Disclaimer: I own nothing. The songs mentioned later on belong to Switchfoot and Relient K and I don't own them!
Chapter Thirty Five
"Okay, enough mushy mushy stuff," Aya commented bursting in through the doors. "I personally want to try out paint ball in the course in the basement," She added.
"Paint ball?" Kyoko asked.
"I've never played it before but it sounds like fun," Aya grinned. "From what I tell you have a gun that shoots paint balls, and the point of the game is to win," She added.
"Isn't the point of any game to win?" Ren asked.
"No in scrabble the point of the game is to come up with the randomest words in the world and then get into an argument on whether or not the word is real." Aya replied.
"Is randomest even a word?"Ren asked.
"See even mentioning the game causes debate," Aya replied sighing. "So do you guys want to play or not?" She asked with a grin.
"Sounds like it could be fun," Kyoko replied shrugging. "I didn't know this house had a basement," She added.
"It has four levels," Aya replied. "The course is on the 3, Rowan already headed down."
"Don't you remember we have to work at 1 o'clock?" Kyoko asked. "It's already 12:30," She added. "Which means we should be going," She added.
"I'll call Rowan," Aya responded pulling out her cell as they headed for the front door.
"I already figured it out," Rowan called up. "See, there was a reason you married me," Rowan added to Aya.
"And it wasn't because of your smart mouth," Aya replied. "The contractor for the zip lines is arriving this afternoon to install them, so when we move in everything will be set." She added as she locked the door behind her.
"Can you have that done to a house you don't own?" Kyoko asked.
"Already bought it," Aya replied.
"I thought you needed our portion of the money to buy it?" Kyoko asked.
"Nah, that was a bluff to get you to help pay," Aya replied.
"Don't worry, it might take a little while but I'll pay my share," Kyoko commented.
"And since I don't have to pay rent anymore that will go into my share," Ren added.
"How much do you two think this place costs?" Rowan asked.
"A lot," Kyoko replied.
"Your two's payment shares come out to 8,000, which on your twos salary should be paid out with in the year," Rowan replied.
"How did you get a place like this for only 32,000?" Ren asked unlocking his car.
"I know a guy who knows the old owner, who needed cash fast," Aya replied. Kyoko and Ren let go knowing they wouldn't get an answer.
"I suppose this is home from now on," Kyoko commented smiling as she looked back at the mansion.
"I would suppose so," Ren replied laughing. "I'll have to stop at the bank and pull the money out," Ren added. "And Aya is right, I'll make 16,000 before the end of the year." He added.
"No, you are not paying for my share," Kyoko protested. "I will pay for it," She added.
"Then if you are so persistent, then you can just pay me back," Ren grinned. "That way you won't have to pay Aya and Rowan back, and I have a feeling Aya might use your debt to her advantage," He added. "Which would not be good."
"Fine," Kyoko pouted. "Only if you add interest," She added.
"Fine," Ren replied sighing. "Or you could see it as a very late, or very early birthday gift." He tried. Kyoko shook her head. "Getting together present?" He tried again. Kyoko shook her head again. "Fine,' He said finally giving in for real. "You know most people would accept a present like this," Ren laughed.
"And since when am I most people?" Kyoko asked. "I could act like a normal person," She added thoughtfully.
"No, you be you, no acting aloud." Ren scolded. Kyoko grinned.
"Then you be you with no acting a loud," Kyoko replied.
"Which me?" Ren asked with a grin.
"Whatever you, you want," Kyoko replied.
"Your making me feel crazy," Ren replied laughing.
"Every actor is crazy," Kyoko replied grinning.
"Only the good ones," Ren corrected.
"Of course," Kyoko replied seriously. Her body then began to vibrate. "Hello?" She answered. "Yha, Ren's driving," Kyoko commented. "Okay I'll tell him."
"Lory?" Ren guessed.
"Tomorrow he wants us and Rowan and Aya to report to the music section of the music headquarters tomorrow." Kyoko relayed to Ren. "I haven't even begun to look at songs." She added.
"So I take it that is what we will be doing to night?" Ren asked. "I have a few in mind but I would have to look at them again," He added. "Do we have to do music videos as well?" Ren asked.
"Only the songs that the public likes best," Kyoko replied. "So I'm guessing you will have to do one," She added.
"The down side of being the top actor," Ren sighed. "I'm lucky Aya and Rowan taught us dance, otherwise I would be fully embarrassed." He added.
"You're dancing isn't that bad," Kyoko commented.
"You didn't see me before the dance lessons," Ren replied laughing. "I looked like a string puppet in the hands of a 3 year old."
"Whatever you say," Kyoko laughed. "Did Rowan mention what they were thinking about doing?" Kyoko asked.
"He just mentioned they had some songs in mind," Ren replied shrugging. "Nothing to revealing," He added.
"I'm horrible at singing and stuff like this though," Kyoko sighed.
"Your voice sounds better than mine," Ren replied. "I'm lucky I can act," He added.
"At least it's for a good cause," Kyoko replied. "Otherwise I would never be going through with this," She added. "Wait, what if Lory makes me sing a mushy love song?" Kyoko asked. "I mean I don't think I could pull that off," She added.
"Fake it," Ren winked. "Now let's see what is in store for us today," Ren said pulling into a parking space.
"I hope it's a fun one," Kyoko replied. "Yesterdays had a kind of sad ending," She added.
"Good morning," Tammy greeted tossing two scripts at them. "Scan them and go to costumes," She added. Kyoko and Ren nodded taking off.
Their day went by fast. They were rushed from scene to scene and costume to costume. Kyoko and Ren didn't have time to breath out until they entered Ren's apartment.
"Such a busy day," Kyoko commented slipping off her shoes.
"How about I call take out?" Ren offered. "That way instead of wasting time cooking you can start looking at music." He added quickly before she could protest.
Ren watched as she debated in her head. He grinned as she nodded. He quickly located his phone and dialed the number for his usual take out place. He placed a order and grabbed his rarely used laptop. He blew the dust off of it and sat on the couch next to Kyoko.
"Looks like you use that a lot," Kyoko teased.
"You would think I would wouldn't you?" Ren laughed. "I like having everything on my phone," He added shrugging. "Makes life easier."
"Except for when you kill it," Kyoko replied. Ren didn't comment and seemed to become occupied by logging in on his computer. "So where do we start?" Kyoko asked.
"To be honest, I have no idea," Ren commented staring at the screen blankly.
"I'll call Aya," Kyoko commented after several moments of silence. She pulled her cell phone out and began dialing.
Ren looked up from the computer when there was a loud knock on the door. He checked his watch and got up. He pulled open the door.
"Hello Ren," Lory greeted.
"Boss," Ren replied confused.
"I remembered that both of you are not into the whole music scene, so this is an entire catalogue of the music at LME, the ones I think you and Kyoko would like are under the files with your name on it." Lory added. He handed Ren a laptop. "So la revedere," He added waving.
"Was that Lory?" Kyoko asked from the couch.
"I think so," Ren replied. "And I think that is the most normal I have seen him, ever," He added.
"I'm not getting through to Aya," Kyoko commented hanging up. "I'll try Rowan," She said beginning to dial again.
"No need," Ren said holding up the laptop. "Lory said he put songs he thought we might like in files with our names on it, but this is the entire catalogue of LME's music." He added placing it on his coffee table.
"Oh, that makes it easy," Kyoko said hanging up. "So how normal did Lory look?"
"He was wearing jeans and a tee shirt normal," Ren replied.
"Really?" Kyoko asked. "I didn't even know he had a pair of jeans," She said thinking.
"Didn't he wear a pair that one time when he met with us?" Ren asked pushing the on button on the computer Lory gave them.
"I think those were leather," Kyoko replied thinking. "Anyway, how much music can be on here? It should be easy now," She added slipping down from the couch to the floor to get a better look at the computer. He face fell at the number. "I didn't realize that there were so many songs," She commented.
"Hopefully we won't have to look threw all 4 million," Ren replied. "So under our names," He said searching through files. "Here's yours," Ren said pushing the computer towards Kyoko. "I have one or two ideas so I'll start with them," He added before she could protest.
"Fine," Kyoko said clicking on the file with her name on it. "There are almost a thousand songs," She said deflating slightly. "This is going to take a while isn't it," She added.
"Hopefully Lory didn't put love songs in yours," Ren commented. "So imagine how big my file is," He added.
"Oh, this one sounds interesting," Kyoko commented.
"What's it called?" Ren asked.
"This is Home," Kyoko replied. "By an American band," She added.
"I'll go grab some paper so we can write the ones we like down," Ren said getting up. "Here," He added tossing a pad to Kyoko. She caught it and uncapped the pen that was clipped onto it.
"What do you think of this one?" Ren asked playing it.
"Nice, but it might give our little secret away," Kyoko commented.
"No it won't," Ren protested.
"What is it called?" She asked.
"My Girl's Ex-Boyfriend," Ren mumbled.
"If you really want to do it put it on your list," Kyoko commented smiling. Ren grinned back and wrote it down.
"That will be the food," Ren commented as there was a knock on the door. He got up and paid the delivery guy and carefully balanced the food as came back.
"Take out, makes it seem like one of those police investigations," Ren laughed.
"Let's hope that we won't have to arrest anyone," Kyoko replied as she wrote another song name on her list.
"Hopefully," Ren agreed.
Author's Note: End of this chapter! Next chapter will probably take longer because I have to find some more songs, so if you have any ideas feel free to send them to me! Hope you enjoyed this chapter, sorry they have been shorter than normal. R&R