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Chapter 1 : 'Gokko'?

"Which one is mine?" Kyouko asked herself. She was confused since there were two exact lens cases on the bathroom's sink. She was about to open both the lens cases and aborted the plan half way. Silly! It will be both grey contacts anyway. Cain and Setsu have the same eyes colour after all. She opened it anyway and was surprised when she found one of the lens cases got brown contacts instead. Eh? No way! Why are those brown instead? Does Tsuruga-san have different eyes colour then?

The bathroom door was opened and revealed a startled Ren. "Ah, sorry, I didn't know that you're using it. Why didn't you lock it?"

"So… sorry. I only want to put on the contacts so I didn't lock it. Do you need to use the bathroom now? I'll be quick. I'm terribly sorry…" She looked terrified. She almost did a dogeza if Ren didn't stop her.

"Relax, Mogami-san. It's me who should be sorry," he said. He sighed as he realised he had broken his character as Cain. He couldn't act as Cain since the girl before him still hadn't got Setsu's grey eyes and she wasn't acting cold and bored like Setsu would be. He could only be Ren. So the only thing Ren would do was to call her Mogami-san and apologised for walking in on her. How he hated the fact that he could only call her with her surname. He had wanted to call her by her given name but he was afraid she would freak out. "I only want to retrieve my lens case."

"Ah… ehm… about that… your eyes colour is not brown?" Kyouko asked carefully. "No, you don't have to answer me," she quickly added after seeing Ren's disturbed face.

"Yes."

Kyouko was stunned upon hearing the answer. She didn't expect it. "Ah, so you really are not Japanese?"

"Actually…" he began hesitantly. "I am American." Did I ever tell her that I'm not Japanese before? He thought incredulously. He tried to recall any event he ever said that fact.

Kyouko smiled nervously. "Okay, that explained a lot." Oh, no! I forgot that he told that to Bou only. Hopefully he won't realise it.

Ren said nothing and walked to her. He pulled out another lens case from his coat pocket. He opened it and took out the grey contacts from his both eyes. He blinked hastily, adjusting his line of sight and turned to look at Kyouko. "Does this answer your question, Mogami-san?"

Kyouko looked into his green eyes and being captivated by the depth. "It's… beautiful."

Ren was stunned when he heard her said so. "Thank you, Mogami-san." He smiled. "I need you to…"

"I know. I'll keep it as a secret," she said with a smile. "Shall we get ready, Niisan?" Setsu took over.

Ren smiled and Cain's smirk appeared. "Sure…"

Kyouko watched the filming half-heartedly. She couldn't forget how his green eyes had enchanted her. It made her heart flutter with excitement. She thought back to when he had confided in Bou about being fired. At that time, she thought that he must had meant somewhere outside Japan. She had already thought that he was probably from the states. How he acted towards her sometimes confirmed her suspicion.

The kiss on the cheek... Kyouko blushed and shook her head, trying to get that thought off. The way he shrugged… Her face darkened. She was pissed off if he did that. His poor choices of words and his lack of knowledge in Japanese… All confirmed he wasn't really Japanese. Maybe he is half like Hizuri sensei. His eyes are really beautiful. That colour reminded me of Corn. Corn got the same eyes colour. If only Tsuruga-san were blond… She was surprised by her own thought. Stupid me! What if he was blond anyway… nothing will change…

"…tsu… Setsu…" Cain called.

"Niisan, what?" She was surprised when her beloved brother had stood in front of her. His attire as BJ was scary and with him appearing so suddenly, she almost screamed but Setsu quickly took over and managed a calm respond just in time.

"Let's head to the dressing room. Director Konoe has just called for lunch break."

"Okay." She straightened herself and smiled to him. She could felt all the eyes in the studio room fell on them. Cain caused a ruckus several days ago. She was surprised when she saw how he acted out BJ. He almost killed Murasame. Director Konoe even came late night to their hotel room to have a talk with Cain or rather Ren.

She glanced at them and pretended she didn't care. She felt Cain wrapped his arms around her shoulders. She could hear the murmurs went around them. They mocked them as incestuous siblings. She stared up to him and smiled. She tugged him on his sleeve, ushering him to hurry. He complied and they walked off the studio. They headed to his dressing room. She asked him to get inside first while she got him some drink from vending machine.

"Don't take too long!" Cain said before closing the door.

"I know… I'll be fast."

She walked calmly through the hallway. She found the vending machine and walked towards it. She put some coins into it and thought of what drink to pick. She pressed the buttons and collected a bottle of green tea and a bottle of mineral water. She turned back and about to walk back when she saw Murasame walking towards her direction.

She sighed inwardly. She was irritated upon finding the man who insulted their nature was there before her eyes. There was no way she could forget it. She walked past him, not bother to talk to him.

"Hey…" Murasame called out to her.

Setsu stopped in the track. She turned back and stared at him coldly. She stayed silent. She could see Murasame's gaze fell on her. He looked confused.

"If you don't have anything to say, I'll excuse myself," Setsu said coldly. She was about to turn back when she heard him.

"I'm sorry."

"About what?"

"The other day I said too much," Murasame said with a hint of regret in his voice.

"You should say it to my brother instead," Setsu said. "…even though I felt insulted as well. You completely made fun of us. We might be half-blood but brother and I are British nevertheless. Well, the way you say it made me feel that Japanese are actually racists." Even though Tsuruga-san didn't say anything, if his feeling was synced with Cain, he supposedly felt the same as me. But in reality, he isn't even Japanese. He might be half Japanese. He's got Japanese look anyway. He might be really angry the other day. Kyouko was reminded of Demon Lord and shuddered because of that thought.

Meanwhile, Murasame was stunned over her statement. She was right! The way I said it made me a racist…wait she said Japanese… Murasame stared at her. He could see her cold and bored expression. She was yawning.

"Setsu… I've told you don't take too long!" Cain said from behind her.

Setsu turned back calmly and saw Cain walking towards her. He seemed unhappy. Setsu followed his line of sight and realised that he was staring at Murasame. Cain stopped beside her and pulled her arm and wrapped his arm around her. Setsu sighed and leaned a bit against his shoulder. "Sorry, that guy was holding me up."

"Hey," Murasame started but stopped when he saw Cain's heated glare. "Heel-chan, I take back my words. I think it is impossible with him acting like that." Murasame pointed a finger at Cain.

Setsu chuckled cynically. "Well, then don't bother talking to me from now on."

Setsu pulled on Cain's sleeve. Cain stared down at her with a gentle smile. They turned and headed to Cain's dressing room, leaving Murasame in daze. "They must be not siblings," he murmured. He gasped. "NO! SHE HATES ME NOW. How could I ever get close to her?"

Cain ate his lunch in a silence whilst Setsu was watching him.

"You don't have to watch me like that. I can eat perfectly fine," Cain said when he noticed her gaze on him.

Setsu snorted. "You always say so. But… You know that I don't believe you, niisan."

Cain continued eating and then stopped. He sighed. He was disturbed when he saw Murasame talked to her. He felt bad for dragging her down because of his attitude towards the man.

"Open your mouth wide, niisan!" Setsu said.

Before he realised her intention, he did as she said and he felt his mouth was stuffed with food. Setsu smiled slyly and kept shoving food into his mouth using a spoon. It was of small servings since she felt that she should be careful with his artificial make up. Even though so she did that fast, he ended up having to keep up with her pace or else he would choked on the food. He never liked it when his mother did it in the past but it was completely different with her. She was gentle and she didn't do it forcefully.

He chewed on the food fast and almost choked on it. She stopped shoving food into his mouth all of a sudden. She put down the spoon and took the bottle of green tea. She poured down the slight warm green tea from the bottle and handed it to him. She then gave him a straw which he took gratefully. He sucked on it carefully. When he finished, he felt sick and wanted to throw out. He kept his composure in check because he didn't want to alert her.

"There, you're finally finished. Don't think too much when you eat! You'll get bald, niisan," Setsu said. "I don't want to see you get bald."

Cain sighed and smiled a little at her comments. He stared down at his bento box and found it empty. He had thought of disposing it when she wasn't looking. Unfortunately for him, she was faster. She did know him very well. He laughed inwardly. If only she knew my feeling for her as well as she know my eating habit.

"Niisan, do you want the dessert?" Setsu asked, lifting up a small plate of chocolate pudding.

"No, it's enough. I'm full," he quickly answered.

"Well then I'm going to have it." Setsu smiled and ate the dessert by herself. At least I got him to eat all his meal. He didn't seem want to eat after two spoons anyway. What if he gets sick? He got a lot of stunts to do anyway… he needs more energy if he wants to survive today's filming but Tsuruga-san is usually stubborn… He is such a kid sometimes. In this case, Setsu did something I couldn't. I owed her for this.

"Setsu," Cain said. "If you feel bored, you can just go back to hotel and do some shopping or something you like."

She stopped eating and said, "No, I want to be here with you. I want to see you act out the reaper. It's going to be a good lesson for me. Moreover, I like acting."

Cain was stunned. Right! Setsu sticks to Cain all the time. Hmm… she might be Setsu for now, but she is also Mogami-san. She's an actress. I don't think it's a good idea for her to watch me playing the reaper. As for lesson, maybe it will be two bird with one stone if I… He smiled and said, "Setsu, if you want to learn acting that badly, how about playing 'gokko'? It will help both of us polishing our skills as actors. You got it in the training school, right?"

She considered for a while and answered, "Hmm yeah… I must say that it is an interesting proposition. So niisan wants to play 'gokko' eh? I'm in! What about the rules?"

"We can decide the rules later at hotel. First, let's just write down the roles we wanted to play. Both can write five different of roles. For example, Princess and Her Knight."

Kyouko's eyes lit up when she heard the word 'Princess'. Kyouko realised her slip immediately and quickly turned back to Setsu again. Ren realised her slip as well and smirked at that. He knew very well about her adoration for fairy tales.

Cain smiled a little and continued, "This is called an impromptu acting. Ad-libbing, remember?"

Adlib? Does that mean like the last time we practice Dark Moon? "Does that mean, you'll call for an 'NG' if I am bad?"

"Sure… you can call an 'NG' too."

No way! Tsuruga-san can't possibly have an 'NG', moreover from a newbie actress like me? I don't want an 'NG' though… "I don't think niisan will ever get an 'NG', you're a great actor."

"I have just had NGs before several days ago."

"Ah…" She was reminded of the scene when he and Murasame fell. Cain did quick spins and landed safely. She was impressed but couldn't hide the fact that she was worried about him.

"You got it, right? You can call an 'NG' as well if I am no good. This will be one of the rules."

Before they could continue, they heard the knock on the door calling for Cain.

"We'll continue it later in the hotel room then," Cain said. "I have to go."

"Sure."

"Have you finished, Setsu?" Cain asked.

He folded the five pieces papers he had written with the roles he wanted them to play and put it on a glass.

"Wait! I haven't finished yet." Hmm… I know I have always wanted to play a Princess but I want more roles variation to improve my acting skill. As Hizuri sensei said, I can't be picky. It's really a big chance for me. I can learn directly from Tsuruga-san. I want to see how he acts out this one particular role but… is it really okay for me to write it like this? She stole a glance at Cain. She had many insane ideas for the roles. She saw Cain was deep in thought. He seemed more particular with the glass in front of them. But he said I can write any role I want even though it is weird. None of us can reject the roles just because it is weird. We've agreed on it. He's great actor anyway, he can portray anything well.

She wrote on her fifth paper with a sly smile on her face. Well, let's see whether Tsuruga-san can do this one well. We'll do all the roles written anyway… It was like when I first acted as Setsu. I can't let him give me an NG…

What is she writing? I believe most of it will be princess or rich lady role… he chuckled inwardly at his own guesses about her. I hope with this play, she will start to see me as a man as well.

"Done!" Setsu smiled. "So, I need to confirm once more about the rules, niisan."

"Okay."

"Rule no 1, we have to play the roles according to the paper picked, none of us can reject any roles written no matter how weird it is. Rule no 2, we can pick another roles if we get bored. Rule no 3, the setting will be up to the lead's character including the character's name and when to start. Rule no 4, we can call NG for the other if we think the other's acting is bad," Setsu stated whilst her hand was busy folding the papers. "Seems like we get everything settled?"

"Yes." Cain nodded slightly.

"This is like playing director, screenwriter and actor by yourself, don't you think?"

"That's the idea. I think it fits you."

Setsu grinned and Cain smiled.

"Okay then… when will we start? Now?" Setsu asked with expectant eyes.

"If you want to."

"Who'll pick it and how?" Setsu asked, pointing a finger to the glass.

"Well, I'll let you pick it for our first roles," Cain said. He poured down the glass' content onto the table. "Close your eyes!"

Setsu closed her eyes and she felt Cain taking her right hand. He put her hand on top of the scattered papers. She instinctively took one of the papers. She opened her eyes.

"I'll open it," she announced.

Cain made a 'go ahead' gesture and she opened it. She grinned and handed the paper to him. He read it silently and smirked at the roles written. I know that it will be something like this…

"So for our first play, we will be…"

A/N : The site was down. Since my story was NOT FOUND. I was late publishing it. Afraid it will be gone as well. Sorry for the delay. By this story, have you catch what's the game they're going to play? :) Thanks for reading.