A/N:Hello people! Thankyou for the beautiful reviews! The characters might get OOC from this point on since to judge how their characters would react in a situation like this is purely a guessing game. Also, the FTAK scenes I include may not be word for word correct as I am no longer doing it straight from the manga but by memory. Anyways, ENJOY and do press the review button below! Its my inspiration you know ;)

Chapter 13: What. The. Hell.

Through out the day, Kyoko tried to concentrate. She really did. But really, when the love of your life confesses to you, really, how do you concentrate on anything at all? But concentrate she did, after all if she didn't, this next scene could go VERY badly. She focused on the next shoot of the day, and the costume she was to wear for it.

A towel.

That was it. Nothing more. Nothing less.

Okay, technically, that wasn't entirely true. She wouldn't be nude under it or anything since the directors had very kindly offered a solution to her modesty problems.

A nude body suit.

Apparently, no one but she, Kanae and the directors knew a body suit was involved at all. So while she was calmly getting ready, she could see the little wheels turning in Ren's head to save her modesty. Really, it was amazing the things one could notice when given the proper information. He ought to know that there was no way that the directors would let a 17 year old girl parade around practically naked on set. No way.

Though she wasn't naked, it was pretty damn close. As she stepped into the suit and wrapped the towel around herself, securing it tightly, she had to admit, if she didn't know any better, she would've thought she was naked. She slipped on her robe and stepped outside her dressing room only to bump into Kanae. With Kanae in tow, she went to Ogata-san and Shingai-san to be briefed for her scene before shooting it. She didn't see Yashiro and guessed that he was probably hiding. He probably didn't want to be exposed to her longer than necessary for fear of Ren's wrath. The directors called for the set to be cleared and for all actors to be in position. She positioned herself at the tub and closed her eyes, letting Fumino take over.

[Scene Begins]

Fumino washed Teppei's back, thinking about Shouma. There was definitely more than meets the eye about the story here, she thought. When Sensei got home, she would definitely get him to tell her everything! She reached over in the tub for the shampoo, only to find the bottle empty and got up, towel and all , to get a new bottle out of the bathroom cupboard. The small amount of cloth to barely cover her didn't bother her since Teppei was the only one there.

[Scene Interrupted]

Kyoko could dimly hear Yashiro enter the apartment, calling his brother's name. She then heard him make his way to the bathroom and braced herself.

[Scene restarts]

Fumino bent over, picking up the bottle from the floor cabinet and straightened up again. She shook the bottle only to realize that this too was almost empty.

"Hmm, I should probably go shopping for more shampoo tomorrow. We're running out." She said absent mindedly to herself. Suddenly the door to the bathroom swung open to reveal a dumbfounded Shouma.

"Wha-wha-what are -" He never got to finish the sentence as Fumino shrieked and promptly dropkicked him in the head. It was an instant knockout and it was to a scene of a towel clad Fumino nursing an unconscious Shouma to which Ojiro Kazuma returned.

"Wha? Why is Shouma here? And why is Fumino-san naked?" He was so shocked that he dropped everything he was carrying.

"Sh-shut up moron! I'm not naked! I'm still wearing a towel!" A harried Fumino cried, crossing her arms protectively over her chest. "More importantly, what are we gonna do? We've been found out! What if he tells the school?" Kazuma gathered his panicking wife in his arms.

"Shh Fumino-san, we haven't been found out before and we won't be found out now. I've told you many times and I'll say it again. " He cuped the sides of her face, making her look at him. "I don't care who tries to separate us, I'll never let you go." Fumino stared into his eyes to see only an immense amount of love staring right back at her.

"What are you two doing?" The moment was broken by the appalled voice of Ojiro Shouma, Kazuma hugged Fumino tighter to him, smiling at Shouma cheerily.

"What am I doing? What does it look like? I'm hugging my wife and my brother-in-law." He said, as if it were the most ordinary thing in the world.

"DON'T SCREW WITH ME!" The yelled statement was so loud that it scared poor Ryuu sensei next door and caused him to spill his ramen. "Mou, that stupid couple next door." He grumbled mopping up the mess.

[Scene End]

"annnnd CUT!" Ogata-san called, beside him, Shingai-san began tapping out rapid-fire orders.

"Ren, Kyoko-chan, and Yashiro, we're going to film the park scene next! Kyoko -chan hurry up and change and meet us there!"

"Hai!" She hurried to her dressing room, forgetting her robe in the process, clad only in her towel. Ren twitched as many crew members stopped working and watched her dash by adoringly, cheeks slightly red. Beside him, he heard Kanae curse under her breath.

"Damn that clueless woman!" She muttered, picking up the robe. " Oie, wait you moron!" She sprinted after her. Ren and Yashiro chuckled, the latter stopping abruptly and changing his laugh to a cough when he caught sight of Ren's knowing, slightly teasing look.

"Shaddup dammit."

"Okay boys, " Ogata approached to brief them on the scene. "This is the scene where Fumino chases after Shouma because she sees something deeper in his behavior towards his brother, and here is where Shouma takes advantage of that to try and push Kazuma's buttons. Make it look real." He said, turning and ordering the unneeded people off the set as Kyoko hurriedly returned, changed into casual clothes. Yashiro suddenly tensed feeling Ren go into gentleman mode. He turned slowly to find that brilliant smile aimed at him.

"Yashiro-san please do your best in this scene." He clapped him on the shoulder making Yashiro shudder. I am a dead man.

[Scene Begins]

"Shouma-kun!" Shouma looked up to see Fumino running towards him, waving her arms. "Whew, I thought I'd missed you, but here you are." She looked at what she thought was his miserable visage and sighed.

"Sorry, in truth, it's just my brother and I depending on Sensei for a place to live." Shouma looked at her in surprise. "So please don't blame him, sensei is actually a great teacher."

"So in the end, you're the reason why Oni-san has sunk to this level" The words were said with such hate, that Fumino paused for a second, making sure the statement had really been said by him.

[Scene interruppted]

Kyoko knew that they were just acting but she could feel hatred practically wafting off of Yashiro and shuddered inwardly. He was a formidable actor indeed. But she decided inwardly, I'm not going to let him push me around! She threw herself back into character.

[Scene Restart]

Huh? Fumino thought confused.

"An amazing teacher?" She widened her eyes at his derisive tone and wasn't able to defend herself in time when he pulled her flat onto the park bench, pinned beneath him. "Are you an idiot?" He snorted. "After going home with him, what else have you done with that teacher? And yet you still say such pretty words." Fumino flushed in rage.

"Wha- We haven't done anything!" She struggled in his arms, he was stronger than he looked.

"Aww, still full of lies?"

"What's with you! I thought you wanted to repair your relationship with Sensei!" Fumino struggled to push him off her but he wouldn't budge.

"Ha? I never wanted such things. That's in your own head. The only thing I've ever wanted is to make him taste defeat." He stroked a finger down her face. "Right now, " He said, smiling, "All I need to do is snatch you away and I'll be successful, right?" What is this boy saying? Thought Fumino, terrified.

"Stop right there!" A voice called loudly, and right in between the space between her and Shouma, four projectiles whizzed past, embedding themselves firmly in the wood of the bench, just a millimeter from Shouma's nose. Looking closely they were actually coins.

[Scene Interrupted]

Ren that was not rehearsed! Yashiro wailed inwardly, that could actually have taken my nose off! Control yourself will you?

[Scene Restart]

"My my, you've been brought up to be very well mannered Shouma." Kazuma said sarcastically, smile firmly in place, ignoring the horrified looks on the faces of his younger brother and wife, Teppei in tow.

"Sensei!" Fumino cried, still pinned under Shouma.

"Let me warn you one more time Shouma." Kazuma said, narrowing his eyes, his gaze cold. "Do not come near my wife." Shouma looked throughly let down.

"You're wrong. Just for one student, why are you risking everything just for one student?"Kazuma smiled as he scooped Fumino up from the bench and lead Teppei along with one hand.

"You'll find it one day Shouma. Something so precious you just can't let it go." With that he walked away, leaving Shouma standing there, gaping at his brother. After a few minutes, he rummaged around in his bag for his phone. Dialing a number, he ordered for a car a to come pick him up. Then he paused...

"Where the hell am I?" He asked himself.

[Scene End]

LINELINELINE

Phew, Kyoko thought, as she was finally dismissed from set. They had been shooting no stop all day, and she bone tired. She just wanted to go home and sleep. She was so glad she had no other jobs lined up for today. Ren had already retired from his dressing room with Yashiro, they were waiting for Ogata-san and Shingai-san to give the final okay to leave. Kyoko on the other hand was looking for her best friend who seemed to have mysteriously disappeared from sight after the shoot. She realized that in her searching she had somehow ended up in the hallway of Ren's dressing room. As she grew parallel to the room, she began to hear voices. She had planned to walk away for respect of his privacy...until she heard her own name being mentioned. She crept closer to the door, despite herself.

"Ren, this is ridiculous, how is this going to go on?" That was definitely Yashiro-san, he sounded oddly serious and...upset?

"What do you want me to do Yashiro, just waltz up to the girl and tell her I love her?" Ren burst out in reply, sounding more than just upset, he sounded...frustrated. Kyoko realized that they were most definitely talking about her, and the reason for which Ren was holding himself back. Her mission to find Kanae forgotten, Kyoko strained to hear more.

"Yes, for Kami's sake! Why is that so hard for you? It's like you don't even want to give happiness a chance!"

"Because I don't deserve it, alright? Are you happy? I've finally told why I won't try to make her mine. Because I goddamn don't deserve her!"

"And what if Kyoko-chan loved you back,you fool? When? Could you still say that?"

"Yashiro, you don't understand, I love her more than life itself, if she just asked, I'd lay the world, hell, I'd lay my life down at her feet." Outside, Kyoko's eyes widened as she heard the passion in his voice. Was that..that..tenderness directed at her? She focused as she realized he was till speaking.

"But, she's only 17! I can't lay my hands on a high school student! It's just wrong! I'm an adult man and she's still just a child! A child who's had her heart broken and won't believe me even if she wanted to. I won't do that someone who's just discovering life and the joys it can bring. I'd be no better than a teacher who preys on his student!" She heard him trail and clenched her hands in fury. That was what was holding him back? She heard Yashiro begin to speak.

"Ren you really think that she's too young for you? For the love of -" He stopped abruptly and Kyoko cocked her head. Why did he stop talking?

"That's not it." She heard a soft female say. Kyoko realized with a start that Kanae was in there with them as well. "There's something else that's keeping you from telling her how you feel. You're holding back, like you're punishing yourself Ren. Why?" She heard a small silence. Then:

"There are things about me," he said, "things I've never told anyone, things that could hurt her. I'm a monster, Yashiro. I don't even deserve to be alive, but here I am. I'm not just Tsuruga Ren any more than you're just Yashiro Yukihito. The truth about me will appall her and alienate her from me forever. I'm fine with things the way they are. It's better this way."

"Ren you honestly can't seriously believe that!" Yashiro exclaimed, surprised at the semi-confession Ren made. Outside the dressing room, Kyoko stood, head down, hands clenched tightly into fists, positively shaking in anger. What the -

"I can and I do! She'll never accept me! Kanae you yourself can't say she wouldn't be repulsed if I confessed to her! This is the way things should be. It's for her own good."

Kyoko snapped. This man! She fumed in her mind.

SLAM!

All three occupants of Ren's dressing room jumped as his door was violently thrown open to reveal a seething Kyoko.

"K-kyoko-chan?" Yashiro approached the young woman hesitantly. He had always been told by his older sister that angry women were the scariest, because they were the most unpredictable people on the planet. Kyoko glanced at Yashiro and Kanae, her gaze freezing them to the spot.

"Yashiro-san, Moko-san?"

"Y-yes?"

"If you are done talking with my esteemed senpai, I would like to have a word with him." She paused. "Privately." She said with a smile reminiscent of Ren's gentlemanly smile.. "So kindly," she lead them to the door. "Leave us alone."

The two positively fled the room, flinching as Kyoko slammed the door shut in their faces with a decisive thud.

"Think Ren will be alright?"

"I dunno, I wonder what`s gotten her so riled up."

The two looked at each other suddenly, eyes wide, as an unexpected thought occurred to them.

"You don't think...?"

"..."

"Ren's a dead man."

LINELINELINE

"Kyoko? Are you alright?" Ren watched Kyoko from his seat. She hadn't turned around since sending Yashiro and Kanae out of the room. Looking closely, he realized she was shaking. He got up, reaching out to touch her shoulders.

"Kyo-"

"Baka."

What? He thought, confused.

"I'm sorry?"

Kyoko whirled around to face him suddenly, stomping closer to shove him back down into his chair. Ren stared up at her, stupefied.

"You are the most uptight, prudish, stupid, stubborn, moronic, man I have ever met in my life!" She hissed at him. Ren twitched angrily.

"Wha-"

"What gives you the right to make my decisions for me? Why is this all about you? YOUR secrets, YOUR feelings, what about me? Did you ever ONCE stop to think about how I would feel?" Ren tried to get up.

"Kyoko I -" He was pushed back down, forcefully, and this time, Kyoko went down with him, parking herself in his lap, so she was straddling him. His eyes went wide.

"Did you even ask me? Don't I even deserve a say in this? This concerns me too you fool! And what do you mean you don't deserve happiness?" She said, tears now filling her eyes, although she looked far from sad, she was furious. "What do you mean you would walk away even if I felt the same? If I LOVED you!" She was crying now, pounding her fists into his chest weakly. "Everyone has secrets you idiot! That doesn't mean anything! If you truly loved me, you'd know I'd accept all of you!" She grabbed his shirt, pulling him closer. Ren was by now so thoroughly disoriented by everything; it was all he could do to just stare at her in amazement. "You said you loved me right? That if I asked, you'd lay your life at my feet? Then do it! Give yourself to me!" She cried, "Take responsibility for making me fall in love with you!"

With that, Kyoko grabbed his tie, pulling him forward, and firmly sealed her lips over his. All coherent thought flew from Ren's mind. All except one.

What. The. Hell.