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Chapter 26

"I was thinking of calling you nii-san." She replied without knowing, only when she finished replying that she noticed. Her head snapped to her side to look at him. He had a surprised look on his face.

Ren was astounded. He really could not comprehend how her mind works. The two of them were living together under one roof, sharing one bedroom, acting as parents for one baby, pretending to be married and sleeping in one bed for months and yet, she still could think of calling him 'Nii-san'? Why in f***ing hell was that? She never stop surprising me. He thought, frustrated.

Kyoko looked at Ren's expression with her wide eyes. She could feel that anger was bubbling inside of him. "I, uh, I-I I'm sorry Tsuruga-san, that was so disrespectful of me. I just thought that when we were eating it felt like we were a family and Julie and Sensei were my parents and I was thinking of what was your role. You are my respected sempai, so I thought you would be perfect as an Onii-san." She babbled endlessly, she didn't noticed Ren's aura grew darker.

So she really could not think of me other than a sempai? What the hell was she thinking of when we pretend to be a married couple? What the f*** were those blushes and stiffening? He was getting angrier as thoughts crossed his mind of what happened between them while Kyoko was still babbling her explanation. In his anger, he wanted for her to see him other than a respected sempai and the perfect role for that was… Kyoko gasped in surprise when she felt a hand touched her cheek. She met Ren's eyes and it showed, Emperor… She thought as her eyes grew wider.

Ren really did not have to do this because Kyoko very well knew that he was a man, a very beautiful, sexy and hot man. That was why she always hide behind her 'wife' character because she could not handle Ren. All the things he did, she would think that he did it all because he was playing his husband character. All the feelings she felt, she would think that it was what her character was feeling and not really her own. She was just confusing herself with her character. It happens to all people, especially because her partner was the famous co-star killer Tsuruga Ren.

She gulped. "Re-Tsu-" She didn't finished when his thumb touched her lips. Her heart hammered in her chest and she held her breath. Somehow the pillows separating them were gone and he was lying on his side really close beside her.

"Do you really see me as a nii-san?" The emperor of the night asked her. "I much rather prefer you call me sweetheart… or honey… or my love…" He said so slowly as he smiled that emperor-style sexy smile. "But I would also like to hear you call me 'corn' so cutely again, Kyoko-chan." He said in a playful tone as he leaned closer to her. She let out a breath in nervousness. But he continued leaning closer. She did not know what to do and even if she did, she could not move either. She was frozen. Her feelings were in turmoil. Part of her anticipated and part of her were yelling and shouting for her to move and ran away. She was stuck in the middle and she could do nothing as his face inched closer and closer to hers.

Kyoko's eyes did not leave Ren's intense gaze. Until she was nearly crossed eyed because he was too close. She squeezed her eyes tightly. She could feel him still moved closer and then… nothing… She opened her eyes just a few millimeters and she felt that his thumb was still on her lips. He saw him kissed his thumb and she gasped quietly.

He pulled away with a smirk. "Good night, Kyoko-chan." He said. After that, everything was all hazy, she just noticed the pillows magically appeared between them again.

The next morning, Ren woke up early and took a shower. He went to the kitchen and made a pot of coffee with the coffeemaker. He was sipping his coffee while looking at the beautiful sunrise through the transparent glass wall of the suite's dinning room when his father came in there.

"Good morning." Ren greeted his father, who was already dressed up for the day. "Are you going back early today?"

"Good morning." Kuu greeted back. "Yeah, I have work tomorrow." He said as he hunt for food in the refrigerator. Kuu already called room service but he was already so hungry. Thirty minutes later, their food arrived and everyone was already awake and gathered around the table. After breakfast, Kuu and Julie bid goodbye to the three of them.

"You can stay here until 12 o'clock but you're flight is at 11 AM." Kuu told them. Julie was hugging Kuon tightly and did not want to let go.

"Take care of my baby boy for me, Kyoko." Julie told Kyoko while she was still hugging Ren. Kyoko only smiled and nodded. Ren groaned and then sighed.

"I can take care of myself, mom." He complained and Kyoko raised an eyebrow at him and he became silent. Kuu hugged Kyoko and kissed the baby. Julie reluctantly let go of Kuon and gingerly slipped inside the car. The three of them watched the car until it was out of sight.

They slowly went up to their suite and prepared for their departure. They bathe the baby and then Kyoko took a quick shower. They packed their backs and was done with an hour to spare. Ren suggested they should take a walk with the baby at the beach. They did not get the chance to take the baby at the beach since they got there.

Ren was carrying Baby Ren as him and Kyoko walked hand in hand down at the white sandy beach. In the months of pretending to be a married couple it became automatic that they would act like a couple whenever they were in public with the baby even if no one would recognize them. They let the baby down and let him stand on his feet with the help of Ren holding him up by the torso. They wanted him to feel the sand under his two little feet and between his toes.

Baby Ren giggled so cutely when his feet touched the sand. He was learning to walk so Ren tried to teach him to walk. Kyoko went a few feet away from them and encouraged baby Ren to go walk up to her. The baby smiled brightly at the sight of Kyoko a few feet in front of him. The baby then suddenly lifted one of his feet and clumsily tried to step forward. Ren helped him by moving him by the torso. Each step closer to Kyoko baby Ren was giggling excited to reach his mamma.

But before the baby could reach Kyoko, the wind blew strongly and a sand went to the baby's eyes. He cried out in pain. Ren immediately lifted him up from the ground and into his arms. Kyoko jumped up to them. They tried relieving him of his pain as tears flowed down the baby's eyes. Ren tried blowing in his eyes but the baby kept rubbing his eyes with his hands. After a while, the tears somehow washed the sand that was caught in his eyes and he stopped crying. And they made their way back to their suite.

A man stood by his floor to ceiling window of his suite watched the curious couple with the baby walked back to the hotel. The couple was the same one he saw yesterday on the yacht. He was there to relax and enjoy his short break because after that he was going to be very busy with his new position in his job.

When Kyoko, Ren and the baby landed on the same airport they left, they were greeted by Sebastian and Yashiro. Yashiro wore a very silly grin when he welcomed them back which annoyed Ren. He was sure Yashiro was going to pester him or teased him to no end after that. They parted ways because Ren was going immediately to work while Kyoko and the baby went home with Sebastian.

When the baby finally went to sleep, Kyoko then went to work inside the house. She washed their dirty laundry. Hanged the new clothes Julie bought for her. Cleaned out the refrigerator of the items that already had gone bad and scrubbed the inside clean. Cleaned the toilet and the tub in their bathroom. She wanted to dust and vacuum the whole place but it would wake the baby up. She began preparing dinner instead. At 7 PM she ate dinner while feeding the baby and at 8 PM she put the baby to sleep. She washed the dishes and cleaned the kitchen.

She flopped down on the couch in their living room. She felt weird without any homework or anything else to do. She recalled all that happened in the resort. There were just too much to process and really understand it all at the time. While thinking about it she fell asleep. By then, she was woken up by a gentle hand brushing her hair softly. It felt really nice and she snuggled her head to the big, gentle and warm hands and sighed contently. Then, her mind slowly waking up and working. She realized she fell asleep while waiting for Ren and thinking about what happened at the resort.

Her eyes flew open, the first thing she saw was the coffee table and then the big flat screen TV they had in their living room. She noticed she was now laying down and there was a hand brushing her hair. She looked to her left side which was the way down to the floor and noticed that her head was laying on someone's lap. There could be no else be there other than her sempai. She jumped up and sat Japanese style on the couch facing her sempai. She was about to apologize and so a dogeza when she froze.

Sitting there on the couch was not her sempai, the famous Tsuruga Ren. He looked out this world, especially with the effects of the dim light coming from the kitchen and the moonlight coming from the windows. The living room's lights were all switched off. He was sitting in a relaxed position with his right hand stretched out on top of the back of the couch and his other hand was the one gently brushing her hair a minute ago. But what made Kyoko froze was, his hair was not the usual black. She could make out a pale gold glittering in the dim lights. Her eyes were wide and she unconsciously stretched out her hands to touch his hair. She slowly rose her upper body up with it and was now kneeling on the couch. She hesitantly touched his hair.

He looked up to her and when the light hit his face, it revealed a pair of pure blue eyes. She gasped. She felt like she was still dreaming because she had been dreaming of meeting her fairy prince 'corn' again for a long time now. She thought it was impossible. But here he was in front of her looking like a fairy prince like the first time she had met him.

Her eyes examined his face. Her hand weaved into his hair and she heard him take a deep breath. Her other hand caress his forehead down to his cheek. Her thumb traced the bridge of his nose and she felt him snuggled in her palm and sighed happily. She could not believe her eyes. Her 'Corn' was really right there in front of her. She was actually touching him. Tears suddenly flowed down her cheeks. She was both so happy and relieved that she could finally met him again and the fact that he was still alive and breathing. It ripped her heart once when the beagle told her that 'corn' may already be dead. But now she was so happy to see him, look at him and touch him.

His hand that was brushing her hair before gently wiped her tears. But it was tears of joy so she did not really care as she smiled her most angelic smile. She was so happy, she pulled him to her and hugged him tightly as she called his name, "Corn!"

His hand that wiped her tears went down to her waist and hugged her back. "I missed you, Kyoko-chan." He finally spoke.

"I missed you too, corn!" She exclaimed in pure joy. The 'corn' she met more than ten years ago was bigger than her and now, he was still bigger than her and maybe even more than before. She felt like she was six years old again and she realized that he really was a true fairy prince. Why? Because he is making all of my dreams come true and even the things I haven't even thought of dreaming.

I hope you liked it guys… But let me tell you a secret… *Whisper* It's the calm before the storm *Whisper* ^_^ Don't tell anyone, okay? LOL I'm finally stepping it up… sorry if it took a long wait… Thank you so much for continue reading, reviewing, alerting, faving, liking and loving… love you guys ^_^ oh yeah! any guesses on who was that man next door to their suite? :D