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Disclaimer:I don't own Skip Beat! And its characters…

Hey… I'm sorry I was missing in action for almost two weeks. I was emotionally(?) drained, you could say… I did wrote consecutively in the four weeks or maybe three… I needed a break to recover… And I was busy… So let's get the ball rolling… Hope you'll enjoy it! ^_^

Chapter 33

Ren gracefully walked over to the studio Kyoko's new manager told him. He slowly opened the door and saw the crews bustled around to get ready. He noticed that it was the Kimagure Rock set. So she's the guest here today? He thought. He stopped one of the crews to ask where Kyoko was. Seeing that he was Tsuruga Ren, the crew happily told him the directions to Kyoko's dressing room. So he made his way to her, excited and nervous. It just has been a day and a half since he last saw her but to him it felt like a week already. He could not wait to see her, to see for himself how she was doing.

Kyoko was looking at the pictures of baby Ren in her phone. She missed him so much it hurt. She smiled at the cute picture she had taken during that dinner they had three nights ago. Baby Ren was so cute with the plush doggie hat. She clicked the button for the next picture. She blushed hot red when she saw the cutest picture she had ever seen of Ren. She was so absorbed in her own world that she did not hear the door opened.

"Kyoko?" She heard a masculine voice that she knew so well called her name. She stilled in surprised. W-wha-what's happening to me? She thought to herself confusedly as she blushed more. I can hear his voice calling me when I just thought of him! She could hear the warning bells going off somewhere in her mind.

"Kyoko?" The voice called her name again. It felt so real to her and it was freaking her out. "Kyoko!" The voice again called her, this time stronger. She jerked her head around to look where it came from. She was shocked when she saw the man she was thinking of just a second ago standing several feet behind her. Her eyes were wide and her face flushed again down to her neck. But she was confused when she saw his face with a shock expression too. Her brows furrowed in confusion. She saw him looking down and she followed his gaze down and found the costume she was in. No! She gasped in surprise.

There was a knock and a voice called out. "Bo! You're on in five minutes."

Kyoko was startled by the voice and jumped a little as she dropped her phone to the ground. She looked down at her phone and then up at Ren again but now he was emitting dark waves of aura. Nooooo! He's going to kill me! He's going to kill me! She mentally shouted fearfully and whimpered under his fierce gaze. She could not take anymore, so she bowed down, as much as the chicken suit could do. "I'm so sorry." She squeaked and flew out of the room with her chicken head.

Kyoko panted when she arrived at the set. But she did not have time to worry about what she was going to do or say to Ren later if he was still there in her dressing room because the show was already starting. It took all of her strength and professionalism to get into Bo's character.

While Ren stood frozen inside Bo's dressing room with his mind in overdrive thinking of what he just discovered. She is Bo? Kyoko is Bo. Since when was she Bo? Was she the same Bo he confessed his feelings to? So I practically confessed to her. Is she toying with me? But the innocent face of Kyoko flashed in his mind and he thought it was not possible. Then the chicken's almost Yakuza way of settling marriage to a sixteen year old girl also flashed in his mind. I don't think she knows I was talking about her though. He let out a laugh which turned into a sigh as he blushed a little when he remembered all the things he had said to the chicken. But then he turned serious. Why did she hide it from me? I told her all my secrets. Well, except for my feelings for her. But I thought we are closer… somehow… He clenched his fist in frustration.

"Ren?" Yashiro called at Ren. He suddenly whirled to look at his manager. "Why are you standing there frozen?"

Ren just stared at his manager blankly and then glanced to Kyoko's manager. "Uh… she was just called out to her job." He answered as he looked back to where she stood before. He looked at the ground and noticed her open phone. He walked towards it and picked it up curiously. He then remembered how she blushed furiously. He looked at her phone and was surprised to see the picture she was looking at. His lips twitched and slowly curved into a smile, a heavenly smile.

Yashiro and Asamiya stared at Ren in awe at his expression. It was like he was shining brightly like the sun. They were both so curious at he was looking at. Yaashiro did not take his curiosity anymore, slowly took a step towards Ren but when his foot touched the ground, it broke the spell. Ren looked up and glared at him. Yashiro instantly froze in his spot as he watched Ren's thumb with great speed pushed buttons on Kyoko's phone. Ren then flipped it closed and looked around for her purse. He was already familiar with all of her purse since he saw every purse she had everyday for the two months or so in their closet. He quietly put it in safely inside and close the purse.

When the show finally ended, Kyoko breathe a sigh inside the costume. But when she remembered what happened before in her dressing room, she shivered in fear. What am I going to do now? Wh-what if he's still there? She slowly went back stage in fear.

"Kyoko-chan." Asamiya called out. Kyoko jumped almost five feet in the air as she whirled around to find her new manager smiling at her. But then frowned at her reaction. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you."

"I-it's okay, Asamiya-san." Kyoko replied and took the chicken head off of her head. She looked around her cautiously and found that she was alone. "Uhm… I-is Tsu-tsuruga-san still there?"

"No, they already left to his next job." Asamiya replied and was confused as to why her charge looked so frightened at the thought of the famous actor still there in her dressing room because as far as she saw an hour ago, Tsuruga Ren was glowing as he looked at something in Kyoko's phone. She thought they were close like friends… or maybe more, as far as that deadly smile Tsuruga showed.

"Here." Asamiya handed Kyoko a bottle of water. "I'm really surprised you are Bo the chicken and still are all this time even though you are already so popular."

"Really? But I like this job. This is my first job on screen after all." Kyoko replied cheerfully now that she found out that the coast was clear. They slowly made their way to the dressing room.

"Hee? That's so remarkable Kyoko-chan that you're still here after so long." Asamiya commented and Kyoko blushed at her compliment. "Oh yeah, we have to drop by LME tonight before driving you home. Sawara-san has a new offer for you. He sounded so excited, it must really be a great role."

Kyoko's brightened at the news. "I'm looking forward to it." She said enthusiastically but then remembered something. What if I run into Ren there? She thought fearfully. And she was back into worrying again and again about seeing her beloved sempai.

The man looked at the his computer to the final draft of the paper tomorrow. He examined the pictures, every word, every letter of the headline article. He had been so surprised that he almost got into an accident when he first saw that commercial when he drove to work that morning. He thought the guy just looked familiar when he took the picture and the last time he saw him, he had a child in hand with a beautiful woman beside him. But when he saw that commercial, it confirmed his hunch.

He could not really believed his luck. It was just his hobby to take pictures and that vacation was a gift from the predecessor editor in chief of the company. He could not believed he stumbled into an earth-shattering news of the squeaky clean most desirable man of Japan. He could not wait for everyone to read this article tomorrow and to find out the sales rating after tomorrow.

Kyoko laid on her futon thinking of what she was going to say to Ren. She was so relieved that she did not run into Ren at the LME. Though Asamiya was bewildered when Kyoko dragged her with her as they made their way sneakily in the longest route she had ever taken to Sawara's desk. All the ducking and crawling and tiptoeing really made Asamiya tired. When they got the script and Sawara finished talking, they went out of LME as fast as they could. Well, as fast as Kyoko could because Asamiya was just dragged by the arm behind Kyoko.

Kyoko moved and laid on her side and she curled into a ball. What do I do? The demon Lord will probably kill me. And what do I say if he asks me why I hid it from him?… She thought worriedly. I can't possibly say I just wanted to help him because he won't let me help him if she was herself, his mere kohai. She reached for her Ren doll and pointed it to her.

"Help me? You are just a mere Kohai who is in Showbiz barely three years. You're a thousand years too early to help me." The Ren doll scolded her.

"That's what he'll probably say." She said and sighed. "Now, he'll hate me… and fillet me… seasoned me and grill me alive…" She continued to worry herself to sleep.

Ren finally got home and went straight to his bedroom. He flopped down onto it and sighed. He took out his phone and flipped it open. He opened the message he sent from Kyoko's phone earlier. He could not believe Kyoko had a picture of him in that plush doggie hat in her phone. But the most surprising was she was looking at his picture. That was probably why she was blushing so hard when she saw me. He smiled like an idiot and clicked his way into his own photo album of his phone. He smiled heavenly as he looked at the picture of her. She's not the only one who has a secret picture. His phone's screen showed a picture of Kyoko's sleeping face. Tiredness crept in and he fell into a peaceful slumber.

Lory was up all night, deciding the most important thing in the universe. What to do when you visit a sick and sleeping Seichi? A) Kiss him secretly B) Cook for him C) Brush his hair with your fingers. The president looked like he was deciding the fate of the universe. He has been at it since midnight and now, it was already six in the morning. He did not even hear Sebastian opened the door and walked towards him.

"Good Morning, Sir." Sebastian greeted. "I think we have a problem."

"Oh yes, indeed, Sebastian." Lory agreed gravely. "What do I do? Seichi might get mad if I kiss him while he slept. If I cook for him, it might not be to his taste. If I brush my fingers through his hair, I might wake him up." He babbled on like it was world crisis.

"Uhm, sir, that's not what I mean." Sebastian interjected in a serious and urgent tone. "It's about the paper this morning. I think you have to read this immediately."

Lory finally looked at his butler when he heard the tone of his voice. Sebastian handed Lory the newspaper. Lory took one glance and it was over. He knew what it was all about. The big headline was enough for a monkey to know what it was talking about. And the pictures were worse. Someone did say that 'a picture paints a thousand words'. But those pictures were millions… not just words but also in cash because the media would make a lot of money with just those pictures Lory was seeing in front of him.

O.o Oohhhh… so exciting! Lol What could it be? But I think it's pretty obvious though… I'm so sorry for all the typos and wrong grammars… me only human… LOL :D BTW I haven't played a dating sim game before, so please excuse my ignorance for the Seichi part… ^_^ But I really hope you enjoyed it… And I thank you guys so much for continue reading, reviewing, alerting, fav-ing and just liking this story of mine… Wish me luck for the next chap… see yah ^_^