Kyoko was sitting in Ren's car heading to his house. They have just visited the supermarket to get the ingredients for the dinner. She was trying to avoid the thought of 'practice' which she had suggested in the afternoon.

Ren was looking at her pretense of calmness and was finding it amusing, "Mogami-san?"

"YES!" She answered loudly.

He chuckled and asked, "Have you read the script yet?"

"Yes, half of it. She is a little similar to Natsu... her family is good, her fiance is good the only problem is her brother. The brother Haru is a little problematic... He is very protective of his sister and is a little... siscon" She found it gross and she couldn't help but cringe.

"Kaori is a middle-class woman who loves to be independent and is an office girl, everything about her is top notch and she is modern (like Natsu). She works hard and achieves what she wants and she hates Egawa Akihito who is her boss at work. They start at enemies to lovers..." she sighs, why does this sound like I have heard this story?

"Very similar, don't you think?" He asked.

She looks at him with surprise. 'Yes, very similar to our story, but' she thought, 'we are not lovers'

She noticed his long black eyelashes and his thin lips had a small smile playing on them, she observed his silky hair and remembered how soft they were. Her eyes traveled to his throat where his Adam's apple bobbed whenever he talked and then she noticed his collarbones and then...

"Mogami-san?"

Suddenly, his face was too close to her and she was shocked, "YESS?!" She jumped and answered loudly to his face.

"You weren't listening?" he asked her with innocence in his eyes, (of course, he noticed she wasn't listening)

"I-I- was..." she was going to say she was but then she noticed how his expressions said he knew she wasn't, "I am sorryyyyyy!" and she went to bow but since he was already close, he stopped her head from hitting his face and said, "Mogami-san, we have reached, that's what I told you" he unbuckled her seat belts and got out of the car.

He opened the door for her and asked, "Well? are you coming? or should we practice in the car?"

She turned stiff and soon he chuckled. She knew he was having fun teasing her and she was feeling embarrassed. She got out of the car with her face red.

Director Takahashi was very happy with the immediate agreement of Kyoko for the drama which meant that they could start filming immediately after the script reading next week. He was in a good mood. Now he just has to find someone who can make music.

"Director Takahashi! We have found some good singers, how about you have a look" Takahashi's assistant Yuki said.

"Hmmm, Yuki-chan, whom do you like most from this list" Takahashi asked.

Yuki was delighted when she was asked this question, but she pretended to be thinking hard, "I think... Fuwa Sho would be a better option. He even topped the music chart last time and he also has a good fan following"

"Okay, then contact him, we will talk to him tomorrow about this in detail" Takahashi nodded in satisfaction and left without knowing what trouble he got himself in.

Kyoko and Ren were watching TV while eating their dinner. The thought of practice has long flown away from Kyoko's head because of the cooking and eating. She was currently enjoying the show.

Ren knew that she had long forgotten about the practice and was helpless but he knew that it was important for Kyoko to get into her character and not run away from it. And he wanted her to enjoy and not regret.

So, after dinner when he cleaned the dishes, he said, "Now, let's practice as you requested Mo- no, Kyoko"

Kyoko flinched and her heart started to race, "Tsuru-"

"Ren," he said as he sat beside her on the couch, "So that you can get used to it and let's talk openly"

"R-R-Ren..." her voice decreased after every R, but she continued, "Shouldn't we call each other by the character's name to practice?"

"Well, we can't for now because you still don't know what Kaori felt even in the first scene. So, we will practice ourselves first"

"B-but... we are not even..." she paused and whispered, "lovers"

"yet... we will be in the future. Have you forgotten?" he took her hand and continued, "Wherever you are, my heart is always with you" and kissed her knuckles

Her face turned a deeper shade of red and she knew if she opened her mouth, she would stammer, so she started to bite her lips.

He noticed her face turning red, her eyes panicking and her biting her lips. He pressed his finger on her lips and whispered, "Don't do that... you have no idea what you are doing to me" and then he rubbed his thumb on her lips as he asked, "Can I?"

Kyoko's mind exploded but she couldn't look away from this handsome man right in front of her. His sharp eyes were looking at her intently and she had only been kissed by Corn. She knew that was for a different purpose! but this! This is...

He kissed her forehead and then her cheeks, he saw her eyes widening, and he asked again, "Can I?"

She gulped, she knew that this was for the role. For Kaori! So, she shut her eyes and nodded her head.

As soon as he got her consent, he leaned in and pecked her once, she slowly opened her eyes, he pecked her again and her eyes widened and then he went in for the kiss. Her warm and soft lips on his cold ones were sending tingling effects in his body.

He wrapped his arm around her waist as he closed the distance between them. He soon started to lick her lips asking her to open her mouth, "Hah-" When she opened her mouth to breathe he took advantage of this moment and dominated her mouth.

She gasped as she didn't know what was happening to her at all, she put her hand on his arm and felt his muscled body. She didn't know what she was doing but she started to follow his guidance and it became heated when she kissed him back amateurly. She locked her arms around his neck.

She could feel butterflies in her stomach and as if she was trying to ease herself, she rubbed his hair and gently pulled them.

"Hah... Kyoko, you are driving me crazy"

They parted and Kyoko still didn't distance herself from him, she could feel her heartbeat drumming rapidly in her chest. She was breathless. She looked at him and he looked at her with a much more intense gaze than before.

She didn't know what had got into her as she leaned towards him and kissed the corner of his lips. She rubbed his neck her hands slowly moving on his hard chest which she had only seen during heel sibling play.

She didn't know anything except... she wanted him. In what way? She didn't know, but she wanted him.

AN: Thank you mimagfan for your review! Even I am excited for the hotness and spice!