A/N: Here's my first Skip Beat fanfic! I don't pretend to know a ton about Japanese or even most mangas, so I didn't even try to add the endings for the names on. Sorry. Just didn't want to seem like an idiot ;D Anyways, I hope you like my first attempt at this type of thing!
Chapter 1
Kyoko angrily stormed down the hallway of the LME building. Tsuruga Ren, who had been discussing his schedule with his manager, Yashiro, looked up and wondered what she was so mad about.
"Are you listening?" Yashiro said, bringing his attention back from Kyoko.
"Oh. Yeah. What did you say again?" Yashiro sighed.
"You have to be at a photo shoot in twenty minutes. We better leave now in case there's any traffic."
"Good idea," Ren said, walking towards the back entrance of the building while taking one last glance in the direction that Kyoko went.
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That idiot Sho! Thought Kyoko. Not only did he show up again just to bug me, but he insulted my looks in front of all of my co-workers! He said I still looked plain even with my plastered-on makeup!
She passed by Tsuruga Ren and thought of turning around to say hello to him, but she was already at the end of the hallway, and it would be silly to bother him now. Besides, he looked too busy for her anyways.
Thinking about Ren made her calm down in the way that only he could, and she already felt better. She slowed her pace as she remembered what she had come into the LME building for. She had gotten word that a producer had asked for her, but she did not know who, or what the movie was about.
As she opened the door to the small office, she realized that there was nobody at the desk. Deciding to wait until Sawara came back, she sat down in one of the chairs closest to the table. As she looked over the organized papers on the desk, she saw a folder with her name on it in small black letters.
After wondering whether or not she should take it, she decided to look at it, so when Sawara returned, she would be ready with her choice immediately. She carefully picked up the thin yellow folder and began to skim over the first page.
The title of the movie was called A Love to Last Forever. So it was a romance, then. And they had asked Kyoko to be the lead actress! From what she read about the story, her character was a harsh businesswoman, with Mio-like anger. But after she meets and keeps on seeing him coincidentally, her harsh exterior melts away. The two fall in love, but after a few years, the man catches an incurable disease and dies a few weeks later. The woman then has to go on alone with their two children as she tries to cope with her husband's death.
As Kyoko finished the short summary, she knew that she wanted to be this character. She hoped that being a character in love would help her broaden her line of work. Maybe then she would get more roles that weren't just about Mio!
She looked down at the actor who would play her love interest and took a sharp intake of breath. It was Tsuruga Ren!
As she closed the folder again, she thought again about accepting the job. If it was Tsuruga, maybe it would be awkward to play her part! But she was sure that he would be professional with his acting, and maybe she would learn more acting tips from him!
She was started from her thoughts as the door swung open and Sawara walked in, holding a cup of coffee.
"Oh! Kyoko! I see you have already seen the new job proposal! What do you think of it?"
"I'll take it!" she said seriously, standing up and bowing to him. He looked a bit shocked and she realized that she had probably said that a bit too quickly.
"Great!" he said calmly, regaining some of his composure. "And did you see that Director Ogata is helping to direct the movie?" Kyoko glanced down at the paper again. She had completely missed that!
"Well I would be extremely happy to take the job, sir!" she said, bowing again.
"I will make the arrangements then," he said, returning her bow with a nod of his head. Most of the LME staff that Kyoko had met had learned just to put up with her little oddities.
"I have to go, sir, but I thank you for what you have done for me!" she said, stepping towards the door.
"Wait! You should probably take the information sheet so you can read over you part some more. And I will have Director Ogata send you the complete script as soon as possible."
"Oh, right," she said, stepping forwards to take the small folder. She had forgotten all about the information sheet. "When is the filming going to begin?" she asked.
"In a month," he answered. "The exact date is on the sheet."
"Thank you again!" she called out, waving to him as she walked out the door. The reason that she was hurrying was that she was supposed to pick up several papers and give them to the president of the LME building.
When she got the huge stack of papers, she started to hurry down the hallways to get to eh president. She was walking very quickly when she turned the corner and crashed into Yashiro.
"Oh I'm so sorry!" she said, rubbing her forehead with one hand. From what she could tell, she had kept all of her papers, but Yashiro had dropped most of his on the floor.
"It's all right," he said, quickly kneeling down ot pick up the papers. Kyoko tried to help, but every time she leaned own, her pile threatened to topple over. Yashiro quickly collected the papers and stood up again. "See, no harm done." Kyoko smiled.
"That's good. I have to go now, but it was good seeing you. Can you tell Tsuruga hello from me?" Yashiro nodded and Kyoko started on her way again.
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"Is anything wrong, Kyoko?" asked the president of the LME building.
"Oh, everything's fine," she said, going through the papers again. "All of you papers are here." She looked up again and smiled at him. "Yes, everything for you is here."
"All right," said the president.
"I'm sorry, I have to be somewhere soon," said Kyoko. "Goodbye, Mr. President."
"Goodbye, Kyoko."
She quickly turned around and walked out of the office, finally letting the panicked expression show on her face. Her folder for her new movie was missing!
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Yashiro cautiously led Ren into the fast food restaurant. Ren had sunglasses and a hat on, but they couldn't be too careful. They had stopped here in between two of Ren's jobs because he had an especially busy schedule today and hadn't eaten anything.
"I'll go get the food. You wait here," Yashiro said, motioning for Ren to sit down at a booth in the far end of the restaurant. "I brought some paperwork for you to do. Here's the papers I was telling you about earlier this morning, and here's the information for the new movie that you're going to do." Ren nodded and took the folders while Yashiro walked off to get their meals. He picked up the first folder, the one that Yashiro said was about the movie, and two papers fell out.
"Yashiro?" he asked when his manager had come back. "Why does one of these say my name and one of them say Kyoko's?"
"Oh, she must have dropped it on my stack of papers when she ran into me in the hallway," he explained. "It's for a part in the same movie, so that must be why I put it in that folder."
"We will have to return it to her as soon as possible then," Ren said, about to put it back in the folder. "But I wonder what part she got…" He looked down at the sheet and Yashiro saw his eyes widen.
"Well? What is it?"
"She plays the character opposite mine. The one I'm in love with."
End of Chapter 1
A/N: Ok there it is! I like reviews of all kinds, including criticism, so please review!