| This story begins right after the chapter 194. This is the first time I am doing this for any published story. All my fics are usually inspired by idols, not by manga or books characters, but the last 3 years of Skip Beat! have been a torture, I needed to free out my imagination for once, and I can only do this while writting.|
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters, those are copyrighted by Yoshiki Nakamura and her publisher.
What was I thinking? I nearly got trapped because of Tsuruga-san's actions. Why would he be out of his role? Or what worries me the most: Who was moving inside him? I've shouldn't left my cell-phone on but, even with that big mistake I made, I can't help but wonder and worry about Tsuruga-senpai's reaction. It was like that other time, when he filmed that scene as BJ… Thank God I reacted and I didn't spill out of Setsu's character. I'd been completely lost if I had.
Kyoko was hiding inside the small restroom the room she's sharing with her senpai while playing the Heel siblings. Her legs were shaking, her face was sweating cold, but she still was amazed at how she had conducted the whole scene. Obviously, she had pissed Ren Tsuruga by being seen in company of that punk; Her senpai despised the fact someone like Sho Fuwa had been the wrong cause for her to enter the showbiz, and he was so disappointed on her, Kyoko was sure of that. However, that wouldn't explain why he had been so out of himself, mad because she had received a call that was, probably, coming from the above mentioned punk. That had been the first time the man, Ren Tsuruga, seemed to be hiding inside had cornered her.
I am sure now: I've seen that aura showing up through Tsuruga-san's eyes before. What if I hadn't reacted? Why was he so lost when I kept on being Setsu?
Kyoko approached the basin, got a fresh rush of cold water and stared at her glimpse on the mirror. She was trying to stand still. The emotions she had just experienced were beyond her capabilities. The scene was replaying on and on in her mind: she had switched positions with whoever was occupying Tsuruga-san's body, when he should be just Cain Heel, her beloved brother, and without losing her cool she had continued performing Setsu, ignoring the fact that her senpai had been out of role for such a while.
"What does it matter who calls under an unknown number?" she said trying to show the ghost of a twisted smile on her lips "Aren't I here with you right now nii-chan?"
The man laying now behind her appeared to be mesmerized, Kyoko was trying not to let her real thoughts escape, she was fearing for his reaction, as she had been panicking ever since he'd been annoyed by that inappropriate phone call. She kept still, holding him down, maintaining the look of sweet-spoiled Setsu as strong as she could, to bring her dear brother back "I am you little sister" she had to keep talking, since he wasn't speaking yet "Of course you'd hate such type of un-welcome phone calls, no matter the hour" she kept staring at his eyes, until seeing what it might be a response.
"You're mine" he finally said, but, under the skin of Setsuka, Kyoko couldn't be sure that her partner was truly back on character. Amazed at how she was getting use of what she had learned on the drama school, Kyoko didn't break eye-contact with him, she didn't smile either, but gave him a look of mischief to remind her 'brother' that she was someone he needed to 'take care' of.
"Right" she said after "I am yours. No one's as important as my nii-chan" she said freeing her brother's body and standing up "I need to change into my night-wear" she started walking towards the restroom, picking up her bag, still keeping her cool and walking flawlessly, just as Setsu was supposed to do.
And that had been the scene. She had attempted to be brave, but it's because she was being Setsu that she had stood still to her senpai's behavior and Kyoko knew that if she had fallen out of her role, she'd been totally lost.
This… her face was starting to transition from being shocked to get heated up by anger This is all that rascal's fault! I am being able to deal with it because I am being Setsu at the moment but… Kyoko's face went back to despair What am I going to do once this role is over? She knew that her senpai wasn't the type to let such matters go easily. He will surely be still mad, once their mission as Heel siblings would be over, he would resume his angry demands on why she was hanging on with Sho Fuwa How dare he? Kyoko pressed her fists, she wanted to punch him right on his nose How dare that rascal trick me into such a situation? Her sight rose to meet her own eyes on the mirror, and then a flashback of what had happened on the parking lot made her whole body froze. Her hands rushed to cover her mouth, as if she wanted to suppress a horror scream. She had been dishonest to her senpai. She had said such unforgiveable things just to get rid of that punk. She shook her head; it wasn't helping her to keep getting lost on her recent memories. There was some situation she needed to deal with. She had to get back to that room and keep her 'brother' safe.
Kyoko changed into the provocative night-wear that was meant for Setsu. 'Cain' had seen it before, but why was she feeling shivers inside? At this rate I should be used to what being Setsu means but she was never comfortable wearing those clothes, it made her remind of the time when her brother had fallen asleep while holding her. She hadn't been able to sleep at all. That time he had also been out of himself, out of Tsuruga-san's self, out of even 'Cain', her beloved brother. No matter how much she tried to made it more comfortable and less provocative, she'd never felt secure while wearing that.
"Are you asleep?" She thought of coming out the restroom as casually as possible, like anything had just happened. He was sitting on the bed where that had been confronting one other, with a gloomy shadow coming from his eyes "Oh, you're still awake" she raised her hand to touch his face, as a caring gesture that Setsu would normally have for someone like her beloved nii-chan before going to sleep "You shouldn't be messing around the night before a shooting" She approached his face while her hand was leaving his "I am exhausted, I am going to sleep" she said feeling the risk that he might do something weird and aggressive again. Kyoko turned away and walked slowly until reaching her bed. She didn't want to look back at him, she needed to smoothly get between the sheets of her bed, as if that was her safety place, ignoring that he might be still staring her, perhaps not being back on character, perhaps just trying to do his role. Why on Earth has Ren Tsuruga stepped out his role? She asked herself again while covering her head with the sheets.