GERRRR.. I hate having writers block.. I have not writen a (insert bad discriptive word, posibly with an 'f' as the first letter, here) thing today.. Maybe if I send out another chapter I can get some good karma and something briliant will come to me.. I would settal for something that was not garbage... I am tired of staring at the same blank screen. I have a 12 hour drive to Chicago tomorrow, so maybe I can think up something good.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the next section.
Please let me know what you think. Thank you.
Note: I do not own Skip Beat!.
Lory sat on his couch trying to decide what the best course of action would be. Should he have the girl pinch the sleeping guy's nose, kiss him, or pet his hair? He had been up all night trying to get this couple together when he was interrupted by his phone.
"Hai." He called into the receiver.
"Takarada-san, we have a problem." Lory lowered his controller so that he could give the distressed voice on the phone his attention.
"What can I do for you?" He asked.
"Well, Tsuruga-san was supposed to have been here half an hour ago and has not shown up yet." Lory recognized the voice of the director for Ren's current drama. "We have tried to call both him and his manager, but there is no answer on either line." Lory dropped his controller in his rush to get up from the couch. Something had to be terrible wrong for them not to be able to get a hold of either Ren or Yashiro.
"Thank you." Lory huffed into the phone as he ran to get dressed. "I will look into it immediately." Lory was already in his closet and halfway into the first outfit he laid his hands on when he hung up with the director and called Sebastian to have his car brought around. Lory, now clad as a member of a biker gang, grabbed the keys for both of the men's homes and ran out to jump into the waiting car as he tried to dial the missing actor's phone. Terror clutched at his heart as the phone went straight to voice mail. He tried Yashiro's phone with the same results. His heart sunk more and more with each passing call that went unanswered.
He prayed as he waited for the elevator that the actor and his manager had both just over sleep with dead batteries in their phones. His hand trembled as he slipped Ren's key into the lock and opened the door. He was on the phone to the police as soon as he saw the shattered glass table in Ren's living room. His eyes had found tiny droplets of blood among the glass. Lory turned to the bedroom while he waited for the police to arrive. He was shocked to see the mess that the assailants had made of them man's room. It was strange because it didn't look like they took anything. Lory looked around at all the valuables that were just sitting out. All of Ren's jewelry and his wallet were sitting on the countertop. His phone and lap top were still here. There was even money spilt across the floor. Lory could not think of what Ren's attackers were looking for, than it hit him. Lory walked to the drawer that Ren had told him that he kept his other identity in. Lory slid it out and dumped the contents on the floor. Kuon's passport was missing. Lory suddenly had an idea about who could have stolen away his actor, and if he was right, she was going to be in a world of trouble when he got his hands on her.
Catherine woke up when a shiver ran up her spine. She felt that someone had just cursed her, and he was pretty sure she could guess who it was. Yashiro patted her back soothing and she relaxed onto his chest for a while longer. She laid listening to his heart and watching the cute couple on the floor cuddle together. She could just see Kyoko's hair sticking out of where she was wrapped in the much larger actor. After a few minutes, she wiggled up carefully so as to not hurt the man under her and laid a kiss to his warm lips before slipping into the cool morning air to take care of more basic needs. Yashiro watched her tiptoe past the sleeping actors and disappear down the hall. He decided at that moment that he always wanted to wake up with her in his arms.
Ren woke up to the sounds of the couch holding the two managers creaking as Catherine got up to go to the bathroom. He breathed in the girl in his arms and wished they could stay like his forever. Sometime in the night, he had slipped his hand inside her shirt and it now rested on the soft skin between her shoulders. He knew that if she woke up with his hand there, she would probably freak out, but he just could not bring himself to move it. He cuddled her against him just a little tighter. She moaned lightly and wiggled into him a little more. The feel of her burying herself into his chest and the way her legs rubbed against his where they were tangled pushed him to his limits. If it had not been for the man awake on the couch nearby, he would have shown the young woman more exciting uses for a futon. Ren took a deep breath and counted to 100 as he pulled his hand out of the girl's shirt before he could not control himself anymore. He was sure that he was going to NEED a very long cold shower this morning.
Catherine came back from the bathroom and looked at the two actors cuddled on the floor. She knelt down near him and whispered into his ear.
"You awake?" The slight nod of his head answered her question. "Good, I'm going to make breakfast. Don't take a shower yet." Ren sighed as the manager took away the relief that he was looking forward to. He nodded in agreement. She stood and walked softly over to Yashiro's head. She placed a kiss on his lips and ruffled his hair before disappearing into the kitchen to work on food for the group. Yashiro got up and followed the woman into the kitchen. Ren relaxed with his love as he listened to the lovers in the kitchen giggle while making food.
Kyoko finally woke up to the smell of bacon cooking. She breathed in the delicious smell and got the warm sent of the man wrapped around her with it. She stretched and opened her eyes to look into his brown ones. She smiled at him.
"Good morning beautiful." He whispered to her. She giggled and wiggled. His breath caught as she moved against him. She had no idea that her movements were driving him closer and closer to the edge. She blushed as he squeezed her against him to make her stop moving. Her blush deepened as she became vividly aware of the man's body against her, the softness of his skin and the harness of his muscles. She scolded herself for the thoughts that raced through her mind as she hid her face into his chest. She did not know how she was going to face him after she had just undressed him with her mind. Ren felt her go still in his arms and recognized that she had reached her breaking point; he needed to pull away before he scared her off after making so much progress with her. He hated to do it but he pushed the girl back and placed a light kiss on her lips before getting up and excusing himself to the bathroom.
Kyoko laid on the futon feeling the warmth that Ren had left dissipate in the colder air. She was trying to sort out her feelings and thoughts. She loved being in his arms, but her own thoughts had taken her to a place that she was not sure if she was ready to go. She finally decided to file it away for further thought later and get up to see if she could help with breakfast. When she turned the corner into the kitchen, she immediately blushed and backpedaled so she would not interrupt the scene taking place in the kitchen. All she had really seen was Yashiro wrapped around her manager kissing her deeply with his hand up the back of her shirt. She quickly decided that the best thing for her to do was to fold up the bedding and wait for Ren to come back from the bathroom.
Authors note: Thank you ai phing, as I have gone back and reread this story, I can also see how the writing has changed for the better. I have to admit, this is the first thing that I have writen out side of letters in about 10 years... I guess my creative writing skills just needed to be broken loose and oiled again.