Just a warning I am Dyslexic so my stories will not be perfect but I now have one Beta reader to help me along the way :D
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Hello my sweeties,
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Please do not worry this story will be continued,
though I have to try and plan out my time a little more with
moving house and decorating and everything else I have little time,
but I will write this story :)
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Neh xxx
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"It's no good." Kuon said closing up his phone as he looked across at Kyoko who was sitting on her own bed, hands wringing in front of her. "All the contact numbers I have are either ringing out or going to voice mail. I've left a couple of messages but until we get contact I suppose its better just to wait it out here."
It was too much for Kyoko standing up she walked across to the balcony door, she didnt need to step out on the balcony to know there was reporters down there on the street. She could hear them. "What are we going to do Tsuruga-san?" He could see the complete and utter defeat in her body language. She didn't need to be looking at him to know that she was still completely and utterly blaming herself for this situation. There was only one thing to do in this situation to keep her mind off the current predicament and he took it.
"So Setsu, who do you think sold us out?" Cain asked as he wrapped his arms around his little sister from behind. In the few moments it took Kyoko to get into character she froze in his arms before relaxing backwards into his chest.
"I'm not sure Nii-san. But there's no doubt I will find out and whoever it was will wish they had never been born."
Cain shivered at his sister's venomous and completely dangerous voice. God he would hate to be in that person's shoes. Setsu would never allow anyone to get the better of her and she knew how to make those who crossed her and those who crossed her brother pay dearly. Tightening his arms around her and sinking his head into the crook of her neck he took a deep intake of breath. Her scent filled his senses as he fought his own need of her and the way she seemed to fit perfectly in his arms. The way she smelt was all so perfect to him. With his head tucked away he smiled into her hair, controlling his voice he spoke his amusing thoughts into her hair.
"Well you got your wish my dearest sister, it looks like we will be spending the entire day together in this room." He felt rather than saw the shiver that ran through her body. As he pulled away he saw Setsu's intense smile.
"Oh Nii-san you always find ways to make me feel better don't you?" Cain chuckled as she turned in his arms and tucked herself below his chin still in his arms. "But its going to take a little more than that." Cain looked down at his sister's sweetly smiling face and saw the humour behind her eyes. Oh dear god what did she have in store for him?
It had been a few hours after they had left the messages on Lory's phone that they had finally received an email from him telling them to stay put. He was working on a solution. The Heel siblings had simply shrugged as Cain continued with his task. It was two hours later when Lory wondered why neither of his charges were picking up their phones? Lory didn't know if he should fear the worst. Had reporters got into the hotel? Had they been in a dangerous situation and were now fleeing? Or should he be hoping for the best? Maybe they were currently busy with something? Well he thought it would be surprising if they were. Kyoko was still the main Love Me member after all. The pure maiden who believed in fairies and princesses, and surely she would be saving that until after marriage, but eventually he managed to get through to Setsu.
"Yo boss." came her cool, sexy yet unconcerned voice. He wasn't her Nii-san after all though she would speak with him as needed. She didn't want her Nii-san looking bad now did she?
"Don't you 'Yo boss' me missie! Where have you been?" Lory scolded her down the phone. He could imagine her purring. The way her voice sounded and yet again he wondered what the hell they were doing as he heard her sigh happily.
"Well we have been where we have been all day boss, since the you told us not to move." she added the last part as if he was dumb. Did he forget that he himself had told them not to move?
"So why did you not answer the phone?" Lory asked enjoying the conversation with such a wonderful actress. If he had been talking to Kyoko he would not have got a word in edgewise. She would have been begging forgiveness and berating herself. But Setsu...Setsu was an entirely different creature altogether. She didn't think about anything but herself and her brother. She didn't care if the world was falling apart around her as long as she and her beloved Nii-san were OK what else mattered in her twisted world?
"Well you see my nails were wet." Setsu answered as if this was the most valid reason in the world as Lory gaped. Kyoko really was an amazing actress.
"Your nails were wet!" Lory repeated checking he had heard correctly? How had this girl stayed in character to the point she had happily sat there and painted her nails? "So where was Cain while you were doing this?" Lory asked hoping for some sense in this messed up world he himself had first thought up, but was now feeling completely out of depth by how the world had evolved under these wonderful thespians.
"Well he wanted to cheer me up, so he was helping me." Setsu answered easily as Lory's jaw dropped. Setsu could feel what was happening across the line as she smiled down at her beloved brother who was very carefully attaching the minute gems to her beautifully painted toe nails. If Setsu loved anything it was being pampered and Cain who was the ever doting brother was only too happy to oblige his sister every wish.
Lory covered the phone reserve as he stared across his desk gobsmacked at the man sitting before him. Yashiro who seemed completely confused by the whole part of the exchange he had heard suddenly voiced all his worried questions at once.
"Are they OK? Kyoko hasn't done anything stupid has she? They haven't been found out?" He asked as Lory just stared at him a little longer before replying.
"Cain is painting Setsu's nails for her." Lory's voice was mild, lacking emotion as the shock that was still filtering through his body at the thought of Cain, Ren or Kuon for that matter painting nails for anyone. Either they have fallen so far into character due to the shock or that boy is truly whipped! Lory thought as he finally decided he needed to talk to Cain.
"Setsu put Cain on the phone." Lory ordered as he picked the phone back up. It was time to start talking sense.
"Boss." came the deep, raspy voice of Cain Heel.
Lory almost applauded their display. This was a big matter. Not only were their positions and secret of Tragic Marker in danger, so were both of their reputations and still both of them were flawless in their acting. Kyoko had been the perfect Setsu, showing her ownership of her special man. The man she loved not only in character, but Lory now knew in her real life too. Lory suddenly wondered whether Kyoko had acted partly from her own personal jealousy? That was a thought he kind of liked. Maybe she was closer to a breakthrough in confessing than even Kuon was?
"Ren we need to talk."
It was if a light switch had been flipped. He heard Cain speak to Setsu telling her to relax and maybe choose a topcoat colour and he would be right back. As soon as Lory heard a door shut between them he knew Ren had left the room and shut off their conversation as much as possible from Kyoko. So maybe she hasn't taken it as well as I thought? Lory thought as Ren spoke.
"Hey boss, so what's the plan?" he could hear the little bit of tension now in Ren's voice.
"We have been making preparations and we have one in action."
Ren nodded and waited a moment but when Lory didn't continue he asked again. "So what is the plan?" he asked again.
Lory wondered just why Ren was worried and decided he wanted to know. "How has she taken it?" Lory ignored Ren's question and he knew that Kuon would not like that, but Ren was different.
"She's upset and blaming herself, but I don't know how we are going to handle this situation now." Ren replied and Lory smiled. He knew instantly all Ren's worries were focused around the girls emotional well being rather than his own job or reputation. His mind was completely set around the woman he loved, just how it should be. Instantly Lory knew why Ren had been painting Kyoko's nails. It had been his idea and his way of settling her character and her nerves, of holding onto Setsu, and in a way to Kyoko.
Lory sighed. "The way things are at the moment, it is going to be impossible for you both to return to your normal lives, so until further notice both you and Mogami-san will be removed from your normal jobs. You will be working full time as the Heel siblings."
Ren was in utter and complete shock. How the hell was Lory going to pull this one off? Though he was not the bragging type, he was Japan's number one actor and Kyoko was one of the biggest rising stars so could they continue this ruse? It just seemed impossible as he voiced his next question. "How?" Ren asked trying not to give into the feeling of needing to sit down on his very shaky legs.
He was going to be with Kyoko 24/7 from this point onwards! How the hell could he cope with that? He needed Yashiro's teasing...he needed his time away to hold his very loose leash so he didn't do anything that would scare her. He needed time away from her and the way she made him feel...God they would be alone. That was how the Heel siblings acted. They would be alone...together. And he would have no escape from his own need.
"Maybe you should turn on the TV Ren, channel 267."
Ren didn't think twice as he re-entered the room where Setsu was still sitting on the bed now reading a magazine, her feet up. Ren was glad to see Setsu was still in control of Kyoko as he did as told, turning to the channel Lory had suggested. Ren now did have to sit down on the end of Kyoko's bed with a thump. He heard Kyoko gasp behind him as the news scrolled across the bottom of the screen and the recorded video they watched on the news channel played out before them both.
"Tsuruga Ren has been rushed into hospital today after a suspected case of glandular fever. Japan's number one bachelor and actor was working at his agency LME when the emergency services were alerted to his condition. Glandular fever is a type of viral infection that mostly affects young adults. Common symptoms of glandular fever include, a high fever, sore throat, swollen glands in the neck and extreme fatigue. Glandular fever is not usually a serious threat to a person's health, but can be unpleasant and last several weeks. So all we can do for the time being is wish one of Japan's biggest stars a swift recovery."
Ren turned off the TV after watching a man that could be him wheeled into the back of an ambulance on a stretcher to be driven away with his best friend and manager Yashiro by his side the entire time. Ren turned and looked at the shocked Kyoko who sat behind him, all traces of Setsu had disappeared.
"That should give you at least two weeks to complete the filming and disappear Ren, can you do it?" Lory asked in a challenging voice as Ren tried to process what had just happened. How was this going to work? How the hell had Lory come up with this harebrained scheme? What about Kyoko's jobs.
"What about Mogami-san sir?" Ren asked needing to know the inevitable.
"Mogami-san will be returning home tomorrow due to family matters which could not be avoided."
All Ren could do was swallow hard. He had put the phone on speaker for Kyoko to hear Lory's reply. "I can not wait to see more wonderful acting from the both of you." and with that Lory hung up the phone of the stunned people he had left behind.
The Heel siblings were now a permanent job and one they would have to push to the limit of their abilities if they were really going to pull this off. Watching Kyoko's completely stunned face Ren only hoped he could do it.
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Well guys there it is chapter two
and oh dear oh dear oh dear,
it time to push Ren/Kuon to his limit and beyond hehe :P
so much more fun to come :D
thanks for reading
Neh xxx
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