Kanae watched Kyoko from afar. How she stepped out of the car, taking in everything in awe, smiling and posing for the paparazzi. With the dress they bought together she wore some light jewelries and discreet shimmering make up. She really looked like she stepped out of one of her fairy tales; you could nearly see the fairy godmother swirling around her. Kanae stopped at that thought. What was that? Are Kyoko fantasies contagious? What a freaky thought! She saw how the interviewers went up to Kyoko to ask her the same silly question she herself already had to answer. She wondered if Kyoko felt as surreal about everything like she does. It seemed to be an eternity ago that they went to the audition.

X

"You have to promise me, that we stay friends, no matter what happens in this audition! Promise me!" Kyoko begged her best friend with tears running down her eyes, holding on to her with a death grip. They were in the middle of a hallway in a studio building. Some people threw strange looks their way.

"Of course we will stay friends. Now stop being embarrassing!" With a blush she looked around, trying to shut Kyoko up. "We are in public!" She hissed at the other girl hanging on her leg.

"Thank you so much!" The previously split tears let Kyokos eyes shine and shimmer even more as she grateful beamed up to her, after she let go of Kanae's leg. The black haired beauty turned away from this disgusting happy expression, using her ling hair as a veil, but something pulled her back in.

They both had got the information about this audition separately. Kanae got her notice from Matsushima and Kyoko from Sawara. They don't know a lot about it, but the names involved sounded promising and the description asked for a girl to play a nineteen to twenty year old in a Yakuza setting. It wasn't a leading role, but one of the major supporting roles. They don't have any more information on the character, but apparently both managers thought that it would fit their representative image and skill set and sent them here. They met a few minutes before by chance and that's how their got in this situation.

"We will both do your best and then we see where it gets us, right Moko-san?" Kyoko's happy rainbow aura uncased Kanae completely.

"Of course, may the better one win!" In a rare act of affection Kanae hold out her hand to help Kyoko up to her feet again. "Now get yourself presentable. I don't want to win, because you show up with red puffing eyes." She ordered Kyoko around in a grumpy voice.

A small and soft smile fled over the younger girls lips. "Ok." Then she hugged Kanae fiercely, once she was standing again.

"Stop that!" She pushed her friend away and crossed her arms in front of her. "Go!" She shooed her in the directions of the nearest bathroom, still red in the face from embarrassment.

After a few minutes they both went to the right room to pick a number for the audition. They were told that this was just the first part of the audition and they would look at their reverences and overall image to make a first selection and that they should wait with the other girls. Around twenty other girls were already waiting and Kyoko seem a bit overwhelm and intimidated by this huge number of competition.

"So many pretty girls, why should they choose me?" She mumbled to herself in a low voice, but Kanae heard her nevertheless.

"Oh, shut up. To many of them you are one of the biggest rivals here. You have roles like Mio and Natsu under your belt and that could fit well with the Yakuza term of the role." Kanae replied in a biting tone.

They waited for around half an hour before it was their turn. Kanae was first in line and she confidently stepped into the room where three men between thirty and sixty were waiting. She gave them her portfolio and they asked some questions about it before they asked her to show some different emotions. It was easy enough and the way they nodded appreciative at her gave her a good feeling.

"We will keep your portfolio for now and are going to call your manager tomorrow with further information." The casting director told her this, as he leaded her to the door and called Kyoko in.

Kanae waited for maybe ten minutes before her friend reappeared with a smile and without her folder as well. It was probably like she thought that one look at Kyoko's record and they already decided to take her to the second phase. It wasn't that she thought that Kyoko didn't deserve it, but she felt a tiny sting of jealousy how good Kyoko became in such a short time.

"All done? Than we can go, right?"Kanae didn't wait for an answer and pulled her along to the exit. "I promised you we would eat dinner together and I would let you choose the place, otherwise it will be loaded with calories and that sh…" She stopped herself from cursing and pulled Kyoko with her, who skipped along her with a happy smile.

It took two days until Matsushima called her up to tell her the details of the recall. There would be a chemistry test with some of the confirmed actors and they want to see some flirting, club dancing and seducing for the role. Kanae grumbled to herself what kind of role it was. It sounded suspiciously like a whore or something. She stepped into the LoveMe room and was pretty sure Sawara had talked to Kyoko too and that she as well wasn't too happy with the description of the requirements of the role. Evidence for this was the cloud of despair that hung around her in the dark corner she hid in. She felt her stomach shrink as she watched Chiori trying to smoother Kyoko again, petting her back. She coughed slightly to alert the two girls about her presence in the room. Immediately Kyoko jumped up and ran into her arms, away from the newest LoveMe member. It made her feel satisfied and triumphal that Kyoko obvious preferred her comfort over that of the shorter girl's and for once she allowed her to hug her and even returned the gesture.

"Now, calm down. Is it about the audition?", she asked patiently, shooting a quick side look to Chiori to watch her reaction the this display of affection.

"Yes!" The girl in her arms bawled pitifully. "I don't know how to flirt or seduce anyone! They will laugh at me!" Both Chiori and Kanae raised an eyebrow in doubt, probably both imagining Natsu and her alluring ways of talking with friend and foe. Didn't she even realize that she flirted there or didn't she count it because it was with girls? The relation that she thought the same thing as Chiori made her feel irritated and bounded with her at the same time. It wasn't that Kanae really disliked the other actress. Whenever they had to work together just fine and often even share the same views on things, but as soon as Kyoko got in the picture she felt the irresistible urge to completive with her. She didn't even know if the tiny actress felt the same.

"It's not that difficult: you smile, you listen, you touch a little bit, stuff like that." Kanae finally pushed Kyoko an arm's length away as she explained the basics.

"Maybe for you, but you are beautiful! I don't know how to do it right and how would even want to be seduced by me?" Kyoko wailed in self pity. Kanae rolled her eyes; she could think of at least two guys from the top of her head who would give anything to have Kyoko flirt with them. Before she could really reply to her overdramatic friend, Chiori suggested an option.

"You know, we could do some research on it." Both Kyoko and Kanae turned around to look at their colleague with a stunt expression,

"What kind of research?" Kyoko asked her in confusion.

"I thought about going out and watch people and then we can discuss what they are doing and how we could use it in our acting."Chiori smiled widely at them. Kanae had to admit that the idea wasn't bad, but some more questions needed to be answered, before deciding anything.

"And where do you want to do that research?" Kanae raised a challenging eyebrow.

"Considering that this says something about club dancing, why not go exactly there?" Chiori studied a paper that Kyoko had dropped earlier. It probably contained the same information that Matsushima had give her in their meeting.

"But we are not old enough to get in a club…" Kyoko noted doubtful.

"Are we actresses or not?"

This somehow decided it. It was a Friday night and they met at Chiori's place to get ready. Her mother at beamed at them in relieve and happiness and made them snacks, but left them alone otherwise. Chiori blushed slightly at her mother's actions, but didn't say anything.

"Your mum is so nice." Kyoko remarked with a wishful smile. "So should first eat or change?" They had borrowed clothes from the LME storage and didn't want to ruin it, so they ate first and then put on clothes and make up. Kanae had to admit that it was fun to prime each others. They each were styled different. Chiori was cute, Kyoko punky-cheeky and Kanae sexy. After two hours of preparation they were on the way to a club. Kanae had asked her brothers were they could go and the idiots had tort up and were all happy that she 'starts to act like a normal teenager, going out with her friends, but don't drink too much, we will pick you up when you want to go home'. They said that it was a good and clean club that didn't look to close at the age of their costumers if they didn't cause trouble. The prizes were low but the drinks good. They had to wait for half an hour before getting in and they could hear the music on the street. It was mostly modern pop and dance music from Japan and international. Once they were inside it didn't take long for some guy to come over.

"What do three lovely ladies like you do, here all alone?" Their breath stank from the alcohol they had consumed and leaned far too close for comfort.

"Trying to have fun and that obvious means staying away from you." Kanae looked at them with disgust and forcefully removed the arm one of them had swung around Kyoko, who tried to wiggle free. Her cold eyes and harsh tone let them take a step back and she took the opportunity to pull the other two girls with her. "Creeps."

They were left alone by those guys, but from time to time other guys come over to start a conversation or offer them drinks. They were all shoot down by Kanae within seconds. Chiori giggled: "Maybe you need help with flirting too?" She had her second cocktail in her hands.

"We are not here to flirt myself, but to watch." She replied grumpily, while watching out for Kyoko who had went to the bathroom. She finally saw her and some guy was talking to her. Kanae rolled her blue eyes and kicked herself away from the wall to go over.

"Hey where are you going?" Chiori caught up to her, pressing herself through the people next to her.

"Getting that naïve idiot back." She was nearly there when she called out over the music. "Mo! Kyoko what takes so long?" Kanae 'accidently' stepped between her best friend and 'some guy'.

"Moko-san!" She greeted her again happily. "This is Keizo-san. We go to the same school, but not in the same class. We were talking about some teachers and the school festival in the summer." Kyoko cheerfully introduced 'some guy'. Kanae was least than impressed and mustered him dismissively with crossed arms.

"Nice to meet you, Kenzo-san." Her tone didn't match her words and she spat out his name in distaste. "Are you here on your own?"

"N-no, ma'm..ehm Moko-san- SAMA!" He stuttered under her icy stare. "I'm here with a couple of friends." He took a step back.

"Oh, of course, I don't want to keep you from them. Tell them 'hi' from me." Kyoko waved him off with a bright happy smile. He let his shoulder sack in defeat and went off.

Chiori had watched the whole exchange with a wide grin. "Oh, don't be like that. She just wants to get some hands on experience in flirting, right Kyoko-san."

"Huh? Flirting" Kyoko leaned her head to the side and knitted her eyebrows. "We weren't flirting."

Kanae could only groan in frustration and massage the bright of her nose, as Chiori burst into loud laughter. "Of course he was! Nobody wants to talk about school here. It was just a topic to start a conversation with you." The tiny actress informed Kyoko, who turned a scarlet red at once.

"Enough of this. Let's find a place to watch the people." Kanae ordered them and stopped any further discussion about that topic.

They found one near a pillar, where they could see the bar and the dance floor, as well as the more quite area near the wall. Kanae looked around for anything interesting to point out. She saw a couple who were dancing together and turned to tell the other two about them. She blinked a few times.

"'Kyoko, is that a notebook in your hands?" She asked in disbelieve.

The redhead bushed prettily and answered: "Well, I thought I could take some notes to remember everything tomorrow, so that we can talk about it when we don't have to scream against the music." That didn't sound like a bad idea at all; apparently Chiori was a step ahead of both of them and had her phone out to film some people.

"Now I feel like a creep…" Kanae grumbled to herself, but pulled out her phone as well. They spent some time like this; pointing at people, filming them and watching very closely how they move and act.

"You know, I'm sure it said something about dancing as well, right? So let's have bit fun." Chiori claimed and tried to drag them to the dance floor.

"Not with that song." Kyoko replied in distaste. Kanae recognized it as a Sho Fuwa song and could understand Kyoko's resistance against it.

Chiori hesitated for a second and listened. "Are you as sick as me to always hear the same voice over and over again?" It was obvious that she didn't know the real reason for Kyoko's rejection to the song and it made Kanae feel smug about it.

"You have no idea how sick I'm off that voice." Kyoko mumbled back.

Luckily the song ended soon and some female international singer started to play and they willingly followed Chiori to the dance floor. At first they all felt pretty awkward, but with time they slightly relaxed. That was when Kanae saw another shocking talent of Kyoko. The other girl watched the girls around her and started to copy the move of them in an astonishing speed. Some girl close to them noticed and began a kind of game with Kyoko, by demonstrating a few moves and watched Kyoko repeat them. In no time Kyoko moved her petite body in a sensual way that it let Kanae's mouth dry and she had to lick her lips. Something that Kyoko saw and copied as well, but with the way she rotated her hips and let body wave with the music, it was so much more alluring. It left her lips wet and shine and the wink she gave Kanae, made her skin heat up. Kyoko turned back to her dancing companion and they slowly went down together what made Kyoko's butt so much more prominent and appealing. They gently caressed each other before placing their hands on the others hips, like this they came up again, smiling brightly and laughing together. The song slowly came to an end and Kanae was pretty relieved about it. This was ridiculous; she should take Kyoko out of here, before she starts to do stupid stuff or something. With the last dying beats of the song, something happened. The other girl leaned closer and kissed Kyoko on the lips. Gentle she stroked over Kyoko's cheek and placed her hand at her jaw line. Kanae's mouth dropped open in shock and she felt the urge to push that girl away from Kyoko, but her body was immobilized by what happened in front of her. Kanae could say how long this kiss went on, but definitely longer than it should. Not that it should have happened in the first place. The girl ended the kiss and whispered something that Kanae couldn't understand, placing a small card into Kyoko's hands and returned to her group again.

Kyoko stood there and watched her leave in shock, carefully touching her lips. After a few seconds she turned around and looked at Kanae and Chiori with wide eyes. Her lip gloss on her plum lips shimmered darker where it was mingled with the other girls red lip stick. Chiori laughed at her shocked look.

"We can note down; you now know how to flirt!" That those words Kyoko blushed and stuttered an incomprehensible answer.

"That's it. We go home. I'm calling my brother!" Kanae declared and pushed Kyoko and Chiori to the exit.

X

Whenever Kanae remembered this night she still felt her skin heat up a bit. She looked over to Kyoko and saw her wave to her. She smiled back and thought that Kyoko looked a lot more relaxed than the past couple of months. She had missed the carefree and naïve girl from back then a bit.


A.N. So, that is my second chapter. Before anyone asked; yes Ren will be in the story as well, but I wanted to eatable the other two LoveMe girls as part of this story. I thought about sending Kyoko to Ren to learn how to flirt, but I feel like we have seen it so often in fanfiction that I wanted to take a different route. Like you see here, I will change the point of view between chapters, so you wouldn't see everyone's thoughts and emotions one scene at a time. Please leave a review if you liked it or if you see something I could improve. If anyone wants to be my beta and help me with this story, please let me know.