Confabulation. (A Skip Beat! Fanfic)

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"She's not going anywhere." Kuon said leaning against Rosa's nursery door smiling at Kyoko who was standing and staring at their daughter. Leaning into the cot, she gently brushed a kiss across the sleeping girl's head and sighed, it was finally sinking in. She was a mother to the most beautiful child she thought she had ever seen yet why wasn't she scared? Why wasn't she afraid she was going to be terrible at it? She had no idea why.

"You're a wonderful mothe,r Kyoko." Kuon whispered, wrapping his arms around her from behind as he held her flush against his chest. That's why Kyoko thought and her heart felt light. Kuon had already told her she could do this, that she was already good at it and he believed in her so fully that she found no time not to be.

"Well I can only be a wonderful mother when I have a strong father backing me up." she said as she turned in his arms and hugged him. Kyoko breathed in his scent, relaxing into his arms as she felt Kuon smile and kiss her hair gently. They didn't need words any more, Kyoko had fully accepted now that she loved the man holding her, and she probably had done for such a long time. It didn't matter to her what Ren or Kuon chose to call himself, what mattered was that he was the man who loved her, trusted her and cared for her so deeply. It was plain to see in his eyes. She just hoped he too could see how much she loved him in return. A soft knock at the door drew them apart.

"Your mother and I are going to have a little nightcap before turning in, will you be joining us?" with one last glance at the cot from both of them they nodded smiling. Kuon said he would be down in a minute and left Kuu and Kyoko to go down together first.

"So how are you holding up honey?" Kuu asked, wrapping an arm around Kyoko's shoulder and hugging her to him. She blushed not quite sure what she should say. To be truthful, meeting her adoptive father and her new mother-in-law had scared her more than meeting Rosa. Now she realised she loved Kuon that much more. What if they decided she wasn't good enough for their son? What would she do then? If Kuon ever recovered would they try and take Rosa away from her? Would they tell her she wasn't allowed to be with him? They had reached the bottom of the stairs before Kyoko had even realised she hadn't answered Kuu back yet. Kuu turned her to face him.

"Are you OK, Kyoko?" those green eyes so much like his son's, deep blue pools of sparkling brilliance. Her lips were moving before she could even think of what she was saying.

"I love Kuon." she said swiftly without taking a breath or a moment to pause. Kuu smiled at her and hugged her tightly to his chest.

"I know you do sweetie and I couldn't be happier for the both of you." his smile was so real and genuine Kyoko was taken aback, forgetting to shield her true thoughts and feelings as she blundered on.

"But is that OK? You're not mad at me are you?" Kuu's whole aura changed to one of complete confusion as he held her away from himself.

"What do you mean Kyoko? Why on earth would it not be OK? Why would I be mad?" no matter how much she didn't want to she had brought this upon herself so now she had to finish it, she had no other choice.

"Well I know I'm not good enough for him and I'm probably not what you would have expected in a daughter in law even if we aren't really married..." her words tapered off as she felt an aura she hadn't felt for so long. Full of anger in enveloped her wholly as she looked up into the darkening eyes of Kuu.

"I never want you to ever say those things about yourself again Kyoko, there could be nothing further from the truth so you must never speak of yourself in that way again." Kyoko nodded, not wanting to face the wrath of the man before her who had become like that of the king of the animals no one would disobey him, or face the consequences. As swiftly as the angry aura had clouded Kuu it faded away.