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Little bit from last chapter…

Kyoko bowed outside the car and bid him good night. She quickly turned around and flew to the door like the devil was after her. "Good night, Kyoko." He quickly called after her. He watched her walked inside safely and then sighed heavily. She's still scared of me. He thought. Well, I just have to wait one more day to have her for myself for a whole day. And we have to practice kissing too. Oh, I can't wait, Kyoko!

Kyoko was making her way up to her room when she suddenly felt a shiver ran down her spine.

Chapter 36

Ren had been driving for about two hours and they finally arrived at the secluded place of their filming site. They found out earlier that the filming site was one of the president's property so they expected something big, flashy and eccentric like him and every property he owned. But when Ren pulled into a dirt road surrounded by trees and finally saw the house, it was not what he expected. It was a fairly normal house. The trees and dirt road entrance made it seem that there was not anything further except trees and bushes. It was late at night so Ren could not really make out everything with only the dim illuminating light of the moon, the front porch light and his car's headlights.

He stopped the car right in front of the house and looked at the person sitting on his passenger seat beside him. He looked at her sleeping face for a little while as a small smile appeared on his face. They started rather late because one of his jobs got delayed in filming his scenes. They hit the road past nine and halfway through the drive, Kyoko reluctantly fell asleep. He sighed and got out of the car, he could immediately hear the loud crashing of the waves further behind the house. He closed his car door as quietly as possible and went to open the trunk to get their luggage. He then gently went to open the front door of the house and got all their luggage in.

He was fairly surprised at the interior design of the living room that he just stared for a few minutes. The walls were all black and all the furniture and decorations were white and red. He recovered after few minutes and went back to get Kyoko and locked his car so they could finally have some proper rest since it was nearly midnight and he was very tired already. He slowly carried Kyoko out his car and locked it. He locked the front door and then went to the first door he could find and opened it without disturbing Kyoko. He was again surprised at the design of the room when he turned the light switch on. Everything he saw was white. The walls, the floor, the bed, all the furniture, the bed covers, everything. It was like wonderland, every door you open leads to a new world.

Kyoko will like this very much. Ren thought with a smile.

He gently put Kyoko down on the bed and lifted the covers beneath her to cover her up. He shrugged of his jacket and took of his shoes, socks and belt co he could comfortably sleep. He slowly climbed to bed beside Kyoko as gently as he could to not disturb her, but when he gathered her in his arms, she slowly stirred and opened her eyes. Her eyes met his and she they just stared at each other for a while before Kyoko rubbed her eyes to confirm if she was still dreaming or not. Then she looked around her. It was an unfamiliar room but it was a bedroom. That meant that they already arrived and apparently in bed, ready to finally get some rest.

"Ren! Why didn't you wake me?" Kyoko exclaimed at him and tried to get up but was restrained by Ren's strong arms. "Ren, let go. I have to make us some dinner. You need to eat."

"I already ate, Kyoko."

"Yeah, something without proper nutrients." She replied dryly. "You need to give your body proper food with a lot of nutrients to be healthy, especially after these last few days."

"Kyoko, calm down for a minute." Ren said as he cupped her cheek to make her look at him. "I'm okay and we're here now. You can start feeding me food with a lot of nutrients tomorrow. Right now, it's the middle of the night. It's not good to eat now, you'll get fat."

That earned Ren a glare and a pout. He tried his best not to smile and then turned on a pleading smile at her. "Just this once, please…" He pleaded like a little boy. "I'm really tired from driving two hours straight. I just want to sleep." He whined. "I haven't been able to sleep right ever since you weren't there beside me in my bed to warm my body."

"Re-Ren! Do-don't say it like that?" She exclaimed.

"What? I was just saying the truth."

"Pervert."

"Pervert? Who was it that was feeling me up in the dark and touching sensitive objects?" Ren retorted with a smug smile.

"Th-that was an accident!" Kyoko argued.

"Yeah? I seem to recall you were reluctant to let go and even squeezed it."

"Ho-how can you say that?" Kyoko exclaimed in disbelief. She was so embarrassed, her whole face and neck was all red. Then, she wriggled and tried to get away. "You really are a pervert. Let go of me!"

Ren was silent but still he did not let go of her. "You're really asking for it, Kyoko."

Kyoko stopped wriggling and trying to get away. She went stiff when she heard that husky tone of his. She knew that tone. She slowly looked up and confirmed what her instincts told her. Emperor of the night was staring at her intensely. She gulped nervously. "A-a-asking for what?"

He leaned closer. "To be kissed."

"I-I-I-I-I was not!" She denied vehemently.

"Yes, you were." Ren insisted.

"Was not."

"You were."

"Was not!"

"You were."

"Ugh! You're impossible." Kyoko exclaimed in frustration and Ren smiled in triumph.

"You know you can't win against me. Just give up, we'll continue this tomorrow if you want. But for now, just relax and go to sleep." He said and closed his eyes.

"How can I sleep if you're holding me so tightly?" Kyoko complained. Ren sighed and opened his eyes as he let go of her.

"Roll around. Face away from me." He ordered. When she rolled around away from him, she thought she was free from him. But she was dead wrong. Ren's arm again draped around her waist and his nose nuzzled his hair near the back and side of her neck.

"Ren…" She whined in protest.

"You know, I can't sleep without my pillow." He replied as he tightened his grip on her waist to emphasize who his pillow is.

"You're such a baby…" Kyoko grumbled.

"I'm not a baby. I'm a fairy, Remember? Your fairy prince Corn, Kyoko-chan." Ren drawled.

"Fairies are not more than six feet tall." Kyoko argued.

"This one is and he really needs sleep but he can't do it if his pillow is talking so much."

Kyoko bit her lip to not reply anymore as she felt a little guilty of depraving him of his much needed rest. Ren on the other hand, was smiling at his victory to finally shut her up without the use of his lips pressing on hers. He took a lung full of the tantalizing scent of her hair. He was finally home, was the last thought before he drifted off to a peaceful and long slumber.

Morning came and Ren woke up alone on the bed without his warm pillow. But when he opened the door after he showered and dressed, he smelled something good. He knew immediately it was proper food with a lot of nutrients for him, especially. If it was not Kyoko's cooking, he would have not looked forward to going to the kitchen but he missed it so much. All of it, her cooking and Kyoko herself caring for him. He missed the warm fuzzy feeling he felt when Kyoko is around preparing and eating breakfast or dinner with him. When he got to the kitchen, he saw her making her magic in her little kingdom and he knew he was home.

They ate breakfast with Kyoko who enthusiastically kept serving him food good for two meals since he missed last night. It was payback time. Ren realized that it was really dangerous to cheat Kyoko when it comes to food. Ren settled into their usual routine before. He washed the dishes as she took a shower and prepare for the day. He was relaxing at on the couch with the fresh sea air coming in through the open windows and the beautiful view of the sea through the open balcony door, when Kyoko walked in looking refreshed and holding the drama script. He patted to the space beside him motioning for her to sit next to him.

Kyoko hesitated for a moment because every time he got close to him, somehow she ends up in his arms or really close to him that it was not good for her heart. But she did as he suggested and reluctantly sat two feet away from him on the couch. Ren, seeing Kyoko's cautiousness around him, did not pushed his luck. Instead, he shifted on the couch to face her.

"Before we start our practice, I want my explanation first." Ren demanded seriously. Kyoko stiffened but realized there was no way of avoiding this. She sighed and gathered her thoughts carefully before answering him.

"I, uh, It was really by chance that we met there… but I was really happy I was able to help you." She started explaining but then, realized something and gasp. "All the things I guessed about you that night were true!" She exclaimed in excitement. Ren chuckled when he remembered too. When the excitement died down, she went back to explaining again.

"I was just really happy that I could help you especially when I saw you really struggling during dark moon. I couldn't really ask you upfront to tell me your problems because I'm just your kohai who was knew to acting." She recalled that time in her mind. "I hid it from you because I thought you would be angry at me that a kohai like me had arrogantly given you advice and I was afraid… that I wouldn't be able to help you anymore…" She concluded her explanation and for the second time that morning, she realized something again. But this time, it was not something to be excited about.

Kyoko remembered that Ren told her, he was in love with a high school girl. And now she probably read about that scandal full of lies. Oh no! What have I done?

"-kyo. Kyoko!" She jerked her head to the Ren when his voice finally reached her brain.

"Eh?" She said in surprised confusion.

"I said I forgive you." Ren stated. Kyoko momentarily stared at him.

"Re-really?" She asked with asmile slowly forming on her face.

"But on one condition." Ren added and Kyoko's face fell instantly. Ren could not help but smile. "Kiss me and I'll forgive you."

"Ren!" Kyoko protested vehemently.

But Ren was still smiling at her and said, "I'm waiting, Kyoko."

Kyoko was silent and was having a war inside her head, but she finally sighed in surrender. "Fine. Close your eyes first."

Ren closed his eyes and tried very hard not to smile but pathetically failing. He waited excitedly for the explosion he would feel when her lips would touched his. Every second was agony and when he could feel her breath on his face, he was teetering on the edge of a cliff in anticipation. Then finally, he felt her lips… But not on his lips. It was for the briefest moment on his cheek. His face instantly fell in disappointment.

"There. Am I forgiven?" Kyoko asked sheepishly with her red apple cheeks.

"Close enough." Ren replied, downcast. But then recovered his determination again. "But you have kiss me for real later. It's part of you're character we have to practice."

Kyoko was surprised to know the real reason behind his condition and felt a sharp needle-like pain in heart, which confused her. "Anyway, let's get started on our script." Ren told her and she dazedly did as she was told and forced the thought of that sharp pain in her heart to the back of her mind.

They opened their script which had the title in front saying "Maddie's Love-child." They got their final script last night, complete with all the list of actors who were going to be in it and the name of the show. It was Harlequin Romance, making all the mangas that were based on Harlequin books into a mini-series drama on late night Saturday show. They also found out that the creator and producer of the show was none other than their president and self-proclaimed Ambassador of Love, Takarada Lory. It all made sense when they finally knew that.

The settings of the original book and manga was in Australia. But they changed it to Japan and the characters are now Japanese in nationality.

The female main character was Madeline "Maddie" Powers, Kyoko's character, an interior designer. She had black eyes, curly raven hair, bright red lips with an outrageous taste in fashion. She was also pathologically cruel to men because of what happened to her mom. All in all, she could only be described as a Seductress.

The male main character was Miles McMillan, Ren's character, a British aristocrat business man. He had a short clean cut brown hair and a serious expression. He hates the Mcmillan blood that ran through his veins because his father was a very cruel and cold-hearted man. But later he found out that he was not a Mcmillan. His father was a half-Japanese tennis player who came to London to play. He was suffocated in his aristocratic life and went to work in their Japan branch to have some fun with Maddie powers in his six months stay there.

But Maddie had a plot of her own too. She wanted a child of her own and in order to do that, she would have to find a suitable man. To be specifically correct, a sperm donor for her baby.

At laaaaast… sing with me! At laasssstt… My story has come along… LOL ^_^ At last I finally finished another chapter. I started this a while ago but could not finish it sooner because I was busy and I was kind of blocked. I had to woo my mood to finally get to writing… lol and mother nature's here so my mood has been a little stubborn… LOL There's no guys here is there? :\ Anyway , I hope you liked the new update. Just shout something about it, to let me know if I'm doing good or bad… And I am grateful and I appreciate all your support by reading, reviewing, alerting, fav-ing and just liking my story… Love you guys… ^_^