Act 1

Scene 1

Laguna pushed his hair out of his right eye and smiled at the eight boys sitting before him. "Okay, I have your roles. Romeo will be played by Squall Leonhart, who managed to obtain an average of one hundred in this class."

Squall looked up, unable to conceal his shock. "You're kidding!"

Laguna had moved on, however, and was calling out the next name on his list. "Rude Chocobo, you'll be playing Romeo's father, Lord Montague."

A bald man in the back of the class nodded. Laguna went on. "Reno Turk, you'll be playing Romeo's mother, Lady Capulet."

Reno, a red haired man with green eyes, blew a strand of hair out of his eyes and sighed. "That's not fair, yo! I mean, just because I have long hair…"

Laguna laughed. "Irvine has long hair, too, and he's not playing a woman. In fact, he'll be Mercutio, Romeo's best friend."

Irvine laughed. "Now you have to spend time with me, Squall."

Laguna glanced at Seifer. "Oh, and Seifer, you'll be Tybalt, Juliet's cousin and Romeo's worst enemy. Although, now that I think about it, that's not such a wise idea… Oh… Sorry, Squall…"

Squall forced a smile. "No problem, Laguna."

"Zell, you'll be playing Benvolio, Romeo's cousin. Yazoo will be Balthasar, your servant."

Zell Dincht, a blonde teenager with a black tattoo up the side of his face, and Yazoo Jecht, a silver haired boy with three brothers, one of who was his twin, smiled at each other. Zell laughed. "Looks you're working for me, Yazoo."

"I always work for you, Zell."

The pair was widely acknowledged as gay, even thought they insisted that they were only friends, nothing more. However, Yazoo's brother, Kadaj, spread a rumor that he had walked in on the two in a rather compromising position involving them in bed and chains. This hadn't really been denied by the pair, and the rumor had lived on.

The rest of the class was spent talking, as Laguna was preparing for working the kids to death the next day. When the bell rang, there was a mad shuffling of papers as everybody prepared to leave. Once the classroom was empty, Laguna called Squall over and looked up at him. "Are… Are you pissed at me for making you Romeo?"

Squall's voice was curt and abrupt. "No. Why would I be?" He stalked off, his head down, and Laguna sighed.

As Squall left, he ran straight into another boy entering the room. Their papers scattered everywhere, and Squall dropped to his knees. He began to gather the papers together, muttering, "Sorry. I wasn't watching where I was going."

"Yeah, you fucking weren't."

Squall looked up, opened his mouth to say something back, then stopped, his mouth gaping. The boy in front of him was incredibly handsome, with spiky blonde hair and clear blue eyes, and he smiled at Squall broadly. "Hey. Sorry. Just had to say that."

Squall nodded. "It's okay."

Laguna smiled and spoke. "Ah, good. Romeo, meet Juliet."

Squall glanced at his father and blushed. "He's Juliet?"

Cloud blanched. "I'm Juliet? That's not cool!"
Laguna shrugged. "I needed my two best actors. You two fit the bill."

Cloud sighed and stood up. "Fine."
Squall stood after a few seconds and blew a strand of hair out of his eyes. "Well, nice to meet you. My name's Squall."

"I'm Cloud. Squall… Do you know Zack?"

Squall went tense for a second, an unreadable expression crossing his face. In an instant, it was gone, and he laughed. "Yeah. I knew you sounded familiar. You're his friend, right?"

Cloud nodded. "I've known him for years."

"Well, I guess it really is nice to meet you. I've got to get to class, but I'll see you later, I guess."

Suddenly, a man walked up behind Cloud and put his arms around the blonde's waist, pulling him to him in a tight embrace. The other man had long black hair and purple-gray eyes, and he kissed Cloud on the cheek quickly. "Hey, Cloud. Might want to move out of the doorway. You're blocking everybody."

Squall's eyes went wide, and he left, muttering, "See you, Cloud."

The man behind Cloud pulled the blonde out of the way of the door. He sat down in his desk and smiled. "Was that Squall Leonhart?"

Cloud nodded. "Yes, and thanks to your little appearance, Zack, he left. Apparently he's still not over your relationship."

Zack shrugged and stretched. "So?" He leaned forward and amirked. "You like him, right?"

"Well, he's cute…"

Zack moaned softly. "Shit, I remember in freshman year, and it was raining during gym class… Damn, I had that period with Squall, and his uniform was sticking to his body… God, I got so horny after that…"

Cloud shook his head. "You're such a freak." He went over to his desk and dropped his things, sitting down just as the third bell, signaling the start of class, rang.

Laguna looked around at the class and smiled. "Okay, first period already knows who they are, so I suppose I have to tell you, too. Cloud, as you know, you'll be Juliet."

A silver haired man in the front of the class glanced back at Cloud, then Laguna spoke again. "Sephiroth, you'll be Paris, Romeo's romantic rival. Kadaj, the nurse. Cid, you'll be the Apothecary. Loz, the Friar. Zack, Lord Capulet. Rufus, Lady Capulet. And… That's it, I believe. You have rest of the class free."

The class fell to talking, and the silver haired man in the front of the class came back to Cloud. "I need to talk to you, preferably while Zack isn't around."

Zack laughed. "If I let you talk to Cloud alone you'll end up raping him, Seph."

"Shut up, Zack. All I want to know, Cloud, is if you'll be able to meet me out front after school."

"Um… I guess so."

"Alone."

"Fine."

Sephiroth smiled and walked off, and Zack smiled at Cloud. "You still like him."

"How can I not?"

"That's right. You can't forget that we used to be friends. Well, maybe he shouldn't have gone so hard on you. You're like a little brother, Cloud. I don't like what he did to you. That's not something I'm going to forget for a long time."

Cloud sighed. Sephiroth, Zack and he had been amazingly good friends for nine years, until they were freshmen in high school. Sephiroth had decided at this time that he had fallen in love with Cloud. Cloud had a crush on him, but, unlike Sephiroth, had been content with the occasional kiss. Sephiroth had been unusually patient, up until a point. He had ended up forcing himself on Cloud, but Zack had managed to walk in in time to catch them at it. Since then, Sephiroth had hated Zack with a passion, Cloud had grown terrified of Sephiroth, and Zack was caught between their two emotions. Naturally, he had gone with Cloud, and Sephiroth had been left with nothing but his brothers and a few admirers.

Leon sighed and put his head down. Math class was a piece of shit, and anyone who even managed to stay awake was incredibly talented in his eyes. He moved his foot, then realized that it hadn't come in contact with his backpack. He looked up, moved his foot again, then looked down.

It wasn't there. He sighed and (rather quickly, actually, it was an excuse to get out of class and maybe to see that Cloud boy again) raised his hand. His teacher looked at him and raised an eyebrow. "What?"

"Can I go to my last class? I left my stuff there."

The teacher sighed. "Fine. Go." She gestured towards the door, and Squall stood.

Fun! I love Zack to death, he's such a bitch! And when I saw him in Advent Children it was like who the hell is that and why haven't I seen him before? And now he's my #1 favorite character, tied with Sephiroth of course. Irvine is second, Squall third, Cloud fourth, and Luzzu fifth. Luzzu's from FFX and he almost died but I killed Gatta instead because with him out of the way Wakka and Luzzu were free to go fuck each other's brains out.