Before anything I want to give my immense thanks to Dragon Spirit 10 and Sylvia-of-wings, who have taken time out of their busy lives to help me edit this fan fiction. I truly don't know what I would do without you two. Thank you so much.
I would also like to thank everyone that has taken the time to read, favorite, follow, and review Laser-Tag Love. I am very grateful and glad that you are enjoying it. I welcome all constructive criticism.
Here is chapter sixteen. 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.
Takarada's Call
After hanging up his phone Kuon gave Kyoko a loving kiss. And pulled her tight to him.
"Kuon, we really should go to bed."
Kuon sighed. "I know." But he didn't let go.
They stayed that way for a few more minutes before Kyoko talked again. "Seriously Kuon. We need to go to bed. Otherwise I'm going to fall asleep right here."
Kuon smirked, "I wouldn't mind that."
"KUON!" Kyoko turned so red that Kuon could feel the heat coming off of her.
"Sorry, Babe. Couldn't help it," Kuon said cockily. He then pulled away from Kyoko a little bit and gave her a long kiss. "I love you, Kyoko."
Kyoko smiled shyly and lowered her eyes for a moment. She then looked up at Kuon again and said, "I love you, too."
Kuon smiled and stood up with Kyoko in his arms.
"Kuon, put me down. I can walk."
"I don't want to." He said in a petulant voice.
He walked towards the front door and grabbed Kyoko's bag. He then went to the guest room where he put Kyoko on one of the beds and her bag on the table next to it. Before he left Kyoko hugged him around the waist. He smiled and knelt down, so he was almost level with Kyoko, and hugged her back. "Goodnight, my beautiful Kyoko. Sleep well."
Kyoko gave Kuon a quick peck on the lips. "Goodnight, Kuon."
They ended their hug and Kuon left the room closing the door behind him. Kyoko got up as soon as the door was closed and put on her pajamas. She then went to the bathroom and quickly brushed her teeth, before going back to the guest room and crawling into bed. She was asleep within seconds.
When Kuon got to his room he put on his pajamas and set the alarm of his phone while brushing his teeth. He got into bed and fell asleep in about minute.
Kyoko woke up at about thirty minutes after six, feeling wide awake. She got up and grabbed her clothes for the day. She then went to the bathroom and took a fast shower. Afterwards she went to the kitchen and started making tamago dashimaki, misoshiru, and rice for breakfast.
Kuon woke up when his alarm went off at seven and immediately smelled Kyoko's cooking. He smiled and decided to start getting ready for the day. He walked out of his room in a pair of jeans and a dark green shirt with a towel wrapped around his shoulders. He came into the kitchen and saw Kyoko at the stove with her back to him. He grinned, walked up behind her, and gently wrapped his arms around her waist. "Morning, Beautiful."
Kyoko jumped slightly when Kuon's arms came around her but she relaxed quickly. "Good morning, Kuon. Did you sleep well?"
"Mm-Hmm. Did you?"
"Yes."
Kuon kissed her cheek. "Good. What are you cooking? It smells fantastic."
"I made some misoshiru, rice, and this is the last of the tamago dashimaki that needs cooked."
Kuon gave her a quick squeeze and then let her go. "I'll go set the table."
"Thank you."
Everything was on the table in just a few minutes.
"Itadakimasu." Kuon and Kyoko said together and started eating.
They had been eating for about five minutes when Kuon's phone rang. He looked at it and saw that it was Takarada. He looked at Kyoko.
"Go ahead and answer it. I know it's President Takarada."
Kuon smiled and answered his phone. "Morning Boss. What makes you call at half passed seven in the morning?"
"That's a rather impertinent voice. Could it be I'm interrupting something?"
'Yes. You're interrupting the delicious breakfast that Kyoko and I are enjoying.' Kuon thought silently as he replied to President Takarada. "I'm just wondering why you called. You generally don't call this early."
'Just as forth coming as always.' "You're right. I generally don't but I called to tell you that I have plans today for you and Kyoko. Is she with you right now?"
"Yes she is."
"That makes things convenient. Put your phone on speaker phone so that she can hear this, too."
Kuon did as Takarada said. "Okay, Boss. What did you want to talk to us about?"
Takarada ignored Kuon's question and addressed Kyoko. "Good morning Mogami-kun. How are you this morning?"
Kyoko bowed even though they were talking over the phone, making Kuon smirk. "I'm doing well, thank you. How are you, President Takarada?"
"I'm doing wonderfully, thank you. Are you looking forward to the laser-tag game?"
"Yes!" Said Kyoko excitedly. "I think that it is going to be a lot of fun!"
"That's the plan." 'Along with getting you and Kuon together. Though that has already happened. I must say it happened faster than I thought it would. But I'm not complaining.'
Kuon sat on the couch and motioned for Kyoko to join him. She sat next to him and he wrapped his arm around her shoulders.
"So anyway, Boss, what did you want to talk to us about?"
"Well I have an activity planned for you two today."
"What kind of activity?" Kuon asked suspiciously. 'What trick do you have up your sleeve this time?'
"Don't be so untrusting. It's nothing big."
"I seriously doubt that, Boss. You always do things over the top."
"You really are cheeky brat." 'He's as impertinent as ever. That's good. He really is getting over what happened when he was fifteen.'
Kyoko looked from Kuon to his phone and back again. She obviously didn't know what to think or say.
Kuon silently kissed her cheek and then started talking to Takarada again. "Does that really surprise you, Boss?"
"No it doesn't. Considering who your parents are. So, back to what we were talking about earlier. Today I have scheduled for you two to go play a few rounds of paintball."
Kuon sighed while Kyoko looked stunned. "Is there a reason for this, Boss?"
"Of course there is a reason. It's more practice for the laser-tag game."
"How will playing paintball help us prepare for laser-tag?" Kyoko asked nonplussed.
"Paintball is harder than laser-tag. So if you can get the hang of paintball laser-tag will be no issue."
"That makes sense." Kyoko said after thinking about it for a minute.
"Yes, Boss, that does make sense. However neither Kyoko nor I have any paintball gear."
Takarada smiled, "you don't need to worry about that. The paintball arena you'll be going to will provide everything that you need."
"Okay. Where will we be going? I'll need to know so that I can drive us there."
"Yet again you don't need to worry. Sebastian will be there to pick you two up at half past eight to take you. He will be playing against you two along with his partner for the laser-tag game."
"Who is his partner going to be?" Asked Kyoko.
"You'll find out today when doing paintball. They wanted to it to be a surprise and made me promise not to tell you two."
"Oh, okay." 'I really wonder who it is.'
Kuon was quiet as he thought. 'I have a feeling I know who it is. If I'm right I hope that everything goes well. That person can be very unpredictable sometimes. And given how they've been lately... I guess we'll just have to wait and see.' Out loud he asked, "Do Kyoko and I need to take anything?"
"No. As I said everything will be provided and when you're done you'll be joining me for lunch. After which you will be taken to LME, if you want, to continue the practicing you started last week."
"That's sounds reasonable." Said Kuon as Kyoko nodded. "Is that everything you wanted to talk about, Boss?"
"For now yes. Enjoy your morning you two and have fun playing paintball later." And with that Takarada ended the call.
Kuon closed his phone and put it on the table next to his plate. "Well today should be interesting, to say the least."
Kyoko nodded. "Who do you think Sebastian's partner is?"
"I think that it might be Maria but I'm honestly not sure."
"Why do you think it's Maria-chan."
"I don't know. It's just a guess."
"Okay. Well now what should we do?"
Kuon smiled. "Let's finish our breakfast after reheating it."
Kyoko nodded and made to get up but Kuon stopped her. She looked at him. "Is something wrong?"
Kuon shook is head before kissing her. "I just wanted to kiss you again."
Kyoko blushed and hurried to take their food into to kitchen to heat it up again.
Kuon smirked. 'She really is too cute when she blushes. I'll never get enough of seeing her blushing face.'
Kyoko came back in a couple minutes later with their now warm food and they continued eating.
They ate in silence just enjoying each others company. When they were done they took the dishes to the kitchen and worked together to wash and put them away.
After the last dish was put away Kuon looked at the time. "Sebastian is going to be here in about ten minutes. Shall we go to the living room and watch something on TV until he gets here?"
Kyoko nodded and said, "sure."
Kuon took her hand and lead her to the living room. He grabbed the remote and sat down on the couch pulling Kyoko onto his lap.
"What do you want to watch, Kyoko?"
"I don't know. Whatever you want to watch."
Kuon smiled and turned on the TV.
