Speak of the Devil
LME Hallway
The two men were discussing the details of Kimiko when Yashiro's eye caught something colourful from behind Ren's shoulder.
Peering around him Yashiro thought, Yup! That's definitely IT! Thank goodness for Lory's odd tastes. "Speak of the devil!" He lifted one hand to point behind Ren, who matched his eyeline and turned his neck.
There she was, Mogami-san, as was usual for her, worrying about something in a very unusual way. Sigh.
Yashiro's eyes widened looking for Ren's reaction. What did his favourite drama have in store for him this time?
Ren, at his quick but elegant pace, closing his distance to her. "Mogami-san?"
She let out a small "eep!" as she snapped her shoulders into a stiff freeze. Slowly turning her head to reveal a horrible facade of a smile. "Tsuruga-San, Yashiro-San, hello!"
"Could your reaction have anything to do with our conversation last night?"
Kyoko shot a glance at Yashiro who had a sort of a sincere, Sorry! But also, I can't help you air to him. Tsuruga had most likely heard the majority of it by now.
She broke into her deep ground level bow. "I'M SORRY!"
Ren gave a small sigh before crouching down to her eye level. "We can talk more about that later. For now, how are you doing? And why are you here today? Didn't Yashiro advise that you should rest?"
She peered up. "He did. Just, if I wasn't here then I'd be waitressing at Darumaya anyway and I thought if I came here then maybe I could see Moko or..." she broke eye contact with Ren as she realized she may sound overly enthused to bump into her Senpai.
Ren and Yashiro both felt a twinge of curiosity. Who? They thought.
She reconnected eye contact. "Anyhow I am doing fine. I am happiest here so I came to help!" She let out a truly beaming smile.
Ren felt a throb in his heart. "Well as an actress it is important not to overdue yourself... this is definitely an extraordinary circumstance you were involved in. It would be better to go home and rest..."
Kyoko looked down, dejected. "I see."
Ren took a moment to think. "But you know, Yashiro and I could probably use a hand today if you really must work." Kyoko instantly perked up. Ren could feel Yashiro's ears doing the same behind him but chose to ignore it.
"Really?"
"Certainly. We have a few meetings today and a lot of time driving in the car. Perhaps you could lend Yashiro a hand and also be in charge of meal recovery."
"That's a great idea!" Yashiro chimed in. Their workload was actually pretty light that day but it was a small white lie for the sake of advancing his favourite drama.