Sorry for the late update. I now added thoughts in italic hoping that the characters' train of thought will help clarify certain actions. Oh, what do I know, I'm an amateur at this.
I do not own Skip Beat or any of its characters; all rights belonged to Yoshiki Nakamura Sensei.
Chapter 4
In the elevator, Ren felt brave enough to hug her from behind. She emancipated herself; he thought sadly, why has it come to that? He took in the scent of her hair, blew into her right ear softly. Her whispered moan and slight blush didn't go unnoticed by him. He was surprised by her reaction, but pleased that she didn't flinch or try to pull away from him.
Unbeknownst to him, the thought of her mother didn't bother her as much as her feelings for him. She felt good in his embrace; the slightest touch of his made her hot. Ah… I really have become an idiot when it comes to him. She turned her face to him and was met with an onslaught of kisses on her cheek and her nape. She couldn't resist giggling because his kisses tickled her. The tingling sensation spread down to her core and the feeling made her blush even deeper.
With her being like this, he wasn't sure if he can hold himself back anymore. He wanted to make Kyoko his right now, but his thoughts stopped when the elevator opened revealing their pent house suite.
They stepped out of the elevator and looked around. Ren noticed a little recording booth in the back corner of their living room. She's really leaving me behind. His thought made his heart clenched as his dark aura swirled around him.
"Are you going to pursue a singing career?" He asked not bothering to say her name or hide himself. "Why are you going head to head with that scum in his field?" He pushed on looking more hurt than angry this time.
There it is again,she thought, whenever Sho is involved—No! He can't be… She wasn't sure of anything anymore. I must be drunk, but I think Corn is jealous. She can't help but smile at the thought. Oh well, I've decided to discard most of my old self and love him anyways right? She took a step towards him, pressed her body against his and brushed his face lightly with her lips.
"What are you doing asking me all these questions?" She whispered seductively. "What is it to you?" She continued trailing her finger from his cheek through his neck and stopped at his heart.
"Because…" He tried to say it, but her face was so close that he had to conquer those lips. He took her lips in his and kissed her until she gasped for air.
"I told you, you are my most important man." She said still out of breath. Her lips searched for his and found them. She poured her desire on to him.
It was his turn to break, once it registered in his mind what she had just said.
"Whose important man may I ask?" He asked trying to coax it out her. He even dared his hands to roam down to her buttocks. He smiled at her mischievously while kissing her neck.
"Mine." She said while tracing circles on his chest.
She pushed him to the couch, straddled him kissed him while he felt her up. He squeezed her right nipple over her shirt and took the other breast in his mouth. Even with her shirt still on, she still can feel all the pleasures of his touch. No not yet… she thought snapping out of it.
"I think the alcohol is taking over me." She breathed out raggedly. "I'm messing around with you instead of working."
He sighed in defeat, "I'm sorry Kyoko, I got carried away again." But you were the one who teased me first this time, maybe? Even he wasn't sure who was to blame really, but he was man enough to apologize for what they both thought was not a mistake at all.
"I'll go order our dinner. You can go take a bath if you want." She told him kissing his cheek as she got off of him. She was under the influence; she was well aware that she was aroused by him, but she couldn't let him think he took advantage of her.
He listened to her and took a cold shower to calm himself down. He is trying to curb his desire to ravage her. Now that sex left his mind, he's confused. So who was that messing with me? Setsu? Kyoko? Maybe it was Natsu? Is she playing with me? She's just vulnerable, that's all. That's right; she took the step to be on her own. She just gave up on her mother. That's got to hurt her feelings. He was deep in his thought when he heard the doorbell rang. He snapped out of it, got out of the shower, and wrapped a towel around his waist. He heard the doorbell again and thought that maybe Kyoko had passed out.
He answered the door in towel still, and paid the delivery guy. He left the food in the living room and went to look for Kyoko. He couldn't find her anywhere and started to panic until he saw some movement from the recording booth. She's back to working. He stood in front of the booth window in his toweled glory trying to get Kyoko's attention by making an eating motion with his invisible fork.
She was just putting some finishing touches on her second song. She looked up and saw Ren half-naked motioning for her to eat. Role reversal? Surely I'm not that drunk. She nodded as she blushed and she gave him the thumbs up that she'll be right out. He pouted at her who made her laugh; she then tried to blow him a kiss with a straight face. He blew her a kiss back and left to put on some pajama pants.
When Kyoko got out of the booth Ren was already at the table waiting for her. He ordered them both hamburgers on a bun with egg. She looked at their food, and then looked at him confused.
"Hamburger steak on a bun; the bread to help absorb the alcohol." He answered as if he knew what she was about to ask.
"How is your song coming along?" He asked hoping to find out more about what she's planning to do.
Noticing his insecurity, she thought about how to answer his question. She swallowed her food slowly then cleared her throat. I guess its okay to tell him my plan.
"I don't want to go back to the ryokan and become his slave," she started to explain; "If I stick to only acting, he will think that I did not get there on my own." She saw that he was about to protest, but she didn't give him the chance to, "But, if I show that I'm a better musician and produce my own songs, he has no say that I'm better than him. Then maybe he's ego will be shattered enough to leave me the hell alone." She concluded.
"All this so you won't have to go back to the ryokan? That's an overkill don't you think?" he asked her.
"Overkill or not, it still looks good on my resume." She said.
"Then count me in." he said matter of factly.
"Huh? Why would you want to do this? Aren't you busy?" She asked.
"Right now you're busier than I am, and like you said it will look good on my resume. You can use me in your MV." He said casually.
"I can't afford to pay you to be in my MV." She said mockingly.
"You can't afford me but Lori can."
"What do you mean Lori can? What did you do?" she asked him cautiously.
"I recorded you on my phone earlier and sent it over to Lori." He told her.
"Nooooo!" She shouted suddenly, "That wasn't polished yet; that was like a rough draft. How could you send it to the boss already?"
"I promise it was great, the angle I got you from was superb." He told her with an oyabaka look on his face, which made her laugh out loud; until she noticed that his food was still untouched.
"If you eat your food, maybe I will think about using in my video." She gave him her half bored look and held her burger up to her face.
As she was about to take another chunk of her burger, her phone buzzed shaking her entire body. She looked at the caller id.
"It's Bossman." She quickly told Ren before answering the call.
"Hi Boss." She answered as Setsu.
"Setsu-chaaaan…. Your song touched this old man's heart deeply. This ambassador of Love will support your dreams and wishes. When are you planning on telling me you have such talents and voice?" Lori gushed while spinning and dancing with Sebastian face palming in the background.
"Another oyabaka," She shot her baka nii-san an irritating look. I'll get back at you. She smiled then evilly as an afterthought.
"That wasn't a finish product he sent to you, but after I take a look at the video from his angle, I will incorporate the other two that I have recorded myself. Please understand that it's a low budget video, but I'm sure I can edit it to make it look a bit more decent." She told him in a business tone.
She then mentioned her second song to the president and said how she wanted the video for the second song out first. That's when she saw an opportunity to get back at Ren.
"You will be even happier with this one because nii-san said he wants in on my girly girl video." She poked her tongue out at sweat-dropping Ren.
Eh? Did she just say girly girl video? Meh—playing a prince wouldn't be too bad. Ren went with that assumption in his mind and continued on eating his food.
A/N: I have to stop it here. I feel like I'm rambling. I think I will just skip on to the making of the video next chapter. I feel like I've been dragging things, so definitely picking up the pace some more.
Just so people won't get confuse, I will just say that at this point of the story, Kyoko and Ren are pretty much comfortable switching in and out of their Setsu and Cain character. Kyoko mainly because she pretty much meshed herself with Setsu and Ren, well; he's just confused at the moment.
