Sorry everyone. i sliced my finger on a food processor blade so if there are typos or mispells, I apologize.
woke up, but did not want to. She kept her eyes closed. She felt warm, maybe a little over-warm, but a cozy over-warm, it was not uncomfortable. She sighed silently in content. She was going to roll over on her back, but decided not to when she felt sore.
'Ouch.' she mentally groaned. 'Why do I hurt?'
She felt a hand on her back and her eyes shot open.
Yukihito looked over. "I didn't know you were awake." he said.
Kanae smiled and dug her face in her pillow.
"I wasn't, I am now."
Yukihito grinned and tucked a piece of hair behind her ear. "I like when you're awake." he leaned over and kissed her deeply.
Kanae put a hand on his shoulder. "We still have to go to work." she objected half heartedly.
"I don't really care," Yukihito said.
"Ren does." Kanae tried.
"That's because Ren," Yukihito said between placing butterfly kisses on her chin. "Has not gotten farther with Kyoko than kissing."
He found her mouth again and Kanae held tightly onto the sheet around her. When her hand moved, it caught Yukihito's attention.
He put his hand over hers.
"We really should be getting up." Kanae said.
"Can I call in sick?" Yukihito asked between kisses.
"Very old fashioned of you, but no. And if you do not get up right now you will have to face a very upset Tsuruga."
Yukihito froze and pulled away with wide eyes.
"Do you mean Kyoko or Ren?"
"Does it matter?"
Yukihito jumped out of bed. "We only have half an hour. Can you throw some cereal in a travel mug for me? I eat it dry on the way to the studio." Yukihito ran into the bathroom and Kanae laughed to herself.
She paused as she got dressed.
Yukihito had been right. Ren had gotten no farther with Kyoko. All three knew she was as dense as a brick when it came to love.
Kanae looked at the bathroom door.
'She's missing out.' Kanae thought. 'Maybe I can help somehow...'
Kyoko woke up with a splitting headache.
'Dehydration.' she thought. 'I could really use some water.'
She sat up and grabbed a bottle from the night stand. While finishing off the bottle she couldn't help but wonder.
'When did I put that bottle there? Wait... that's Ren's side... Ren brought in his water after he took his medicine. I just drank his water!' she looked around and what she saw made her forget all about the water. 'Where did he go?'
Kyoko got up and walked out of the room.
As she looked into the kitchen she had an odd feeling, she couldn't place it.
"What are you doing?"
Kyoko jumped two feet away and pointed at the person behind her. Kuon stood there with a cup of coffee in his hand.
"I was about to go and wake you up. Did you sleep well?" Kuon asked.
Kyoko nodded. "I did."
"You may want to get dressed. We're leaving in," Kuon looked up at the clock. "Twenty minutes to go pick up Yukihito and Kanae."
Kyoko was out of the room in a flash. Kuon watched her run around.
'Five, four, three, two...'
Kuon stuck out his arm and waited two more seconds. As his mental counter hit zero he caught Kyoko's shoulder. Kyoko stopped.
"I said twenty minutes, not five. Don't wear yourself out before the day's begun. By the way, we're meeting with the film director about Arranged Love today."
Kyoko nodded and continued, at a slower pace, to gather her things.
"Have you eaten already?" she asked.
"Not yet. You've tasted my omelets."
"Practice makes perfect."
"I would rather not practice on someone I love, thank you."
Kyoko walked into the bathroom with clothes and shut the door. Kuon sighed.
'I think I should schedule another shower date.' he thought.
Kuon, Yukihito and Kyoko walked down the hall towards the designated room. The door opened and Kyoko and Ren were greeted by director Ogata.
"Now that we're all here, let's start. There is a bit of a typo in the overview of the story calling 'Sakai Itami' 'Sakai Riki' I don't know how it happened. The character's names are Sakai Itami and Riki Kenage. Due to some of the scenes we will have to practice them for a couple months before shooting, instead of a few weeks, but I am confident the extra practice will make the shooting move quickly. Please introduce yourselves to each other and we will then begin the read-through of the movie."
Everyone stood and introduced themselves then, as Ogata said, the read-through began.
Scene 1
Characters: Sakai Itami, Sakai Tamaki (Itami's father), Jijo the head maid.
Scene opens, luxurious estate. Young teenage Itami is wearing black and watching the rain fall on the other side of the window. She has no expression.
Tamaki: "Itami, what do we do when we face our problems?"
Itami whispers in practiced answer. "We overcome them."
Tamaki "that's right." he places hand on her head and walks away.
Itami watches the rain. She puts a hand on the window then opens it and steps out onto the balconey.
Itami mocking voice "What do we do when we face our problems? We destroy them completely." Itami closes her eyes. Flashbacks of the funeral earlier that day show. Itami stands at the tombstone of her mother and her eyes narrow. Present Itami looks up in the sky. "Or we make ourselves forget."
Jijo enters room and stares with pity at Itami. She walks to the window. "Lady Sakai, come inside."
Itami looks over at Jijo and smiles.
Itami "Thank you, Jijo."
Jijo Confused "For what?"
Itami "For everything."
Itami walks back in the house and Jijo shuts the curtains.
Jijo whispers. "Poor girl."
(AN hey guys it's me! I'll be writing this in a totally different story just because it's kinda long and has almost nothing to do with the storyline, so yeah. You won't hear many more scenes from the movie. :) just FYI)
At the end of the read through Kyoko was dazed.
"Are you alright?" Kuon asked.
Kyoko looked over at Kuon who gave her a bottle of water, which she took readily. She looked around. They were alone with Yukihito.
"Where did everyone go?" she asked.
"They all left. You blanked out once we finished."
"Did I?" Kyoko looked around again.
"Ren, you have a photo shoot." Yukihito reminded him.
"Alright. Kyoko?"
Kyoko looked up.
"Stay here for a while. I'll come back once I'm done, you have a drama at noon which is after I finish so we'll go for lunch. Okay?"
Kyoko nodded.
"Okay." Kuon stood and they left.
Kyoko looked at the script in her hand.
'Itami walks over and kisses Kenage.
Itami thank you
Kenage For what
Itami she smiles "For everything."
Itami looks at the window and walks in the house. Kenage follows and stands in the doorway. He smiles at Itami holding their son Moku...'
Kyoko froze again. She loved the script, but realizing that Ren would be playing Kenage made her freeze. She would have to kiss him. She would have to pretend to hold his son. His son.
She shook her head. 'It's impossible!' she thought. 'Ren would never...'
Demon 1 "No, Ren would never. But Kuon?
Demon 3 "Yes, Kuon would..."
Demon 2 whispers to Demoon 4 "How did we get on his side?"
Demon 4 Shrugs "I'm not quite sure. But I like his style. Just go with it."
'Yes, Kuon. I forgot about Ren being Kuon. They seem like two totally different people in my mind. Kuon is the man I married, Tsuruga Ren would never... but Tsuruga-san is Kuon, and Kuon is Ren... oh my brain hurts.'
Kyoko just wanted to cry. She felt so confused. She thought everything was working out, why did everything have to get so simply complicated?
She leaned back in her chair and groaned spinning in a circle.
She stopped when she saw someone was with her. And he was watching her.
"Can I help you?" she asked.
"Yes, I believe you can." the man stood. "I lost my way. Do you know where I can find... hey, you're Kyouko, aren't you?"
"Yes," Kyoko replied.
"Oh man, I mean... wow. I'm a big fan. Honest." he said grinning. He pulled out a piece of paper. "Can I get an autograph?" he asked.
Kyoko blinked and stared at the paper the way only Kyoko would.
"Autograph?" she asked.
"Yes. You know, sign your name?" he tried.
"Why would you want my name on a piece of paper?" Kyoko asked.
"Uh, I can sell it." the guy said with a smile.
Kyoko's eyes lit with fire.
"Or," the man continued. "I can keep it and tell everyone I met the famous Kyouko and I can prove it!"
Kyoko weighed her options. 'What can it hurt?' she reached for the paper and felt something on her hand.
"What's this?" she asked.
"You're fine." the man said. "But you look pale. Maybe you should lie down."
"Ren said... R-ren..."
"Shhh, rest."
Kyoko started to freak out. That face did not want to make her rest.
"Ren..."
"You should be asleep by now." the man hissed.
"Ren!" 'I will not die! I can't die. I need to see him again. Ren, come back.'
Kuon ran through the hall. He heard her. He heard her say his name.
"I left my phone in the meeting room." Kuon said.
"You don't need an excuse to go see her you know." Yukihito said. "The photographer canceled and you have no appointments now. You really don't need the excuse of losing your..." Ren was already in the stairwell. Yukihito sighed. "See you down there." he grinned. "After a visit to a film site nearby."
Kuon was walking down the hall deep in thought.
Kyoko always had trouble saying 'Ren'. Saying 'Kuon' was rather easy. Kuon was a man she hardly knew, but 'Ren'. 'Ren' was her honored sempai, the perfect image of everything. Saying that name so casually would change everything.
Kuon sighed. 'She'll never say it. I'm not Kuon anymore. I can't be Kuon until Ren is dead, and he's not.'
"Ren!"
Kuon's heart froze. "Kyoko."
Kuon ran with all his might and threw the door of the room open. What he saw enraged him.
"Get your filthy hands off my wife."
AN Should I be mean and stop? Nah, I'll keep going for you. :)
Kuon always knew the stalker would be back, he just never thought that he would get through security in LME.
The stalker dropped Kyoko on the floor and faced Kuon head on. The stalker rushed Kuon and... should I even say what moves he used?
Alright. Lunge punch, elbow jab, right hook kick, spinning Japanese kick to the thigh and swept the right foot.
The Stalker was on the ground and out in five seconds.
Kuon ran over to Kyoko.
"Kyoko, Kyoko can you hear me? Wake up. Please wake up."
Kyoko said nothing. A guard came in the door.
"Tsuruga-San."
"Arrest this trespasser." Kuon said. "And call an ambulance."
Kyoko and Kuon drove home in silence. It was nine thirty at night. Kyoko had been in the hospital all day and Kuon had forced himself to continue his schedule while she slept off the drug.
They stepped inside the apartment. Kuon thought back to the last day of their honeymoon. The day he made out with his wife. He sighed, with what just happened he would be lucky if he got to hug her again.
Kyoko looked around. She jumped as Kuon locked the door. Every sound was making her jump.
Kuon stared at her a moment. He didn't like that look on her face. He walked in the apartment and hung his coat up.
Kyoko had disappeared. Kuon looked around.
"Kyoko," he called.
Kyoko stuck her head out from the kitchen.
"I'm going to take a shower. Are you going to join me?"
Kyoko had no expression.
Kuon mentally sighed. He seemed to be doing that more and more...
"The blindfold is in the cabinet." he said.
Kyoko was stiff. Kuon opened his arm out to her.
"Come here," he said.
Kyoko walked forward and Kuon hugged her tightly.
To his surprise Kyoko held him tighter than he held her. Then she started crying.
"I was so afraid." Kyoko whispered mostly to herself. "That you would never know and I would never see you again."
"Kyoko?"
"If I never saw you again then you would never know that I really do want to be your friend. I don't know if that's love, but I don't want you to be alone again. I'm used to it. But you, you're always surrounded by people, yet you're always alone."
"I'm never alone when I'm with you." Kuon said. "Everything is okay now."
Kyoko put her hand behind his head making him lean down. Kyoko looked up at him. "How are you so sure?" she asked.
"I'm sure."
Kuon saw Kyoko's eyes glance at his lips.
'She couldn't be thinking of kissing...'
When Kyoko kissed him Kuon's rationality went out the door and ran down the street. He didn't care how long he worked for her to love him. All he could think about was the Kyoko in front of him, not anything else.
He kissed her back tenderly.
'I know this taste.' he thought. 'It's tequila.' he pulled away from Kyoko quickly. Did she even know what she was doing?
"Kyoko, did you drink any tequila?" he asked.
Kyoko nodded. "Kanae said it helps you when you're hurt." she said. "And I was hurt. Kanae was right." she said happily. "I don't feel hurt anymore."
"How easily do you get drunk?" Kuon asked, almost afraid of the answer.
Kyoko thought a moment. "I don't know." she smiled widely. "And I don't care!" she threw her arms around Kuons neck and kissed him. "Mmmm." she hummed. "I think I like it."
"Not good." Kuon half groaned as his rationality was coming back to him. "You need to go sleep this off."
"What?"
"Go lie down. I'm gonna take a shower." 'Clear my head. The last thing I need right now is a drunk temptress. When she wakes up, she would never look at me again if I did anything.'
Kuon watched Kyoko walk into the bedroom and he walked in the bathroom and turned on the shower. He took off his shirt.
He let the water wash over his head and wash away his thoughts. Why was he still restraining himself? Everything was legal and besides, she was drunk.
'But she's not ready. Her heart would give out and she would run away. She ran away from home, why would she not run now?'
"Yipe!"
Kuon turned around and his eyes widened. Kyoko stood behind him against the shower wall, naked.
'Not now. Please not now.'
"Why is the water so cold?" Kyoko whined then grinned. "I know. It's because you're so hot. Right?"
'Not to self: Kyoko is a little corny when drunk.'
Kuon bit his tongue and turned his back to her.
"That's not fair." Kyoko whined.
She put a hand on his back and he faced her.
Drunk Demon 1: It's the Emperor!
Drunk Demon 4 "heh heh heh..."
"Kyoko," he leaned down and kissed her warmly. 'You're in for a long night, my dear.' Kyoko leaned into his kiss and Kuon knew somewhere in her mind Kyoko was doing this. 'a very long night.'
Whoops, forgot this part when I first added the chapter. XP
Lory walked into the jail cell with a grin.
"Took you long enough." the shadow said from the cell.
"Well I couldn't resist seeing you in prison uniform." Lory responded. "Stalking the Kyouko was no easy task, I'm sure."
"She okay?"
"She's with Kuon now." Lory said.
"So that's a no?"
"You shouldn't be so hard on your own son, Kuu. Especially when you were stalking his wife."
"I wasn't."
Lory stared at Kuu a moment.
"I just made it look like she was in trouble and things moved along." Kuu grinned. "Now are you going to get me out of here?"
"What do you think I'm here for?"
Kuu grinned. "I'm glad you called, my friend."
This is the end of 'Forced to Sign' let's face it neither girl is being forced into anything at this time...
Yeah, I know. A pathetic stalker. I'm sorry. Anyways I'm ending this here, but I will continue the story of what happens after in the story 'Arranged Love'. Will Kyoko find out what Kuon did? Maybe. Will she be happy if she does? Possibly. Will she kill the president and make Kuon a eunuch? More than probable.
Ren. "Hey!"
Kyoko oblivious "What's a eunuch?"
Author "Let's just say he would never be able to father a child."
Cue Kyoko blushing madly and Ren ducking for cover from Authors shiny new pocket knife.
Author smiling like an idiot "So yeah, how about that? I'm ending it. But I'm continuing it... technically... with my next story of 'Arranged Love' where Kuon and Kyoko act in this movie and strange things happen. I just think if I continue it, neither couple is 'forced' to do much anymore. So this story has come to a close. I'm sorry if I disappoint anyone with the ending, but I have never been in a relationship before so everything you have read is all my own brain guessing. I really have no idea how a couple should act. I hope to see you all in Arranged love.
It should be rather interesting if Kyoko doesn't castrate Ren...
Kuon flinch.