Prologue

Sho Fuwa was just waking from a short night's sleep. Mimori had somehow found out that he was attending a very important party that had to do with creating new connections for music ventures and she managed to sneak in and stay by his side the entire night. He hated clingy girls and she was not an exception, if only she weren't part of the same agency. Not only did she make it impossible to look credible to any of the producers and music directors that were visiting from the US, she also made it completely impossible for him to flirt and find some pretty women that night. Needless to say, he was tired and was not in a very good mood this morning.

He got up and quickly got dressed and ready for his day and walked out of his bedroom towards the kitchen where he found Shoko already sitting down with a cup of coffee to start the day.

"Good morning Shoko-san." He grumbled and he walked towards the refrigerator.

"Good morning, Sho. I see someone managed to wake up somewhat on time. We have a very busy schedule today Sho."

"I'm aware, you don't need to remind me all the time Shoko. I know what it's takes to be successful in this business."

"Eat you breakfast Sho and try to be quick, we have to head out soon."

"Hai, Hai." As Sho sat down at the table with a glass of orange juice and some toast he grabbed the newspaper lying on the table and went to the entertainment section. He knew pole results for favorite musician of the year would be out this week and had to make sure he had gotten first place again. He couldn't let anyone beat him, especially not Vie Ghoul.

Finally reaching the section he was looking for, he caught the headline for the section and he was immediately interested and intrigued.

BIG DREAMS & BIG TALENT

NEW MUSICAL DRAMA CAST AND GIVEN GREEN LIGHT!

After months of speculation regarding the casting for upcoming drama "Star Struck" the cast has finally been revealed by director Masahita Narita. Taking the lead, for the first time in a drama, is up and coming actress Kyoko. She will be playing the title role of Miki Inoue, the youngest member of the girl group the drama will center around. As part of the girl group actresses: Kanae Kotonami, Risa Miyano, Rio Nabatame and Ruriko Matsunai have been cast. Playing opposite the leading lady in the drama will be Shizuru Takagi, who will be playing a music producer who discovers the ladies and slowly starts to fall for Miki and Hikaru Ishibashi, who is known for being an actual musician and alongside his fellow band members , he will be the musician who falls for Miki and pursues her to become his girlfriend. This is the first drama for young Hikaru Ishibashi, making this his debut drama. No word yet on who Miki will end up with or even if it will be one of the two main characters announced by the director.

Masahita Narita is known for his secretiveness and unusual castings, however, it is safe to say, this drama has been the most buzzed about in months. To star an up and comer such as Kyoko as the lead actress is a bold and wise move and we have high expectations for her new title role. After dramas such as Dark Moon and Box "R," Kyoko has begun to become a household name. Masahita-san also announced that all singing within the show will be done by the actresses and actors cast with an official soundtrack planned to be released as well as an official album featuring all 5 actresses as their alter egos and together as a girl group. More information is expected to be released and an official press conference will be held in the following weeks.

As Sho finished the article he was complete slack jawed and surprised. Kyoko would be a lead actress in a drama, but not only that, she was to debut as a singer within the drama and release a CD. He'd never heard her sing before.

Suddenly, a loud guffaw of laughter erupted "Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha….Ky….hahahaha…o….ko….hahahahahaha…a sing….hahaha…er….hah…now this I cannot wait to see."

Kyoko sneezed.

Maybe someone was talking about her, well that actually wouldn't be a surprise would it. She'd awoken to a phone call from Sawara-san informing her of the article written about the new drama she'd agreed to do. She'd never considered singing, but Otou-san had made it clear that she shouldn't reject any offers simply because she didn't like the role presented for her. This offer had finally asked her to break out of the antagonist persona, to be a young girl, her own age and to not bully or show any malicious intent towards anyone. The fact that it required singing merely became a new challenge she needed to conquer. She was completely motivated and ready for the role.

She'd already begun taking singing lessons within the LME Actors Academy to prepare for the role. The fact that Moko-san had also accepted the role offered in the drama just made her happier. To have her best friend star alongside her and sing with her was exciting. Not to mention they weren't the only two LME talents to be featured in the drama. Hikaru-san had agreed as well and she was quite excited to see what he could do. They'd spoken and he expressed his nervousness about debuting as an actor, in a lead role as well, but was looking forward to acting with her.

Of course, Kyoko had no idea that was mostly due to the fact that Hikaru was more excited about the prospect of having Kyoko actually fall in love with him and not because he was debuting as a new actor. He had no confidence about that aspect at the moment.

As she walked the halls she ran into the one person she'd been hoping to see all morning.

"Good morning Ren-kun."

"Good morning Kyoko-chan."

"I was hoping to run into you," she said while blushing and turning her face to the side, "I wanted to talk to you about tonight."

"Oh, well, how about we move into Yashiro's office. That way we don't have any interruptions."

"That sounds perfect, thank you Ren-kun."

Grabbing her arm lightly and guiding her down the hall and towards Yashiro's office, Ren couldn't help but smile at Kyoko. He was so happy at this moment, he was sure his emotions were probably rolling off of him in waves. Not only was Kyoko finally calling him Ren now, but she had asked him for something he'd never expected of her.

Walking into the office and closing the door, they both took a seat on the couch Yashiro had in his office.

"What did you need to say to me?" He said, with that beautiful gentle smile that made all of the grudge demons run and hide in fear within Kyoko.

"I thought we should discuss our plans for….umm…well….for tonight." She was blushing again and Ren couldn't help but feel pride at knowing he was making her blush.

"Well Kyoko, let's start with what time should I pick you up? What time do you need to appear?"

"Ummm…8pm if I am not mistaken, but did you want to, maybe, have dinner together before Ren-kun?"

"I'd love to."

To say he wasn't excited at the prospect of accompanying Kyoko to the party for the finale of Box "R" would be a gross miscalculation. The fact that she asked him to be with her made him think he was more than just one step closer to it, but the fact that he also managed to convince her to finally stop calling him Tsuruga-san along with the new step in their relationship/friendship made it even more special. This was definitely a date, and he would make sure Kyoko realized it before the end of the night.

Author's Note:

Hello Everyone!

I am very excited to start this new story and to start writing one for Skip Beat! even more. I am a huge fan of the manga and have been for awhile and have recently been inspired by so many of you authors on here to write a story about Kyoko and Ren.

I hope you all like it. I will do my best to update as often as possible.

For the record, Skip Beat! isn't mine and we all know that.

Thank You for reading and Please take care of me!