Here is the second up date for your today. Let me know if there is anything you think still needs to be wrapped up. We are almost done now. Enjoy.
Note: I do not own Skip Beat!.
Ren and Kyoko announced their engagement in mid-January and the young talent moved in with her 'fiancé'. The news had delighted the entire nation. Very few could find any reason that the tall actor should not marry the up and coming talent.
When he hear the news, Sho became livid. He hunted Kyoko up on set and proceeded to yell at her. She just shook her head at him as he tried in vain to stake his claim to her heart once again. He even went as far as to try to drag her away with him, but he was stopped when the tall actor she was engaged to clasped him on the shoulder and physically escorted him off the premises. He was only polite to him, but the cold smile that Ren gave him was more than enough to send the singer running for his life.
Lory had a wonderful time planning the wedding for his favorite actors. The only thing Kyoko really got to do was pick out the dress, and that was mostly done for her by Julie. Her new mother-in-law had sent her sketches of different wedding gowns for the young woman to look over. They talked online a lot while Julie built the dress for her son's new bride. Ren laughed as his mother swept his love away in her excitement. There was no way to stop his extravagant mother when she got started. Kyoko did have a say in the color of the bridesmaids' dresses and vetoed the blazing pink that Lory had picked out, to the eccentric man's dismay. They were planning to get married in spring under the cherry blossoms, so Kyoko chose a much softer pink to match that background. This appeased Lory and the order was put in for the two LoveMe girls to be fitted for dresses. Kyoko had asked Catherine to be in her wedding, but the very pregnant woman had declined the honor. She was sure that she would not be able to stand for the entire wedding. Yashiro, of course, stood as Ren's best man, but he was at a lost for another groomsman to accompany Amamiya Chiori. Ren turned this over for a long time, but decided to offer the honor to the sailor that had been so kind to help them out. Con had gladly accepted his offer and the rest of the plans were left for Lory and his overly excited parents to tend to.
Yashiro sat at his desk and finalized the last of the plans for Ren and Kyoko's public wedding. He has worked hard to clear both of the actor's schedules so they could take the next month off for their honeymoon. Ren had decided that he would take Kyoko on the same type of motorcycle trip that Catherine had taken her on. The weather in April was a much better time for motorcycle riding then it had been in winter. Yashiro sat his pen down and leaned back in the chair with his eyes closed. His hand found its way into his pocket and the little treasures that he kept with him. His fingers caressed the braid and the copy of the ultrasound that helped him through the days. He had been in constant contact with Catherine during the time that they had been apart, but he was looking forward to that month of free time and the chance to go and see her again. She had informed him that her doctor has forbidden her to come back to Japan due to the hypertension that she had developed. They had given her some medication to help lower her blood pressure, but she was supposed to be resting for the remaining part of her pregnancy.
Yashiro had made his escape from Lory's office when Kuu and Julie Hizuri turned up. He had worked closely with the couple for the past few months planning things for the wedding, but he just could not face them at the moment. They reminded him of the girl that he was not going to get to see. He rolled his plans around in his head as he rubbed the locks in his pocket. He was going to get plane tickets as soon as the wedding was over and he was just going to show up on Catherine's doorstep. He smiled as he imagined the look on her face at his unexpected arrival. His breath caught as a haunting English melody wafted in from the hall outside his partially open office door.
"Are ye going to Scarborough fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme. Remember me to one who lives there. He once was a true love of mine." Yashiro fell out of the chair in his scramble to get to the door where the familiar voice sang. It was a good thing that she stood off to one side of the door as Yashiro ripped the thing open hard enough to knock the pictures on the wall of his office down. Catherine laughed at his surprised face from where she leaned against the wall of the hallway. His eyes ate the woman where she stood. The flowing gauzy dress she was wrapped in did nothing to hide the bulge of her stomach. Yashiro stepped all the way into the hall and wrapped the woman in his arms. He could not believe that she was there. Catherine breathed in his scent and rubbed her face into his the crook of his neck. She squeaked in surprise when Yashiro scooped her up in his arms and carried her back into his office. He kicked the abused door shut as he maneuvered her around the fallen chair to the armchair that Ren would often sit in while Yashiro worked. He dropped himself into the chair with the pregnant woman on his lap. Catherine started to say something to him but he shushed her before pressing his lips to hers for a long kiss. When they broke apart, Catherine rested her head on Yashiro's shoulder. He tilled his head over till his cheek rested on her and placed his hand on her overly round belly. The two remained in that position for a very long time. Yashiro was afraid that his dream would end and the woman he loved would disappear again, and she did not want to disturb the man softly caressing her tummy.
Catherine had to finally shift her position. She enjoyed being in Yashiro's arms, but her lower back had started to complain and she needed to stand up for a little bit. She laughed at him when he tightened his grip as she started to move.
"I'm not going anywhere." She promised him as she pulled from his arms. Yashiro reluctantly let her up, but his hands lingered on her as long as possible. Now that the spell was broken and she had not disappeared, Yashiro's mind turned to the one thing he really wanted to know.
"Why are you here?" Yashiro asked. Catherine was moving about his office and picking up the things dislodges by her arrival. Catherine looked over at him and smile.
"I am here to see you, silly." Catherine rehung the picture and turned to pick up the chair that he had knocked over. Yashiro got up to help here with the chair. It was not heavy, but he knew that she was supposed to be resting.
"That's not what I meant." Yashiro huffed at her. She had righted the chair before he could get over to her. "What are you doing here?" Catherine thought about being a smart ass and giving him the same answers, but decided to give him the answers that he wanted.
"I came with Kuu and Julie to see the wedding." Catherine answered. "And to see you." She smiled at him.
"What did the doctor say?" Yashiro took the woman by her hands and placed her in the chair that she had just picked up. Catherine gave him a sheepish smile.
"They were against it, but I told them I was going." Catherine explained. Yashiro wanted to yell at her, but refrained from it. He was glad she was here under any circumstance. "I was ordered to take it easy and to keep off my feet as much as possible." Yashiro nodded and thought about all of the hallways there were in LME.
"Did you walk all the way here by yourself?" A note of concern colored his voice.
"We took a plane because swimming that far in my condition would be a little too much." Catherine teased him. Yashiro let out an exasperated sigh and shook his head as a smile split his face. He had missed her odd sense of humor. Catherine squeezed his hand and answered the question a little more seriously.
"I had planned on meeting up with you in Lory's office, but by the time I got out of the restroom you had already excused yourself to finish work." Catherine explained. Yashiro chuckled. He had been so eager to get away from the Americans that reminded him of his love that he missed the one he wanted to see. Yashiro lifted her hand to his lips and placed a kiss on her knuckles.
"I love you." Catherine stood up at his words and pressed into him for another kiss.
"I love you too." She said as soon as her lips were free again. Catherine took him by the hand and led him back to Lory's office where the final plans were being made for the wedding.
The group talked long into the night about everything. The entertainers watched as the manager cuddled on the couch with the mother-to-be. They had talked about plans for those two when Catherine had gone to get Yashiro. They had all agreed that what Ren and Kyoko's wedding needed was a real wedding. Lory considered the sleeping woman and turned his attention to the man she was leaning against.
"When are you going to marry her?" Lory asked the manager. Yashiro kissed her head softly and answered before he thought about it.
"As soon as I can." This had been the wrong answer to give to the excitable group. Ren shook his head at the squees as Lory, Julie, and Kuu launched into the plans that they had already made to add Yashiro and Catherine's wedding to Ren and Kyoko's. Yashiro froze has he listened to the excitement. Once he figured out what was going on, he tried to stop the flood, but every point that he brought up was blown out of the water. It all acuminated into Lory confessing that he had already sent out invitations for the manager's wedding to his family. Yashiro sat with his mouth wide open flabbergasted. Even if he had wanted to say no, Lory had left him no way out! The only problem he could see was the girl at his side. They had talked about marriage briefly once. It was kind of understood that he would ask her when she came back, but to have it dropped on her when she was this pregnant, and when she was supposed to be staying off her feet. This was not what he had planned at all. Yashiro woke the woman leaning against him.
"Catherine, wake up please." Yashiro pattered her gently until she shifted out of her sleep.
"Mmm… Yes." Catherine finally responded and sat up rubbing her eyes.
"Would you like to get married?" Yashiro asked her. Catherine smiled still slightly asleep.
"That would be nice." She stretched as she yawned.
"FANTASTIC!" Lory clapped his hands and the three conspirators chattered together finalizing the plans. Ren laughed and Kyoko looked on in horror as her friend's fate was sealed. She had to admit that she approved of their marriage, but it had been a little unfair to ask her while she was still waking up. Catherine had frozen at Lory's exclamation. She tried to process what was happening and why there was so much more excitement then there had been when she had fallen asleep. Her mind turned over the conversation and the question that Yashiro had asked her.
"What did I just agree too?" She asked Yashiro. He sat beside her with a dumfound smile on his face.
"Apparently we are going to be sharing Ren and Kyoko's wedding." Yashiro explained as he took his love's hand. Catherine froze again. "There is no point in protesting, they have already sent out the invitations for my family, I suspect that they have done the same for yours." There was a resounding yes that issued from the group before they turned back to their planning. Ren laughed again and pulled his wife in against him. He was so glad that Catherine had kidnapped him to marry his girl in peace. Catherine decided that she was having a weird dream and leaned back into Yashiro to go back to sleep. She was sure that she would wake up in the morning and find that none of this had happened. She would be wrong.