"Squall? Squall!! Squaaaaaaaaaaall!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Squall's eyelids flickered open to reveal a smiling Rinoa.
"Ugh...can people stop doing that?"
"Oops, sorry, but you were sleeping like a baby and I couldn't wake you up."
"Ugh...forget it...kore wa doko?" [where is this]
"Ahem...uh...what?"
"What are you talking about what?"
"You said something like kure kure..."
"What? Oh...NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"
Rinoa backed away looking scared.
"Stupid Japanese...ahm...am I in the infirmary?"
"Uh...yeah...Selphie brought you in after you...ahm...fainted..."
"FAINTED!! AH SHIT!!!!!!!!!!"
"Can you stop yelling, Squall?"
"No."
"Fine," she crossed her arms and stuck her tongue out.
Just then Zell came bounding in.
"Hey man, what's up?? Oh yeah!! Go baby!! Uh-huh, uh-huh."
"What is WITH all the guys acting weird today, huh?"
"Zell, sometimes I wonder if you're gay," muttered Squall.
"What? Gay? Well, duh." Zell wolf-whistled, "Hey Squa-all, don't you know that I've had my eyes on you the whole time, babe?" he jutted out his very non-existent hips.
"But Zell, he's mine already!"
"Doesn't matter, still love ya, baby!"
"Ah shit Zell, cough out those pills and start acting normal for once," a very annoyed Squall said.
"Aww....but...but...I thought you liked me like this, Squally-poo..."
"Uh..."
"Zell, you're scary."
"I'm not scary. But I will be when I'm on the stage acting out the part of Mercutio!! WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!" he bounded out.
"Acting? Mercutio? What the f**k??" Rinoa looked at Squall, who was shaking his head.
"Going crazy over some stupid play..."
"Play?? What play??"
"Don't ask me..."
"Ask me!!" came a shrill voice.
"Selphie!"
"Ah shit. Hide me..."
"Well Rinoa, haven't you heard about our Romeo and Juliet production? We don't even need to audition and I already know who's perfect for what. I think you know Zell's Mercutio...he was so excited. Anyway, you're Juliet," she shoved 10 pages of tiny print into Rinoa's nose, "And you're Romeo."
"What? No I'm not."
"Yes you are."
"No I'm not."
"Yes you are."
"Argh! Stop it!"
"Bummer. You started it. Oh, and rehearsals start tomorrow. Well...I'm off!! Gotta give this script to Quistis. She's Tybalt...even though it's a guy's part. Oops. Oh well, she'll look fine if we just make her up a bit..." she skipped out of the room.
"Oh Romeo, oh Romeo, where thou-"
"Argh! Don't start!"
"Why? I think this is cute!"
"No it's not! It's stupid. And why Romeo and Juliet. Why not Macbeth? I'll rather be Macbeth, I'll get to kill people. And look at this. TEN PAGES!!! I have to memorize it ALL?!?!?! Squall sighed and fell back onto the mattress.
That's it! I'm going back in time to kill Shakespeare's mother...or his father...or just him. Ugh!! Calling Ellone...Ellone...1 2 3...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....
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"Squall? Squall!! Squaaaaaaaaaaall!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Squall flew up from his pillows and sheets.
"ARGH!!!! Stop doing that will you?!!"
"Well, you're not waking!"
"I need an alarm clock desperately."
"Anyway, here's your breakfast. And hurry up, you've spent a whole day in the infirmary. Get dressed and we'll go to rehearsals."
"Ohiyo..." Squall tucked in. [Morning...]
"Speak English!"
"Sumimasen. Oishii desune!" [Sorry. This is delicious!]
"WHAT??!!"
"Arigato, Rinoa san." [Thanks Rinoa]
"Uh...I think I'll leave you alone for a while..."
"Hai. Sayonara," [Okay, goodbye] Squall suddenly woke up from his Japanese daze, "What the-? Ah shit!! I HATE JAPANESE!!"
"Hey Squall, have you noticed that 'ah shit' and 'argh' seems to have taken over your 'whatevers' lately?"
Squall stared at his hands sheepishly.
"Yeah..."
"Seriously Squall, I think you've been rather stressed lately. Rest a bit. I'll just go while you get dressed."
Still bewildered, Rinoa turned to go, but a cold hand immediately grabbed her arm.
"Squall?!"
"Why the f**k do you have a lipstick mark on your arm? You're LESBIAN and you never TOLD me?! Ugh!! Why you little-" a stinging slap stopped him in the middle of his sentence.
"Ow..."
"Oh, Squall, how could you say something like that? You KNOW you're the only one I ever truly loved and now you're calling me lesbian! *sob* This red mark was from Tom the jogging boy this morning when I accidentally tripped him over and he punched me back!"
Squinting, Squall stared at her arm, and realized that the red mark was indeed a bruise.
"Uh oh...um...sorry..."
"Apology not accepted!!" sobbed Rinoa as she ran out of the infirmary, crying, "Mummy!"
Squall stared after her flapping blue coat.
"Oops..."
He got up and chased her through the corridors, attracting stares from classmen and fellow SeeDs. The sight of their well-composed (well...usually) commander running through the Garden like a headless chicken in his pajamas with a red handprint on his left cheek was well-worth remembering.
"Rinoa!! Wait up!! LISTEN TO ME!!!"
He puffed into the quad and spotted Zell standing with a short brunette near him.
"Ah shit..." Squall jumped behind a bush, but was already spotted by Zell.
"Yo Squall! S'up?! Whoa!! Uh...nice pajamas...pink's a rather nice colour on you, you know?"
"Shut up Zell!"
"Oops. Anyway, this is my new girlfriend, Lillian," he pulled the brunette towards him.
Squall felt jealousy flood through him.
"But Zell...I thought you were GAY!!! With ME-" a punch to the left side of his face left him lying spread-eagled on the floor.
"Who're ya callin' gay ya son-of-a-b***h!! I've never been interested in anything except the opposite sex...well...maybe except for Irvine...but with YOU?! I wouldn't choose you even if you were the last guy alive!! C'mon babe," he walked off, hugging Lillian to his side, and left a blinking Squall lying next to a flower bush with a hundred pink, chirping chocobos spinning around his head.
AN: Phew!! I'll start on the rehearsals next chapter, but I've gotta find a copy of the REAL play before I do start so it might be a while. Oh, and no one is truly gay or anything in this story =). Everything that Squall or Zell feels is truly temporary. Anyway, I appreciate all the reviews!! Keep 'em comin'!! Thx a lot ¤¿¤
AN2: I had to upload again coz of this: I'm too lazy to go to the library so does anyone know whether I can get a copy of Romeo and Juliet on the net?? Thanks in advance!!
