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I am so sorry for the late update… I think it's my regular update, every other week, but I know you want it to be more faster, so I'm so sorry… I just finished it, so I'm sorry for the typos and wrong grammars… Enjoy! ^_^

Chapter 29

Ren and Kyoko silently sat in the car with the baby in his carseat at the back on their way home. The president's words still echoing inside their head.

"We found a family who wants to adopt baby Ren." The president dropped the bomb. Kyoko instantly froze and Ren just stared at the president. The president noticed their reactions. "What? You should have known this was coming anytime soon, right?"

The last sentence was like a bucket full of ice water poured on Kyoko like a wake up call. She was quickly awaken from her happy, little family life illusion. She just realized that it was temporary. That one day a real family would come to take away baby Ren and raise him with love in a normal environment.

Ren was also surprised by the news. Well, sure, he knew that one day the president was going to find a family, he was just caught off guard. He just wasn't ready to give up the happiness he had in his hands right now. Even when he knew it was fake.

"I had a background check on them and they're clean. I've met them and they seemed to be lovely couple. We're finalizing the adoption in three days." The president said and sighed. "So in three days, you'll be handing him to them."

They arrived at the underground garage of their apartment building and they slowly got out of their car. Kyoko opened the backseat door and Ren glided with his long legs to the door Kyoko opened and picked up the carseat baby Ren was sleeping in. They went to the elevators, Ren carrying the carseat on his left and his right circled around her waist. That already became automatic for Ren when they walk close together and Kyoko was also used to it. She did not blush or stiffen anymore.

Everything was becoming normal to them, which was why it was hard knowing that they were going to give up the baby. They were used to having the baby with them even though it was really hard taking care of him and raising him. The nights with little to no sleep because the baby was crying all night after a day of a very busy and tight schedule of work. All the poopie diaper changing, all the mess trying to get him to eat and all the crawling around trying to catch up to the baby. But everything… everything was all worth it. Every giggle, every smile, every laughter, all the first moments (first word, first time calling them mama and dada, first crawl, first step, first teeth showing, first clap and many more) erased all the hardship and the fatigue they were feeling.

And now, they only have two days left with him and on the third day, they were going to part with him and maybe not see him again. Ever. Kyoko looked down at the peacefully sleeping baby on the carseat. Ren noticed and pulled her closer and rubbed her arm up and down. There were no words spoken because they already know what the other was wanting to say but could not. They also did not want to say anything because it will make it all so real.

While Ren took his shower, Kyoko put the baby in his crib and just stand their watching him sleep. She caressed his cute cheek and tucked strands of his growing hair behind his little ear. Time passed and Ren came out of the bathroom telling her that the bath was all ready for her. She quietly went to the closet and got her pajamas and stepped inside the bathroom.

After a warm soothing bath, she got dressed, brush her teeth and went out the bathroom only to found a sexy Ren dressed in his pajamas lying on the bed with his head supported by his hand. For a second she saw Emperor of the night and she wanted to ran in the other direction. He was looking at her, like he was waiting for her to come out of the bathroom and join him. Well, she sure did read his mind because Ren opened the comforter and motioned for her to come to bed. She stared at him and them glanced at the open space beside him and stared back at him again fearfully. He patted the open space beside him for her to lay in. He looked at her expectantly.

Kyoko knew that she did not have a choice, so she cautiously made her way to her side of the bed and robotically laid down as far as she could away from Ren. But Ren covered her with the comforter and pulled her closer to him. Kyoko let out surprise 'kyah' and instantly went rigid like a flat hard wood board.

"R-ren! Wha-what are you doing?" She asked in a panicky voice.

"Relax, Kyoko. I'm not gonna do anything to you. I promise." Ren said as he gave her a lopsided smile and then, his face turned serious. "It's gonna be okay. Just think that he'll be in a more good hands than he is here… Unlike us, who works all day, they can take care and properly raise him with one parent by his side all the time. They can love him with all the love in the world. Right?" He looked at her and she stared back. She didn't say anything but her eyes told him she understood and she was also sad to let him go.

"Now, let's get some sleep, we have long day tomorrow." He said as he snuggled to her. Kyoko's eyes widened.

"Wa-wait! Li-like this? Where's the pillows?" She asked in a panic and wriggled out of Ren's arm. Ren gave her oh-come-on look.

"I told you, I'm not gonna do anything to you." He answered and Kyoko's eyes glanced at the arm that wrapped around her. When he realized what she was so afraid, he let out a bark-like laugh. "I promise…" He said so slowly to her so that she could really understand every syllable he said. "That my hand will stay OVER your clothes." He flashed her a boyish honest grin. She narrowed her eyes at him suspiciously but his grin did not falter. For the whole two minutes, his grin was honest as ever, so she sighed in defeat.

"Just this time." Then, she looked at him sternly again. "But if you break you're promise, I'm sleeping in the couch tonight and the rest of the remaining nights."

Ren grinned and held up the hand the was wrapped around her. "Yes ma'am, I promise." He said like a soldier talking to his commanding officer. He wrapped his arm around her again pulling her even closer, causing her to wriggle against him. He lowered his head to his pillow and closed his eyes and tried to sleep. But minutes passed and Kyoko had not relaxed. She was still as stiff as a board and every ten seconds, she changed position as if to find a comfortable position to sleep in. He was laying on his side and he propped his head again with his other hand.

"Kyoko, stop moving and go to sleep." Ren said in pleading voice.

"Ren, if you let me go I will relax and fall asleep." She countered.

"Okay," He started and she her face instantly lit up. "I'm gonna sing you a lullaby." And her face fell. Ren took a deep breath before beginning.

"Rock a bye baby on the tree top. When the wind blows the cra-" He stopped his mouth hanging open when she glared at him. He closed his mouth and sighed. "Okay, I'll try another one." He said, still not giving up. He lowered his hand that was propping his head and busied it on brushing her hair with his fingers.

"Twinkle, twinkle little star. How I wonder what you are. Up above the world to high, like a diamond in the sky. Twinkle, twinkle little star. How I wonder what you are…" He finished his song and all through out Kyoko was still glaring at him. But near the end, it faltered a little and closed but she fought it and continued to glare at him. So he continued singing it over and over until he felt her relaxed and her eyes did not open again. He smiled at her and went to sleep himself, too.

The next day, Kyoko woke up warm and well-rested. True to his words, Ren's hands did not go anywhere under her clothes. But instead, she found her arm wrapped around his torso. She quickly pulled out her hand and she looked up at him. He was opening his eyes and Kyoko quickly shut hers. But it was too late, Ren already knew she was wide awake because her eyes were twitching. He smiled amusedly at her efforts of pretending to be asleep. His smile widened when he thought of an idea to break her pretense. He slowly close the distance between their faces but paused when he was centimeters away from her face.

Kyoko felt his warm breath on his face and memories of their kiss, passionate kiss last night flashed in her mind. A blush crept from her neck to her cheeks. The longer he stayed that close the redder she got and her heart pumped like something was chasing it. She was worried it might burst out of her chest or Ren might her it. The feeling she felt when they kissed was growing stronger and stronger as time passed. She wanted to get those images and memories out of her head but it just became clearer and clearer. So she finally, opened her eyes and met his. Ren smiled innocently at her and part of her wanted to smack him because he was so unfair.

"Good morning." He whispered to her and kissed her forehead. She marveled on the feel of his warm lips on her forehead and she hated herself for feeling like that. Ren didn't want to push his luck and his self-control, so he slowly got up and looked over at the baby. But his eyes did not found a baby inside the crib. He jumped up, shaking Kyoko awake from her daze.

"Where's the baby?" He asked in a panic and jumped to the floor and ran to the crib. "Kyoko, the baby's not there! He's not here!"

"What?" Kyoko jumped out of bed and looked at the crib. Sure enough the baby was nowhere to be found. She frantically looked around. "Ren! Baby Ren! Where are you?" She went inside their bathroom and looked around the room. The baby was not there. Ren also went out of the their bedroom and search the living room, the kitchen, the laundry room, under the couch, tables and every little corner a baby can fit. He even opened drawers and cabinets in the kitchen. But he could not find the baby. He went back to their bedroom and found Kyoko sitting on the bed in a ball position. She was crying in worry as she looked at him, helpless. His eyes flashed to the other door in their room which they still had not searched. Kyoko's eyes lit up in hope. She immediately jumped and opened the door to their closet almost violently.

They scanned the room with their eyes and there he was, chewing on one of Kyoko's high heels. When he heard the door opened, he looked up at them in surprise first, like he was caught red handed doing something bad. But then a smile slowly showed on his face when he recognized them. He giggled and held up the shoe that he was clutching. Then, he threw the shoe to their direction. The baby got another one and threw it to them again. He was inviting them to play.

Kyoko, let out a mixture of a sob and laugh. She ran to him and picked him up into a tight hug and pulled away just enough to look the baby in the face. Don't ever do that again, okay?" Kyoko scolded him even when he still cannot understand. "I was so worried." She said and kissed him all over his face.

Ren crouched next to them and ruffled the baby's hair. After Kyoko's face kisses, he leaned in to kiss his hair. The baby began to babble and held up another shoe to them again and they chuckled. As their minds clear from panic and worry, one thought struck them. How did the baby got out of his crib on his own?

I'm sooooo sorry it's soooo short… I will make it up next year ^_^\/ I hope you liked it though… And I'm sorry I'm so slow at updating… and for the cliffy… again… Thanks so much for continue reading, reviewing, alerting, fav-ing and everything… Love you guys… and Merry Christmas and Happy new year to you all! ^.^

The last part was kinda inspired from my baby years. When I was older, my nanny told me that one day when she was taking care of me and at the same time looking after her little store, she put me in my crib for a moment to attend to her costumer. But when on her way back to the room, she found me on the floor crawling towards her. And until now, she still didn't know how I got out of my crib. Lol ^_^ hope you enjoyed it…