Chapter 12
Hello! WorldisMine here! Hope everyone had a good Christmas! I hope everyone will have a fantastic year ahead with good health and happiness.
Kyoko and Ren: Yup! Have the best year and hope you stick around and read this person's writing.
Me: I have a name you know -_-
Them: Yeah we know; we just don't wanna use it.
Me: Whatever ;A; anyways I don't own Skip Beat or I would've slapped Kyoko for being so oblivious.
Her: Wait-what? I'm oblivious? Ren?
Him: …
Me: ….well this is awkward. HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS CHAPTER (I said hope 4 times in this o.o)
Kyoko finally finished preparing dinner and setting it up in her comfy bedroom around 6:30. She patiently sat under the kotatsu that the okami set up for her and Kanae. And just when the clock hit 7, a furious Kanae stormed into the room. Kanae looked at the food and glared at it like it was going to kill her. All those calories! She sat down with a huff and grabbed the chopsticks anyways then proceeded to eat as slowly as she could. As the taste got to her tongue, she started to get faster and faster at grabbing food and gulping it down. Kyoko gulped at the tense atmosphere and cleared her throat to grab her best friend's attention. Said woman looked up and blushed then wiped her mouth. She cleared her throat and drank some water from a tall glass
"So, let's not beat around the bush. Who confessed first?" she said bluntly. Kyoko blushed a bit.
"Ren." Kanae did a little fist pump in her head.
"Glasses-boy owes me $10 already. Anyways, so then you confessed obviously. How did Ren confess?" She propped her chin on her hand. Kyoko blushed like mad at the memory.
"Well, I went to visit Ren at one of his drama shoots for another drama." She slowly said and Kanae raised a brow." Then, all of a sudden, I was in this princess dress, which by the way was so beautiful and the colors were just so-." She started rambling with lala-land aura around her. Kanae slapped her hand on her best friend's mouth and glared at Kyoko. She made a little epp! sound and nodded.
"And then we went inside the drama shoot area and then, while I was checking out the place, he got on one knee and-."
"WAIT HE PROPOSED TO YOU!" Kanae got up and started stomping her feet around the room.
"Wait, no he-." Kyoko looked up at her friend with worry.
"I AM GOING TO KILL HIM!" Kyoko got up and tackled the near-insane person and they both fell onto the floor." DAMMIT, KYOKO, GET OFF OF ME!" Kanae glared at the said girl. Kyoko only gripped tighter than her already iron grip.
"Don't kill Ren!" she wailed. Kanae sighed and struggled to pushed Kyoko off of her then sat up.
"Fine." She grumbled. She pouted and sat in the kotatsu again." Go on." Kyoko sighed in relief and resumed her story while Kanae folded her arms and mumbled something menacing.
"Then, he got on one knee and confessed to me." She put simply. Kanae blinked twice before opening her mouth.
"What did he say besides 'I love/like you.'?" Kyoko blushed at the memory of what he said.
"Well, he said how much he thinks of me and how beautiful I am. Even though it's not true." She fiddled with her fingers that were under the kotatsu. Kanae sighed in disbelief and rubbed her temples.
"Anyways, after that, what?" Kyoko blushed red once again and slapped her cheeks that felt very hot all of a sudden. Kanae could feel the cheesiness coming.
"He took my hand and led me outside. And EVERYONE saw! I was so embarrassed!" she squealed. Kanae pinched the bridge of her nose. Freaking couples.
"Um, okay. If it gets cheesier, I might hurl." Kanae complained. Kyoko blushed and fiddled with her hands once again.
"What do you mean by cheesy?" Kanae sighed and looked at her love struck friend.
"Flowery atmosphere, excessive blushing, and looking into each other's eyes; the works." She simply said.
"Um…maybe I should shut up then now." Kyoko confessed. Kanae made a gagging noise.
"Okay, I am never going anywhere with you two anymore. "She groaned. Then a light bulb dinged in her head." WAIT ARE YOU LEAVING ME IN THAT HORRID LOVE ME SECTION!" she screamed at the top of her voice which startled the customers downstairs. She slammed her fist against the poor abused table. Kyoko widened her eyes in realization and shock.
"NO MOKO-SAN, I'LL STILL BE IN IT!" Kyoko shouted. She tried to calm down her raging friend once again.
"URGH! I KNOW THAT PRESIDENT OF OURS WILL TAKE YOU OUT OF THIS!" Kanae complained while feeling a migraine coming on.
"I'll make sure he doesn't!"
GRUUUUUMBLE! Kyoko looked up at her friend in surprise. Her eyes widened when she saw her friend blushing and holding her hand on her stomach.
"Moko-san?" She tilted her head in confusion. Kanae looked up in embarrassment.
"So…anyways…let's eat."
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Kyoko woke up next morning with her friend next to her as well. She looked at her Darumya clock that read 8:30. Hm, only 8:30. I'm going to sleep for a little more. She smiled contently at her idea. WAIT, 8:30! She shot up causing Kanae to wake in her abruptness.
"What is it Kyoko?" Kanae groaned. She looked at Kanae frantically.
"IT'S 8:30, MOKO-SAN!" Kanae stood up quickly in shock.
"NO I HAVE TO BE AT A PHOTOSHOOT IN 30 MINUTES!" She shouted.
"I HAVE TO BE IN YOKOHAMA IN HALF AN HOUR!" Kyoko grabs random clothing and so does Kanae. They throw it on while brushing their teeth, unsuccessfully. They rush down the stairs and out the door in a hurry. They came colliding with Ren's car to which got a groan from Kanae. Kyoko timidly got into the passenger seat while Kanae grumbled while going into the back with Yashiro. They quickly drove to Kanae's photo shoot then sped off to Yokohama. They arrive and are pulled into the makeup rooms and pushed out to their next scene before they could say Love Me. Kyoko was dressed in a white lace dress with pink flats while Ren was stuffed in a suit with a crisp, dark blue button up shirt. Julie was in a knee length, sweet heart cut top, red dress, and Kuu was looking sexy in a white tux and black shoes.
"Man, now I see what Ren sees in Kyoko! She's got a great body!" a male crew exclaimed which earned him a death glare from Ren." Shit." They all shuffled around to do whatever looked necessary to Ren's eyes. Kyoko was excitedly talking to Kuu about the new pot for 100 people that she got the other day at the discount store when she noticed the dark aura behind her. She whirled around and widened her eyes.
"R-r-r-ren?" she stammered. She just witnessed Ren strangling men with only his eyes. He abruptly let go of his blue victim and turned around then flashed a sparkly smile to his girlfriend.
"Yes, dear?" he sweetly said. She cowered back but pent up her courage then walked over to Ren. Once she got there, she tugged on his jacket sleeve and looked up with Bambi eyes.
"What's wrong?" she innocently asks. He hooked his finger on her chin and lifted it up so he could lean down. He was 2 millimeters away from Kyoko's lips and she felt herself have the urge to close in that distance.
"It's nothing, Kyoko." He said in a husky voice. She puffed up her cheeks, cutely, and scrunched her eyebrows.
"No, obviously something was wrong! It looked like you were killing the poor guy!" she protested. He scoffed with a little knot in his stomach.
"Kyoko, how could I kill a man that was 4 yards away from me?" he shot back. She put a finger on her lips in thought. She just loves pushing me to my limit.
"True. But still, don't look so scary!" she said. He made his puppy eyes and Kyoko froze.
"Are you saying that I look scary?" he whimpered. She stuttered a bit before actually forming words.
"No…no…not at all." She responded with her voice wavering while looking down. Never been so close to his puppy face before. Oh, I wish I had my phone to take a picture. She looked up when she felt soft lips on her cheek. She clamped her hand on her mouth in shock. He smirked and finally let go of his captive.
"Ah, we have to start now, dear." He walked over to Ryuu while leaving poor Kyoko dazed.
"Alright, all of the beautiful people over here!" Ryuu called. Ren, Kuu, and Julie rolled their eyes and walked over to him. They looked back and saw Kyoko still standing there with her hands clasped in the front of her.
"Kyoko!" Julie shouted. Said person snapped her head over to her "mother".
"Yes?" she asked brightly.
"Come here, silly!" Julie giggled at her daughter's ignorance.
"But, Takashima-san said for beautiful people to go over there." She said while painting her face with confusion. Everyone sighed.
"Yes he did. That's why you have to come over here." Ren said with a sweet smile.
"But-"Ren grabbed her waist quickly and practically dragged her over. He set her down while looking into her amber orbs.
"You are beautiful." Ren simply stated. Red rushed onto Kyoko's pale face and everyone groaned at the flowery aura that had made an appearance again. Julie squealed with delight as well did Yashiro and Lory. They took many pictures while the couple looked into each other's eyes.
"Ahem," everyone looked over at Hanami," we should get started." Everyone nodded and the couple momentarily broke eye contact to nod but then presumed to their gazing.
"Oh my god." A voice was heard. They looked over in the direction from which the voice came from.
"MOKO-SAN!" Kyoko squealed while said woman made a gagging noise. Kyoko ran over to her and patted her back. "Wah! Moko-san, are you okay!" Kanae glared at her innocent friend.
"Uh, yeah. Sure." She managed to get out.
"Wait, why are you here? I thought you had a photo shoot!" Kanae sighed.
"It got cancelled. The outfits somehow got ripped to pieces when we took them out of the closet." She puffed her cheeks out a little and made her lips go downward and into a pout. Yashiro blushed and it didn't get unseen by two certain people.
"Wah! How terrible! Did you guys find out who it was?" Kanae shook her head in dismay and Kyoko hugged her friend. Kanae gave her a weird look and tried to pry Kyoko off of her but Kyoko had an iron grip on Kanae. She gave up with a sigh and looked at the surprised crew.
"So…you guys starting or what?" Kanae asked bluntly. Everyone then scrambled to set more lights up. Kanae finally pried Kyoko off and made her way over to Yashiro.
"Hey, Glasses boy. You owe me $10." She held out her hand.
"He confessed first!" Yashiro whined.
"Yup, now give me my $10." Yashiro mumbled and pulled out a $10 bill but waved it high in the air.
"Get it." He cackled evilly while Kanae kept jumping for it. What he was not expecting was her to somehow land on top of him. She was straddling him. She blushed then snatched the bill from him and shot off. Yashiro was left in shock; his glasses sort of slid off. Lory chuckled as he watched the daze man stumble to get up. Kanae blushed like mad but controlled herself once she got to Kyoko. Only god knows what she would say if she saw me blush. She sat in a vacant chair was she watched her best friend and Ren start to get ready.
Ave Maria was playing in the background and was almost silent. But as the camera "opens" the doors, they see a beautiful young woman playing a white violin. There is a black grand piano next to her and a slightly older man was occupying it. The notes flowed out beautifully and the piano couldn't have sounded sweeter. The world seemed to stop and stare to listen. The sunlight filled the room and a window was ajar, and it let in a nice cool breeze. The girl's hair shifted ever so slightly and the sunlight seemed to dance on her hair. Her eyes were closed and so were the man's. He looked like a person carved his face into perfection. He was beautiful. It wasn't a usual word to describe a man but he was beautiful in every sense. His poise, face, body structure, and breathing were unbelievably beautiful. They looked like a moving picture. In every sense, perfection. Then the playing comes to an end and you could almost hear the world sigh in disappointment. The girl sighs and sets down the violin, and then she looks over at her partner.
"Good job, Rui. It was amazing!" she exclaimed with delight. He beamed a soft smile.
"Thank you, Miya. You had some exceptionally playing as well. You have gotten much better. My ears no longer bleed." He joked. She pouted and bonked the top of his head with an annoyed face pasted on her once serene one.
"Yeah, yeah, Rui." She waved off as she carefully set her violin in its case. She closes the case and pushes it beneath the piano. Rui gets off of the piano bench and grabs Miya's hand, and he leads her out the double doors that the camera just came into. He led them into a parlor where he had her sit on the white leather couch. He went to the little bar area and got tea leaves then started to boil water. He set out two white porcelain cups with a pink design on it. He carefully put a tablespoon of tea leaves in each then poured the boiling water over it. He placed it in front of girl and she tilted her head while he left again to grab snacks.
"You could've picked a manlier cup, you know."
"I thought you would like these."
"Do you like them?"
"I guess."
"Then I guess I do too." She lifted it and drank a dainty sip. She loaded the spoon with sugar and tossed it while pouring some milk in. She took another sip and smiled in satisfaction.
"Hey, Rui?" she called. He turned around with a box of butter cookies.
"Yes?" She put down the cup and shifted herself to look right into his eyes.
"…" She stared as he started to place some cookies on a plate.
"Yes, Miya?"
"I dunno. I just felt like saying that." She shrugged while feeling color rise to her cheeks. He brought the cookies over and shot the girl a weird look. He drank his tea while watching the girl take several cookies out of the corner of his eye.
"Miya, if you eat more of these, you will get fat." She scoffed while shoving a delicious cookie in her mouth.
"Don't care." He rolled his eyes.
"Are you really the heir of the Onodera Company?" She swallowed the cookie.
"Yup, in the flesh and bone." She grabbed yet another cookie but Rui grabbed it from her and ate it himself.
"My, if anyone was watching us earlier, they would've been shocked at how you really are."
"Whatever." He took a cookie again and ate it." Deadly, huh."
"Very."
"And CUT!" Ryuu called.
"Wow! These cookies are so yummy!" Kyoko exclaimed while devouring another one. Ren chuckled while taking a sip of the tea again. He grabbed Kyoko's and drank hers." Hey! Don't take my tea!"
"So sweet." He swallowed the sugary tea before taking a bite of a cookie.
"Alright everyone! Let's take a REALLY quick break!" Ryuu hollered. Kyoko immediately went into the dressing rooms and changed into a button up, long sleeved shirt and a high-waist black skirt. She took of her flats and exchanged them for a pair of black pumps. She arranged her hair into a braid and an assistant make- up artist put some more makeup since the lights melted some off of her. She stepped out and turned the corner to Ren's dressing room. She was about to knock on the closed door before she heard some muffled voices coming out. She pushed the door slightly opened and saw Ren in a suit still but a deep red wine colored shirt. She stretched her ear in to listen despite the feeling that she shouldn't. But, she did.
"She doesn't know yet!" a female voice which Kyoko could identify as Julie's voice.
"Julie calm down." a male voice which was Kuu's.
"No, I won't calm down, how does she not know. She's with you but doesn't know who you really are?" Wait what?
"Julie, he's probably scared of what she would say!" another voice boomed. It was Lory.
"Are you even going to tell her?" a pause." Are you going to tell her how you left your parents, your life, and your name behind in America? Are you?" What?
"Julie, someone might hear." Kuu said.
"Don't worry, the room is sound proof. The door is closed as well. No one would dare to come into Ren's dressing room." Lory assured.
"Good." Kuu breathed out.
"Hizuri-san, I will tell her." A soft voice said which could only be her Ren's voice. What is going on in here?
"Dammit, Kuon," WHAT?" call me Mother!" A gasp escaped her mouth and it was loud enough that the three looked over at the "closed" door. They saw a wide-eyed Kyoko before she bolted away from the door.
"Dammit." The three said in unison while Ren widened his eyes in shock.
"KYOKO!" he called out before he ran out the room and after the love of his life before she slipped from his fingers.
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Maegie Note: Yay! I finished finally! –dodges pots, pans, and other strange items thrown at me- Well didn't this take a while. –laughs nervously- I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and sorry about HORRIBLE delay. I can't believe I procrastinated this much again. And sorry for cliffie, and sorry that I sound like Kyoko. But I hope this is a sufficient chapter! So, I am going to have you guys kill me now but…I am going on another break. –avoids knives, rocks, and Darumya clocks thrown at me- It will be probably be longer but I'm sorry. I NEED to get my school work together or I will get grounded and I won't be able to write for you guys. Plus…I think my math teacher secretly hates me. TT^TT So I will be studying more and I am having major writer blocks. So, I'm sorry –goes in dogeza- I hope you stick with me here and keep reading! This story will probably be only 2-3 chapters longer…yeah I feel this start to lose its touch too. So I love you all and REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW! :D