Here's chapter two! I realized my titles kinda suck…
"I'm not going!" Takao sat still on the bench in his kendo uniform one afternoon arguing with Hiromi.
"But Takao! Some people would kill to have a chance to be in the musical!"
It's been a few days later since the Call Backs were posted and Takao has been stubbornly refusing to attend the day of the call backs.
"I have kendo that day!"
"No you don't!" Hiromi argued knowing Takao's schedule. He stood up to face Hiromi,
"Look, I do kendo and beyblading. I don't sing or act in musicals. Ok?" with that, he put his protective gear on.
"But Takaoooo!" Hiromi whined trying to convince him otherwise but Takao already walked off for his match.
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"Of course I'd do it! I would kill to share the same stage as Ming-Ming!!" said Kyoujyu with fan boy excitement during their lunch conversation.
"You?" Takao raised a brow, "In a musical?"
"To be with Ming-Ming: Of course!!"
"But you don't know how to act, or sing, do you?"
"No! But I'll try anyway!"
"E-Excuse me…" Takao and his friends turned to see a brunette with pink highlights.
"Yes?" Takao asked as it seems she's only talking to him.
"Um…I just want to wish you luck in the call backs…I, um…thought you were really amazing…I-I hope you get the part!" the girl said nervously and shyly.
"Um, thanks?"
"I really find it amazing that…well, someone into sports can sing too…it's just like the musical…y-you're breaking down walls, Takao-Kun…"
"I am?"
"Takao, do you honestly not listen to any conversations during the day?" Hiromi pointed out but Takao only shrugged.
"Well, um, thank you for the…uh, support…" Takao slightly muttered under his breath.
"O-Of course! W-We have always been big fans of yours…"
"We?" Takao repeated and looked behind the girl and into the hallway; there he spotted lots of girls watching the scene but when he looked at them, they quickly hid themselves, "Oh…um, say thanks to them for me."
"Y-yes!" the girl slightly bowed while blushing and joined the rest of the fan club outside the room.
"Well…that was interesting," said Takao out loud.
"Yes, Takao, you actually have fan girls," said Hiromi and Takao looked at her.
"And you didn't tell me this until NOW?!"
"I didn't want to boost your ego," said Hiromi with a smirk and Takao glared,
"Kyoujyu?"
"I honestly didn't want to boost your ego either," Kyoujyu confessed and Takao was appalled.
"I don't have an ego! At least…not as much as before…" he mutters the end.
In less than a week, it seems 3 people changed the way people view their classmates and the stage of the theatre:
First being Ming-Ming, a superstar in a regular school and auditioned for the role of Sharpay in the musical.
Second and third being Takao and Kiyoshi; both being sports-related boys and both auditioned for a musical, or anything on stage, for the first time in their lives. Not only that, both are extremely popular with the girls except one is gay and the other is oblivious to it all.
Three of the most popular students in a popular musical? At that thought, everyone knows that they need to get their tickets fast if all three pass the call backs!
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"Hey."
"Whoa!" Takao jumped when he walked out of the locker room after kendo and Kiyoshi was standing right in front of it.
"Takao Kinomiya, right?" Kiyoshi asked in a plain voice.
"Y-Yeah…"
"Nice to meet you, I'm Kiyoshi Sato," he introduced and they shook hands, "I'm glad I'm not the only alien to the theatre."
"Oh, I guess I'm glad too…" said Takao with shifty eyes.
"Come on," Kiyoshi motioned and Takao just shrugged and followed.
"So how did you end up doing a duet with Ming-Ming?" Takao asked as he followed Kiyoshi out of the gym.
"Well…long story. I got acquainted with her before she started to attend. She also knew about the auditions. So she made me audition with her since she won't have just anybody play the character 'Ryan' while she's Sharpay. In a way, I was forced to but I didn't really mind. I've always wanted to try something in the Drama department before graduating! Why did you audition?" Kiyoshi asked.
"Well…my friend Hiromi, the one that auditioned for Gabriella, she made me do it. The only difference between you and I is that I DO mind! But…I might not back out like I planned to…"
"Really? Why?" Kiyoshi asked.
"Well…a lot of people really look forward to me performing…and I hate letting people down," Takao confessed.
"Ah, fan girls?" Kiyoshi guessed and Takao nodded.
"That's really nice of you. And who knows, you might end up liking it! So I wondering, if you are going to do the call backs, wanna practice with me for a while?" Kiyoshi suggested and opened the auditorium doors, "Any students that want to practice are allowed in here."
"Well…I guess it couldn't hurt," said Takao and dropped his belongings next to the stage when he got there. There were only a few other people here practicing when he looked around. But they all stopped to look at him and Kiyo for a moment before continuing.
"Have you ever seen the movie?" Kiyo asked when they both got on stage.
"Well no," Takao confessed.
"Really? And you're doing a musical one it?" Kiyo started to laugh but quickly calmed himself, "Okay, okay, sorry, let's get serious!"
"I am serious! Well…I'm serious but…not into it yet," said Takao and just made himself be quiet so Kiyo can continue.
"Here, one thing you need to do to get into this musical is to at least watch the movie so you get the idea of it. Second, you need to know the songs. Now you have a very good voice from what I heard during the auditions, but I think you need practice. It sounded like you never sang before in your life!" said Kiyoshi and Takao raised a brow. He has to watch "High School Musical" and learn the songs? As for the singing…he couldn't remember ever singing when he was little.
"Wait, you know how to sing well?" Takao asked,
"Yes! That's why Ming-Ming wanted me in particular! I've done chorus when I was little! Until Soccer came into my life, all I did was sing and beyblade when I was younger," Kiyoshi explained and pulled Takao along to the center of the stage.
"Try to sing this the way I do: hit all the notes with the same beats," said Kiyoshi and did some beats and rhythms by snapping. He hummed a bit to himself before he started to sing one part in a song: "No, no, no, nooooo, no, no, no!"
"You try it."
"…Why I'm I singing 'no'?" Takao asked and Kiyo rolled his eyes.
"It's one part of a song: No, no, no, noooooooo, no, no, no! Stick to the stuff you knooow! If you wanna be cool, follow one simple rule, don't mess with the flow, no, nooooo! Stick it to the status quo!"
Kiyoshi made it sound so natural when he sang and Takao thought about his own singing.
"Oh wait! You're playing Troy! You should sing some of his songs!" Kiyoshi remembered, "Sorry, I like this song. Really weird since I'm not 'sticking to the status quo' like the song! I mean, a soccer guy singing in a musical! Okay, let's just start with the basics: Do you know your Do Re Mi's?"
"My what…?"
"Oh boy…" Kiyoshi shook his head, having his work cut out for him.
About a half hour later, Takao thought singing was pretty…easy. Kiyoshi even stated how he was natural. When Takao started to learn a song, Ming-Ming arrived with some guards.
"Kiyo-Kuuuuun!" she called and Kiyo waved so she sees him. She arrived on stage and smiled cutely at both boys.
"Takao-Kun! It's been so long since I saw you!" she winked cutely at him.
"Oh, I guess it has…" said Takao thinking back to the BEGA vs. BBA battles. If anyone can get prettier or cuter than before, it was Ming-Ming!
"Are we all practicing?" Ming-Ming asked and Kiyoshi nodded, "I really hope you get the part, Takao-Kun! It would be awesome with we get to spend some time together!"
"Oh, okay, I guess it would," said Takao, nodding.
"Kiyo-Kun! Let's practice 'What I'm looking for' together!"
"Okay," Kiyo shrugged and got ready. The first thing Takao noticed was how this version was different from the one he sang with Hiromi.
"It's hard to believe, what I couldn't see-that you were always there beside me!"
"Thought I was alone, with no one to hold!"
"But you were always right beside me!"
Takao's mouth slightly dropped. The two didn't even need to warm up and they're almost perfectly in-sync!! Takao's wondering if he even belongs here…
But wait! Kiyoshi helped him today and got him to understand how to sing better…does that mean he's better than how he started out? Maybe…maybe this is worth a try...
Takao then suddenly had a worried look on. If Hiromi found out he's been practicing 'with the enemy' as she would put it, she would not be happy…
"Takao KINOMIYAAAA!"
Takao slightly flinched; if that wasn't a female scream, he would've thought it was Kai.
Please R and R!