Chapter 3

"Takarada-san... We found her." Yashiro whispered excitedly into the phone as he watched Ren trudge through his R-Mandy shoot.

"Found who?" Lory asked.

"We found Kyoko-chan... She's been living and working in America with Julie Hizuri. She's getting married next month to Ren's friend Nick Giles. What do we do?" Yashiro asked in distress.

Lory sighed dramatically. "We do nothing... Yashiro-kun, if she's getting married next month it's too late. You know Kyoko-chan, she's not the type to just jump into something like that. If she's getting married... She must really love him." Lory scolded.

"But...What about Ren?" Yashiro asked in a small voice.

"He had his chance. From what he's told me... He ruined it the day he met her. He should have told her the truth from the beginning. When he knew it was her. So many things could have been avoided... Is there anything else?" Lory asked.

"No..." Yashiro answered in sadness, then ended the call.

Ren cleared his throat startling Yashiro. "Are you content with his answer?..." He asked in a low even tone.

"Ren, you know where she is. Why don't you go after her?" Yashiro insisted.

Ren smiled at him brightly with his fake smile. "And do what, Yashiro? Proclaim my undying love to a woman that is about to get married? You know her... She's not the type to just jump into marriage. She was in LoveMe Yashiro! Yes... I know exactly where she is but, I am not going to stroll in and ruin what she has by crashing her wedding."

Yashiro just stared at the floor. "If she loves you it won't hurt anything!"

"And if she doesn't? Yashiro... I'm not making a fool of myself and I'm not embarrassing her. If she had those kind of feelings for me, she wouldn't have said yes to Nick. Just stop Yashiro. It's over." He finished quietly as Yashiro stared dejectedly at the floor.

"Hey Baby..." Nick cooed into his phone.

"Hello Lover." Kyoko purred into the phone. "I miss you."

He chuckled. "One more month and I'll show you just how much I miss you." His velvety voice caressed her ears.

"You know I could meet you in Osaka." She whispered.

Shivers crept up his spine at the suggestion. "As much as I would love for you to, I know you want to wait for that. We'll make up for it on our wedding night." He whispered back, then went into detail of all the things he wanted to do to her. Leaving her very hot and bothered by the end of the phone call. "I love you Baby."

"I love you too, Nick. I'll see you in a week?" She asked.

"Absolutely Honey." He assured her. "I gotta go if I want to catch my plane in the morning."

"Goodnight Nicky. Please stay safe." She pressed a little kiss into the phone and ended the call.

Nick fell back onto his empty bed and smiled widely thinking of his wonderful little Kyoko. "One more month."

Kyoko flopped back into her pillows, regretting that it was time to get up. She had so much to do and so little time to do it. She needed to see the wedding planner and make the payments. This had been one of the first times she had actually been elated to pay for something. Her bank account had increased exponentially since she began acting in Hollywood and now she could have her dream wedding. She needed to get cleaned up, made up and ready for work. Reino would be by in a couple of hours to pick her up. She had a photo-shoot with Secrets and Lilium and she had scenes to do today for her current movie until 3pm. Then she would bustle across town to see the wedding planner to make the payments and find out when their wedding photos would be taken and finally she had dinner with Kuu and Julie this evening after a meeting with Reino's father for their next project. She rolled out of bed, made it and bounced off to the bathroom to begin her day.

"Hey Nick!" Michael called out to him in greeting and patted him on the back. "I know it's a bit late but, can you let Ree know that Chi and I will be able to make it to the wedding? She was able to take a bit of time off from filming to go."

Nick laughed. "You have no idea how happy that will make her. She hasn't seen Chi in like 4 months. They've both been so busy." He pulled out his phone and shot her a text.

"Did Reino tell you who he was taking?" Mike asked out of curiosity.

A set of curious ears perked up.

"Hmm, I think he's bringing Mimori." Nick commented.

Mike laughed. "Man... Her brother does have some weird taste in women. I suppose if you like that type."

Nick laughed. "Come on man... Once she dumped that loser ex of hers, she grew up."

They heard a glass slam onto a table and a chair scrape against the tile of the outdoor set they were at. Nick looked over at the commotion and chuckled. "Oh shit... I think that was him."

"Damn... That's rough. Sorry dude." Nick smirked. "He's an asshole anyway. Somebody needed to say it."

Mike agreed.

Sho stomped into his hotel room and slammed the door behind him, fuming. "I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT LITTLE BITCH IS DATING THAT DOG!" He howled.

Aki Shoko winced. Was he ever going to grow up? "Who?" She had to ask.

"Mimori! Who else? She's going to some wedding with Reino." He informed her.

"Oh..." She said quietly.

"Oh? Oh?" He ranted. "Is there something I don't know?"

Aki looked up at him from her magazine. "I think that would be his sister's wedding... Rhyannon. She's an actress out of Hollywood. Quite a good one from what I've heard. She's up for a few awards this year with the Academy."

Sho scoffed. "Like I give a shit what that freak's slut sister does."

Aki raised an eyebrow. "You should... She's number three on the world's top ten most beautiful people list this year. She beat out Ren Tsuruga by two places. You lost your standing on it when TEN dug up all that stuff about you and Kyoko last year and that little public tiff you and Mimori had didn't help either." She scolded. "You should really learn to control your temper."

He narrowed his eyes at her angrily. "I'm going downstairs for a drink." He hissed and slammed the door behind him.

Aki rolled her eyes and sighed. "Well... Here we go again." She picked up the hotel phone and called the bar. "Yes... This is Shoko Aki, Room 205... Could you tell me when Fuwa-san is on his third drink please? Yes... Mmhmm... Thank you very much." She hung up and resumed reading her magazine.

Three women sat in the little café discussing their upcoming trip. Three very unlikely friends that had one very special friend in common.

"Did you already send your measurements to Hizuri-san?" Chiori asked.

"I sent mine last month, but she's going to do another fitting when we get there." Kanae answered.

Mimori's eyes glimmered. "I can hardly wait to see what they look like on. I'm sure they'll be just like Cinderella dresses." She gushed.

Kanae rolled her eyes. "MO! Don't curse us like that you dolt! You're as bad a Kyoko!"

The other two giggled.

"Don't worry Kanae. I've already seen them. You'll love it." Chiori comforted her. "Oh! Was Hidehito able to get time off to go with you?"

Kanae smirked. "He better or, he won't be getting any of this for a month."

The girls laughed and spent another hour discussing what they were going to do for the next week before they left for work.