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"Tsuruga-san! There you are!" cried the girl, spotting Ren and Yashiro in the distance.

Fortunately, few people were at the airport and even fewer people heard her, or all hell might have broken loose. Fangirls would have swarmed all around Ren and he would have been swallowed up in a sea of raving females.

Ren had dyed his hair again and it was back to its original blond colour. For some particularly strange reason, Ren looked somewhat…familiar to Kyoko, although she couldn't really put her finger on it.

Upon hearing her cheery voice, Ren turned around with a smile and raised his hand in a wave.

"Yashiro, could you leave for a while. There is something that I would like to tell Kyoko before I leave for America." Ren asked calmly, but the nervous expression in his eyes gave him away.

"Alright, Ren," replied Yashiro with a demonic grin plastered on his face, nodding knowingly, waggling his eyebrows so hard that Ren thought they would shoot off. "About time…" muttered Yashiro under his breath.

"What did you say, Yashiro?" hissed Ren menacingly, his face twitching closer to the Emperor of the Night expression as Kyoko came closer, which quickly vanished as Kyoko, seeing the expression, stalled for a moment, afraid. Her demons began drawing closer to him as if he was a magnet. "Feel that aura! That wonderful negative energy!" her demons whispered, floating around an oblivious Ren.

"Nothing," mumbled Yashiro, leaving as quickly as he could before Ren could flash him that "gentlemanly smile". Ren had already gone back to being nervous, though.

"Tsuruga-san! Where's Yashiro going?" questioned Kyoko as she caught up to Ren, panting, and throwing a fearful glance at him before relaxing as the Emperor of the Night aura disappeared.

"Yashiro? He went to go get a coffee," answered Ren, using the first excuse that came to mind. "Why are you breathing so hard?"

"Heh…I overslept again and I got here on my bike as fast as I could. I'm so glad I made it in time. I thought that I would be late and I wouldn't be able to see you for another month!" Suddenly, her cheerful expression disappeared. "Hey Tsuruga-san, I think Yashiro's going the wrong way. Isn't the café over there?" She pointed to the café on the left.

"I guess he wanted to go to the restroom first. Mogami-san, I have something to tell you…" his voice trailed off as Kyoko cut him off

"Oh. I guess so…never mind, then! Anyway, Tsuruga-san, I came here to remind you to eat properly. If you don't eat properly, then you'll fall sick. And if you fall sick, then your parents will worry. Here's some medicine for you in case you do fall sick." So saying, Kyoko proceeded to dump an enormous packet of medicine into his arms. "Also, don't forget to say "hi" to dad for me if you see him. You said that you would be paying him a visit. I bought some food for you to eat. It's very nutritious and good for your health!" From her bag, she took out packet after packet of biscuits and snacks, piling them into Ren's arms.

"Kyoko, you know that I probably won't be able to eat all this, right?" asked Ren, drops of sweat forming on the side of his head.

"That isn't for you, Tsuruga-senpai. That's for dad!" She rummaged around in her bag some more and brandished a few packets of wheat biscuits. "This is for you!" she added the biscuits to the huge mountain of snacks.

How the hell did she manage to fit all that in her bag?! "And there's one more thing…" she continued. "I made you a bento! The box is recyclable too! Remember to recycle it! I did research on the internet and it appears that America has recycling bins too!" smiling proudly at herself, she tiptoed and stretched her hand out, leaving the bento balanced precariously at the summit of the Everest of food.

"Uhh…Thank you very much, Kyoko. I'm sure Kuu will appreciate your…gifts too." Kyoko beamed happily.

"I'm glad you like it, Tsuruga-san. Next time, I'll get more wheat biscuits for you! Initially I bought a lot more for you, but after buying them, I went to Moko's house…" her pleasant demeanor disappeared again and she retreated into the gloom at the memory, sinking 100km deep into her sea of despair.

"It's really alright, Kyoko, I don't mind at all."

"Really?! Yay! Tsuruga-senpai isn't angry with me!" her face lit up at once like a beacon. "And at least he the Emperor of the Night didn't appear…" she added under her breath.

"Anyway, Mogami-san there is something that I have to tell you." Ren was starting to get even more nervous. How was Kyoko going to react? He didn't want her to be too scared of him to ever face him again. "For starters, Mogami-san, can I call you Kyoko?" Kyoko nodded unsurely.

What exactly did Tsuruga-senpai want? She was getting an uneasy feeling that what he wanted to tell her was not going to be good. Was he going to tell her that he was not coming back to Japan? If he didn't come back...

"Kyoko, is anything wrong?"

"Huh, what?" she was snapped back into reality by Ren's voice.

"You were zoning out, Kyoko. Is anything wrong?" She shook her head. "No, nothing's wrong. I was just thinking, Tsuru-"

"Ren. Since I get to call you Kyoko, it's only fair that you get to call me Ren. So just call me Ren." He smiled gently at her.

"Uhm okay…Ren. Sounds weird, calling you Ren, but continue what you were saying."

"Kyoko, I need to tell you something. I have to tell you this. Kyoko promise me that after I tell you this, you will not hate or fear me. "

Kyoko felt her body tense up and her eyes widen. Besides his Emperor of the Night side, what else could possibly make her hate or fear Ren?

"Kyoko this sounds silly, but…"

Silly? Could it be a…could it possibly be a…a…

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"Kyoko…I love you." Her expression went blank. All the memories between her and Ren flashed through her mind at lightspeed. She gasped lightly.

And the walls that she had so carefully built around her heart crumbled into dust.

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