So I hope more people enjoy this than the last chapter and this is my Christmas gift to everyone so I really wanted to thank you for your support.
Chapter Three :: Moving in Together
"So..." Kyoko smiled thankfully at the Daruma-ya couple as they were in the backroom together, the four of them, with everyone outside wondering why Ren Tsuruga had suddenly entered the place and a group forming around the entrance to the back wanting to get his autograph. "I'd like your permission to keep working here but to move in with Tsuruga-san,"
"Kyoko dear," Okami-san answered, "Are you sure? Has something upset you here?" she asked nervously as Kyoko's eyes widened and she shook her head.
Ren placed a hand on Kyoko's shoulder, "I should be the one asking permission to take Kyoko away from here. We have already decided to be in a relationship together and feel we know each other well enough to live together," he said choosing his words carefully as the boss kept a firm glance on him.
"Is this true Kyoko?" the older woman asked gently as Kyoko nodded.
"I know this is a sacrifice for Tsuruga-san...or...Ren, but I really want to accept his offer. I know that living with him would be best for me at the moment," she said before Boss spoke up.
"You two are hiding something aren't you?" Taisho-san asked as Kyoko and Ren exchanged a look. Kyoko nodded nervously and Ren wrapped an arm around the girl's shoulders.
"Kyoko-chan is expecting a baby, my baby. Whereas Kyoko does not want to consider marriage at the moment, we have decided that it would be best for the baby to be raised as a couple." He bowed formally noticing Taisho-san's look of dismay and Okami-san's look of confusion.
"Kyoko," Okami asked as Kyoko's back straightened.
"I will not lose track of my dream in show business," she said
"I will make sure of that also," Ren smiled to Kyoko, "I do not expect Kyoko to become a housewife and mother in the traditional sense, we are going to raise the baby together meaning shared responsibility. I will be taking less jobs when the baby is young and have the money to pay for a nanny."
"Kyoko dear, if this is what you want then of course we'll support you. Please feel free to keep working for us for as long as you are able" she smiled kindly
Kyoko grinned before turning to Taisho-san, who pointed the knife he was holding at Ren's genitals.
"If he betrays you I will castrate him," he said as Ren's mouth dropped open.
"Then I'll make sure never to betray her," he said knowing he would never do anything on purpose to hurt Kyoko, not on purpose anyway.
Ren stopped as he finished putting all his books, scripts and files into one bookcase leaving the other completely empty. He turned to Kyoko who was just observing him tensely, she had offered to help but he had told her that for the sake of his organization system it was better if she made herself comfortable by the TV. However this wasn't the only strange thing he had done, he had already emptied drawers and even entire rooms for her. He turned round to find her looking at him.
"Tsuruga-san?" she asked with a look of exhaustion, "I already told you that you do not have to reorganize everything in the apartment, I have been here before. As your kouhai and as a guest in your home, I must remind you that I do not have a lot of things."
"I know," Ren turned to her with a smile, "But I hope that changes some day, although..." he looked up trying to think, "We are going to need to move to a larger apartment, perhaps even a house."
Kyoko's mouth dropped, "L-Larger Apartment? Tsuruga-san...what are you thinking of?"
"Well when the baby comes we'll have to have a nursery," he replied as if it was the obvious answer, he blinked at her wide mouthed expression before she quickly shook her head.
"That won't be necessary!" she exclaimed shaking her head quickly, "I mean, the baby can just sleep in the guest room with me."
"That is now your room," Ren repeated again, "You must get used to calling it that Kyoko,"
Kyoko froze hearing her name being said by him and tensed up, she could hear that chest unlocking itself that she had feared love would come out of and with love the fear of being abandoned. She paused as she watched him pick up the scripts for Dark Moon and Box R and slide them neatly into the second bookcase before looking around at her belongings. Doesn't he feel that he has his own dreams? Wouldn't that include being able to act internationally? Is that high schooler really me? If he thinks about being the father to this baby am I preventing that from happening...she thought sadly.
"Kyoko?" Ren began, "Do you have any more books?" he asked as she paused and then nodded going over to a box to retrieve them. As she put them down on the table Ren noticed how all of them were second hand princess-themed books and mostly for children. "I see..." he beamed at her, "These would be ideal if the baby turns out to be a girl."
Kyoko nodded before screaming inside her head, He's doing it! He's secretly laughing at me! He thinks I'm stupid for just...she caught Ren looking into one of the black books she had set next to the story books and froze. Was he about to read her diary?
As Ren looked in it all he could see were the words 'DIE SHOUTARO! FAIL TSURUGA!' he froze and then closed it. He shook his head knowing not to read another person's journal afterall he had more secrets than most people himself. As he turned to Kyoko he saw the anger and sighed.
"Why are you giving me that "No Good" sigh and frown?" she asked, "Is there something in there that makes it so you don't want to live with me Tsuruga-san?"
"No, not for the diary..." he said, "But you have displeased me Kyoko," he smiled before his eyes showed that more dangerous, emperor-of-the-night feel to them and Kyoko flinched. "Won't you call me Ren? Won't you allow your child to call me father?"
"Re-Ren" Kyoko tried again as he clapped for her, "You really do change easily don't you?" she said with clenched jaw.
"Does that annoy you?" Ren asked as she shrugged,
"I've learned to live with it," she said with a smile back, relaxing her body. "So, when do we tell the press?"
"I'll leave that up to you to decide when you want it done," he replied, "I think the scarier question is when do we tell the president."
Kyoko flinched as she imagined what Lory's reaction would be and a sweat drop left her forehead, "Yes..." she shivered as Ren laughed at that reaction.
"Need me to warm you up?" he asked blowing on his hands and rubbing them together.
"No thank you!" the young chestnut haired girl replied quickly as she grabbed her belongings and left for her new bedroom to set things up. She looked around feeling at once upset that she should be living in such a fantastic place without really deserving it, she hadn't earned it but Ren...Ren had been so good to her was it perhaps that he was planning to torture her slowly?
"You really do have the best body Kyoko-san" Reino smiled as he closed the gap between his mouth and her neck, kissing her again and then sliding his tongue down slowly as he pinned her down. "Soon all you will think about is me..."
He held on tightly to her wrist, "I'll be your puppet master and your body will be a puppet except without that lifeless quality, you're far too unique for that."
Kyoko felt the tears slide down her face as she stared at the bed in Ren's...no her and Ren's apartment. She started to fold clothes before breaking again as the memories of those days came back. Before she knew it Ren had knocked on her doorway and was watching her, seeing how upset she was. Walking over to her he slid his hands up her neck but she just took a step backwards. "Why?" she asked him in a hollow kind of manner, "Why did you choose me?"
"What?" he asked wanting to wipe away all those tears, but this was Kyoko, she was nervous enough already before the incident after she would be ten times as insecure.
"Why Ren? I mean..." she looked away before mumbling, "Even with your dark side...you're perfect to me, why me?" she looked at him only to find that he hadn't heard what she had just muttered. "Why me?" she asked
"Because I love you," he whispered before taking a deep breath, "I've loved you since I was ten."
Kyoko paused and looked at him with a dumbstruck expression, "Come again?" she asked almost falling over from how she hadn't expected that.
He froze uncomfortably, looking away nervously wanting to know if it was right to tell her all of this right now. He smiled in a smug satisfied kind of way before leaning in closer to her, "Are you really that interested in my past?" he asked, "You really want me to tell you? What about if I whisper it in your ear right now?"
"No, no that's okay!" Kyoko suddenly said getting dangerous vibes from him, "You can keep your past in the past and I'll keep my past in mine."
"Good, because it's not a past I desire with you..." Ren replied taking a step back, "It's a future."
"Let's try our best to work together," Kyoko said earnestly however Ren put two fingers on her forehead, sighed and shook his head.
"This isn't work Kyoko," he sighed, "This is life, let's try our best to love one another...how about saying that?"
"No thank you!" she said before Ren laughed a little.
"Let's give it time and see what you say," he told her walking away as she pressed herself against the side of the doorway watching him. Kyoko...she asked herself, Do you really love him enough to do this with him? She nodded before hearing Ren call out to her again, "Good night Kyoko, allow my love to keep you warm tonight."
She paled before looking at the door and shut it, "Good night!" she said in a rushed tone before the door slammed harder than she meant. She sighed before sinking down on the ground, her cheeks completely red.