Here is the next section for you. I originaly did not like it, but I have been told it works well, so I hope you enjoy it.

Note: I do not own Skip Beat!.

The next few days were relatively quit. The girls spent most of their free time opening and cataloging the gifts that were still coming into LME for Kyoko. After the snake, Catherine insisted that she open the boxes, and Kyoko was more than willing to let her. There were a lot of interesting things sent, but no more live (or dead) animals. Detective Sato did call to let Catherine know that they had been unable to obtain any information on who had sent the animal from the packing and they were looking into where one could get a Black Mamba in Japan, but those leads were coming up short too. She advised that they increase Kyoko's security and be very vigilant of their surroundings. Catherine assured her they would and promised to call if anything happened. Eventually, the influx slowed and life returned to normal.

Kyoko was saved from having to do Sho's PV when Catherine received a call from Haruki Asami. Apparently there had been a small fire while they were dressing the location for the shoot. One of the lighting units had shorted out and burnt part of the house. There were no injuries and they were able to put the fire out quickly, but the owners were really upset and refusing to allow the shoot to go on. Kyoko could not help but be happy that she did not have to deal with the narcissistic singer. She was still upset with him for the way that he had treated her manager.

A few more days more found Kyoko on location for the filming she had missed due to the accident. Kyoko paused between takes to look over at her manager. Catherine had taken off her coat and was sitting closely together with Yashiro talking. Kyoko couldn't help but sigh at how cute a couple those two made. She could just hear Catherine's bright laughter as she responded to an unheard comment from the man talking to her.

"They do make a nice pair." A deep voice pulled Kyoko's attention away from the managers as Ren stopped next to her. Catherine's words from the other day in her apartment slipped into her mind and she turned to face the tall actor.

"Tsuruga-san," Kyoko began before her courage gave out. "Would you have dinner with me?" Ren stared at the actress with an open mouth, the shock showing plainly on his face.

"Excuse me?" Sure his ears had stopped functioning correctly, he had to have her repeat that. Had the girl he loved just asked him out!

"Umm." Kyoko fidgeted sure that she had just overstepped her place. "I asked if you would have dinner with me." Seeing that Ren was not responding to her, Kyoko rambled on trying to defend her position. "Umm.. you see.. Kat-chan can't go out with Yashiro-san unless she had the evening free, and she can only get the evening free if someone is with me, so I was thinking that she could have the time to go out with Yashiro-san if I went to dinner with you, but if you would rather not, then I am sure that I can…." Kyoko was cut off when Ren reached out and pulled the flustered actress into a tight hug.

"You are such a sweetheart." Ren chuckled at the girl. "Of course I would be happy to take you to dinner." His heart sang with joy. The girl he loved had asked him to dinner. True she had an ulterior motive, but it still touched him deeply that she had taken that step by herself. This would give him the perfect opportunity to show her exactly how he felt about her. Their moment was cut short when a loud squee issued from Ren's manager. Catherine had seen the couple's embrace and pointed it out to the excitable man. Ren released a very red Kyoko and took her hand to pull her over to where the managers were sitting.

"Yashiro, Mogami-san has just asked me to dinner." Ren smiled at the little actress. "What days next week do I have available?" Kyoko didn't think it was possible to get any redder, but she did. Yashiro let out another fan-girl squee and produced his planer. After a few attempts, the two managers were able to agree that Saturday night would be perfect for both actors and Yashiro scribbled it in his book with big hearts around it. Kyoko felt like she was going to die of embarrassment as the actor held her hand and smiled at her gently. Catherine smiled at the pair. Her eyes were drawn by movement from behind the actors.

"I think the director is trying to get your attention." Both Ren and Kyoko turned to look back to the set. Kyoko took this opportunity to free her hand from the tall actor's grasp. Ren felt a little twinge of loss when she pulled away, but he let her have her space. He did not want to scare the girl just after she had made such a big leap. The director waved for Ren to come over, and the actor went to see what he needed. Kyoko watched him go. Her heart was pounding so hard that it was making her light headed. She could not believe that she had asked him to dinner, and she really could not believe that he had agreed.

Kyoko was glad that she did not have many scenes left in the day. Every time she faced Ren, her heart would flutter like a trapped bird. It took several bouts of self-scolding to calm down enough to finish out the day. It was only after Catherine had gotten her back into the car and away from the handsome man that she truly started to recover. She was still having a hard time believing that she had actually asked him out. She almost died when he did not answer right away and an odd mixture of relief, shock, and something that warmed her gut swirled through her when he had embraced her and agreed. She understood the relief and the shock, but it was the something else that bothered her. She could never remember that feeling before. She worried that she might be getting sick, it was kind of like cramps, but not painful.

"That was very kind of you." Catherine interrupted the teen's thoughts. "I know how much it took for you to ask him out. Thank you." Kyoko blushed again.

"You have done so much for me, it was the least I could do for you." Kyoko was happy that she could do something for her manager.

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Authors note: I want to apologize to anyone that was looking forward to Sho's PV. I must have written that thing ten times in different ways and they all turned out really bad. I even wrote him an original song (that was pretty nice) to give the story depth, but it never turned out well. Sho's part never felt right. I just couldn't slip myself into his skin and mind to get the right interplay between him and Kyoko. If I get enough requests for it, I may try to work it out as a one shot after I finished this story, but I want to complete this before I get involved in anything else.

I also want to complement ScarletShad0w on the catch. I didn't think anyone would notice if I borrowed the Detectives from Detective Conan (also one of my favorite mangas). I had to laugh when you called me on the cameo. I think they worked well in this situation.