Disclaimer: I don't own Skip Beat and its characters…

I changed the ratings to T because K+ isn't really suitable anymore for the way the contents of this story is now going… and for the safe side too…

Chapter 10

Ren sat the 'aphrodisiac' gift basket on top of the coffee table. Before he could decide what to do next, his body went to Kyoko's back, wrapped his arms around her waist and his lips pressed against her exposed shoulder near the neck. And before he could stop himself, he blurted, "Now that the baby's asleep, do you want to take a nap together, love?" What the hell did I just ask her? He felt her stiffened. I should consider this reaction a good thing because she didn't bolt out of the room or worse, out of my life. But I should probably stop now before it get to that. He lifted his head from her shoulders, unwound his arms from her waist and sighed. "I'm gonna go get the things we bought from the car." He said as he ran a hand through his hair.

Kyoko heard the door shut behind her and she was now frozen, from when Ren hugged her from the back, with worry and horror. Horror because Ren sighed, which indicates disappointment of not acting her role properly. She was panicking as to what she would do to improve her character and to whom should she ask for help because she could not ask her trusted sempai for this particular problem. The only one she could think of was her best friend. So she hurriedly went inside the laundry room and called her there because she doesn't want her sempai to see and hear her whine and cry out for help about her problem.

"Moko-saaaaaaaaan!" Kyoko cried out to her one and only best friend.

"Mo! Don't cry out like that, it's annoying!" She complained. "What is it this time? Speak up, I'm just taking a break from doing my love me work."

"Moko-san, h-how does a w-w-wife acts?"

"Wife? Is that a new role you got?"

"Y-you could say that." Kyoko replied nervously, and then there was a few seconds of pure silence between them before Kanae finally spoke up.

"So, what have you got so far?"

"I know that the wife cooks for her husband, clean the house, do the laundry, welcome him back at home, ready the bath for him so that he can go take a bath before dinner, take care of him and their child if they have one."

"Well, there you go, you already know everything, what else is the problem."

"I-I-I-I-I-it's the…" Then Kyoko's voice then turned dark and scary. "Love part, Moko-san…" Kanae instantly took her phone away from her ear for a few seconds.

"It's a role right? Its not like your gonna do 'it' with the guy." Kanae said when she was clear of Kyoko's dark aura.

"Eh? What do you mean Moko-san?" Kyoko asked innocently, obviously not getting what 'it' means.

"Oh never mind."

"But Moko-san, every time he hugs me and kiss my shoulder or neck, I froze and I don't know what to do or how to react back and now I will be a disappointment as Tsuruga-san's Kohai." Kyoko said it in a cry out like way. Kanae sighed and was silent for a minute, thinking of ways to deal with Kyoko's problem.

"Okay, do you have a close guy friend that if he hugs and kiss you, it's okay with you?"

"NO, I DON'T, MOKO-SAN… I ONLY HAVE ONE GUY IN MIND THAT I WOULD WANT TO KILL!" Kyoko's voice was scarier than the first time. Kanae cringed but she had to try, otherwise Kyoko's little demons would surely haunt her later if she couldn't help her now.

"Not even before that bastard?"

"NO." Kyoko answered instantly and flatly. Then a certain blonde boy popped out in her mind. "Oh, wait, I had one. He was my best friend when I was little."

"Oh, thank God." Kanae sighed in relief. "Then just imagine that it's him that is hugging and kissing you and react the way you would if it was him."

"But-"

"I got to go back to work. Good luck, bye." Kanae hanged up.

"Wait! Moko-saaaaaaaaaaaaan…" She cried out. She looked at her phone sadly. How am I going to imagine the Emperor of the night as a young fairy boy? She thought worriedly.

Ren took the time of his life to get the things they bought for the baby. He spent minutes just sitting inside the driver's seat of the car calming down, controlling himself and tightening his leash and also to give Kyoko some space, so that she won't ran away from him soon. Finally after almost like an hour since he left their apartment, he decided it's finally time to go back. He got the things in hand and went to the elevator. When he arrived inside their apartment, it was so quiet. Kyoko wasn't in the living room. He went to their bedroom, and sat down the things in front of the baby's cabinet. He looked inside the cradle, the baby's still there, soundly asleep. He went and opened the closet to see if Kyoko was there but she wasn't. She wasn't in the bathroom either. He was starting to get worried. He went to the kitchen. It was quiet there too and Kyoko was no where in sight. So that leaves the laundry room. She can't possibly be in there. I don't hear the machines working and what would she do in there? But part of his says, Maybe she already left. I scared her so much, she ran away. He felt a stab on his chest. The baby's still here, she wouldn't leave the baby. He argued with himself.

He finally arrived in front of the laundry room door. He listened for any noises inside for a few seconds. There were no sounds coming from inside. Ren felt his inside tightened into a knot and he held his breath as he opened the door. His eyes widened in surprised and he froze for a second. There, in front of the washing machine was a sleeping Kyoko. Ren sighed in relief. What was she doing in here sleeping? He thought as he took in her position. She looked like she was sitting on the floor, leaning against the machines but as she feel asleep she slid off to her side and on the floor. A small smile crossed his lips. He went to her and gently and slowly scoop her up, careful not to wake her. He went to the bedroom and laid her on his, now their, king size bed. Ren tried to keep himself from looking down at her in case he'd lose control, especially now that his leash has been loosened.

The first thing Kyoko saw was the white ceiling. Where am I? She felt the thing she was laying on was soft and comfortable. She slowly sat up and looked around. She found that she was in their new bedroom. How did I get here? I mean where did I fell asleep in the first place? Oh, right… I was in the laundry room worrying about my role. I must have fallen asleep. She went to the baby's cradle, he wasn't there. She made her way to living room. She saw Ren on the couch sitting with the baby on his lap and was playing with him with one of the toys they just bought. She smiled looking at the two. Okay, get into character. She tried to straighten the crumpled fabric of her dress, she stood up straighter and walked to the two with a new courage (and maybe strategy) on facing against the emperor of the night.

Ren looked up when he heard her came to them. A gentle loving smile on his lips. "How was your sleep?" He asked as he patted on the couch for her to sit down beside him. She obeyed and sat down beside him.

"It was fine." she answered with a shy smile. He single-handedly hugged her and planted a kiss on her temple.

"Good." As to Ren's surprise, Kyoko leaned closer to him and hugged him back. This is the right reaction, right? Kyoko asked herself. This is what I saw on fairytales. The prince and the princess hug each other. She looked at Baby Ren and Ren gave her the toy they where playing with. She took it and began playing with the baby. Seconds later they were all smiling and giggling like a real picture of a happy family.

After a while Kyoko remembered the dinner. She looked up to Ren and asked. "What time is it?" She slowly stood up and looked around for a clock.

"It's already six."

"Oh no, It's already this late? I need to prepare a bottle of formula for the baby." She started to go to the kitchen, but paused midway. "Oh wait, Ren, can you please change the baby's clothes for me? I also need to change, my dress is all wrinkled." After that she was gone to the kitchen. Ren got up and went to change the baby's clothes. After learning the technique from Kyoko on how to change the baby's clothes, he was done in 10 minutes and the baby was smelling and looking good. He put him inside the cradle and went to their huge walk-in closet. He took off his blazer and shirt and put it in the laundry basket. As he was scanning through his clothes half-naked, he heard a surprise 'Kyah!' But as soon as his head snapped to where the sound came from, there was no one there. He picked new clothes and got dressed. He went to the living room with the baby because he doesn't trust himself if he was in the bedroom while Kyoko changed her clothes in the walk-in closet just a few feet away from him with only a wooden door separating them.

After thirty minutes or so, they were all finally ready. They went next door with Kyoko holding the baby and Ren standing next to them. He rang the bell and plastered a smile on his face. They were opened by Mr. Tachibana. "Come in."

There were already other people in the room. Mr. Tachibana introduced them. Another two elderly couple, who lived across them and beside the other. The last couple was in their 40s and lived on the other side of them. All of them welcomed them and complimented that Baby Ren was so cute. Mrs. Tachibana came out of the kitchen and was surprised that Kyoko was holding a baby. "I didn't know you two already have a baby. I thought you were just newly weds." She went to Kyoko and pick up Baby Ren from her.

"We are." Ren replied. "We found him outside our car just after we got back from our honeymoon." Kyoko blushed when Ren said 'Honeymoon.' "And who wouldn't want to keep him?" He smiled. They all slowly went to the dining table. It was already set.

"But isn't it hard for you two to have a baby so early in the marriage?" One of them asked. They said their greetings and started eating. Baby Ren was still in the arms of Mrs. Tachibana, who was skillfully holding him and she used her other hand to eat.

"Not really. He helps a lot with our busy schedule."

"What do you do?" the other asked.

"We are both in the entertainment industry." If Ren was in a drama or movie, what he was doing now would be called 'ad-libbing.'

"Are you actors?"

"Oh no. I'm just a camera man. My wife is a make-up artist." Ren replied. It would make sense in a way, because Ren was always in front of a camera, that's why he blurted out camera man. And Kyoko was very fond of make up, he still remembered the first she had make up on, on the set of Ring doh! So he said make-up artist. The people around the table nodded. "The baby requires time from both of us so he actually is making us spend a lot more time with each other."

The dinner went on with a lot of talk. The baby cried when they were eating. Kyoko took him back from Mrs. Tachibana and feed him. The baby fell asleep before they could finish their dinner. When they were finally done, the women and Baby Ren remained in the kitchen to help the host clean up. All the men went to the living room with their men talk. But during the dinner Kyoko didn't just enjoy it but was also busy observing how the couples interact with each other, especially on how the wives respond when their husband touch them. But so far, Kyoko got nothing because Japanese couples weren't really a fan of public show of affections. Modesty is their best policy. Even when she was remembering how the Okami of Daruma-ya acts around her husband was nothing of use because the Taisho wasn't showing affection to his wife. He doesn't even smile much less hug, hold hand or kiss the Okami in front of her.

The only ones nowadays that show affections publicly were the younger ones. She sighed mentally. "Your husband is very handsome and has a really good body. I'm quiet jealous." The woman in her mid 40s commented. Kyoko blushed because she didn't know what to say on her comment.

"We all are, my dear." One of the other women said and they all laughed. They finished cleaning up and they all thanked them for the dinner and for welcoming them and giving them advice and they went back to their own apartment because it was getting late.

Ren went to the bathroom and took a shower immediately after getting in. Kyoko placed the baby inside the cradle and covered him with small blanket and told him "Oyasumi." She went to her side of the closet and searched for her pajamas and underwear to get ready for her turn of taking a shower. But she couldn't find any pajamas. She already searched high and low, side to side, every corners but there was nothing. The only thing she found was a drawer full of sexy lingerie. What am I going to do? What am I going to wear? I can't possibly walk around the room wearing just this tiny piece of clothing covering my body, and what's more? In front of Tsuruga-san… NOOOoooo!…

Apparently, I also like torturing Kyoko too. But when I torture Kyoko it results to torturing Ren MORE though… Poor Ren… How is he going to survive this one?

AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE REVIEWS, ALERTS, FAVS and most of all for READING!… Love yah all… see yah next chap… ^_^