A/N:Surprise! I finally got the time to post this up! I was actually debating whether I should study first or write this chapter first, and BAM! There you go! I figured I would study like what, tomorrow onwards? I present to you the last chapter before I go on a study fever!
I'll post up the next chapter when I got the time, but I want you to understand that this year's exams are different: it's my finals for middle school, and it'll determine where I go in the future. I'll have a long break before school starts after the exams anyway, so I'll just make use of that time to post the chapters up!
Disclaimers: I do not own any of the Skip Beat! characters. Oh, but I do own my characters. Contains OOC elements and mild-strong language (I don't really know how to categorize those, but I'll just put 'mild to strong' just in case).
Please enjoy!
Chapter 14: ShoTARO
Sho was beyond furious. He had specially asked for Kyoko in his PV. She should be honored and accept this job! How dare she decline?
Some actress from the same department accepted the job though. He didn't need anybody else to do the job! He will need Kyoko there for him to make clear just who she belongs to!
He noticed how that plain jade is getting cozy with that platform-shoe-wearing actor, and to say that he was pissed off is an understatement.
They had put the PV to a hold and Shoko told him to make other songs for the time being until they somehow get Kyoko to participate in the job.
So here he is, in Hawaii.
But he didn't know that Kyoko would be there as well. He just stepped out of the lift and she's just around the entrance, talking to some guy and Tsuruga Ren. Even with the disguise, there's plainly nobody else who can be as tall as that Ken-doll (Damn that height!).
That shorter guy actually dared to touch his Kyoko so familiarly! How dare that woman let him do that anyway?! Isn't she supposed to be thinking about how to kick him down the top chart?!
When he realized that she was looking at him, he was shocked. How can that… that woman he always thought as boring, plain and worthless be so… so woman?
He didn't know that beneath all those clothes she wore is a succulent-looking body. Though her cleavage wasn't that of his type, her legs are certainly something that captivated him… wait, what?
What the fuck? I was not captivated! Yeah, she's just so ridiculous that I was distracted!
Damn that shape shifting demon!
"Kyoko!" He bellowed, moving across the lobby towards her.
Only when that headband-guy stood in front of Kyoko and shot a chilling death glare that Sho found himself frozen on the ground, merely few arms away from his target.
What… the hell? The blond musician had to blink a few times before he got rid of the image of Tsuruga Ren overlapping the guy. That pinhead actor was just standing beside Kyoko, for god's sake!
"S-Shion-kun?" Kyoko whispered frantically. There's no way I'm going to risk exposing Ren-san here in the public!
"What do you need from her?" The headband-guy demanded hostilely.
"I don't need to tell you what I want from my childhood friend." Sho retorted with a snort. He can't believe he was stopped by this nobody.
"Oh?" Shion lifted an eyebrow, as he turned to Ren, "May I borrow your cellphone?"
Ren looked down at him blankly, not comprehending his intentions, "Okay."
Holding the black cell in his hand, Shion turned back to the wannabe punk, "Right, so, who are you?"
The singer couldn't believe his ears, "What the fuck? Did you just say you don't know me?"
"Yeah, that's exactly why I'm asking you 'who are you'." Shion looks at the blond guy who couldn't be older than Kyoko.
It wouldn't even take an idiot to know that Sho is pitied. That sympathetic look the ochre haired boy is giving the musician is evidence, that, and he is actually holding onto an open phone, as if to search for his name any moment.
"Shion-kun, this guy is Fuwa Shotaro." Kyoko supplied innocently, sticking as close as possible to Ren and the boy.
"It's Fuwa Sho!" The blond growled.
"Fuwa… Fuwa..?" Shion knitted his eyebrows with a finger against his chin, "Who's that?"
That was a huge blow to Sho's over-the-clouds ego. Which rock is this idiot born under?! He thought angrily.
"I'm Japan's No.1 Musician! Remember that!"
"Hmm…" Shifting his feet, Shion hummed and made a sound of recognition, "Oh! You're that No.7 on the Japan's Most Desirable Men chart!"
If not for his public persona, Ren would've burst out laughing. The look on Sho's face was just so priceless that the actor couldn't help but cheer the wolf boy on.
Bending down slightly, Ren whispered, "He's also the man who called Kyoko 'plain and boring' and made her lose her self-confidence."
That was all Shion needs to crush this blond cockroach before them. He smiled despicably, "So… What did you need from her, ShoTARO-san?"
Kyoko muffled a giggle when Shion emphasized on the embarrassing syllable. Ren hid his trembling lips behind his curled palm.
"Damn you! You're doing that on purpose, aren't you?!" Sho yelled.
Shion tilts his head to a side in mock clueless, "What are you talking about, ShoTARO-san?"
"Why you—!"
A hand landed on the singer's shoulder, and the blond turned his head furiously, "What?!"
Shoko took a step back at the raw fury, "Sho, you're in public."
Sho huffed, slapping her hand away, "I don't give a damn, Shoko! I'm just here for Kyoko and this nobody-bastard is getting in my way!"
Kyoko was ready to send her projectile grudges to shut that idiot cockroach's mouth for insulting someone close to her when Shion chuckled.
"You're pathetic." Shion mocked openly, "I don't know if you're famous or not, and to be honest, I don't give a fuck about your popularity. I'm sorry to say, but men like you, who mistreat ladies however ways you want, are pieces of trash that do not deserve to live."
"What the fuck are you on about now?" Sho grumbled under his breath as he glared at the guy, who is taller than him by a few centimeters.
"I'm on about something that insects like you wouldn't understand until you get squashed by esteemed humans." Shion smiled sweetly.
Sho was about to deliver a punch to his face when he continued, "Oh and I don't really know much about showbiz, but since you're here being childish and creating a ruckus with nobodies like me, then I guess it's because you just don't put in enough effort to show some professionalism."
Shoko wanted to stop the guy from provoking the Deva King, but he has good points. Sho is immature, always selfish, self-centered and believes that everything revolves around him, especially things related to Kyoko.
"What the fuck? Here I am, bestowing the once-in-a-lifetime chance for a plain and boring woman like her to become even more famous. Who the hell are you to poke your nose into our business?" Sho argued heatedly with clenched fists, looking ready to pound Shion in the face.
"They say there is no medicine to cure stupidity, I guess it's true." Shion shrugged in that American way that reminded Kyoko of Ren when he was talking to Bo.
Catching on to his plot, Ren smiled and patted on his head affectionately, "Well, Jiro, I think we shouldn't waste any more time and energy trying to talk to someone like him. Aren't we walking around the town to buy something for our cute little sister here?"
Kyoko looks up at Ren incredulously. Sister? Ren-san looks at me as a sister?
"Oh, that's right, Taro-niisan." Shion slung an arm around Kyoko's shoulders, "Let's go, imouto-chan."
"What the hell? Since when did you have an elder brother?" Sho was getting confused. He thought he knew everything about Kyoko's family background, "You're the only child and was aban—"
"Hey." Ren wasn't about to let him spout some personal information just in a spur of moment. He glared icily at the musician, "Shut the fuck up already. Don't you get it? You got the wrong person in the first place. Get lost."
"What the fuck?! There's only one person in Tokyo who knows about my name! Stop pretending!"
Eeek! R-Ren-san! What are you doing?! Kyoko screeched frantically in her mind. Someone like the God's favorite shouldn't be involved in such petty arguments with lowly cockroach like that bastard!
"Taro-niisan, let's go?" Shion whined, "I'm hungry."
Ren looks down at Shion, and they made eye contact. "Sure, Jiro. We can get your favorite Tsuruga Ren poster on the way."
What the hell?! They're ignoring me?!
"Good, good. Ah, now that I think of it, my 'friend' just switched his fanbase from Tsuruga Ren to Mogami Kyoko. I wonder if she's that good in acting." 'Jiro' continued talking, deliberately ignoring the fuming musician with damaged ego and pride.
"Mogami Kyoko? Of course she is great. I think she's the best actress I've ever seen. I love her acting." 'Taro' complimented, all while holding their 'sister's' hand comfortably, who is blushing like mad.
'Jiro' whistled with a sly smile, "Taro-niisan, why don't you just confess to her then?"
Ren went silent with his widened eyes and parted lips. The actress beside him flushed red in both embarrassment and something else.
"J-J-Jiro-niisan!" Kyoko hissed, "What are you saying?"
Shion smirks, leaning down to whisper in her ear, "Why, Kyoko-chan, aren't you curious just how 'Taro-niisan' will confess to you?"
"E-Eh?!"
"Jiro… I love her, but I don't want to scare her away." Ren couldn't believe he just said it out loud!
Kyoko couldn't turn redder than she is now. Oh my god, Ren-san just said that L-word! Is he acting? Wait, he is acting, right? He can't be in l-love with someone like me!
"OI! Don't ignore me you bastards! And don't you dare to touch Kyoko!" Sho reached out to grab Kyoko when Ren grabbed his wrist while Shion took on a defensive stance in front of her.
"Don't you touch her, scum." They both growled maliciously.
"Just leave it already, Sho…!" Shoko hissed, her eyes darting around the lobby now full of onlookers whispering among each other. "We need her to agree to the PV, remember?"
"Tch."
Ren smiled gratefully at the poor manager before leading Kyoko out of the building.
Shion smirked triumphantly before he turned around to follow his 'siblings', "Ha!"
The trio, namely the Taro-Jiro tag team, left an enraged, frustrated and humiliated musician with battered pride and ego in their wake.
Lol, so, basically I thought Shion was okay in this. Ren and Sho is IC too, I think. Considering what a brute Sho is, and how Kuon always slips out of control whenever Kyoko's involved.. I thought that it wouldn't be odd even if they speak a little of vulgarities.
How was it by the way? This chapter is most definitely not the last time Ren and Shion will be teaming up to 'bully' Sho, so be rest assured!
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