Confabulation. (A Skip Beat! Fanfic)

The facts

Lory looked around the room at the gathered people and at the laptop that rested on the windowsill. Doctor Benkia looked at him and he nodded slowly for him to proceed.

"Well from what we have gathered in ways of evidence, it appears Tsuruga-san is suffering from brain damage due to blunt force trauma. The effects it seems is an condition we call Confabulation. Confabulation is a memory disturbance, defined as the production of fabricated, distorted or misinterpreted memories about oneself or the world, without a conscious intention. It appears Tsuruga-san has all his old memories fully intact, however he also has a lot of new memories which have not occurred. In his mind, these memories are just as true and just as real as the true memories." Benkia paused waiting to allow what he had just told them to filter in.

"So what you're saying is Ren now has new memories that haven't occurred but he believes them to be true." Benkia nodded as Yashiro looked dumbstruck. Kanae now had her arm wrapped comfortingly around Kyoko, as she sipped a cup of water and looked up between the president and the doctor.

"What kind of new memories?" she asked slowly, feeling Kyoko wince beside her. It was Lory who answered this time as his aid who Kyoko had lovingly dubbed Sebastian passed Lory the notepad. He had scribbled down every word Kuon had said during their conversation between him, Lory and Benkia.

"Ren seems to believe that around 2 years have passed. Now I need you all to remain calm as this will be a shocking experience for you all."Clearing his throat, he watched Kyoko. He wasn't the only one. After Kanae had forcibly worked it out of her why she had fainted, she already dreaded what Lory was going to say.

"Mogami-san, in Ren's fabricated reality, you have in fact been married happily for a year now. You have a young 4 month old daughter, Rosa Juliena, whom you happily named after the roses he buys you each year for your birthday. You're living in the house you own together and both doing very well with your careers. In his mind last year you won the best actress award from JMA, beating your best friend Kanae by only a few votes. You were gracious enough to share the win with her telling the entirety of Japan you wouldn't be there without her help." he looked down from the notepad into the girls wide, staring terrified eyes. She looked like she wanted to speak, but after a few moments he realised she was too shocked to do so. He decided to continue,

"Kotonami-san, you are and always have been Mogami-san's best friend. Even after their marriage you remain so, often visiting the couple at their home with your partner for company and meals..." Kanae cut him off here as she shrieked.

"My partner! I don't have a partner." Lory smiled at her shocked and angry face.

"In Ren's reality you have been dating Yashiro-san now for just over a year. You're very happy, recently moving in together." now it was Kanae's turn with the wide-eyed, shocked expression as she turned to Yashiro who looked just as confused, staring back at her.

"This sounds very much like all of Ren's dreams coming true! Though where he got our relationship from I will never know." Yashiro said pushing off his glasses and rubbing his eyes, exhausted. Kyoko finally found her voice at this point,

"What are you talking about Yashiro-san? Surely it's more like a nightmare for Tsuruga-san to be married to me?" everyone in the room and the two people sitting watching via the live webcam feed snorted, giggled or chuckled, apart from doctor Benkia who seemed to understand that this must not be true, he just smiled.

"Mogami-san, this isn't the way I would have wanted you to find this out. I would've hoped you could have come to understand his feelings in your own time as I'm sure Ren was hoping. But in this situation I think it is only fair to tell you that Ren has been completely and hopelessly in love with you for over 2 years now. Yashiro is right, this is Ren's dream come true and I'm pretty sure his dreams and fantasies are where these new memories have come from." he watched the young woman, she looked about to argue as Kanae grabbed her hand.