The protagonists
Yugi D. was rehearsing hour by hour, day by day, and week by week. Obtaining the leading role for the play "Valentina", based on one of her favorite books and the only love story that actually made her feel something, was one of her biggest desires and amazingly enough, it was going to be considered as the next project in the theater club. The competition was tough and at the end, the role was disputed between the seven girls of the club until the professor assigned it to Yugi D. It was one of the most satisfying moments in her life. That day, a new member joined the club. It was Yuiichi Sugaya.
Neither the twelve members nor the teacher in charge of the club could hide their surprise, but didn't reject his application at all. Any new member was one point in favor for the club.
The boy showed from the beginning that he was very serious and quiet, and wore a displeased expression on his face. He didn't talk to or look at anyone other than the boys that were auditioning for the roles in the proposed play. He gave everyone the impression of a rough boy who was obligated to take part in it. It was finally the time to choose the main roles when the teacher proposed Yuiichi to audition for the role of Valentina's lover since none of the other boys had the talent needed to deserve it.
Yuiichi seemed more upset after hearing the offer, but he didn't refuse at all. Actually, his performance was very convincing, the best the teacher had seen that day. The decision was obvious.
The teacher started to dispatch the students while announcing that the official results would be published first thing in the morning the next day.
The first one to leave in a hurry was Yuiichi. It was normal to think that he definitely didn't want to be there.
While the other girls of the club were telling Yugi D. how lucky she would be if Yuiichi was the one that got the role of her lover, Yugi D. couldn't hide the anger that she was feeling in that moment. The girls asked her what was wrong but she couldn't reply. She should be happy for obtaining the role she wanted all along, so she didn't want to sound ungrateful.
The truth was, she felt all this was an insult. For a guy with popularity and an obvious vanity to even dare look at others in the face or give any grateful words for having the honor of auditioning for a big role on his first day in the club, and for obtaining it that easily, plus all the rumors about him just couldn't be something pleasant. Yugi D. thought an injustice had been made; furthermore, if the so called Yuiichi managed to get chosen, that would imply having to work many hours with him until the festival week of the school when the play would be performed for the first time.
The next day the announcement was made, and it didn't surprise anyone in the club that Yuiichi Sugaya would be the protagonist. The same couldn't be said about the rest of the students of the school. There was a big commotion among his fans. The news reached the ears of Christina, who with her friends and the other fans, did everything possible to find out what the play was all about.