AN: Again, this is heavily lifted from the manga but I did change who said the second to last line from the manga so I think that helps set the scene for this new version. Hope you guys are enjoying it. I feel like half of next chapter is going to be original material so I'm excited to write that.

Act Twelve – Carrying a Suitcase

Kyoko grinned happily as she walked together with Ren. It seemed that Corn was forgiving her for her actions and maybe things would turn out okay. She still knew and understood why he was upset and she was terrified that it had caused a complete lack of trust but this was the second chance that she wanted. Trust a fairy to be reasonable especially when it meant that someone could be happy. Kyoko shared a smile with him.

Ren watched her. Carrying the bag was a small thing to do but maybe it would open up conversation that would make things less awkward for both of them.

"Thank you, you didn't have to help me carry this," Kyoko said as she gazed into Ren's eyes and shared a smile with him. She was going to protect his secret no matter what. He had already done so much for her and this second chance was another way that he was showing his gratitude.

"It's normal in this situation, is it not, for a man." He grinned at her and Kyoko felt her heart pound in her chest.

"Well, yeah, men do that but don't fairies also do that?" she asked in a whisper that only the two of them could hear, Ren continued to smile back at her. Of course Ren was nice, he was Corn, he was incapable of being mean or cruel to her. Well, she had thought that until she had messed up and he hadn't spoken to her but he had seemed to recover from that. She wanted to do something to make it up for him, something outside of household chores.

"The president set up a new section," Ren told her and Kyoko tilted her head to the side, "The Love Me section," he grinned and Kyoko blinked. Ren smiled to her, hadn't anyone told her? Had she just run into Kimiko and started to carry her luggage for her? It wouldn't surprise him.

"The Rugby Section?" Kyoko blinked confused.

Ren looked ahead of him, he wanted to see her response but he didn't want her to feel that he was looking down on her. To be accepted into a new section that the president had created just for you was a huge offer and he wanted for Kyoko to acknowledge that fact. "No, Love Me," he repeated before slowing down his words, "Love Me Section."

Kyoko blinked. What the heck was that section about? Was it some kind of risqué model shoot or something, why was Ren telling her this? Had he decided to date a lingerie model?

"This section fulfills, like the name already says, tasks in order to be loved," Ren continued and Kyoko stared at him. It was such an odd name that she was trying not to laugh though her head was filled with crazy ideas about such a section. With a name like that, how could she not wonder what they did? "The one who joins the section must achieve everything whole heartedly so he can be loved."

Kyoko's eyes widened before she giggled. She couldn't help it, the section sounded ridiculous.

"It sounds funny," she giggled as she took a look at Ren's expression, he was actually taking this seriously. "What kind of people come there?"

Ren sighed, he tried to hold himself back from giving her any kind of expression on his face. After all, he didn't want to be seen as mocking her or fooling around with her. "Well, what you are doing now is the job of a Love-Me trainee."

What the hell was he talking about? Kyoko paused and took a look at him. She should be grateful about this, right? She should be able to deal with this idea but it was as if she couldn't. This was going to be her life. Well, she had wanted to enter the agency but not with the idea she was doing it for love. Ren was playing with her right? He knew that she was focused on revenge so the idea of telling her it was to be loved was a way of getting back at her for the emotions in her heart.

"The Love-Me Section is for material, people, which is a pity to just get rid of, but lacks of something. The boss founded it to teach the talents "missing things" and the one who was elected as the first trainee of the Love-Me section was you."

Ren paused as Kyoko took a few steps back, her eyes wide and her expression one of horror. He sighed. He felt that this was for her own good, that she shouldn't be toying around with her life because of reasons of revenge but she was staring at him as if he was taking revenge on her. Did she really think that he was such a cruel person? She dropped one of the bags and Ren let his eyes follow it to the ground. He heard the sound of it hit the ground and he was starting to get a little annoyed.

Love wasn't a bad thing at all. Wanting to do a good job and have your fans appreciate you for your work wasn't a torturous thing and if she really was interested then she should know that acting and talent were more for just yourself, they were to share something with others.

Ren sighed before smiling in an empathetic way, "Oh, before I forget if you prove outstanding achievements in the Love-Me section the agency will produce you and provide you with a huge debut," he tried to explain and Kyoko twitched.

"Good achievements?" she asked him, "and how do I reach these?"

Ren closed his eyes before trying to give her another smile but somehow Kyoko could see it as a false smile, the type that a gentleman would use when trying to be respectful but not really wanting to smile out of happiness, "Like I said, you have to focus whole heartedly. Opposing the person who requires a task, you must behave in a way to please him. You must carry out the task with other people's feelings in the forefront then your opponent will have a positive impression of you and rate you with such a point stamp."

Ren fished out a stamp from his pocket before putting it down on his hand. He smiled as he showed her that it was a 100 point stamp and Kyoko had to admit that this Love Me section did sound like the work that she was already doing in exchange for living with Corn but in a completely different environment. "That's how it works," he told her and Kyoko smiled.

This was just like Corn's plan to give her room and board in exchange for taking care of things for him. She thought that this might be his way to teach her how to respect celebrities but to also give her a road for getting her revenge. Wait, why did Corn even want to give her an opportunity to take revenge?

She looked at him slowly, "So this means if I receive many of these point stamps, I can make a debut?"

Kyoko heard a scream and she looked up in panic. She saw Kimiko staring at her and then looking at the bag that had fallen onto the ground. Her eyes widened as she saw that it had spilled out and many of the items had hit the ground. God. She felt so selfish and she was worried about what this would mean for her.

"How dare you!?" Kimiko screamed at her, "Letting my precious things fall like that! What were you thinking letting Tsuruga-kun carry the suitcase? I can't believe it, you are impossible."

Ren paused, he looked at Kyoko and the guilt was seen in his eyes but he remained quiet for the first moment, wanting to see how she would react. He hadn't meant to get her into trouble but he had wanted to make up for the fight that they had had. Still, neither of them wanted people to know that they were living together and talking about an argument like that in public would be bad.

Ren took a step forward, ready to defend Kyoko but Kyoko stood in front of him before he could do anything. Kimiko was fuming and though Ren didn't mean any harm, Kyoko should have realized that she should have done this herself. When she was growing up, she hadn't wanted to bother anyone and it was only the fact that it was Corn that made her say she didn't need his help.

She wasn't going to let him apologize for her not thinking professionally. She didn't need for him to save her this time.

"Out of the question," Kimiko yelled before pressing a stamp to Kyoko's cheek. "You don't need to do anything for me anymore!" she continued to scream at Kyoko, "Tsuruga-kun, let's go."

Kyoko nervously put a hand to where the stamp was on her face and brought it down. It was a punishment stamp. She was already at a negative and she looked at Ren who was trying to decide whether to argue for her and defend her or not. She shook her head to him.

"It suits me right," she said before looking down. "I didn't take the responsibility of the task for myself. In such moments, I must decline," she said with her hand on her heart as if taking an oath. Ren had tilted his head just watching her but she knew he hadn't meant her any ill will, "politely but friendly like. I should see to not receiving any more punishment stamps in the future. I'll be sure to."

Ren laughed at her with an exhausted smile. She really was something special.

"I agree," he nodded, "You must fight with heart and soul not to get any more of those punishment stamps," he smiled before looking at her. He got a wet cloth out of his pocket and gently dabbed at her cheek until she was able to take it. He looked after where Kimiko had left and Kyoko knew that she would get blamed if he was delayed. "I'm sorry about what happened," he apologized. "I wasn't meaning to get you into trouble. I wanted to help because you seemed so weighed down, would you like me to talk to her, try to smooth this out."

"I don't need you doing that for me," Kyoko said and Ren blinked, taken aback a little. "I mean, I appreciate it but I want to do this for myself. Tsuruga-san," she said nervously and he hummed in response, "I think that I might move into another place. I was offered a room by my boss at the restaurant and I think it might be less of an inconvenience for you."

Ren blinked in shock before shaking his head slowly, "It's not an inconvenience for me," he told her and Kyoko smiled but bowed her head. She wondered if he was just making an attempt to have her feel better. "I like you living there. I'd like for you to stay."

Kyoko watched him before realizing that he was being honest with her. She smiled before pushing him gently in the direction that Kimiko had just left in. "Okay then, I'll stay," she said Ren looked to her. He put a hand to her cheek where the mark had nearly been cleaned off and rubbed his thumb against the remaining ink.

"Thank you," he told her and Kyoko nodded.

"Now go, even fairies must know that punctuality is important," she said and Ren turned back, opening his mouth a little to argue back but as he saw her happiness he knew he didn't want to destroy her dreams and tell her he was a fairy. Not yet at least.

End of Act 12

Thank you for reading, reviews are appreciated

AN: First of all, in terms of manga, I just finished Act 7 with this chapter so I wonder where I'll be with Act 24. Whenever the manga Act 23 is in the fanfic is when I'm planning on having Kyoko realize the truth about the fairy Corn.

Anyway, more importantly

Thank you to the reviewers of Act 11

H-Nala, Kaname671, Kris XD, Metalia-legwll, misherukuro, MWEH, PaulaGaTo, The Real Jackie-O

Author Response:

Thanks for all your support. The real question of her moving out again will be brought up when she finds out that Ren has lied to her about being Corn the fairy. Of course there will be some misunderstandings. I hope changing who said the line helped convey my meaning whilst also seeming to blend with the original scene in the manga.