Confabulation. (A Skip Beat! Fanfic)

Coming Home.

As she rested in his strong arms, her tears flowed freely as she cried for the man who loved her so deeply but she couldn't love in return. She didn't know how to love like this, she wasn't used to being loved like this and it scared her so completely. But she would try to be the woman he believed she was. The woman he believed he loved. She would do that for him. As her tears subsided, she looked up from his damp chest into those swirling blue eyes and she wanted the concern to fade away. She didn't want to see that look in his eyes when she didn't deserve his love. She didn't deserve his kindness, she was a selfish fraud. Cupping his cheek in her hand she gave him the only thing she could truly give him. The rule of heart had been broken by his own actions.

Kyoko gave him her first kiss. It was two days later when Kuon was released from the hospital. Kyoko had managed so far to control her emotions since that first outburst, though it was hard. Lory had give her questions to ask Kuon. Kanae had sat in with them while her amazing memory logged every detail of Kuon and Kyoko's life together. So now as they drove down a long winding driveway towards the large western style house, Kyoko felt the lump rising in her throat. It was constantly threatening her since becoming Kuon's fake wife, he only had to look at her with those eye's full of love and emotion for her to feel like a cheater, a fraud, a fake.

Kanae watched Kyoko from her seat opposite her in Lory's private Limo. She had watched the last few days as Kyoko appeared to collapse within herself and she hated watching it, she had to do something and quickly. When the Limo pulled up in front of the house and Kuon was assisted into the house by Yashiro and Sebastian. He was still a little unsteady on his legs, but the doctor had said it would clear up in a few days, it was just the after effects of the trauma. Kanae pulled Kyoko aside as she pulled Kuon's bag from the trunk.

"Leave it and come walk with me." Kanae ordered as she made Kyoko drop the bag, dragging her towards the gardens and down the little hill toward what she knew would be there just as Kuon had described. The little stream flowed cold and fast as Kanae made Kyoko sit at the edge.

"Scream!" Kyoko looked at Kanae confused.

"What?" she asked a little shocked at her best friend.

"I said scream, let it all out. Shout, cry, throw things! Just don't keep it all locked away inside Kyoko!" Kanae was deadly serious, Kyoko could see that in her eyes. The concern, the honest and true need to want to help her best friend as Kyoko looked at her again.

"We're all alone now, Just scream your heart out." Kyoko looked at her for a moment and Kanae thought she was going to refuse but Kyoko look a deep breath and she screamed long, hard and loud.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Kanae smiled,

"Again!" she watched as Kyoko took another deep breath and she screamed once more. This time louder and with more power behind it. She didn't need Kanae to tell her to scream again as Kyoko stood, started pacing and began ranting in a loud voice,

"IT'S THAT UTTER ASSHOLE'S FAULT! HE BROKE ME MOKO! HE STOLE AWAY MY MOST IMPORTANT EMOTION AND HE BROKE MY HEART! HOW CAN I LOVE AGAIN KANAE WHEN MY HEART IS NO LONGER THERE!" she continued in this manner for almost 30 minutes. Kanae sat and watched her friend pace and rant. Kuon had revealed more between himself and Kyoko, he had hinted upon some special meaning for living in this house. Each time he had smiled at Kyoko in a knowing smile as if Kyoko should understand. She didn't, of course, though she pretended she did. Kanae was half listening to Kyoko's rant and half lost in her own thoughts, but something Kyoko said caught her attention.

"HAPPINESS NEVER LASTS ANYWAY! IT'S ALL JUST FAKE A CHEMICAL REACTION DRAGGED UP BY OUR BODIES BECAUSE OF STUPID EMOTIONS! WHY THE HELL SHOULD WE EVEN BOTHER TRYING TO BE HAPPY!" Kanae stood up suddenly and stepped in front of the pacing Kyoko.