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

Thank you so much to Roshelle Diall for offering to work with me :D

Hello my sweeties,

Well If you do not read my others stories you will not know why this story has taken so long to update, but believe me there is a valid reason and I'm really sorry xxx

(for reason see chapter 25-26 A/N on 25 Woman 1 Wife)

Yet I'm back with another Cain and Setsu Installment

Let the games begin...

Enjoy.

Neh xxx

I do not own Skip Beat.

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It was Cain who finally took the initiative though he hated to do so now. Kyoko was in his arms by her own choice. Inside Kuon roared out in victory while Ren just reveled in the feel of her,

"We had better get ready Setsu. I think we need some explanations don't you? "Setsu nodded as she pulled away from Cain.

"You're right Nii-san we really better get ready." With that she was out of his arms and towards their bedroom.

Kuon watched her go with Cain and Ren on the surface also. All three promised they would never allow anyone to take Setsu or Kyoko from them. No matter what character she played they all needed the girl who walked before them, needed her so much more than she could ever imagine.

It was as if their routine had just shifted locations. Though Cain insisted Setsu take her shower before his own, Kuon was hard pressed to. His head was pounding. How much could happen in one day! Hell he wasn't even sure how much more of this he could take. Walking over to the mini bar Kuon reached in to grab one of the small bottles of liquor stored there for consumption.

Do you really think that is a good idea? Ren asked himself as Kuon grunted. He didn't want to listen but Cain added his own remarks Setsu needs us now. That hit the nerve as Ren enforced his own sobriety Kyoko needs us.

Slamming the small bottle back into the fridge Kuon almost missed the knocking at the suite door. Walking across and yanking it open the bellhop before him cowered under the towering glare of the man before him.

"So...sorrry tooooo bother yooouuu sssiiir but this was left at reception for youuur sisster." A small package was held out before the man and as soon as Kuon took the small item the bellhop was gone.

"Thanks I suppose." Kuon muttered as he closed the door behind him.

Turning back to the room his eyes instantly hit the petite woman standing before him dressed in what seemed to be a silk bathrobe.

"Setsu." Cain half growled as the silk moved across her chest caressing her skin where he wished to be as she smoothly approached him.

"Who was it Cain?" she asked as Cain registered a little fear in her golden eyes.

How can i be thinking of how good she looks in that robe at a moment like this? Ren scolded himself.

Kyoko's eyes were like books to her soul, he could see how much she was still settled into her fear the attack had brought on. The fear she was going to get hurt...Stepping forwards Cain enveloped Setsu in his arm's once more.

"Just the bellhop, seems the boss has sent something for you," Cain said still refusing to release his hold on Setsu.

Setsu rubbed her head comfortably against the broad, wide chest of her most important man Kyoko locked deep inside herself. Setsu knew the over emotional girl would not cope with what was happening around her, of course she knew she herself was only part of the girl within.

Finally Cain released Setsu before his other selves made their presence known, but the lines were blurred now. Who he was in that moment with Setsu in his arms, with Kyoko snuggling into his chest he was simply a man holding the woman he loved. But he couldn't be...He couldn't allow his overwrought emotions to cloud his judgment.

"Here, Setsu. You open this while I go get ready and you need to get dressed before you get a chill."

Setsu nodded holding the small brown wrapped package before her as she watched Cain walk away. She refused to think about his retreating back as she looked down at the package. It was ordinary apart from a small L.T written in pen on the brown paper.

It took only a few moments for her to peel away the paper. Inside the box was writing she had become used to since taking her first steps into the show business world. The post-it note attached to the lid made her smile slightly as she read the letter from Lory.

"If you truly want to continue the charade you may need these."

Setsu smiled as she snapped the small box closed. Setting her shoulders and standing full of confidence Setsu stalked into her and Cain's shared bedroom. She had a job to do.

Cain stepped back into the lounge area of their shared suite. Setsu had not been in the bedroom when he had exited, something to which he was rather happy about but also left him feeling worried. His emotional state was a wreck and he knew it. If that was the case Kyoko's must be too. As he entered the lounge he saw her instantly, dressed in one of the pairs of leather trousers he himself had purchased for her. The red and black lace covered corset wrapped around her body like a second skin. Black stiletto clad feet flung over the arm of the chair crossed and bounced nonchalantly as she read a magazine. She looked like she had not a care in the world.

"Nii-san you ready?" she asked instantly dropping the item which was nowhere near as important as the man who stood before her.

"Setsu it's time." was his reply as she simply swung her legs around and righted herself in one smooth movement. It was that moment he noticed her eyes were still red and a little puffy. But it was the colour that shocked him the most. 'Steel grey', her golden globes where yet again covered by coloured contacts.

"Kyoko your eyes!" Ren gasped as his hand gently cupped her cheek in his large hand. Rubbing his hand over her still raised cheek the girl before him leant into the touch.

"It's fine Nii-san," her reply was simple but allowed no argument. Kyoko the man sighed inside as the young woman smiled sweetly.

"Now come dear Nii-san I believe we have some parents to scold." With a flick of her long hair she grasped Cain's hand and resolutely dragged the stubborn man behind her.

Setsu knocked on the door swiftly before leaning back into her brother.

"They always seem to come at the wrong moments," she pouted slightly with a sigh as Cain chuckled

"I'm not sure if its the right or wrong time to be honest, but somewhere along the line I'm grateful."

"Humph." Cain wanted to smile at his fully pouting sister.

"Even if he did hit you," Setsu mumbled and grumbled to herself as the door swung open revealing a bright flash of colour that they both knew only too well.

"Good evening," Chiori stated as she pulled the door open to its full degree bowing slightly to the pair who stood there transfixed. Ren would praise any god daily when this was all over for just how quickly Kyoko could handle any situation.

"What on earth are you wearing?" Setsu almost burst out laughing.

It was so unlike her, but something had to give after the day she was having. Chiori almost took a step back as the beautiful girl before her simply stared at her.

You're one to talk she thought as she stood and allowed the girl to circle around her in her Love Me jumpsuit. Yes the outfit Setsu was wearing was a little unorthodox for Japanese culture, but even Chiori had to admit the young woman looked good, no wonder she had gained so many fans.

"Sadly this is my work attire. Come in your parents are awaiting you in the board room," Chiori said in a clipped tone. She took yet another step back into the room and waited for the tall dark and brooding man to pass. Her heart was pounding as his emotionless gaze passed over her following his 'sister' towards the room Chiori had motioned to only seconds earlier.

"Arigato," came the quiet gravelly voice as Chiori started at the wide retreating back.

"You're welcome," Chiori added in her own hushed tone. Cain would never have heard her but it was a reaction Chiori could not help as her pounding heart reverberated through her chest.

Setsu walked straight through the open french doors into what was a large board room. To be expected of the presidential suite I suppose she thought to herself as she looked over at the table and the three people seated there. If the sight of Chiori had shocked Kyoko and Setsu the sight of Kanae seated at the table was enough to stop her in her tracks. Her hold on Setsu was slipping away from her and in that moment Kyoko wondered how Moko-san would react if she rushed over and threw herself into her arms just as she would have done any other time. Kyoko smiled inside at the stupid thought as her emotions threatened to overflow, upset at not being able to just tell her best friend how she was feeling. Tell her what a mess she had made and how she could fix it. But she couldn't. She was Setsu. Grabbing the emotions of fear and apprehension she turned them around into anger and annoyance.

Who were these people here with her family? The people that were supposed to be caring about her? Looking after her? Wasn't she the one who had been violently attacked? Wasn't she the one that was supposed to be being looked after! Setsu fed on these feelings so unlike Kyoko's own towards the two woman now both with 'her' parents.

"What the hell is this!" she shouted, the anger plain in her voice as she scowled menacingly between the seated 3 and Chiori who had entered the room behind her brother.

Kanae stared at the very beautiful rocker chick before her as the cold steel-like gaze settled on her. For once Kanae felt a shiver at another's gaze so alike to the one she used, yet so different and full of discontent.

"Well sweetie, these are some employees of Daddy's friend. They have come to take care of us, run errands and such while we are here in Japan."

Both Chiori and Kanae spoke some English and kept up with with Kuu's, that is Calvin's words easily. Kanae watched Setsu's reaction gauging the girl she was going to be working with. She could see the calculation in her face as she thought about what the man was telling her.

"We thought it would be nice for us all to get to know each other Setsu, as you and Cain will be working with them too." Sayuri watched her daughter and Julie could not have been more proud of Kyoko.

This girl truly was going to be an astounding actress. She already was an astounding actress. She had seen the moment of doubt in her eyes as she entered. Lory had already told them just how close these 3 girls were and here was their Kyoko standing against them all as Setsu. No Kyoko was showing through at all.

"Huh more people to hate and betray us," Setsu huffed as she sat at the opposite end of the long table pulling Cain down into the chair beside her.

She didn't look at any of the others while holding Cain's hand in her own on top of the table. Kanae was surprised to see the young woman's hand shaking as she spat out accusations. It angered her beyond words yet in the same moment she understood. This pair had been accosted outside of their hotel that first day and demanded they answer questions thrown at them. It had been that day that had started it all. Well that and the later published photo that had been the press leak of Setsu and Cain embracing at the set of Tragic Marker.

Kanae thought of how she might have handled it better. How she would have accepted the questioning and cleared her name. But maybe they were in this relationship... But if they were surely their parents would try and stop it? Wouldn't they? It was incest, wasn't it? She watched the concern on her parents faces and the quiet almost thoughtful look of the dark man sitting beside the young woman. The young woman who Kanae decided feared not the man beside her as many would, but the world around her. And really could Kanae blame her after the way they had been treated? It was with much confusion yet steel-like determination she spoke up.

"We are not here to judge you or your brother," she snapped watching her reaction.

Setsu straightened and stared down at the taller young woman. "Not like you haven't already judged us!" It wasn't a shout but it may as well have been.

"Do not take us for some flouting reporters who are blind, writing the stories that will make them money rather than the truth!" Kanae argued back as Setsu stood at her words.

"No you probably think you will be able to get the story yourself and sell it without the hassle of writing it yourself." Both irate woman were standing tall now facing off against each other across the table.

Cain's hand moved from the tabletop where Setsu had left it to his sisters again. "If you think like that are you not just as bad as the people who hurt you Setsu?" he asked quietly. Her small hand buried in his own, holding her down pulling her back from the edge of her own emotional insanity.

The look in her eyes melted as she turned towards her softly speaking brother. "Not everyone sees what people wish to portray Setsu. They will use their own eyes."

It was as if all the fight had been sapped from the young woman who looked back at Kanae now, her steel like eyes dull as she nodded slightly. "I'm sorry." With those words Setsu was again in her chair leaning into Cain's comforting warmth. Their hands still linked in that needed touch as Setsu looked at no one.

Calvin and Sayuri looked towards Kanae who was still standing unable to believe the young woman had just dropped the issue with so few a words from him. She had been like a firework ready to blow to suddenly have her fuse cut away. Taking deep breaths Kanae calmed her erupting anger.

"You've had a trying day and I have to admit that people have not treated you fairly, even poorly. We are not here to judge and we were both asked our view on the situation before we agreed to take on this role. If we were so shallow minded we would not have accepted. So please remember that." Kanae seated herself as Calvin and Sayuri nodded and smiled at Kanae's words.

Chiori glad Kanae had handled that situation just smiled comfortingly at her as the servers came with their pre-ordered meal and it was eaten in near silence. Calvin and Sayuri tried to get the two Love Me girls to speak a little more yet the silence and what Kanae and Chiori could only call a bubble around the two seated at the end of the table made the elephant in the room only seem larger.

How are we going to work with them if they cannot even trust us? Kanae wondered as she watched the young woman through her eyelashes.

I can't do it! How can I lie to Moko-san and Chiori! How the hell could I have shouted at Moko like that! She's going to hate me. Kyoko's heart was almost close to breaking, the only thing keeping her seated there and not on the floor begging for Moko's forgiveness being Cain's large hand...The constant reminder of why she was doing this.

He' so mature. Chiori thought. She had been watching Cain the entire time throughout the confrontation and now the meal. He was Setsu's comfort, her pillar of strength, but even Chiori couldn't mistake the look in their eyes.

I'm here Kyoko. I'm here and I promise I always will be. Kuon held her hand in his own running his thumb over her silky smooth skin, comforting not only himself but the woman he loved. The woman he worried about falling apart under the stress she had received today.

Kuu and Julie's eyes met across the table having an entire conversation without words. They both knew the drama was only just getting started.

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Well there we have it, the problems are growing and god poor Kyoko

i think anyone would be falling apart after the day she has had!

but she has someone there willing to hold onto her :)

I was looking at the story plot and plan with Kiara and Rosh and even though i thought it was going to be a shorter story it seems it will not be so short as i thought XD and that was only plotting out the first half, so i hope your all ok for a long run :P

thanks for reading

Neh xxx

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