Chapter Twenty Five :: The Trouble With Weight Gain

One Week Later

Kyoko frowned as she looked at Kuon and the crumpled pieces of paper covering the table, she looked at him only to see his downcast views, "Are these..." she said to the paper since it had been easier for him to write down how he felt rather than tell her straight out even though he'd have to explain all of them, "All the secrets you've kept hidden from me?"

Kuon nodded before looking straight down, his hair was still brown but his eyes were green as he told her this, "Now you know the most about me..." he said, "Now you know why..."

"Why..." Kyoko began her heart beating quickly in her chest as she looked at him, he wasn't even looking at her anymore? He felt hurt and she could see that from his expression, "Kuon, what were you going to say?"

"I have to stop acting don't I?" he asked before feeling her anger

"You mean all of these were lies, that we've been talking for three hours and you've..." she saw him look at her and her heart paused in her chest, "Oh."

"I mean why I have to stop acting for LME, Lory would throw me out if he knew about these things," he said as Kyoko blinked. She reached across and placed a hand on top of his.

"Are you sure about that Kuon?" she asked as he looked at her blankly, "I don't think that he'd necessarily kick you out of the agency, you're a wonderful actor, you just need to keep being in remission."

Kuon laughed at that before he smiled at her he frowned though and stared down, "I just can't help thinking that all these things have been in my head, it makes it hard for me to believe many people. I mean imagine if I'm just some psycho at an institution and this is all a dream," he said as Kyoko looked at him.

She walked over to him before hugging him, "Thank you for letting me know," she whispered, "Thank you for letting me live here."

"Of course!" he said quickly, "As long as..."

"I don't mind that you're...off balance Nii-san, it's good for an actor to be to some extent," she said before patting him on the top of his head. He rolled his eyes before sighing.

"Setsu, why were you so content spending time away from me?" he teased back, "It made me really lonely."

"That's because I wanted nii-san to be jealous," Kyoko laughed as she grew deeper into her Setsuka act. "Nii-san, even if you do see things which aren't there, even if you do have another person taking hold of your body, you're still special to me."

"Kyoko-chan," Kuon said now acting seriously looking at her lovingly, "Are you sure?" he asked as she looked at him and nodded.

"Of course Kuon, it makes more sense than you just leaving a baby because you're a monster," she said before thinking, "Although if you were a beast that would be...actually that would be pretty amazing, I'd say if a certain author didn't have six or seven unfinished stories that they would totally write another story using the idea of Beauty and the Beast,"

Kuon chuckled, running a hand through his hair, "What are you talking about?"

"Nothing I guess," Kyoko laughed before looking at him, "You were always my favorite Corn," she said as he blinked.

"Your favorite?" he asked, "What are you even talking about? I thought you liked Fuwa, now he's a lot more normal than I am," he told her as she smiled before looking at him and then looked up at the grandfather clock.

Panicking she looked at him, "I..." she squeaked.

"I know you have a girls day out with Kotoname-san planned don't you?" he asked her as she nodded, "Go, you see me every morning since you've moved back, go talk to her. Tell her that we're back together."

"Alright," she grinned before kissing his jaw and left to go to her bathroom. As she got in she noticed the scale on the floor and stood on it, it always was good to check that one wasn't gaining too much weight. She looked at the number and froze, no way...it read 128lb. Panicking she started to take her clothes off before stepping on the scale again and read the number, 125lb. Freaking out she got dressed and then frowned, pouting.

Going over to Kuon she saw him looking over a script to choose which one he wanted to agree to next, she looked at him panicked, tears in her eyes.

Blinking he looked at her, "Kyoko?" he asked before standing up immediately and wrapped his arms around her, "What is it?" Soon I might not be able to hold her so tightly, but she'll be cute anyway. I bet any child she has will be cute as well

"I gained ten pounds!" she sobbed into his chest as he tried to hold back a laugh, for her to accept so many things about him and for him not to accept that she was sad that she had gained weight even though she had been eating more. "It's so abnormal..."

"You're not abnormal," he smiled down upon her, "I'm sure th—-"

One Hour Later

"-at you'll gain even more weight soon," Kyoko said as she looked at Kanae. She was dressed in blue stretch jeans and a white shirt. She looked at Kanae annoyed with that, "That's what he said to me. He must have been teasing me," Kyoko said as she sat at the restaurant with Kanae.

"Mo!" Kanae said annoyed, "I mean didn't you just accept all of his flaws?"

"They're not flaws," Kyoko said looking down, "They're just his past and he's already told me all of it...I think..." she said nervously

"And you're saying this guy doesn't have any flaws?" she asked as Kyoko laughed,

"He has a lot but I think I love him because of that," she said before seeing Kanae's annoyed expression, "Moko-san, I'm so sorry, I keep forgetting that you don't really believe in love. I'm sorry, I can only think how annoying I must be!"

"You're more annoying when you're like this," Kanae told her, "But seriously you're going to have to diet...ten pounds isn't just anything, don't you know that the camera makes you look fatter than you are."

"That's right!" Kyoko replied quickly, "And I'm almost done shooting for Natsu, just two more weeks," she commented "I can't let her lose her image because I'm getting fatter, that wouldn't do at all!" she panicked

"Yeah so think about your character more," Kanae said before looking at the silver fairies on her charm bracelet, "What is that?" she asked

"Oh this?" Kyoko asked looking at the charms, "Haven't you seen it before Moko-san! This is a charm bracelet that the fairies gave Kuon to give me for White Day, although I'm not sure that the fairies couldn't have given it to me themselves."

Kanae rolled her eyes before noticing the necklace with the flower hanging down, "And that?" she asked, "The fairies as well..."

"No, this was..." Kyoko looked down with a smile, "A promise...A promise to always be honest and to always understand. I really want to get Kuon something too, afterall he's given me so much and he's probably had a hard morning."

Kanae looked at her, "What are you thinking?"

"I don't know," Kyoko thought about it before sighing, what would Kuon want from her?

Next :: Shopping with Kanae and Kyoko and Giving the Gift

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