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"ACHOO!" Yashiro blew into his handkerchief. "Ehhhhhh…"
"Eh? Yashiro-san, did you catch a cold?" Hina-san, one of the workers on set, asked him.
"Uh, probably." Yashiro turned to observe Ren acting out a scene. "I went to the managing office. I didn't know so many people were sick there. I'm probably infected."
"How troublesome, will you be alright? Yashiro-san, its best not to infect Tsuruga-san… That'll be terrible."
The ultimate failure of a manager was to bring his charge down. "I know… I'll be careful." Yashiro sighed, depressed.
"Yashiro," Ren strode towards him, obviously done with his scene. He was one heck of an actor, doing so many scenes without any retakes. "You okay? Why don't you rest a little?" Trust Ren to become the manager. Certainly, if one did not know Ren was a famous actor (yeah right like anyone wouldn't know), one would have thought Ren was the manager. How could someone so talented and responsible and reliable and perfect exist? (Haha I really like Ren)
Well, he did in the form of Tsuruga Ren. "I'm fine… it's not a problem." Yashiro waved his hand, rejecting his offer to rest. A good manager did not rest when his charge was working!
"Really?" He stared at Yashiro whose nose was red from sneezing. Ren's expression was doubtful, but he chose to follow the wishes of his stubborn manager. "Then want to eat? They are giving out bentos for lunch."
"Oh. I can eat."
Hina-san, who had been staring openly at Ren since he appeared, clasped her hands together. "Uh, if you don't mind, may I eat with you guys?" So she was after Ren in the end. Sigh…
Before Ren or Yashiro could say anything, Maria-chan's voice appeared out of nowhere. "Sure you can." Her voice was sweet but her expression was murderous.
"Eh?" Ren looked down to see the cute granddaughter of LME's president, Lory Takarada. When did she appear?
"Uh…" Yashiro couldn't believe his ears. Did she just agree to let a girl eat with Ren? This was the ninth girl who was unfortunate enough to meet Ren with Maria. I wonder if she is just acting and brought that today?
"It's a great pleasure to have lunch with you." Then Yashiro spotted the thing she'd always used to chase girls away from Ren, hidden behind her back. Guess it was too good to be true that Ren could get a girl with Maria-chan around. Then Maria-chan smiled widely. "I prepared many sweets too." As she said that, she presented her bear-shaped lunchbox. "I hope you by all means, enjoy them." She opened the box to reveal spiders of all sorts inside. Very effective.
Hina-chan's reaction was predictable. She screamed and ran off. "Stop hanging around Ren! You old woman! Are you thick-skinned or just blind?"
During the whole scene, Ren had just stared at Maria-chan. After all he was used to it. Yashiro sighed. Ninth woman to be chased away: Kimiko Hina-chan. And she was not bad either. Ren, maybe its because of this that you are still single. This angel-faced devil will surely kill her when you get a girlfriend…
Ren squatted down to Maria's height. "Hey Maria, you still carrying that around." Yashiro observed Ren. Was it a little guilt for Hina-chan and a hint of amusement?
Maria's eyes when she looked at Ren were bright and eager. "Ren!" She jumped into Ren's arms, hugging him tightly. "Long time no see! I've missed you!" Maria laughed happily as she hugged the most wanted male in Japan. "Ren smells so good!"
"Yeah, long time no see. Did you come here alone?"
"No. I have a band with me." Yashiro and Ren turned to see where Maria was facing to find a band there. They stared, wide-eyed at them. Who the… what…?
Yashiro couldn't imagine what they would be doing there. "When did they get here? And where did they come from?"
Ren seemed to realize it was President Takarada who had arrived, as usual, with a big entrace, smiled ruefully. "Heh, here comes…"
A horse galloped to where they were with LME's eccentric president, Lory Takarada, on its back. "Hey Ren! Long time no see. Been working hard?"
Yashiro stared in shock. He really lived up to his name. Ren sweat-dropped and smiled up at him. "President… of course."
Ren collected their bentos and they sat down with Maria-chan between Ren and Yashiro. "President, what did you come here for?" Yashiro asked.
"I only came to look around."
"To watch us filming?" Yashiro asked.
"No. We only came here by convenience. Maria really wanted to see you, so I took her along."
"That's cause I heard you are here, I couldn't help myself. After all, women are helpless against love's trap." Yashiro glanced at Maria-chan. This girl is really… He shook his head. Ren, I really pity you at times…
"Convenience…" Ren pondered out loud. "Where were you supposed to go?"
Maria jumped up and stood in front of Ren, hands clasped together excitedly, looking straight into Ren's eyes. "Well, it's her first job! I heard that the commercial shooting ends today! So I prepared a party and now we are going to pick her!"
Yashiro was thoroughly puzzled and shock clearly shown in his expression. "You came to pick her…?" Who…? I've never seen her talk about someone so excitedly other than Ren… And it was a woman! This person was surely someone like Ren… hehehe… Now I'm really intrigued… This woman has Maria-chan's approval… well sort of…
"Commercial shooting? Who?" Ren asked, also wondering whom Maria had taken such a liking to.
Maria smiled widely. "Nee-chan!" Ren was also a little shocked that Maria could refer to someone in that tone. Nee-chan!? Who!?
Ren and Yashiro were stunned. They watched Kyoko and Kotonami frolick around. "Kyoko… she is really surprising… She really passed the audition and it's also a love me couple. Impressive! Impressive!" What I am impressed by is not that she is able to pass the audition. But for Maria-chan to like her as much as Ren… That is… AWESOME! Now I truly believe Kyoko-chan is meant for Ren!
"Yes, very impressive! Nee-chan was super impressive at the training section! So cool!" Maria turned to Ren and they started chatting, but Yashiro wasn't paying attention anymore, lost in his thoughts.
Kyoko-chan is really incredible! Even Maria-chan approves of her! Ren… you shouldn't let this once in a lifetime chance slip away! She'll be the first girl out of ten to not be scared away by Maria-chan!
Nine out of ten women were chased off by Maria-chan. The tenth, who was not scared off and even gained her approval, was Mogami Kyoko.
I'll post the next chapter very soon! :D Thanks for waiting patiently!