Confabulation. (A Skip Beat! Fanfic)

His wife, Her past.

"So for the time being we are going to play along with Kuon's fantasies?" Yashiro asked slowly.

"Exactly!" replied Lory. Kyoko groaned as Kanae hugged her tightly.

"So what's the plan?" Kanae asked as Lory began to explain the plan to them all.

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Kyoko slowly pushed open the door to the room where her new fake husband Kuon lay. He was still sleeping, but Kyoko knew her job, she was to be here when he awoke next.

How could a man like him love a nobody like me?

She wondered as she looked down upon him. This was the man who was supposed to love her! The man who was Japan's number 1 bachelor and actor all rolled into one.

"What type of man are you if you think of me as your dream girl?" she asked quietly as she took Kuon's hand and sat beside him. A quiet calm had filled her after Lory had told them all the plan. This was almost like a personal challenge to herself. She wanted to prove not only to the president, Kanae and Yashiro that she could play the young woman in love, but also to herself!

Could I really love again? Could I truly love Kuon?

"I will try Kuon. I will try and love you in the way you deserve, but I'm not sure how good I will be so please bear with me." she spoke quietly but loud enough for the resident who had been about to enter the room to hear. Turning away from the door he looked at Kanae and Yashiro.

"Let's give her some time alone with him." he said. As they nodded and walked away Kanae spoke again,

"How do you think she will really cope with this?" she asked as they sat down in the cafe with cups of tea and coffee.

"I'm not sure, but it sounds like she has made her mind up so she will do all she can to try." Yashiro answered as he blew his coffee.

"I never wanted to be the one to tell her how he felt, but under the circumstances..." Lory's sentence tapered off,

"We never knew something like this would happen. I just hope this doesn't have a...shall I say negative effect" he finished weakly, they were all thinking the same thing. Would Kuon scare Kyoko off from the little bit of love she had accepted.

"If he hurts or upsets her in any way, he is dead." Kanae stated coldly as she stared at Lory.

"I do not believe Kuon would ever hurt Kyoko-chan." Lory said with confidence as he watched his other rising actress huff.

Even if she pretended to be nonchalant about her friendship with Kyoko it was plain to those who knew her the friendship was not a one sided deal. She loved Kyoko and Kyoko loved her simple as that.

"He loves her too much." Yashiro nodded as if this was enough of a reason why.

"He doesn't have to physically hit her to hurt her, Glasses-kun." Kanae snapped as Lory chuckled,

"Oh so you have pet names already?" Kanae blushed as she turned from both of them. They could think what they like, but she was very uncomfortable with this entire situation.

"I didn't mean he would physically hurt her, it's the emotional hurt I worry about...after Sho treated her the way he did, how can I not be worried? It's not you that has to deal with her flipping fits afterwards." she added as an afterthought, why should she reveal how much it scared her that Kyoko may get emotionally hurt by not being ready for Kuon's advances with her love life?

"Could someone explain everything that happened with Mr. Fuwa. I think that now we have reached a point where we need full clarity on all situations." Yashiro and Kanae swapped looks. Kanae wondered just how much Yashiro knew. Yashiro knew that Kanae, being Kyoko's best friend, would be fully aware of the situation.