I'm so sorry for the wait. I lost my spark into writing stories. I'll try getting it back. Hopefully this makes up for it.
Chapter 2: Looks Can Be Deceiving
Kyoko sat in her changing room until a knock on the door startled her. "It's Shou."
"Shoutarou!" Kyoko beamed. "Come on in, come on in." The door opened and Shou had a foul frown plastered across his face.
"How many times must I tell you to stop calling me that?" Shou asked.
"Isn't it your name? Your beloved mother gave it to you, speaking of which, she wants you to call her. Something about receiving a call from an old friend of yours," Kyoko said and she returned to reading her magazine.
Shou stared at Kyoko. She looked really elegant, the beautiful necklace, her fair neckline, her gentle smile, it started to spark Shou's hidden and kept infatuation for Kyoko. He glanced at Kyoko once again and started thinking why did he come to her room in the first place.
"Ah, wait, I forgot what I wanted to ask," Shou sighed.
"I was waiting honestly," Kyoko smiled. "What's up?"
Shou's cheeks flushed when he saw Kyoko's smile. "T-that, ah, the reason...what reason? Wait..." Shou stuttered and tried to tie his words back together. "Oh right, about this drama thing. I need to ask you something."
"Go ahead," Kyoko said.
"Why are you doing this?" Shou asked. "I mean, I know we started being friends again but I still need to know your main reason. You're not the one who does things without having a plan? Your mind is like a chess game, you've strategized every single move to make and alternatives to take."
Kyoko stared at him. "You've matured, Shoutarou." Shou gritted his teeth hearing his name. "But yeah," Kyoko gave out a long sigh. "Honestly, I'm actually getting tired of doing all this. My life back in Kyoto was calmer, easier...I mean, sure, this job makes me so happy. I can do so many things, but with all the drama going on outside of filming, I'm getting irritated.
"Tell me about it," Shou leaned on the couch. "I love what I'm doing, singing...making people hear what I have to say, but my fans are taking me for granted. They're only supporting me for how I look, not how I express myself."
Kyoko giggled. "I wonder how your mom and the rest of our classmates would react if they heard you say that. The Fuwa Shou is saying his image isn't his number one priority anymore."
"Don't joke about that. It's still my top priority, but now I'm considering other things, like things I could do to live life before I die. It's been over a year and I'm already bored of this life," Shou said.
"Exactly, it's like my only driving force into this road is because I wanted to beat you," Kyoko said.
"And you did," Shou chuckled. "When you started appearing on every board in Tokyo, I've lost. They even promoted you on my music video, as if that's not humiliating enough!"
"Wanna go back to Kyoto?" Kyoko asked. "Visit your family."
"It's almost your birthday, isn't it?" Shou asked.
Kyoko bit her lips and Shou knew he touched a sensitive subject. "Mom definitely won't be around. I haven't seen her in so long." Kyoko said under her breath.
Silently, Shou crept and held Kyoko's hands. "We'll celebrate it with my parents and the Inn's staffs. Like old times."
"Like old times," Kyoko repeated. Kyoko checked her watch and smiled, "Showtime." She stood up and opened the door.
Shou smiled and suddenly realized something. "W-Wait! You still haven't told me the plan!"
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Chiori was sitting on the set. She saw Kyoko walking in, she looked like a devil in her eyes. Kyoko was someone she can't beat and Chiori knew that the moment she saw how Kyoko played her moves to get back at her.
"Fuwa Shou..." Chiori said. "You're using him against me, are you serious?"
"Amamiya-chan," Chiori's manager walked in and handed Chiori her napkin. "Keep this later, there'll be a scene where you drop it so Fuwa-kun will pick it up and hand it back to you."
"I know which scene it is! I'm not stupid!" Chiori shouted and her manager held her breath.
"O-Of course you do," Her manager said and walked out of the set. Chiori gritted her teeth and clenched her fists.
"Okay, fine, if this is how you want to play this game, I'm in for it. Don't come running back to me if your Fuwa Shou suddenly doesn't want to return to you. I can be just as cute to get him to come crawling into my arms." Chiori muttered under her breath.
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"Scene 9, Episode 14, Take 1...ACTION!"
Natsu walked into the classroom, everyone but her 'friends' felt intimidated by her looks. She doesn't look like a regular 17 year old student in a school. She looked far more matured, and graceful. But behind those looks, she is one of the most devious people anyone in the school would know.
"Natsu, the karaoke club we go to is shutting down."
"Eh? Really?" Yumika asked cutely. "I guess we have to find a new place."
"They probably found out we used that place to do our little business with these annoying tattle-tales," Natsu smirked. "No bother, we can find a better place, there are tons of other places around."
Yumika suddenly turned to the classroom door where a tall young guy walked in. Everyone in the classroom, even the staff blushed looking at Fuwa Shou walking into the set in a school uniform. All his piercings remained and the teacher stared at him.
"Those are not allowed here," The teacher pointed out to Shou's character.
"Right? Then tell the rest of your class that they can't wear earrings too," Shou chuckled. "The name's Hyuuga Itsuki. I'll be your classmate for the rest of the semester. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu," Shou bowed.
The teacher was dumbfounded. Hyuuga introduced himself without a proper attention call from the teacher.
Yumika was staring directly at Hyuuga and Natsu noticed. Hyuuga walked past all the tables and saw the table next to Natsu was empty. "Mind if I sit here?" He asked.
The classroom started murmuring and whispering. Hyuuga caught a few words they said. "Is he crazy?" "Why next to her? He's going to get killed!"
"Be my guest," Natsu said and leaned on her chair and took out a book to read. Hyuuga realized it wasn't a book used in the school and saw the rest of Natsu's friends doing other things.
Yumika, sitting in front of Hyuuga, felt slightly tensed. He was directly behind her and she wouldn't dare facing him. She had nothing to say. She remembered she had a napkin in her pocket and slowly took it out.
"Why did you transfer here? Isn't it a little bit too late for the semester?" Natsu asked without taking her eyes away from her book.
"A little business I had to settle in my previous school got me kicked out, so this was the nearest school to my grandma's house," Hyuuga chuckled. He glanced at the teacher and he saw something fell from the back of his eye.
The girl in front of him didn't notice something fell out of his pocket. He bent forward and reached for the light blue napkin. He tapped her on the shoulder and when Yumika turned around, it was the first time these two had eye contact. And from the moment her eyes set on his, she knew, she liked him.
"And...CUT!"
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Kyoko stood up and stretched. "How was it?" She asked, walking towards the cameramen. She started discussing about the camera views with the director and scriptwriter and she walked out of the set with them.
Chiori saw Shou standing up flipping his hair back into place. Now's my chance. She thought. "Nice job." She said.
Shou stared at her. From the way Kyoko treated her, he knew Chiori Amamiya isn't who she is on the surface. Kyoko only treats people differently if they start showing a different image from who they really are. "Thanks, it was an easy thing. Nothing to praise on. You should get your body posture right, you slouch a lot."
Shou smirked and walked out of the set leaving Chiori completely speechless.
"WHAT?" She screamed in her head. It was then she knew something was up. Shou is on Kyoko's side no matter what, that's the reason why he's treating her like this. If I want to get him on my side, I need to get on his good side, to show him I'm a better person. Chiori thought. Fine, I'll play along. Just as long as this will break Mogami Kyoko.
That's the second chapter. Sorry I couldn't include Hikaru in this, I want to settle this Chiori-Kyoko conflict before the sweet scenes with Hikaru. Thank you for reading.