The Butterfly Effect. (Skip Beat! Fanfic)

The Truth.

He read her some of the nicer comments and even went as far as to show his wife her own LME page which she had never visited herself. He laughed as he saw the same type of comments about him. This time they were carried over as Kyoko googled at the fact people had said Ren wasn't good enough for her or was too old! Julie and Kuu held in their thoughts on the matter, comforting the pair but not interfering with their decision. It was their decision to make and they would stand by their children no matter what.

"Kyoko." Kuon whispered as she read through some nice comments on her own site.

"Yes, Kuon?" she asked meeting his eyes as he gazed at her

"I think its time." taking a deep breath he made his voice loud enough for the table to hear.

"I think its time that I told the truth." Julie gasped, covering her mouth with her hands as tears welled up in her eyes. Kuu also had tears in his eyes, but not even they could mask the pride his eyes held. Kyoko turned to Kuon,

"I didn't intend to make you release your story. Kuon, we can think of a way around this if you're not ready..." Kuon covered her lips with a gentle finger, shaking his head slowly.

"Kyoko, I was reaching to become a better person, a better actor than my father. The fact is, I am not my father. No matter how hard I try, I will always only be myself. You taught me that and with you by my side Kyoko. I'm the best I'm ever going to be, because what is a man without a strong woman to support him." Kuon kissed Kyoko deeply as his parents cheered. Claude, Mark and Carl all clapped. And in Kuu's mind, he remembered watching Kuon and Rick talking in his kitchen about the magic of women, about how they spread their magic over you and help you be the best you can be when you find the one you love.

Kuu looked across at his Julie. Without her he would be nothing. He knew this and finally Kuon understood what Rick had been telling him all those years ago, what Kuu had known all along.

You finally understand my son, without giving our heart to another we can never truly become great. That's the real magic in this world. Love.

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Lory sat in the conference room as the last person entered. Yashiro looked tired as he finally turned off his phone since the news of Ren and Kyoko had broken.

"Thank you all for coming on such short notice." he said as he looked around the room. Kanae, Chiori and Maria sat on one side of the table while Jelly, Kijima and now Yashiro sitting between Kanae and Jelly sat down in the empty space.

"This meeting has been called and you have been called at the request of Ren and Kyoko, I have something to tell you first and then something to show you all." he couldn't hide the excitement from his voice about the second part as he looked around at them. They all remained silent as he continued.

"Now to begin with, I will need to ask you all not to speak or comment on what you are about to be told until the end." he waited for them all to nod as he took a deep breath. Ren had chosen these people to be the first people to know, he knew them all and cared for them in his own way. Lory switched on the overhead projection monitor as Ren and Kyoko appeared on the screen sitting on a comfy couch together.

"Hello everyone." they both smiled as Kyoko held tight to Kuon's hand.

"I'm going to tell you a story. Now I know the president has asked you not to comment until I've finished and please, this is hard for me to talk about, so I ask you to try and keep to your word." Kuon took a deep breath and Kanae noticed how Kyoko squeezed Ren's hand. He seemed to gain strength from that touch and he started.