Chapter 1 -Dread-

~Present time~

Giotto's POV

I never did understand school plays...why do people work so hard to present them only to be criticized? And when they only gave stress and pressure for the students while the teachers just ranted away by our every mistake. It's not that I hate plays...but I don't exactly love them either.
Why, you ask?

~flashback~

Kindergarten

We were asked by our teachers to head off into the covert court (A.K.A- gym). We were asked to line up by section and sit down. Everything was very much uneventful and I found myself bored as always. so instead I ignored the teachers and turned my attention towards my noisy classmates chatting away, talking about some random anime they watched last night, uninterested with the topic I turned away and gazed at the drifting clouds they were so lucky...I thought bitterly...they get to be free, just drift by and avoid anything...

I turned my attention back at the teachers hoping to get some sort of entertainment...

apparently the teachers have begun calling a select few of students and those mentioned stood up and proceeded elsewhere...heard something about the library...pictures...yup. Boring.

I began to gaze back at my surroundings finally stopping to stare at the beautiful sky...

-until my name was called.

"Huh?" I said snapping back to reality...

Recalling what I heard earlier and hoped my intuition was right I stood up, and went to the library for picture taking I guess? Truth be told. I was right.

The teacher didn't yell at me for not paying attention or not following instructions. And so I made my way to the library and had a group photo w/ some of my chosen classmates. What I didn't know was...what was all this for?

I found out later when the teachers handed out these manuscripts for the roles of a play. Titled" the small friend".

I blinked curiously...'OK...what am I supposed to do with this?' I scanned through the pages and found my name on the MAJOR roles...

Apparently I'm a lead character known as Christan...'No way...' I thought. I didn't know if I should be proud or annoyed. The days of rehearsal came by like a flash and for some weird reason I got to memorize all my lines perfectly. Probably because English was my best subject, I thought smugly. 'Ha ha...better not get carried away now...'

Eventually the day for the school's play came and we were all feeling a mix of anxiety and sheer determination to perform the best amongst the other sections.

Before any of that, I probably didn't mention it but...my crush, happens to be one of my co-stars playing the role as Louise.

But she was paired with another boy playing the role as John.

I was particularly annoyed and a bit...dare I say it? Jealous of the guy. Having to practice lines with Louise would be wonderful, after all Louise had long silky raven black hair and had an adorable smile, she had fair white skin and had an air of maturity around her as well as approachable. She stood out amongst all the girls in school. Even though we were just kindergartners I couldn't help but fall for her, just a little bit though.

Anyways it was our sections turn to perform; the story was about an alien heiress named Ima of a planet far away, under attack by an invading enemy planet. And before they knew it...war had begun on both planets and Ima was forced to leave for her safety under the strict orders of her parents while they stay behind.

Though not wanting to leave her parents and country behind, reluctantly she did as she was told.

Ima arrived at many different planets, one had genius humanoid-like beings who only cared for science and learning, another where it was filled with self-centered girl beings that ignored her, Ima left again to search for another planet in high hopes of finally being able to rest...but not one... took her in.

Ima was beginning to be really tired...finally she arrived at earth. That's where we come in, there she received the love, hospitality and friendship she was looking for, after awhile she then learns that her planet as won the war and her parents were safe. She went back home as she waved goodbye to her new friends.

It all went out smoothly, from the spaceships, costumes and props and our acting. Except for a scene when my partner playing the role as Minmie, tripped over among the stage wires while we were doing a scene on set. Luckily the audience didn't mind some comic relief and we were still well-received.

Backstage I saw everyone congratulating each other for a job well done. Then I saw that dude again hugging w/ Louise. Annoyed, I waited for them to finish and as she left I walked over to him and promptly stomping on his foot. He yelped as I muttered an apology making it look like an accident then feeling satisfied as I left.

Then...it was announced...OUR section had won for the best performance. I felt proud as one by one we were called on stage to bow. Everyone applauded as we all made a group bow...

That was the first time I felt so accomplished. I looked to my side and saw John and Louise holding hands as they bowed. It was also my first unrequited love or should I say failed romance?

They then left together with their parents once everything had finished, my own parents eventually came to get me and congratulated me along with my older brother, Dino.

I forced out a smile, ignoring the sharp pang at my heart as we left and drove out to celebrate.

'Everything will be back to normal soon enough...right?' I always thought to myself.

Oh how I wished so.

~end of flashback~

Apparently life was so simple back then.
If only I could keep forgetting things as unimportant at that easily...
my parents never did saw through my reassuring smiles or my usual poker face.

Nope. I hid it all too well.

~End of Chapter 1~

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A/N: Thank you for the reviews~! I'm glad you like the story despite me having bad grammar, I'm really sorry! But I will still do my best! Chapter 3 will be updated soon enough~