Just a warning I am Dyslexic so my stories will not be perfect but I now have one Beta reader to help me along the way :D
Thank you so much to Roshelle Diall for offering to work with me :D
Hello my sweeties,
It is better to face your fears than flee before them.
Enjoy.
KUMA = italic underlined.
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"I will never leave you Setsu. A dream is a dream, but in this world or the next I will be the one walking beside you always." he kissed her hair again. He knew she was already asleep, her breathing became shallow. As he held the girl he loved in his arms he fell asleep too, no longer feeling the dark emptiness the room had held before.
The door opened slowly as the long nose quivered they were both there sleeping. Creeping in, he looked onto the bed and lay at their feet to sleep with his pack.
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The next week went by in a blur. Kyoko was OK with Kuma but she didn't once reach out to him like she had done that afternoon, instead she kept her weary distance and never was Ren allowed to leave her in a room alone with Kuma. He wouldn't complain and even after the lock was fixed on the guest room door it seemed Kyoko's fear was still too great to give up her 'Teddy bear.' So each night she slept in his bed. He was lucky he had Cain to fall back on as he didn't know how he would cope otherwise and no matter where they put Kuma short of locking him in every night he would appear in the bedroom with them and sleep near them.
It was Monday morning, the start of their second week together. They had called LME as Ren had some new offers to pick up. They were walking down the corridor together, all four of them Ren and Kuma in front while Kyoko walked a little way behind talking to Yashiro when an angry voice made them all stop dead in their tracks.
"MO! Where have you been? Do you realise I've been worried sick?" Kyoko turned instantly to see her tall, beautiful, raven-haired best friend Kotonami Kanae as she stalked down the corridor towards them.
"MOKO-SAN!" Kyoko screamed charging at the taller girl who stopped her dead in her tracks with the look she gave her
"Don't you dare Moko-san me! Where have you been for the last week? Why is your phone switched off and where the hell are you living?" Kanae was angrier than anyone had ever seen her as she shouted at the shorter younger girl before her. Even Chiori who had been following behind Kanae shrunk away from her as she glared at Kyoko
"I thought I would surprise you yesterday so I went to the Darumaya only to be told due to a new role you would be living in the LME apartments for awhile. I go there only to be told that all your things had been moved out and they were not at liberty to tell me where you had gone. Mo, so I call Chiori-chan just to be told no one has seen you since last Monday and to top it all off Sawara-san tells me that they have not contacted you at all in that time as the president has told everyone you need time to get into your role. Plus your phone has been off all day and all night. You could have been kidnapped or hurt somewhere and no one seems to know what was going on or if they did, they weren't telling. We were just on our way to see the president and here I find you happy as can be with Tsuruga-san and Yashiro-san!" Kanae was furious and Kyoko looked at her with loving eyes as if she was a cute kitten.
"Were you worried about me, Moko-san?" she asked looking endearingly at the older girl as flowers flew through the air around them.
"Mo! Of course not! But I thought we were best friends and that you would at least tell me where you're living now!" but she was fooling no one. They could all see the relief in her anger that Kyoko was safe and well even if she didn't want to admit it.
"As you can see she is fine and dandy." said a booming voice as President Takarada came striding down the corridor. Today he was wearing a full set of cowboy attire. From the Stetson on his head to his spiked spurs he looked like he had just stepped out of the Old West, his aide beside him also in the same style of clothing. Kanae glared. She would not answer back to the president of her own talent agency though she might have if it would have been before she found Kyoko.
"Well my lovely people I would like to talk to all of you in my office so why don't we all make tracks and go there now?" How could they refuse? As they followed the president and his aide, Kuma sniffed at the leather chaps the aide was wearing and he smiled lightly as he patted the large dog's head.
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"Well now lads and lasses, we shall all have a nice little chat. I'm offended Kotonami-san that you think I wouldn't know where my own Love Me member number one was living. Know that I would be out there after one day if I thought she was hurt in any way." he said with a big pout. Kanae sighed a little as she looked back at him.
"It was just a strange turn of events, sir. I return back from Paris only to hear she's nowhere to be found and no one seems to know how to contact her and her phone is switched off." Kanae glared at Kyoko sitting next to her.
"I'm sorry, Moko-san! I turned it off yesterday morning during the casting conference with Ren-san and I must have forgotten to turn it back on again." everyone noticed her use of his name and Kanae was even more annoyed.
I've been gone a month to come back to find him finally making a move on her!
She was even more annoyed when the large dog that she had hardly noticed before, moved up between herself and Kyoko who literally jumped away almost landing on Ren's lap as she grabbed his shirt in her hand her entire body trembling.
"And now we see the cause of your worry Kotonami-san." said Yashiro softly as Ren slowly placed a calming hand over Kyoko's.
"It's OK Kyoko-san, It's OK." Kanae watched as her grip loosened on Ren's shirt, her body was trembling as she looked on at the dog, just one emotion clear in her golden eyes: fear.
"Mo, what the hell is going on?" Kanae cried out as Kuma sank to the floor worried by her flooding emotions.
"Mo, and why the hell is there a dog here?" after Yashiro got Kuma to sit beside him, Kyoko finally returned to her seat, her eyes looking less terrified. Kanae took her hand and squeezed it as Kyoko gave her a small smile
"I'm sorry Moko-san, I'm OK." slowly but surely Kyoko told them about her new role and co-star, about her fear of dogs and how Ren was helping her to overcome her fear. When she came to the part about living with Ren, Chiori and Kanae looked amazed.
"You're living with Tsuruga-san?" Kanae asked as if she hadn't heard her correctly the first time. Kyoko just nodded as Lory smiled
"It will be good for all of their roles in the film." Lory said as the three girls all looked at him.
"All of our roles." Kyoko asked confused. Shouldn't it just be both their roles? she wondered as the presidents smile faded slightly.
"Haven't you told her yet, Ren?" Lory asked looking at him sharply as Ren just smiled back.
"Between making sure Kyoko-san doesn't die of heart failure or decide to jump from the 17thfloor windows and doing my job I'm afraid it may have slipped my mind at some point." turning to Kyoko he smiled at her
"I'm very sorry to say that I will be helping with your début movie Kyoko-san. I will be playing Rai." Kyoko started at him and suddenly her face split into a giant smile.
"And why should you be sorry about that senpai? I'm always thrilled to work with you." her smile was genuine and Kanae was a little shocked at the feeling she saw behind that smile.
There was a loud knock at the door which stopped any more conversation. Lory's aide opened the door and Saya entered with a big smile on her face to see Kyoko and Ren present.
"Have I got things to show you!" she said with an enormous smile Kuma felt the tension.
Alpha what wrong other omega friend alpha like?
Lory smiled at the young woman
"Sayaka-san, welcome!" he called as she scowled at him.
"Hello kidnapper-kun." she called as everyone but Ren looked confused. Lory sighed he would never be able to be rid of that nickname from Julie as long as he lived. Even if she wasn't around her number one spy was.
"Sorry, Saya-san" he said with a sigh as she stood before them all.
"Better Lory-san." she bowed to all present as she smiled down at Kyoko, Ren and Yashiro. Her eyes suddenly caught sight of Kanae and Chiori.
"Stand up." she said suddenly, pointing at the other two Love Me members. They didn't even think and did as she told them as if Saya were an Army drill sergeant.
"Are these the two you were telling me about Lory-san?" she asked as she walked around each girl with a smile on her face
"They are indeed Saya-san. So are you happy?" he watched as Saya looked deeply at both girls who looked just as bemused as the three people still sitting down.
"Oh I'm very happy Lory-san, they are both stunning." she looked Kanae up and down again as the older girl started to get a little annoyed, her eyes blazed and Saya smiled even broader.
"And so fiery! I'm sorry I'm getting ahead of myself my name is Sayaka Oswald. But please just call me Saya-san. I work for Rmandy but I am looking to broaden my horizons and you my beautiful people, are who I'm hoping will be my new models for this new project I am doing. It's going to be my first photo album and Lory-san said he had just the people to make it work so I'm hoping to work with the six of you." It was Ren that noticed the smile in her eyes and he had to ask
"The six of us?" he queried as she smiled directly at him.
"Yourself and Kyoko-chan of course as well as Yashiro-san, Kotonami-san, Chiori-san and Kuma. There will also be other cast members but you will be my main attraction." she smiled at the stunned faces, but this time it was Yashiro who broke the silence.
"Excuse me, but I thought I heard my name in that list. I'm a manager not a talent." Saya walked over and removed the fangirl's glasses. All eyes turned to him as he looked back at them all.
"But you look very good for only being a manager." Saya said with a smile.
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Sorry for the short chapter
But I just need a little boost up for the next chapter
more mushy things to come
and my oh my what does Lory and Saya have in store
for our Love Me ladies, Ren and poor Yashiro :D
hehehehehe
and don't forget
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