A/N: I do not own Skip Beat or the inspiring song.
This story is inspired by two songs. The first part is Orianthi's According to You as requested by MangaAddict2688. The second part is Sugababes' Sound of Good bye.
I found According to You actually difficult to work with. While yes, the song screams Skip Beat, that was it's problem too. I couldn't think of something that wasn't already done before. Granted, I'm writing stories about characters that someone else thought of so I really shouldn't bitch about being original. Nevertheless, I wrote this rather quickly. I also thought it was rather short but without describing a sex scene or something, my stories tend to get right to the point. hehe
"Good job tonight, Kyoko-chan." Hikaru once again stayed till the cute girl in the Bo costume started to make her way out of the building, trying once again to get a moment of her time.
"Thank you and to you as well." She smiled and his knees went a little weak.
"Um… would you like, if you are free that is, to come to dinner with me?" He asked bashfully, eyes turned away, cheeks flushed and his hands stuffed into his pockets. I've asked her out so many times, why am I still this nervous?
"I'm sorry, Hikaru-san, but I need to head home for an early shoot tomorrow, perhaps next time." She declined him with a smile and walked off.
Ah, that's why. Hikaru sighed and turned the other way towards the parking lot. As soon as he left the building, Yuusei and Shinichi were waiting for him with friendly pats and kind words for his wounded but relentless heart.
On the other side of the building where Kyoko's bike was stashed, another person was waiting for the energetic girl to appear. He stood in the shadows worried about being noticed as he watched intently for the little carrot top to come out. This was the day, he would ask her and she would say yes and they will end up together without that other guy in the picture.
He perked up as he saw her. Kyoko was wearing this adorable little reddish pinstripe spaghetti strap dress for the warmer summer nights. It hugged her frame from her breast down to her little waist then fell to her knees. His arms and hands ached to grab her, hold her close and never let go. Soon, very soon.
"Need a ride?" A male voice made her jump and her heart almost skip a beat; however, the voice that would usually say those words to her was not the same. Instead of turning around and bowing apologetically, she turned around and glared at the young man.
"What do you want, Shotaru?" she sneered, the bike between him and her. She didn't want him anywhere near her since the last time they saw each other. If he lunged in for another kiss, he would have problems with the large bicycle in his way.
"I just offered you a ride. Are you deaf and stupid?" He smiled as he watched her feathers ruffle. He loved getting under her skin. He hoped that he would be able to do so physically as well.
"I heard you, jerk! No, I don't want a ride. Go away," She snapped, pulled out her bike from the rack and started to move away when he caught her arm.
"Let me go!" She tensed against his grip but couldn't pull away, he was simply too strong. She had to learn to fight or lift weights or something, anything to help her with her current stalker problems.
"I came here to offer you something you've been wanting for a very long time." Sho smirked, his ego and confidence was tangible enough to almost choke on. She turned back towards him and he let go, obviously having her attention.
"Your head on a platter?" She smiled sweetly at him.
"Better! Us. I'm going to let you come back to me. I'll forgive you for leaving and perusing this useless acting thing you have. You aren't going to get anywhere, not to the level I am anyway. If you want, you can join Akatoki and act with them," he offered sincerely but wasn't watching her expression as he spoke. He was sure she was overjoyed with tears in her eyes. This is what she wanted. Kyoko wanted him back. It was the only reason that she had to become his equal. But he was willing to let her back into his life without that struggle.
"So come on, we will go to your little room, get your things and you can move in tonight. Tomorrow, we will go to LME and…" Sho was cut off at the sound of obnoxious laughter.
"Are you drunk? Are you doing drugs?" She asked with tears in her eyes from laughing.
"No, this was what you wanted. You wanted to be my equal, so I would take you back. You know how useless you are, you will never make it." He watched her as he spoke. He stepped towards her and took her chin in his hand forcing her angry face to still as he moved in closer.
"Be mine, again," Sho whispered to her as he leaned in to kiss her.
"Never," Kyoko snapped out. She placed her hand on his mouth and caught a flash of something appear in his eyes. Was that pain? Before she could truly recognize it, it was quickly replaced with annoyance and anger.
"You are such an ass!" Sho stood back up and took her wrist in his. "I'm the only one that is willing to be with you. I know everything about you, your stupid fantasy obsessions and how overly emotional you are. You think there is anyone else that will put up with you?" He was dragging her across the parking lot towards what Kyoko didn't know but she had enough.
She stomped her foot on the ground and grabbed a lamp post they walked past and held on for everything she was worth.
"Yes, there is," she spoke solemnly.
Sho was jerked to a stop and looked back at her. "Excuse me?" He said sarcastically.
"There is someone," Kyoko said to the ground and then looked up with him with tears in her eyes. It hurt. Everything he said still hurt but she had someone now to help heal those harmful emotional wounds.
"Don't tell me it's that stupid, fake, talent-less no go…"
"HE LOVES ME!" She screamed into the night, forcing Sho to stop his string of insults.
He loves me? He confessed to her? When? How long? Are they going out? His heart started beating rapidly, questions, thoughts and horrible, horrible images of them together flooded his mind. It can't be true.
"He loves me. He told me. He has loved me for years now! He thinks I'm pretty and funny and smart and a good cook. He makes me smile, and laugh and he holds me when I cry." By this time, Sho let go of her hand but she continued on, "He helps me with my problems. He calls me everyday. He LIKES my company." Her voice was starting to grow stronger, and she started to look up towards his face as she spoke.
"He trusts me and I trust him. I feel safe with him. I lo…" Kyoko finally met his eyes as she said those words, but he refused to hear them as he fell to his knees before her. That flash of something she couldn't identify earlier was clear on his face.
Pain
Loss
Desperation
It was no wonder Kyoko didn't recognize that expression. It was so foreign on his face. Sho was on his knees, his hair slightly covering his eyes. She didn't really know what to do. She had never seen him like this.
"Sho? What are you doing? Get up. You'll ruin your clothes," she spoke softly to him.
"Please," he whispered and she had to strain to hear it.
"What?" she asked in a hushed whisper.
"Please, don't go. Be with me, please." He looked up at her, his eyes shinning with unshed tears. Her heart was pounding in her chest. Her mind was racing, trying to catch up with what he was saying.
"What are you saying? Don't be silly, Sho. Stop this. You're not this good of an actor," Kyoko pleaded with him, hoping to any god that was listening that he wasn't serious. Go back to being stupid, arrogant Sho. She thought to herself.
"You're right. I'm not. So then this is truth. I need you. I've always needed you. Please forget about everything and come back to me. You can do anything you want. I'll get you anything you want. Just…" He took her hand, and she didn't pull away, but she took a tentative step back as he whispered desperatly to her, "Just return to my side."
This wasn't right. This wasn't the way it was suppose to go. Kyoko's revenge was suppose to make her happy not make her feel like dirt. She only wanted him to admit he was wrong and say I'm sorry. Not confess his love to her.
"You… for me? " She was dumbfounded. She was looking at the top of his golden head, her small hand cupped in his larger ones, his forehead pressed against the back of her hand.
He nodded against her hand. "Yes. Kyoko, I lov…"
"NO! Don't say it." She yanked her hand away from his, tears starting to form in her eyes.
"You can't say that. I was with you for years. I loved you," Kyoko screamed as tears started to fall down her cheeks.
"You were my everything and you never looked at me. I thought I would love you till I died, Sho." Why is it every time she was talking about her relationship with this man, she felt awful. First he broke her heart and now….
She had to break his. He never loved her. He shouldn't have loved her. She had wished and prayed that he would love her but that was then and this is now. She can't, her heart belonged to another.
The silence was deafening around them. What did she say? She had so many things planned to say to him when he was groveling for forgiveness and now all her thoughts and words left her.
"I can't," she whispered. She felt like the whole area got darker.
"I can't be with you. We wouldn't be happy with each other. I'm different now. I'm not the girl you knew," she explained to the shaking form before her.
"I know that," Sho said still trying. "Please, I've changed too. You can't let go of everything we had. We grew up together. You can't have that with anyone else. Why won't you fight for what we had?" He stood up; his hands moved and held her biceps. The look in his eyes made her waver.
He was serious. Serious about everything, perhaps Sho did change. Everything about him right now was willing her to give him another chance, to see him, to meet the new him that he claimed to be.
But….
Ren. She loved Ren. Even if things were different, she couldn't agree to what Sho wanted. Looking into his face, this face that she never thought she would see on this man and her heart hurt. She just found out about his feelings and this was how she felt, to mislead him would only hurt more.
"I don't feel that way for you anymore," she whispered into the night air. They were in a busy area yet they couldn't hear anything. Everything felt numb like their senses went into overload.
His hands slid down her arms and fell heavily at his side. He wasn't looking at her anymore and she stepped back.
What more was there to say?
"Goodbye, Sho."
A/N: I hope you liked this little drama.
