Steal You Away
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A/N: It's great to be back writing again, thanks for all the support for chapter 4 and those of you who waited patiently.
Ch. 5
After a few stops Kyoko finally makes it to the apartment with a few Realtor pages within her price range and several packing boxes. With the multiple jobs she'd been working she's finding she can afford quite the place for herself and even quit a few of them and live a life of comfort where she's not working herself to death. She thinks briefly about going back to Kyoto and memories spring up of Corn, her mother and the inn.
No, she was a city girl now, used to the crowds and the like in Tokyo; there's nothing for her to go back to. She leaves the ads on the table and works on packing her belongings. After some time she decides to make dinner and take a break, she turns on the TV as she cooks.
The TV is set on the music video channel which features Shotaro's most recent music videos and not in the mood to see him she changes the channel, only to see Ren on the next channel doing a live talk show with the Ishibashi Brothers as hosts. Hikaru starts off.
"Today we have a very special guest with us here at LME studios, the one all women of Japan has said is the most desirable man in all of Japan. Mr. Tsuruga Ren!"
The studio audience claps and cheers loudly as the 6"2' actor takes the stage and seems to glide to the chair waiting for him. As the cheering slowly fades he shakes each hosts hand and takes his seat.
"Thank you for having me on with such short notice." Says Ren to the boys who nod and give the audience smiles.
"We're glad you came on we've been told your on Studio Duty for a week so we couldn't pass up this chance. I'm sure your happy for some down time." Shinichi says as he leans back in his chair.
"Honestly yes but I feel responsible for why it occurred in such a manner." Ren replies, his gentlemen smile in place.
"May we talk about the tabloid that was published this morning, I'm sure your fans have a lot of questions?" Yuusei asks a little cautiously. The crowd murmurs it's agreement.
Ren reads the words the teleprompter spit out for him, knowing they're coming from Yashiro and Lory.
Ren: Please don't take too much stock in the tabloid while I was with a lovely young woman it was purely work related. She is an upcoming actress who I was showing around town.
Ren read the teleprompter and instantly knew he was about to cause an uproar.
"I need to apologize to my fans." Ren simply says as he stands and bows low to the audience and to the cameras. The audience stares in questioning silence and waits for Ren to explain. The Ishibashi Brothers look at each other puzzled.
Yashiro holds his phone in his gloved hand with Lory on the other end both worried and intrigued what the young actor is gonna do. While the producer signals his camera man to follow Ren's lead. When he finally stands a gentleness seems to radiate off of him. A few of the audience women gasp at the overwhelming feeling.
"I'm interested in her and I'm going to steal her away from someone who doesn't know what he has...
Kyoko, if your looking at me wondering how it might be if you were mine, you don't have to wonder." Every woman in the audience swoons and about dies but they cheer for Ren as he finishes his nationwide televised confession.
"If you've thought about me at all since last night I want to know. Meet me here at LME in an hour where we first met. I'll wait for you."
With that the show goes to commercial and Ren begins to leave the set his segment over. But Hikaru stops him.
"Hey man, good luck!" The young singer gives him a pat on the back and returns to his spot. Yashiro runs up to Ren with a goofy look on his face and just hands him his phone. Lory on the other end laughs and tells Ren to come to his office, as he watches the ratings shoot through the roof.
Across the nation women cry at their missed chance but they cheer Ren on and wonder at this mysterious Kyoko.
A certain egotistical singer happens to see the showing and is both unbelieving and for some reason extremely jealous of his actor rival.
"I hope Kyoko didn't just see that." Sho says staring at his phone wondering if he should call her.
"Wait...is he stealing her from me?!"
Meanwhile, the girl that all Japan is wondering about is standing in her kitchen dumbstruck at the TV. A plate broken from shock across the kitchen floor and her food slowly burning on the stove. As the show comes back on and the hosts continue with the next guest a reel begins to play on the bottom of the screen.
Tsuruga Ren confesses on live national television to a mysterious Kyoko. How will she reply?!
'REPLY!' Kyoko's brain screams at her. Their first meeting being at the LME studio in an elevator. There's no way I'm gonna be able to go there! What would I even say to him. I like you too?Do I even like him, I mean I have been thinking about him but who wouldn't after last night and who is he stealing me from...?
Shotaro's smug face plays across her face.
Oh...I was never Shotaro's but I guess he didn't know that...
Should I go?
Back at Lory's office Ren sits on the couch in front of Lory's desk with Yashiro waiting for some kind of love outburst from Lory and the giddy Yashiro. But Lory looks very serious at the moment his hands balled up prayer like resting on his chin as he stares at Ren.
"We have a big problem here gentleman." Lory begins. He stands with a remote and clicks a series of TVs on showing the studio grounds, the front and back entrances. Both of which is surrounded by fans and other entertainment studios and reporters waiting to see what will happen or play off as Kyoko themselves.
"First problem. How does she get through that? Second problem. How do we ID her? Right now there are thirty women who's licenses say they are Kyoko waiting in the lounge." He turns on another TV which shows the lounge full of women.
"We met on the third story elevator last week, there might be footage on the camera, we could print that out and give it to all the security so when she shows up they can let her in." Ren suggests. Lory starts going back through his video logs for the footage. Yashiro pipes in.
"You didn't get her number the other night?! There's twenty Kyoko Mogami's listed in the phone registry."
"No, my phone was shut off so we didn't get interrupted, I doubt she'd be registered anyway she seems like the type to just have a cell phone." Ren replies as last weeks footage shows her face clear as day.
"Ah-ha!" Lory exclaims as he pauses and takes a photo to get passed around to all the security.
"She's quite pretty, I never knew you would go for a working girl though." Lory teases Ren.
The staff begin to go through all the Kyoko's that are in the lounge and each one gets put back into the growing crowd outside. As the hour winds down more and more people begin to show waiting for the mystery woman that's stolen Japan's Most Desirable Man.
Hope you enjoyed this chapter, please review I'm curious to see what you think the outcome will be?