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Here's another chapter… The ending of Baby Ren… huhuhu… Before you get mad at me, please read all words until the very end… ^_^\/ hope you'll like it… Enjoy!

Chapter 32

The next morning was a very quite morning for Kyoko and Ren. But certainly not for baby Ren. He was the same noisy, babbling innocent baby. He did not know what that day was, so he was still the same as always. They watched him sadly as he happily had his breakfast. They were dragging their feet that morning not wanting to go out of their humble home because once they do, they were going to lost the baby forever.

But Kyoko and Ren did not have a choice, so they set out to the president's mansion. Both of their schedules were left open in that time for the last drop off of the baby. And that was the last time they will be wearing their disguises. When they arrived, Sebastian showed them to a room where the president were.

They greeted each other and then the president led them in front of his fireplace. "Let's take a picture of the three of you for remembrance." He said with smile. All Ren and Kyoko could do were nod. Kyoko was holding the baby with Ren close by her side. He wrapped a hand around her as they stood in front of a fire place. Sebastian took the pictures.

After that, they handed to the president the baby and kissed him goodbye with sad and teary eyes. Kyoko also handed the president a small letter envelope. "What's this?" The president inquired.

Kyoko pressed her lips in a line trying so hard not to cry before she answered the president. "It's a… list… of what the baby likes and dislikes… and what to do if something's wrong or if the baby won't stop cr-ying…" Her voice broke. "Just… advices to get them use to… him."

The president nodded understandingly and the two retreated towards the door, looking back and waving one last time to baby Ren. On the hallway on their way out he heard her sniffled a few times. "Are you okay?" Ren asked Kyoko in concern as they stopped walking.

"…Y-yeah… I'm fine." Kyoko answered with a nod. But Ren knew she was not. So, Ren gathered her in his arms in a comforting hug as she cried her heart out. He murmured comforting and assuring words to her as he rubbed her back.

When she calmed down, they pulled apart and walked out of the president's mansion. They changed out of their disguises and headed out to their respective jobs. The whole day Ren and Kyoko did not see each other again. As everything were a blur for Kyoko. She was feeling exhausted and anxious and worried and everything. She could not keep herself from thinking about baby Ren when she was not acting or in the middle of her job.

When she came home to Daruma-ya, the couple were so happy to see her and know that she would live with them again. Her excuse was, the apartment she was living in was in the middle of remodeling and renovations. Kyoko was also very thankful that her car and driver was still with him that whole day. But starting tomorrow, she won't be seeing Jeffrey anymore.

As she lay in her futon, she was not very comfortable. It felt weird for her, she was living in that room for more than two years and when she left for more than two months, she felt uncomfortable and out of place in that same room. But she knew it was not about the room. It was about how she felt inside that room. About how much she misses baby Ren and surprisingly… the real adult Ren. She misses them both. And it was not helping when she checked her phone every five minutes. It was bugging her. She even glared at the thing. She was just used to getting calls from Ren and it just felt weird when her phone did not ring once all day.

Ren was not any better than Kyoko. When he arrived home, he walked to her living room and dropped on the couch without even bothering to turn on the lights. His whole apartment felt empty and cold and lifeless. No one welcomed him home. No baby that lights up his world with just a smile or a giggle. He checked his phone which was the hundred times that day. No calls and messages from Kyoko. He wanted to call her but then noticed the time. It was almost midnight and he did not want to wake her up from her peaceful sleep. He flipped it close.

Kyoko was staring at Ren's number on her phone's contacts. She was debating whether she was going to push that call button or not. She was startled when her phone rang and the caller ID showed that it was Ren. Now, her heart was thumping against her ribcage in a mile per second. She stared at her phone for few second in panic and then remembered that she had to answer it. She clumsily pushed the answer button and put the phone against her ear.

"H-hello?" Kyoko greeted nervously. There was silence on the end and only nervous pounding of her heart on her side of the phone.

"Hi…" Ren finally replied. "I'm sorry if I disturbed your sleep… Mogami-san."

Kyoko did not know why but she felt a prick on her heart when she heard her last name instead of her first name. But she shook it off and put the thought to the back of her mind.

"I-it's okay, Tsuruga-san. I wasn't asleep yet." She replied. Ren unconsciously nodded on his side even when she could not see it.

"So, how was your day?" He asked.

"Uhm… It was okay. How about your's?"

"Well, I just got home. So, it was pretty busy." Ren replied with a sigh.

"Did you have dinner already?" Kyoko asked suspiciously.

"Yes!" He replied immediately, which caused more suspicion.

"Tsu…ru…ga…san?" She asked in a dark voice.

"I-I swear, Kyoko, I did eat dinner." Ren tried to convinced her. There was silence and then she sighed in surrender. Since she could not do anything about it anymore.

"I really don't know how you keep yourself alive with just onigiri and coffee." Kyoko started her usual rant about his health. "If only I'm there, I could have fixed you up with something."

"Why don't you come and fix me dinner then?" Ren replied teasingly with smirk.

"Hmmp!" Kyoko said disapprovingly. "I think you're getting spoiled."

"You're the one spoiling me." Ren countered with a chuckle. Kyoko was silent at that comment. "Are you really okay?" He asked in a whisper with a trace of concern in his voice.

"Yes…"Kyoko replied. I'm feeling a little bit okay now that I talked to you. Kyoko thought in addition but did not say out loud. "Are you?"

"Hmm… No." He replied straightforwardly. "I'm feeling a little bit lonely." And it was true, to Kyoko he sounded lonely. She imagined him alone in his huge apartment and thought that it would really make anyone feel lonely. She heard him sigh again. "I'll let you catch on your sleep now. Good night, Ky-, Mogami-san."

"Good night, Tsuruga-san." She whispered back. And then heard the tone that signaled the call ended. She flipped her phone close and closed her eyes willing for sleep to take her.

The next day, Kyoko was called to the president's office. She was nervous as to why she was called up. She fearfully turn the door knob of the president's office to enter. She was greeted by princely president. He was dressed as a prince who looked like he just walked out of a fairytale movie. Kyoko's eyes sparkled for a moment.

She was led to her seat across a woman who looked bewildered as any person who first met the president. Without further ado, the president started his princely talk. "Ah… What a nice morning this is for a nice meeting of two lovely ladies." He said and did a princely bow. "Good morning, princesses." He smiled charmingly.

"Mogami-kun, meet your new manager, Asamiya Hayaka-san." He motioned to the woman in front of her. "Asamiya-san, this is your new charge, Mogami Kyoko a.k.a Kyoko."

They bowed to each and murmured their 'nice to meet you-s' and 'please take care of me-s'. Kyoko wanted to object, but she thought that it was kind of rude to Hayaka to refuse her in her face, even if she was intending it to the president. The president somehow read her mind. "No objections, my lady." He said sternly. "You're getting more and more popular. You have two ongoing dramas right now. Offers are stacking up and now that you're finally free, we can get started on it. Understood?"

Kyoko could only nod. What the president said were all true. "Now, Asamiya-san is going to drive you around too. NO more walking, taking the bus and train, or riding your bike." Lory looked at her with narrowed eyes to let her see that he was being serious. "Okay, now off you go to my loyal servant, Sawara-san." He said.

They bowed awkwardly and turned to exit the all the prince's domain. They went to Sawara and got Kyoko's schedule and offers. The two ladies then set off to Kyoko's jobs. They chatted on the road between jobs and slowly getting to know each other.

Hayaka was still a little in her mid-twenties. She has been in the industry as a manager for more than two years like Kyoko. But she only did temporary jobs. It was her first time having a permanent charge. She did a research on Kyoko already and she was impressed. On lunch break, they found out that they both have a hobby of cooking and eating healthy foods. That was a really good icebreaker.

On their way to another job, Kyoko saw on the a billboard screen Ren's toothpaste commercial. Well, it was actually of the two of them. She blushed furiously as she remembered their kiss. She remembered the feel of his lips against hers and unconsciously touched her lips with her fingers. It was so soft… and gentle… and sweet… She thought. Then she remembered the wine jelly, vain day incident. Would it have felt like that? IF… he kissed me on the lips that time? She caught herself and shook her head furiously to erase the thought.

"Are you okay, Kyoko-san?" Asamiya asked in concern from the driver's side. Kyoko nodded furiously. She looked at her weird charge for a second and stared back at the road.

For the rest of the day, everything about their kiss kept plaguing her mind. It was driving her crazy. It just would not get out of her head and it did not help when everywhere she went, it kept reminding her of that kiss. When her manager turned on the radio the announcer was talking about that commercial. People around her, on set, in the studio or just the people she passed by, seemed to talk about that particular commercial. Even words spoken or sang with a kiss sound on it seemed louder than other sounds and syllable. She would tense up upon hearing it and would be reminded of the kiss.

Kyoko's manager was asking her what was wrong with her because she always seemed tense and distracted, except when she was acting which she was so thankful about. She did not want a repeat of that incident in Dark Moon. It would greatly sadden her to know that she was disrupting filming because of her unprofessional behavior. So, to get her mind off the kiss and concentrate before her next job begins, which was the chicken in Kimagure, she flipped her phone open and looked at pictures of baby Ren.

While Kyoko was waiting for her job to begin, she studied her charge's schedule and offers. But before that, she went to buy water for her and Kyoko because she was feeling thirsty. Asamiya looked down when her phone rang. She was in a cross path in a hallway and she did not see people coming towards her from the hallway branching to her right.

"Kyah!" Asamiya squeaked as she collided and her bottom hit the floor.

"Oh! I am so sorry." A man's voice said to her and strong arms helped her up. "Are you okay?"

"I-I'm fine. Thank you." Asamiya replied without looking up at the man. Her phone was still ringing and she hurriedly answered it. "Hello?… Yes, Sawara-san. I will let Kyoko-san know. We'll come by and pick it up after her job tonight. Thank you…Bye."

Asamiya hung up and looked up at the two men. The one she collided into and the other one was the famous Tsuruga Ren. She immediately bowed and asked for their forgiveness for not paying attention. They just smiled at her politely.

"No, we're at fault too." The man she collided, who she now identified as Yashiro-san, Ren's manager, replied. "Uhm, we could not help but overhear. Are you by any chance to talking about Sawara Takenori-san and Kyoko-chan from Love Me section of LME?"

"Uh…" Asamiya stared at him in confusion for a few seconds. "Yes."

"Is she here right now?" Yashiro asked a little too excitedly. "Are you her new manager?"

Asamiya could only nod. Yashiro asked her where Kyoko was and Asamiya told him which studio Kyoko was in. She told him readily because she knew that they were from LME too. Then Yashiro asked her if he come with her to where she was going and left Ren there standing alone. Asamiya was so confused but stayed silent as she walked beside the grinning manager.

Ren let out a sigh at his scheming manager. Yashiro was not even discreet in doing his match making. But still, Ren made his way to where the manager says Kyoko was.

Oooohhh… what's going to happen now? :3 ho ho ho ho… well, that's my evil laugh. Though it sounds like a santa laugh. LOL Thank you so much guys for continue reading, reviewing, alerting, fav-ing and just liking my fic. In chapter 20 or something I wrote that was the last arc and I have a surprise for baby Ren. I said that because I planned to end baby Ren after they give the baby to the president because the story after was not about baby Ren anymore. And that story would be the part 2 of baby Ren, a sequel… But I changed my mind because I know many readers would be mad for a lousy ending. So I decided to just continue it here… What well happen is still the effect of Baby Ren so, it's still kinda about Baby Ren… ^_^ Hope you'll still enjoy it… And please be patient with me… we'll get there… to wherever that happy ending we're looking for… :D

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