Hey there. Wow, totally wrote this in three hours. I hope you like it, sorry it's been a little while. I have had no time to write at all. I'm actually an actor myself and there is a show this weekend. Dress rehersal. so anyway here is 14... you don't even know...
Kanae decided the most annoying sound in the world was Yukihito's alarm clock. She groaned and reached over Yukihito to turn it off, which she did successfully. What she did not do successfully was go back to her side of the bed, but that wasn't her fault.
"Yukihito let me go," Kanae said half heartedly when Yukihito's arm wrapped around her waist keeping her on top of him. "I need to get up."
"So do I." Yukihito said, but didn't move.
Kanae closed her eyes and grunted. She was awake now and didn't feel like dawdling in bed.
"Come on, glasses." she forced herself off of him and rolled off the bed landing on her feet. "I'm taking a shower." she said.
Yukihito rubbed his eyes. He couldn't really see anything yet. He reached over and grabbed his glasses, while putting them on the arm of the frame poked his eye lightly.
"Ugh." he said. 'I have worn these so long, I rarely ever do that. This is going to be a long day, isn't it?' he thought. He put his glasses on right and looked around. He grinned thinking about the night before. 'I won't be able to do anything right now, Ren will be here in forty five minutes.'
He put on a suit and went to the kitchen. He got some breakfast and was eating silently when Kanae entered.
She got some food and sat down. Yukihito took care of his dishes and went back to his seat. He watched his wife eat and decided he liked many things about her. Her hair. Her shoulders. The way her eyes squinted slightly when she chewed her food. The way she glared at him. The way her voice sounded when she told him not to stare at her while she was eating. Yes he liked many things about her.
"I can't help it." he said. "You seem more pretty every day."
Kanae looked startled and blushed lightly. Then she turned her head and scoffed.
"Stop saying ridiculous things." she said.
Yukihito smiled and stood up. He walked towards the main room. Kanae felt her hair being moved and felt Yukihito kiss her cheek gently.
"No thanks." he said walking away.
Kanae felt her cheek with her fingers. Her face, she was sure, was flushed. Her hand felt cold against her skin.
'Could- could this marriage actually work out?' Kanae wondered.
Kyoko opened her eyes and stared at the ceiling. She didn't feel like moving. The alarm went off and she mentally groaned.
SMACK!
Kyoko smiled at Kuon who was rubbing his eyes.
"You didn't have to kill the thing." Kyoko said.
Kuon looked down at her and smiled tiredly. "No, but it felt good." he said.
Kyoko laughed, it was music to Kuon's ears. Maybe the shower ordeal had made her more comfortable in situations like waking up in the same bed.
"I'm gonna get some breakfast made." she said sitting up and stretching. "I'm starving."
Kuon watched her leave the room. He got up himself and walked into the kitchen. He watched Kyoko for a while run around the kitchen.
Kyoko felt Kuon's presence. She ignored him for a while, but he stayed there a long time. She was about to tell him to at least get changed, but she made the mistake of looking in his face.
Seeing Kuon's expression Kyoko froze. She wanted to melt. Her heart stopped beating, well, it felt like it stopped. Her legs felt non-existent. What was wrong with her?
Demon 1: "Everyone run for cover! Kuon is smil..."
Bemon 2: "Leader? Leader? Gah! Kuon has taken out Black leader!"
Demon 3&4: *run around flailing* "AAAHHH!"
Demon 5: "We must protect ourselves from 'Kuon's dazzling smile'!
Demon 2: "Can't breathe! Must, hide... in... anger..." *groan as D2 falls on ground.
Demon 5: "No! Must hid..."
*rest of demons fall on ground in Kyoko's mind. Will they ever recover from this?*
"Erm, um, K-Kuon?" Kyoko asked.
"Yes?"
"What are you doing?" Kyoko stood awkwardly in front of the stove with the egg container in her hands.
"I'm watching you," Kuon said not ashamed or embarrassed.
Kyoko, however, blushed deeply at the statement.
"What for? I'm doing nothing interesting. I've always made food like this." she got herself to turn away and start scrambling eggs.
"Yes," Kuon agreed. 'But you've never been so open before. I can dream while I watch you now, because what I dream is not far in the future.' "But not in the morning very often. Every time before I was always in the shower."
"Why aren't you in the shower now?" Kyoko asked salting the eggs lightly.
"I took one last night, if you remember."
Kyoko froze. She remembered. She would never forget.
Kuon was so happy at the blush on Kyoko's face. It stretched down on her neck. 'I wonder if it goes farther?'
"Breakfast is done." Kyoko said.
The car ride was silent. Kyoko sat in the front. Yukihito and Kanae sat in the back. Kyoko's thoughts were everywhere at once and she wasn't paying much attention to anything.
Kuon, however, saw that though Yukihito sat behind the drivers seat and Kanae sat on the other side, in the middle seat Yukihito's hand rested gently on Kanae's.
'At least someone is having progress in their relationship.' he thought.
He pulled into LME and stopped the care.
"Go on in without us," Kuon said to the two in the backseat. "We'll join you in a little bit."
Yukihito nodded and ran around the side of the car to open Kanae's door. Kuon watched the Yashiros walk into the building. Kyoko and him sat quietly for a few seconds.
"Um, did you want to tell me something?" Kyoko asked.
"Actually I did." Kuon said. "Why do you think I married you?" he asked.
"The president forced you to." Kyoko said crossing her arms.
Kuon chuckled. "Not quite." he said. "As I said, I was not forced to sign anything. I knew what was going on. So why do you think I did it?"
"To protect me from that stalker."
"I can do that without having to marry you, don't you think?"
Kyoko had to think. Why would Kuon marry her?
"Good publicity?" she tried.
"Guess again, my fan-base is mostly female, despite my wide variety of themes. If anything my ratings may drop though."
"How could you let that happen?" Kyoko had watery eyes and her hands clasped.
"I'm asking you that." Kuon said. "So tell me why."
Kuon was a little sorry to admit he liked seeing the wheels in her head turning. She was trying to come up with and excuse, any excuse to why he had married her.
"I don't know." Kyoko said. "Won't we be late for work?"
Kuon locked the doors of the car.
"I'm free for a while and you don't have anything for a half hour. Answer my question."
"How am I supposed to know your mind?" Kyoko asked.
Kuon sighed and sat up. "Kyoko, come here. I want to tell you something quietly."
Kyoko leaned forward and Kuon made as if he was going to whisper in her ear.
"The correct answer is:" he whispered so quietly Kyoko had to lean a little closer. "I wanted to." he put a hand on her cheek and turned her head so she faced him. He kissed her deeply and chuckled when she tried to gasp when their teethe bumped into each other.
Kuon pulled back, but had his arm around Kyoko's neck so she couldn't jump to the backseat.
"I wanted to marry you, Kyoko. For so long. I cannot leave you like Fuwa did. I love you too much. I cannot say the same things. You're too humble. I want your love. I want your heart. I want you. Can I have any of this?"
*Demons wake up at mention of Fuwa Shou*
Demon 1: "That baka hurt us!"
Demon 2: "He betrayed our love."
Demon 3: "No one will feel our love again."
Demon 4: "Don't love him!"
Kyoko thought of everything that happened. Every bit of anger and hate she held, every ounce of tears she shed, every sliver of pain she felt since the day she knew the truth. It all hurt.
She started crying. She didn't know what else to do. She had let her love be destroyed. The words Shou said were engraved in her heart.
"Please" Kuon whispered hugging her close (which was a little awkward in the car). "Let me clean your heart. Let me wash away everything he said and did. Please, let me love you. It hurts me to see you in so much pain."
Kyoko leaned against Kuon's shoulder and just cried.
'How could he do this? Why did he have to see into my pained heart? He knows I'm still hurt. How can he... did he just say...?' Kyoko thought back a moment.
"I cannot leave you like Fuwa did. I love you too much."
Kyoko didn't move, but she stopped crying. 'What if I do let him love me? What will happen? No! No, I'm frightened. No one must love me. No one must ever touch my heart again. Maybe I could try it for a little while... open my heart. Just a little! No more than a little. If any trouble comes I'll close the door and he'll never get in.'
Satisfied with her plan Kyoko swallowed and took a deep breath.
"I can try." she said.
Kuon's eyes widened and he pulled her back to look at her face. He looked stragith in her eyes and she stared back.
"Do you promise to try to let me love you?" he asked.
Kyoko nodded. 'Today is your only chance. If you hurt me, you'll never see my heart again.'
Kuon smiled brightly and Kyoko felt his lips on hers.
She felt different. Just ever so slightly. She felt... cold. She opened her eyes and saw Kuon unlocking the doors.
"We need to get to work." he said. Kyoko nodded and Kuon took her hand and kissed it gently. "I'll see you throughout the day." he said.
Yukihito looked at the clock. Ren still wasn't there. He saw Kanae enter the stairwell and he looked around. Seeing no one he walked quickly to the stairwell and closed the door behind him.
"Kanae?" he called.
Kanae looked out from under the stairs. She rolled her eyes and stood.
"What do you want?" she asked.
Yukihito grinned devilishly.
Kanae's eyes narrowed. "I meant, what are you doing in the stairwell?"
"I wanted to see you." he said.
"Well you see me. Congratulations. Any other reason you called out my name?"
Yukihito stepped close to her and took her hand. "Can I kiss you?" he asked.
Kanae looked around and grunted. "Fine." she said. "Make it quick, I have a job I have to finish."
Yukihito didn't hesitate. He liked kissing her. It lifted his mood.
The kiss was over all too soon.
"You should go." Kanae said and walked back under the stairs.
"What are you doing?" he asked looking at where she was.
"Something important." Kanae said. "You'll hear about it later."
"Yukihito?"
Yukihito jumped and turned around. "Ah, Ren. Hi."
"What are you doing?" Kuon asked.
"Nothing. Come on, we have a couple things to do." Yukihito took Kuon's arm and pulled him away.
Kanae breathed silently and took out a paper and pen.
Dear Dad and Mom,
Kyoko sat on a bench stiffly. It was two thirty and she had seen Kuon four times. First in the locker room. Second in the stairwell. Third in the cafeteria and just now in the hall.
Every time he had to leave he asked to same question.
"Can I kiss you goodbye?"
Only the last time did she say he could. Something was different, ever since she got out of the car, she noticed something had changed in the air.
She just didn't know what it was.
At eight o clock Kuon and Yukihito walked to the car. Kanae and Kyoko were chatting happily behind them.
Kyoko jumped in the backseat with Kanae so Yukihito and Kuon grabbed the two front seats.
"How did we get out so early?" Kanae asked. "Tsuruga, isn't your schedule more busy than this?"
"It depends." Kuon replied.
Yukihito and Kanae were dropped off at their house and Kyoko moved to the front seat.
Kanae watched as the car drove away. They walked in the house hand in hand.
"So," Yukihito started. "Did I play my cards right?" he asked.
Kanae laughed. "Any ideas for dinner?" she asked walking to the kitchen.
Yukihito frowned. 'Why don't you answer me?' "No idea." he went in the kitchen and saw Kanae put something in the microwave.
"Something should be done in fifteen minutes. Do you want to play a board game?" she asked.
'Not really, I want to do something else...' "Like what?"
"Go?" she asked.
"Sure. Why not?"
Kuon stopped at a red light and looked over at Kyoko. He smiled and put a hand on hers.
"You look like you're thinking." he said.
"I am," she said. "How could you do it? How could you do something so selfless as to love someone?" she asked.
Kuon smiled wider. "I think it's rather selfish of me." he said. "I want your love in return, you know."
Kyoko nodded and the light turned green. "What if I did?" Kyoko asked quietly.
"What if you did what?" Kuon asked.
"What if I did return your love? What would happen?" she asked.
Kuon glanced at the girl and breathed. "I'm not sure." he said truthfully. "It all depends."
"What if I get hurt?" she asked.
"Then we heal it and know what not to do, ne?" Kuon stopped at another red light and looked over at Kyoko.
She took a deep breath. "What is love?" she asked.
Kuon smiled. "I'm not quite sure." he said. "I've heard some say it's a choice, not an emotion." he said.
"Then why do you love me?" she asked.
"Because," Kuon said. "I want to." he said looking back at the light.
"I- I think... I ... I think I..."
Kuon saw the light turn green and glanced at the road interesting his. Seeing no one he continued.
"I think I love you, Kuon."
Kuon's eyes widened and he glanced at Kyoko. Then his eyes widened more. Lights.
Kuon hit the gas pedal and felt the car jump forward. The car started spinning in circles. Then the sound of crushing metal and glass.
'Kyoko...'
Yukihito was upset with the thirteenth game of 'go'. They had finished their dinner and he wanted to know if they could go to bed early. He was getting rather impatient.
"Kanae, please don't make me ask." he begged.
"Don't worry." Kanae said. "I'm putting the game away. You look like you really don't like it."
"That's not what I want to ask." Yukihito said following her to the shelf where she got the game.
"I know," Kanae turned around and put her arms around his neck. "But I couldn't resist seeing how long it took for you to bring it up."
They kissed and Kanae was surprised that Yukihito pulled away.
"Kanae?"
"Yes?"
"Would you never divorce me?" he asked.
"What?" her eyes danced dangerously.
"Well I can't ask you to marry me. So will you not divorce me?" he asked again.
Kanae laughed. "Alright."
They just started making out again when the phone rang. Yukihito groaned and answered the phone.
"Yes?... yes this is Yukihito Yashiro. ... what? Where were they sent?"
Kanae jumped when the phone smoked. Yukihito looked at it. He swore quietly.
"Why did I have to pick up without gloves?" he groaned.
Kanae gaped. "You mean things actually do break when you don't wear gloves?"
"I told you I wasn't lying. Grab your coat. Ren and Kyoko were in an accident."
Well well well, an interesting plot twist. I hoope everyone's okay, and Kyoko just said she loved him too.
Readers: You can't leave it here!
Auther: well, I believe it's called a "Cliff hanger" :)
Readers: *grumble* that's not all that will be hanging if you don't get the next chapter up soon.
Author: *backs away* um, guys, you know I love you all and would never hurt you, right?
Readers still stalk towards author
Author: Don't worry, I'm going to continue it... um, are you guys alright? AAAHHHHH!
Readers: Get back to your computer!
Author: But I have a show to do! *runs and hides behind friend who is ironically a lot like Tsuruga Ren (Seriously).
Readers stop and glare: Don't forget to continue writing.
Author: I promise I will! As soon as the show is over.
Friend who is ironically like Ren chuckles. "What have you been up to?"
Author "Nothing. Let's go." chuckles nervously.
LOL. :) I love you all for reading this. I hope you like it, we're nearing the end...