Epilogue: Then let everything go back to the way it was.

Yashiro Yukihito, 25, manager to the most popular actor in Japan, removed his ear from against the door of the rooftop entrance and grimly opened his planner to erase the stick he made just made ten seconds ago. They were still talking in super low voices that is very inaudible but that wouldn't be anything important. Looking at it with dissatisfaction, he erased another stick to the tally he kept with the header: "Tsuruga Ren's Small and Trivial Progress." The idiot would probably be skipping and hopping on his way to his photoshoot later.
But the thought couldn't come up Yukihito's head without censors and he shook his head to get the disturbing image out of his head.

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Keeping his frustration in check, but not wanting to make her jump off the roof with unsolicited declarations of love, Ren only said, "Kyoko, if I get to call you by your real name, you should be able to call me by mine."

"Umm… OK, R-ren…-senpai"

"Nix the –senpai and I'll tell you my real, real name."

"Huh? Oh yeah… Tsuruga Ren is a stage name. You really don't have to tell me and I'll just call you Ren-san, Tsuruga… um, -kun."

'…I'll just call you Ren-san, Tsuruga-kun.'?????????

"C'mon…" He leaned towards her while saying "It's super top secret so it can't be used anywhere else so you're just gonna have to call me 'Ren' instead of…"

And he saw her dark eyes widened after he whispered "Hizuri Kuon" into her ear.

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"Umm… Kyoko-san?" He nervously stood behind her. He got no reply and recalled how Kyoko-san comes in and only responds to 'Natsu' when on-set. "Ahem… Na-Natsu…-san?"
An elegant head turned towards him and her eyes smiled mischievously. "Why hello…" she purred. "Is there anything I can do for you?"

"For the next scene… the kiss scene?"

"What about it?"

"Um…" He was a man, right? Why is he acting like a feeble little girl??? He straightened up and looked at her in the eye. "Look," he blushed. "As embarrassing as it sounds, I've never kissed or have been kissed by anyone before. I'm only 17 years old, you know! Anyway, would it be possible that when we have our kiss scene, you can just put my head between your hands to cover my mouth and get close enough to make it look like a kiss?"

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~EDIT: OK just a disclaimer... Since his appearance in chapter 132, I mean in a more active capacity than his usual, Ishibashi Hikaru is my favorite character! I just find him so adorable. But yes, if Kyoko does not end up with Ren, I will burn all of my Skip Beat manga!