Lili was all but skipping when lunch came around. Elizabeta had called an impromptu meeting of the Yaoi club, and Lili was excited to find out why. She wasn't the only one. It seemed everyone all but ran to get there early. The only one missing was Elizabeta. Bella couldn't help but keep glancing over her shoulder at the doors to the cafeteria, meanwhile Michelle had her eyes glued on the clock. Even Kiku, who was always so calm, could barely keep still. Mei had barely touched her food, which was so unlike the petite Asian girl. Lili was tapping her foot glancing from face to face. What was keeping their leader so long?
Finally after what felt like an eternity, but was only about five minutes, Elizabeta showed up talking with her new friend from rehearsal.
"Hey guys, sorry I'm late. Is it alright if Jeanne sits in on our meeting?" Elizabeta asked smiling at her new friend, before shooting a concerned look to her club.
"Weren't inductions in the fall?" asked Michelle looking the new girl up and down through squinted eyes.
Jeanne gave an easy laugh. "Don't worry. I'm graduating in a few months. It's a pity I hadn't heard of your club earlier, I definitely would have joined."
Bella broke out into a grin. "I'm alright if she sits in."
"Seconded," Lili chirped.
"Alrighty then," Elizabeta smiled. "You are officially an honorary member of the Yaoi club."
Jeanne sighed dramatically, "Ah dreams really do come true."
The other girls laughed at her antics. Elizabeta solemnly raised her right hand, the others copying her, "The purpose of the Yaoi Club shall be to ensure affection and friendship between the guys of Everett High, so that they may realize their true feelings. To not shoot down anyone's OTP, not matter how much of a crack pairing it is, and to treat all pairings as equal – in the hopes that they might have a chance. Do not get caught, do not get blamed, but do interfere."
"Now our first order of business," Elizabeta grinned, "our lovely school is putting on a Midsummer Night's Dream, and we have a disaster on our hands. Does anyone know what the fight was over?"
Lili shook her head with a frown. "I was at dinner with them and everything seemed fine."
"I know," Bella's brow furrowed and she bit her lip. "Apparently Alfred left Arthur for awhile. And later one of Arthur's friends overheard Al saying some pretty nasty stuff about Arthur. Of course Arthur found out, and things kinda escalated from there. You all know what Arthur can be like."
"No way, Al could never do that Arthur!" Mei slammed her fist on the table.
Bella looked at the ground, "I think he must have been joking or something, but Arthur got really mad at him for the things he said."
"What did he say?" Michelle asked.
"I guess he was comparing dates with one of his jock friends, and he ended up saying something about how Arthur was only decent...and then there was the bit when he called Arthur delusional and pathetic for believing in fairies...yeah it was pretty bad. I heard that Arthur made a really huge scene, yelling at Al before storming off," Bella explained.
"Didn't Alfred try to explain? Surely he would not be so cruel to his boyfriend," Kiku reasoned, trying to give his friend the benefit of doubt.
Bella shrugged. Jeanne sighed, "I share some classes with those two. It was pretty rough the first couple days after Sadies. Arthur was glaring at his books, and Alfred was giving him those puppy dog eyes of his. But Arthur kept ignoring him, stubborn bastard. Anyway it got to the point where Alfred was tired of trying to explain himself, and decided to move on."
"What?" everyone but Lili asked.
"He started to flirt with Natalia at rehearsals," Lili's shoulders dropped. "A lot."
"No way in fucking hell," Elizabeta's eyes held a scary fire in them. "I will make him go back to Arthur, by physical means if necessary."
"I think it may take that much. They are yelling at each other on stage, everyone at rehearsal is miserable," Lili admitted.
"Does anyone know why Alfred was saying those things, or who to?" asked Mei, determined to get to the bottom of it all.
Bella shook her head.
"What about the friend?" asked Mei.
"That I do know," Jeanne answered. "It was Eduard."
"What? But his information is always spot on," protested Michelle.
"I know, I think that's why Arthur is taking his word over Alfred's," Jeanne confessed with a shrug.
"B-but the music was so loud, how can he be sure he heard right? Besides there were dozens of conversations going on, how could he pick up on that one?" Lili asked.
Jeanne shot her a maternal smile. "Those are wonderful questions. I think what you've got to do is get to the bottom of it all."
Elizabeta nodded. "Exactly. Find out the whole story. 'Get those two talking again, preferably before they have to go on stage as husband and wife.' Direct quote from Feliks, minus all the likes and totallys."
Lili sighed. Looks like she would have to conquer her fears once more, and talk to upperclassmen about their personal lives, just peachy. "Luckily I have Gil to run defense," she said miserably.
"I'm impressed, Stein," Elizabeta beamed, "how'd you manage to get him on board?"
Lili grinned, "threatened him with you, then begged. He fell for it. He's pretty gullible."
"Well we ought to be grateful for his idiocy," Elizabeta raised a glass. "Speaking of idiots, Jeanne found a ship for us."
"Oh?" asked Bella.
"We are going to get Feliks and Toris together," Elizabeta beamed.
"They would be perfect for each other," squealed Mei.
"Ohmigod, that's great!" Michelle chimed in, forgetting her worries about Jeanne. After all, she knew Francis had a past, and Jeanne had been a big part of it.
Jeanne beamed. "Those two have been dancing around getting together for so long, it needs to happen."
"Hey if you're taking on an extra case, is it alright if I do as well?" Bella asked. "I know we were originally supposed to help Arthur and Alfred get back together, but Lili seems to have it under control."
"Of course! What's the ship?" Elizabeta asked swiftly being carried away by all the excitement.
"I want to get Berwald and Tino together, before they graduate," confessed Bella. "I've seen the way Berwald looks at Tino, it's love."
"Well that's good enough for me," laughed Elizabeta, "work your magic, girl."
"I wish I could get a ship together," sighed Michelle, who longed for the thrill of another mission.
"You seemed to have your hands full when I was in the costume shop yesterday," Bella smirked.
Michelle ducked her head, blushing furiously.
Jeanne laughed. "It's alright. Francis is a pretty passionate guy, he likes to shower who he loves in all different forms of PDA."
Michelle just blushed harder. The other members of the Yaoi club laughed lightly. The rest of lunch the club chatted errantly about everything from the horrible cafeteria food, to their ships, and what they were going to do about them.
I'm not sure when I will be able to update again, but I hope it's soon. I'll be at camp next week, so either I will get to it before then, or in two weeks. Leave a review~ Oh and thanks to everyone following, favorited, and who has already reviewed. I love you all ~T.W.o.W.