Title: If you don't know what the title of this fic is yet, I'm going to strangle you. You know deep within your soul that I will somehow find a way.

Rating: PG-13/Teen

Pairing: Ren/Kyoko, with a little Sho for the Sho fans.

Warnings/Spoilers: I have read up to chapter 123. I may or may not mention anything that you haven't heard of yet. And there's nothing you can do about it! XP

Disclaimer: If I owned Skip Beat! I would be sitting quietly in my room and laughing at the poor suckers who write fanfiction because they can't have things their way. Nye!

Dedication: This is to Demon Sloth, because she You're a girl, right? -/- I hope you are. Because that's what I think you are, and it would be deeply insulting to you if you were actually a boy. is totally awsome in every way and writes awsome fanfiction, and she pwns you all. XP Ok, maybe she doesn't, because I don't KNOW you all, but she pwns. And I know for a fact that she pwns penguins, because penguins can't write. Or type. Fanfiction.

Chapter Summary: Kyoko gets offered a role in Thief of the Night, and is left to contemplate the goods and bads.

Disclaimer Part 2: Skip Beat! ain't mine, but Thief of the Night is. It's a combination of my crazy thoughts, and my crazy thoughts and crazy ideas are all my own. So there. You can't sue me, nya nya nya nya nya, nya! XP

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Chapter One

Kyoko had a strange feeling about that day. Something was going to happen to change her future, she just knew it. Though how, exactly, she couldn't figure out.

When she arrived at LME, she was immediately directed to Mr. Sawara's office.

She foggily mused on what he could possibly want on her way. She hadn't even been able to change into her Love Me uniform yet.

Kyoko knocked on the door and bounced on the balls of her feet, slightly nervous. What if that feeling she had about today was a bad one...?

"Come in!" Mr. Sawara's voice called. She took a breath and opened the door, walking in slowly.

Mr. Sawara looked up and stared at the stiff, ghostly expression on Kyoko's face. Now acquainted with her obtuse way of thinking, he let a chuckle escape. She was probably concerned- well, make that over-concerned.

"You're not in trouble."

Kyoko's face unfroze and she smiled brightly. "Okay!"

He felt sweat collecting on the back of his neck. She was so easy to please...

"Anyway, sit down. I have, actually, a job offer for you."

"Really?" Kyoko's eyes lit up as she sat. Then her mood darkened. "Wait, is it another Mio-like role?"

"No, it should be right up your alley," he said, smiling, digging through his desk and producing a script. Although he was happy for Kyoko at her luck in the offer, he was afraid that her reaction might destroy something in his office in some way. "You would play a high-class lady in a sort of olden times/ alternate universe-"

"REALLY?!"

Mr. Sawara winced. "Yes-"

"I get to be a high class lady?!"

"Yes. Here's the script-"

Kyoko shakily took the script and stared at it, the same dreamy look on her face as when she stared at cosmetics.

"Kyoko-chan, there's something you should know about your role," Mr. Sawara said, growing serious.

"Huh?"

"You'd play the role of a young woman who falls for a famous phantom thief."

Kyoko's face dropped the dreamy expression and she stared stiffly at him. "So... It's a forbidden-love type thing?"

"...Yes...?"

"Oh."

There was an awkward silence.

"Um, Kyoko-chan... I'm sorry to tell you this, but you only have two days to think it over. All the other roles have been assigned, and this offer came in late. They want to start filming next week, so you're in a tight position. The director saw your other performances and liked the how convincing your acting was, and believes the role would suit you."

Kyoko nodded. "Okay... I'll let you know."

Mr. Sawara breathed a sigh of relief. "Okay, then. You may go."

She left, solemnly contemplating her situation. Would she be able to take on the role? Would she be able to give the director the convincing act he was looking for, considering that the reason she was in Love Me in the first place was because she lacked love? She couldn't let him- or the crew and her co-actors- down.

Mr Sawara, back in his office, went back on his conversation. Had it been a mistake to not mention that her co-star would be Ren Tsuruga?