AN: I know this sounds bratty and childish but I wanted to update today instead of yesterday because I got annoyed by something stupid. For those of you who have been following me for a while or at least a few months, you know that I actually prefer when I see 35 views on a chapter and 2 reviews rather than 200+ views on a chapter and only 5 reviews. I blame this site for giving me that information but I really don't like it so I'm going to use that as my compass to see interest. It's just a personal thing honestly but I wanted to explain that in case I feel bratty like that again.

Act Six – A Fairy Prince

Lory sighed as he looked ahead at Ren, he put a hand to his forehead and then bowed his head with a dramatic pause. "Are you an idiot?" he asked and Ren turned around to look at him in shock. The president sometimes teased him about different things but he hadn't expected for him to call him an idiot. Then again, he had never lived with a woman before if you didn't include family. "You're supposed to be keeping a lid on you-know-who," he said and Ren sighed.

"Kuon isn't a Harry Potter villain, you know" he replied and Lory hummed a little annoyed by him. "I'll be careful. She doesn't even think I'm human so it'll be fine," he told him and the president frowned. He wasn't in love with this plan. After all of the precautions they had set up, it felt like Ren was recklessly exposing a secret that only he knew.

"She doesn't think you're human?" he asked and Ren sighed before sitting down.

"Yes, she thinks that I'm prince of the fairy kingdom," he said and Lory sat up in his seat. His expression was horrified and Ren didn't really understand how he had found more disgust in his statement than enjoyment and humor. It was true that she thought he was some magical being sent from a different dimension and only pretending to be human. Maybe she could be considered insane by people who didn't know her but that wasn't the response he was expecting.

"Ren, you of all people, I never expected this from you," he said and Ren blinked. "I mean given your history, your background. You know that I'm a fan of love in whatever form it takes."

Ren laughed softly, "I'm telling you that she doesn't think that I'm human. Fairies aren't humans, they are magical creatures who exist outside of the normal society."

Lory paused, his anger and disappointment deepening and Ren wasn't sure what had brought forth him to be so angry. Maybe it was his lies, he was angry about him lying right, trying to hold a position that required him to act.

"Your parents would be appalled by you saying these derogatory terms," he said and Ren blinked. "It doesn't matter if she thinks that you're interested in other men, even if you are interested in other men then you don't use those terms. You'd tell me, wouldn't you? If your attraction was led that way?"

"I love women," Ren said before turning things over in his head. His eyes widened and he quickly shook his head. "No, no. God no," he said as he hung his head and pinched his forehead. "No, with Kuon's history, never. Kuon grew up in Los Angeles, he grew up around actors, models, makeup artists, stage crews. I would never give a statement like that," he said and Lory looked at him with surprise. "I would never say that people who were in love with the same gender were not human. No, she actually thinks I'm a fairy like in fairytales."

Lory seemed to relax a little with that and Ren still stared at the floor, he didn't know that the president would misinterpret his words that way. He wasn't homophobic. His mother had gay friends, he had grown up with his father telling him it didn't matter who loved who, you had to be respectful and empathetic despite another person's background.

"So," Lory told him as he managed to grin over the news. "She really believes that you're a magical creature, how on earth did you pull that off? I've wanted for my entire life to be able to be thought of as magical."

"Well, I think a number of people would say that you've achieved that," Ren replied before sighing. "She's a childhood friend. I don't think that she's crazy. Her mother, to my memory, was extremely neglectful and cruel to her, she grew up dreaming of princesses and princes because it took her away from her sad reality. When we met as children she believed I was a fairy and I guess that I managed to play the part too well."

"So, she doesn't know about Kuon?" Lory asked and Ren shook his head.

"She thinks that I'm Corn the fairy prince who is masquerading as a human here on Earth," he told him and Lory held back a laugh. "Yes, she thinks my name is Corn like the vegetable."

"And your feelings for this girl?" the president inquired and the actor shook his head.

"I have no feelings for her other than friendship and even if I did, you know that it is against the will of God for me to act upon it. I can't have important people. I have to live my life alone so that nobody ever gets hurt because of me again," he said and Lory sighed again.

"Great thing you asked her to live with you then," he commented and Ren gulped. Yeah, the two sentiments didn't really match up but he was swayed by her in many unexpected ways.

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"Do they talk for a while?" Kyoko asked nervously as she looked towards the elevator. Kuon had bought both her and Maria something to eat and told them that he needed to discuss something important with the president of the agency. Kyoko had been nervous what that meant. Hopefully it wasn't about her and the fact that she knew about fairies.

"Sometimes, Grandfather is interested in Ren. I hope he's talking Ren into an arranged marriage," she said dreamily and Kyoko's jaw dropped. This child was too young to fall into such a trap. Arranged marriages were equivalent to death sentences.

"Uh," the teenager said awkwardly. "I would want to wait to get married actually I'm swearing off marriage. I don't want to ever get married. Never. Not after that jerk, maybe all men are like that, all human men anyway."

Kyoko stomped her foot angrily on the ground which made Maria pay her more attention. This was the type of anger that many girls didn't show even if they felt it. A lot of girls weren't as public with their dissatisfaction and would write their thoughts down in a diary. Maria was interested in Kyoko's direct approach.

"Did some man hurt you?" she asked as she tilted her head to the side and Kyoko growled.

"I wouldn't call that beast a man, he's more like an animal. He's a pig, a boar. I might even go as far to say that he's slime, dirt, a painful blister," she told her and Maria nodded slowly. Kyoko growled again as she tried to forget that arrogant smile, the way that he always put himself first. She had been such an idiot to think of herself as anything special and follow him all the way to Tokyo.

"You should get your revenge," Maria suggested and Kyoko turned to her in interest. "Maybe a curse doll."

"Curse dolls aren't enough," Kyoko said bitterly. "I want to strike him where it really hurts, have him bowed down in a dogeza and strike a whip against his back. I want to pull his hair out strand by strand until he has to hide his ugly bald head."

Maria looked away, "What does he care about most? Physical injuries go away but a man's pride once shattered, it's hard to rebuild a mortal's pride."

"His stardom, his fame, his stupid music," Kyoko whispered and Maria looked at her.

"Then you should try to be a bigger star than him so you can look down on him and laugh but there isn't much time before the audition process," Maria hummed and Kyoko looked at her in interest. "You were able to enter the agency this time because you were with Ren but if you became an even bigger star then you could move freely and take more decisive revenge on that other guy," she said as she tapped her finger against her chin.

Kyoko nodded slowly, not sure what had happened in this young girl's life to make her think this way.

"An audition process?" she asked and Maria nodded.

"I think that a talent might be easier to do than a singer or an actress," she suggested. "I'll get you a form and then we can devise a strategy for you to win. I don't think that I should just ask Grandfather though, he gets tough on people who he could be seen as having nepotism towards."

Kyoko paused and smiled. Yes, she would win against him in showbusiness because it was the one area where he felt the greatest pride. She would do this audition process and then debut as a huge star and then after a few months, she would be an even bigger name than him and he would beg her for forgiveness. This plan made a lot of sense to her. She was worried about Corn's reaction but he didn't need to know. She would work on this behind his back.

As she sunk deeper into her thoughts, she didn't hear a man approaching the two of them. She looked up. He seemed a nice, friendly man with classes, a nice suit, and a briefcase and…why was he wearing a glove on his hand? Probably one of those people who hated germs.

"Yashiro-san," Maria smiled at the man and he smiled back. "Ren is meeting with Grandfather."

"I know, he texted me to meet him here, said something changed at the last moment," he said before looking towards Kyoko. He bowed in a respectful manner, "Hello, let me introduce myself, Yukihito Yashiro," he said and Kyoko stood up quickly.

"I'm Mogami Kyoko," she said and as she looked up, she saw that Yashiro was rather taken aback. He looked at her from head to toe as if she were some strange creature that had just been discovered and needed to be protected.

"Yashiro-san is Ren's manager. He's in charge of Ren's schedule and work assignments," Maria explained and Kyoko looked at him before stiffening. Did he know of the fairy kingdom as well? She didn't want to expose Corn if he didn't but he was looking at her as if he were holding in a secret. She smiled weakly and he nodded.

"I expected that you would be older than Ren," he explained and Kyoko shook her head slowly. "Ah, well that doesn't really matter. I mean, forgive me for my rudeness, but Ren doesn't seem affectionate towards you so it should still work out okay. It will be harder to keep the information private."

"Information private?" Maria asked as she looked between them, "That she's Ren's friend from when he was younger?" she asked and Yashiro sighed. He studied Kyoko again and she wasn't sure whether he was expressing disappointment or just sizing her up as if wondering whether she was worthy of Ren.

"If you mean my living situation then I'd like that kept private as well," she said and Yashiro looked at her.

"Would you mind signing a nondisclosure agreement?" he asked before Kyoko stared at him. She knew about these legal forms and she wasn't going to tell anyone but sometimes secrets leaked and no matter how much you tried to hide something, somebody was going to find out. "I'll put a clause in stating that it would have to be a deliberate release of sensitive information."

"Su-Sure," Kyoko said awkwardly before she heard a familiar set of footsteps. "Tsuruga-san," she said as she turned back to him and Ren went over, putting his hand on Kyoko's shoulder.

"This is Kyoko," he told Yashiro before smiling at her and Yashiro suspected that there was more than friendship at play here. Well, it wouldn't do his client any good if he were to publicly date this girl. He'd have to do a bit more investigating on her because he wasn't going to risk Ren's flourishing career just because of pity towards someone he knew as a child.

End of Act Six

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Author Reaction:

I know that it might be seen as a weird choice pushing the audition process through because of Maria but I wanted to put it somewhere. She also won't be telling Ren which will cause some tension between the two of them. I wanted to apologize if someone took my words wrong, I wasn't intending to bully anyone but with a busy schedule, it is somewhat painful to hear that my chapters are short. It's more of my thing than you because I hear that often. Also, I am slowly working on my other fics during time when I'm neither studying or working.

The next five Skip Beat I have lined up are: Family History, For A Living, Saving Mr. Hizuri, The Little Prince, and Parenting Firsts. I do have some other ones lines up as well for other series' and these might change a little 😉 (the other series' for this next update, if interested are: Brother Bear, Gilmore Girls, Superman, and Aladdin)