Hi everyone! Another new chapter! It was originally part of chapter twenty-seven but I broke them apart because of how long it was.

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Without further ado here is chapter twenty-eight.

Disclaimer: I do not own Skip Beat or any of the characters from it. Skip Beat is the property of Yoshiki Nakamura.

Lover's Interview

They were quiet for most of the drive to the studio. When they were about a minute away Kuon glanced over at Kyoko. She looked a little pale so he reached over and held her hand. "It's going to be okay." He said a reassuring voice. "I've been interviewed by Kamya Chieko before. She is very professional and kind. She won't ask very personal questions."

Kyoko looked up at Kuon and smiled. "I know that it is going to be all right because you're going to be there with me. I just not used to being interviewed yet. I've only been interviewed about two or three times. So they still make me a little nervous."

Kuon pulled into a parking spot and stopped the car before replying.

"You're going to be amazing. Everyone in that studio is going to love you. You don't need to be nervous. Like you said, I'm going to be right there with you."

Kyoko nodded and turned to open her door.

"Stop."

Kyoko turned back to Kuon. "What?"

"Let me open the door for you. I want to be the perfect gentleman for you. You're my princess and I intend to treat you as such. Besides my Mom would kill be if I wasn't being chivalrous like she and Dad taught me to be."

Before Kyoko could say or do anything Kuon was already out of the car and had his hand on the handle of the passenger door. He opened it quickly and offered a hand to help Kyoko out.

Kyoko was blushing and looking at the ground. "You should stop doing things like this." She said in a quiet annoyed voice. "You're going to spoil me."

Kuon smirked, "That is part of my job as a boyfriend. And I plan on spoiling you as much as I can."

Kyoko didn't know what to say so she started walking to the studio doors.

Kuon smiled and quickly caught up to her. He took her hand and held it tightly, not letting her pull away.

As soon as they walked in the door they were accosted by Yashiro. "Ren, Kyoko-chan you're here! Good! We need you to get to wardrobe and then your makeup needs done."

Kuon let Ren take over as he and Kyoko followed Yashiro to their dressing rooms.

"Kyoko-chan, yours is the first one. Ren, yours is the second. Please be quick."

Kyoko nodded and hurried into her dressing room.

Ren looked at her dressing room door for a couple moments before entering his dressing room. In there he found a royal blue button up shirt, black slacks, and a black vest. There was also a pair of round silver cuff links, that hand blue gems stones in their centers to match the shirt. 'I'm impressed,' thought Ren as he changed. 'Since President Takarada is in charge I was expecting something more flomboyant. Maybe Maria or Miss Woods chose the outfits.' He left the first two buttons of the shirt undone to reveal the necklace he always wore and left the room.

Yashiro was about halfway between the two rooms leaning against the opposite wall. He looked up as Ren came out and closed his planner. "That ensemble is very low key. With the President involved I would have expected something else."

Ren nodded, "I was thinking the same thing. Perhaps Maria picked the outfits."

Yashiro considered that for a moment. "There is a very good possibility of that." He then glanced around to make sure they were alone and gave Ren an evil smirk. "So, are you and Kyoko-chan ready for your lover's interview?" He had little devil horns sticking out of his head as he asked the question.

Ren was going to give him a full blast of his gentlemanly aura when he saw Kyoko out of the corner of his eye. Her whole body was as pink as her Love Me uniform and she was shaking like a leaf. Kuon came out in full force and gave Yashiro his strongest death glare. 'If you scare her off I will kill you. I don't care if you are a top notch manager.'

Yashiro's face drained of color when he saw the glare that was pointed at him. 'He looks like he wants to kill me. Please someone come save me!'

As if of cue Takarada came strolling down the hall, wearing a very formal and eye catching eighteen-century English military uniform, and stopped next to them. "Ren don't kill Yashiro. It would be very difficult to find another manager as good as him." His tone as conversational as though they were in a meeting and only served to scare Yashiro even more.

'How can he say that so casually!? Those two cannot be human.' Yashiro thought feverishly

Kuon glanced at Takarada and stopped glaring at Yashiro. He let Ren back out as he went to Kyoko. "Are you okay?" His voice was low and gentle.

Kyoko slowly looked up at him and after a moment or two nodded. "I think so. It's just..." She trailed off not knowing what to say.

Ren smiled and reached for one of Kyoko's hands. "I understand. It's Yashiro being Yashiro. I'll see if I can get him to not say things like that any more. Okay?"

Kyoko nodded again and smiled.

"We should go get our makeup done."

"Where will that be done?"

Makeup is further down the hall." Yashiro said in his professional voice as he came to join them. "Fourth door on the left after your dressing room, Ren."

The three of them started walking down the hall.

"Makeup artists are in there ready for you," continued Yashiro. "The stage for the interview is at the very end of the hall on the right. I'll meet you two there when your makeup is done."

"Fine," said Ren before he and Kyoko entered the makeup room.


About half an hour later Ren and Kyoko were walking into the room with the set for the interview. The set was very simple with one love seat and a matching reading chair placed at a slight angle to each other. Making it easier for the occupants to talk to one another.

Yashiro was waiting for them to the right of the set with a woman Kyoko had never seen before. He waved them closer so that he could make introductions. "Ren you've already met Kamya Chieko."

Ren gave his professional smile. "Yes, though it has been a while. How are you Chieko?"

Chieko smiled too. "I'm doing well. I would ask how you're doing but there doesn't seem to be point." She said while looking at Kyoko.

Yashiro quickly introduced the two women. "Chieko this is Mogami Kyoko an actress from LME. Kyoko-chan this is Kamya Chieko a well known interviewer of the stars."

Kyoko bowed as she had been taught at the Ryokan. "It is very nice to meet you, Kamya-san."

Chieko gave a light laugh. "There is no need to be so formal. Please call me Chieko while we aren't on set. Everyone else does and being called Kamya-san makes me feel a lot older than I am."

Kyoko looked a little hesitant but said, "If you want me to, Chieko-san. Please call me Kyoko."

Chieko laughed again. "We'll have to work on getting you to drop the 'san'. It really isn't necessary."

Before anyone else could say anything a stage crew member came up to them. "The audience is all seated. It's almost time to star."

"Thank you, Haru." Chieko said, "I suppose we should get to our places. Ren, Kyoko you two can stay here since you're going to be enter stage from this side."

Ren and Kyoko nodded before Chieko went on stage and sat in the reading chair.

"You look stunning." Ren whsipered as he looked at her dress. It was a simple dip dyed dress. The shoulders were a pale blue almost white, it gradually got darker until it was the bottom was the same shade of blue as Ren's shirt. It had short flowing sleeves, a rounded neckline, and had a handkerchief style hem. She was still wearing the tiara shaped earrings but also had on a necklace that match his cuff links.

She blushed and ducked her head.

Just then the opening music started playing and the audience was clapping very enthusiastically. Kyoko looked up at Ren, as she started to panic a little.

Ren put his arm around her should and whispered into her ear. "I'm here. Don't panic, everything will be all right. Just remember I'm here."

After he said this another crewman came by. "Here are your microphones." He one to Ren and the other to Kyoko. "We'll turn them on remotely as you are entering the set."

"Thank you," Kyoko said as she bowed to the crewman.

The crewman nodded to her and Kuon with a smile and left to complete another task he had been assigned.

Ren attached his microphone to the collar of his shirt and held out his hand to Kyoko. "Let me help you with yours." He took her microphone and easily attached it to the neckline of her dress.

"Thank you."


"Good morning everyone!" Chieko said in a very cheerful voice. "How are you this wonderful morning?"

The audience cheered making Chieko smile more than she already had been. "I glad to hear that. Hopefully today's interview will make your day even better. There will be two people joining me today. One is the most popular actor, one of the most sought after models, and the number one most desirable man in Japan Tsuruga Ren." At this the crowd cheered very loudly. Chieko gave them a couple minutes before speaking again. "With him today is a young rising actress. I'm sure all of you have seen Dark Moon." The crowd cheered again. "The actress I'm talking about played a very intense roll in this drama and she is currently working on another one. How many of you have seen Box R?" There was loud cheering. "Quite a few of you I see. The actress I'm talking about in none other than Mogami Kyoko. Please give a warm welcome to the two very talented people. Tsuruga Ren and Mogami Kyoko."

The crowd cheered very loudly as Ren and Kyoko walked on set, smiling, and sat down next to each other on the love seat.

"Good morning, Kamya-san. It it very nice to be on this show again after a year."

"It is very nice to have you back, Tsuruga-san. You've have done a lot since you were last here. I heard that Dark Moon took a lot of work."

Ren smiled, "it did but I believe with was worth it. I believe I can safely speak for everyone who worked on it that we are very pleased and proud of the results."

"Would you agree with him Mogami-san?"

Kyoko nodded. "Yes. I'm very glad that I had the opportunity to be a part of something so amazing."

The crowd clapped and cheered. "WE LOVED YOUR MIO!" Was a shout that the occupants of the set could understand.

"That is very true. I think everyone loved how you portrayed Mio. You gave her so much dimension. I can honestly say that there were times when I was scared senseless and it takes a lot to scare me that much."

Kyoko blushed and smiled. "I'm happy that I was able to express Mio in such a way as to effect everyone so much."

"You truly were amazing, Mogami-san. With that being your first major appearance on TV and with your show Box R airing now, I am truly looking forward to seeing all the rolls that you are given."

"As am I," said Ren. "Working with Kyoko during Dark Moon it was incredible to watch her grow as an actress, with just that one role." He smiled at Kyoko as he spoke.

"Your acting was also very inspiring, Tsuruga-san. Even more that before. Your rendition of Katsuki was simply fabulous."

All the women in the audience cheered. "It sounds as though the audience agrees." Chieko said with a small laugh. "Well, as much as I love talking about Dark Moon and the wonderful performances you two gave in it, I believe we should move onto the main part of our interview. Now," at this point Chieko turned a little bit so that she as facing Ren a bit more. "Last time you were here you were asked a very specific question. That you answered in the negative. Would you mind if I asked you the question again and we see if the answer has changed?"

'Well here we go. Time to tell the world that I belong to this amazing woman sitting next to me.' "Not at all Kamya-san. Please ask anything you like."

"This is a question ladies ask everyday. Do you, Tsuruga-san, have a significant other in your life?" The audience was deathly quiet. Everyone wanted to hear Ren's reply.

Ren smiled as he answered. "As you said last time you asked me that question I answered in the negative. Now I am very happy to say yes. There is someone special in my life. It is this amazing woman sitting next to me."

Several member of the audience gasps but most remained quiet wanting to hear more.

"It seems as though Japan is in shock. After many years of being a bachelor Tsuruga Ren has found a woman. How long have you two been dating?"

Kyoko looked at Ren waiting for him to answer. 'We haven't talked about how we were going to answer this question.'

"We've been dating for a couple months and decided that we were tired of keeping it a secret."

"Two months is a decent amount of time to be in a relationship without everyone finding out. How did you keep it a secret for so long?"

"Mainly by the help of my manager Yashiro and President Takarada. They were able to manipulate things enough to allow Kyoko and I to have time for dates without being spotted."

"What kind of dates have you been on?"

Ren looked at Kyoko silently telling her to answer the quesiton. "Mainly just dinners. We get groceries together, go back to Ren's place, I cook us dinner, we spend some time together, and then he takes me home. It isn't very extravagant but I think it's more special this way." She had a small blush on her cheeks as she said this.

Chieko nodded in agreement. "Spending a quiet evening at home is always very special. There is a feeling about it that other dates don't have. How do you feel about those quiet evenings spent together Tsuruga-san?"

"I feel that they are some of the most perfect nights of my life. I wouldn't part with them for anything."

At this all the women in the audience sighed. "That is so romantic!" One of them yelled.

"Well, if you were worried about people reacting poorly to your relationship I don't think you need to worry. If the reaction of the audience is anything to go by."

"WE LOVE YOU TSURUGA-SAN!"

"WE WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY!"

"YOU TWO LOOK SO PERFECT TOGETHER!"

There were many more shouts from the audience but they couldn't understood. However they all seems to be positive.

Ren smiled the audience. "Thank you for supporting us in this relationship. It truly means a lot."

Kyoko nodded in agreement. "It means more than you can imagine."

Chieko raised her eyebrows. "From that way you two talk I gather that this is a very seriously relationship. Are we going to be hearing wedding bells soon?"

The audience went silent again.

"No. We've only bee dating a couple months." Kyoko said with a bright blush.

"We need more time." Ren added agreeing with Kyoko.

"When that time comes I don't think there will be any objections." Chieko said before she turned to the audience. "What do you think?"

The audience cheered louder than they had before. "I think they want to see the wedding now. Are you sure you can't do it now?"

Ren laughed. "That would be just a little fast. We want to take this slow and make it was special as possible."

Chieko smiled, "I understand. Relationships are meant to be cherished after all." She looked to the left of the stage and received a slight shock. 'It's time to end already!?' She glanced at her watch. "My goodness. Time flies when you're talking about something interesting.' She looked back at Ren and Kyoko. "I'm sorry to say it but our time is practically up. We just have enough time for me to wish you luck and tell you congratulations on your relationship."

"Thank you, Kamya-san. It means a lot." Kyoko said with a smile.

"You are very welcome." Chieko said with a very big smile before ending the interview. "Thank you to everyone out there for being such a great audience. And thank you Tsuruga and Mogami-san for joining me this morning. It truly was a pleasure having you on the show." With that the audience clapped and cheered again as the closing music played and the lights dimmed.