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

I'm so sorry for the late update… I'm sick… and I don't think I'll be able to update my this or my other story sometime this week because I'm going camping! Yayy! ^o^ so here it is… Enjoy!

Chapter 24

Ren noticed Kyoko's furious face turned white as if she had seen a ghost. What he did not know was, it wasn't really a ghost she was seeing in her mind. It was him as the demon lord.

"What's wrong?" He asked her in concern.

Kyoko's eyes darted to his face and her already wide eyes became wider. For a moment, she could not find her voice to speak but she did not know what to say either. She forced her mind to think of something. "I-I think I heard the baby cried," she blurted out the first thing that came to her mind. "I'm going to check up on him." She stood up instantly and ran as if her life depended on it.

Ren was sure he did not hear the baby cry, but he let her go for fear of not being forgiven if he pushed her too much. He sighed but then smiled when he recalled how they bickered with each other a few minutes ago like they always do about his eating habits and everything else they bickered about before. It was kind of their normal thing now. He was glad because it kind of lightened the serious mood in an unusual way… if that even made sense.

Kyoko went straight to the bathroom of their bedroom and closed the door. After a while when her heart stopped racing, she did not know what to do. She slowly walked into their bedroom. She checked up on the baby, making sure he was still sound asleep before she went to her luggage and got out her pajamas and toiletries. She went to the bathroom and took a relaxing bath hoping it would make her feel better.

The water was starting to get cold, so she decided it was time to get dressed and go to sleep. When she stepped into the bedroom, it was still empty except for Baby Ren and she let out a sigh of relief. She slowly dried her hair while seating at the foot of the bed. Five minutes later, she heard footsteps and her heart pounded as the sound came closer. The door opened and revealed Ren. She continued drying her hair without looking and saying anything to him. He was also afraid to say anything and it was really awkward. He went inside the bathroom to escape the weird atmosphere. He stripped and went under the cold shower of water feeling his body tensed and then slowly relaxed.

Feeling that anymore of the cold water would make him catch a cold; he stepped out of the shower and covered his body with a bathrobe he found. He took a small towel and started drying his hair on his way out to the bedroom. But she did not see Kyoko anywhere. He thought she just went to the kitchen or something but then, he noticed that one of the pillows on the bed and the small blanket draped on the bed were missing. He stopped drying his hair and stormed out to the living room.

He found Kyoko lying on the couch with her eyes closed. "What are you doing?" He asked even though he clearly knew what she was doing. Seconds passed and she did not respond. "If you continue to pretend sleeping, Mogami-san, I'm warning you, I'll do something you won't like." He warned her but when he got closer, he saw that she was sound asleep. She looked exhausted. Considering the events that happened that day, anyone would be exhausted. He gently scooped her up into a princess style and carry her to their bedroom. He sure as hell would not let her sleep on the couch, especially when his parents were around.

He settled her gently on the bed and put the covers on her. He finished drying his hair and got ready for bed. He lined down a pillow between them for safety. But it was more of a reminder for him that she was untouchable. He lied down on his side of the bed and wish to the stars that sleep would claim him quickly before he succumb to temptation in the form of an orange-haired, amber-eyed girl lying on the same bed next to him. But Kyoko wasn't the only one exhausted from the day's events, so minutes later Ren was fast asleep.

Kyoko woke up feeling so comfortable and warm. She instinctively snuggled closer to the warmth in front of her, hoping to catch a few more minutes of rest. But then, she felt some of the comfortable warmth move from the side of her waist to her back and still going up. Kyoko felt good but it also felt a little weird because the warmth felt literally on her skin without barrier. And it was also making the skin it touched like it was on fire, in a very good way.

It went up to her shoulder blades and back down. Then, it went to her side again going up. Her eyes flew open wide awake. The first thing she saw was a sea of black silk. Her mind was slowly functioning and she thought the black silk was very familiar. She looked up and came face to face with Ren. Her eyes widened and then realizing that the warmth on her side was still going up near her breasts, she looked to her side.

A deafening shriek was heard through out the suite. Ren bolted upright, whipping his head from right to left, looking for any sign of danger. When he was about the end of his scanning around the room, his eyes rested upon a very angry orange-haired, amber-eyed woman. Her arms were around her torso as if to cover her body in protection.

"What happened?" Ren asked her in concern. She glared at him in return.

"Playboy! Con man! Pervert!" She suddenly shouted at him. Ren was confused as hell.

"What? What did I do?" He asked innocently which made Kyoko even angrier at him. But Kyoko blushed furiously when she thought about the answer to his question and his mind raced of thousands of things he did to get a reaction like that from her because of just a question.

"When I woke up, you…" She glared at him again while her face was still red, which Ren found to be really sexy. He shook his head mentally and focused on what she was trying to say.

"I did what?" He asked for her to continue.

"You…" She was breathing heavily. She was getting angry and embarrassed. Angry at him for making her say such an embarrassing thing. "YOUR HAND WAS UNDER MY SHIRT!" She shouted angrily.

Ren was surprised at what she told him and he froze. I was feeling her up when I was asleep? He shouted in his head incredulously. Then he looked down on the bed. Surely, the line of pillows between them was nowhere to be found on the bed. And based on how the sheets were tangled, he would guess that they were also pretty much close and legs tangled with each other too. When he imagined them like that, he could not help feeling happy. But he suppressed the smile that was coming out because he had a little woman glaring at him at the moment.

"Well, it's not like I'm the only one who did that." He told her, feeling smug as he thought of his counter attack. "Hmmm…" He looked to his side with his forefinger on his mouth. "I remember waking up at the hospital with two little hands wrapped around me… under my shirt." He added the last part in a husky emperor like voice.

Kyoko's red face turned another shade. Her lips pressed together. "I-I was in character that time." She argued.

"No one sleeps as their character, not even world class actors." He said and then he lay back down to the bed on his side with his arm propping his head. "And if you really sleep as your character, then it should have been fine with you, my wife, because after all," He smiled smugly. "I am your husband."

Kyoko glared angrily at him for making her argument backfired at her.

"And they do more than that, you know." He said. Kyoko's eyes were getting wide looking at him cautiously. She knew he was turning into emperor. "Do you want to continue what we were doing?" Emperor of the night was in full control.

"Pervert!" She shouted as she dashed to the bathroom and slammed it shut. At the same time, the door leading to the living room flew open and revealed Kuu.

"What happened?" Kuu asked frantically. "I heard a shriek. Is anyone hur— Did Kyoko-chan just call you a pervert?" He asked in disbelief. "What did you do?" He looked at his son inquiringly. Kuon just shrugged and flopped back to the bed, lying on his back and closed his eyes again.

The baby was startled by the loud sound of the slamming of the door of the bathroom and began to stir and then started crying loudly. "Aww… look what you two did?" He made his way to the crib. "Sshhh…sshhh… Don't cry. Grandpa's here." He lifted the baby up and cradled him into his arms and started lulling him. He went out of their room as he baby talked to baby Ren.

Thirty minutes later, the five of them were gathered in the dining table. Kuu wanted to eat Kyoko's cooking but since they don't have stock of ingredients, they just ordered room service. But Kyoko promised to go buy the ingredients later and cook for dinner that evening which made Kuu excited. The four ate while Baby Ren was now happily playing with his food in his high chair. Kuu fed him earlier that morning. Well, Kuu tried too until he was replaced by Julie because he was drooling so much. He was jealous of the baby's food.

"So what's the plan for today?" Kuon asked his parents while taking a sip at his cup of coffee. He barely touched his food but it was already his second cup of coffee.

"I'm still tired, so I'm gonna rest till lunch." Julie said.

"You two can have fun on the beach. I'll after the baby for you." Kuu suggested.

"But Ot- I mean Sensei, that wouldn't be fair for you. You don-" Kyoko protested.

"SHH!" Kuu silenced her with his hand on her mouth. "I'm gonna stay here while my wife sleep, I'll have nothing to do, so taking care of the baby will be fun for me." He explained. "You two can go sailing, boating, jet ski, water ski, tubing, parasailing. There's a lot of fun to do here and I heard that since you two took care of the baby and with your work, you two hadn't had some fun in a while." Kyoko was about to protest but Kuu's hand was on her lips again. "No buts. It's decided, okay?" Kyoko nodded.

"But I don't have a swimwear." Kyoko confessed, blushing lightly.

"That's all?" Julie asked incredulously. "There's a store downstairs, Kyoko. Kuon will help you pick a nice bikini." Julie said with a smile at the end. Ren groaned mentally at the suggestion. Kyoko could only nod in agreement. Kuon mentally sighed in surrender as he counted the minutes until their torturous bikini shopping. He was about to take a sip of his coffee when it suddenly disappear from his hand. He looked up and found Kyoko narrowing her eyes at him.

"You're not drinking anymore of this until you finish your food." She scolded him like he was a child and put a fork to his hand. He pushed the pot and his cup of coffee far away from him. Julie was surprised when Ren sighed and started eating his food. She was again impressed by Kyoko.

Minutes later, they were at the shop downstairs. Kyoko looked at the items carefully because she knew those were expensive. She then finally chose the cheapest white modest one piece. Ren liked the modest part but not the color. So he shook his head in disagreement and she pouted.

"How about this?" He held up a two piece. Kyoko looked at it. It was a simple pink and white horizontal striped two piece. She liked it but it would show way too much skin. As if he could read her thoughts Ren disappeared down the aisles and then popped up again holding a very simple thin cover up (volcom women's brady top). He handed it to her and lightly pushed her inside the fitting room.

After changing and looking at herself, she fidgeted and tried to cover herself up with her arms. "Are you done?" She was startled by Ren's voice just outside her fitting room.

"Yes, but this is kind of expensive, you know." She tried her last piece of argument. "Let's just take the one I picked."

"Honey, just this once don't think about money and just have fun, okay?" Ren pleaded. "We can only do this once in a while. Alright, come on out and let me take a look."

She blushed at his last sentence. She opened the door gingerly and poke his head out. Ren was looking at her expectantly. "Come on. We don't have all day, my love." He smiled a heavenly smile. Kyoko quickly transformed to her character to protect herself. She took a single step out of the door and stood there like a model. Ren was freely feasting his eyes on Kyoko's body. He could not help it and besides, they were supposed to be husband and wife, so he technically has the right to do anything.

When Kyoko looked at him, she just noticed that Ren changed too. He was wearing a simple blue trunks and an unbuttoned thin white shirt. Kyoko blushed as she saw his naked, beautifully toned chest. After Ren tore his eyes from Kyoko's body, they went to pay for their clothes. Then, they went out and were feeling excited to have some real fun.

I really wanted to write their fun activities in this chapter but it took a new unexpected turn and I could not seem to fit it all in one chapter, so yeah… I have a new AMV in my blog/ home page, but it's not about Skip Beat though… so anyways, thank you all so much for continue reading, reviewing, alerting, fav-ng and everything… And thank you for being so patient with me… love yah guys… see yah next chap… ^_^