Hey everyone! Sorry it took me so long to update! T.T School has been HORRIBLE! But the semester ends this week, so I'll be writing more soon. Thank you guys for the Alerts, Favorites, and most importantly the REVIEWS! Thank you! Thank you! I really appreciate the feedback. So here it is! What you asked for: A Sequel. I really had some difficulty with this…it just didn't come to me like the first part did…well until the end. The end flowed out of me rather unexpectedly… well never mind!
Without further ado…Another Day on Paradise: Part Dos
Finished with shooting, Ren and Kyoko made their way to the car after a long day. After the little incident the "Mari-chan" failed to portray well her character. Ren had to almost drag the performance out of her, but even then Mari kept looking towards Kyoko's direction after every scene. Once he noticed Ren raised his eyebrows and Kyoko just shrugged with a small smile. Ren took hold of Kyoko's hand as they walked to the parking lot. There was no use hiding when the entire movie crew already knew. Kyoko blushed but gave in. Soon all of Japan would know anyways. They stopped once they reached the car, and were greeted by smirking Yashiro. Ren raised an eyebrow questionably.
"I thought you left a while ago."
"Ha-ha, that was my intention, but…something came up." Yashiro's grinned and a certain evil glint came upon his eyes. Kyoko looked back and forth between the men.
"…well?"
"The president will like to see you both, tomorrow morning in his office. Both your schedules have been clear for the entire day" Yashiro grinned like the Cheshire cat and Ren groaned. Kyoko's eyes went as wide as saucers.
"You…you...m-mean he already knows!" Kyoko finished with a squeak. Ren put a hand on her waist and pulled her to him to calm her down.
"Relax Kyoko; there is nothing to be worried about." Ren finished that sentence but even he couldn't believe it himself. Yashiro simply smiled and waved at the couple as he walked towards a waiting taxi.
"Have a nice day off…and good luck!" Kyoko gave a start and Ren threw him a glare.
"Ren! What are we going to do? The president is going to be so mad that we didn't tell him. I told you this little revenge of yours was silly!" she slapped his arm, "now he's probably thinking on firing us! He's going to fire me! He's going to fire you! Nooooooooo! What are we going to do Kuon! What are we going to do! Oh my God! Oh my God! Kuon! Don't just stand t—!" Kyoko was ranting while throwing her arms around, but was interrupted by Kuon putting a hand over her mouth and move her into the car while looking around. He ran to the other side and came into the car as well.
"Will you calm down!" Kuon looked around again, put a pair of shades and his cap and pulled her hat and shades out of the glove compartment. "You said my real name twice out there and there might be reporters lurking around!" Kyoko gave a little scream and quickly put on her "disguise."
"EH! I am so sorry! I am so sorry! I am so sorry!" she tried to throw herself into a dogeza on the car floor, but Kuon stopped her.
"It's okay, I'm sure no one heard us. Just keep on your disguise; if someone heard us there is no way he or she knows you are talking about me." He pulled out of the garage and into the street. "Now, what are you freaking out about? Boss won't fire us, I promise. He puts love above everything else, remember? If anything he should be celebrating! He's been waiting a long time for this." Kyoko visibly relaxed, "now how about dinner?"
The next morning, Kyoko and Ren walked into LME and made their way to the President's office, and when they opened the door they were greeted by the strangest sight of all: the president sat on his chair with a gloomy expression and in a pair of slack and a button-down shirt. The couple looked around and noticed that his office looked like any old, boring office.
"Ah, you're here." The President looked up and quickly turned back to his folded hands. Kyoko squeezed Ren's hand and he squeezed back, "come in and take a seat. The couple slowly made their way to the loveseat in front of Lory's desk. Ren cleared his throat.
"Um…you wanted to see us?" Ren's question was met by a blank stare from the Lory. Kyoko gasped softly. His eyes looked empty.
"Ah, that's right. I needed you…now, what was it?" Lory seemed deep in thought. Then he snapped his fingers, "that's right I wanted to speak to you about your absolute and utter BETRAYAL!" Lory finished his thought in a screech. "HOW COULD YOU NOT TELL ME!" The somber look on his eyes was gone and instead there were tears. Ren sighed.
"…President…"
"I am so sorry! I am so sorry! I am so sorry! I am so sorry!" Kyoko threw herself on the floor on a dogeza. "We were going to tell you I swear, but then KUON thought convinced me to keep it a secret, and you know that he can be very persuasive…but I wanted to tell you! I swear! I am so sorry! I am so sorry! I am so sorry! Sorry, sorry, sorry…!" Kyoko broke down into loud cries and did not get off the floor until much later. Kuon glared at the President who simply smiled as he helped the girl get up.
"It's quiet alright Mogami-kun. You don't have to keep me informed. What you do in your private life is really up to you," he smiled at the girl, but then turned to glare and a pout towards Kuon, "this idiot however, owed me at least a phone call. After all I did to help him!" Lory threw Kuon a glare.
"I try to convince him President! Many times! But you know how stubborn he can get!"
"Oh, it's alright Mogami-kun. What else can an old man like me expect? Soon all my stars will run off and find love, and just like this idiot they will turn their backs on the person who help them find their way." Lory finished his lament with an exaggerated gesture of pain. Kuon simply rolled his eyes at the President's antics…Kyoko however fell innocently into his trap.
"President! Please tell me is there anything we can do to make it up to you?" Kuon's eyes widened and he frantically made hand gestures behind the President to Kyoko to make her be quiet, "just name it and we will make it happen!"
"Kyo—"
"Really?" Lory interrupted before Kuon could intervene. Kyoko nodded with a soft smile on her face. Kuon slapped his hand against his forehead. "Well…there is one thing you could do…" Kyoko cocked her head to the side as the president made his way back to his desk with a pensive look on his face, and once seated his expression turned into one of a giddy little-boy.
"…You could let me throw you a party…"
"EH!" Kyoko blushed entirely and her eyes turned wide as saucers. Kuon shook his head at his girlfriend's naïve nature. He took pity on her and took her hand in his.
"Thanks, but no thanks." He began pulling Kyoko out of the room with him.
"But she said anything!" Kuon ignored him, but Kyoko froze and didn't move with him.
"…he…he's right…" Kuon threw a glare at the smiling president and then turned with a soft look on his face to see the teen. She looked uncomfortable but not hesitant.
"We don't have to do this you know. If you still want to keep this a secret is alright."
"No, it's fine. It's about time we did this anyway." She smiled a reassuring smile and he sighed.
"…fine." Lory jumped out his chair and cheered. He then clapped his hands twice. The power went out for a second or two, but when they came back on Kuon and Kyoko where standing on a circus…literally. An elephant silently walked around the office with a beautiful girl doing acrobatics on top of him. Silk fabric hung from the ceiling and more beautiful girls doing acrobatics hung there. (A/N: I'm having difficulty describing it, but I'm sure you get the idea. If not, just think Water for Elephants and you know what I'm talking about) And then there was Lory, who sat clad completely on a ring master's outfit…with a whip on his hands…and a lion on each side.
"Well, let's get to work! You two, out! Leave everything to me! I will take care of the party, the invites, the media, etc. You two go have a date or something. I'll call you when I need you!" And with that they were both thrown out of his office. They sighed – they were doing that a lot today – and got off the floor. When they turned around they were faced with a furious looking Maria.
Kyoko flinched and internally screamed. This is what she had feared most of all…
"Why didn't you tell me?" Maria practically growled the question.
"Mari—"
"I thought you two loved me!" Maria's expression was heart-breaking and both actors fell to their knees to look at her.
"Mari—"
"…But you didn't tell me, instead I had to find out from my grandfather— my grandfather– that my two favorite people in the whole wide world are dating…"
"Mari—!"
"…And I don't get to say congratulations until now!" Maria looked up at them with tears in her eyes.
"Mari—!" They froze, "wait…you are not mad that we are dating?" Kyoko looked perplexed, Kuon simply blinked. Maria grazed them with a teary smile.
"Of course not onee-san! You and Ren-san are perfect for each other. You make each other happy…and I couldn't find a more worthy rival to lose to." Maria giggled, "But now you owe me a date! You are taking me to that new ice cream place, got it?" Maria finished with a very bossy voice and the actors laughed and nodded. They each took one of Maria's hands and walked with her. They chatted animatedly with the girl, and were having a great time until they bumped into the last person they wanted to see.
Shouko Aki wasn't an ambitious woman. She never really asked for anything. If she wanted something she worked hard until she could get it…however days like these made her wish she could just hide and have someone else solve the problem. She wished someone would just give her a day off.
Ren Tsuruga and Sho Fuwa stood locked in a heated glare lock. Kyoko stood with Tsuruga and a little girl, and she looked annoyed. Sho just stood there smirking.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't Kyoko and talent-less-pretty-boy Tsuruga."
"HE—!" The little girl looked ready to kill Sho, but was stopped by Kyoko's hand.
"Don't bother Maria-chan. Ren and I will not be baited by this idiot. Ren let's just go." Tsuruga turned towards Kyoko with a soft look and smiled. Shouko swore she had a little heart attack. The trio began walking again, but where blocked by a livid singer.
"REN? Ren? Whatever happened to Tsuruga-san?" Sho looked ready to explode with jealousy. This time it was Tsuruga who smirked.
"Well Fuwa-san, you can't really expect my girlfriend to call me that, can you?" And with that he pulled the little girl to his other side and pulled Kyoko to him by the waist. "Now if you excuse us we really must go." He then gave them a sparkling smile while pulling a smiling little girl and a madly-blushing Kyoko with him towards the parking lot. The singer and his manager stood frozen, they were brought back by returning footsteps. Shouko trembled slightly at the sight of a very-alone Ren Tsuruga.
'This could go really bad…"
"I'm sure that this is unnecessary, but I wanted to make things clear." Sho let out an irritated sound. "I want you to stay away from her. As far as you possibly can. You have already ruined her life enough as it is." Shouko stepped back as she saw Sho's cockiness come back.
"Scared?" The singer let out a mocking smiled, but to his surprise. Ren returned the favor.
"You wish." Ren chuckled at the singer's expression. "You had your chance Fuwa. You had your chance and you wasted it. You threw her away like a used rag." Ren's face grew dark. "She loved you. You were her Prince. She gave you her everything, and you used her to your advantage." Sho glared back.
"What do you know? She's mine! She belongs to me! She always has!" Ren's gaze turned to him with an almost pitiful look on his face.
"She did. She's no longer you toy to play with. You threw her away and left her in pieces, a mess. However, that mess has made me the happiest man alive, and I don't intend to give it back. So really, I must thank you. So thank you for being a selfish idiot, I owe everything I have to the mistake you made." Tsuruga turned his back and began walking back to the parking lot only to be stopped by Sho again.
"I'm still her Prince you know!" there was a silence before Tsuruga spoke again without turning back.
"No… you're not. You failed to do the most important job a Prince has: you failed to rescue her and take her to her happily ever after. Unfortunately for you, I don't intent to make that mistake." And with that Ren Tsuruga walked out of the building.
Shouko slowly approached a trembling Sho.
"Sho…"
"…it's not true…it's not true! Of course is not true! It's not true…right Shouko? It's not true, right?" Sho turned around and Shouko saw the panic and fear on his eyes and was speechless. "It's not true, right? She couldn't have forgotten me that fast. She still loves…of course she does," he began pacing and Shouko swore she saw tears on his eyes, "she loves me! ME! That smile meant nothing, that look on her eyes, nothing. Nothing! NOTHING!" and with that the great Sho Fuwa fell to his knees as if in excruciating pain.
Shouko sighed and pulled a shaking blonde towards the exit.
'Maybe tomorrow will be better," Shouko could only hope. Only hope.
Well? What do you think? When I began writing this I thought "the Sho reaction is going to be really funny!" needless to say that didn't happen. For some reason, I was compelled to write in a miserable Sho…hmmm…Oh well! Tell me what you think. Again if there are any spelling errors, I'm so sorry!
P.S I don't really think I can go anywhere else with this so…there probably won't be another part…unless you guys inspire one out of me :P