Act 76 – For My PV

Kyoko held tight to the phone, ignoring whatever words Shotaro was saying. "Yes?" she asked happily but tried to hide that sort of expression from Shotaro as her cheeks warmed.

"You've finally picked up this time," Ren sighed and Kyoko blinked before remembering that that she had been caught at such a surprise by Moko calling her that she hadn't explained herself to Ren. He had cared about her so much and yet she had forgotten to clear things up with him. She didn't know how to explain that her fear of talking to him was because of Shotaro. Hopefully that didn't need to be part of the explanation.

"It's me," Ren said but Kyoko already knew that. "Good evening," he said in his pleasant voice and Kyoko felt herself feeling safer and happier in just hearing the words said by him. She smiled as she turned her back on Shotaro, forgetting momentarily about her situation. "Is now a convenient time?" he asked.

Kyoko smiled and closed her eyes, whispering the name as she put a hand to her heart. "Tsuruga-san," she breathed out and heard him chuckle a little at the sound of his name in her voice. She blushed again, not aware that now Shotaro had turned to look at her. All that mattered was that Ren had called her.

Kyoko spoke slowly, her voice showing her warmth. "I'm fine," she told him honestly, "but, i-i-is anything wrong?" she asked as she started to remember that she was near Shotaro and she didn't want for him to interfere with her precious relationship.

"Anything wrong?" Ren sighed but chuckled again, "I should be the one asking you that question. You left a voice message?" Kyoko had the voice message that she had left replay in her head and she was thinking about the words that it ended on. Of course he was upset. She hadn't made any sense and he had already done so much for her and given her so much. "A message that doesn't make sense," he told her, half scolding her and half making fun of her however Kyoko felt guilty. He had taken time to talk to her and she might have pulled him away from his precious work.

Kyoko felt that she should have called him back immediately. He was busy with the work which he had sacrificed so much for. She had been an inconvenience to him. Yes, he had spent a long time lying to her about his fairy history but he had also taken her in when she felt completely abandoned. She should be trying to make him feel better, not worse.

Kyoko looked over at Shotaro briefly. The worst thing that could happen was if Ren found out what type of job she had really been doing that day and especially who she had been working with. There was something about Sho that Ren truly didn't like. He wasn't fond of her plot for revenge but could he be jealous as well. No, she was flattering herself. He wasn't jealous of her.

"Ah this…I'm really sorry," she apologized as she turned away from Shotaro again, "Don't take it to heart," she said in a frenzy, "everything is fine now," she tried to reassure him and Ren continued in his concerned manner.

"Fine?" he asked in a calm but concerned manner, "But didn't you call me during your work assignment and knowing how hard a worker you are it must have been something important, right?"

Kyoko paused and bowed her head with a smile. He really did know her and her work ethics. It was incredibly really that he could understand what was happening through her scrambled messages. Then again, he was always so considerate towards her. Their friendship mattered a lot to him and it did to her as well. She knew that she wouldn't be able to approach the idea of falling in love with him but he was her treasured and precious Corn and Corn had tried to use his fairy magic again to help her find and secure happiness.

He had returned her calls proving that the friendship mattered to him as well. She smiled. Did a simple phone call mean this much to him or was she being prideful and self-involved. No, this wasn't the only time he had returned her calls. He had phoned her before and she hadn't answered but instead of being disappointed with her, he had continued trying to get through to her. Nobody but Corn had tried to make her so happy. Even Moko hadn't gone to the extent that he had for her.

Kyoko paused as she thought about how he could use his magic even as a human. He was incredible and she was in such awe of him.

"Hello? Mogami-san, are you listening?" he asked and Kyoko panicked again. She hadn't answered because she had been floating off to her fantasy world. "What happened?" he asked and Kyoko thought about all of the time she had spent alone as a child. If only Corn had been able to stay. Would he have become one person who wasn't disillusioned with her. Everyone had grown tired of her but Corn still remembered their happiness together.

"Ah, because today's work," Kyoko said as she closed her eyes, attempting to bask in his caring for her, his support, "resulted in something good so I wanted to tell you," she said as she tried to reciprocate the good feelings he had to her.

"Huh, what is it?" Ren asked and Kyoko could imagine him smiling and telling her how proud of her he was. She wanted him to be proud of her. She didn't want him to turn out like everyone else who had such hate and dislike towards her. She blushed again. He really loved her…as friend. Maybe she wanted close female friends and Moko-chan fit that image more ideally but maybe Ren was offering her something Kanae couldn't.

"Actually," she said with a grin, "I've done another great work that will raise my name up a notch, so I am very happy!" she said and she could picture Ren's smile growing. She wanted to do so many things to impress him and keep his belief in her alive.

Kyoko was about to say more but Shotaro had stolen her phone away from her and now his voice was the one that Ren was hearing.

"Because she took part in my promotional video. That is the good news for today," Sho told him and Kyoko looked horrified especially as Sho hung up the phone. Kyoko's eyes widened. She didn't want to lose her friendship with Corn, her most important friendship. She couldn't believe that Shotaro had just done that. Didn't he see how special Corn was to her. She felt as if hell was coming to ger her and her entire body turned cold as she snatched the phone back.

Was this enough to make their friendship crumble and for him to no longer like her? No. She needed to have him as her friend to feel alive. She never wanted to see a cold look appear on his face. No. She wanted to make Corn happy not this…she had no idea how he felt on the other end of the line. She wanted to hug him and tell him it was an accident and make him understand but that was taken away from her.

"What the hell did you just do!?" she snapped as she held to her phone tightly. She looked at Sho with a furious expression. He didn't just do that, right!? He didn't make everything crumble down to dust, did he? And to be hung up on. She didn't want to imagine what emotion Ren had on his face right now. "What is the meaning of this!? She demanded only to be met by a very cold and controlling expression on Sho's face.

"What are you panicking about?" Sho asked in a controlling manner and Kyoko continued to stare at him in horror, "The 'Tsuruga' you were speaking to, is it Tsuruga Ren?" he asked and Kyoko's mouth opened and she had a fire burning in her eyes. She wanted to protect her friendship with Ren.

"Of course it's that Tsuruga Ren!" she barked back angrily, "He's my senior at the company!" she said and Sho looked at her. He was still angry but he was acting as if victory was his. Kyoko could see it on the smug expression and the way he was basking in her anger.

"Oh, so because he's your senior, Tsuruga Ren has to call a newbie like you? You really are something. Never thought that Tsuruga Ren would be so free," he said with a judgmental expression that Kyoko desperately wanted to smack off his face.

"It's not like that!" she yelled but then realized that they were trying to keep their friendship secret, Shotaro would use something like that as a weapon especially if he knew that Ren wanted to keep it private. Kyoko knew that that wasn't enough information in order for his true name to be known but she needed to keep his secret as confidential as possible. "His business will shock people to death!"

That was true and he had taken the time to phone her. She knew that meant that he considered her a true and precious friend as well and she didn't want to lose that. Kyoko felt the black aura swarm around her as the risk of losing that friendship consumed her heart. Ren was worried about her? He had such care and concern for her, the likes of which Shotaro didn't have

"What's this?" Sho said as he took a step backwards, "You don't have to use this expression of murderous intent," he said slowly but Kyoko still couldn't control the anger in her heart. Shotaro might have wrecked something precious to her and distorted it. "You don't have to use this expression of murderous intent. Didn't you hate Tsuruga Ren?" he asked and Kyoko's eyes narrowed. Hate? Maybe she had been annoyed by his lies but she had never hated him and she wanted to forget her emotions before she had learned the truth of his identity.

Kyoko pushed forwards with all her anger. She hated him. She hated him for almost destroying things with Corn! She felt her demons swarm around him. She didn't want to lose him. He was far too precious for her to lose!

End of Act 76

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AN: Recently I've had a number of plot holes in this fic so thank you for bearing with me. Also sorry if I ever make a typo on your name, it is unintentional

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