Chapter 2: Complete Revelation
"And that's not even the best part!" Jeremie said, after dealing with the pain in his ear from Yumi's earsplitting scream. "Take a look at who the Phantom is!"
Yumi did a double take when she looked back at the list. She ran up to Jeremie, grabbed him by the shirt, and held him against the wall. "William?!" she said through clenched teeth, "OK, tell me now! What does this mean?!"
"Well…" Jeremy struggled to find the words. "You are… Kinda, sorta… William's love interest."
"We all know that! But what is he in the play?!" Yumi was beside herself with rage.
"I just told you! You're his love interest!" Jeremie gasped, his face beginning to turn blue. Yumi let her hand slide off of Jeremie, taking in the shock of the blonde boy's words. And with that, she stomped off to Aelita's room.
"I better go see if she'll be alright," Aelita said. "I'd prefer it if my room is not destroyed before I get there."
"Allow me to join-" Ulrich started, but Aelita cut him off.
"Look, it's bad enough to find out that she's William's love interest. But what if she finds out that you are her love interest and vice-versa!"
Ulrich thought for a moment. "Good point," he said in defeat.
Aelita turned on the other two boys. "Don't you dare try to tell Yumi that she's supposed to love Ulrich and vice-versa."
"Well, I wasn't going to at first, but…" Odd joked.
"Seriously, Odd. Shut up about the whole Ulrich loving Yumi in the play and vice-versa." Aelita regretted saying what she said after her ears were almost blown out. Because of:
"I WHAT?!"
"Uh-oh…" Aelita slowly turned around to face her beet-red faced friend.
"Nice move, Princess…" Odd said, before being given a look by Yumi that said Shut up or die. Naturally, he'd shut up.
"OH GREAT! NOT ONLY IS THE PLAY A MUSICAL, BUT I'M THE LEAD CHARACTER. THE LOVE INTEREST OF WILLIAM, OF ALL PEOPLE, AND I HAVE TO PRETEND TO LOVE ULRICH!!" Yumi was infuriated.
"Shouldn't be too hard, since the last thing is something you do daily!" Odd just didn't know when to quit. That night, he would find himself missing all his purple clothes and his hair gel. At this, Yumi couldn't think straight, and began to run to Aelita's room.
"Way to go, Odd," Aelita said coldly, before chasing after her friend. When she got to her room, the door was flung open and, looking in, she found Yumi crying on the bed. "Yumi?" Aelita said cautiously. "Yumi, are you OK?"
"Does it look like I'm OK, Aelita?" Yumi said, acid still in her words.
"Yumi, you've got to calm down. It isn't that bad. Besides, you get to kiss Ulrich..." Aelita said, a mischievous smile passing her lips.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Yumi said, a little scared that her 3 year secret had been let loose.
"I think you know what I mean." Aelita snickered, the smile getting bigger still.
"Oh, I see. Now, I'll say this again. I don't like Ulrich! How many times must I say it?"
"No matter how many times you say it, I'll never believe you." Aelita said.
"But I don-" Yumi started before Aelita cut her off with a mischievous glance. She started again. "Am I that obvious?"
"Yeah, you are." Aelita chuckled. "Now come on, let's go back down to the cafeteria."
"Wait, Aelita." Yumi stopped her. "Promise me you won't tell anyone?"
"I promise, Yumi," Aelita said. And with that, the girls went back to the cafeteria.
