Confabulation. (A Skip Beat! Fanfic)

Proposals.

"I don't think I've ever loved Yashiro more than I did that day!" Kyoko laughed at the implications of Kuon's words and he smiled at her endearingly.

"I love you, Kyoko." her heart stopped. What was she supposed to say? She couldn't say it! How could she? She had sworn off love and here was a man, a kind caring loving man telling her he loved her! Her, the one who had never been anything but thrown away. Kyoko's breath hitched as she began to speak, willing herself to say something...anything!

*Ring Ring. Ring Ring*

Kyoko's heart was still leaping somersaults as Kuon excused himself to take the call. From the sounds of the conversation it was the president. Even though her head was still resting on Kuon's chest she couldn't grasp their conversation. Her heart was pounding in her ears drowning out all other noise as she wondered would she really ever be able to hear again? It was a close won battle over her starting to hyperventilate as she pressed her head into his chest trying to control her breathing. She wondered why taking deep breaths in through her nose helped? That smell again. Kuon's smell. No matter how much she tried to convince herself it had no effect over her, at that moment she didn't dare even think of how it was calming her.

The phone call didn't last long as Kuon dropped his phone and sighed deeply, still twirling his fingers over her back as she fully controlled herself. Kuon looked at her buried face and wondered why Kyoko seemed so on edge since he had woken up? Lory had said it was simply fear and shock, but Kuon wondered about that when he felt her trembling, her breathing ragged and drawn.

"Kyoko are you OK? Have I upset you?" his words were gentle and she felt no force behind them, closing off that part of her mind that had such hatred towards the word he had used, she spoke into his chest.

"I never thought anyone would ever say that to me again." her response was simple and to the point, but in a way it was also full of multiple meanings. Kuon took it as Lory had told him, fear and shock. She had been scared of Kuon dying, she had been afraid of losing him like she had so many times before. He could remember in his mind the time after they had first got together. Her fear of being unworthy of him, her fear that he would find another better than her in every way. No matter how many times Kuon told her this was impossible, it had taken until the day he married her for her fear to almost completely disappear.

She would still have moments. If she didn't she wouldn't be the woman he loved, but maybe the accident had set her back a little with her heart. He supposed in a way dying to Kyoko would just be another way of him abandoning her, no wonder she was scared. Kuon looked down at the top of her head. Her breathing had returned to normal he was happy to feel as he traced his fingers over her slim back.

"I love you, Kyoko." he repeated and yet again her head shot up and stared at him with those fear filled golden orbs, she was about to splutter a reply when he gently laid his finger over her lips.

"You do not need to tell me you love me Kyoko. You have been through a lot because of me and I'm sorry to have caused you any pain. It was never my intention. I will never stop telling you I love you. For I could never love another woman as I do you my princess, but I don't need you to tell me. Your actions say enough Kyoko." he was tracing her lips gently with a finger as her eyes lost the violence of her fear, softening as she unfolded her arms and wrapped them around his neck. To Kyoko she was showing her grateful acceptance of his words, to Kuon she was showing her love, to both of them the feelings where a mass of crossed threads pulsing in harmony.

"As much as I would love to stay here with you in my arms forever, we need to go back to the house. The President and Doctor Benkia are waiting for a check up with me and Lory has also talked about contacting mom and dad to see Rosa." his smile was infectious even with the dropping of her heart at the mention of their supposed child's name. Kyoko couldn't help but smile when he smiled at her that way.