Just a warning I am Dyslexic so my stories will not be perfect.

I do not own Skip Beat.

Just wing it.

Director Tokishima Haruto was shocked by the number of people present as Sebastian led him and Itsumi Momose into the studio 2-b he hadn't been shocked when Momose had come to him and almost begged Kyoko be given another chance, he like the professional young girl too and when he had told her that Kyoko had two days in which to find her character the young woman and smiled so brightly asking if she to would be able to come see Kyoko's Hinata be born. There was no doubt in her eyes that Kyoko could do this and when asked she had just smiled and told him that even though Kyoko sometimes took some time to find the character she always did in the end and when she did it would be then that she knew just how much work she herself had to do, he had agreed thinking he would need someone for Kyoko to act against but seeing the others in the room he reserved this comment for himself.

"Ahhh Haruto just on time! Just on time indeed and Itsumi-chan, you look as radiant as ever." Lory said as he pulled out a chair for the younger woman who blushed at the compliment bowing with a quite Takarada-Satcho before taking the seat beside Chiori who smiled warmly they were seated before the lit stage and Haturo looked around expectantly for the young woman he was here to see. "Of course time is of the essence after all." Lory scoffed at these words as he steered the man over to the chair on his right side next "we shall see, we shall see." Lory said as Haruto looked around at what appeared to be a small family, the man of whom he recognized but could not place, the two beautiful girls seated by Itsumi.

"I took the liberty of finding a willing participant to take the role of Sora for this demonstration." Haruto nodded wondering who Lory had found as currently, that role was empty the Actor he had currently been penciled in for the role had not really committed yet and he hoped would do so as soon as this little hiccup was sorted... or Kyoko replaced maybe Lory would have some ideas on how to encourage the guy to take his offer seriously he would ask him, the actor Kenta was more than a little full of his own success.

"OK, Sebastian," Lory called out as his aid dimmed the lights in the studio so the stage was alit and the curtains pulled back revealing what could only be a train scene, trust Lory to have scenery on hand for anything he thought as his attention was caught by the quivering figure seated knees up arms hugged around herself in the center of the carriage a blanket or maybe a coat wrapped around themselves covering their face just a little hair poking out and every now and then small sob emitting quietly as the train rumbled down the tracks.

Sora sat near the rear of the carriage, his mind swimming she had agreed to go on a date with him! his beautiful colleague Kokoro who was the most beautiful sort after woman in the office had agreed to a date with him! He could hardly believe his luck. Wait until Reo heard about this, he would surely be eating his words! It took a few minutes for the quiet sobbing to really register as he looked forward down the carriage to the figure huddled there for a brief moment. He wondered if maybe it was a child but looking around and realizing he was the only other occupant of the carriage surely it couldn't be? But as nothing changed in the next few minutes the feeling of needing to help this figure grew too much even for his fear of it being a mugger or drugged up drunk to stop him standing and heading down the train to slowly lower himself to one knee before the figure and try to see what he was dealing with.

"Hey there you ok?" he asked softly as he realized this figure was definitely feminine his heart almost stopped as tear-stained swollen molten gold eyes slowly looked up at him from the legs the head had been resting on for a moment the world stopped and his eyes were glued to hers.

"Me?" The voice broke as the beautiful woman before him asked the single word question looking shocked, Sora never got a chance to reply as yet again his world stood still, this time the woman before him wasn't the cause but the screams of fear and pain that reached both their ears. As,as if in slow motion his eyes turned to the front of the carriage crumpling in on itself as the carriage before it jackknifed the sound of the crash deafening as he his body sprang to his feet in the milliseconds he had remaining of his life he knew his death was approaching though his life never got to flash before his eyes as large white feathery appendages sprang up around him encircling him entirely as small arms wrapped themselves tightly around his neck and he knew no more but white and feathers.

"The inspector said it was only how the train crumpled that saved his life at all ." the voice above Sora said as he felt gentle hands move his arm the pressure he felt in his half-consciousness made no sense as the nurse took his blood pressure reading, marking down the numbers on her chart before placing his arm back across his chest Sora had no idea where he was or what was going on but his eyes seemed unwilling to obey his command to open as he slowly slipped back into the blackness. When his consciousness was roused the next time he found his body conformed to his commands though as the painful blinding light hit his eyes he kind of wished it had not the sound like the wings of a bird a very large bird he thought to himself the light which had hurt him so muted. Trying again he cracked his eyes open minutely and realized the light was blocked once more by white and feathers? His hand raised slightly from the bed as if to reach out for them as a nurse suddenly as if without seeing the strangeness appeared before him.

Haruto watched almost stunned as Kyoko moved the wings as if they were just a second set of arms moving both to surround the actor he knew to be Tsuruga Ren, now the man with the glasses made sense to him and then after a quick scene change moving one and then the other wing to allow the nurse access but also hold a constant barrier between the light and the patient the two beautiful woman who had been seated beside Itsumi taking up bit roles as the scene flowed through to another.

His hands balled beside him as Sora looked upon the so-called guardian angel who no one else could see but him the woman that had saved his life bar a broken leg when 12 people on that late-night train had perished his mom had called it a miracle and prayed to any god who would listen for the safe return of her son but Sora wondered if it just wasn't some sick joke from death for him to be stuck now with this highly opinionated woman who would not leave him alone for a second.

"And what do you expect? me to storm in there and tell them it was my idea and Reo just happened to get hold of it and steal it because he is jealous that I'm dating Kokoro when I've told you many time office romances are highly frowned upon and I would probably rather get sacked! " the small winged woman before him stamped her foot soundly on the floor fist balled also by her sides as she shouted back at him.

"I expect you to at least try! Or has your courage fled like the coward you seem to be right now?" her words cut deeply as he turned away from her accusing eyes, some of the fight falling from his stance and hers as with a wing she brushed his cheek to look at her across the desk.

"Sora you worked so hard on this and courage doesn't mean you're not afraid. Courage means you don't let fear stop you. That was your work, your presentation and that is your promotion that you deserve... not Reo." the wing was replaced by a gentle hand as the winged angel before him stepped around his desk, her wings returning to her back as his eyes were once again as so many times captured by her eyes and he knew she was right.

Lory smiled as he watched Haruto watching his talented children captivated by the small scenes they were pulling off flawlessly, he could see the hunger and passion in his eyes for the story they were bringing to life, his story the one he wanted to tell.

"Sora? SORA?" Haruta called as she walked through the quiet apartment. She hadn't been gone long. Her mind finally made up. She was going to tell him she loved him and Kokoro be damned or not but she had to tell Sora she loved him. Her wings fluttered slightly showing her nerves as finally, she caught sight of the note on the table reading it her hand sprung to her lips and she turned and fled out of the balcony window the way she had entered the apartment to start with.

Itsumi had joined them on stage now as she fought to raise her character to meet the two amazing actors before herself she played out silently her part with Ren having acted against him before she thought she would be immune to his charm but still she was not, though as they acted out the scene of him professing his love and proposing to her character Itsumi saw and understood something on a deeper level about the storyline she had not seen until this moment and as Kyoko walked away her wings drooping almost trailing the floor and Haruto and the rest of the watching party applauded there finished performance it was Itsumi's shocked voice that now stopped them in there tracks and made Kyoko's breath and heart catch as the simple words

"It's not going to work." rang out from Itsumi's lips.

Thanks for reading

Neh xxx