I've said it in almost every chapter I've ever made: I don't own Skip Beat.
A Happy Beginning
'When is she going to get back? When is she going to get back? When is she going to get back? When is she going to finally come back?' Ren thought as he walked out of a TV Station with Yashiro for the last time that day and back to LME. It has already been another two weeks since he last 'saw' his dream girl and he was missing her more than last time. Other than having innocent fun in bed with her, Ren started to notice more things about her that other women didn't have. She's strong willed, thoughtful, and fragile. All rolled into one perfect little package.
Dream girl is determined to do anything and everything possible to get further in her mystery career and she doesn't let herself easily get pushed down without getting up, something admirable in Ren's opinion. She analyzes everything that Ren says and simply tells him what she thinks on the subject. But most of all she's… well… delicate. As contradictor as that description is to the first, she's something equivalent to a small defenseless animal. She's something that needs to be looked after and nurtured despite her strong front. Ren can tell that what she really needs, instead of a stranger with benefits, is a friend or an actual lover. Someone that can actual take her love and give it back with theirs, and Ren started to find himself wanting to be that someone.
Speaking of small animals, it looked like one was fretting over the last time she and Ren saw each other. 'What in the world is she blushing about?' Ren starred at Love Me girl intrigued by her sudden mood swing. Soon others started to notice what Ren was starring at and eventually started to whisper to their neighbors, which caught Love Me girl's attention. The second they made eye contact, Ren did the harmless and politest thing and smiled at her. Somehow that still had the little rabbit nearly running the opposite way as the happy lion strode toward her.
If she thought she could hide in her little hole Love Me girl was sadly mistaken. The second after she opened the door to the lady's room Ren slammed the door closed. "Hi. Long time no see." Ren leaned down to nearly her ear. "Our eyes met, but you didn't even greet me. I have seniority, you know." Ren heard Love Me girl make a noise. "G-good evening." She ridiculously bowed to the door, that wouldn't do. "I'm over here." Ren teased her. She quickly spun around and bowed again. "G-good evening." This really wasn't lasting long enough for Ren.
"Oh? You're not flashing your fist at me today." Ren smiled some more as he interpreted what her silence meant as she was still bowed. "You just thought that I'm a pretty unforgiving guy, right?" Ren knew the answer already. "N-no! I didn't think that at all!" She shook her head profusely. "Hmm?" Ren learned down more to look at her at eye level. "Okay I thought that." Love Me girl started to sob. She is too easy to worm the truth out of, it's a good thing she doesn't have many secrets to hide.
"She hasn't changed at all… in these kinds of things." Ren shook as he looked away from the still sobbing Love Me girl. "Darn… I'm going to burst out laughing…" and he would have if it wasn't for the look of a well known manager he saw. It was pure horror. "Huh? Yashiro-san?"
A few minutes and a walk to Ren's car later Yashiro-san got the details about the scene of The Tsuruga Ren making a girl cry, in front of a lady's restroom no less. "Oh, you were just teaching her how to greet people. I was scared that you were bullying her, like nasty sexual harassment." It was too far from being called that, though his manager didn't really need to know his opinion. "I'm sorry for making you worry." Not really, Ren just wanted to make her squirm for her rudeness and wasn't particularly worried what Love Me girl would label that encounter as. It's not like she would press charges. "Really. Don't do it in front of the Ladies room. If people see you and jump to conclusions, it could create trouble." Oh yeah, well it was fun while it lasted.
"Were you here for a Love Me Section assignment?" Ren asked Love Me girl as curiosity got to him. He waited for a minute for her answer but never got it until he finally glanced at her. "What?" She asked cluelessly. "You weren't listening?" Really could this girl be any ruder? "You're not wearing your work uniform. I asked whether you were you here for a Love Me Section assignment." Ren sighed.
"Y-yes, of course." Love Me girl answered. "Why aren't you wearing it then?" Yashiro-san asked, Ren didn't see why he should bother. "Well… Because it stands out… so I don't want to wear it if I can afford it." Good lord does this girl know anything? "You're a fool." Ren stated. "You have to stand out to make it in this business. So you have to use whatever you can to catch people's eyes. Especially at a TV station. You never know who's looking for you. You won't be losing anything by promoting yourself." Ren face the awed Love Me girl. "You should have a strong desire to 'stand out more than anybody else.' You do want to become a star, right?"
After that they all got into Ren's car and Ren and Yashiro-san found out that Love Me girl had an audition – for the next day! Might as well give her some more advise, she will need all she can get. "… To win at auditions you'll be forced to think about how to promote yourself above other people. If you're doing it tomorrow then go to bed early today and… do your absolute best tomorrow." Ren looked up at Mogami-san from his car. She maybe a bit too gutsy for a newbie but it wouldn't hurt for her to try.
"Good evening Tsuruga-san!" Ren woke up to his playmate's head hovering over his. The sudden noise startled him and they smacked heads together as Ren tried to sit up. Bad idea. "Hello to you too." Ren groaned as he rubbed his forward. After he dropped off Mogami-san he and Yashiro-san picked up his next few scripts and then retired for the day. Ren has been looking forward to dream girl but she could have given him a warning… well at least she wasn't doing anything to his body while he slept this time.
"I'm sorry Tsuruga-san, I knew I should have waited for you to wake up before I got close to you." Ren's playmate stopped rubbing her head and instead beamed down at him. It was then that Ren realized what position they were in. It wasn't anything too freaky but it was still weird, Ren's head was lying on his playmate's lap and her hand as she sat on her legs and was casually stroking his hair like she had been doing it for a while. "You have such silky smooth hair did you know that Tsuruga-san? It's really cute." She HAS been doing it for a while.
"Well how were your two weeks?" Ren asked as he smiled up to the outline of his playmate. "They went well, I got to see new things and I got to do an odd job that ended up as a total disaster but everything's good now." She patted Ren's hair down laid on top of him. "But what I really wanna do now is focus on you now and not work. What happened Tsuruga-san? You seem rather happy without me doing anything yet." That's odd, Ren has been stressing about when he was going to see her again rather than anything else. "No, you might be mistaken. I've been too busy with acting to have time for anything else." Ren lied. "Hmmm…" Even at the close proximities with only two centimeters separating them, Ren could only so the glow of her eyes. After a minute she finally broke the silence. "If you say Tsuruga-san." His playmate said with what sounded suspiciously like an all knowing voice. She then started attacking Ren's left peck, throwing him a huge hint that she was in the mood for a playful night as she waved her ass in the air, but there was something Ren needed to know before he could get too comfortable with their position. "Wait," Ren detached his playmate from him. "I need to know… what are your feelings for me right now?" What he heard next was a mood killer that he would later realize that he made himself.
"I guess I just dislike you now." His playmate said nonchalantly. JUST? And what was worse was she went back to doing what she'd done before as if she merely commented on the day's weather. Ren did the same thing again but it was more of a small push rather than before. "Stop, um, you know I had a long day and I need to do a few stuff tomorrow morning too." Ren's playmate immediately stopped and sat up to stare at Ren. "Okay." She got up and out of the bed even though Ren now wanted her to stay. She turned back to Ren and gave him a quick kiss on his lips. "I'll come back tomorrow night then." She was about to leave when Ren grabbed her hand and her head spun back to him. "You promise?" Ren dismissed the stupid feeling of a child asking for a pinky swear.
"Yes, Tsuruga-san." Ren could tell by the slight squint of her eyes that she was smiling. And with that, she left the room for the night and Ren rolled over, feeling like a once good day had now gone terribly bad, and fell back into welcomed darkness.
The next morning Ren sped through his morning routine and was out the door before ten minutes to six. But the one thing he missed was what was on his body. His chest actually, it was a heart shaped hickey, that could cause a media up roar if found, that stayed in the center of his left peck, right over his heart.
Thank you for reading! I'm so sorry for not updating when I should but I'll let you in on a little secret: I'm supposed to be doing my homework right now. The Eight Period classes a pain in the ass and I had to spend most of my weekend to do it all and now I have to do today's homework! Will the cycle EVER end? Well as the Man rides mine and my fellow man's asses I have had a stunning revelation. NOBODY KNOWS WHO I AM! I just realized that! I don't have to worry about what ever body will think of me when they read my stories. There are hundreds of strangers that don't know me and I don't have to worry about what anybody will think of me if I write some damn awesome lemon scenes! From now on I'll give it my best and hey I if need to write more to get my point across then so be it!... Have a nice day/evening!