Oooooh ho ho ho, Yashiro mentally chuckled, a devious grin plastered across his face. It was perfect.
There was no way his plan wouldn't work.
He had recruited Momose-san to help, since she was just as convinced as he was that those two idiots were in love, and she also wanted to see them own up to it.
Stage one: Get Kyoko to realize she's in love with Ren. Of course, this would be done by making her jealous. Momose Itsumi would be seen by Kyoko noticeably flirting with Ren at what would look like a lunch date, but which would really be a "chance" meeting at a restaurant. That should do it.
Stage two: Get them to kiss. Honestly, all it should take was a shove into a locked storage room together, but Yashiro discerned that Ren was too much of a romantic failure to even take advantage of that perfect situation. So instead, the plot was to convince Kyoko that she had to get Ren to kiss her, or she would be unprepared for the soon-to-be-filmed romance scenes between her character and Ren's. If Momose-san mentioned it in rehearsal to get her all nervous and then he told her later that Ren wasn't sure about it but was too embarrassed (because of their long-standing friendship that he didn't want to disturb, not because he found her unattractive, and Yashiro would assure Kyoko that Ren had called her beautiful on a hundred separate occasions) to ask her to practice, although he wanted to. Surely that would be plenty to get Kyoko zealously chasing after Ren's kiss.
Yashiro unlocked and then enthusiastically ripped open Ren's dressing room door, intending to drag him off to lunch to begin his scheme.
But previously…
Kyoko struggled to get through her scenes that day with Momose Itsumi. It was already difficult because Ren had been off modeling for a shoot all day yesterday and today he wasn't needed on set and was rehearsing for an upcoming film. She had barely seen him while at work. And then when she and Itsumi-chan were working on their makeup before they started, Itsumi-chan was speculating out loud how it might be to kiss Ren in the drama, saying how she was a little jealous of Kyoko, and wouldn't Kyoko be nervous to do such an intimate scene with such a big star as Ren like that? Kyoko simply reminded Itsumi-chan that she was a professional and had done similar things before in other films, although none of them were quite as intimate as this one, and wasn't it inappropriate for Itsumi-chan to be thinking about and discussing their coworker in such a way?
So she was rightfully feeling a little possessive of Ren, and Itsumi-chan had gotten her all hot and bothered thinking about kissing Ren and the things that would lead to. Thus, when shooting was all finished for the day and she was free to go home, she instead chose to go meet up discreetly with Ren, who had an hour and a half break before a television interview.
All the covetous and possessive feelings were causing her to channel a bit of Natsu. Instead of knocking politely on Ren's dressing room door, she surreptitiously slid the key that no one but Ren knew she had into the lock and turned the handle.
The door opened to reveal a shirtless Ren, who was obviously in the process of changing outfits, and who was obviously surprised to see her, although not at all upset. He gave her a heavenly smile before noticing her Un-Kyoko-like posture and the hungry look in her eye. She didn't give him much reaction time before she deftly slid the door shut, clicking the lock shut.
She paused, staring at him seductively for a moment, and gave a tiny lick of the lips. Then she suddenly strode over to him and locked her lips over his. He caught on to her mood instantly and responded just as fervently as she had assaulted him. Their tongues intertwined as their kiss quickly became a battle for dominance. Kyoko nails dug into his skin as she clutched him. Kyoko took the lead, driving them over to the couch and pushing Ren down onto it, all without breaking the kiss. She perched on top of him, kneeling her legs on either side of him.
When Yashiro ripped open the door, Kyoko's shirt was off and she was kissing Ren's face territorially.
Needless to say, it was not what he'd expected.
Shocked at the situation, even more shocked that innocent Kyoko was behaving in such a way, and also strangely disappointed that his scheme would not be employed, he found himself unable to move.
Kyoko looked over and saw him, but apparently didn't mind enough to actually stop kissing Ren. It wasn't like Yashiro wasn't going to find out soon anyway.
Yashiro managed to revive himself, enough to step out of the room. Man, these two were actually a really scary couple. That this could be going on for who knows how long, and no one even knew about it, was pretty terrifying.
He dialed Momose-san's phone number after putting on his gloves. She answered promptly.
"Mission aborted," he told her. "It's not necessary."
And he hung up.
This chapter is dedicated to NightMinsk.
