Found Love.

"So that's your gift to the president?" Kanae asked as she neatly transcribed Yashiro's notes from a few days before, she wouldn't say it out loud but she was proud of Kyoko for her imagination of how she could cheer up their company president. She had felt a little odd going to the grave of a woman she had never even met and the fact it was the president of the main rival company Akitoki that had driven them their personally had been a bit strange to say the least, but he had been full of stories as he took off his Armani suit jacket and carried the water to and from the grave stone, cutting and arranging the flowers as he told them all about Lory, Jun and his friendly rivalry.

"I think he will love it, Kyoko." Chiori said with a big smile as Kyoko blushed brightly and turned her head away clearing her throat in embarrassment as Kanae and Chiori looked at each other and smiled wickedly before speaking at the exact same moment.

"We have to be there!" Kyoko's eyes were wide as she went to speak and Kanae instantly raised a finger "or are we not your best friends?" She asked as Kyoko dropped her head in defeat before she could even really argue with them both.

"So that's why you want the schedule?" Yashito asked eyes twinkling as he tried to contain his pure joy, Kyoko nodded as she wondered if you could blush all over as Yashiro looked like a toddler doing the pee pee dance

"If you don't mind please." She answered as she held out her hand to see Yashiro's diary, he looked at her hand and just as he was about to hand the book over to her he had an idea.

"I will only give you this if I can be their Ky-ok-o chan." He said her name in a sing song voice as she went to argue with him, "but! Yashiro!" She cried out and was cut off.

"No me, no book." He said as he crossed his arms over his diary as he pinned it to his chest knowing she would never try and pry it from his arms.

Kyoko hung her head in defeat as she nodded, Yashiro's diary was nearly forced into her hands as she jumped and squealed delightedly.

"So you're ok with this?" Kyoko asked as Maria smiling nodded.

"It's ok Onee-Sama, sometimes it's just how life has to be and I know you wouldn't have done it to hurt me." Kyoko nodded at the younger girl before wrapping her in her arms and hugging her tightly.

"Thank you Maria-chan, this means a lot to me." Maria nodded as she got a sparkle of mischief

In her eyes and Kyoko froze as Maria pulled away so she could see it.

"If it means that much to you, will you promise me something?" Maria asked as Kyoko swallowed hard and nodded dreading just what Maria might ask her to do but knowing she owed the younger girl.

"I want to be there!" She cried clapping happily, Kyoko looked at Maria and refused the sigh that wanted to pass her lips as she nodded yet again and Maria dove into her arms once more, arms wrapping around her neck " don't worry Onee-sama! My promise also comes with a gift!" Maria said as she dug out her mobile phone.

"Kyoko, where are you taking me?" Lory asked as his love me number one dragged him through LME quickly. It was later in the evening, only a few staff remained in the building and Kyoko had booked an appointment through his receptionist to have a meeting with him.

He had wondered what the meeting was to be about, but knew his Love me number one wouldn't have booked a meeting for nothing so he had waited after hours and in had walked Kyoko looking stunning in a black ankle length off the shoulder black dress it fit like a second skin, she wore elbow length black gloves and a few strands of pearls around her neck she had very little adornment but Lory could see the pearls and butterfly hair pin which held up her well styled hair was all she needed and with her On point makeup she screamed elegant class and if Lory with his cosplaying heart could have described her look she was Audrey Hepburn reincarnated.

She stopped suddenly in the corridor that house the LME security team and pushed Lory towards the security room door, "Just promise me you won't go overly mushy with my gift" Kyoko said as she opened the door pushed him in then grabbed her phone out of the well concealed pocket in her dress.

Lory looked at the 5 other people in the room, Kanae and Chiori where standing with Yashiro and Jelly woods while his own granddaughter manipulated the cameras to put the hallway outside on the large screen with the audio function now operational. Lory began to say something then thought better of it as the sound of Kyoko's voice across the speakers rang out clear and crisp.

"Hello Tsuruga-san, would it be possible if you could meet with me now?" Lory could see the tension in every angle of Kyoko's body, but not only her, it was like everyone in the room was holding their breath waiting to see whatever it was Kyoko was getting them all together in this room for? Was Ren the next one to be shoved in the room with them? They watched as Kyoko spoke through her phone confirming her location and asking him to come right away if he was able.

As she put down her phone and placed it back in the hidden pocket they watched her close her eyes and breath in and out in a calming manor, it didn't take Ren long to arrive and as he strode down the corridor and to his surprise when he was around 6 meters away from Kyoko she held up an hand.

"Stop there please Tsuruga-san... just ... just if it's ok can you hear me out for a moment?" Ten looked Thoroughly confused but nodded.

"Of course I can Mogami-san, are you ok? Is something wrong?" He asked now looking worried as the people in the room watched on with the perfect view of 'whatever this is?' we're Lory's thoughts until Kyoko started speaking again after a few more deep breaths, her hands clasped before her which only now did Lory see were shaking.

"Do you think I've improved as an actress Tsuruga-San?" Her eyes never left his as she asked this, though everyone watching including Ren could see how much she doubted herself.

"Of course you have improved! You have been doing wonderfully, you're always on time, always professional, you work harder than almost everyone on set, you push people to make the best character possible just so they can match up to your acting skills." Ren stopped himself as he saw tears in her eyes and panicked even more.

"Mogami-san can you please tell me what is wrong? Has someone said something? Has someone or some people been unkind to you?" He asked all this as he tried to take a step forward but stopped as she raised her hand once more and took a step back keeping the same distance between them, everyone watching could see the pain in his eyes at this but Kyoko continued on unaware maybe? Or just needing to keep the distance none of them were really sure.

"You know so many people tell me how well I'm doing, how proud they are of me and that I'm talented and I... I struggle to see any difference, I'm trying so hard to be like you, I want to be someone that can act not only against you but beside you... I want to be someone who can step onto a set and for people not to wonder why the director chose me. I want people to see me and think well yeah she worked hard to get here and she did it with her own determination." Kyoko looked down at her hands wrapped in the beautiful silk gloves and fisted them both tightly.

"I want to be able to pick my roles and not only be typecast as a bully or a bad girl, I want to be able to work with Moko-san and Chiori-Chan. I want to to make Hizuri Kuu proud of me so that if he comes back to Japan I can stand up and show him exactly what he achieved, that I took every roll, every opportunity that was offered to me and above all I want to show everyone that giving me a second chance wasn't the wrong thing to do!" Her voice which had been soft and longing started to gain power as she looked up from her fisted hands straight into his eyes no tears now visible in the eyes of this strong young woman before him.

"I want people to hear the name Love Me section and to know it's not where they send the freaks and weirdos as we have been called so many times, but where talent is cultivated and grown, that the people who get put in that section are not being thrown away just because they may be a little broken inside, just because they have been hurt or mistreated or even... abandoned... I want them to not pity us, to not look at us and think oh those poor people, but to think wow if they can overcome it why can't I?

And I know this is selfish of me to want so much but when I look at you, and you tell me that I'm doing well I can't help but believe you... I cannot help but believe that I can make all these things true as long as I keep striving to be good enough to stand by your side... but at the same time I can't help the thoughts that grow in my head... and in my heart." Ren watched as the fight seemed to drain out of her once more and her hands which had been balled tightly to the point he had worried she would start cutting herself with her own nails even through the silk gloves, her voice was quiet once more as she continued.

"You see the thing is Ren-san, I learnt something incredibly precious here at LME, I learnt that I could make friends, not just good ones but amazing ones! I learnt that people would even choose me to be part of their family and call me Onee-sama! I learnt that there were people willing to go that extra mile, to not only keep me happy but also safe when people were not who they appeared to be on the outside." Ren did not miss the use of his first name from Kyoko and as she continued he started to sweat thinking she had figured out his secret with that last line but before he could question it Kyoko had dropped her eyes and look away and down once more still speaking in that quiet time he could only barely just here.

"I've had magic cast upon me, stories told to me and fairytale prince's return to my side... but still there is one more thing I want and I don't think I can now in a clear conscience continue forwards without doing something about it... yes it's terrifying and yes it's more likely than not, I'm going to get hurt... but I have to speak my mind." Ren's heart was pounding in his chest, had he done something wrong? Has Kyoko done something?... she wasn't seeing Fuwa was she? His heart felt like it was ripping itself out as Kyoko now unearthly calm looked at him with her golden eyes sparkling with an emotion Ren had never thought possible in her eyes as Kyoko screwed up her courage and threw caution to the wind maybe it was a a good thing her new found determination to experience all forms of love was so resolute as she smiled her most beautiful smile and took steps forward so she stood before the man she was most certainly in love with.

"Tsuruga Ren over the past few years I've seen you have ups and downs, I've witnessed your triumphs and your moments I know you would rather forget. I've seen you stumble and get back up again and the more I saw... the more I've fallen in love with you." There was no trembling, no looking away and simple acceptance that no matter what she was going to tell the man before her she loved him and in that moment as she voiced the words out loud and the room or people watching and waiting exploded with happiness for the young woman, Ren stood completely and utterly stunned as blood that had been rushing around his body so fast seemed to stop in that same moment as Kyoko's words hit his ears.

'She loves me? SHE LOVES ME!' and Tusuga Ren's world went black.

"Well I'm not sure what I expected, but for him just to faint like that *'chuckle* it's not what you expect of the number one bachelor in Japan now is it?" Ren heard the teasing lilt in the voice as his head pulled away from its muzzy feelings. He stirred his body, everything felt ok and in the right place, he had fainted? Oh god Yashiro was never going to let live this down he thought as he realised his head was on something soft and that something or someone was stroking his hair softly.

"Are you ok Ren-san?" Kyoko asked as she stopped her hands motion, slowly opening his eyes he looked up into the deep pools of molten gold looking down at him and again he was entranced as he fought to remember what exactly had happened before he fainted.

"Erm... I think so?" He said half a question, half a confirmation as Yashiro who had also been bending over nearby laughed, but it was Lorys booming heartfelt laughter that brought the bright red flush to his cheeks. As through a full belly laugh Lory managed to spit out a few sentences.

"I know she's beautiful Ren, but really you need to breathe to survive" and yet again Lory devolved into a raucous laugh as even though her cheeks were pink Kyoko smiled down at him.

"You sure you're ok?" She asked as Ren yet again got lost in her eyes. He would never know if he had remembered her words or if his fogged up brain just made his next comment easier to say.

"Well he got one thing right you are beautiful." It was in that moment that his brain seemed to come alive as he realised the last thing she said to him and that is when yet again Tursuga Ren did something completely unlike his gentleman Aesthetic and gaped like a fish at the woman before him, trying to speak but completely lost for words.

Kyoko was completely confused as one moment Ren was lying on her lap the next he had spun of her lap sideways and was sitting cross legged before her, he looked at her and went to speak... didn't then ran his hand through his hair. He looked at her again opened his mouth... and again stopped, all this time Kyoko sat before him knees directly beneath her posture perfect the only thing awry with her outfit was she had removed the gloves the look of confusion on her face was almost comical until Ren slapped himself hard across the face.

The room went completely silent as everyone watch on and Kyoko kept forward to grab his hand less Ren decided to do the same again.

"Ren!" She cried this time too shocked to even use honorifics as she held his hand that had just done the motion her face due to this was now only inches from his as he sucked in a breath and spoke out quietly.

"I'm not dreaming?" It was a question only for Kyoko's ears but the others heard it in the deadly silent room.

"No you're not dreaming." Kyoko whispered back, not moving from the position they had come to rest in as her eyes darted to his lips and back to his eyes in moments. He saw the motion and his heart fluttered even more.

"But... but you just said you loved me..." he whispered again, again she smiled with a deeper blush colouring her cheeks before she replied once more.

"I did, didn't I." The hand holding his arm released his and she started moving back as if she expected him to reject her and Ren would never accept that as he grabbed her hand in his own and pulled her back to the same position before linking his hand tenderly in her own.

"Can I tell you that I feel the same way? Can I tell you... can I tell you I love you Kyoko, more than life itself... more than breathing it seems." The little joke at the end seemed to settle the nervousness at what she thought was going to be his rejection.

"As long as you're being truthful and promise to never hurt me?" She quietly replied as his free hand reached up and cured her face tenderly, like a cat starved for affection she met his hand and nuzzled into it.

"I can't promise I will never hurt you Kyoko." As she looked like she was going to pull away at that very moment hurt he continued.

"but I can promise to try everyday for the rest of my life to make you happy, to try to make you laugh and smile. I promise to believe in fairytales and happily ever after as with you I know I could find out it's true." And with those words and her golden eyes and lips softening into her most radiant look Ren couldn't hold himself back as he leant forwards and kissed her sweetly.

"I love you Mogami Kyoko." He said softly as the room really did erupt now into cheers and congratulations as Yashiro and the president celebrated by dancing around together and the girls all smiled and grinned at each other happy for their friends Kyoko's reply really was for Ren's ears only as she whispered softer than ever.

"And I love you Hizuri Koun." His shocked eyes met him as she kissed him softly.

Fin