Disclaimer: I don't own Skip Beat and its characters.

This story is set some time after the current chapter.

"It's so boring here, Kaori. I suddenly want to eat a slice of blueberry cheese cake," said the girl flipping a fashion magazine.

"There's no such thing here, Natsu," she slowly shook her head.

"I heard that the sandwich here is quite famous though. How about that?" asked Yumika.

"Fine, maybe we will find something interesting to do outside," Natsu stood up and opened the door of their room.

Natsu and her gang walked to the canteen of the TV station. They were invited to be part of a game show due to their popularity among high school girls after the broadcast of Box R.

Halfway to the canteen, Natsu stopped suddenly. That's unlike her, thought her followers. They followed her gaze and saw a girl with long dark hair.

"Oh it's Kotonami-san," Amamiya recognized her and saw Kyoko started to shake. "Go, Kyoko-san, it's fine if you break out of character, we are just rehearsing anyway."

"But…"

"You see someone you know? Never mind we have already warmed up," Makino, the actress playing Koaori, added.

"Well… Moko-san! Moko-san!" Kyoko dashed towards the long haired girl with open arms.

"Mo! Stop!" Kanae sidestepped her attack and said, "Why are you here?"

"I miss you, Kanae!," She pouted after being pushed away and failed hugging her. "When was the last time we saw each other?"

"Well, it's indeed a long time ago. You seem to disappear for a week. You are busy shooting Box R?"

"No, we don't have shooting last week. Hi Kotonami-san," said Amamiya. "I can't get in touch with you last week too. What did you do? I want to talk to you about the 'funny' time I had shooting the variety show." The girl's mood darkened.

"Hey let's talk about that while we eat, shall we?" Kyoko turned away swiftly from the two Love Me members and walked away briskly.

"She is hiding something. She has that expression," Kanae murmured.

"What expression?" Amamiya asked breaking away from her bad mood.

"It's the face that forced me to join the Love Me Section. That professional smile of sincerity. Let's go and asked her."

"Why are you here Moko-san?" Kyoko asked with a dreamy expression.

"On a game show," Kanae's face darkened, "to promote that drama."

"That drama?"

"The one that boss forced me to take, my 'something messy' mission."

"Oh that one," Kyoko turned her face away. Fortunately I don't have to do that, she thought.

"Speaking of mission, do you know how mine unfold?" Amamiya pierced her sandwich with the fork she was holding. She took out her notebook. "That stupid show…"

"But you did have fun right?" Kyoko avoided her notebook. "I saw that episode; you seem to be doing quite well."

"Of course, that's a job! Guess I did too well; I became a regular on that show! A regular! I have to sit there and laugh stupidly every week from now on," she shouted.

Dark mood began to surround Kanae. "Apparently I seemed to act too well. Those elderly who watch period drama love my character. My character only shows up for 10 episodes or so originally, now the producer decided to extend it indefinitely. Indefinitely! Do you know how long a period drama can last! Over 100 episodes! Do you know what game show I am going on today?" she pointed her finger at Kyoko.

"Eh, no?" Kyoko answered, stunned by her outburst.

"Show that is aimed at elderly. I want to be a top actor not a period drama actor."

"At least you guys can show your face on TV every week," Kyoko forced out a smile. It looks as if my mission was the best out of the three. The best? Of course not! She shuddered at her own thought.

"How come you don't have any complaints about your mission? Where did you disappear to last week," Kanae demanded after calming down.

"What are you saying? Ha, ha, ha. Where can I go? I did not travel to other places such as Guam. Of course not," she started babbling.

"Who said anything about travelling? I remembered your mission was 'something dangerous'?" asked Amamiya.

"Right, that's right. President would not say something is dangerous at least it's really dangerous. What did you do?"

"Well, you know just meeting someone because president was busy. That was written on the mission paper," Kyoko smiled.

"You must have something to complain. What happened during the mission? These missions are implemented to cure our 'illnesses'. He carefully selected them for us. Nothing? Are you kidding me?" Kanae glared at Kyoko. "Something happened right? You are having that face, you're hiding something."

"What face?" Kyoko asked innocently. "How come they bring up that again?" she thought.

"That professional smile. If you continue to show me that face, I would not talk to you till next year"

"No! Moko-san," Kyoko started crying.

"Tell me then."

What should I do? What should I do? I can't tell them about Setsuka or Cain. That's top secret. But I don't want Kanae to stop talking to me, Kyoko thought. Also I have nothing to complain about. Not really… How can I get away with it?

Suddenly a live band appeared and started playing.

"It couldn't be, could it?" Kyoko asked.

All the love me members shook their head, mumbling, "No… No… Please… No…"

What do you think? Who will that be? New mission?

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