Bitter sweet chapter 1 – Ready, set, GO!

She stopped. Hearing his voice just ruined her day. "Kyoko" ... "We need to talk" it was strange. There was something different, something unusual about the tone of his voice. As she turned, he approached.

"Now." There was urgency apparent in the way he acted. Normally Kyoko would not so much as tell this freak of nature the time of day, but something told her to listen. Maybe, it was the redness in his eyes that mirrored a sleepless night, or maybe, it was his clothes, the image obsessed man now dressed in a baggy t-shirt and jeans. His messy appearance made him almost un-recognisable.

"Alright..." She proceeded to excusing herself from her fellow cast members. Then, like a lamb heading toward a wolf she walked slowly to the room he waited in. Stopping in front of the door she had time to think. On the other side of this door was the man who broke her heart. Now after causing her so much pain he wanted to talk to her, in most cases a person would feel angry when facing the person who caused them so much heart ache and that was most often the case for Mogami Kyoko, who wanted nothing more than to get revenge on this retched being. Oddly enough she felt no hatred for him at this moment in time. She just felt content, not happy yet not sad. Odd.

Carefully she pushed the door open; there he sat with his head hung low, not even recognising her entrance to the room. Her demons not disturbed by his presence she shut the door only now disrupting the heavy silence. The man finally looked up, through the girl in front of him. After a gulf of silence he sighed. She knew something had happened but her mind told her not to speak. To the un-trained eye it would seem that the idol was sat there completely still, but this was not the case. He was shaking uncontrollably, fists curled tightly into two balls while he found some sort of fascination with the dull grey floor.

"What's happened Sho?" She braced herself for his next words.

"-------"She couldn't hear him. Moving away from the safety of the wall she sat next to him.

"What is it Sho, you can tell me..." Kyoko herself didn't quite understand why she was consoling him. It just happened, and so it continued to do so.

"Kyoko. She- Oka-san, she's had a heart attack." Her heart sunk.

Panicking slightly she stumbled on her words. "Oh my god, wha-when? Is she, is Oka-san okay?" Before even asking she knew the answer.

Tears streamed down his cheeks falling onto his fists "Kyoko she... she's gone..."

KYOKO'S POV

Startling me he looked up, he was trembling. He looked so vulnerable. I had never seen Sho cry, not once.

"Sho..." I didn't know what to say, I had made a resolve to sever all connection with him, to not sympathise but I couldn't help it tears welled up behind my eyes as memories flooded my vision. She was a lovely woman; she looked a lot like Sho, long brown hair and western blue eyes. I saw her as the loving mother I never had. Was I wrong to think like that?

"I don't know what to say. Sho... Do you plan to go home?" It was something I had to ask. My heart ached. When we left Kyoto that day he had told me he would never see his parents again. But this was different.

Sho looked up, straight into my eyes. I could tell that he didn't know what to do. He was asking, pleading for me to tell him what to do, like I used to. Always leading him in the right direction offering my support and advice and not getting anything in return except his happiness.

He was no longer looking at me, he was staring through me and I was avoiding his eyes looking straight at the floor.

Finally my voice granted me the ability to speak "Go home Sho. You Oto-san needs you" It was the best thing for him to do, Oto-san was not an emotionally strong man and he was probably feeling lonely. His wife was the only joy in his life, his wife was the only one who understood him and stuck by him.

I got no response from Sho and started to grow nervous. Suddenly I was pulled into an embrace. His trembling body cocooned itself around me as he sobbed into my shoulder. Before I realised I was reaching up to comfort him. I stopped myself. This wasn't right.

"Sho. Listen to me" Pushing him away from me I continued. "I know it's hard, but this isn't like you. Go home and speak to your father, you both need each other more than anything right now."

I couldn't read his expression. "I'm not going."

"What?" Is he insane or just an idiot.

"Not without you, Kyoko I need you there with me. You are the only person that understands. Please..." My emotions were out of control. Anger, sadness, confusion what is he saying after all this time.

"I ---"the sound of a door opening interrupted me.

"Mogami-san"

:o Who is it !? :P Bet you already guessed ahahahah. Anyhoo, end of Chapter one. My first ever fan-fic. Might continue it, tell me what you think (:

DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN SKIP BEAT, IF I DID KYOKO WOULD BE GOD ALREADY.