Keep on trying

Disclaimer: I do not own Skip Beat! or its characters.

Chapter 1

The box has never been opened

No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get Sho out of her head. He was so angry the day before, that she wasn't able to concentrate the whole day. She tried to call him, but he was occupied as always. Then an idea came to her head. She could give him some food to his workplace!

Kyoko was slightly shy, when she saw that the entrance to Sho's agency was full of his fans. But she had a plan. "Excuse me, delivery service" she said trying to be as convincing as possible. "Mr. Fuwa ordered it specially." Her eyes went wide as the guardian said "Wait a second here. I'll check it out." That wasn't a part of her plan. She tried to defocus the second guard. That only made her look more suspicious. Before she even realised it, she was dragged out of the entrance. Feeling defeated, she came back home.

Kyoko looked at Sho's poster. She felt horribly lonely. It's not like she didn't know solitudy. It was part of her life since the very begging. However when Sho asked her to run away with him, she thought that this time would be finally over. 'It isn't.' she thought sadly. The more she looked at his photo, the worse she felt. 'Stop it' she pulled herself together. She chose this life and as long as Sho was happy, she would be to. 'But it's so difficult.'

It was February the second. She started thinking about Valentine's Day and what kind of chocolates she would make him. That day wasn't different from the others. She fell asleep, dreaming about her prince. The box has never been opened.

Few months later

He knew that this song would be a huge success. Not that his previous pieces weren't successful. This time he felt like he made an undoubted masterpiece. He smirked a little. Sho wasn't so excited for a long time. Soon the shooting for Prisoner PV would start. He heard his phone ringing. Without single thought he turned off the phone. 'It must have been Kyoko'. It was the first time in a long while, when he thought about his friend. She was a good servant, he admitted. It made him feel even better. She was so stupid to work in order to live in this enormous expensive apartment! He boasted about his manipulative skills. Than he came back to his work.

If he paid a little more attention to Kyoko, he would find out that she looked more and more miserable. She definitely overworked herself, but she couldn't stop. Sho was so close to fulfill his dream. She had to endure.

When Sho saw Shoko, he knew that something was up. His manager was more than angry.

"Why do you have your mobile phone turned off?!' she shouted. "Do you know how difficult it is to contact with you like that?" He sighed. Sho wanted to flirt with her today, but she was definitely not in a good mood. He was slightly frustrated. No matter how hard he tried, she didn't accept his advances. When he saw the screen of his phone, he realised that it couldn't be Kyoko. She was too shy to call twice, while the mysterious caller phoned him around seven times.

He decided to call back after work. He wasn't prepared for what was waiting for him.

"Shotaro. Why didn't you phoned us?" the sweat run down his forehead. "H, hi mom… . Um, I was.. busy?". "We could see. By the way, how's Kyoko?"He remembered how his parents favored his friend. "Ok." he could almost see a disappointment in her eyes. "It's everything you can say? I hope you treat her well. That's the reason of my call. There are a lot of rumors about your relationship with her here." "So?" "You're fully aware that we send you a lot of money for living despite your run-away. We could change that." Sho started to be anxious. He got a lot of money from his work, but at the same time he had huge expenses. Loosing this source of income would be dangerous for his lifestyle. "What do you want me to do?" he asked. "Well, you know sooner or later rumors about you two will leak to the broader publicity and it could hurt your image. I know a solution. The only thing you have to do is…". he was shocked. "You can't be serious! How could I…?" "I'll give you some time to think it over. But I'm sure I already know your answer. Call me back later, when you make up your mind. Bye." and before he could argue back, his mother rang off.

Later that evening

He didn't kneel on his knee. There was no ring. Nothing special. But she felt her heart stopped, when she heard him "Marry me.". If she wasn't so blindly in love, maybe she would realise that it wasn't a question. Or that his face showed pure agony. She was too happy. She jumped and hugged him. "Yes, of course!"

AN/ OMG I ended first chapter. It's my first time writing fan-fiction, so please be gently ;p. Also English isn't my first language and I'm too ashamed to ask friends for checking, so please tell me about any potential mistakes. I know that this story is not very interesting yet, but please give it a try! Glad you read it. Have a nice day!