Hi!

Yes I know I should write my other stories but listening to this song "Stand by you" by Rachel Platten I couldn't stop thinking about this small one-shot. Hope you will like it!

Still looking for someone to help me with my writing! If someone would be kind enough to help me please PM me or leave a review. I'm sure this way I'll write faster ;)

Before you start reading:

This story takes place after Heel siblings act but without the trip to Guam. So Kyoko didn't meet Corn again.

Kyoko didn't meet her mum.

I'm not a big fan of Sho so he's not going to have a happy ending over here.

I'm a fan of Ren (although sometimes his annoying)! So it's a Ren x Kyoko story.

It will be a short story. Probably 5 or so chapters, not sure yet. Depends on reviews and how you'll like it.

Kyoko is 18 and Ren is 22 in this story.

English is my second language so I'm sorry for the mistakes.

Disclaimer: I don't own "Skip Beat!" and the song "Stand by you" which will be put in later chapter.

Hope you'll like it :)

PROLOGUE

*12 years ago, Kyoto*

It was a beautiful, spring afternoon. Scenery was like from the movie. The sun was high on the sky, shining everywhere. The birds were singing. Squirrels were playing around. Some rabbits were jumping and eating a shiny grass. Not so far away you could hear the stream flowing. But this beautiful harmony got broken by a heartbreaking cry. A little girl, age six was standing before a stream, crying her amber eyes out. She had cute two black pigtails on her head. Plain green dress with short sleeves. And simple black shoes. Her face was all red from crying so much.

"Corn! Please *hick* don't go! *hick* Don't leave me, Corn!" You could hear her whine to the boy standing in front of her. It was a young boy, age ten. Looking at him you could understand why the little girl mistook him for a fairy prince. He had messy blond hairs which were as bright as the sun on the sky. Green, shining eyes like spring grass, or maybe like two emeralds put into perfectly shaped face. He had expensive looking, green t-shirt and blue shorts. Only the wings were missing and he would be a perfect fairy, which fit perfectly into this forest.

"Kyoko-chan, don't cry." He pleaded with her. His emerald eyes mixed with pain and helplessness. He took a step closer to her and put his hands on her shoulders. "Kyoko-chan, please!" He pleaded again but this time his voice broke a little bit at the end. Hearing his breaking voice she raised her face and with a start she realized how close he was to her. He never got so close to her before. She looked inside his forestry eyes and with a gasp she saw pain in them. She raised her small hand to his cheek.

"Corn?" She asked unsure. Why is there so much pain in this eyes? Even though she was young she could see more pain in this emerald eyes than in her own. "I'll be fine." Her mouth trembled but she tried to be strong. It will be harder for him if I won't stop crying!

He realized his mistake and schooled his face. He took her small hand into his and led her to flat rock on the side of the clearing. Her brows furrowed and a blush bloomed on her face, although you couldn't really see it because of her earlier crying. She squeaked when he sat on this rock and pulled her down on his lap. Her hands ended up on his chest with her head. She could hear his heartbeat. Her face became even more red and she stiffened in his arms. He put his chin on top of her head and hugged her harder. He waited for her to relax. She wanted to ask him what he was doing or scold him. To say that in Japan you didn't do that with any girl but she was too afraid to actually do it. So she decided to enjoy this moment. After all she was rarely hugged in her life. And it was mostly by him, her fairy prince when she was crying. After few minutes she relaxed and was taking his smell in so she would never forget it. It was a unique, forestry mixed with sandalwood smell.

"Kyoko-chan," he started. "I will have to leave tomorrow morning." He swallowed, while she burrowed her face deeper into his chest. He rubbed her back with his hand. Corn slightly turned his head and rested his cheek on her head. "If I could I would stay with you. But Kyoko-chan I don't have a power like that yet." He sighed. "I'm still to weak and that's why I have to go back to my world. Because of my weakness I can stay in human world only for one month." He got so much into his story that at some point he was almost believing it. "But a fairy can come back to the Human world every ten years. And Kyoko-chan I promise you that I will learn magic so I will be able to stay longer over here. So I won't have to leave you ever again. So Kyoko-chan promise me that you won't cry." Little girl in his arms nodded with a small sniff. On the boys face a small smile was blooming. "Before I leave I have something for you, Kyoko-chan." With a surprise she looked up at him. So cute! He couldn't stop but think. "Wait a second." With one hand he steadied her while with the other hand he tried to find something in his pocket. "Ha!" He screamed a cry of joy when he found what he was looking for. Kyoko's amber eyes were sparkling. Corn took out a stone and showed it to the excitated girl.

"Kyoko-chan, this is a magical stone. It will take your pain away. Whenever I won't be by your side and you'll want to cry just take this stone inside your hands and it will absorb your pain." He said it with all seriousness. "Kyoko-chan all I want from you is for you to be happy." The boy added quietly. Girls eyes shone with new tears. But this time they were from happiness. She couldn't believe that Corn would give her something so precious. "Kyoko-chan, gave me your hands." She did as he asked her. He couldn't help but smile at her childish eagerness. He put his hands with a stone inside her hands. He dropped the bluish stone in her hands and before she could take her hands away he caught them. His heart started beating faster and he licked his suddenly dry lips. He didn't know why he said his next words or why he was so nervous. You can say it was spur of the moment or just his instincts to mark his territory. Or maybe because he had a feeling that her so called Prince Charming would hurt her one day. It doesn't matter why, what matters is that he said it. "Kyoko-chan, in ten years if we meet again, than I'm going to marry you." Kyoko's eyes widened but he didn't finish yet. Corn squeezed her hands. "And I will make you the happiest girl in the world." Kyoko was stunned. Her lips were parted and her eyes were wide with shock. When Corn realized what he said, he blushed and before he could stammer something to hide his embarrassment and the meaning of his words, Kyoko smiled shyly with a cute blush decorating her face.

"You promise to find me in ten years and marry me?" Kyoko asked him. She looked at him from under her lashes and Corn couldn't think anything else than She's so cute! All he could do was nod dumbly. Kyoko blushed even more but she nodded. "Than when we'll meet in ten years we're going to get married. And I'm going to keep this stone as a sealing to our promise." Corn bended a little bit and pecked Kyoko's lips. "And this is my sealing of our promise. Mine and yours first kiss." Said blushed Corn to even more blushed and shocked Kyoko. Not knowing what to say to that she just nodded.

In the middle of the forest stood little girl and a young boy. They had their faces turned away from each other. They were all red and yet they both had a big smiles on their faces. The day come to an end. The goodbyes were said. The tears were cried. The promise was made. But through the different hardships the young boy and the little girl had to grow up forgetting about the promise. Some would say maybe the promise wasn't so important than. Others would say that maybe because of such a little possibility of meeting again in this big world they both decided to erase it. And a different group of people would say that maybe because of how much pain they both had to go through it was better to forget than to be disappointed again. But it doesn't matter why, what matter is that they forgot.

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