~ Do You Know What Fanfiction Is? ~
Ren entered the maelstrom of grudge-demons to find Kyoko facing off against Sho Fuwa. He had no idea how the blond idiot had managed to get past security, but here he was all the same.
"NO!" Kyoko was shouting at Sho, shoving away the ridiculously ornate gift bag that the singer was trying to force her to accept. "You're not allowed to give me anything for White Day because I didn't give you anything for Valentine's Day!"
"Then by that logic, you're the one who should be giving me something for White Day," Sho replied, in what seemed to be a rather ham-handed attempt at using reverse psychology to get Kyoko to accept the gift.
"I don't owe you anything! I didn't accept your stupid chocolate!" Kyoko snapped. "And if you think that you stealing back the chocolate that you forced on me for Valentine's counts as me giving you chocolate, then you're not just wrong - you're stupid!"
It was at this point that the two of them noticed Ren in the doorway, and he took the momentary lapse in their argument as an opportunity to intervene.
"Fuwa," Ren said, directing a maximum-strength sparkly smile at the singer. "If you just put it down and leave, then she won't be able to argue with you about whether or not to accept it."
Sho, of course, didn't want to take advice from Ren Tsuruga. And while he would concede that the actor had a point, he couldn't help feeling like he was being tricked somehow.
Ren's plan was simply to get Sho away from Kyoko as quickly as possible. The gift could be dealt with afterward.
When the singer hesitated to leave, crystal flowers and butterflies began to bloom within the sparkle-cloud that surrounded Ren. His smile never wavered as he said, "Please don't make me call security."
That was creepy as fuck, Sho thought to himself as he made his way out of the building. He shuddered at the memory of the cheerful killing aura.
He didn't think anything would have come of the actor's threat to call security. The security in this place was a joke anyway. When they asked him what he was doing here, he'd said he was on a "White Day mission" and they'd acted like it was some secret code or something. They had even told him exactly where to find Kyoko when he'd asked.
Even if this was the biggest talent agency around, Sho was glad he'd joined Akatoki and not LME. LME was full of weirdos.
Once Sho was gone, Kyoko carefully lifted the gift bag he'd left behind by one stringy little handle and deposited it directly into the nearest trash can.
"Aren't you curious about what's in it?" Ren asked. He certainly was.
"No," Kyoko said. "I don't even want to know!" Her demons began to swirl again as she said, "And this can join it."
She picked up a CD case from a nearby desk and dropped that into the trash can as well.
"What was that?"
"Nothing! Just a piece a trash!" Kyoko snapped. "... if you must know, it's an advance copy of Beagle's upcoming album."
All lingering sparkles vanished as Ren's aura turned almost as dark as Kyoko's.
"Was... he... here?" he gritted out through clenched teeth.
"No, apparently he mailed it to the office."
Well, at least I don't need to kill that guy today, Dark Kuon thought before Ren managed to get a hold of himself.
Suddenly Kyoko snapped out of her unwanted-gift-hating trance and back to reality.
"Tsuruga-san, what did you come here for, anyway? If you were worried about your meals, I know you'll be fed properly at the Dark Moon set, which is why I didn't pack lunch or dinner for you today."
"I'm not worried about food," Ren replied, unsure whether to feel amused or exasperated at her reaction to his presence.
"That's the problem, you never are," Kyoko grumbled.
Ren continued as if he hadn't heard her, "Yashiro already explained that to me earlier. I came here because I-"
"Oh!" Kyoko exclaimed suddenly, interrupting him. "It's almost time for us to leave since we're supposed to be at the Dark Moon set early today! You came to get me, right?"
Giving up, Ren sighed and said, "Yes, let's go."
He still had the rest of the day to find a way to give Kyoko her White Day gift without her freaking out over it, like she had done over the Vie Ghoul CD and whatever Fuwa's gift had been. Speaking of which...
On their way out of the room, Ren stopped and pointed at the gift bag that was stuffed into the trash can.
"Are you sure you don't want to see what's in that?" he asked, with a playful smirk.
"Yes, I'm sure," Kyoko replied, sounding exasperated. "But if you're that curious, I guess you can open it if you want."
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