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Here is chapter fourteen. I hope that you all like.

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

Couple's Confession

The trip to the grocery store was quick. Kyoko knew exactly what they wanted to get and didn't feel like dawdling. She was going to try and pay for the food but Ren stopped her.

"Why don't you ever let me pay for anything?"

Ren smiled. "One I'm your boyfriend and two I was raised to be a gentleman and a gentleman never lets a lady pay."

Kyoko couldn't think of anyway to reply to that so she stayed quiet.

The rest the trip to Ren's apartment was quiet. When they got to the apartment Kyoko went straight to the kitchen and Ren went to his bedroom to put on some more comfortable clothes.

When Ren came into the kitchen he had on a pair of blue jeans and a white T-shirt. He walked up behind Kyoko and wrapped his arms around her waist. "How's dinner coming along, Beautiful?"

Kyoko smiled and continued stirring the sauce. "It'll be done soon."

"Okay, I'll go set the table."

"Thank you."

As soon as the table was the set dinner was done and Kyoko brought it to the table.

"Smells amazing as always."

Kyoko blushed. "Hopefully it tastes as good as it smells." Kyoko said as she served dinner.

Ren put his hands together and said, "itadakimasu."

He and Kyoko started eating in silence until Kyoko looked up at Ren to ask him something. She locked eyes with Ren and said, "You took out your contacts!"

"I'm at home now. I don't need to hide my real eye color. Besides I know that you like my green eyes." He smirked at her, dropping Ren and becoming Kuon.

Kyoko blushed and looked down at her plate. 'He always does small things for me. It makes me so happy. I'm glad that right now I am the only one that gets to see his real eyes. It makes me feels special. I think Kuon is the only one that can make me feel so special.'

Kuon noticed that she was off in her own thoughts. So he got up and sat down next to her. He leaned over a little bit and whispered in her ear. "What are you thinking about, Babe?"

Kyoko jumped a little and turned to look Kuon in the eye. "Ummm...well I was uhhhh...just thinking about how I feel being with you."

"How does being with me make you feel?"

Kyoko looked down and mumbled something.

"What?" Kuon gently pressed.

"You make me feel..."

"A little louder, Kyoko."

"You make me feel special." Kyoko said very quietly. "No one has ever made me feel special like you do..." Kyoko's voice trailed off at the end.

Kuon wrapped his arms around Kyoko and held her tightly. "You are special, Kyoko. You have always been special to me. I thought of you everyday during those ten years that we were apart."

Kyoko looked up into Kuon's eyes. "Really?"

"Really." Kuon gave Kyoko a quick loving kiss. I love you, Kyoko. I have since we were kids."

Kyoko blushed and ducked her head as she hugged him back. "I love you, too."

They stayed like that for a few minutes until Kuon's phone went off, indicating that he had a new text. He sighed and let go of Kyoko so that he could pull it out of his pocket. He saw that the text was from his Dad.

"Who's it from?"

"Dad. He has been sending me at least one text a day since we called him last week."

"Really?"

"Mm-hmm. He says he just wants to catch up more but I'm not sure that I believe him."

Kyoko looked at Kuon with a slight frown on her face. "Why don't you believe him?"

Kuon thought for a minute before answering Kyoko's question. "I believe that he does want to catch up more but I feel like he is wanting to know more about you and I. Rather than just myself."

"What do you mean?"

"I think he wants to know what is happening between you and myself. I'm sure that he knows that I love you. But he doesn't know that I've told you or that you feel the same way about me. I guessing that he is trying to find out if we are dating or not.

"I can't be sure though because he hasn't asked directly. He has always been good about getting the information he wants without having to ask the question outright."

Kyoko thought about what Kuon just told her for a couple minutes before speaking again. "Why don't we tell Otou-san and Okaa-san that we're dating? It seems kind of wrong not to tell them. Especially since President Takarada already knows and he isn't exactly family."

Kuon ran a hand through his hair. "I guess you're right. Maybe we should tell them tonight."

Kyoko nodded, "you might want to read that text first. They might be busy right now and can't talk."

Kuon put an arm around Kyoko as he opened the text.

Hi Kuon. How are you today? Your mom and I are doing well. But we are wondering when can you call us again? We are really missing the sound of your voice. Do I need to ask Kyoko to get you to call us again? -Dad

Kuon looked at Kyoko, "well I guess I could ask him if they are available to talk now."

Kyoko looked pensive as she asked, "isn't it pretty early over there right now?"

Kuon look at the look on his phone. It read ten after ten. 'Wow. It's later than I thought it was.' "It's ten after six in LA. Mom and Dad will have been up for about thirty to forty-five minutes by now. They have always been very early risers."

"Then I suppose you better text Otou-san back and see if he and Okaa-san want to talk now." Kyoko said with a smile.

Kuon smiled back and typed a message to his Dad.

Hey dad. Are you and mom able to talk now?

Not one minute after Kuon hit send his phone was ringing. He turned the speaker on before answering.

"Hey, Dad. Hi, Mom."

"Hello, Kuon!" Came the combined voices of Kuu and Julie.

"How are you, Kuon?"

"I'm alright, Mom. How're you?"

"I'm doing fabulously now that I'm hearing your voice again. Why did it take you so long to call?" Julie pouted.

"It's only been a week, Mom. And technically you and Dad were the ones who called this time."

"Kuon stop being a smart-alec." Kuu said.

Kuon rolled his eyes as he said, "yes, Dad."

"So did Kyoko have to force you to call home again?"

"Not exactly, Dad."

"What do you mean not exactly?"

"How about you answer that one, Kyoko." Kuon whispered in Kyoko's ear.

Kyoko nodded and took a deep breath before talking. "He means that I didn't force him to call but that we did discuss whether we should call now or not."

"Kyoko!"

Kuu and Julie's voices were loud enough to make Kuon and Kyoko wince.

"Uh, hi." Said Kyoko with a small smile on her face.

"Hello, Sweetheart!" Said Kuu excitedly. "How's our amazing daughter?"

"I'm fine."

"What are you doing at Kuon's?"

"We had dinner together, Mom. Then we got talking and since Dad sent that text earlier we decided to see if you two had time to talk on the phone now."

"Did you have something specific you want to talk to us about?" Julie asked curiously.

Kuon and Kyoko looked at each other before Kyoko answered. "Sort of."

"What do you mean sort of, Kyoko?" Ask Kuu. "What do you two want to tell us?" 'Do you want to tell us that you two are more than just friends?'

"Well..." Kyoko started but she couldn't finish. The courage she had felt earlier suddenly disappeared. 'What if Otou-san and Okaa-san don't want me to date Kuon? What if they say I'm not good enough for him? I don't want them to hate me!'

Kyoko was starting to panic and Kuon could sense it. He squeezed Kyoko and gave her a gentle loving kiss on the lips. He pulled back a little and whispered to her very quietly. "Don't worry, Kyoko. I promise that Mom and Dad are going be thrilled."

He gave her a reassuring smile and a quick kiss on the cheek before answering the question. "We wanted to tell you that we are dating. We have been for a week."