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A/n So there is some good news and some bad news. The good news is that I was able to outline the whole of the PV Angel's story, I thought I had known before, but as I was writing it just up and changed on me. This will also make my estimate for where this story will end null and void, as I half expected anyway.
The bad news is thanks to Sho being uncooperative and an awesome conversation with brennakai on him and the complexity of his character, it's going to take a lot longer to get the chapters out because I changed quite a bit of the story now. *Sigh* there's always something right.
Sorry this chapter is not as long as I would have liked, but the next will be longer I think. Anyway, hope you guys still are enjoying this story, and hope you stick with it.
Sho had to put Tsuruga Ren in the PV somehow. As much as that fact irked him, he knew that it was his only course of action. He needed to talk to the actor, and outside of random chance meetings, the only option was to hire him. They ran in completely different circles, he would only get that opportunity to get close if Tsuruga was to be featured in his PV story about the angel. The man wouldn't agree unless there was something at stake, and the only bait he had that would work on the actor was Kyoko.
He wasn't eager to have his rival in his PV, because one, as much as he may loath to admit it, the man was talented, and it was easy to see himself being outshined in every scene they were in together. Then there was the question of what character he would play.
Despite his youth, Fuwa Sho did understand his fanbase. Most of his fans were female, and most of his fans also happened to be fans of Tsuruga. That being the case, any untoward actions that may happen between he and Tsuruga, would reflect badly on him, since Tsuruga had a reputation of being very professional. That being the case, he couldn't cast the man as anything that was outright negative, no matter how much he would have wanted to.
He had briefly considered casting him as a love interest for Kyoko's angel, since he had to end up with Mimori's. He shot that idea down in an instant, it would be like giving them permission. He wished that he could have ended up with Kyoko's angel, but Prisoner was the story of forbidden love, as well as true love, to keep his fans happy he had to end up with Mimori's angel.
So love interest out, that left few options, and even fewer that he was even somewhat satisfied with. The options that were out were: God, because there was no way he was letting Tsuruga play that role in his story, an angel, and that was definitely out, because Tsuruga Ren was no angel, and a devil, because there was a good chance the actor would outshine his devil. There was also no way that he was letting the older man play his father. Sadly this didn't leave him with many options to work with. In the end he created a character that would work well in the context of the story, he gave a resigned sigh, this was not going to be fun at all.
Ren parked his car in the LME parking lot with calm air about him, Kyoko had told him that the filming with Fuwa had gone as painlessly as possible, and seeing as she was calm as she said it, he was inclined to believe it had. However, there had been a hint of something in her voice, and the next time they were able to get some time together, he would see if she would be willing to confide in him.
He grabbed his cell phone from his pocket and called Yashiro, the man had come to the agency earlier, using public transport, so that he could finish up some work before joining Ren during the day. When the man entered the car, Ren knew there was something wrong.
He didn't hesitate to ask. "Yashiro, what happened?"
"Did you perhaps get a call from the president?" Yashiro asked, avoiding the question.
Ren shook his head.
"I just spoke to him, he wanted me to show you this offer before we started on your jobs for today." The man was clearly doing this against his better judgment, and was seemingly reluctant to do it at all.
Ren took the folder from him and scanned it.
The halfling existed in a state of self-hatred. He cursed his existence, and the immortality that resulted.
The halfling meets the fallen angel, he is conflicted, part of him yearns for companionship, part of him yearns to destroy her. He moves toward her, uncertain of his own intent, she looks at him consumed with fear.
There was much more and a tentative version of the song was included. Ren closed his eyes. The singer was obviously baiting him. It could only be made clearer if the boy had written it across the page in bold size 50 font.
Grudgingly, Ren acknowledged that the singer was a bit more clever than he had pegged him for. Fuwa obviously knew how he felt about Kyoko, and given that the boy likely could see that Kyoko had fallen for him in return, he wanted to try to intimidate him, and he knew this was the only way that he could get into contact with him.
What a way it was too. He was giving Ren a very complex character to act, and he basically had to show these thoughts using only expressions since it was a PV. Ren would also get to act alongside Kyoko on-screen, which was something that he had been wanted to do for a while now. It was practically impossible for him to refuse. Fuwa had also made the characters of the angel and the halfling antagonistic toward one another, to advertise that he was not about to let he and Kyoko be. It was very well-played.
With a smile, actually it was more of a smirk, Ren handed the folder back to Yashiro. "Sounds like fun," he said as he started the car. "Give me until tomorrow though, I have to make sure of one thing first."
To say that Yashiro was a little concerned by how lightly Ren seemed to be taking this, would have been an understatement.
Ren hid his amusement at the disgruntled look on Yashiro's face, knowing the man had expected a far more irrational reaction, and resolved to get the man a gift. He put up with quite a bit more than what was written in his job description for his sake, and the man deserved to know he was appreciated. Maybe Kyoko would help him pick something out for him.
A few minutes later they had arrived at the first location of the day. Ren slipped on his public smile and exited the car, and Yashiro fell into step with him, both prepared for the busy day ahead of them.