Declaration of o.0 Rose o.0: It is my apology to you. So sorry for the late update, but here it is chapter 12.

~Kyoko~

It was 5 in the morning when I got up. I couldn't sleep anymore so I decided to make breakfast to Moko-chan since she had an early shoot for a new movie. I figured that Maria will wake up pretty soon since she slept throughout the whole night. I got up and went to my bathroom. I took a shower, brushed my teeth, and changed my clothes to sweat pants and a loose shirt. I wrapped the towel around my wet her which I noticed started to trail down my lower back and almost reached my waist. It was 5:45 when I got out of the bathroom and headed to the kitchen, I went by Maria's room to see if she was still sleeping which she was. Then I passed by to Moko-chan's bedroom and saw that her door was open, her bed empty and bathroom light on. I went directly to the kitchen with no distraction now and I put water and coffee in the coffee maker. Stifling a yawn I head to the fridge. I decided to make a western breakfast today so I settled on making French toast with beacon, some coffee and a small salad for moko-chan. I was putting the plates in the table when moko-chan came in and got the mugs for the coffee. We set down and started to eat breakfast in silent. I was in my own little world when I heard a soft sigh.

"What's wrong?" I asked her worriedly because she rarely ever sighs and then she looked at me.

"No I was just wondering if I should take an offer that was made to me recently. It is a good one to and will help me get my name out there, but it is just after the one I am in right now. Meaning I won't get a break to relax."Kanae said with a tired expression.

"But that has never stopped you before. So tell me what is really wrong." I told her with a small reassuring smile.

"The guy acting in it I dislike with a passion. He is irresponsible, lay back and lazy. At times I feel like punching him into the next millennium."Kanae said with disgust. Now this is getting interesting. She never talks about any of her co-workers. "What's worse is that he that he will hit on anything with a skirt. He thinks he is irresistible." She continued

"But that isn't all, is it. I could tell there is something else behind it. You know you can tell me, I won't tell a soul about anything."I said to her while reaching out my hand to rest it over hers which were holding her cup of coffee. I looked her in the eyes and she smiled softly.

"I could never hide anything from you can I?" she asked me and I just shook my head. "The job is overseas. I will be gone for at least 6 to 7 months and at most a year and a half. I don't know what to do. What should I do? I mean come on I could handle living alone and I could handle that idiot because I won't be with him for more than 3hrs a day. But what I can't handle is being in another country with someone I don't know or even share an apartment and get use to living with them like I have been with you guys."Moko-chan said and she looked sad. I knew what she meant; she didn't want to take the job because she had to move away. We did be miles away and we could fall out of touch. We will miss each other's company terribly. I got up from my seat and ran to hug. She held me like a parent would a child and tried to stop my silent crying by rubbing my shoulder in a manner that would calm anybody. I wanted to whisper 'don't go', 'don't leave me' and 'please stay with me' but I couldn't. She was an actress and she had to get her name out there if she wanted to succeed in this field. I couldn't be selfish by stopping her. I just got up and held her face with both of my hands.

My hands were trembling, my eyes were still shedding tears, and my voice came out as a whisper. "Go, we will miss you terribly, but we can't stop you. I want to wish you the greatest luck in achieving this dream and I wanted to let you know that your place will still be here even if you were to go for 5 yrs and your place in our hearts won't be replaced by anyone." My voice broke at the end of my speech and I hugged her again but this time like a great friend would to their best friend who was going to go away. She hugged me back and shed silent tears too. Then we heard the clock click 6:30 and she separated. We cleaned each other's tears and smiled. By 6:45 moko-chan was ready to leave and her manager was down stairs waiting and I walked her to the front door. Before I opened the door I gave her another hug which she responded to with a pat on the head and a sigh. I let go and opened the door. As I opened the door we saw to figures there that froze us in place. I notice moko-chan stand in front of me and was ready to attack if needed to. But what shocked me the most was what the president of LME was wearing. This time he was dressed with a suit but the suit was baby blue with the pictures of clouds. The clouds were in heart formation and there were red hearts flying around too. I patted moko-chan's shoulder and shook my head she nodded and then looked at the president's son. They both parted and moko-chan walked through them and sends one last glare to Kouki. He just gave a blank stare in return. The president just smiled at her and she nodded back. Later, I saw her walk into the elevator and wave goodbye; I waved back and let our guest in the apartment.

"What can I do for you President Lory, Mr. Kouki?" I asked with a cold voice, I mean who wouldn't when they hurt the person you love, torment her to the point of where she cried and then they show up at your apartment like nothing happened and what's worse is that he treated moko-chan like she was below him.

"WE came to apologies in person for what happened last night. We wanted to tell you that it wasn't her fault." Lory said with such an apologetic voice.

"I know it wasn't, but please take a seat, would you like something to drink?" I asked still with the same unpleasant voice as before but this time because it wasn't Kouki that apologized instead it was his father. It was as if he wasn't sorry for anything, and that made me angrier.

"No nothing, please don't trouble yourself Akai-chan." Lory said with a smile. "How is she doing?" he didn't have to say much to see both their faces painted with worry. At this I smiled, they did care about her, but they have a funny way of showing it.

"She fell asleep on the car ride yesterday; she was emotionally and physically drained. She is still sleeping and I don't know if she will wake up anytime soon. I already canceled all of our work for today and we will start again tomorrow. I just hope that she won't wake up traumatized about this." Just as I was saying this we heard a door open and I didn't even have to look to know who it was. I knew Maria always woke up at this time. She came out of her room and walked half way into the beginning of the living room and froze. She instantly became pale and I rushed to her side before she fell on the floor.

~Maria~

As soon as I walked into the living room because I heard one-sama's voice I froze with fear. There he was the one person who I would never forgive for hurting me. I had so many thought as to why he was here but it all revolved around him finding out I was really Maria. Images of him dragging me out of this apartment against my will and putting onee-san in jail for being an accomplice made my legs weak and knees give out. As always onee-san was there to catch me before I fell. She led me to the couch as far away as it could be from Kouki. I saw he was about to get up and get me and I put my hands up in defends and lean back as far as the couch would allow. Onee-san glared at him before he could take a step and Lory put his hand up to stop him. Kouki set back down and onee-san ran to the kitchen got me a mug full of green tea to calm my nerves. When she came back and handed me the tea, just by the smell of the tea I was able to relax and calm down. I felt the blood return to my face and my body regain its strength. Onee-san smiled at me with such a relief on her face and turn around to look at the guys sitting in front of us.

Lory coughed and all eyes were back on him. "Sorry to intrude and scare you so early in the morning Lily-chan. We just came by to offer our sincere apologies about what happened last night and ask you if you could keep quiet about it. It is to our mutual interest in that the press or anybody else not find out about this. I have already asked Ren and I am sure you can get the message across to Kotonami-san." He said with a serious but apologetic smile. Just as he was finished Kouki stood up and walked in front of me. He bowed down and did a dogeza in front of me. ME! That was a total shock, even for grandpa.

"I am sorry for everything I have done to you. I didn't plan any of this and if would have known that this was going to happen I wouldn't have made the decision that led to this. But if I could go back in time I would change everything. I AM SO SORRY for hurting you like that." Kouki said and I was able to understand the second meaning behind it. He still thought that I am Maria. Now this is going to be hard to act against. Then I suddenly felt a chill coming from beside me and I saw the glare that onee-san was giving him and I understood that she also understood the second meaning behind it. I just looked at her and shook my head, I saw her visibly relax and the frost bites that I was getting were starting to heat up. Kouki looked up at me and I just gave him a cold glare furthermore I turned my look to Lory. He seemed to get the message that I don't forgive to easily and so did Lory. So he spoke up again;

"I was going to ask you if you and your president are still interested in making any sort of deal with us. It will help us get to know each other better and forget this entire dilemma. Let love overcome this obstacle it has encounter. With the power of love ever thing is possible." Lory said his major speech while getting more and more enthusiastic at the end. We both just looked at each other and tried not to snort. He noticed our reaction and looked at us wide eyed.

"Sorry we don't believe that love over comes ever thing or else we both wouldn't be here. WE will be living our happily ever after, but we aren't so we are the prime example that love don't exist." Onee-san and I said in union but onee-san continued with "Unless it is love for a close family member like a sister or a brother." She said while smiling down at me. I smiled back and we both forgot the world for a brief 5 seconds because Kouki decided then to cough and we were both about to kill him. Lory just glared at his son and walked in front of him.

"Well I am sorry to hear that. But I don't think that you have experienced real true love so until you do don't judge it too harsh." Lory said while dragging his son out the front door. He turned around to look for his shoes and onee-san opened the door for them, I just stood a good 5 ft away for safety. I saw Kouki stare at me and I turned my head to look at Lory just in time for him to speak;

"WE do hope you think about our agreement and the partnership between the two companies. I would love it if you could get the message across to your president or if I could talk to him personally. See you ladies another time; please don't hesitate to call if you need anything." Lory said as he and his son walked out to the elevator. They both turned and waved goodbye as they entered the elevator. Onee-sama closed the door and we both sighed. She turned around and smiled at me.

"Today is your day to be pampered so I called the office and had everything canceled and I also called Shin-chan to tell him to call your manager and rearrange both our schedule." She told me with such a pleasant smile I just had to smile back.