So this chapter is half repercussions about what happened with Shou but half leading into something that will happen about 1/3 → ½ way through this story. Thank you for all the support, I feel much more secure in my writing now.

Chapter Fourteen :: Truth Comes Out

Kuon looked at Kyoko as they arrived for their morning interview only to be received by many reporters, Kuon looked at them with a smile, his hair slightly messy and his clothes with the more comfortable expression. Yashiro was behind the couple as they walked hand in hand through the mass of reporters

"Hiizuri-san!" one reporter asked, "How are you feeling about what you said last night? Any regrets"

"Kyoko-san!" a journalist questioned, "How does it feel to be with someone with the power of the Hizuri family?"

"Are you two going to stay in Japan? Any plans of marriage?" a second TV reporter asked before there came the dreaded questions.

"Hizuri-san! Did you really believe Fuwa Shou to be a rapist when you beat him up?" Kuon turned at that not knowing what they meant

"Kyoko-san! How does it feel to be carrying a popular singer's baby and dating a popular actor! Don't you think that you're a little too promiscuous!" a man yelled as Kyoko turned and faced him.

"How did..." she said before turning pale, trust Fuwa to get there before them. It seemed this morning's interview was going to be about something unexpected. The difficulties in front of them.

"Kuon!" a tall woman asked, "Were you really the one who raped Kyoko! If not then how can you handle the fact of raising a child that isn't yours! Can that be the only reason as to why Kyoko decided to date you?"

Kuon looked down pulling Kyoko inside seeing her anger grow as Yashiro tried to handle the crowd outside. He looked at Kyoko once he got in, "Kyoko-san...are these things true?" he asked as she nodded now out of the spotlight of the press.

"It's not Kuon's fault though, last night...I hadn't explained things well, he thought that I had sex with Shou when it was really that damn Beagle," tears ran down her face, "Kuon was good enough to take me, his kouhai, as his girlfriend just because I'm pregnant."

"That's not the only reason," Kuon told her with a blank face, "I asked you to be my girlfriend because I love you," he told her, "I really hoped it wouldn't get out like this. Kyoko, I am sorry."

"Well there are things that can be done," Yashiro replied, "We could prove it really was a rape for one thing although I'm not sure how many will believe it as it's been a while."

"How did Shou even know I was pregnant though?" Kyoko asked thinking about the last time she saw him. "It's not like either of us told him." She looked at Kuon who shook his head.

"If you say I didn't then I didn't," he told her as she blinked up at him. "I don't really remember much when I get that angry," he explained.

"Then perhaps you shouldn't get that angry," Yashiro reminded him, "I mean I know you say in the past you were like this, but a long time has passed since then. Did he get this angry when he was Cain Heel?"

"Ye-Yes" Kyoko replied with a nod, "Still this time he was protecting me and it wasn't a civilian."

"You mean he actually went after the public?" Yashiro asked glad that this news hadn't gotten out. He sighed before placing two fingers on his forehead in deep thought, "Well this can still be solved as long as the news about Cain Heel doesn't get out. Any good man would want to defend a woman from a rapist right?"

"It's just that..." Kyoko nervously replied, "Shou wasn't the rapist, Beagle was."

She saw the hate in Kuon's eyes as she said that and shivered at how undirected it was, what that meant was that it was directed at a name more than a person. "I'll kill him..." Kuon snapped as Yashiro sighed and shook his head.

"Those thoughts will get you nowhere, now the police will probably be involved meaning that Vie Ghoul might flee" Yashiro commented.

Kuon nodded trying to think this through as Kyoko felt her anger taking control of her, "DAMN YOU SHOU!" she yelled as Kuon took her hand

"Let's just get this interview over with," he smiled at her although there was a little insanity and anger dancing in his eyes. "I mean what's the worst that can happen?" he asked as Yashiro sighed.

Kyoko looked at him and smiled, "Thank you for being so calm," she whispered as he blinked, just how wild did she expect him to be? With that she walked off to her dressing room

Two Hours Later

"I'd forget about what they said at the interview Kyoko," Kuon replied as he looked at the back seat, "I mean does it really matter that they..."

"Of course it matters that they think you took advantage of me!" Kyoko replied, "I mean, I already had feelings for you I was trying to hold back on and for you just to tell me to live with you."

"You could have said no," Kuon sighed, "But didn't I tell them I was glad that you said yes."

"They say that you only wanted to remind me of the support that I didn't have," she told him before looking down feeling sick. "Can we pull over?" she asked him as he blinked at her.

"Huh?" he asked, "Kyoko we're on the middle of the freeway," he tried to remind her as she looked down trying to hold back the nausea. Seeing her pain, Kuon pulled off and let her out only to see her throw up.

Yashiro watched the girl nervously, "Will she be alright?" he asked as Kuon got out and walked over to her, rubbing her back a little only to see tears in her eyes.

"I should be having this puppy with him instead of you..." she whispered her head bowed nervously. "I just...I wanted..." she shook her head nervously.

"I know," he nodded, "If you were ever to have children then you'd want it to be with a prince, you'd want to raise them to be a prince or princess in line for the throne in a castle."

Kyoko delivered him a glare, "No..." she told him, "I mean when I was little yes but..."

"You just want the father to be someone who loves you and cares about you," he told her gently, "You want the child raised in a family with two parents who care about them," he saw the tears in her eyes. "This is because you weren't able to have these things yourself when you were growing up."

Kyoko nodded, "I forget how well you know my past Corn," she whispered, "I just..."

"You don't want me to have to stand up for you when it's not me you had sex with?" he asked her as Yashiro watched them disappointed.

"It's not fair to you!" Kyoko whimpered, "I mean, I'm four years younger than you, to make my sempai have to make all these sacrifices for me and for them to say those things to you."

"I don't mind..." Kuon told her with a deep sigh at the end, "I really don't."

"I can't be with you," Kyoko sniffed, "I should be with him."

"Why not?" he asked her wanting to hold her, "I don't care if I'm not the father to this baby," he lied trying to pass it off with a smile, "We just have to..."

"But you do care" Kyoko sniffed, "I..."

"Do you want me to marry you?" Kuon asked having had thoughts about that already, he was ready to do that if that was what Kyoko wanted. However she shook her head quickly.

"I..." she looked at him sadly, "I should have known better, I shouldn't have people that I love, it just doesn't work for me."

"So you're breaking up with me after one day just because of a few reporters?" he asked lifting an eyebrow as she froze.

"It's because you're making too many sacrifices for me!" she yelled at him, "I just...I'm still in shock, I just can't believe that you love me Kuon."

"Then start believing that, I'm telling you..." he sighed, "I wish that baby was mine, but it isn't," he commented, "It doesn't mean I'll love them any less, doesn't mean that I won't do my best to be the best kind of father, doesn't mean that my parents won't accept them as their grandchild."

Kyoko looked at him wide eyed and looked down, not knowing that the difficulty of being with Kuon would last over several months becoming more painful week by week.