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The limousine came to a full stop and they both heard the driver exit. The door besides Ren opened, turning to Kyoko he said, "Kyoko-chan, wait for the other door to open, you shouldn't slide across with that dress."

"Yes, Ren-kun. Thank you."

Stepping out, the driver closed the door and they walked together to the other side of the limo to help Kyoko out. The driver opened the door on her side and Ren then proceeded to extend his hand to her to help her get out.

As she grabbed a hold of his hand all she could think of was 'Wow…..Ren has such warm hands. OH MY GOD! I called him Ren! No….wait….I didn't say it out loud, I'm safe.'

She then noticed that they were at a service entrance instead of a front door and turned to look at Ren. He immediately noticed her questioning gaze and answered what he imagined she was thinking of.

"I asked them to let us in through the back. I thought it would be best to come to dinner secretly since I wouldn't want anyone to see you before the red carpet. It's a big night tonight Kyoko-chan."

She smiled at Ren and they walked up to the door where someone was already waiting for them.

"Good evening Tsuruga-san, Kyoko-san. Welcome to L'Osier. I am Shuurei and will be your server for tonight. Please follow me to your table."

"Thank you very much." Said Ren and gently guided Kyoko into the restaurant. Both actors quietly followed the waitress towards a private salon.

"This will be your room for the evening. Please excuse me. I will be back shortly to take your orders."

Walking out the waitress quietly closed the door and Ren and Kyoko were left alone.

Making their way to the table in the center of the room, Kyoko took in the atmosphere of the restaurant. The table was long, probably more suited for a larger group of people, but had been illuminated by candlelight. A beautiful tapestry covers one wall while the room is painted in a light yellow color along with rich browns. Lights illuminate from fixtures near the walls and large windows allow for a beautiful view of the outdoors. She'd never been in a restaurant quite as elegant as this.

While Kyoko was immersed in taking in her surroundings, Ren had quietly been taking in Kyoko as she lightly twirled around the room looking at everything. Turning towards her he lightly touched her arm, pulling her away from her thoughts; she quickly turned to look at Ren.

"Kyoko-chan…..shall we take a seat?"

"Mmmm…yes. I'm sorry Ren-kun, I was just admiring the room. It looks so elegant and I have never been to a restaurant quite like this before. I feel like I am some sort of princess tonight. Here I am, wearing this beautiful dress, coming to such a beautiful restaurant to have dinner tonight with you and you're like my prince charming who's come to sweep me off of my feet and take me….to….your…..castle…." Slowly coming to the realization that she had said more than she wanted to admit to Ren, she slowly began to pause and an intense blush began to cover her face. She quickly turned her face away and began to walk towards the table to take a seat.

Ren couldn't help, but feel a bit surprised; however, he quickly walked towards Kyoko, quietly pulled out her chair and waited for her to take a seat. Once she did, he push her chair in, walked towards the other side to his seat.

Sitting firmly in place he looked at Kyoko and noticed her continued gaze off to the side, attempting to avoid looking at him directly.

Thinking back to what she said, he began to wonder if perhaps Kyoko might like him. She had just called him her prince charming that was coming to sweep her off her feet. He knew she was not one to say things she didn't mean. Even when she was a child she never once called him a prince. No…..Corn was a fairy to Kyoko and Sho Fuwa had always been her prince.

Maybe.

Maybe she did like him.

Maybe he should tell her how he feels right now.

That was the plan anyway. Maybe getting it out now would be better. They could come to a conclusion as to what they could do about later tonight. He could also have enough time to convince her he really did love her, because she wasn't in the Love Me section for nothing.

"Kyoko-chan….will you look at me, please?"

Kyoko slowly turned her gaze toward Ren and the blush intensified one again.

"Kyoko-chan….."Slowly moving his hand towards hers, which she was currently clutching together on the table in an attempt to make her nerves not get the best of her. Ren gently placed his hand above hers and gave a gentle squeeze.

"I….I wanted to tell you something really important. When we first met at LME I was very unhappy over your reasons for getting into this business. I always thought that one should put all their efforts into doing their best in their profession, but the more I got to know you and your abilities and as your passion for acting grew….I realized that my feelings were changing as well."

Looking at Kyoko, he used his free hand to lightly grab her chin and shift her face directly towards his and allow their gazes to meet.

"I started to think of you as more than a kohai, more than a friend. When we started filming Dark Moon I came to the conclusion that I wanted more than just friendship. That day you came to my apartment to help me find my Katsuki….I knew then. I knew that I wanted to be more than what we were. Kyoko-chan…since then I have had these three words in my heart and I have not said them because I thought I would scare you off, but…..you need to know and I want to be honest with you."

Moving his hand away from her face he moved it to join his other hand with hers.

"Kyoko-chan, I love you."

Gazing directly into his eyes, Kyoko knew he was telling the truth.

She knew he really did love her and she could help the blush that crept even stronger than before onto her face and down her neck.

He had just spoken the words that Kyoko had always longed to hear. To hear I love you come from his mouth caused her joy and sadness. Sadness because she'd never really known love in her life. She had loved Sho so much, giving up everything she could to make him happy, but he had simply used her and tossed her aside, not caring for her feelings. She had loved her mother as well, but she'd never once shown her an ounce of love. Constantly making her feel like she was not worthy of her love.

Then….then she'd met Corn. He had let her cry. He had made her laugh and he had been this ray of sunshine during a short time.

But now…..now here she was, sitting in front of a man who was looking at her with love in his eyes and telling her he loved her.

She'd never expected for him to say those three words. As a matter of fact, she thought herself to be so plain and boring that she thought no one could love her. She'd thought she could never love anyone again.

When she'd asked Ren to accompany her tonight, she never thought it would come to this moment. She thought that they would be going as kohai and sempai, but then he'd changed that when he'd made it clear they were more than that. Now just a few days later, he was confessing to her.

TSURUGA REN HAD JUST CONFESSED TO HER!

She knew she loved him, she knew that. She'd just come to that conclusion not too long ago. Actually, she had just realized it while walking down the stairs to come here tonight with him.

Looking at him again, tears started to slowly come down her cheeks.

Ren immediately panicked and lightly dried them with his fingertips.

"Kyoko-chan, don't cry. Please….don't cry."

"R….Ren-kun…..I…I….I lo…I love you too."

Author's Note:

New Chapter yay!

I hope you all liked this development.

I apologize for not posting yesterday, unfortunately I had an assignment due today which made it impossible to post anything last night.
I am in winter courses at my University/College and this was my big final.

I start official courses next week, so my goal is to keep you as up to date as possible before I get too busy.

Thank you for your reviews last chapter! I am taking them all in and I love hearing feedback.