OVERSEAS MIRACLES

CHAPTER 52

Solid Honesty and Revelations

"Kyoko, I know I have a very slim chance for your forgiveness but I had just realized that you deserve to know this part of me." He spoke trying to control the shakiness of his jaw. Without further ado, he lifted his hands to his rear view mirror and had it positioned in front of his eyes. He took a couple of sprays of alcohol to disinfect his hands before he could attempt to remove his contact lenses.

At that same moment, Kyoko was rendered speechless of Ren's untold actions. She was so overly puzzled at his declaration. Watching him raising his index finger to raise his upper lead, she could tell that he is going to remove his contact lenses. To her surprise, she never knew that his natural-looking onyx eyes were just only a pair of lenses. It made her wonder if these are fake or for corrective purposes. After a minute of removing it, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath to calm his self.

"Ren, are you alright?" She asked in concern.

He felt ashamed for himself for having her treat him with the utmost care she can offer. Inwardly, he is starting to feel guilty of what will come next. But then, he found himself not being able to open his eyes. To Kyoko's worry, she instinctively placed her palms between his face and before she spoke, Ren cut her off.

"Kyoko, I'm scared…" He breathed in nervously. "Once I open these eyes, it will turn out a window of my past. You may not forgive me for hiding it from you but just please, please, please don't ever hate me" He begged, fighting his tears to not to spill out.

A short silence followed.

"I could kill myself for it." He added.

"REN! Don't ever say you'll kill yourself just because of my 'anger'! And why in the world should I get to hate you about your past?"

"You just don't understand yet, Kyoko." He said, fighting the tightening pressure building within himself.

"But Ren, you already told me about your past. It's not going to change my mind about you." She explained convincingly.

"No… There is something more behind that past, Kyoko." He added anxiously.

It hurts her to see him fearing over something unexplainable. She had a bad feeling about over his soon to be confession. She had been thinking that he is secretly seeing someone and that he should tell her and breaks their relationship. Then again, she scrutinized his actions and it seems that it has nothing to do with what she is currently concluding. Why would Ren appear so anxiously… Oh god, she can't even describe his current state. At this moment, all she wanted to do is to comfort him and give him the greatest assurance that she will never leave him no matter what. How could she if she is so deeply in love with him with all her being. There's no way she's going to let him go so easily even to the point it can turn her into a fool for the second time.

Still tightly closing his eyes, he felt a pair of soft warm hands cupped his face. Oh god, he thought heaven had fall upon him at the most tender touch he had ever feel. It gives him the most powerful strength to conquer every fear he has just with the simplest act of this most beautiful angel comforting him.

"Ren, we have been through a lot in this relationship. I must truthfully admit that I am willing to be fooled for the second time just to be with you. Ren, I may not know yet what you are going to tell me but if my anger, doubts or whatever reaction you could negatively enumerate about me, I will never let go of this hand." She spoke honestly with all she can express as her hand moved from his cheek to hold his hand in a tight loving grip.

"So, Ren. I want you to open your eyes and look at me. Show me the inner and the real you" She added, giving a light yet promising kiss on his quivering lips.

Five seconds seems like years had passed. Her eyes widened in huge shock at the revelation in front of her. For her, it is the finest clear emerald gems she had ever seen naturally a human body could bare. Then, it hit her. There is only one person who has such beautiful orbs.

"No way…" she stuttered hesitantly. 'There's no way he is…'

"Corn…." She spoke out the word which was only intended to stay in her mind.

"Kyoko…" Ren looked pleadingly at her as he prepared his self for the worst. 'Oh heaven please let her accept me.' He cried in his heart silently while removing his Ren Tsuruga wig.

She gasped so loudly at the new sight. It really is too much for her to take. How in the world did he-

"I'm truly sorry for not telling you sooner-" He was immediately cut off.

"How could you fool me? All these times, you were just here and then you… Argh! Don't you have any idea how dead worried I was about you, thinking that you are already gone in this world? Tell me, Ren. Is it really fun to bully me that much? Wait, why do I feel crying? I should be angry at you, right? Way back the times when Shotaro fooled me for tailing him to Tokyo to reach his dreams as a singer, I think this is the worst trick that was ever done to me!"

"It's-"

"You shut up! I'm not finished talking yet! I want you to answer my questions and I want it straight to the point." She demanded with a high sense of authority as Ren nodded in silence.

"Are you trying to tell me that you were Corn?"

"Yes, and-"

"Don't add anything! Second question. If you were really Corn, tell me all the details of how we met and what we did together. I want complete details. And if you miss one, then we're finished." She requested urgently with a grumpy expression.

Ren, on the other hand, is getting troubled. Well, he had expected this from her and he doesn't blame her for it. At least, she didn't ran away like her had been horrifyingly presuming. 'Here goes nothing'. He relayed his side of the story in pure detail.

Every word came out of his mouth is almost giving Kyoko a heart attack. Every point of his story hits her and at the same time, it made her smile inwardly as the good memories came flowing back to her head. 'Waaaah! That's too much of details!'

After a little while, Ren felt lighter in delivering what Kyoko asked for. He observed her features and it calmed him down and it gave him more confidence to speak all his treasured memories when they were children.

"And oh! I also remembered the last time you gave me a kiss. And it was very sweet." Ren ended with a little smirk clinging on his face. Then he realized something. 'Damn! I said too much that I shouldn't! Great Kuon. You're the worst bastard ever!' He scolded himself.

"EHHHHHHHH? I DIDN'T KISS YOU! THAT'S NOT TRUE AT ALL! DUMMY!" She reacted violently in denial as she pounded her fists on his side.

Shielding himself from her act, he laughed boisterously to no end. It seems that all the anger and anxiety between them were all washed away.

"Last question." Kyoko broke his laughter. "So, this means that you were not a fairy prince at all?" She asked dejectedly.

"Kyoko..." He paused for a second while pondering the words for his explanation for not crushing her dreams further. Yes, he is really guilty alright. "I am really sorry for making you believe those things. It's just that… Honestly, the first time I saw you, you were crying and I didn't want to see you cry any further. I was about to refuse your assumptions of me being a fairy in your eyes but I cannot find the heart to say no.

"So you thought of tricking me for your amusement." She said flatly.

"No! That's not my real intention at all! I mean, I was actually speechless at that time and all that came out of my mouth was to say yes. After that, it seems that you stopped crying and you smiled back at me. I was thankful that you even tried to come close to me until such time we became friends. Oh, Kyoko. Those times we spent at the clearing were still fresh to me and I will never allow these memories to fade away. The whole idea at that time was just to cheer you up." He explained.

"Oh…" she said quietly. "Since you really are a human, why did you even convince me that I couldn't send you letters because there is no way it can reach your kingdom? Why…" Without knowing, another tear drop fell from her eyes.

" I know you are not going to forgive me this easily but… Do you hate me for hiding this from you?" Ren asked out of the blue, his eyes starting to get red in sorrow.

"I… I don't know." She said.

"Remember the time I had told you about that devastating incident with Rick? With pure honesty, I was so bloody scared for thinking that you would be afraid of the monstrous side of me. My teenage years were really terrifying. But since the time you unknowingly conquered my world, shattered all the walls that I have been building for years, it made me see how much you had lifted me out of my cowardice and helped me face my fears one more time. Now that you became the most important piece off my life puzzle, the thought of you leaving and rejecting me was even horrifyingly stronger than Rick's. I may have sounded selfish for him but I can't imagine my life tomorrow without your existence."

"I really am a fool, huh. But I just love you too much to kick you out of my life." She spoke honestly as she pulled him in a tight embrace.

Ren, being shocked as ever at her action, sat still. He felt her pulling him closer to her body. This gave him the sureness that this is reality. In return, he wrapped his arms around her lithe body and savored her warmth as much as he could absorb.

"I am going to make you the happiest woman alive as I am going to be your first and only man you would be with. My love for you won't be even compared to this never ending universe, Kyoko." He whispered sincerely to her ears as he rocked themselves in a slow silent lullaby.

Kyoko could feel her ears and face turned hot red at his blatant oath. 'As if he was proposing to me! Waaaaah!' She pulled away from him and studied his features. 'Corn really did grow into a proper adult.' She smiled proudly at him.

"Kyoko-chan." He called softly, making her blush at his manly voice.

"I really miss you, Corn. You don't know how happy I am right now that you are here with me. How ironic things had turned, right?" She mused as she touched his soft golden locks and caressed the outline of his eyes.

"Yeah… And this time, I am never letting you go." He pulled her into a deep longing kiss.

The next day, Ren woke up with a happy smile as if all the weights on his shoulders had been lifted off in one time. His morning would be more perfectly complete if he has her beside him on his bed. Too bad that she should go back to the Hizuri mansion last night so that she can do her homework since Cold Vengeance will resume next year and Kyoko doesn't have a scheduled shoot today for Innocent Rose.

"Dammit! I forgot to tell her about my parents! That was even part of the plan yesterday! I'm so screwed! How could I get so really stupid as days passed! Anyway, she gets to accept me for who I am." He cheered himself at the pictures of her expressions in his imagination.

All of a sudden, his phone rang and it is downstairs at the living room, disturbing his wonderful thoughts about his girlfriend. Coincidentally, he changed his mind for getting worked up over the distraction of his phone. Kyoko is calling him first thing in his morning. Who could get luckier than him?

"Hello, Kyoko." He said while taking the stairs back up to his bedroom.

"Corn! Corn! Corn! I have good news! Kuu-otou-san and Julie-okaa-san are going to adopt me! " She declared joyfully causing Kuon to accidentally fall 3 steps to the floor due to the unexpected news.

"Shit!" He cursed inwardly as he alarmingly stood from where he fell, grabbed little Wolf who is about to take a bite of his food, grabbed his car key and made his way to the place he would never expect to step on at a very raw moment.

"Why is fate so cruel to me?"

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Yo! It's been a little while. I got too busy dealing with my internship for the past weeks. Today is a lucky day for me to add a new chapter for this story since it's a local holiday! Yehey!

Now I feel bad for my other stories. Will some of you guys give me a little motivation to update "Your Passion Is All Mine"? I got a little lost… *laughs*

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