Skip Beat - Love Is…
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Blacktohru: For those of you following 'The Yashiro Conspiracy', not to worry. Chapter 9 will be up sometime this week. In the meantime, enjoy the fluff!
Chapter 1: For The Sake of Love
You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.
-- Henry Drummond
"Mogami-san?" Ren made his way towards her; a little curious as to why she was trying to look as inconspicuous as possible hiding behind a pillar. She glanced around furtively.
She spotted him moving in her direction. Her eyes widening in alarm, she realized instantly that he drew far too much attention than she would have liked.
She grasped his hand and tugged him down to her level, cupped a hand over his ear and whispered, "The President's looking for me. Moko-san told me that I should avoid him at all costs," she shuddered, her eyes glimmering with unshed tears upon recalling it. "She even threatened to end our friendship if I were to participate!"
Ren nodded as seriously as he could manage, unable to help the involuntary shiver that ran down his spine as her breath ghosted into his sensitive ear.
She peeked around the corner and nodded with approval. The coast was clear.
The poor man was unfortunately dragged along with her as she tried to look unnoticeable. And failing, quite naturally, completely due to the fact that she was wearing bright pink overalls with Love Me logos plastered all over and hauling the tall actor along with her.
He tried. He really tried to be patient, but it was getting difficult to walk since there was such a difference in their heights. That and he didn't want to examine the strange tingles of electricity that her proximity brought about. So keeping his stoic mask on and trying to look as if everything was perfectly normal, Tsuruga Ren allowed himself to be towed along.
"Ah, Kyouko-chan! There you are!" Lory hollered, practically dancing over to where she was. She smacked a hand over her face in resignation. Was there no way out?
"Oh, Ren? You're here too? You mean you're willing to volunteer? That's fantastic!" the President steam rolled on, completely oblivious to the identical looks of horror on their faces.
"Forgive my ignorance, but what on earth are you talking about?" Ren asked suspiciously, unconsciously stepping in front of Kyouko to protect her from the whims of the President of LME.
Lory spotted his protective gesture and gave a knowing grin. "Why, to endorse the latest Love Me endeavor of course! I'm surprised you haven't heard about it from Kyouko-chan, seeing how close the two of you are." He nodded at their joined hands with an evil smirk plastered on his face.
The tall actor frowned in consternation as Kyouko gave a gasp of shock and immediately released her tight grip on his wrist. Reaching out to thread his long fingers through hers in a purely possessive gesture, he glowered at the older man. "There's no need to harass Mogami-san. What does this 'endeavor' require? Surely I can do something to assist."
"You will? You really will?" Kyouko clasped his large hands in her own, her eyes shining with pleasure and relief. "Thank you so much!" she threw herself into his arms, hugging him enthusiastically.
"Wha-" he grunted as her full weight was suddenly on him. He blushed profusely but managed to return her hug a little awkwardly. His mind began nagging him. 'The situation definitely DID NOT call for her to hug me so naturally. There's more to it than this!'
His train of thought crashed as the fragrance that was just so naturally Kyouko surrounded him
'She's in my arms, and she just fits so perfectly…' he thought to himself.
"Ahem," the President cleared his throat loudly. "Now that we've decided to allow Ren to do this job, I'll need to brief you on the details. First!" he pulled out THE dress.
Ren's eyes widened to the size of saucers.
"Erm, well, it looks like we'll need to make some adjustments. But! Not to worry. We'll have it fitted in no time at all."
Ren gasped for breath. "No…"
"You're truly my favourite senpai!" Kyouko was hanging onto his arms, staring up at him with pure undiluted admiration.
He swayed a little. Choked a little. Kami-sama, what had he gotten himself into….
Later
"We will now introduce our co-host for this evening, the lovely Matsuhime-san who is endorsing our latest Love Me project: Green Earth!" Lory announced enthusiastically.
A tall dark haired beauty stepped onstage, her long locks bouncing a little as she made her way down the catwalk, her four-inch silver heels adding a sophisticated sway to her walk. She was grace and elegance in every step that she took. She even took a moment to tip her hat and wink audaciously at the audience who cheered her on with fervor.
"Kyouko-chan, have you seen Ren around?" Yashiro asked, a little wary of her demeanor that evening. She was staring at Matsuhime-san in complete awe. "Kyouko-chan?"
She turned to face him, stars dancing in her eyes. "He's onstage, Yashiro-san. Isn't he fantastic? Truly an incredible actor!"
The poor manager whipped around to stare at the unsuspecting 'woman' onstage. His eyes bugged. The height, the eyes! For the love of Kami, it was Ren! He took a moment to study the unbelievable sight that was his young charge.
Inside his heart, Ren died just a little as he spotted his manager staring at him. He'd never let him live this down, that was for sure. He twirled around once again, as per the President's instructions, making the green plastic bag that was his dress flutter around his ankles.
The things he'd do for love…
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