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Mio (Kyoko) = the role (the actor)
Disclaimer: If I owned Skip Beat this would be a fanfiction and it wouldn't be on fanfiction.
Kyoko let out a soft sigh as Maria and Kanae continued on with their wild tales of what she did. Kyoko nodded and smiled when appropriate, she even mustered up the right emotion when required. Still her thoughts would wander back to the look Ren had when she told him she couldn't remember anything. He treated her as a stranger, and responded in the same manner. None the less, Kyoko still felt guilty for lying to him.
"Big sis! Why do you keep sighing? Ever time you sigh you let go of a piece of happiness!" Kyoko turned to look at Maria and gave her a gentle, heartwarming, smile. After all, this child was concerned about her happiness, even if she couldn't remember her.
"Don't worry Maria-chan. I'll be sure not to do the same again." Kyoko ruffled Maria's hair wanting nothing more than to admit that she was sure that she would remember everything soon, but Kyoko knew that if she said that she would be weighed down by the guilt of the lie. So instead she asked Maria why she liked Ren so much, and Maria started going into great detail about everything about Ren that she loved.
Kanae gave Kyoko a few suspicious glances, but Kyoko managed to dodge her questions until it was time for her to leave. Kanae did not leave without giving her the scripts she needed to have memorized and reminding her that she would have to return to work the next day. Kyoko leafed through the first script; it was for a new Dark Moon episode. Kanae was even kind enough to highlight her lines and give her the tapes for the previous episodes.
Kyoko inserted the tapes and watched herself amazed at how well she had grasped Mio's cold fury. She wondered what she was thinking about that could send so much dark energy into the scene. Kyoko studied Mio over and over again, but she still couldn't find that kind of fury in herself. All she could find was endless frustration that she was lagging behind herself. After watching so much Dark Moon that her brain started hurting Kyoko thought of a new way to go about it. Kyoko smiled as it clicked and finally let herself fall into a deep slumber.
Ren continued with his roles, not once losing his face, questioning Kyoko's answer to his first question. The light that had illuminated her eyes, the expression on her face, and even her hesitation to tell him what memory she had lost herself in were all signs. That she not only remembered something, but she had also deliberately chosen to not tell him what it was.
Ren was hurt that she couldn't tell him or remember him, but he kept his face. He had decided that he would not go near her and she could start anew. After all after seeing him preform one task she was able to mimic it perfectly, she wouldn't need his help. Yashiro would bug him, Ren would reply 'She needs to get on with her life', and Yashiro would let the subject drop. In the end Kyoko would live happily without the thirst for revenge, Shou would leave Kyoko alone, and Ren could ignore her existence completely. Yet, no matter how often Ren tried to convince himself it wasn't true, he still wanted to rush over to her side and hold her tight.
"Cut! Okay thirty minutes for lunch then back on set!" Ren's thoughts had been so absorbed with Kyoko that he forgot to pay attention to the scene in front of him. Ren mental made note to study his scene during his break as he veered off towards his dressing room. He quickly thumped down in his chair as he reread his scene.
Katsuki was going to have an argument with Mio, because she had injured Mitsuki. Katsuki finds out why Mio hates Mitsuki, and Mio figures out that Katsuki is head over heals in love with Mitsuki. Mio tried to use this to her advantage, she tells Katsuki that she'll tell everyone she knew that he was in love with Mitsuki if he didn't comply. When Katsuki asked her what she was going to do Mio smirked and told him that she wanted him to completely ignore Mitsuki as anything other than his student. Katsuki tried to protest, but Mio had the upper hand. So for the remainder of the episode there is an awkward tension between Mitsuki and Katsuki. The episode ends with Mitsuki confronting Mio about Katsuki. Ren looked down at his watch only to realize that he needed to get back on set. He made it on time, of course, and began his confrontation scene with Mio.
"Why do you hate Mitsuki so much?" Katsuki (Ren) plead barely keeping his voice from cracking.
"No one with such a dark past should shine so brightly. Besides, even though I hate her, I'm not the one who would be shunned by society." Mio (Kyoko) made sure that her voice lingered, to leave an echo of his sin in his memory.
"Mio what are you ta-" Mio (Kyoko) interrupted Katsuki (Ren) by placing her finger on his lips, her lips curled upward to showcase her teeth.
"I think it's about time you stopped eying my cousin Katsuki. If you don't I'll have to let everyone in on your treacherous secret." Mio (Kyoko) twirled her hands to add an essence of a nonchalant to her statement. After all she really didn't care how, as long as she could make those she hated suffer she was happy. Mio (Kyoko) slowly ran her nail up his cheek adding as much tension to the moment as she could. She felt Katsuki (Ren) stiffen under her touch. Mio (Kyoko) burst into laughter at her enemies strange display of loyalty.
"I'll give you one week to adjust. In return for staying away from my cousin not only will I hide your dirty little secret, but I will also stop raising my hands to bring harm to Mitsuki. So what do you say sensei?" Mio (Kyoko) added a bit of a sneer on the last word, if only to mock him.
"Of course I understand." Katsuki (Ren) lowered his head to Mio (Kyoko), he would do anything for Mitsuki. She knew this and put it to her advantage, not to mention the fact that he originally planned to avoid her. Katsuki (Ren) hated being under Mio's (Kyoko's) power, but he had no choice.
"Good." Mio (Kyoko) turned on her heal and left Katsuki (Ren) to wallow in his soon to be endless pit of sorrow.
"Cut! Good work! Moving on!" Kyoko kept her expression from giving her away. She was exhausted, she struggled to remember not only her own lines, but also what Mio was thinking while saying her lines, before her saying lines, and after her saying lines. Kyoko was sure that she messed up, but since she wasn't NG'd she'd figured that meant that she was doing a good job of capturing Mio. Kyoko felt as if a huge weight come off her chest. So far she was succeeding in her first job, after this she would have to go to her other jobs and do the same thing with her other roles. Strange enough she felt that she was having fun, being someone else with a past they remember and a future to look forward to.
The rest of the time of her time on the Dark Moon set was moving from scene to scene, and acting opposite to Katsuki (Ren). At the end of her time there Kyoko had finished filming all of her scenes for the episode. Kyoko had to rush, and was nearly late, to get to her next job. When she got to the Bridge Rock station, she nearly forgot to get into costume. The show went pretty well, and Kyoko remembered that she would have to be Natsu and Yuri.
Ren turned the listened to Yashiro go on and on about how Kyoko did, considering how she couldn't remember anything. Ren wouldn't admit it aloud, but silently he had wanted her to ask him for help. To hear her talk to him, but when he thought about it the more unrealistic his expectations became. Kyoko didn't know him anymore, he was just a kind actor. Maybe she still viewed him as a sempai, but she wasn't close enough to him to ask him for help. At least that's what Ren thought.
Eventually Ren got so fed up with Yashiro's prattling that he turned on the radio and switched to a station that wasn't playing a commercial. Tightening his fist around the steering wheel, Ren managed to keep a straight face as the station played Fuwa Shou's new hit single 'Return to Me'
When I look up into the endless night
Its your face I see
Burned deeply into my memory
You are a shinning diamond
Too bad i didn't realize that when I had you
Now I look forward only to look back
Whenever I see you I'm filled with joy
Whenever I hear your voice I want to hold you
Whenever I get near you I want to be yours and you to be mine
But you moved on
Your not by my side
I want to say this at least once
You are the one that knows me best
The only one who sees all of me
So I ask you to come back
Return to my side where you belong
Because I know you best and you know me best
Too bad i didn't realize that when I had you
Now I look forward only to look back
Whenever I see you I'm filled with joy
Whenever I hear your voice I want to hold you
Whenever I get near you I want to be yours and you to be mine
When I'm up on stage I sing with all my heart
You were the one to help me in the beginning
You are the only one I need who isn't here
I am the one who relied on you
I am the one who put you into the shadows
I am the one who needs you most
Too bad i didn't realize that when I had you
Now I look forward only to look back
Whenever I see you I'm filled with joy
Whenever I hear your voice I want to hold you
Whenever I get near you I want to be yours and you to be mine
Too bad i didn't realize that when I had you
Now I look forward only to look back
Whenever I see you I'm filled with joy
Whenever I hear your voice I want to hold you
Whenever I get near you I want to be yours and you to be mine
Now come back to my side
Return to me where you belong
Let's make a new ending together.
Ren felt his anger going beyond his toleration level. Shou had his chance, what in the world made him think that he had any right to take Kyoko away from what she was building for herself. Not only that but to be so stupid as to think that Kyoko belonged with him, Kyoko wasn't anybodies servant. Kyoko was a smart, kind, caring, wonderful, human being, and she would not let anybody use her.
"I wonder who he's talking about." Yashiro mused over Fuwa Shou had recently dated, but his train of thought skirted to a stop when he felt, rather than saw, Ren's anger overflow. Ren plastered his brightest most blinding smile and sent it directly to Yashiro. Yashiro had to look away and felt all of his bones become numb, Ren was more furious with him than he ever had been before. He didn't even need to tell Yashiro to drop the subject because Yashiro dropped it all to gladly.
Ren continued driving, any good mood before completely erased. As he drove down the twisting streets he hoped that he would find a way to tell Kyoko what Shou did to her, without reawakening her unquenchable desire for revenge. 'Good luck with that one' he thought silently to himself, then he sighed letting all of his exasperation into the air.
Author's Note: Wow that was long I can't wait to see what you guys think, and thanks for reading.
