Author Note: So I am trying my hand at a happy fic. It's a little strange for me to say that because I love dark and drama, I love going into hidden emotions and trying to get the reader to experience them too. However, I think that I wanted to challenge myself at the request of some reviewers and try a happy story so I hope you like it and thanks for reading.

This is set with information pre-Momiji arc but also set in the future.

It's Just Like Magic

Chapter One – Three Little Words

Kyoko had made up her mind on December 26th that she loved him. She had realized it a while back, the feeling that she didn't want to let go of him and that she felt jealous whenever another woman was at his side. She had come to terms with the feeling that her respect for Ren might be deeper. It was after he had given her that jewelry set on her birthday that she had known for sure.

She was in love with Ren Tsuruga. The only thing she didn't know was how to tell him. She was only eighteen now and Ren was going to turn twenty-two soon, wouldn't he think that she was a little young? Would he laugh if she told him that she had these feelings? Would he say that he had been privately dating somebody else?

Her heart beat heavily in her chest.

This was why she had been so afraid of feeling love, of finding someone that she felt this way towards. She didn't want to be trapped in an endless cycle of devoting herself to a man and then finding her heart broken. She didn't want to lose what she had with him. She didn't want to risk him hating her or laughing at her.

She paled, maybe it was best not to tell him. If she could just keep her distance from him then she could continue pretending that everything was okay. He wouldn't be inconvenienced and he wouldn't tell her to get lost or bully her about it. She just needed to keep her dis-

"Kyoko-chan!" Yashiro smiled as the three of them saw one another, he waved before seeing Kyoko's nervous figure. He reached out for her but she shook, she stared up at the actor with wide eyes before blushing and looking down. "Oh, is there something that you're not telling us," Yashiro said with a teasing look in his eyes.

"Leave Mogami-san alone," Ren said with a roll of his eyes. He smiled at her as Kyoko tried not to make eye contact with him. "How are you today? Did you sleep well after all of the excitement these past two days?"

Kyoko bit her bottom lip and moved her foot awkwardly as she tried to concentrate on the tiled floor. "I…I had a great time at the party. Thank you for your present," she said as Ren tilted his head. He shared a concerned look with Yashiro.

"Mogami-san, is something troubling you?" he asked with his gentle voice and Kyoko felt a slight happiness burn inside of her.

How did his voice become more beautiful to listen to overnight? How did his smile affect her so much more than before? Why was she so nervous around him, he had released so many Kyoko angels that she felt that she could fly in the air in the same style as Corn did.

"I have to go!" she choked, "Sorry Tsuruga-san!" she apologized before running off.

Ren looked at his manager in shock, before Yashiro could ask him what had happened, Ren shook his head. "I have no idea." Inside he hoped he hadn't done something to scare her or make her unable to open up to him anymore. He loved her, he had known that for so long now. The last thing he wanted to do was terrify her.

….

Kyoko ran down the hallway, her hand on her heart as she felt that it was going to light up and burn through her chest. She couldn't take it if he rejected her. She could imagine him laughing at her, scolding her, telling her that he never wanted to see her again. She wouldn't be able to cope with that.

Somehow, a rush of relief went through her when she saw her best friend sitting alone in an office. "Moko!" she said as she burst in. "Hey, can you help me?" she asked as Kanae looked her over.

Kanae looked down at the script she was reading over and then pushed it to the side. "Help you? Didn't your thank everyone party part two go okay?" she asked wondering what else Kyoko would be asking about. However, as she looked over her friend's face she saw the high level of anxiety that she was lugging around with her. "What do you need help with?" she asked.

Kyoko took a deep breath before closing her eyes, "How do you tell somebody you love them?" she asked.

Kanae stared at her in horror, sitting up a bit straighter in her seat. She looked at how Kyoko had bowed, her hands clenched and her skin turning a deep red in color. "What kind of a question is that!?" she asked as she looked horrified at being asked that. "Why on earth would you tell somebody that?" she asked as Kyoko felt tears in her eyes.

"Because I do love him," she said, "and it's scary. I want to be with him, I want to be with him all the time and make sure he eats and help him if he doesn't understand something in the script. I want to be able to hold him if he's scared, for him to be able to tell me if he's scared. I just…I really want to tell him how I love him," Kyoko said before looking up nervously at her fellow Love Me member.

"Who is it we're talking about here?" Kanae asked as she flicked her hair back. If it was anyone other than Ren Tsuruga there might be difficulty here. Still, if that guy was a friend to her he should be able to keep his heart bandaged together and accept the friendzone.

"Tsuruga-s-san" Kyoko shifted.

Kane sighed in relief and put two fingers to her forehead, "Then I wouldn't worry about it," she replied. "Just tell him honestly and openly like when you always speak to him. I don't think he's the type of guy to make you feel bad about something like that."

Kyoko looked down with a nod, "I know, but if he doesn't say it back and he says that I've been foolish. He's my senior, he's done so well with his work and it just…he probably has people say this to him all the time."

"Then make sure he doesn't have time to say anything until you've finished," Kanae commented before looking down. "Cookies. Bake him some of your cookies and tell him, I know that you've used that trick on me before and I'm still angry about it."

Kyoko looked away, she felt even more nervous now. "Tsuruga-san isn't the type of person who would want to eat a lot of cookies, it might be a burden for him to even accept them," she mused as Kanae sighed. Could she even get it through Kyoko's head without literally saying it directly that Ren was in love with her. The poor guy was so obvious that he had had to be patient a really long time to get to this point.

"Won't he eat them even if it is out of politeness," Kanae said as Kyoko nodded. "Then you can show him with a gift that you like him."

Before Kanae knew what was happening, Kyoko had thrown her arms around her best friend and was crying a little before laughing through her tears. "Thank you," Kyoko said, "that's a really good idea. Thank you, Moko."

Kanae nodded, Ren Tsuruga was soon going to be extremely happy.

….

Kyoko felt very lucky the next day as she sat outside Ren's dressing room after his interview. She had been able to come over from her previous job to bring him these cookies. She wasn't sure whether she felt more nervous or excited. She was finally going to be able to tell the man she had fallen in love with how much he meant to her. It was either that he would tell her those three words as well or they would always have some awkwardness between them.

It was worth the risk though, she couldn't keep this hidden forever.

She stood immediately as she saw him exit and bowed nervously. "Tsuruga-san," she said as her hands trembled. She tried to hold the bag with the cookies in very still, she was scared what he would think when he opened them and took out one of the heart shaped cookies that had either a vanilla or chocolate frosting on them.

"Mogami-san," Ren smiled back in his cheerful way, "This is a surprise. When you ran away from me yesterday I was afraid that something was wrong. I assumed that you were in some kind of difficulty and had come to me for help. Do you still need some help?" he asked, "or advice?"

Kyoko shook her head before handing him the bag. "This is for you," she said as he took it with that eye blinding smile of his that made all of the flowers bloom.

"Thank you," Ren said as he held the bag in his hands. "Is it okay for me to open it?" he asked remembering how for his birthday, Kyoko had said that she didn't want him to open the gift because she'd be embarrassed.

"Y-Yes," Kyoko squeaked before seeing him undo the bag and his eyes lit up in surprise at the cookies inside. "I'm sorry, I know you don't really like sweet things but…"

"I can eat sweet things in moderation," he said as he looked the cookie over. He didn't want to raise his hopes and ask why she had used such a shape for him. There was probably some reason that didn't have anything to do with romance in it. He put it in his mouth before giving her a thumbs up and Kyoko closed her eyes.

"I know that this is an inconvenience to you," she apologized, "and maybe I shouldn't be saying this as a junior actor but I…I'm…I love you," she said as she saw Ren gulp in surprise. She looked up with tears in her eyes expecting to see a scolding face telling her how inappropriate that was to say.

Instead he looked speechless and confused, "Did you just…" he said before Kyoko looked down.

"I'm sorry," she apologized quickly, "Please don't hate me. I won't say it again. Let's pretend that this never happened," she said quickly. "I…"

"I love you, Kyoko" Ren said as she looked up at him with a bashful smile. She looked into his eyes and saw how honest he was being. "I have for a while now," he admitted.

"You don't need to lie and say that, I'm okay if you don't love me, it's really okay, let's forget that this happened," Kyoko said quickly afraid that the words which Ren would say next would indicate friendship or a professional relationship.

Kyoko froze as she felt Ren's hand on her cheek and he bent down, putting his hand on her chin to tilt her head up and kissed her very passionately and romantically. Kyoko felt the excitement almost drown her and she wrapped her arms around his neck wanting to continue that magic kiss.

"Does that prove to you how much I love you?" he asked her as Kyoko felt everything inside of her light up and chase all of those pesky demons away. She smiled at the man she adored.

"So," she attempted to say, "can you be my boyfriend?" she asked before being scared that a shadow had appeared on Ren's face.

"There is one more thing you need to know about me before you can be my girlfriend," he said with a deep breath in. "It's a secret that I need you to be extremely confidential about. If you accept that about me then I would be beyond thrilled to be your boyfriend."

Kyoko watched him, "I take it you don't want to say it here," she said as she looked around. This place wasn't the most quiet.

"Could you come back with me to my apartment?" he asked her knowing that Yashiro would be appearing at any moment. "It's not that I'm not really happy that we love each other, it's just that this is something I need to tell you about before we become an official couple."

Kyoko felt a shiver throughout her whole body. "Can you give me a clue?" she asked terrified. What if he said that he was a criminal or that he already had six wives. She should have expected the next words though because he had told her before.

"My real name isn't Ren Tsuruga."