After lunch, the director arranged Cain and Murasame on the set for their characters' first fight. Murasame seemed to have the advantage because he had a metal pole with him, but no one knew what to expect from Cain.

The silence in the room was unnerving. No one moved a muscle until Murasame lowered his pole because Cain hadn't made a move. At that moment, though, he advanced toward Murasame. Caught by surprise, he lifted the pole in front of him as a defense.

Cain grabbed the pole and pulled it toward him to lower it for a punch to the face. Murasame was quick and blocked it, twisting the pole out of Cain's hands.

Or so he thought.

The metal object was suddenly In Cain's hands again. Murasame aimed a kick at his stomach, to which Cain back flipped away from and landed in a crouching pose.

BJ grinned.

The entire room dropped 5 degrees with that one expression.

BJ charged again, holding the pole like a javelin, and slammed Murasame to the ground by jamming the pole into his chest.

"Cut! Great job gentlemen, we'll go on from there in a bit. Murasame, try to fight back a little more alright?"

Cain stood and went to Setsu who had a bottle of water ready for him. Murasame, however, was paralyzed. He'd been in enough fights himself to know how to fight, but BJ's grin had truly scared him.

Eventually, they got him up and back to normal again. Then they reshot the scene, which the director endlessly praised them about because it was apparently just like he had imagined it. After that, they began from the beginning where BJ didn't have many scenes so Cain simply took a seat next to Setsu and watched.

"That was really cool, Nii-san. When you grinned he was totally paralyzed," Setsu commented.

"I was smiling?"

"You didn't notice it?"

"No, I didn't."

That's odd...how can you smile and not realize you're doing it? Kyoko thought.

Later that evening, Kyoko was out buying breakfast while Ren slept. She was just peering at some rice to decide which one she should get when her whole body erupted with vibration. Straining to stay in character, she whipped out her violent cell phone and answered it without looking at the Caller ID.

"Hello?"

"Kyoko?"

"..."

"I'll come find you if you don't answer me."

"What do you want, Beagle?"

"To check on you, of course. Have you practiced your violin yet?"

"No, I'm on a job for a while. With Tsuruga-san," she suddenly added.

"Didn't I tell you to stay away from him?"

"He has nothing to do with Corn!"

"...If you say so. Anyway, how long is this job? You have lessons again on Sunday," Reino said in a bored tone.

"Already?"

"Mhm. You have lessons every three days."

"HOW DARE YOU NOT TELL ME THAT!"

"Slipped my mind, dear," the purred.

"DON'T CALL ME THAT!"

"Too bad, princess. Just be there on time for your lessons on Sunday at 7 PM; I assume you remember the location?"

"Of course! Will you be there too?" Please say no, please say no, please say no!

"So my darling Kyoko wants to see me huh? Yes, I will. Now goodnight Kyoko, dream of me!"

"LIKE HELL I WILL!" Kyoko screamed back, but he already hung up.

Grumbling and muttering curses, she finished shopping and walked back to the hotel. In the lobby, she stopped short: Tsuruga-san was there, wrapped in a white sheet.

"Tsuruga-san...is everything alright?"

"Where have you been?"

"I was buying tomorrow's breakfast,"

"Don't go out alone so late at night, it's not safe."

"It's nearby, really, it's okay-"

"Don't ever go out alone," he repeated.

Kyoko was confused by his actions, feeling like she was guilty because of the way he spoke to her.

"I'm sorry," Kyoko said and lowered her head.

"Nah. It's fine, everything's okay now."

Ren opened his arms wide, "come here."

EH? Come here? Come where? Don't tell me-IN THERE?

"In Nii-san's arms," he added.

But...what if we end up hugging and curling up together? We're siblings, we can't do that! But Cain and Setsu are abnormally close siblings, so it would be strange if she refused…

"Setsu," he said in a surprised, hurt tone.

Snapped back into character, she looked into her brother's face. It was so...lost looking. Without another word and without losing eye contact, she stepped into his arms. He hugged her, almost desperately.

They ended up sharing a bed, with Cain's arm draped possessively over Setsu. Of course, she didn't sleep at all while he slept like a well-fed puppy.

I could've come up with something to get away, but...I felt like...I couldn't I leave him, or Tsuruga-san would have faded away. At least he seems better, though. His fingers were ice cold and he was trembling earlier. Maybe I should call Yashiro-san and ask if this a normal occurrence? Or the President?

Suddenly reminded of Reino's call, she thought about her schedule on Sunday. She'd have to tell Ren that she had to go somewhere that night, but if she has to go every 3 days he might get suspicious.

Oh, what am I going to dooooo?