Ren's POV

When Kyoko came out, I couldn't stop looking at her. Sure she was wearing normal clothes, and they were really modest, but she was so beautiful. After silently nodding my approval, almost immediately, my mind thought of Fuwa. The idiotic singer who saw my Kyoko like this every single day up till recently! I got so angry, I could have sworn I saw a deathly aura enveloping me. How could she have stayed with him? Did she really love him? There was no way now, at least. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Kyoko trembling – because of me. Dummy! I yelled at myself now you've gone and scared her and she'll think she's done something wrong and only think of you as her violent, angry sempai! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Quickly, I calmed myself and asked "Mogami-san, what is the matter? We should probably rush to LME if I am going to make it on time"

"Oh… of course Tsuruga-san, but I could have sworn you were angry at me for a moment. You know, being your respectful kohai I am really sorry for ending up in your bed last night because of Setsu and Cain practice and if I have offended you in any matter please punish me!" Kyoko continued doing dogezas until I stopped her.

"Let's just go to my car, shall we" I said, gently pushing Kyoko to my new silver Mercedes-Benz. She gasped at the sight of the gleaming silver paint and I couldn't help but smile. Kyoko-chan was so cute! I slid into the opened the door for Kyoko and let her go inside before closing the door. I slid into the drivers seat and adjusted the mirror so I could see Kyoko's face at all times.

"You know, I really like this model out of all of the Mercedes-Benz cars. Its my favorite car," Kyoko said, "of course, a lowly kohai like me shouldn't pass judgment on your car." At the word kohai I stiffened. She still considered me a Sempai and, she considered herself a lowly kohai. "Kyoko-chan," I said slowly, turning back to look at her. I flashed her my signature brilliant smile. "Don't you think we are a bit more than sempai and kohai now?" I dragged out each syllable while staring at her, watching for her reaction. Kyoko-chan just tilted her head in confusion and I had a hard time staying mad at her. Orange strands of hair fell on her face and I reached over and tucked them behind her ear. "Listen to me, Kyoko, we have stayed at each other's houses, made things for each other, slept together –albeit as Cain and Setsu, used each other for practice, and feel free to criticize each other. Are those the actions of close friends or sempai and kohai?

"Um… like close friends, like me and Moko-san" Kyoko started to fantasize about Kotonami and herself, most likely. I snapped my fingers in front of her face.

"Now that we have cleared that up, we should start calling each other by our first names… Kyoko-chan."

"But Tsuruga-san…" Kyoko faltered when she saw my face. I was dead serious. Now that I've started this, I'm not going to stop until my Kyoko-chan says my name with ease.

"R…Ren… Ren-san. I hope that's okay with you, sempa…Ren-san." Kyoko said while looking at the floor of the car. She blushed a brilliant red. I grinned, thinking how red she turned just by saying my name. Speaking of my name, I loved the way she said it. It didn't roll of her tongue as smoothly as I hoped, but that would be resolved soon.

"Of course Kyoko-chan. Now lets get to LME." I pushed the accelerator all the way to the floor of the car.

We arrived at LME in record speed, 4 minutes and 48 seconds. I left Kyoko-chan at the entrance to find Yashiro. I looked back to see her running to Kotonami-san yelling MOKO-SAN like a crazy maniac. I finally spotted Yashiro at the coffee lounge.

"Ah, Ren, did you get your schedule changes? The agents from Softhat agency will be waiting in room 32B to discuss your photo shoot. I will join you after I ask to borrow someone's phone. Go on, run along." Yashiro shooed me away and I heard faint laughter coming from the coffee lounge as I walked towards room 32B.

Kyoko POV

I left Ren-san at the entrance of LME and immediately saw Moko-san. She looks like a beautiful princess today, as always. I ran towards her, my arms open for a hug. As usual she rejected my attempt in a friendly way.

"Mo! Lets have some… girl time… Kyoko chan." Moko-san said while gritting her teeth for some reason. Maybe she wanted to talk about a role. Moko-san led me into the Love Me locker room. We both sat down on the benches and I could imagine us as fairies, sitting on tree branches holding hands and swinging our feet while smelling pretty flowers.

"MO! Would you listen to me!" Moko-san's voice finally got through to me. I nodded and motioned for her to go on. "So what do you think of Tsuruga-san? Do you like him?"

"Ehhhhhh? Ren-san? Why would you ask that?

"Ren-san? You're already calling him Ren!"

"Well, Ren-san is really nice and protective. He is a good friend – not better than you Moko-san – I can promise that, and he goes out of his way to be nice to me. He is also a really helpful sempai. I mean when I go over to make him dinner he always washes the dishes for me. But lately, whenever I go near him, my heart starts beating like crazy and when we touch, it feels like I got shocked – I think I'm sick, do you know what this illness is called?" I admitted.

"Oh my gosh! Kyoko… you go to his house? Already? You make him food? I think I know what your problem is. And I'm not about to tell you. Figure it out yourself." Moko-san said, "Oh and some of the BoxR actors are waiting for you in room 32B."

I squealed and ran towards room 32B.