A/N: Here's chapter 1 to a little idea I had for a short story. I hope you enjoy it! thanks for reading!

Chapter 1: Discovery

LME: President Takarada's Office

Maria Takarada stared at the flyer in her hands. She had found it on her grandfather's desk and decided to read it. Uh oh. Big sister is not going to like this. She shivered when she imagined what Kyoko's reaction would be to her grandfather's latest scheme.

LME: LoveMe Section

Kanae Kotonami glared at the flyer that had been taped to each of the three occupied lockers in the LoveMe break room. What the hell? Mo! If he thinks I'll go along with this without a fight he's crazy. She read the flyer once more before tearing it off of her locker and crumpling it up angrily. She huffed aloud and then moved to leave the room, tossing the paper into the trash.

As she exited the room she nearly ran straight into the third LoveMe member, Chiori Amamiya. The shorter girl bowed her head in apology. "Is everything okay, Kotonami-senpai?" she asked, a concerned look on her face. It's been a while since I've seen her look so openly irritated.

Kanae shook her head, mumbling something about 'latest…stupid…plan…' before disappearing down the hall.

Chiori turned and entered the break room, wondering what it was that had upset her senpai. She stopped wondering though when she reached her locker and saw the flyer taped to it.

Her eyes perused the document carefully. This has got to be a joke, right? She told herself as she felt a blush creep up her face. Surely, she wouldn't really have to participate in something like this. Hell, I'm not even eighteen yet. My agency will object to this-

Her thoughts stopped when she reread the last line printed across the bottom of the flyer. Dang it!

LME: Random Hall Outside of Conference Room 5E

Yukihito Yashiro had paused outside of the conference room Ren was having a meeting in. He had sent Ren ahead while he stopped to collect any notices he had received in his LME mailbox. Now as he reached the conference room he stood outside quickly sorting through the various papers, dividing them by importance.

Trash… Important… Mildly important… Trash… What?!

He stared down at the flyer in his hand in shock. He read it three times before he could admit to himself it was real. Why would the President do this? Doesn't he know that I'm the one who will have to deal with Ren?

He heard a noise behind him as the door to the conference room opened and his charge stepped forth from the room.

Yashiro momentarily considered eating the flyer in his hands but was not fast enough before Ren had taken it from him.

Ren Tsuruga perused the hot pink flyer his manager had been reading. He had seen the way his manager's face had gone white at the sight of him and knew it must have to do with Kyoko. He had grabbed it from him to prevent Yashiro from being able to tease him about it.

He clenched his jaw as he finished reading the flyer. What… am I missing something? Is it April fool's day and no one told me? He turned to his manager and spoke in a deadly whisper.

"I'm going to see the President."

Yashiro nodded, not daring to argue with the angry young man before him.

LME: Various Places

Kyoko Mogami skipped through the halls of LME completely oblivious to the whispers and stares that were following her. She was excited because Sawara-san had called her early that morning to tell her she had received another drama offer and that this time it was not for a bully role. On her way up to his office, she passed Chiori.

"Hello, Amamiya-san!" she greeted her. "What are you doing here? Did you have LoveMe work?"

Chiori gave a half laugh. "Um.. actually I just needed to talk to the President about something. But I'm leaving now."

She waved good bye and then disappeared down the hallway. Kyoko vaguely wondered what Chiori had needed to discuss with the president before continuing her journey.

She reached the elevator and pushed the button. As she waited for it to arrive she hummed a tune she had heard on her way to work. It was the jingle from a toothpaste commercial Moko-san had been in recently.

"My best friend is so beautiful! She's just the perfect picture of living beau- Ah!" she had been talking until the elevator opened and there in front of her she saw her friend.

"Moko-san?" she asked. Her friend was standing at the back of the elevator. Her head hung low with her hair acting as a curtain around her face. She looked up at the sound of Kyoko's voice.

"Oh. It's you." She mumbled. She looked around as if she had just barely realized she was in the elevator. "I have to go." She said before exiting the elevator.

Kyoko climbed into the elevator and pushed the button for Sawara-san's floor. I wonder what happened with Moko-san… she's not normally cheerful but she doesn't look all mournful like that.

Finally the elevator dinged and she exited to meet with Sawara-san.

Twenty minutes later, Kyoko left the Talento section feeling happy. The role she'd been offered was smaller than her bully roles but she got to play a friend of the main character. She would be a normal high school girl with normal friends.

She happily pushed the button for the elevator. Maybe I'll run into Tsuruga-san and I can tell him the good news. We haven't gotten to see each other much since our roles as the Heel siblings finished. No sooner had these thoughts entered her mind than the elevator opened to reveal Yashiro and Ren.

The former looked pleased to see Kyoko, while the latter hadn't noticed her yet because he was too busy sending off hate waves in every direction while staring at his phone with a serious expression.

"Kyoko-chan! How nice to see you!" Yashiro exclaimed, causing Ren to look up suddenly.

Kyoko bowed, "Yashiro-san. Tsuruga-san." She looked up and was nearly blinded by Ren's sparkling gentlemanly smile. She timidly entered the elevator.

"Mogami-san, what a surprise to run into you." He said, politely.

Kyoko flinched at his politeness. "Is everything all right, Tsuruga-san?" she asked cautiously.

Ren opened his mouth to respond when Yashiro intercepted.

"Kyoko-chan, have you seen this already?" he asked, holding out a hot pink flyer to her. He could feel Ren glaring at the back of his head. Kyoko took the flyer from him and read it slowly.

"Special Announcement!

LME will be hosting a Date Night Auction!

We will be auctioning off the lovely members of our very own LoveMe section for a single date night to the highest bidder. All proceeds will go to charity.

Any other ladies who are interested in participating may apply by signing up at the front desk.

Requirements for bidders: Must be a member of a talent agency in Tokyo."

Kyoko wanted to die as she read the notice. What kind of cruel prank was this? Was the president trying to kill her? She sighed. Maybe there's still a way I can get out of it?

Just then her eyes caught something written in small print at the bottom of the page.

"Any LoveMe members who refuse to participate will be expelled from the program and subsequently removed from LME representation."

Kyoko cursed under her breath. Damn the president and his stupid ideas about Lov- that emotion!