Chapter Four: Whhhhaaat?

Disclaimer: I do not own Skip Beat

"Kyoko, are you okay? Look what you did Ren. You put her in shock."

"N-no….it's okay….I'm fine…just surprised me a bit."

Kyoko looks at Ren.

"Why did you not tell me before that Fa- I mean Kuu is your father?"

"I just didn't think it was necessary."

"What do you mean 'not necessary?' Of course it was necessary. Whatever…we will discuss this later Tsuruga…I am going to LME."

"Let me take you."

"No! I am going to walk and THAT'S final!"

Just when Kyoko starts to walk away from Kuu and Ren, the skies pour with rain. Ren runs to catch up with Kyoko.

"Mogami-san, please let me take you…you are already soaking wet. You will catch a cold if you stay in the rain."

"Did you not hear me? I am walking! I don't care if it was raining cats and dogs, I am still walking."

Kyoko shivers. Ren takes off his jacket and grabs Kyoko's hand just as she starts off again.

"At least take my jacket. If you want to continue walking then that is fine with me. Just take my jacket also let me go get my umbrella out of my car for you."

"I am fine. I don't need anything from you. Please just leave me alone."

Ren gazes at Kyoko with confusion then lets go of her hand.

"Mogami-san…I know you're mad at me for keeping my father a secret, but please don't do anything rash because of this. I will tell you why I kept him a secret after work….please just come with me and let me drive you to LME. I really don't want you to get sick."

"Why do you care if I get sick. It's not like I am vital for your acting. Maybe I want to get sick, so I may go home and skip work so that I may be alone and think. Yeah, maybe that's it....I am taking a sick-day today."

Kyoko took out her cell phone and called the president of LME and told him that she is unable to come to work because she is ill.

"Good-bye Tsuruga...oh and by the way...I thought we were closer than to keep secrets from each other. I guess not." She runs home without looking back.

Ren whispers under his breath.

"Good-bye...Kyoko."

Ren walks back to his car and drives on to LME.

Kuu, still in the same spot as he was before, got up and walked to his car.

"Guess they forgot about me."

He drove back to his hotel room.

Kyoko is now back in her apartment. She replayed the last hour through her mind.

"I can't believed I acted that way. Why did I have to say things like that to Tsuruga. He is probably really mad at me right now."

Kyoko can visualize Ren and his 'I-want-to-kill-someone' look. She shivers.

"I guess now all I can do is sleep, nut first...I must call Tsuruga and apologize."

Kyoko climbed in her bed and took out her phone and dialed his number but only reached his voice mail. She left a message.

"Tsuruga...It's me Kyoko....you are probably wondering why I have the nerve to even call you after the way I acted towards you this morning....I just wanted to say that I am sorry. I would still like to talk later.....so talk to you later? Bye."

She settled down to get some sleep.

Yashiro was waiting by the entrance of LME when Ren arrived.

"There you are Ren. This is so unusual you are never late...you are always punctual. Since I know you so well, I am going to guess that your late arrival has something to do with Kyoko. Doesn't it. If I were y--"

Ren was no longer listening to Yashiro, all he could think about was Kyoko.

Did I really hurt her feelings that much by not telling her that Kuu was my father? I thought I didn't need to tell her because I thought if she knew, she would no longer feel the need to call my father by 'Father.' I really need to talk to her.

"Ren are you even listening to me?"

"Huh? Did you say something? Sorry Yashiro...I need to make a phone call."

Ren takes his phone and calls Kyoko. He was unable to reach her so he left a message.

"Kyoko...we need to talk....I am sorry for not telling you sooner about my father. You have every right to act like you did. I would ignore myself, too. Please call me as soon as you get this message."

He closed his phone and went right back to work. Today all he had scheduled was a photoshoot for a Japanese drama that he is starring in. After that, he would go to Kyoko's place.

Kyoko woke up to the sound of a doorbell. She got out of bed and went to open the door. It was Ren...and he was holding a bouquet of flowers. He hands them to her.

"Tsuruga....what are these for?"

"They are part of my apology. You were right...I should have told you sooner."

Kyoko shakes her head.

"No, you were right to tell me today. I have been thinking....you don't need to tell me about yourself....especially since I have barely told you about me and my past. "

"Mogami-san...thank you....but I want to tell you about my past...I haven't told it to anyone in the past 10 or so years...it'd be nice to tell someone again."

Kyoko stares at him blankly.

"Of all the people in the world, you want to tell me?"

"Yes. I would...especially since....never mind."

"Then when you finish, let me tell you my past."

"That would be nice." Ren smiles, not his gentlemanly smile where you know he is lying behind his smile, but a true Ren Tsuruga smile. Kyoko could have sworn that her heart skipped a beat when he smiled. Seeing his smile,his gorgeous smile, made her smile back.

Chapter four ends here. I really hope you readers are enjoying this story up this point. Chapter 5 will be up soon. Please Review ^_^

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