Hey guys, I tried adding more Kyoko and Ren. Sorry it has taken so long, I got discouraged. *sigh* again fyi, i am doing this for my own amusement, i'm sorry if you do not approve of the story. it's only my own story with Skip Beat's characters, which I don't own.

Kyoko jolted awake. She sat up quickly and put a hand on her growing stomach. She took a shaky breath and tried to forget the dream.

Dream

Kyoko sat next to Ren on the bench in the park. The President had gotten it fenced off for them so they could go for a walk together without people pestering them.

Ren took Kyoko's hand, leaned over and kissed her cheek softly.

"I love you, Kyoko. I really do."

Kyoko blushed, but smiled. "Ren, I... I love you too." why was it easy to say? It was like she didn't have to fight herself anymore. She felt so happy. She felt like she was glowing.

Ren put a hand on her womb and smiled.

Then a woman passed by. Long, curly golden hair. A model-like form, expensive clothes and make-up.

Kyoko watched her a moment wondering if one day she could actually look pretty. Ren looked to see what she was looking at. He grinned and let go of Kyoko's hand.

"Is something wrong?" Kyoko asked.

Ren looked at her with an indignant expression. "Why should you care?" he asked and he stood up, walked to the other woman and did not look back.

Kyoko felt her heart drop. She jumped up. "Wait. Ren, where are you going?" she asked frantically.

Ren took the other woman's hand and gave Kyoko indifferently. "I just don't care for you anymore. You'll probably never see me again. You can keep that" he said gesturing to the unborn child. "As a reminder of me if you like. I would say goodbye, but I don't really care to."

With that he turned and walked away with the girl.

Kyoko's heart shattered. She didn't know what to do. Suddenly a darkness surrounded her and a hand clasped over her throat. A raspy voice whispered in her ear.

"Why are you still here?" the voice asked. "You should have left hours ago. You should have dropped him like you did Shoutaru."

Kyoko was frightened. She tried fighting, but she couldn't move.

"He's gone. You'll never see him again." the person turned her around to face him. Kyoko stepped back and gasped.

"Cain Heel... Ren..."

"Heh,. Heh, you think you know me so well. Ha! You thought you knew Ren, but you didn't. He's gone and you'll never see him again."

"Yes I will!" Kyoko shouted. "I have Ren's child. He will look just like his father." she insisted.

Cain snickered. "Oh you think so? Think again."

Cain was suddenly right in her face and Kyoko felt pain all over. She looked down, Cain had stabbed her womb. He had stabbed her child.

Kyoko shivered and tried not to cry. She was afraid to look to see if Ren was asleep. What if he wasn't there? She would die if he wasn't there.

She felt a hand on her arm and looked over. Ren sat up.

"You okay?"

Kyoko threw her arms around his neck and sobbed. He was still there. The dream had felt so real.

"Kyoko?"

"You're not going to leave, are you?" she sniffed.

"Never. I'm staying right here."

Kyoko still felt afraid, but she was calming down now. The dream began to fade, but fear wouldn't let her forget it. She held on to Ren a little tighter.

Ren woke up wondering if Kyoko waking up in the night was a dream, but her arms were around his neck. He decided to close his eyes. Yukihito had cleared up his schedule until after lunch, so he wanted to get some sleep.

He exhaled and basked in the warmth coming from the tiny person next to him.. Well, compared to him she was tiny. He heard her sniff and felt her snuggle close to him. Ren opened his eyes.

"You okay?" he asked.

Kyoko looked up at him. "I thought you were asleep."

Ren put a hand on her cheek and smiled softly. She was there. Beside him. Always.

The smile Ren gave her was better than the one in her dream. Kyoko felt safe in that smile.

"Why are you crying?" Ren asked.

Kyoko rested hr head on his bare shoulder and closed her eyes. "Thank you." she whispered.

Ren was a little curious as to what he did that she would thank him, but with her head resting on his shoulder and her hand on his chest, he almost didn't care. But something told him she was upset.

"Why were you crying?" he sat up, taking her with him. He positioned her to look at him.

Kyoko's eyes teared up. "I was so frightened." she said moving and hugging him closely. "We were in the park, then she came and you left and then Cain came out of nowhere and killed the baby and... oh I was so scared!"

"Wait.. What? Kyoko slow down."

"You said you would never leave, but you did. It felt so real. Oh it felt so real."

"Kyoko, was this a dream?"

"It was a nightmare!" Kyoko sobbed.

"Calm down." Ren wrapped his arms around her tenderly. "Tell me what happened."

As she told him what happened he felt pity on the girl. She was always sure something was wrong. When she got to the part where Cain Heel killed the child, Ren was shocked.

"I'm here." Ren said softly. "I'm not leaving, and I'm not killing the baby." that jut sounded wrong, but Ren knew he had to say it. He felt Kyoko relax in his arms.

"I'm glad."

Goodness, she was really scared, wasn't she? Did she really think he would leave her? Kill the baby? The thought of the baby dying sent a shudder down his spine.

"Do you want to go out for breakfast?"

Kyoko leaned back and looked at him. "Won't you be recognized? We'd have to run for you to get to work on time."

"We can act our way through."

Kyoko grinned. "Do we have costumes?"

"And wigs."

"Sounds like fun."

"Check the closet."

Kyoko jumped up and went through possible costumes and Ren sighed. She had been so upset. What on earth made her believe he would leave her? 'Then again, she's used to being left behind. Her mother, Fuwa, even Corn.'

Seeing the costumes Kyoko picked out, he smiled.

'Now that I have you, I won't make that mistake again.'

Misao looked up and smiled at the couple the walked in. The woman was about five months pregnant, dressed in a knee length dress and had a beaded necklace and her hair was long and black. The man was tall, had shaggy brown hair and wore a v neck blue t shirt.

She sat them at a table and as she walked away took a look at her customers one more time without them noticing. They just seemed rather familiar...

Kyoko of course made herself look more pregnant than she really was. She thought it would be fun. She looked at the menu and had an overwhelming desire for doughnuts which were thankfully on the menu.

Ren thought for sure the woman would order hamburger with egg, but she ordered five doughnuts. (Which almost raised his eyebrows)

"Are you that hungry this morning?" he asked.

Kyoko blushed and nodded. "Whatever I don't eat I can take home."

Ren watched Kyoko eat her doughnuts. He was glad she was feeling better. His ears suddenly picked up a buzzing sound. He immediately looked at his phone, but that wasn't it.

"Dear, check your phone." he said.

Kyoko checked her phone and jumped when it vibrated in her hand.

"Hello? ... ah hello, sir. ... Yes oh course! I would love to." she said smiling happily. "Yes I can stay. ... of course it's no problem. ... Goodbye, sir." she hung up and beamed at Ren.

"Who was that?" he asked curiously.

"The president and his son are going somewhere today and asked if I would watch Maria."

"At our house or his?"

"She's at LME right now. I suppose I'll go there and we'll go out."

Ren looked at his watch. "We'll be able to head over there right after breakfast."

"Do you want to go home and change first?" Kyoko asked.

Ren shook his head. "We'll be fine. I have a photo shoot so have to change anyway. I'll meet you back at the house later."

Ren and Kyoko walked into LME. Kyoko had ditched the pillow before Maria came up to them and hugged them both.

"I'm so happy!" she exclaimed. "I always wanted to be an aunt. Is it a boy or a girl?"

Kyoko blushed and Ren knelt down to Maria's height as he usually did when he talked to her.

"Take care of them today, okay?"

"Oh I will." Maria said. "I'll be the best body guard ever!"

Ren ran off and Maria latched on to Kyoko. "What are we going to do today, onee-chan?"

Kyoko smiled. "Do you want to help me get some things for the baby's room?"

Maria squealed in delight and Kyoko sighed with relief. That would kill two birds with one stone.

They walked to the mall and Maria ran through the store looking at everything. Kyoko was never much of a spender and explained to Maria many times that she could not buy the entire store. At this Maria would get watery eyed.

"But it's Ren's baby." she sniffed. "She deserves to be treated like a princess and princesses have everything."

'She?' Kyoko thought. 'I always thought the baby would be a boy, I never imagined it would be a girl.' the thought made her almost mortified. 'What if the baby is like me?' she didn't want that. She wanted the baby to be like Ren, not her. What if it was a girl? No. It had to be a boy.

Ren wanted to kill the photographer. Even with Ren's skill and experience in modeling, the man was not happy with anything. Be it the pose Ren was doing or the background, the facial expression or the clothes themselves. This was the eighth time he was changing clothes without having six pictures taken.

As he thought of how easy it would be to get rid of the man and hide the body he suddenly thought of Kyoko and the baby.

'Dear God,' he prayed. 'Don't let the baby be a boy like me. If anything, let her be like Kyoko in every way.'

Kyoko was glad she brought Maria with her. Maria was thinking of things she had not. A crib, burp cloths, curtains, bumpers for the edge of the crib. Kyoko was almost overwhelmed by the things Maria kept bringing up.

"And she'll need a crown." Maria beamed. "If she's a princess she'll have to have a crown."

That grabbed Kyoko's attention. She thought of Corn, he fairy prince. If Corn was a prince maybe, if the baby was a girl, she could be a princess. Blond hair, blue eyes, still like Ren in every way, just female. The thought made her smile.

"You're right." Kyoko said, also beaming. "But Ren can get that for her."

"Or grandpa. He knows lots of people, maybe one of them will know where to get a crown."

"Perhaps."

Maria dragged Kyoko to the next aisle and pointed out clothes.

Kyoko dragged herself in the house. She was tired. She felt arms wrap around her waist and a chin rest on her shoulder.

"You were later than I thought you'd be." Ren said.

Kyoko let herself smile. She was usually happy when Ren was around. "Maria and I went shopping."

"Did you get anything?"

"Just a couple things for the baby's room."

Ren sighed in content. He couldn't help it. Kyoko was happy, she was his wife, she was carrying his child and she wasn't running away from him.

The next day on set.

Kyoko knew today was the shot where she would show her baby bump. She felt embarrassed. Everyone would know now. She looked over at Ren who smiled at her. She felt her heart jump and she smiled back.

'He's happy.' she thought. 'He's really happy.' and she got in the bed next to her husband.

Arranged Love

Itami recently told Kenage about the baby...

Kenage woke up when he felt a hand on his back.

"You're needed at work today." Itami whispered.

Kenage opened his eyes and rolled over and sat up. He looked over at Itami then looked at his hands. He stood up and got dressed. It had been a week since their dinner, since she told him. It still hadn't sunk in really. They decided not to say anything until they knew for sure, but still it seemed too far fetched.

Kenage leaned over and kissed Itami quickly. "See you tonight." he whispered.

"I'm seeing a doctor today." she said.

Kenage nodded. "Call me."

Itami nodded and Kenage left. She wrapped her arms around her stomach and bit her tongue. She knew she didn't need to see a doctor. She felt differently and it wasn't him that was making her feel different this time. And she was worried.

Kenage put his glasses on his desk, looked at his phone then leaned on his hands.

'Still no word.' he thought.

He swallowed and rubbed his throat. He had hardly done anything of importance that day. He exhaled loudly then heard his phone.

"Hello?"

"Whoa, sounds like you were expecting a call."

Kenage frowned slightly. "Hi, Sai."

"How's your little problem. You know what? I haven't talked to you in two weeks. How are you feeling? I heard you were in a crash."

"Yeah I was, I'm fine. My problem is kind of fixed. You really shouldn't ask such things with that tone of voice anyway."

"Won't you tell me? I'm your friend!"

"No thanks, I'm good. Look I'm waiting for a call so I'll have to talk to you later."

"Right. Bye, busybody."

"Bye." Kenage hung up and stared at his phone. To his surprise it started to ring. His face brightened. "Hello?"

"Ah, hi, it's me."

"Itami," he grinned. "is your appointment over?"

"Yes."

"Did you hear anything?"

"It's confirmed."

Kenage wasn't sure about the feeling that washed over him. Excitement, joy, fear and pride swelled up in his chest at once. He almost felt like he was going to drop the phone.

"Wow," Kenage whispered covering his mouth while he smiled. "Wow." he said again.

"I'm going to the market and getting some stuff for dinner."

"Alright, I'll talk to you later."

"Bye."

Kenage hung up the phone in pure wonder. He wasn't sure why he felt it became real at that moment, but it felt real and he felt like laughing. So he laughed.

Mori entered Kenage's office and stared at his son.

"What happened?" Mori asked. He had hardly ever seen Kenage like he was now, though Kenage had changed the last few weeks, his current behavior was rather odd. Kenage stood and put his hands on his father's shoulders.

"It is a good day, dad." he said.

"Did you make something new?" Mori asked.

"I did," Kenage grinned. "Something I never thought I could. I'll be back later." he turned off his computer and put his glasses in his pocket. "I've got to do some research."

Mori watched Kenage run out the door. He blinked a couple times and shook his head. "At least spend time with your wife, silly boy." he shook his head and flinched. He rubbed his chest and walked out. "Silly boy."

Kenage drove home. He just spent the last few hours researching whatever he could find about pregnancy and babies. He kind of freaked out the librarian, but he didn't care.

He opened the door and looked around. He went to the kitchen and Itami looked up at him. Kenage grinned and stepped close to her and kissed her.

Itami was a little surprised. She pulled her head away slightly. "Hi," she said.

Kenage smiled. "Hi." When he kissed her again Itami was confused.

"What's gotten into you?" she asked.

"It's not me," he said caressing her face. "It's what's gotten in you. I just can't believe it."

Kenage hugged her tightly and Itami rested against him. She felt better than she had all day. To see Kenage so happy made her feel much better.

"Cut! Everyone take ten and we'll continue."

Ren kissed Kyoko's cheek lightly as he let her go. The smile he gave her was more than enough to make her smile back. They walked off the set and Yashiro handed Ren and Kyoko two bottles of water.

"Good job," he said.

"How's Moko-san?" Kyoko asked sipping her water.

"She's alright. She has a doctors appointment today. So far everything is going well."

"That's good." Ren said.

Yashiro nodded and wrote something down. Kyoko could feel Ren's gaze on her.

"How do you feel?" Ren asked her.

"I'm fine." Kyoko insisted.

"We'll be doing the next shot soon then we'll wait for next month to do the party scene."

"So we'll be on schedule with my pregnancy." Kyoko said.

Ren nodded and Kyoko put and arm around her waist. Ren smiled thinking about their breakfast the day before and how she would look like that soon.

"Excuse me a moment." Kyoko ran to a room and changed her shirt.

"Places!"

Ren knocked on the door and Kyoko opened it. "Come on," Ren said taking Kyoko's hand and leading her on set.

The shirt Kyoko had was a little smaller than the one she was wearing the shot before so her growing stomach would be more obvious. As she got in place she could hear some people whispering to each other.

"Is she really pregnant?"

"I didn't see her get a prop."

"Maybe she's just eating too much. Don't read into things like this, guys. It's Kyokou."

Kyoko felt embarrassed. Not everyone knew of her and Ren being married. Few people knew of the baby, but they would announce it soon.

She stole a glance and Ren who was on the bed and he gave her an encouraging look, though if anyone else saw it they wouldn't have thought about it.

The stars had touch ups on their makeup and hair and soon the camera was rolling again.

Month 3

Itami put on a shirt and looked down. Ever so slightly the shirt was showing the small bump on her stomach (Which was Kyoko's real baby bump). She looked worriedly in the mirror then over at the bed where Kenage was sleeping.

She walked downstairs to the kitchen and made some food. She heard Kenage jumping down the steps some time later. She found he did not like waking up alone. Kenage walked in the kitchen and leaned against the door jam.

"Morning." he said grinning.

"Morning. Mauyu-chan said she would be stopping by later."

"Have you been able to reach your dad?"

Itami shook her head. "No. He'll be back in a couple months. He'll find out."

Kenage nodded. "Okay, I'll see you later." He kissed her gently and Itami felt one hand touch her abdomen. Kenage smiled and turned around. "Bye."

Itami watched the car leave in silence.

"Cut! Alright that's a wrap for today."

Kyoko took a deep breath and ran for the bathroom.

Ren chuckled as he watched her leave.

"Ren, you're making that face again."

Ren smiled at Yukihito. "I don't have to hide it."

Hey, sorry if it's not living up to your expectations. Just take my advice, if you start not liking the story, read the very last chapter (when it's out). It about sums everything up. However, I still have a couple chaps left. Sorry I've been busy. I've been promoted to assistant stage manager and I've been working on that, then i had to schedule tests then had to pass a driving test and i've been swamped. :P sorry. I'll try to work on my chapters a little faster so I can start "Skip Beat's Riggaletto" :) That one will be better than this I think...