Overseas Miracles
Chapter 34
The Bachelor's Baby
"I'm in New York right now, Ren." She told him through their video call. It's been three days since their last video call and she had told him about going to New York. But for her, it's like months since they haven't talk. She really does miss his presence every day.
"That's good to hear as long as you have arrived safe." Ren replied gladly. Knowing that her theatre arts class is having an educational trip, he felt a pang of jealousy sticking on his chest for he knows for sure that that stupid cousin of his is there as well.
"So, how are you doing, Ren?" she asked.
"Hmm. There's nothing much. I'm busy as always and oh!" The thought about his tentative manager came to his mind. He have not told her about it last time because her class was about to start.
"What is it, Ren?"
"Ahhhmm… Never mind." He hurriedly avoided the idea. 'No, not now' He thought. Talking about Shouko would surely lead to talking about that bratty singer. There is no way he will let her mind occupy about the guy.
"Are you hiding something from me, Ren? She eyed him suspiciously.
"Nothing." He smiled brightly at her. "Well, there is one thing that I have been some kind of hiding from you." He confessed.
"Eh? Really? Do you not trust me with your secrets?" She glared at him.
"Kyoko… I have found someone. It is someone who can fill my loneliness while you are away from me." He said seriously.
"Whaa?" she gaped at his blunt expression. 'What does he mean he found someone? Is he going out with a new girl?' she panicked in fear of his rejection.
"Yes. That's true. We sometimes go out for a walk and then we would chase each other in an open field away from the city." He admitted calmly.
"Oh…" she replied weakly, feeling her chest crumbling a little in pain. 'I knew it. He will get tired of me soon enough.'
"Do you want to meet this little someone of mine? Wait there. I'll go get my baby in my bedroom." He said as he momentarily left.
'Now why is he smiling so brightly? Why does he have to show this special person to me? Is this his way of trying to break up with me? And this person is in his BEDROOM!' she cried inwardly but her face maintains normally fine. 'You better ready yourself, Kyoko.' She held firmly on her skirt as she waited for his return.
"Calm down. Stop licking me for a second. I will take you out later this afternoon if you behave." She heard him say those words in a playful manner. Her world seems like to break apart. Then it hit her. He had already found the perfect woman who could fill his desires as a man.
"Kyoko, meet my baby. Wolf" he happily introduced to her.
'Huh? Wolf? What kind of female name is that?' she quickly face her tab once more and she saw a furry creature revealed to her.
"Ehh? A puppy?"she gaped like a lost gold fish. 'Waaah! What was I thinking? Stupid, Kyoko. He was just talking about a dog!'
Seeing her expression is so priceless for him. He wondered what made her flustered really hard.
"Wolf, look at here. This is my precious girlfriend. So better get to know her now so that you can get along well when she comes to visit us." He tried to avert the dog's eyes to the screen while pointing at her.
"Eh, Kyoko? What were you thinking, earlier?" He tilted his head as he asked her.
"Yaaa.. NOTHING, I swear!" she bowed hastily in front of him, hiding her embarrassment.
"Are you sure?"
"YES!" she shrieked which made him jumped on his seat in astonishment.
"Geez, calm down." He encouraged. 'What's with her?' he thought innocently.
"Now, see my new companion, Kyoko."He showed the pup in a better view.
"Kyaa… he's so cute, Ren! Since when did you decide to get a pet dog?" she asked while giggling.
"I just picked him up in the street two weeks ago." He started telling her a little tail of how he met little Wolf.
"That's so nice of you, Ren! It seems that he really likes you. Isn't that right, Wolf?" she drew her face nearer to the screen, wishing that she could pat his little head. The puppy seems to hear what she was saying since its nose is now covering her view.
"He has been a good boy since I got him. And a very good playmate. Yeah, a good substitute of you." He joked.
"Ehhh?" she was taken aback at his last words.
He snickered at the attempts of his adopted dog. "Ruff!" he barked at Ren then sniffed back.
"I think he wants to go to you, Kyoko." He sniggered.
"I wonder how cuddly he could be…" she spoke with a smile. Inside of her mind, she felt so guilty of thinking such things that Ren is two-timing. She felt like an idiot for thinking that way. 'This man… can't he be a little straight forward? He sure is fun in giving riddles. Now look what he made me think.' Out of the blue, a heavy weight landed from behind her, causing her to bend closer to her tablet. Now, she was wrapped around someone's arms.
"Hey, how long are you going to keep on talking to that thing? I don't even get what you were blabbering about. It's like you were doing some ritual or something." France complained nonchalantly.
"France, will you get off of me? You're heavy!" she quetched in annoyance.
Ren's eyebrows twitched in irritation at the compromising sight in front of him. 'France Bracken, hands off my girlfriend's shoulder!' It's what he is desperate to spat at his cousin. Since when did they act so familiar at each other? His fist clenched hardly in anger. What his entire mind is picturing out of ways of how to get rid of him away from his girlfriend. This is a very unacceptable act! It should only be him in that position.
Unbeknown to him, Kyoko had not told him about France's confession. Two weeks ago, France was too dejected to accept the fact that he got rejected by Kyoko. However, he doesn't know whether to thank his parents' for being supportive with his feelings by giving him love advices and at the same time, he was annoyed at them for being nosy in meddling with his issues. From that day on, he still is determined to win Kyoko's heart even though he doesn't know what her real reason is. He even concluded that maybe she is with someone already but that made him determined to steal her away from that guy.
"Hey, we have to go. Mr. Jacob is back already." He informed, still not letting go of her.
"Oh my… Uhm, Ren. I better go now. Our teacher is calling us." She directly turned her attention back to her tab.
"Well, would you look at that? It's Mr. Ren. Hello…" France greeted the actor with a beam.
"Oh, France Bracken. It's been a while." Ren replied with a very bright gentlemanly smile.
"You see, I need to snatch Kyoko away from you. Our teacher might get mad at us for being late." He explained.
"Yeah, I heard that. Well then, see you two." Ren waved at them. 'You're saying as if you own her! You better prepare yourself, France when I take a step on L.A.'
"Bye bye, Ren. Oh, and good luck in taking care of puppy Wolf." She waved back at him before she could turn off her tab.
"Kyoko, let's hurry to the lobby!" France pulled her arm, leading her to where they should meet their teacher.
She tried to remember the name of the hotel that they are staying. All she could recall are the initials EE. After they are designated to their own rooms, Kyoko had decided to roam around the luxurious hotel to kill time before the whole class will leave again to attend a theatre show.
"Wow! This place has everything a person could ask for. Hmm, I better try to check on a store to buy some souvenirs for Julie-okaa-san and Kuu-otou-san." She told herself thoughtfully.
Opening the glass door of a souvenir store, her pursed slid out of her hand and it landed on the shiny marble. Just when she attempted to pick it up, someone stepped on her hand really hard.
"Oowwww! It hurts!" she screamed in pain. It had caught some attention to some people who passed by her.
"Oh no! I'm really sorry, Miss! I was not watching were I was stepping. Forgive me. It really hurts, does it? Let me take you to a hospital to have it checked." he immediately grabbed her hands and inspect for bruises of malformation.
As for the guy, he hasn't heard the girl spoke a word as he held her hands. He looked at her, staring at him with eyes broadened in disbelief instead of complaining of the pain on her hand that he had caused.
"Kyo- Kyo- Kyoko-chan?" The man stumbled with his words as he clearly recognized the girl standing in front of him.
A/N:
At last! The first day of the year is here! HAPPY NEW YEAR, FANFIC READERS! I hope that everybody here had made some resolutions in life. In my case.. nah… haven't think about it yet. I can't even promise to make quick updates from now on because I am soon to be facing a war. Yeah, call it school work. I guess this might be the last update for a while then I will be on HIATUS again.
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