Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
Chapter 3: That One Fateful Moment
A
Yu-Gi-Oh Fanfiction
By: Mazakai
Conceptualized/First
Written: July 26, 2005
Completed/Final Edit: October
17, 2006
Posted:
Don't Forget! I would like to hear what you think of my story so please review.
Ladies and Gents This came to me when I was watching The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. I know its lame, but I got the idea of for a (I'm hoping) cool Seto/Tea paring. This is my first one ever. So please bear with me. Well it's not my first fan fiction but it is my first Seto/Tea paring.
Disclaimer: ME, own Yu-Gi-Oh? I wish! Anyway, if I were Kazuki Takahashi or the people at Shounen Jump or Viz or 4Kids or wherever, I'd not only be rich, but I'd make a REAL life Seto Kaiba for me to hold prisoner or something... So yeah. This is for fun, not profit.
(A/N: If you notice in similarities between the next part and the scene at the beginning of the last chapter when Tea and Seto acted out this scene, good for you 'cause it's the same thing. I really did want this audition acted out so sorry if you wanted to see the other pairs act. Though this chapter might be very, very long if I did that, so yeah.)
Both teens nodded towards Shizuka and he began to read the part of the narrator as he had for all the groups.
"There wasn't much that could stop Romeo from making his way toward the house. Then, suddenly, something did. As he dashed toward the tree beneath the balcony, light came pouring out. Someone had lit a candle in the room inside, casting light out through the balcony over Romeo's head." Shizuka read from the script.
"How did they hear me? I was creeping so quietly that I could hardly hear my footsteps myself! What awful luck! Now they're going to send the guards down to catch me and beat me because I'm a Montague. Then they'll have me arrested for being on their property. I'll be sent away to prison and I won't get to see Juliet's face ever again!" read Kaiba from the lines in front of him, acting the part of Romeo to a tee once more.
'He's good. Real good,' Shizuka thought, along with the rest of the small audience, as they listened to Kaiba as he read his lines. Then he remembered that he had to read the part of the narrator and continued. "But Romeo's luck wasn't awful at all. In fact, just the opposite was true. For after an instant of panic, Romeo realized that the candle hadn't been lit by an angry parent or a suspicious watchman. It had been lit by Juliet. She stepped out onto the balcony and began to speak."
"But, soft! What light though yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!" Kaiba replied reciting the line without looking at his sheet. He was looking directly at Tea.
"After staring out across the moonlit yard, Juliet began to move her lips as though she were speaking. But she didn't make a sound." Shizuka read.
"Who is she speaking to? I wish she were speaking to me. But no, she is speaking to someone far more worthy than me. Look, Juliet's eyes glow more brightly than any star! Those eyes pour brightness down across her delicate check and light up the night." read Kaiba.
Doing as the script instructed, Tea sighed a single sigh.
"She speaks! Oh, please speak again. For your voice is heavenly music, like angles singing in harmony as they float through the clouds." Kaiba read his voice a mere whisper.
"Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name. Or if you will not, swear that you love me, and I'll stop being a Capulet forever." Tea recited, this was the only part of the script she had memorized, looking up and into Kaiba's eyes as she did.
"She's thinking about me, just like I've been thinking about her!" Kaiba replied in a whisper, sounding dumbstruck.
"It's your name that's my enemy," Tea continued. "You'd be you even if you weren't a Montague. What is a Montague anyway? It's not your hand, or your foot, or your arm, or your face, or any other part of your body. Oh, why couldn't you have some other last name?"
"As Juliet continued, she leaned forward over the balcony to pluck a leaf off the branch of the near by tree. She leaned so far that Romeo was sure she would see him. But still she didn't know he was there." Shizuka read, almost believing that this was the actual show.
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell just as sweet. And Romeo would be just as wonderful if he were called Othello or Prospero. Oh Romeo, get rid of your name, which isn't any part of you. In exchange for your name, take all of me!" Tea read not daring now to look up at Kaiba.
"I will!" exclaimed Kaiba. "Tell me you love me and I'll be born all over again with a completely different name!"
Sounding startled, Tea continued, "Who's hiding out there in our yard spying on me?"
"I have no idea how to tell you who I am since I hate my name!" Kaiba answered. "My name is your enemy, so I refuse to use it. If it were written down, I'd tear it up into a thousand pieces!"
"Recognizing the voice that called to her, Juliet smiled and leaned over the balcony's railing and called." Shizuka read.
"You're Romeo, aren't you?" Tea asked. "And you're a Montague."
"I am neither of those," Kaiba answered, "if you don't want me to be."
"How in the world did you get here?" Tea asked Kaiba. "The walls around our house are very tall and hard to climb. Aren't you worried about the watchmen? And my father? Do you have any idea what they'd do if they found you out here?"
"My love for you gave me wings, so I flew right over the walls," Kaiba replied. "Did you think a heap of stones could keep out true love? Let your relatives do what they like to me. Any pain they could cause would be wiped out by the joy of this moment."
"If they find you, they will kill you!" Tea read her voice full of warning.
"Your beauty gives me strength," Kaiba explained. "Inspired by your eyes, I could beat any army single handedly!"
"Romeo," Tea read. "They must not find you."
"Let them find me!" read Kaiba, his voice filled with excitement.
"How did you know which window was mine?" Tea asked.
"Love showed me the way," Kaiba answered. "I'd be able to find my way to you even if you were hidden on the other side of the world."
"I would have never said any of those things if I had known you were there," Tea read. "Do you love me? I know you'll say yes, and that you would swear you love me. But people swear they'll love each other forever all the time. And their love doesn't last a week! If you really do love me, say it and really mean it."
"Ready to prove his love with a kiss, Romeo shimmied up the tree, climbed into the branches, and was perched on a limb, from which he could reach Juliet's outstretched hands. Once again Romeo tried to swear his love." Shizuka read.
"My dear Juliet, I swear by that moon, that as long as the seas rush across the—." read Kaiba.
"Don't swear on the moon!" Tea interrupted. "The moon is always changing. Every night it's a little different. And sometimes it disappears altogether. I do not want your love to change every day. Or to disappear, ever!"
"So what should I swear by?" asked Kaiba.
"Don't swear at all," read Tea. "Or if you will, just swear by yourself, since you're the man of my dreams."
"If you like," Kaiba began. "Uh, in the name of—."
"No, don't swear at all," Tea read. "All your promises are making me nervous. This is happening to quickly."
"Romeo did not want Juliet to feel rushed, but he didn't want to leave her either. So as kind as her next words were, they disappointed him." read Shizuka.
"Good night, my sweet," Tea sighed. "Let our love grow slowly, like a flower that spreads it's petals a little bit more every day. I hope your sleep is as sweet as the joy I'm feeling right now in my heart."
"Will you make me go without your promise?" Kaiba asked.
"My promise of what?" Tea replied.
"Your promise that you love me," Kaiba answered gently.
"I gladly give you my promise that I love you with all my heart," Tea responded. "Yet all of the sudden I wish I could take back that promise."
"Take it back?" Kaiba read, sounding alarmed. "Why would you want to take back your promise that you love me?"
"So I could give it back to you all over again, and again, and again," Tea read. "My love is a boundless as the sea, my love as deep; the more I give to thee, the more I have, for both are infinite."
"Juliet glanced back into her room. She heard the Nurse calling to her from down the hall." Shizuka read.
"Coming Nurse!" Tea read.
"Romeo was thrilled beyond belief. He swung on the branch like a monkey, then let go and dropped to the ground in a single leap. He lay on his back, giggling quietly, staring up at the stars." Shizuka continued.
"How do I know I'm not dreaming? This could all be a dream. It's way too quick, too strange, and too perfect to be real. Oh well if it is a dream, I hope I never wake up!" Kaiba replied almost sounding dreamy himself.
"I only have time for two more words, Romeo: Good Night! If your love really is serious, and you'd like to marry me, and you can find someone willing to marry us, let me know, and I'll be yours for as long as I live" Tea read breathlessly.
"Romeo could hardly believe his ears. He wanted to shout "Yes" at the top of his lungs, but he was too astounded to speak. As the Nurse called to Juliet again, Juliet wished Romeo "a thousand good nights" and dashed inside." Shizuka read.
"A thousand good nights from sweet Juliet would kill me," Kaiba said softly looking up. "Having to say good night to her just once is unbearable!"
"Once again Juliet appeared in the window and called softly to Romeo." Kaiba read.
"So when will I hear from you about the marriage plans?" Tea asked.
"I know just the man for the job," was Kaiba's swift answer. "Give me a little time to work out the details—a day at the most."
"By this time tomorrow, then," Tea read.
"It will seem like twenty years until then," Kaiba read.
"Like a million years," Tea read. "I had something to say, but I forgot what it was."
"Romeo was happy to wait while she tried to remember what she was going to say. And Juliet was glad to keep forgetting what she meant to say, just so she could keep him in her company. Romeo didn't mind. He would easily have made that small spot of grass which he was standing his home, as long as he could keep gazing up at her face." Shizuka read.
"It will be morning soon," Tea said after a pause. "I guess you should go. But I wish I could keep you from going far. I wish you were a little bird tied to my finger by a string. Then you could fly a bit, but you'd always have to come right back into my palm."
"If I were your bird, you wouldn't need a string," Kaiba replied. "Perching on your hand and staring at your face would be a perfect spot for me."
"Good night," Tae finally said.
"Good Night," Kaiba echoed.
"Good night," Tea said again.
"Good Night," Kaiba said again.
"Good night, good night: parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow."
"As she blew him a kiss, Romeo turned to wander away. Then he charged up to her window, and gently touched her face," Shizuka read.
Kaiba walked towards Tea and reached out and gently cupped Tea's cheek in his hand and leaned down until his lips found hers. Their kiss was just like it had been a few nights ago. They both fought for dominance and their tongues clashed intimately. Remembering where they were, the kiss became slower and after a few short final draws on her lips, Kaiba pulled away. Tea's eyes were glazed over and dark from the passion they had both just experienced. She looked up at his in daze and a blush graced her cheeks beautifully.
You know when people talk about that one fateful moment when time stops and everything around you doesn't really matter; that's exactly what both Tea and Seto were experiencing up on stage. It was their one fateful moment.
It became clear that they both felt something for each other in that very same moment. Tea knew almost for a fact that she was falling for Seto Kaiba faster than she would have liked to admit.
They were shocked out of their realizations when clapping erupted in the silent auditorium. People looked up at the pair on stage with their mouths open in shock, especially Tea's group of friends. They were clapping, but some of them looked like that they would very much like to punch Kaiba.
Shizuka nearly ran up the stage and skidded to a halt before the two still dazed teens. "That was the most invigorating display of passion I have ever seen. I almost thought that I was watching a real performance."
Tea nodded quietly and looked up at Kaiba. He was looking out nothing in the back of the auditorium. A very light blush had formed on his cheeks.
"You two may go back to your seats." Shizuka said, motioning towards the stairs.
They hurried down the flight of stairs and tea joined her friends while Kaiba marched to the back row and sat stiffly in one of the chairs.
"Okay everyone, I think we're done with the auditions, so thank you for coming, and we'll have the list posted tomorrow at the start of school. Thanks again for coming and trying out. We're hoping to make this the best play Domino High has ever seen." Shizuka said, bowing slightly to everyone before leaving the stage.
Kaiba was the first on out the door and by the time anyone else was in the school courtyard, Kaiba was already getting into his limo. Tea ran out and tried to catch him, but the limo was already turning the corner when she got to the curb.
"'Ey, Tea! Wait up; we want to talk to you!" Joey called, leading her group of friends out of the school and across the courtyard. All of them wore expressions of deep shock and confusion.
"Uh, hey guys. What's up?" Tea asked, watching as her friends stopped beside her and panted slightly to get their breathing rate back to normal.
"Tea what was that all about? You looked like you actually enjoyed kissing Kaiba back there. Wait, on second thought, why did you even let him kiss you like that?" Joey asked, almost yelling.
"I…I don't know guys. I guess I just got caught up in the moment. Why do I have to explain things like this to you? Kaiba's just like any of you boys, so what if I might like him. I'm free to like whomever I like. I don't have to ask your permission every time I want to make out with a guy." Tea answered angrily. The guys had no right to treat her like this. She had to draw the line somewhere and they just crossed it.
"Look, Tea, I don't think Joey meant it like that…" Mai said, trying to sooth things over.
"Don't try to defend him Mai, he meant exactly what he said, and we all know he did. It's common knowledge to anyone with a brain that Joey hates Kaiba. I'm not that naïve not to realize that." Tea said, huffing slightly.
"Do you like him Tea?" Yugi asked, speaking up for the first time the entire time.
"I'm starting to think that I am." Tea replied, calming down a bit.
"Then I support you in your decision on that matter. If you like him, then there's nothing we can do to sway your thoughts." Yugi said, bowing his head slightly.
"I agree with what Yugi said, it's your own decision Tea to like who you will and we can't do anything to change that." Duke said calmly. Serenity bobbed her head in agreement and Tristan and Joey sighed in defeat.
"We don't have to be friends with Kaiba do we?" Joey asked after a few minutes of silence.
"I'd like it if you would at least be civil to him. He doesn't have a lot of friends, guys. I think you should at least give me that much support." Tea replied, Mai and serenity agreeing with her on that sense. Kaiba really did need a few friends other than Mokuba and now Tea.
"Civil…I guess I can handle acting civil towards him." Joey answered, Tristan nodding grimly and Duke and Yugi smiling slightly, Marik and Bakura just looked off in random directions; they had never really interacted with the elder Kaiba and didn't mind him that much.
"Thanks, guys," Tea replied wearily. "Look, I'll see you guys tomorrow, I have to get home."
"Alright," everyone answered. They watched as Tea walked away, and then turned back into a small circle.
"I still don't like that fact that she likes Kaiba. He's done nothing but rag on all of us since day one," Joey complained once she was out of ear shot.
"Yeah, that's true, but Joey, you've done nothing but rag on him since day one as well" Yugi reminded Joey, looking up at his best friend mildly disapprovingly.
"Yug's right, even though it's tough to admit that he is," Tristan said slightly under his breath.
"That's the spirit! We have to support Tea, she's our friend. We can't abandon her." Serenity piped up, latching on to her brother's arm and smiling sweetly up at him. "Right big brother?"
"Yeah," Joey mumbled, causing Mai to laugh at his antics. Yugi, Tristan, Duke, Serenity, Bakura, and Marik all caught on and started laughing along with Mai and finally Joey joined in.
"Well, now I think I've seen it all," Duke said suddenly, his laughter still present in his voice.
"What do you mean Duke?" Serenity asked curiously, looking at the ebony haired boy.
"First, Seto Kaiba having take drama in order to pass high school, and then him actually going along with it. Second, Kaiba trying out for the biggest part in one of the most well known romantic tragedies in the world. And then him getting up and kissing Tea Gardner in front of everyone and Tea saying that she thinks she's starting to fall for the Seto Kaiba. I never would have seen all that happening our last year of high school." Duke said, vocalizing what everyone else was thinking.
Nods and grins where exchanged around the group. Then everyone said their goodbyes; Yugi going off the game store, Duke off to his own company/store, Tristan to his family's house, Joey and Serenity in the direction of Joey's apartment, Mai to her ritzy suite, Bakura to the library for some last minute studying, and Marik off to the museum where he, Ishizu, and Odion all worked at their exhibit.
And they were all thinking the same thing…
'Well, everyone deserves that on fateful moment when they meet some they might love. Why not Tea and Kaiba?'
Okay you know the drill. Please read and review. I swear there will be more in the next chapter! Besides, next time drama club starts (for real), the roles are out, and the practices are starting. Who would want to miss that? Bye!
Mazakai
P.S.-if you have any ideas that you would like to see later in the story, tell me about them and I'll see what I can do with them!
