A/N: While this fic takes place after the canon Valentine's Day arc, it ignores pretty much all of canon after that. (Which you might have noticed from the fact that they're still in the middle of filming Dark Moon, when that was way over with by the time White Day came around in canon.)

~ Do You Know What Fanfiction Is? ~

Even though she was still in disguise and knew she wouldn't be recognized, Kanae felt an acute sense of embarrassment just from walking into Tenshi-no-Sumika. Actually browsing the items on display in the shop made her feel horribly self-conscious.

This is for Kyoko, she reminded herself. No one here is judging you for buying this stuff! They're into this stuff, too, or they wouldn't be shopping here. There's no way anyone will recognize me in this disguise. No one will ever know that I'm the one who bought such items, except of course for Kyoko... and probably Tsuruga, cause she tells that damn guy everything...

"Hey, you two! I finally found you! The break is almost over and you'll be needed on set..." Yashiro trailed off as he caught sight of Kyoko's expression. "Did I interrupt something?"

"No, no," Ren hastened to assure his manager, before Kyoko could say anything. "I was just giving Mogami-san her White Day gift ." He smiled, emitting a moderate amount of sparkles.

"Oh? And did Kyoko-chan like her gift?" Yashiro asked.

Despite how the question was phrased, it seemed to be directed more toward the girl herself rather than Ren.

"Yes, I did like the gift," Kyoko answered, blushing lightly. She was about to offer to show her present to Yashiro, when she realized that both of her hands were currently empty. Where did the beads go? She must have dropped them, but when...? She glanced at the floor near Ren's feet and, yes, there were the two packets of beads laying on the ground behind him. She had dropped them without realizing it when she'd hugged him earlier.

"Is there anything I can help you find today?" a salesperson inquired politely.

"No," Kanae replied immediately. "I'm just trying to decide which ones to get."

"Well, if you require assistance at any point, just let me know."

"Sure," Kanae answered, knowing even as she said it that she would never be able to bring herself to ask for advice about which of these objects to purchase. She had done some research online before setting out, but apparently what little she had learned barely even scratched the surface... which left Kanae feeling like she would never understand this hobby in the slightest.

After several more minutes of browsing, with her frustration and embarrassment levels mounting higher and higher as each second ticked by, she decided: Screw it, I'll just get one of each variety of the small ones, and enough of this other shit to complete them... and there's still money left over if I've missed out on any of the necessary items.

She wondered briefly if she should just get one or two of the larger-sized ones instead of so many small ones, but she decided to go with the small after all, since she'd already picked out accessories for them and everything, and she really didn't want to spend any more time in this place than she had to.

Kanae took her huge armload of items up to the counter to pay for them. She somehow managed to resist the urge to tell the cashier that she wasn't buying them for herself, and was relieved when she finally exited the store.

~oOo~

*Tenshi-no-Sumika is a real store. If you want to be spoiled for what Kanae bought, you can look it up. XD