Chapter 4 everyone!

Chapter 4

The Bizzare Play

Sakura's POV

"I can't live without you," said Li. "You are the only one for me."

I looked down. "I… love you too, but we mustn't!" I said as I shook my head. "I can't be with you!"

I wiped my tears away and Li approached me.

"I'm sorry…" I whispered. "This is breaking my heart."

I fell in a faint, but Li caught me. "No!" he said. "No matter what happens… I… (I flinched) will not let your curse be in the way of us!"

"Cut!" said Tomoyo suddenly. "That was excellent!"

Li got away from me like I was a germ. "Finally…" I heard him mutter.

Everyone clapped and some whistled.

Naoko wiped her eyes with a handkerchief. "That… was beautiful," she said.

I stared. What are you guys talking about, Li practically messed up…

"Wow you can actually cried Sakura-chan!" said Chiharu. "You are so great!"

"Ahaha…" I said rubbing the back of my head. "I was just bringing in the dramatic moment…"

"Tripped on a line there neh, Li?" said Hiragizawa. Li scowled.

"Let's see you try, fag," he shot back. Everyone laughed.

Are you confused? Well I'll tell you. It all began a few days after I visited Amamiya…

Flashback

Our English class was presenting a play called, "Tragic Symphony." A sad love story between a princess who is cursed and a prince who wants to save her because they fell in love; the curse is that whoever the princess loves or cares about will be predicted to be killed in some sort of way. It's pretty weird and startlingly tragic.

And guess who was chosen as the prince and princess…

"Let's do a drawing so everyone can get their parts fairly," said Rika as she brought a huge bag.

Since Rika was chosen to be coordinator, she was told to organize the whole play. Tomoyo as well was lead designer in making all the costumes (which surprisingly took her very little time and they were all well made).

Everyone placed their names on a piece of paper and put them on the bag.

"Alright!" said Rika. "The role of the prince is…"

She smiled. "Li Syaoran!"

Everyone stared at Li. "Damn," he said.

"Whoo-hoo Li!" said Yamazaki.

"Oh shnaps, oh shnaps!" said Eriol.

"Shut up!" said Li as they laughed.

"And the princess is…" said Rika as she took out the piece of paper. She stared at the paper for a bit as she paused.

"Uh… Rika-chan?" said Chiharu.

She turned around and laughed nervously. Then she gave me an apologetic look.

No… it can't be…

"Kinomoto Sakura!" said Rika. Those words hit me like lightning.

Everyone exploded with laughter. They all predicted that it would be me (except for Meiling and her gang).

End of Flashback

"C'mon people, the play will start in a week!" said Rika. "Let's work hard!"

"Hai!" said everyone (Yes!).

"That's it for today!" said Rika. "See you guys tomorrow!"

The school bell rang and everyone poured out of the class.

"Huh… when will this be over," said Li.

"Ah, why couldn't I be the princess!" said Meiling. "Not that idiot Kinomoto."

Humph, maybe everyone hates your face that's why…

"It's just a play Meiling, get a grip," said Li.

"How can you be so calm!" said Meiling angrily. "That geek Kinomoto is with you instead of me!"

I stared.

"Ah geez Meiling, shut your trap will you?" sighed Chiharu.

"Yeah, you're giving everyone a headache…" said Naoko. Tomoyo and Rika smiled.

"Hmph!" said Meiling as she stormed of with her friends.

I sighed. "Thanks guys," I said in relief.

Of course Li was totally against the play, but if he didn't cooperate, he would fail the English course (his mother warned him that she would remove his privileges to use his credit cards if he failed).

So…

Throughout the week, our class took over the stage in the arts center. Li wasn't really good at acting, but hey, neither was I. However… there were always compliments like…

"THAT WAS GORGEOUS!" sighed Tomoyo.

"Outstanding," said Rika smiling.

"No one can do it better than you guys!" said Chiharu.

"The best of them all!" said Naoko.

Li and I stared blankly.

"No… that's…" we said at the same time.

"Now you guys are in sync!" said Tomoyo. They sighed dreamily.

Li and I sighed uncomfortably.

Geez…

Syaoran's POV

"Tomorrow… will kill me," said Kinomoto, placing the text books back in her book bag.

"It's just acting… it's not real," I said as I placed his cigarette on the ash tray. "Why are you so flipped out?"

"St-stage fright," she said.

"Nobody cares if you mess up, half the school doesn't even know you…" I said lazily.

"They will after I mess up big time," she said.

Geez, she won't quit.

"Look, I'm with you in most of the scenes… so I'll try to help you okay?" I said. "Just pretend it's just you and me talking…"

"How can you be so calm?" she said. "It's like you don't even care…"

"I don't," I said. "But that damn teacher said I would fail the fucking course…"

"Then… you're confident about this?" she said.

Confident about what?

"It's not real," I said. "It's…" I paused. "You're just showing people how you act on the story… with the lines they give you… it's no big deal."

She sighed. "I hope you're… right," she said.

"What kind of stupid play is this?" I said as I read through part of the script.

The prince embraces the princess.

"I have to make out with you? That's gay," I said reading the lines.

"You have to what?" she exclaimed.

"Don't worry, I'll pretend," I said. "It's says, 'prince embraces the princess.'"

"Oh my…" she started.

She blinked and started to turn red.

"Wow, they really want this to be dramatic," I said surprised reading the part with all the dying. "I think everyone dies."

Then I looked up at her stunned face. "What's wrong with you?" I said.

"Ah… well… oh no," she said.

"What, we have to 'kiss' each other?" I said and she flinched.

"Yeah…" she said blushing.

"It's just a fake thing… it's not like," I started. Wait… did she think that it's…

I stared at her.

"So you're embarrassed?" I asked. "It's just a peck on the mouth."

"Well… er… I'm…" she stammered.

I smirked. "Wanna practice?" I said evilly as I moved towards her. "I know a more fun way…"

"Huh! No!" she said moving away. "It's just that—"

"Let's practice, it'll be fun," I said. I placed my right hand on the floor on her left which forced her to lie on her back.

"No Li!" she said blushing harder. "I don't…"

Then I placed a hand on my cheek and slowly dipped to her face.

She tightly shut her eyes.

She's so dense…

I stopped right where my lips would touch hers. Then I waited and she slowly opened her eyes.

"You are such an idiot," I chuckled. I sat up away from her and she stared at me.

"I can't believe you actually thought I was going to kiss you," I said. "That was funny."

"H-hey you scared me!" she said. "You…"

"It's what you get for being stupid," I said.

"…You…" she started.

"…?"

"I can't believe you did that…" she said as she hung her head. She placed my hands on her face and gasped. "You jerk!" she said, her voice muffled.

"Hey, it was just a joke!" I said. "Don't sob just because…"

"I hate you, you idiot!" she said. She began to cry.

Oh my god, fucking baby…

"Hey look, I'm sorry okay?" I said in a frustrated voice.

Her cried suddenly turned into laughs. "Huh?" I said.

"GOTCHA!" she said laughing.

"You liar," I said grumpily.

"It's what you get for being stupid," she repeated.

"Why you…"

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

The whole audience clapped at the performance of the orchestra. They all bowed in front and walked to the sides of the stage.

"That was the music club," said the announcer. There was a slight pause. "Please wait for the presentation of junior English class of Terada Yoshiyuki."

The whole class was preparing for their costumes. I waited in the men's wardrobe room.

"Hey Li, good luck making out with Kinomoto," said Yamazaki.

"Hey shut up man," I said. "Or I'll stab you with this crappy sword."

Yamazaki and Hiragizawa laughed.

"Why does Li have to make out Kinomoto anyway?" said Hiragizawa as I flinched. "That's a little too…"

"Stupid?" I snapped. "It sure is."

"Oh well too bad," said Hiragizawa. "Make it a good one!"

"Break a leg!" said Yamazaki. "Until it bleeds!" They chuckled.

"I'm gonna kill you guys after this…" I snarled.

The theatrical, yet stupid music intro played. "Thank you for coming honorable guests!" said Daidouji's voice from the microphone. "The English junior class will now present 'Tragic Symphony'!"

The whole audience applauded.

Kinomoto and I had to wait behind the curtains.

I saw Kinomoto's panicked face. "You scared?" I whispered.

"No… of course not… I'm just…" she stammered.

"Yeah, that's great," I said as I pulled the curtain so that we can peek at the audience.

Kinomoto stared at the audience for a long time. "What's up with you?" I asked.

"Uh… uhm…" she sighed. "I don't think I can do…"

"Too bad Kinomoto…" I said. "It's too late for protests now."

Sakura's POV

He was right… I couldn't ditch everyone, but I'm so nervous.

"Hey…" said Li as he placed his hand on my shoulder.

"Huh…?" I said.

"I'm right behind you," he whispered in my ear, which sent, strangely, a sense of comfort through my nerves.

For a mean dude, he's supportive at least. Is this a one time offer?

"O… okay…" I said.

Tomoyo was narrating the story and the intro characters presented their act.

"Long ago, in a far away place, there was a kingdom of gold… ruled by a great king and a wise queen. However, they came in fight with a sorcerer and the sorcerer cursed them so that their only child would house a terrible curse…"

Syaoran's hand trailed down my shoulder to my right hand and gently grasped it.

What the… why is he so nice all of a sudden? I felt myself turn red.

"The queen was frightful of the curse, but the king refused to believe… and in a year, a daughter was born." (Rika held a fake baby and smiled as Yamazaki grinned).

As my part was coming near, he clenched my hand firmly, little by little. I blushed and looked at him, but his gaze was at the stage… like he didn't know that he was doing this…

"But then… after another year… the king suddenly died in an unexpected heart attack… then after another year… the queen died of a stroke…"

Tomoyo paused because some people were gasping and stuff.

"The signs of their deaths were unknown… and the kingdom believed that the doing was the curse of the sorcerer. The kingdom was in terror, and the trusted advisor of the king begged the sorcerer for the cure …"

Then he suddenly looked at me and I didn't speak, just stared.

STUPID SAKURA, WHAT'RE YOU DOING? STOP STARING AT HIM YOU…

"What's wrong?" he said.

"The sorcerer knew that a lot was destroyed, so she decided to give the cure. That the princess must find the one for her… and he must love her back and the curse must choose…"

"Uh… um…" I stuttered.

"You need to control your staring problem," he said looking back at the stage again. His hand still held mines.

"Then the princess finally grew up… as a beautiful young woman… yet she cloaked her generous personality as a cold-hearted person… to prevent herself from loving anyone because she feared she would kill someone…"

"You ready, Kinomoto?" he said to me.

"Y-yeah… I think," I murmured.

"Don't worry… just act like a bitch like you always do," he said.

"Uh…" I said.

What the, I'M NOT A BITCH!

"You mean a bastard like you?" I said angrily.

"Whatever…" he said as he pushed me to the stage.

"W-wait!" I said, startled.

"The princess had many suitors, but each died right after she met them…" said Tomoyo.

The whole audience stared at me and I froze. At this moment, I would've fainted from freaking out, but…

"Kinomoto!" snapped Li quietly. "What the hell are you doing! ACT!"

"R-right!" I whispered as Naoko went to me.

"Sakura-chan, you okay?" she whispered.

"Yeah, I think so…" I whispered back.

"Okay…" said Naoko winking. "Good luck…" She presented me with a basket full of flowers.

"Here, princess," she said in her most childish voice. "Something beautiful… for a beautiful person."

Okay, in this act, I'm supposed to reject them and snap at her. It's kinda hard… but…

"Don't worry… just act like a bitch like you always do…"

That… Li… you…

"What do you think you're doing, you little shit?" I said sharply the best I could as I slapped the flowers from her hand. Naoko gasped.

"How dare you give me such ugly things, get out of my sight!" I snapped.

Naoko cried fakely and ran away.

The crowd was filled with murmurs.

When Naoko reached the end of the stage, she grinned and gave me thumbs up.

"Break a leg!" she said smiling.

I nodded. Right… now I'm not so scared anymore.

The next scene was me sitting down in some garden and Li had to make his appearance.

"The princess was feared… they didn't know her curse… and the advisor passed away the week after the princess turned three years old," said Tomoyo, her voice echoing through the theather. "Until… a noble and kind prince came…"

Li came in with his costume and fake sword and grinned as though he was going to laugh at me. Half of the whole audience screamed out to him

"The prince was opposite of the princess, for he was kind to everyone, only merciless to enemies…" said Tomoyo. "And the prince saw the princess' cruel personality…"

"Excuse me," he said to me, which I was taken aback. His voice is so kind… and warm, and lighter than his original tone.

But this voice, this voice sounded so… familiar…

What was it…?

The student girls screamed out his name. "LI-KUN, WE LOVE YOU!" they screamed.

"Please remain silent!" said Kaho as the audience went wild.

"May I have your name, your highness?" he said smiling. I stared.

The crowd was silent as well.

"Kinomoto, say something!" Li hissed, back to his normal snappy tone.

"Uh…!" I said. I finally pushed his hand away. "You don't need to know my name," I said angrily.

He grinned, but quickly made an innocent face after that. "No need to be shy, your highness," he said his warmth coming back again. "My name is Nakamura Kaito…"

His hand touched me again very softly (don't worry, its part of the script too) and placed his lips on my hand.

The girls screeched in envy as the crowd oohed.

"Hasegawa… Ayumi," I said slowly.

"Nice to meet you," he said smiling again.

Geez, if only he was like this in real life…

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

"Ayumi… I… can't stop thinking about you," said Li as he looked at the ground.

Next line… next line…

I looked at him in surprise.

"What do you mean?" I asked as he came to me. "You…"

"Please stay with me… stay," said Li as he held me tight.

Eh? This wasn't in the script…

I stared at him, but his face was covered by his bangs. He held me tighter.

"Stay… with me," he whispered. "Stay…"

"…"

"The prince fell in love with the princess," said Tomoyo through the speaker while the curtains closed. "And Ayumi did not know what to do…"

Li and I walked out of the stage as the other people were directed to go on in their places.

"That was very good Li," said Rika as she passed the scripts to the other people. "You were very detailed on your acting."

"Li…" I said.

"What?" said Li, looking at me. His face was back to his normal snappy tone.

"That part… I don't' think it was from the script," I said slowly.

"What part?" he asked.

"That part you just said to me…" I said. "That wasn't in—"

"Of course it was you idiot," he said. "What the hell are you saying?"

"What?" I said. "I never saw that line…"

"Look, just worry about your own lines… don't worry about mines, I got it covered," he said, taking out a lighter.

"…"

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

"The princess didn't know what to do," read Tomoyo. "Then after a month from a short war, the prince returned to the princess.

"I always thought of you… and when I think of things other than me being with you… it hurts… a lot…" Li said placing his hand on his chest.

Some of the girls were screaming still, but very faintly, since Kaho was getting annoyed.

"Kaito…" I said. "I…"

He walked up to me and hugged me. I gasped along with most of the girls who screamed even louder.

Geez, how annoying could you get?

"Kaito… please don't tell me," I started.

"Ayumi… I love you," he said. "I want to be with you."

I stared at him. Li noticed that I was going to slow…

"Kinomoto…" he muttered between his clenched teeth. And I finally came back. Oh my god, I almost forgot my lines.

"Why…?' I said.

"I can't live without you," said Li. "You are the only one for me…"

I looked down.

"I… but we mustn't!" I said as I shook my head. "I can't be with you!"

I wiped my tears away and Li approached me.

"I'm sorry…" I whispered. "This is breaking my heart…"

I fell towards him and Li caught me. "No!" he said. "No matter what happens… I will not let your curse be in the way of us!"

"Kaito…!" I said. "I… I love you too!"

We hugged and Li smiled.

"I love you," he said as he kissed me on the lips. I stared, wide eyed, as I felt his tongue press inside my mouth.

"!"

To be continued…

Ahh… sorry I took so long in updating! But now it's finally here, and I'm going to try to update the next chapter faster because this one is shorter than usual. Hope you enjoyed this chapter and please review!