Chapter Title: Felt a Fondness

Disclaimer: If I owned Skip Beat!... uh... Yashiro might try to drive and wreck something... Yeah, I dunno. Not mine. :P

Disclaimer Part 2: THIEF OF THE NIGHT TIS MINE!

Dedication: This is dedicated to Devilishduck, because I read the fanfic and reviews over again and THAT NAME IS SO AWESOME! Oh, and she's a girl. x) Also dedicated to My Name is Paper Yaah! You rock, person with the awesome name that I hope I spelled right! xD

Chapter Summary: Lunchtime; Ren broods. Again.

It kind of sucks and it's really short, but it's an update... I'm kinda stuck and I'm trying to decide on something and all the OC descriptions are lost in my mess of a mailbox; don't worry, I'll find them... Until then, check out this extremely short and denial-filled update!

I k33l teh spell check! With 3s instead of e's! Or i's! Don't bug me when I'm typing fanfiction! –argues one-sidedly with Spellcheck-

Song: High School Never Ends by Bowling For Soup

Ok, so I decided that I'd procrastinated long enough and, since I'm on vacay- let's save the long explanation and say that it's a modified spring-break-type-thing- I have no excuse. So I was going to update today and then I found I got a review and just had more motivation, so... yeah. Reread the fanfic and reviews and HERE I GO! APPLYING FINGERS TO KEYBOARD! TOTALLY WITHOUT ANY PLAN WHATSOEVER!

I would have had this out a day earlier but mom got a bit angry at me for my laziness and took my computer away. So I apologize. But I had an excuse! :D

Also, I'm sorry, but no oneshot. :( -hangs head in shame- I know, I'm a lying, procrastinating, lazy, sorry excuse for an Authorette.

S...U...P...E...R...M...A...N...'...S...I...N...C...H...I...N...A

Out of sight, out of mind. We've been through this a thousand times. Turn your back, and then you make me feel so crazy.

Something Escape the Fate

Lunchtime. Finally.

Ren retrieved his bento from the staff and headed over to a secluded table. Yashiro, workaholic that he was, seemed to Ren to be working even on break as he sat down to eat with Director Ogata. The actor shook his head, muttered a quick, "Itadakimasu," and began to eat. Normally he would probably just skip lunch altogether or at least not eat all that much, but since Ky- Mogami-san was here he wouldn't take any chances.

Now that his thoughts had touched upon, even ever so lightly, the subject of Mogami-san, they refused to change topic. Kind of odd to think that his thoughts had a mind of their own, but that's how things went.

He wondered, wryly, if she were still acting for revenge. Glancing over at her- she was chatting animatedly with her newfound friend, Naneki-san- he swiftly came to the conclusion that one would not suspect so. Perhaps she wasn't. Perhaps she was acting because she loved acting. Maybe she even wanted to make him prou-

He shook his head to clear the thought. What a notion. That she would be acting for him.

About ten years ago, he'd felt a fondness for the little girl. Of course he had known that she was much younger than he, and it was that thought most likely that had kept him from liking her a tad more than he should.

Four years older? Not that much.

Ten versus six. I think not.

True, that might have been a bit odd...

Of course, she was older now. So was he. But twenty and sixteen- seventeen, come to think of it, until his birthday rolled around- didn't seem nearly as scandalous. Of course it might have been a little better if she were at least eighteen, and it wouldn't matter if he were twenty-two because she would be of age and by default it would seem much more acceptable and appropriate, but that was beside the point...

No, no, that was just it; there was no point. At least, there wasn't supposed to be. He felt a fondness then, and that was what he felt now. She was his kouhai, perhaps a friend on some level, but definitely not more than that.

He had felt a fondness for a little girl who now was nowhere to be found unless one had a sharp mind, a keen eye, patience, and unless one knew her well enough.

Just like he did.

C...H...I...C...K...E...N...F...I...N...G...E...R...S...A...R...E...P...E...O...P...L...E...T...O...O...!

Song: Something by Escape the Fate

Yeah, I know, it's terrible... -hangs head in shame-

See that quote at the top of the chapter? Yeah, I got influenced by this one person- I forget their name; I forget everything .- who puts quotes at the top of their chapters. So now I'm doing it. Italicized is the quote, bold is the name of the song I got it from, and bold and underlined is the name of the artist/band/writer. Whatever I can figure out. :D

During the chapter you may have noticed a bold, an italicized, and a bold line in sequence. Also influenced from another fanfic writer, these are Ren's thoughts. The bold is usually his side that supports his feelings for Kyoko, while the italicized is usually him, himself, and often tries to derail the thoughts of the bold. The same might be true in Kyoko's case as well but I haven't decided if it will occur yet.

By the way, you guys, I got an account at Fictionpress. Username: NinjaGhostWriter. Look me up! As soon as I get the okay I'm gonna start posting some of the book that I'm writing, and while ya wait, check out the synopses and summaries of said story and another story on my profile. Again, that's NinjaGhostWriter. Thanks so much! Till next time!

Subaki-Chan out.