This part takes place after chapter 211 when Kyoko reunites with Corn and then reunites with Ren in Guam. Sorry for the late update, a report paper for school kind of put me off towards writing. I had trouble deciding how to proceed because I wanted to move to this part of the manga but felt guilty for skipping so much, but I figured that most people have read to this point anyhow so it should be okay. Once again I do not own Skip Beat and please read and review. Thank you!

Kyoko woke up in a cold sweat gasping for air. 'No, why…." Her dream flashed before her eyes.

"Mmm, Setsu?" came a husky half asleep voice, "are you okay?"

'Crap, what a bad time to be having such a dream.' "Yes Ni-san, I had a nightmare. I was wearing last year's boots."

"Does this mean you need a shopping trip later on today?" Ren played along with a tinge of humor in his voice.

:Kyoko didn't want to let on to her dream, but she didn't want to give her over protective "brother" any reason to go buy her something else. "I'll be okay. My boots are only last month, where as your boots are last decade. You can only buy me some if you buy yourself some." She heard a low chuckle, "We'll talk about this more in the morning."

Ren knew it wasn't about boots and had a good feeling it wasn't necessarily a bad dream, 'unless it was about that damn Sho, or the beagle.' He had awoken about 10 minutes earlier to the sound of moaning. The sound made him almost jump out of bed fearing she was in pain but before he did he heard her again, "mmm, oh…." This wasn't the sound of pain but pleasure. His heart pace quickened with the alluring sounds. He sat awake listening to her noises until he felt like he could take no more without having a go at eliciting those sounds from her himself, at which point he decided to wake her up, which he did with a loud cough and then pretended he was asleep.

Both laid there silently, trying forget the dream she had. In Kyoko's case it was so she could face her senpai tomorrow and Ren was trying to calm himself down from how tempting she had sounded while she had that dream. Needless to say they didn't sleep much that night.

Next day

While Cain was getting his make-up done Setsu waited in his dressing room. This gave Kyoko a good uninterrupted hour to think about last night's dream and the events of the day before. She sat down on the couch and leaned over to put her elbows on her knees and clasp her hands together.

She started by thinking about the events of yesterday. 'Why did he have to use his voice.' It bothered her that Tsuruga was on her mind so much, and it bothered her to see her childhood friend's image merged with the image of the man she loved. She believed his explanation that he looked like Ren because that was the voice he was using, but it still bothered her.

Then there was the matter of that kiss. Not the light touch of lips she had given him to remove the curse. She was thinking of the farewell kiss that Corn had surprised her with. That warm kiss that made her heart flutter and sent a tingle through her body, not like the cold chill that ran down her spine when Sho kissed her. This was a good tingle. It kind of reminded her of the excitement of the first hill of a roller coaster, new yet totally good. The type that made you want to giggle. Yet, instead of giggle, she became weak in the knees and had to sit down. Her cheeks felt flushed just remembering the kiss, the feeling it gave her reminded her of the time when Ren had kissed her on the cheek. It felt the same, this confused her, Ren and Corn were both special but in different ways, right? This was true even before she knew she loved her senpai. So why did Corn's kiss make her feel the same, only more intense since this was actually on the lips. He was supposed to be a childhood friend. Was Ren's voice and features enough to make it feel like a kiss from the one she liked. "I give up." Setsu threw her arms over her head as she leaned against the back of the couch.

At that time she hears a click at the door, and watches Cain, no BJ, walk through the door and she smiles. "Ni-san the make-up looks horrifying today too." She jumps up to get a better look at the fake flesh and blood. Setsu reaches up to touch the bloody veins on his face and leans in for a closer inspection. Kyoko losses herself in Setsu, as she genuinely becomes interested in the make up job. That was until she feels Cain's breath on her face. Kyoko snaps out of her trance and jumps back trying to keep her face from blushing.

Cain cocks his head to the side, "Is the make-up that good?"

Recovering, Setsu says, "Yes ni-san," and she smiles as she walks towards him until only a few inches are between them. "Scary enough to even keep that hamster off of you." She said reffering to the young female costar who seemed to have taken quite a liking to Cain.

'Is she jealous?' Ren felt his heart skip a beat. 'No, Setsu is jealous.' He signed, he would take any type of jealousy, even if it was her character which made him feel kind of pathetic. Nevertheless, he took the opportunity to hug Setsu. Holding her a bit longer than needed, until there was a knock at the door.

A staff member popped in there head, "10 minutes to be on set." He says while looking down at a piece of paper. He then looks up towards the embracing siblings and turns red. 'Wow, I guess that hickey really could have been from her.' Cain without turning around says "I'm on my way." With this the staff member excuses himself and closes the door and walk/run away. Cain lets go of Setsu and held out his hand, "Are you coming?" Setsu looks at the gloved and and takes it "Yes ni-san."