Before anything else I would like to give my heartfelt thanks to Dragon Spirit 10 and Sylvia-of-wings, who have taken time out of their busy lives to help me edited this fan fiction. Thank you so much you two. I owe you a lot.

I would also like to thank everyone that has taken the time to read, favorite, follow, and review this fan fiction. I am extremely grateful and glad that you are enjoying this fan fiction. As promised here is chapter ten. I hope that you all like it. Chapter eleven will be posted in one week.

Disclaimer: I do not own Skip Beat or any of the characters from it. Skip Beat is the property of Yoshiki Nakamura.

Kuon's Gift

Once they were done dying their hair Kyoko ran her finger through Kuon's. "I always loved the color of your hair. It's so beautiful."

"You may think it's beautiful but it is no where near as beautiful as you are." Kuon leaned in and gave her a tender kiss.

Kuon and Kyoko decided to walk to where ever it was that Kuon was taking her. His car was foreign and easy to recognize. They walked at a moderate pace. Nobody was able to recognize them but people still looked at them in a curious way. They heard some people whispering to each other wondering if they were models. This made Kyoko blush and Kuon just smirked.

'I wonder how many of those girls would faint if they knew that I'm actually the person they know as Tsuruga Ren. I kind of want to tell them just to see them fall over. That would be hilarious. I really need to stop with these sadistic thoughts.'

They eventually came across a jewellery store that wouldn't make Kyoko argue with Kuon. He stopped and then made his way to the door.

"Wait."

"Why? What's wrong?"

"By 'shopping' you meant you're buying me jewellery!? Jewellery is expensive! You know that."

'I thought she wouldn't argue about this store.' Kuon thought sighing silently. "Yes I meant jewellery. I know that jewellery can be expensive. It isn't always. This store has reasonable prices. Let's just go in and look around, okay?"

"Okay. But I'm only going to look around."

'Yes, Babe. You'll do the looking and I'll do the buying.' "Whatever you say."

They went to the door and Kuon held it open for Kyoko.

"Welcome. Do you need help finding anything thing in particular?"

Kuon and Kyoko looked at the friendly store representative. They smiled and Kuon said, "thank-you, we are just wanting to look around. We'll find you if we need help."

The girl bowed and went back to setting up a display of earrings.

Kuon and Kyoko started wandering through the store. Kuon was subtly guiding Kyoko towards the earrings. When they were about three feet away from it his phone rang. He pulled it out and saw that Takarada was calling him.

"Sorry, Kyoko I need to take this. I'll just be right outside."

"Alright, Kuon."

Kuon kissed her cheek and headed outside answering his phone. "Hi, Boss. What's up?"

"I take it that either you are alone and therefore don't care if you are being yourself, or Kyoko understands and you are with her."

"Your second guess is right. And don't start shouting, crying, saying that your going to throw a party, or anything along those lines."

Takarada pouted even though Kuon couldn't see him. "You're no fun, Kuon. This is a big step for you. You told about your past and about your- You did tell her your feeling for her, right?"

"Yes. I told her everything just as I said I would."

"...And?"

"And she didn't leave. She accepted my past. She helped me feel that I can finally move forward and no longer be chained by my past actions."

"That's wonderful, Kuon. I'm very happy for you. What about your feelings? How did she respond to those?"

"Before I tell you about that you need to promise to not go all crazy and hyper. You need to stay as calm as you can."

"Again I say you are no fun. However I promise to not, as you say, go all crazy and hyper." 'I will refrain for now.'

"Alright. She was-is receptive to my feelings. She also returns them. Before you ask we did get together and no you are not permitted to host a party for us or announce this news to anyone. We want it to be secret for as long as possible."

Takarada was beaming. 'My number one Love Me girl and the phantom member of the Love Me section are finally together. I could cry from happiness.' "As boring as it is to not throw a party I will respect your wishes. At least for now. I'm very happy for you two. You both deserve to have love and happiness."

"Thank you, Boss. Is that the only reason you called?"

"Anxious to change the subject?"

When Kuon didn't reply Takarada gave a small silent sigh. 'The boy still can't handle a little teasing.' "No it isn't the only reason. I wanted to tell you that I have set up a place for you and Kyoko to practice for the laser-tag game. It's a room here at LME that is normally used to practice the choreography for fight scenes. There are a couple laser-tag guns there that you two can use and no one will disturb you. The room is also sound proof so nobody will be able to hear you teaching Kyoko Russian."

"What floor is it on?"

"It's on the ground floor near the training school. But don't worry about having to find it. Sebastian will meet you at the front doors at one fifteen to take you to it."

"Alright. Thank you, Boss. But you do realize that if anyone found out about this they would say it's favoritism, don't you?"

"Yes I do realize that. However no one will be able to find out. So there is no use worrying about it."

"If you say so, Boss."

"Well that is all I wanted to say. I will let you get back to what you were doing. Enjoy your day with Kyoko, Kuon."

Takarada hung up before Kuon had a chance to respond.

Kuon closed his phone and went back into the store to find Kyoko looking at a display of earrings. He got closer and saw that she was looking a small pair of stud earrings that were shaped like fairies. 'Perfect. She found just what I wanted her to.'

"See something you like, Beautiful?"

Kyoko jumped and turned to glare at Kuon. "I thought I told you not to surprise me like that."

"I'm sorry. I thought you heard me."

"Maybe next time you should make sure that I heard you." Kyoko muttered under her breath.

Kuon chuckled and grabbed her hand.

Kyoko turned red, "Kuon, we are in public!"

"We are only holding hands. Even normal friends do this not just couples. Which we are."

"I know but..."

"You know you're cute when you blush."

This made Kyoko freeze and blush even more.

"Excuse me, miss."

The store representative that welcomed them turned. "Yes, sir?"

"My girlfriend found a pair of earrings that she likes but she needs her ears pierced. Would you be able to do that for us?"

That attendant smiled, "of course, sir. What earrings did she want?"

"These silver ones that look like fairies."

"Oh, those will look great on her." She took the earrings, "please allow me a few minutes to get everything ready."

Kuon nodded and turned back to Kyoko, who was still frozen. "Kyoko, are you okay? You haven't moved for about two minutes."

Kyoko came back to Earth. "What do you mean getting my ears pierced!?" She hissed. "I told you that I'm not buying anything. You said we were just looking."

"I never said that. You were the one you said you were just looking. Which is true. You aren't buying anything. I'm paying for this. You did agree to let me buy you one thing. So that is what I am doing."

"But.."

"No arguing, Kyoko. You didn't win earlier and you won't win now."

Kyoko huffed but didn't say anything else.

Just then the attendant returned. "Everything is ready. If you would please follow me."

They went to a corner of the store where there was a chair and the ear piercing machine. "Please have a seat, ma'am. Now just so you are aware this will be a little bit painful. However I must ask you to be as still as possible. Otherwise it will hurt more and the earring hole won't turn out properly."

Kyoko nodded and sat down. She tried to let go of Kuon's hand but he held on to her's.

"I want to you to squeeze my hand, okay?"

"Okay."

Approximately three minutes later Kyoko had small fairy earrings on. She smiled up at Kuon. "Thank you. I love them."

"I knew you would. That's why I got them for you."

He paid and they left the store. They wondered around for a while longer then headed back to Kuon's apartment.

On their way back Kuon started talking. "Boss set up a place for us to practice for the game he has planned. It's at LME, so we should wash the dye out of our hair after we get back to my place."

"Alright. I'm going to miss your blonde hair. I mean, you look amazing with dark brown hair but I still like you with blonde."

Kuon smiled, "you know, sometimes I miss your black hair. But I love you with chestnut colored hair. It fits your personality perfectly."

Once they got back to Kuon's apartment he turned to Kyoko. "Go take your shower first. There is a special shampoo in the same cabinet as the dye. It's made specifically for washing out temporary hair dye."

"Shouldn't I make lunch first?"

"I said that I would order some food."

"But... But wouldn't that be spending money unnecessarily?"

"No, it wouldn't. I don't want you to do any work today. Apart from preparing for laser-tag." He leaned in and kiss her cheek. "Now go take a shower."

Kyoko sighed in defeat. "Okay, but make sure you order something nutritious."

"Don't worry so much. I'll order something healthy."

Kyoko nodded in acceptance and went to take a shower while Kuon ordered some food. When Kyoko was done with her shower she went to the living room and found Kuon sitting on the couch flipping through channels on the TV. She sat down next to him. "When will lunch get here?"

"In just a few minutes. The Thai restaurant I ordered from isn't too far away."

Just then the doorbell rang. Kuon got up to answer it. When he came back he was carrying a bag of takeaway food. He sat back down and started setting it on the table.

"Here," he said handing a container and chopsticks to Kyoko.

"Thank you."

They ate in companionable silence the only noise coming from the TV. When they were done Kyoko started cleaning up the containers. Kuon tried to help but she stopped him. "Let me do this while you go take a shower. By the time you're done we should have just enough time to get to LME."

Kuon smiled, "alright. I won't take long."

He came back to the living room about eight minutes later with his hair still slightly damp. Everything was put away and Kyoko was sitting on the couch watching a cooking show. Kuon made sure to make some noise before leaning over the couch just behind her. He kissed her hair and asked, "ready to go, Beautiful?"

Kyoko leaned her head back to look Kuon in the eye but it was Ren's eyes that looked back at her. She smiled, "yes. But I really am going to miss your blonde hair and green eyes.

"I'm sorry but those are just for you. At least for now." He kissed her forehead. "Come on. We better head out or we'll be late."

"Yes! We can't let your never late record be tarnished!" Kyoko said as she hurried to turn off the TV, grab her bag, and head to the door.

Shaking his head and smiling, Kuon followed her. Once they had their shoes on they went to Kuon's car. He opened to passenger side door for Kyoko and helped her in before heading to the driver's side. He got in and they headed to LME to start practicing for President Takarada's laser-tag game.