Hello people! Wow, I totally didn't realize I had been updating everyday. I want to let everyone know that I'm leaving on Thrusday for the weekend so I'm packing tomorrow and I may not be able to write a lot so I may not update for a while. I apologize to you, my friends, in advance.
Now I know you're tired of hearing me talk so on with the story.
Our story begins with Kanae and Yukihito...
Recap
The fight was over in a moment. Kanae was breathing hard.
"Yukihito!"
Kanae ran forward.
"Yukihito!" Kanae said again and glanced at the other man who laid unconscious on the ground. "What happened to him? Are you alright?"
Yukihito grinned and adjusted his glasses.
"I'm fine. He probably shouldn't be able to move for a while."
"Yukihito what did you do!" Kanae ran over to the man on the floor and saw him twitch. "Is he dead?" she asked, curiosity of what he did was overwhelming.
"I am manager to Tsuruga Ren, Kanae." Yukihito said. "Technically I'm a bodyguard too. Though he can take very good care of himself."
"But what did you do?"
"Don't worry, I only hit a couple pressure points."
"But I thought I saw him hit you..."
"Oh you did." Yukihito said. "But it wasn't hard. I had to get him close enough for me to reach the pressure points I wanted."
Kanae looked up at Yukihito. Her eyes widened.
"You have blood on your cheek." Kanae stood quickly and looked closer at Yukihito's face to see where the cut was. "There, he smashed your glasses against the side of your face." Kanae turned around and dipped the edge of her napkin in her water. "Take off your glasses."
"I got it. Thank you though. Sit down, I have to go apologize to the manager." Yukihito took the napkin and dabbed the cut as he walked away.
Kanae sat down and breathed slowly. That was a scary experience.
I'm glad he was here. Kanae thought. I can't imagine what would have happened if I was alone. She shivered at the thought.
A man came back with Yukihito. Yukihito tapped the man lightly and the man took a deep breath. He took one look at Yukihito and scrambled away.
After a few words with the manager Yukihito sat down.
"Thank you." Kanae whispered.
Yukihito looked up.
"Hm? What did you say?"
"I said thank you, alright?"
Yukihito was startled. He wasn't expecting that.
"You're welcome." he said and was thankful their food came before everything became awkward again.
Recap for Kuon and Kyoko:
"Ren stand up."
"No. Kyoko," Kuon took the small box out of his right pocket and lifted the lid off it. "Will you be my wife?"
Kyoko froze and looked at the ring in the box. Then she did the only thing Kyoko could have done: she fainted.
Kuon caught her before she fell on the ground. He was glad no one was around. He wanted no one else to see her face the way it was now.
He picked her up bridal style and looked around. He went over and sat on a bench nearby laying Kyoko out on it and resting her head on his leg. Thankfully the bench was against a wall so Kuon could lay his head against it.
When Kyoko came up to him after she had signed the license he had been a little startled as she came when he was looking for a ring for her. He hoped she thought it was a new script, or maybe a book. She hadn't seemed to notice it.
He had wondered what would happen if she had seen the book of wedding rings. He had wondered how she was going to act. Now he wondered what she would say when she woke up.
The reason he had wanted to propose to her was he wanted to see if she would actually, from her own lips, accept him for her husband. Not to mention by wearing the ring she would show the world she was married.
He breathed out slowly and played with Kyoko's hair idly. He saw the roots of her hair were turning black again. She would probably want to dye it soon.
Kuon had to admit he found it a bit ironic Kyoko had dark hair and dyed it light and he had light hair and dyed it dark.
He was about to wake her up but paused. She smiled and kissed her forehead lightly.
"I love you, Kyoko." he whispered then put his hand on her cheek. "Kyoko, Kyoko wake up."
Kuon was glad she wasn't a statue or a floating white ghost. He snapped his fingers.
"Kyoko."
Kyoko's eyes shot open and she looked up. Her eyes widened.
"I'm so sorr-" Kyoko sat up butting heads with Kuon. "Ow."
Kuon rubbed his forehead.
"I'm..."
Kuon held up his hand for her to stop talking.
"I'm fine." he said.
Kyoko moved so she sat next to him. She put a hand on his head.
"Let me see." Kyoko turned his head so she could see where she hit him. She smiled. "You shouldn't get a bruise." she said happily.
"Kyoko, I'm sorry to ask you again, but will you marry me?"
Kyoko looked confused. "Aren't we married already?"
Kuon smiled. "Yeah. I figured I might as well ask you. Besides, I needed to give this to you somehow." he said taking the ring from his pocket. "Will you accept it Kyoko?"
Kyoko just blinked and for a moment Kuon was afraid she would beg him not to tell anyone.
Kyoko took the ring from the box.
"How did you get it so quickly?" she asked. Kuon smiled and let relief sooth him.
"President helped some. Here," Kuon took the ring and slid it into her left ring-finger.
The ring was perfect. It did not have diamonds sitting on one side, instead the whole ring was made of diamonds. Kyoko felt the ring, she thought it would be bumpy, but it was smooth.
"I thought I should give you something good to remember for this weekend." Kuon said resting his arm on the back of the bench.
Kyoko noticed the sun was going down and it was starting to get cold. She shivered and hugged herself while facing the fountain.
Kyoko picked up her legs and hugged them close and closed her eyes. Then she felt warmth spread on her shoulder. Kuon was very warm. She smiled and he held her tightly. She felt his hand on her head.
"Rest your head on my shoulder." he said.
Kyoko sighed and smiled. "I'm glad you're teaching me how to a good wife, Ren. I'm going to need it for my new character."
Kuon kissed her forehead in response. He felt crushed. Did he think he was helping her with a character? Was it all a game to her?
I don't want it to be a game. Kuon thought. Won't she see me as anything but a sempai even when we're married?
Yukihito and Kanae walked through the street next to the hotel. It was six in the evening. Yukihito saw a sign and grinned.
"Kanae."
"What?"
Yukihito made a quick gesture to a sign.
'Dark Moon, now showing. 9,000 yen per person, per episode.' (A/N I think that's about $9)
Kanae smiled. "Sounds like a great way to kill some time."
Yukihito nodded and they walked to the movie theater together.
To Kuon's delight Kyoko leaned against him until the sun went down. Much to his chagrin, he now knew that she was acting her way through it. It was like she flipped a switch to 'Hizuri Kyoko' mode and then when it was off she was still the same Mogami Kyoko.
"We should go inside." Kuon said. "It's getting cold." he felt Kyoko nod against his shoulder. They stood up and Kuon took the opportunity to hold hands with Kyoko again.
As they entered the hotel the smell made Kyoko's mouth water and her stomach growled.
"We need to eat." Kyoko said.
"There's a dining room over there." Kuon nodded in the direction and started walking toward it.
"Party for two?" the hostess asked smiling.
"Yes please." Kuon said flashing a dazzling smile. The hostess beamed.
"Follow me." she led them to a table and Kuon pulled out the chair for Kyoko.
They ordered drinks and Kyoko suddenly felt like a piece of meat under examination the way Kuon was staring at her.
"Ren, is something wrong?"
"What is your new character?" he asked.
"Eh?" Kyoko went int o completely oblivious mode. "What do you mean?"
"I wasn't aware you accepted a character where you would need to act as a wife. What is it for?"
Kyoko still looked very ignorant of what he was talking about.
"In the garden you thanked me for helping you learn to be a wife for your new character. What character is it?"
Realization came into Kyoko's eyes.
"Don't look at me like you're going to kill me Ts-Ren. I meant the character for the image of us being married. I'm not letting you step out into public with anything less than the perfect wife."
Admit it! Kuon's conscience pointed a finger at him. You were jealous of yourself. You didn't want her doing anything you were teaching to anyone else.
"Ah," Kuon said. "I understand. So you're making a character for 'Hizuri Kyoko.'"
Kyoko nodded. "The president forced you to do this, I may as well make sure I don't let you down. I won't fail you, Sempai. I'll make you the perfect wife." she said with determination shining in her eyes.
Kuon smiled. She certainly will. He thought.
Yukihito and Kanae walked out of the theater at ten pm. Kanae shivered and pulled her coat closer to her.
"Mo! It's so cold."
They walked down the street towards the hotel. Kanae was talking about Kyoko's acting. After a while Kanae noticed that Yukihito was extremely quiet.
"Is something wrong?" she asked.
"Don't stop." Yukihito whispered pulling her elbow. "Keep talking."
Kanae continued to talk about the acting and felt Yukihito put his left arm around her shoulders.
"Keep moving." he said. "And don't punch me."
Kanae laughed like he said something funny and continued talking. "I agree, that would be so rude."
As they entered the hotel Yukihito didn't let her go.
"To the stairs." he said. "And keep talking."
Kanae was getting tired of talking. She didn't mind it when she had something to say, but being ordered to keep talking was quite tiering.
Standing in front of their room Yukihito quickly unlocked the door and shoved her inside.
"What's going on?" she asked turning around and watching him lock the door and put his ear to it.
"Shh," he said putting a finger to his lips.
Kanae held her breath and listened. Yukihito glared and said.
"Honey do you know where my toothpaste is?" he asked.
"What? How should I know where your toothpaste is? You packed it."
Yukihito sighed and stepped away from the door.
"We were followed all the way beck to our room."
Kanae blinked.
"What does that have to do with your toothpaste?"
Kyoko wasn't sure why Kuon was acting so weird. She watched him look at his watch.
"It's almost nine." he said.
"Already?"
Kuon nodded.
"Hurry and finish eating." Kyoko said. "You don't want to sleep on a full stomach."
"But I'm pretty much full..."
Kyoko glared at him. "You will eat the rest of the food on your plate."
She didn't say 'or else' but it was well implied.
"I'm eating. I'm eating." Kuon insisted raising his fork. "See," he stuffed his mouth and Kyoko nodded.
Making sure Kuon ate every bite Kyoko watched him. As he finished Kyoko smiled.
"I somehow think this is going to be a normal thing," Kuon said handing the waiter money.
"Only if your bad eating habits continue."
Kuon grinned. "I am my father's son. My father has horrible eating habits."
"At least he eats. You hardly ever eat."
"That's not true." Kuon objected. "I eat."
"Yeah." Kyoko crossed her arms. "Store bought rice balls once a day."
"Not if you're with me."
"Then it's a good thing I'm staying with you for the rest of my life." Kyoko said happily.
Kuon smiled and Kyoko's knees went weak.
"You're right." Kuon said taking her hand from across the table. "It is a good thing you're here."
Kyoko, much to Kuon's disappointment seemed unfazed by his statement and bounced back to her previous subject.
"Really I don't know how you get enough food to keep yourself fit." she said. "Considering your height, weight, muscle mass and how much you eat you should practically be malnourished."
Kuon sighed and picked up Kyoko's left hand and looked at it. Kyoko was still ranting on about his eating habits. He had stopped listening a while back.
Kuon had to smile seeing the ring on her finger. Now her hand was perfect. Kuon turned her hand and kissed the back of it. He heard Kyoko stop ranting. He smiled lightly.
"Come on," he said. "It's late." Kuon stood and Kyoko followed suit.
They walked to their room and Kuon unlocked the door.
The room had an entryway for their shoes and a small room with a table and chairs. And of course their room which had the two beds. Kyoko walked into the bathroom with a change of clothes. Kuon moved the chairs, took off his shirt and laid on the ground.
It was easier to exercise without a shirt. Besides, he wanted to make Kyoko blush.
He had reached his twenty fifth sit up by the time Kyoko got out of the bathroom. Kyoko took one look at him before running into the bedroom and shutting the door.
Kuon smirked.
She's still Kyoko.
He picked up his suitcase and rummaged through it. He pulled out his pajama's and went into the bathroom.
When he had changed he looked in the mirror and realized something, he still had his contacts in. He bit his tongue lightly.
If I sleep with my contacts in they'll get dry. There is also a possibility that they'll roll behind my eye and I won't be able to remove them. I really should take them out.
He took out his contacts case and dropped his contacts in.
He walked to the door of the bedroom and reached for the doorknob. He hesitated.
Come on. You're acting like a love-sick teenager. She's going to be on the bed on the right, she probably won't even look at you and she definitely won't see your eyes. Even if she does she already knows. You're acting like a child!
Kuon opened the door and saw what he expected. Kyoko on the bed on the right, facing the wall. He sighed and turned off the light finding his way to his bed in the dark.
He heard Kyoko's light even breathing.
She's asleep. He thought and he sighed. She is a pretty heavy sleeper. Then he got an idea.
"Kyoko are you awake?"
Nothing.
"Kyoko?"
Nothing.
Kuon sat up and moved across the room and put a hand on Kyoko's shoulder.
"Kyoko?" still nothing.
Kuon laid carefully on the bed next to Kyoko. The bed barely fit them both, but Kuon didn't care. Kyoko moved closer to him and used his shoulder as a pillow. Kuon put his arm around her and kissed her forehead. Hopefully he would wake up before she did.
"It doesn't have anything to do with my toothpaste." Yukihito said. "We were followed, I needed to have that guy know I wasn't leaving."
"I'm confused." Kanae threw up her hands in defeat. "I'm getting ready for bed."
Yukihito watched her go into the bathroom with her suitcase. While she was in the bathroom he changed quickly outside.
Yukihito set his glasses on the end table and did a couple pushups and stretches. He was a manager and had to stay in shape.
As he stood up Kanae came out of the bathroom. Yukihito turned to look at her. his vision was about negative 1.3 meaning things farther than six feet were a big blur. He could still see her, just not her features. But he also saw that she wasn't moving.
"Is something wrong?" he asked.
"Ah, no. No." she said and went over to the other side of the bed.
Kanae didn't want to admit she was very surprised to see Yukihito already changed, but what surprised her the most was when he turned around. His glasses were off.
He's actually kinda handsome. Kanae thought. Gah! No! Bad. Bad Kanae!
Kanae jumped in bed and turned off her lamp.
Yukihito followed her and turned off his own lamp. Soon he heard Kanae's soft even breathing.
She falls asleep quickly. Yukihito turned over and was surprised she wasn't facing away from him. He watched her for a little while before turning on his back and staring at the ceiling.
He heard her move in her sleep and he closed his eyes. He always imagined being married and lying awake at night hearing his wife sleep next to him. He just didn't think it would be Kanae.
Yukihito's eyes hot open as he felt Kanae's hand on his chest. He looked over and saw she was still asleep, but she moved closer to him and hugged him close.
Yukihito chuckled lightly and wrapped his arms around her. His last thought before sleep claimed him was:
Who knew Kanae liked to snuggle?
Lol. Will Kyoko wake up and find Kuon in her bed and freak out because of how close he is? What will Kanae think when she wakes up. Remember, they still have three days, two nights and one scheming president to get by before the honeymoon is up. Might not post until Monday depending on whether or not I can 1. find time to write. 2. actually get internet access over the weekend. So yeah, I really love everything you guys say in the reviews. They really REALLY motivate me to write so I can make you happy. :) Happy reading.
