FALL PLAY
by Daidouji Tomoyo

DISCLAIMER: (gotta love these! = P) Card Captor Sakura/Cardcaptors © CLAMP/Kodansha. "Fall Play" is a fanfic written by----- ME! This story takes place sometime during the series (or maybe an alternate scene..?)--- Meiling and Eriol are present in this, both are students along with Sakura, Syaoran, Tomoyo, and others at Tomoeda Elementary School.

I'm not getting any reviews for any of my poor sappy fics .... are my stories that boring...? ;_;
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CHAPTER 2: Sakura, Syaoran, and Shakespeare

Terada-sensei and Mizuki-sensei arrived at the classroom early. Not all of the kids were here yet, but both teachers were eager to get started with working on the play. Tomoyo-chan met up with the teachers and had their little meeting about what play that Tomoyo chose and what kind of changes that they need to make the play simpler and easier for our actors without removing any important scenes in the play. Luckily that Eriol was around, knowing that he did have knowledge on these Shakespeare plays. Romeo and Juliet, no doubt. I heard from some other kids that Mizuki-sensei was an English Literature major when she was in college, so I was sure that Mizuki-sensei can be another big help for Tomoyo and Eriol to rewrite the whole script.

Meanwhile Chiharu-chan, Naoko-chan, Rika-chan, and Yamazaki-kun arrived with the usual smiles on their faces. I guess word has spread out already throughout the class about what kind of play that Tomoyo chose for us to play. They waved and greeted at me, as I gave them the same gesture. I went up to their area so I can talk to them a bit. "Ne, Sakura-chan," Rika blushed a bit on her cheeks. "Tomoyo-chan sure has an exclusive taste in plays, doesn't she?"

"She's rich, no doubt," Naoko-chan smirked. "I heard that rich kids were even taught the most advanced, classy stuff at a young age. Shakespeare is high school stuff--- not to mention completely British stuff too!"

"Hey, if that's the case, Naoko-chan," Chiharu-chan blinked in wonder, "does that mean that Hiiragizawa-kun and the two Lis know about Shakespeare, since they're rich?"

"Well, obviously Hiiragizawa-kun 'cuz he's rich AND British," Naoko giggled. "I'm sure Li-kun knows about it too! Dunno about Meiling tho'."

"Hey," Yamazaki pointed out his finger with his usual "I know it all" look on his face. "Did you know that back in the old days---"

"Oh no, don't even start, Yamazaki-kun..." Chiharu frowned. I started giggling along with Naoko and Rika.

"--- that in England, when they performed Shakespeare plays on stage---"

"Yamazaki-kun, cut it!" Chiharu continued to interrupt the biggest fibber in school.

"--- that all the cast members were all MEN?!"

"SHUT UP ALREADY, YAMAZAKI-KUN!" Chiharu displayed an angry look on her face. Obviously he was lying, I thought, until someone else had to join in our little conversation.

"I am afraid that I would have to agree with Yamazaki-kun, Mihara-san." We all turned our faces and glanced at the smiling Eriol.

"Hiiragizawa-kun...?" Chiharu blinked in confusion. "You actually AGREE with him? All the Shakespeare plays back then were an ALL-MALE cast? Don't you think that's---"

"No, it's true," Eriol nodded with a serious look. "I see that Yamazaki-kun knows a bit of British history and culture, eh?"

"Ahahahahahaha..." Yamazaki suddenly bursted out laughing. Amazing, I thought. I never knew that only men were allowed to be in the cast back then in England. I hope they did not have to do all that romantic stuff... Wait a minute.... they did... what the heck is Romeo and Juliet then... oh man...

"Daidouji-san sure has her heart set on Romeo and Juliet," Eriol continued with his usual grin. "She really does want to make this work. I believe she deserves all this... so let's all do our best to make it happen."

"Hai!!" I cheered happily. "I just love sweet, happy romantic stories!!" I blushed a bit, thinking of other things that related to it--- true love, sweet kisses, togetherness, youth, Syaoran-kun... errr... scratch the last one...

Eriol gulped and scratched his head a bit. "Uhh... I'm afraid it is a romantic tragedy... Kinomoto-san..."

"What?!" I blinked in surprise and frowned. "Why?!"

"That's what makes the play so famous, Kinomoto-san. Shakespeare has a huge variety of themes in his plays, but Romeo and Juliet is the most famous of all plays that he had written. He was a true master of stage literature."

"Oh, foo..." I frowned in disappointment. Was he trying to tell me that the lovers die in the end or what...? I just hate sad endings...

"Ah well," I sighed with a smile on my face. "At least I'm not gonna be in it this time... heh heh!"

"Aw, you're missing it big time, Sakura-chan!" Rika sighed. "What did Tomoyo-chan say? We all know that she's expecting YOU to play the female lead!"

"Aw, it's okay, you guys, I'm still gonna be rootin' for ya! I'm gonna be working backstage with Tomoyo-chan, and she's okay with it! At least I'm still part of the play in someway, right?"

"A pity, really, Kinomoto," Eriol sighed deeply. "I wonder how the handsome, amber-eyed prince would react when he hears that his precious cherry blossom will not portray Juliet at this play...?"

I blushed deep red right away when Eriol mentioned those words "handsome, amber-eyed prince." I already knew who he was talking about. "Stop that, Hiiragizawa-kun...!!" I heard the other four kids were giggling and snickering behind my back.

"Oh, speaking of Li-kun," Yamazaki interrupted, "here he is--- and Meiling's with him too!"

"As usual..." the other three girls murmured with their low tones. I turned my head and gave the couple a wave.

"HEY YOU GUYS!!! OVER HERE!!!" I called out for Syaoran and Meiling. Meiling saw a glimpse of us, smirked a bit, and immediately hooked her arms around Syaoran's and dragged him along with her as they both headed their way towards us. "Hey, what took you guys so long...?"

"Syaoran and I were taking care of some business," Meiling smirked a little, "and why are you asking about it, Kinomoto?"

"Err... uhh... um..." I gave a huge grin just to hide my embarrassment. Then I noticed Syaoran shifting his head a little bit from behind Meiling to take a good glimpse of me. I felt myself completely blushing again and grinned once more: "H... h... hoe...?"

I noticed Syaoran's soft, gentle lips move, trying to form the words: Hi, Sakura-chan... I blushed a bit and just gave him a huge grin.

"What's this about Romeo and Juliet?" Meiling joined in the conversation. "Oh I do so love that romantic story! Shakespeare knows what true romance is all about, doesn't he...?" Why does everyone here knows this Shakespeare thing except for me? I frowned when I heard Meiling mention her little knowledge about the play. "In fact, back in Hong Kong, Syaoran and I were even privately tutored by our country's best scholars at home while we were both on training, and we had to learn and memorize the whole poetic script of Romeo and Juliet itself!"

"I still don't see why we HAD to learn it..." I heard Syaoran murmur with a little dissatisfaction on his tone. "It's not like it was part of our training anyway..."

"It was your mother's idea, Syaoran!" Meiling insisted with a little smirk on her face. "Anyhow... my favorite scene was the famous balcony scene.... oh how I fell myself into a blissful dream when Syaoran had to recite the whole intro to that scene..."

"Wow, really?!" I exclaimed with surprise and glanced at Syaoran, who looked completely reluctant at this whole play discussion thing. "Syaoran-kun, that's SO COOL!!" Of course, I absolutely had no idea what I was talking about in the first place. I just had to say something just to prove to Meiling that I knew some of this Shakespeare stuff too.

"Whatever..." was all Syaoran would reply.

Later, Tomoyo-chan joined us with a huge smile on her face. "IT'S OFFICIAL, EVERYONE! ROMEO AND JULIET IS THE ONE!!"

"AAAAAAHHH!!" Meiling shrieked happily as she threw her arms around my best friend: "DAIDOUJI, I LOVE YOU!!"

"Oh I can't wait to start with this play, Tomoyo-chan!!" Chiharu-chan joined in the cheering.

"Well then, congratulations, Daidouji-san," Eriol gave a small smile at Tomoyo-chan. "I do so know that Mizuki-sensei is an avid fan of Shakespeare, while Terada-sensei here is very fond of the story. Ah, thank heavens for my cultural background... I do feel so proud myself..."

"Terada-sensei said that it's better if we simplify the dialogue a bit instead of translating it in Japanese," Tomoyo explained to Eriol. "Mizuki-sensei said that she will do the translation, but that's only for the audience to follow along. We will have to do this play as it should be--- in old English. It'd sound really weird if it was in Japanese anyway, even both teachers think it wouldn't be original if we had to translate it, plus it's going to take a long time to get this whole thing translated because of its rich poetry, you know? I mean this copy that my mom bought isn't even in Japanese..." I took a look at the few pages of Tomoyo's mother's script. Hoe... this whole script thing isn't even in English ITSELF! In fact... I can't even understand one single word of this... well, maybe a few but what is "anon," "thy," "thou," "thee," "perchance," "wherefore," and all these other weird English words mean...? I've never even heard of those words ever used in those American movies that my family and I sometimes watch on video...

"Ack.... I don't even know what these words mean..." I frowned and glanced at Tomoyo. "I'd probably die on stage if I were performing this play right now..."

"Now that's gonna be hard, Tomoyo-chan," Chiharu frowned and crossed her arms, thinking. "We all know that not all of us get good grades in English class, you know that."

"I'll take care of the mini-English session with the actors if necessary, Mihara-san," Eriol smiled at Chiharu. "It shouldn't be too hard, once Daidouji and myself do all the simplification of the original script."

"So, what do we do now?" I asked Tomoyo. "So you and Hiiragizawa-kun here are gonna do the script... what about the rest of us?" Before we continued on with our little conversation, we saw Terada-sensei standing up from his seat while Mizuki-sensei remained sitting behind the teacher's desk.

"Alright everyone, back to your seats!" Terada-sensei announced. Meiling dragged the reluctant Syaoran along with her to their seats, while Tomoyo and I happily sat at our desks, as we all stood straight, ready to listen to what Terada-sensei was going to say. "As you all know, our class was chosen by the school to do this year's annual Tomoeda Fall Play Performance, right? Starting today until the end of the week, we were given by the principal the whole week off from your usual schooling to work on the fall play performance. We all voted last week to have Miss Tomoyo Daidouji as our director of the play, and earlier today, Miss Daidouji already chose what our fall play is going to be." He turned his eyes towards Tomoyo-chan and continued: "Please, do the honors of announcing our fall play, Miss Daidouji."

We all applauded as I cheered along for Tomoyo-chan. She stood up from her desk and stood up in front of the class. "Minna-san, ohayou gozaimasu! Last weekend with the help of my mother, we found the most perfect play ever written in the history of... um..." Tomoyo lost some of her words as all the other kids started giggling. "... well anyway, we're gonna be doing Romeo and Juliet by the great English playwright, William Shakespeare! It is a story of two young star-crossed lovers who fell in love with each other deeply despite of their family clans pitted against each other in rivalry and in war. Romeo and Juliet is the most famous play in all of the plays that Shakespeare has ever written, and..."

I suddenly found myself drifting away from reality once more. Two young "star-crossed" lovers...? My mind suddenly found itself in bliss again, and right at the distance of nothingness, I could see the glimpse of Syaoran, smiling at me. Syaoran-kun... as Romeo...? Darn it... now I'm going to regret this... I told Tomoyo-chan that I wouldn't participate on stage... now who's going to play Juliet...?

"... Eriol Hiiragizawa-kun and myself will be working on our own version of the play. I already made some copies here about the characters of the play with some famous lines attached along with it too, so you guys can get the feel on how the characters are and who they should be in the play. Everyone can audition for the part, we're gonna hold auditions later today after school at the school auditorium. If you guys need some help, we've got Kinomoto Sakura-chan over there..." Tomoyo pointed her finger right at me, as I waved to everyone with a smile on my face, "... who's going to be working backstage this time assisting the actors on how they should play their part!" She passed out the copies of the lines to us as she finally concluded: "... Okay, don't be nervous now, the play isn't in two weeks, so we've got PLENTY OF TIME to rehearse! So... let's all have fun and make this play the best ever!! Totemo doumo arigatou gozaimasu!"

"YAAAAY!!!" We all cheered and applauded as Tomoyo went back to her seat.

"Now kids, if you all have any questions, just let Mizuki-sensei or myself know, okay?" Terada-sensei added another announcement. "Alright then, break up and let's get started!"

Finally, first day of preparation for the fall play officially started. I looked through the packet that Tomoyo passed out to us, just so I can be more familiar with this story. So, Romeo and Juliet is a love story, eh? Just like last year's play, Sleeping Beauty... but that was a fairy tale. This one is Shakespeare. Wow indeed. Now I can finally show off to Touya when I get home tonight that I DO know what Shakespeare is after all.

I turned my head to see Syaoran-kun looking bored and smug as usual. I noticed Meiling talking to Chiharu, Naoko, and Rika about the play while Yamazaki-kun was talking to some other boys in our class. I blushed a bit, knowing the fact that Syaoran and I are alone in our seats now. I gave him a huge grin and spoke: "You don't look so good, Syaoran-kun."

"I'm not gonna crossdress EVER again..." Syaoran replied with a little glare on his eyes. I knew what he was talking about. Our version of Sleeping Beauty was a cross-gender-type of play, meaning that the boys will have to play the female roles while the girls get to play the male roles. Syaoran played the sleeping princess and I played Syaoran's Prince Charming... a little strange, don't you think? I actually had fun being the prince... and Syaoran looked so cute in that dress. I blushed and giggled softly to myself, thinking about that memory.

"Not on this one, Syaoran-kun," I replied with glee. "Hey, speaking of that, I wanna hear you recite that whole intro line thing that Meiling was talking about last night.. that is, if you still remember..."

"That boring stuff?" Syaoran replied with a direct tone. "Do you really want to hear it? You might fall asleep, knowing that you wouldn't understand a single word of it. Besides, it's a boring line... when I first started to learn that line I often fell asleep myself trying to memorize that stuff."

I giggled a bit and crossed my arms, looking at him with a little uncertainty on my expression: "Hey, I'm a dummy in Shakespeare, Syaoran-kun... teach me... onegai shimasu...?"

"Alright then... but I warned you... you might end up falling asleep in the end..." Syaoran gave a little hint of smile on his face. I just love it when he smiles... it made him look a lot more attractive. He cleared his throat and recited in a soft, gentle voice--- so soft that no one else in class by me can hear it:

But soft, what light through yonder window breaks...?

I leaned my elbow along with my head against the near edge of Syaoran's desk as I continued to listen with my usual smiles...

It is the east... and Juliet is the sun!

Ohh... so that's where Eriol got that line earlier this morning when he saw us! (*FLASHBACK* ".. it is the east.... and Daidouji Tomoyo is the sun!" - Eriol Hiiragizawa)

Arise, fair sun and kill the envious moon
Who is already sick and pale with grief
That thou her maid art far more fair than she.
Be not her maid since she is envious,
Her vestal livery is but sick and green
And none but fools do wear it. Cast it off...

Syaoran-kun...
I found my voice inside me sighing in pure love and bliss as I listened to Syaoran-kun's lovely voice, reciting this whole line. I don't know what the heck you were saying but... oh Syaoran-kun... you sound so... well... how your voice and your words flutter my heart...

It is my lady, O it is my love!
O that she knew she were!
She speaks, yet she says nothing. What of that?
Her eye discourses, I will answer it.
I am too bold. 'Tis not to me she speaks...

Without being aware I used both my elbows and rested my whole chin against both fists, looking at Syaoran reciting this Romeo line. I expressed my best smile as I blissfully relaxed, listening to his poetic, wonderful voice. The whole line sounded so romantic, even if I still had no idea what they all mean. Right at a glimpse I noticed his deep amber eyes looking through my dull emerald ones. I gasped softly silently when I caught his eyes with mine. He continued to recite:

Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven,
Having some business, do entreat her eyes
To twinkle in their spheres till they return.
What if her eyes were there, they in her head?

I found myself closing my eyes and took his voice and these wonderful words through my mind and through my heart. Oh how wonderful he sounded. He would definitely become an utmost PERFECT Romeo for the play. Syaoran-kun... speak some more... I really do wish you were describing me... now that would be a dream come true...

The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars
As daylight doth a lamp. Her eyes in heaven
Would through the airy region stream so bright
That birds would sing and think it were not night.

I sighed softly, draining every single word, every single note of his voice. I found myself completely addicted to his poetic prose that I dropped my other arm and opened my fist on the arm resting on to his desk. Gently, I leaned my cheek against that open palm while remaining my eyes closed, still being enchanted by his poetic words of love. Maybe Shakespeare plays are "plays of love" after all. Maybe this is what Shakespeare is all about...

Maybe Shakespeare wrote this play to bring two hopeful people together in love... if ONLY that I decided to let Tomoyo cast me as the female lead in this play (Juliet, I guess...?), maybe she would have cast Syaoran in this play too... UGH, why does the world have to be so unfair...

Keep reciting, Syaoran-kun... I want to hear your voice again... I found myself blushing deeply, even with my eyes closed...

See how she leans her cheek upon her hand...

I gasped with surprise to hear Syaoran say that. Was that part of the Romeo line or was he talking about me now...? My left cheek was already leaning against the open palm of my hand and... oh my goodness... he IS talking about me now!!

O that I were a glove upon that hand...

Glove...? Maybe he was talking about my hand on my cheek... Syaoran-kun... please... don't stop... you... are such a dream come true...

... That I might touch that cheek!

All of a sudden, silence stood still. Syaoran stopped reciting his Romeo line. Why did he stop, I thought. I was just beginning to enjoy his voice too.. it's like his poetic voice is a sweet lullaby to my ears. Anybody who was anybody would definitely would want him to be Romeo in our play. I certainly would want him to be Romeo... he would be just so perfect! The problem now is that Tomoyo had to look for a perfect Juliet. Someone who would so connect with Romeo... someone who would be such a good match to Syaoran... I wish Syaoran did not have to be Romeo because there was not any other person I can think of other than Meiling (not that I'm saying that Meiling is not good) who would be a good match to him. Sometimes I even considered myself to be the perfect match to Syaoran, but then again, we both live in two different worlds (and I don't mean him from Hong Kong and me from Japan either). I'm just an average kid living in a standard home, he is going to be the future leader of the mysterious yet powerfully popular Li Clan who lives in a huge palace mansion with a lot of servants, a domineering mother and four older sisters, under intense training in magic and self-defense by the clan elders, and most of all, ENGAGED to his cousin, Li Meiling! With all those differences, there was no way that Syaoran and I would be a good match at all. The only thing in common that we have is that we are both involved in the mysticism of the Clow Cards--- the one that I was chosen by Kero-chan to collect and return the cards to the Clow Book so that Syaoran can retrieve that book and return it back to Hong Kong where the book belonged to.

Oh well, I guess I can just continue on dreaming... but the best part of Syaoran and me was that he and I have become close friends now. We were not on a heated rivalry as we once were when we first met. I was chosen to collect the cards because I accidentally opened the Clow Book, his mission was to take the book and the cards away from me so he can return back to his home and safely return the book to his family. But now, the mission did not seem to be this way anymore. The Clow Book and the Clow Cards are now mine and Syaoran decided to stay with me as my ally, my partner... my best friend (other than Tomoyo-chan, of course). Ah well...

Even if Syaoran became silent my mind was still playing that whole Romeo line through my head slowly again. I felt like I was floating in Heaven everytime I recited that whole line to me. Syaoran recited it as if he was speaking to me. Why was I feeling this way anyway? I mean, it was just a line in a famous play... too bad those words belonged to Shakespeare... I would die a happy girl if those words were Syaoran's and those words were speaking to me. Ay, me...

"Sakura..." Hoe!! He spoke my name!! My heart suddenly leaped and weeped in joy. In my little heaven I saw him standing from the distance. He was looking right towards me with a sweet smile on his face. I found myself standing still, returning the smile at the same time. He slowly approached me and extended his arm to me. I reached my arm to him and placed my hand on to his. I blushed heavily as he looked deeply through my eyes. I felt his hand gently holding mine as he slowly pulled me closer to him. I just glanced at him with pure bliss when I found him getting closer towards me. Knowing what was going to happen next, I closed my eyes and waited for this magical moment to begin...

"HEY!!" From out of nowhere, a loud snap was heard as I shook in shock by the sound of that snap. I immediately opened my eyes and found myself back in my homeroom class in Tomoeda Elementary. And right in front of me was Syaoran with his fingers formed into a snap. He must have snapped his fingers to wake me up from my Dream World.

"Hoe?!" I gasped and blushed in embarrassment and placed my hands on my blushing cheeks. "Wha... wha... what happened here?!"

"I knew it," Syaoran smirked a little at me. "You fell asleep."

"ACK!!" I covered my face so Syaoran would not see me looking like a moron. "Gomen ne... Syaoran-kun... but I just can't help it..."

"I warned you earlier, Sakura," Syaoran leaned against his seat. "I told you this whole line would make you fall asleep... look at what just happened to you..."

"Hey, spare the 'I told you so' line, Syoaran-kun!" I replied, sticking my tongue at the same time. I giggled for a few seconds while Syaoran just shook his head at me. Then, I changed the subject: "That was beautiful, Syaoran-kun..."

"How can you say that when you just fell asleep?" I blushed immediately, trying not to blurt out my true feelings as to why I ended up falling asleep.

"I loved the way you recited it, Syaoran-kun..." I immediately covered my mouth after realizing what I just said. Baka ne, Sakura.. totemo baka da yo!! (Stupid, Sakura... you're a real moron!!)

"Really, Sakura...?" Right away I noticed Syaoran blushing slightly after I gave him that "accidental" commentary. I nodded humbly and gave him my usual grin. "Thanks..."

"You know what, Syaoran-kun, you should be Romeo!" I cheered happily. I felt comfortable finally telling him what I thought of his version of the line. Still the whole thing did not make sense to me, but who cares, it sounded really romantic. I wonder if that "hand on her cheek" line was also part of that Romeo line... either that or he was teasing me or something.

Syaoran suddenly turned sour when he heard that: "No way..."

"Aww... but why not? You'd make such a perfect Romeo!" I pouted sadly when Syaoran turned his head away.

"Heck no... I'm not gonna spend the whole rehearsal days kissing some girl I don't like..." Hoe?! There were kissing scenes in Romeo and Juliet too?

"Kissing... scenes...?" I blinked in curiosity. Syaoran nodded with a frown on his face. "Hoe..."

"There's lots of them... I mean, come on, Romeo and Juliet is a romance play, remember? OF COURSE THERE ARE KISSING SCENES IN THERE!!"

"Hoe..." was all I can say to him, trying to find the right words. "Um... um... I know! We'll just make Tomoyo and Eriol cut the kissing scenes stuff and cut to the next scene, you know?? I mean, the audience is gonna know that they're lovers anyway, right?"

"It's not that easy, Sakura," Syaoran gave me another warning reply. "Shakespeare is very deep at these things... all the necessary stuff should be there... kissing, especially..." Even I can't imagine Syaoran kissing some other girl on stage... it was already weird enough that I had to kiss him to wake him up in Sleeping Beauty, but that was just one scene... but lots of them in Romeo and Juliet? We're even too young getting into stuff like this in the first place... were they expecting us to grow up this fast? Hoe... "Anyway, Sakura, since you already told Tomoyo that you're not interested in being in this play, then I should work backstage too! I'm not getting involved in all of that..."

"Me neither!" I gave Syaoran the thumbs-up. "Wanna work with me in helping out the actors?"

"Sure," Syaoran grinned a bit as we both gave each other the thumbs-up. Then from the distance, Tomoyo was approaching right at us.

"Sakura-chan," Tomoyo smiled happily as she waves hello to Syoaran: "Hi, Li-kun!"

Syoaran returned the wave as I answered: "What's up, Tomoyo-chan?"

"Hiiragizawa-kun said that he's just gonna do the script by himself, so I just let him do that. I need your help in casting actors now..."

"I thought that's going to be after school!"

"I know, Sakura-chan, that's why we have to get ready!" Tomoyo turned her head towards Syaoran: "So Li-kun, I heard from Meiling that you're---"

"Yeah, yeah," Syaoran just rolled his eyes. "But I'm not gonna be in this play... I'm just gonna work backstage with Kinomoto here..."

Tomoyo smiled sweetly at him: "We'll see about that." She winked at him as she dragged me out of my seat. "Come on, Sakura-chan, let's go somewhere else quiet..."

"Hoe...?" I blinked in confusion as I glanced at Syaoran. He just shrugged and crossed his arms as I gently waved at him. "I'll be back later, Syaoran-kun..."

"Uhh.. I'm gonna be hanging out with Yamazaki for now if you're looking for me, Sakura," Syaoran replied as we exchange our goodbyes to each other.


Later at an empty corner Tomoyo and I have been jotting down possible names of our classmates who would be perfect for the part. Tomoyo did most of the work though, since I was busy reading the basic plot of the play, since I felt like I was the only moron in class who did not know what Romeo and Juliet was about. Throughout my reading Syaoran was in my mind again. Oh how he would be so perfect being Romeo, but then again, he didn't want to be in it because of all the kissing scenes and stuff in that play. Syaoran-kun, if a quick peck on the lips was nothing in Sleeping Beauty, you can survive this too!

"AH!! I'M DONE!!" Tomoyo gasped happily and closed her notebook with a grin on her face.

"The casting?!" I wondered.

"Yep! I won't announce it till later after school at the meeting!"

"Wai!!" I cheered happily. "We're ready then!!"

"So, you now know how to help out with the actors' lines and movement, right?" I nodded happily. "Good! Now we're in business! All we gotta do is wait until Hiiragizawa-kun's done with the final script!"

"Hey, I didn't pay attention--- who's gonna be who in the cast?" Tomoyo hid the notebook away from me and shook her head while smiling.

"It's a surprise, Sakura-chan!"

"I HOPE you didn't put MY name in there, Tomoyo-chan!"

"Relax, I kept my word about you not being in the play, Sakura-chan, so don't worry, you're not in it. You're gonna have to wait until after school."

I stood there and kept silent, as I returned the smile. After school meeting, she said. She was going to reveal who are the potential people to play whatever part in the play, she said. Now this, I have to wait and see. You can bet your bottom yen that she wrote my name in that notebook. I knew Tomoyo-chan very well. When it comes to things like this, I was always placed in the lead of all her stories on video. And now that her cast list may involve my name, she might even involve Syaoran's name in there too, since he was like a boy equivalent of me to her. My main concern now is for me to not be involved in the casting and Syaoran winning the role as Romeo.

That Romeo line that he just recited still ran through my mind. Even though the whole line was still like a secret code to me, hearing Syaoran saying that line completely captured me. I just wished to the stage gods and Shakespeare's ghost to make my hope come true for now and make Li Syaoran portray the young lover Romeo Montague in our upcoming play.

And now, the mystery question just came to me-- Who is going to be Juliet...?

To be continued...

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