hi, finally. I had no idea wat to do for this chapter, but now I'm really happy with it. I finished the 7th Harry Potter book this morning, spending two full days and a half on it. I loved it, but I'm sad that the series is over. -sob sobb- anyway enjoy! (two more chapters left? yea, that'll probably be it...)
Flipping through his script, Kyo sat perched up on top of the golden statue, the one with the magnificent sculptures of people on the front. He, however, was sitting in the small hole in the back, the back where the audience couldn't see.
It was one of their final rehearsals, by then every single person knew their lines, and notes. This special rehearsal was a dress rehearsal and everyone was in costume. They all looked fabulous. Kyo thought everyone looked kind of funny prancing around in the old 1870's dresses and suits, speaking with very distinguished dialect. At least all he had to wear was a pale white mask and a tux, using his own regular voice.
Tohru was scurrying on and off the stage in a pretty pink dress. The color suited her nicely. Her haired had been curled and she had been given a dark blue cloak for this particular scene they were doing.
Yuki had on a nice jacket and button up shirt. His hair was slicked back, as was Kyo's, but because Yuki's was a bit longer, he looked even more like a girl. But that was just Kyo's opinion.
The scene was on top of the Opera House roof, where Christine and Raoul were singing "All I Ask of You", where they confess their love and when they leave, the Phantom pops his head out from behind the statue that hangs above the audience at the very front of the stage, showing the audience he had been listening the whole time. The scene was about to start, they were just doing a bit of tuning with the orchestra in front of the stage. Kyo slipped his mask on, making sure it was comfortable and stared down at the stage, where Yuki and Tohru had started performing when the orchestra started their song.
Tohru was singing, "Say you'll love me every waking moment… Fill my head with thoughts of summertime…Say be with me for now and always… Promise me that all you say is true… That's all I ask of you…"
Yuki joined in. Kyo glared at him with eyes of hatred. Why should he be singing a song like that to Tohru? He didn't have the right. "Let me be your shelter… let me be you light… you're safe, no one will find you... Your fears are far behind you…"
They continued the love song dreamily, gazing into each other's eyes. It was sickening. Well, for Kyo it was.
"Say you'll need me with you here beside you… Anywhere you go let me go too…Christine, that's all I ask of you…" Yuki sang sweetly.
"Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime…Say the word and I will follow you…Share each day with me, each night, each morning" Tohru sang, ready for her next line, "… Say you love me-"
"You know I do…" Yuki chimed in, smiling. Then they sang together, "Love me, that's all I ask of you!" The orchestra expanded their sound dramatically, but their microphones filled the auditorium. "Anywhere you go let me go too! Love me, that's all …I …ask …of … you…" Tohru and Yuki leaned in together, and their lips met. Kyo could've sworn something ripped open in his chest, but all he could do was stare down at them.
When they broke apart, the tune of the song had changed, and Tohru sang, "I must go, they'll wonder where I am! Wait for me Raoul…"
"Christine, I love you…" Yuki sang.
Tohru smiled brightly, and ran off. Yuki followed her. After a few seconds, Kyo emerged from the statue, facing the empty chairs of the audience.
He put all the emotion he felt into his acting, for it was all true. He felt like crying, but a man didn't cry, especially not a man who was only performing a rehearsal. Maybe he'd save the tears for the play…
"I gave you my music, made your song take wing…and now, how you've repaid me… denied me and betrayed me… He was bound to love you… when he heard you sing…Christine…Christine," Kyo whimpered.
He fell silent as a previous verse from their song replayed throughout the auditorium, as if it were a memory in his head he could never get out. Kyo gave a loud roar of anger and shouted, still managing to sing it, "You will curse the day you did not do……..all that the Phantom….asked…of…you!!!!!!!!" He lowered his arms he hadn't even remembered he'd raised and climbed on top of the small balcony above the stage.
The Phantom music playing strongly in the background, Kyo shouted, "GO!" and the chandelier swung down from its suspended spot and flew towards Tohru and a couple of other cast members, who we facing the audience, bowing for the play within the play, if that made any sense at all. The chandelier crashed on the stage and the cast members scrambled out of the way in a panic, even though they knew what was about to happen. The curtain closed, and the cast members were given a short break. Kyo was walking backstage in a huff, angry from Yuki and Tohru's kiss.
He was seeing red and his only goal was to get to the water bottle in the boy's dressing room that had his name one it. Before reaching his destination, someone touched his arm. His glare on his face hadn't totally faded when he spun around to look at the person who disturbed him, so the look he had given to the person had shocked them and they back away a bit. Kyo glare softened and went completely away when he realized it was only Tohru who had grasped his arm. She did have a small smile on, even though he had frightened her with that glare.
"H-hi, Kyo-kun…um… you… you were really great out there! I didn't know you could sing like that!"
He fought the urge to say a nasty comeback, because he had sung almost every day for so long with her, and instead gave a small returning smile, while responding, "Thanks.
"You didn't do so bad yourself." He grasped her hand and they walked around a little bit. His water bottle had been long forgotten. "Bet you were having a ball on stage with Yuki alone, expressing your love…" Half of Kyo wished he hadn't said that, but there was the other half that did. Maybe it wasn't as mean as he thought it sounded, because Tohru only smiled, blushing.
"T-that kiss was…" Tohru started, but when she felt Kyo's hand wrapped around hers twitch and saw him glance away from her quickly, she stopped her sentence. "S-sorry…" She whispered, not sure if he heard her, but his cat ears had picked up the stammered word.
"Don't apologize," he said quickly. "Y-you can tell me…how it was…" he hesitated before saying this, but to make her feel better, he did.
"Oh, no! It was just okay. Just a regular kiss…Nothing special…" Tohru hung her head slightly. Kyo knew she expected there to be more from the Prince's kisses, like a spark or something. She seemed disappointed that it didn't happen. Even though he wanted to cheer her up, he didn't want to say anything too corny nor did he really want to say anything in favor of the rat, so he said nothing. Kyo released Tohru's hand and said, "I'm going to the dressing room. My throat's killing me for some water." Tohru nodded and he walked away.
The rehearsal was then cancelled at that point because the chandelier somehow refused to go back up to its original position, and the nimrods controlling the wires and ropes couldn't figure out how to untangle one of the knots that had apparently stopped the chandelier from being pulled off the stage.
Tohru, Kyo and Yuki walked home in silence, Tohru and Yuki holding hands. When they arrived home, Kyo went straight to his room, as did Tohru. Yuki sat on the couch and watched some TV. Tohru, instead of lying on her bed, sat on her floor, to think.
Trying to comprehend feelings swarming throughout her head, she fell and laid on her back, her limbs spread-eagle. Why didn't Yuki's kiss give her any yearn for more? Why had her body and mind felt that the kiss was just average, just placing two lips on top of one another? She expected so much more, even though it wasn't the nicest thing to think, but she had really, truly wished that Yuki, was the one. She felt somewhat childish worrying about the one right now, when she had so much time of her life to find him, but she had felt as if he were right under her nose. And when Yuki asked her out, she was happy, but she still felt like something was still right there out of reach. She didn't know what that something was, or who that something was and now was utterly confused.
She got to her feet and walked over to her desk. She traced each zodiac animal with her fingers, going down the row. Her fingers absentmindedly went to the end, but realized that her cat figurine wasn't there. She spun around, where was he? She looked everywhere, in her closet, in her drawers and all over the floor. At last she looked under the bed, now upset inside for not being able to find her most precious… her favorite… no… her cat figurine! Tohru was blushing again and didn't even realize it as these thoughts expanded in her head. She reached her hand under the bed and groped around. She felt something and pulled it out. It was orange and it had two little purple eyes staring up at her, but that was it. It was only the head.
She searched frantically under the bed again and found the other half, the body, of the small cat figurine. Tears started to run down her cheeks. Who could have done this? Tohru now noticed tiny specks of orange in the middle of her floor and she looked at the decapitated body. She examined the two pieces. They looked like they had been smashed cruelly down on her floor. But who would do that? She was always in her room, and if not usually had her door locked. Not that she didn't trust anybody, which now seemed like a mistake, but really for no reason at all. Tohru had felt just a little safer that way. Tohru stood up again, still holding the two pieces in her hands, and her feet took her somewhere. She found herself in front of Kyo's door.
How had her legs have known that she remembered the night Yuki asked her out? It was the only night she had left her door unlocked for Kyo to put her stuff away. Had Kyo done this? But why? If Kyo had broken anything, Tohru would have expected Kyo to break the Yuki rat, because of how much they hated each other. Tohru knocked on Kyo's door and Kyo opened it. He hadn't expected to see Tohru standing there, crying, and holding the two pieces of the cat figurine in her hands. He didn't expect her to stare at him like she did. And he didn't expect his face to drain from all color almost completely and thoroughly.
"W-what was that?" he tried to play dumb.
She ignored him. "K-Kyo-kun, did you break this?"
He gulped and shook his head, but said, "Yea."
Tohru's tears fell more quickly now, "B-but, why?"
"I…I…" Kyo realized he didn't have plausible answer. He couldn't tell her the truth. He couldn't. "I was really mad at myself…and…I thought that it didn't matter to you if I broke that one, as long as I kept the Yuki one okay, or break any of the others." This answer was true; expect he wouldn't state why he was angry at himself.
Tohru started shaking her head vigorously. "N-no, Kyo-kun! I cared for this one too! I care for you too!!" She sobbed.
Before he knew what he was doing, he wrapped his arms around her and gave her a tight hug. An orange poof exploded and an orange cat was in her arms.
"I'll fix it, okay?" he said quietly.
She nodded and put the cat down. It grasped the clothes in its mouth and went into Kyo's room. Tohru came in, still sniffling and laid the cat head and body on the bed. She went out of the room, hearing a POOF on her way out. She went back to her bedroom, closed the door and locked it.
Aw Poor Tohru and Kyo. So confused and yet so blind to each other's love. review please!
