Ren wasn't able to sleep all night, all he could do was think about what he heard outside the Love Me door, 'koyko's in….love with ME!', he kept repeating it inside his head as an attempt to convince himself of the fact, he was a little bit in denial about the whole ordeal, this was kyoko we were talking about after all, it was going to be a little bit harder to make her fall in love him, but he couldn't help but hope, just hope, that this wasn't another one of his dreams. Sleep finally came and took over.
The next morning….
Ren was waiting in his car for Yashiro to join him, so they can go to LME, as he was waiting, 'what if I see Kyoko? Should I ask her out? no, too soon, maybe I should just try and get closer to her(sigh) that seems impossible to achieve without making her run away from me (sigh), "what's wrong with you?", Ren jumped at Yashiro's sudden appearance, he didn't even realize that he had got in already, "what makes you think that there's something wrong?", Ren replied putting on his gentleman smile, it sent shivers down Yashiro's spine, "well—um – you had this smile, then your expression changed to one of frustration and then to one of depression ", replied Yashiro as he sweat dropped, "or is it because of yesterday?", asked Yashiro with an evil grin, Ren cringed at the memory, 'you just had to come at that moment didn't you, Yashiro?'
Flashback…...
Ren was still standing there shocked, happy and confused all at once, after Kyoko's unintentional indirect confession, he didn't even realize Yashiro walk up to him [A/N: really, Ren? Again?], "what are you starring at?", Yashiro follows his line of sight, but found nothing, he looks back at Ren, and just when he was about to ask him the same question again, he heard Kyoko's voice….
"Really, screaming like that, imagine if anyone would've heard you, imagine if Tsuruga-san was walking by at that moment and heard and then what would he think of me? He'd probably think I'm an idiot, what kind of kohai falls in love with her senpai?", Yashiro almost exploded from sheer fan boyness , he wanted to scream out in happiness, this whole time, his efforts to bring his two oblivious people together didn't go to waste after all. Everyone LME was looking at Tsuruga Ren's manager, giggling, dancing and singing in his Fangirl-mode,
End of flashback…..
Yashiro kept teasing Ren about it for the rest of the day. When they got to LME, Ren was, very un-Tsuruga Ren like, he was actually anxious. He wanted to see Kyoko, he discovered that, ever since he found out that she loved him back, he's been eager to see her or hear from her, even more than before, but of course, he would never actually admit to that.
Yashiro on the other hand, was thinking of a plan to get his two favorite people together, hoping Ren wouldn't soil it this time around.
Yashiro was sitting at one of the benches in LME, waiting for Ren to finish his meeting with Takarada-san, while waiting, Yashiro was contemplating to invent a plan to get those two idiots together.'it's frustrating to come up with a plan for those teo (sigh), should I go with the old fashioned plan A?
Plan A
[give Kyoko-chan an excuse to go to Ren's apartment and cook dinner for him, and hope that Ren is man enough to confess to her]
Yashiro grimaced, he didn't have a good feeling about that plan, 'okay, what about plan B?'
Plan B
[get Ren extremely jealous by getting teenager to hangout with Kyoko-chan, to show or convince Ren that there is still other guys interested in her, and wouldn't mind taking her out on a date]
'but Ren, being himself would say something like', Yashiro suddenly stood up and did a very Ren-like (in his mind) reaction to that plan, acting cool and unfazed,"isn't that good that people are interested in her, it wouldn't help her career if she didn't have any fans, and besides if any one did come onto her, that doesn't she's gonna except right away, that girl is the number one Love Me member after all", Yashiro mimicked Ren while making funny faces, 'sometimes that man can be so stubborn, honestly', "is that what really think of me, Yashiro-san", Yashiro visibly jumped at hearing Ren's unexpected voice, he turned around only to see Tsuruga Ren looking at him, mimicking his charge, "I gotta say, Yashiro-san, I'm quite hurt", said Ren, he put his hand on his chest where his heart is, pretending to be hurt, Yashiro flinched at looking at Ren's facial expression, 'what kind expression is that?', then yashiro realized something, "you finished a lot earlier than I thought you would, usually when you talk with the president, you take a lot longer, what were you two talking?", Yashiro was generally curious, the president rarely talked to Ren personally, but when he did it was about something really important, and as far Yashiro knew there wasn't anything that important to talk about, at least nothing to mind.
They got to the car and got in, "nothing special", Ren replied to Yahsiro's question, he started to think back to his conversation with Lory….
Flashback….
There sat Lory in his king chair wearing an Arabian Doujdashe*, and across him was Ren, sitting there, straight faced, not even bothering to question his boss's ridiculous outfit, "have you seen Mogami-kun recently?", Lory was the one to break the silence, lately, whenever Lory had to talk to Kyoko personally, he noticed a strange glow to her, but then when he was watching LME's perimeter through a monitor, he caught the conversation between Kanae and Kyoko in the Love Me room, at first he was going to brush it off, but as soon as he was going to flip to the next camera, he heard something about 'love', at this point, he couldn't turn away, he heard the whole conversation between Kyoko and Kanae, everything from Kyoko's silly question to their conclusion that she was in love with Tsuruga Ren, Lory cried out of joy, he was happy for both his children, now all he to do was bring them together, and he also wanted to get kyoko out of the Love Me section as soon as possible, but then again these two were the most dense people he had ever met, he still had a lot of work ahead of him, "I haven't", replied Ren coolly, Lory wanted to find out if Ren had seen the sudden change as well, but as usual it was going to be easier said than done, "is there something particular you wanted to discus with me, sir?", ren asked politely giving off his gentleman smile, "look ren I'm going to be blunt and not beat around the bush, you're progress with mogami-kun has got to speed up, or else someone's going to snatch her from you, she's become vulnerable, I'm only telling you this because I care and I want you to be happy", it's not like Ren didn't know this himself, in fact he knew this very well but the fact that she loved him back doesn't mean he can just rush in to things, even if he wanted to confess to her, he didn't even know how to go about doing that, walk up to her and just ask her out of the blue, show her some signs that show his true feelings,…ok, well, maybe not that one, not with how dense kyoko is, but, 'would the revelation of her true feelings make her not so dense? AGGHH! When did asking out a girl become so difficult?!', Ren wondered mentally, "Ren..", the voice of Lory Takarada brought him out of his thoughts, now that Lory got his attention, he could continue, "but be careful not to drive her away, don't go doing anything rash and stupid that would put an end to everything you worked so hard on with your relationship with Mogami-kun, alright?", Ren knew exactly what he meant, if he did so stupid such as forcing his feelings on to her, she may feel like she 'loves' him, but deep down Ren knew what Kyoko was feeling wasn't 'love', however it was some ….type..of affection if you will, something that could become love, and Ren had to be very careful in this situation, however this was just his idea on the matter, other than that he was absolutely happy that kyoko felt just 'something' for him
"REEN!", yashiro's voice broke Ren out of his daze, they were still in the car in the parking lot," ah, gomenesai, Yashiro-san", Ren started the engine and drove off.
*doujdashe: it's an Arabian casual outfit that men wear, it's usually really long that it reaches their knees, and it's usually white, but no one really wears them anymore :P
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Ren: your very first story, and you take forever to update that's not a very good head start
Me: hey give me a break, with exams and all, I'm lucky to have even written this much
Kyoko: which isn't very much
Me: don't you start, I have enough to handle with Ren on my case
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