations. Not much had changed except the people who worked there, he saw a few familiar faces but decided to go directly to Lory's office, he knocked on the door and went in.

''Takashi, you haven't changed at all.'' Takashi looked at Lory's mexican outfit.

''Either have you.'' After they catched up on what they had been doing, Lory decided to see if he could get him to work with him again.

''So have you thought of my offer?''

''I have considered it but i can't, at least not right now.''

''What's stopping you?''

''Do you remember my ex wife?''

''Yeah she made quite an impression. What about her?''

''When we divorced all those years ago she got custody of my youngest daughter and then disappeared.'' Lory was shocked, he never knew about this.

''But i thought that she didn't like children.''

''Before the divorce she had embezzled a lot of my money, she used her as insurance nothing else.''

''What are you going to do now?''

''When i went to the house where i used to live i found letters from her, i found out that she used to live in Kyoto but ran away to Tokyo 2 years ago.'' Lory suddenly remembered the conversation he had with Kyouko a few days earlier, he thought that it had to be a coincidence but he still wanted to make sure of it.

''Takashi do you have a photo of your daughter?'' He looked in his wallet, found a small picture and handed it to him.

''Here, Kyouko was 4 at the time.'' In the photo you could see Mariko holding Kyouko in her arms, there were no doubts about it, that was definitely the Kyouko he knew in that picture. It all finally made sense now, why he thought that her eyes looked familiar and why she was so talented. Takashi's phone started to ring so he answered it and after a few seconds he hung up and sighed.

''I have some urgent business to attend to so if we have finished here i need to go.''

''Can i keep the picture?''

''Sure.'' He walked out of the office and Lory started rubbing his temple, even though he wanted to tell Takashi that he knew where his daughter was, there was another issue that he had to consider first and that was if Kyouko agreed.