Thank you to those who read the last chapter. I'm glad that few even thought it was promising enough to favorite and follow it. Hopefully I can live up to those expectations.

Fun fact I don't own Skip Beat!

Today is another early start I get up at 3:00 get dress for my first job at a near-by convenience store. I make up a simple breakfast and head out the door so I can be ready to clock-in by 4:30.

Sho was so mad there has to be a way I can make it up to him. It will have to wait, I will get off of Moz at 3:30 today so there will be a little bit of time to call him then. I spend most of my shift trying to plan out what I will say to him.

Noon finally rolls around and I have to head to Moz for a short shift. I clock in and I'm on front counter again. Oh well, nothing too strange about that. They ask me to stay a little bit longer, the manager knows that I usually jump on any chance for more hours, but I have to get in touch with Sho, I end up telling my manager that I'll stay another hour, even if it puts me behind schedule I will still be able to get to Darumaya by 5:00. I'll just have to keep the call a little bit shorter

I stand at the payphone and call. I decided to remind him how important he is to me and how eventually everyone else will see how amazing he is too. I think as I hang up that I may have come across as too cheesy. He'll probably roll his eyes and laugh at me later. Oh well, I have to get changed and head to Darumaya.

The proprietress is relieved to see me much more put together today. She is so kind. I get into my full uniform and start helping her with customer's. Today was a rather easy day even if Sho is still refusing to answer his phone. I sigh, which appears to have caught the Chef and the proprietress's attention during clean up, as both look at me in concern.

"You don't seem quite like your usual, cheerful self is everything okay?" she asks gently like she is afraid I'll run.

I throw on the smile I usually use for customers and assure her everything is perfect. I feel bad for lying so blatantly in response to her concern, but what else can I do? Break down and tell them I had a pseudo-fight with my not-boyfriend. All that would do is inconvenience them more, I'll not be a burden on them. Taisho-san seems suspicious, but they both let it go.

I leave the restaurant at 10:30 and get home by 11:00. The apartment is dark. Though I suppose that isn't too unusual, of course Sho wouldn't be back so soon. I make pull out the leftovers from the restaurant that Okami-san gave me and set about heating them up and eating. I take a shower and head to bed. Tomorrow is another early start.

Another rinse and repeat day I get up at 3:00 and head to work. Same song different day. I'm just standing behind the counter when I see something absolutely chilling walk in the front door with that little bell chiming.

Lord I wish Yashiro-san would just stop complaining and be glad I'm eating something. I mean is it so difficult to leave me alone, as long as it doesn't get in the way of work it shouldn't matter. I walk in the door to this little shop on my way to the studio, it shouldn't be too hard to get some onigiri or something, hopefully no one will notice me to quickly though admittedly this hat isn't much of a disguise.

"Ren would it kill you to get some real food just this once?" I look at Yashiro and smile, while lightly wiggling my keys.

"You can pick where we eat when you drive." Nothing but sulky silence in response to that. Yashiro is a good friend, but the man is not my mother. I head to the back of the store and grab some of the salmon filled onigiri I like. That is when the yelling starts.

It is known that Kyoko has three jobs at the start of the series. 2 are confirmed the last isn't I figured a normal clerk/cashier job at a convenience store would make sense for it.