Mad About You
Chapter 8: The Play Part II
AN: Thanks for the reviews, I'm aiming for 100! WEEE! Keep em coming my peeps!
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"KAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!" a loud scream called down the long corridor and traveled to Kai's locker. Kai didn't have to turn to see that it was Ayame. She had been even more hyper today, if that was possible, because auditions had been earlier that week, and the news of Ayame's role hadn't been posted until this morning. Kai had rushed earlier that day to the callboard to see if Ayame had made it.
Not that he cared.
Riiiight.
"KAI! I MADE IT! I got the LEAD!" she screamed and ran so hard and fast that she knocked Kai over in the process. She fell on top of him, but she didn't seem to notice. Kai, however, did.
"Ayame." Kai tried to get up, but Ayame had him straddled and pinned to the ground. He tried to ignore it and listen to her talk, but she was speaking so rapidly he didn't understand her either. He only recognized a few words out of a lot of talking.
"Kai! You should have been there-"
Her arms were on either side of his waist.
"They asked me to sing-"
Their faces were only about a foot apart.
"I was really nervous-"
Kai's face felt hot.
He looked around to make sure no one was staring, but they were alone. No one else had come nearly as early as them to view the results of the audition, and no one wanted Ayame to win as much as the two of them.
"And then I just sang and everything went really good and then-" she cut herself off.
"I'm really sorry Kai! I didn't realize-" She quickly hopped off of him and Kai tried to hide his blush.
He opened his locker and pretended not to notice the red creeping into her cheeks as well.
"So, um, anyway, Tatsuhiko was there too. He got the part he wanted too." Kai pretended that this didn't bother him.
"Well, I'm glad you got the part." Kai started to walk away but Ayame grabbed his arm. He turned around reluctantly.
"I won't have to kiss him. I made sure when I asked the play manager." Kai breathed a tense sigh of relief. Then he grinned. If Tatsuhiko didn't know that he wouldn't be kissing Ayame, he would sure know after first period. Ayame broke his thoughts in mid-fantasy.
"DID YOU JUST SAY YOU'RE GLAD I GOT THE PART? YOU ARE SO SWEET!" she cried and hugged Kai from behind. Her arms crossed his waist, and he tried really hard not to run away.
When Ayame let him go, Kai didn't turn to look at her, because he knew he would have hugged her back if he had. Instead, he walked off and didn't say anything.
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"Kai, where have you been?" Max asked, as Kai slouched into the locker room late, as usual. Though he had arrived to school early, he had wandered the halls for a while, debating about Ayame.
"Walking."
"Oh. I see," Max said, grinning at him. "With Aya, no doubt!" he whispered quietly. Kai couldn't help but smirk, remembering that he had to tell 'Tatsu-chan' the good news.
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"Are you serious!?" Tatsuhiko cried out in the locker room. "Damn you, Kai! You did this! I KNOW you did! I'll find some way to-" he was frantic, yelling things he couldn't possibly have known. Not that they were true anyway. Kai couldn't resist.
"Actually Ayame told me that SHE was the one who REQUESTED that you don't kiss her."
"WHAT!?"
If it had been anyone but Kai, he wouldn't have been able to hold in the laughter.
But it was Kai.
But his face cracked, and he smirked.
Close enough.
Kai walked away from Tatsuhiko's stunned face so he would break into tears from laughing so hard.
He met up with Tyson, Max, and Rei upstairs. Mr. Kudou told them they would be playing basketball today. Kai hated basketball very much, but nothing in the world could have ruined his bad mood today.
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Art class was a joy too. Tatsuhiko didn't make any smart remarks to Kai at all, and he wouldn't look at Ayame, who had moved her seat next to Kai's a few days ago.
Ayame, on the other hand, spoke to Kai all period. Her hyperness had lasted all day, and it seemed to be even more of it the later in the day it got. Kai assumed that she'd be like this until the play was over.
"Kai?" Kai was snapped back into reality by Mrs. Ainoe.
"Huh?"
"Are you listening?"
"Sure."
"Then why don't you tell me what I just said."
Kai thought furiously trying to remember what she had said. Kai turned to Ayame for help and she grinned and wrote "projects" on her paper for him to see.
"A project." Mrs. Ainoe raised an eyebrow and spoke once again.
"About?"
Kai looked to Ayame again and she wrote "pair portraits" down.
"We have to draw portraits of each other." Mrs. Ainoe turned away from Kai, apparently disappointed and spoke to the rest of the class.
Kai tuned her out yet again and went back to his thoughts.
Why was Ainoe trying to be a teacher all of a sudden? She never cared whether Kai listened or not before, so why now? And they had already done pair portraits! Why were they doing it again?
Kai felt a hand on his shoulder. It was Ayame.
"What?" Kai turned to look at her to see the hyperness still there. Ayame's eyes were incredibly large and she was beaming.
"Mrs. Ainoe just said that we have to work with the same people as last time."
"Why? Why are we doing this again?"
"Were you listening?" Ayame practically sang. "We have to do one every quarter to see how we've improved."
Kai nodded to show comprehension. Ayame continued.
"We're behind in our studies though, so we have to do it after school. Like at each other's houses. You wanna come over after school today to get it finished?" Ayame asked. Her eyes were still dilated to three times their normal size and she looked refreshingly cute to Kai.
"Sure." What had he just agreed to? He was going over her house again? Kai wasn't sure he could restrain himself this time.
AN: I know it was kind of short, but I want to get this out, so here ya go! Please keep the review coming!
AN: Thanks for the reviews, I'm aiming for 100! WEEE! Keep em coming my peeps!
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"KAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!" a loud scream called down the long corridor and traveled to Kai's locker. Kai didn't have to turn to see that it was Ayame. She had been even more hyper today, if that was possible, because auditions had been earlier that week, and the news of Ayame's role hadn't been posted until this morning. Kai had rushed earlier that day to the callboard to see if Ayame had made it.
Not that he cared.
Riiiight.
"KAI! I MADE IT! I got the LEAD!" she screamed and ran so hard and fast that she knocked Kai over in the process. She fell on top of him, but she didn't seem to notice. Kai, however, did.
"Ayame." Kai tried to get up, but Ayame had him straddled and pinned to the ground. He tried to ignore it and listen to her talk, but she was speaking so rapidly he didn't understand her either. He only recognized a few words out of a lot of talking.
"Kai! You should have been there-"
Her arms were on either side of his waist.
"They asked me to sing-"
Their faces were only about a foot apart.
"I was really nervous-"
Kai's face felt hot.
He looked around to make sure no one was staring, but they were alone. No one else had come nearly as early as them to view the results of the audition, and no one wanted Ayame to win as much as the two of them.
"And then I just sang and everything went really good and then-" she cut herself off.
"I'm really sorry Kai! I didn't realize-" She quickly hopped off of him and Kai tried to hide his blush.
He opened his locker and pretended not to notice the red creeping into her cheeks as well.
"So, um, anyway, Tatsuhiko was there too. He got the part he wanted too." Kai pretended that this didn't bother him.
"Well, I'm glad you got the part." Kai started to walk away but Ayame grabbed his arm. He turned around reluctantly.
"I won't have to kiss him. I made sure when I asked the play manager." Kai breathed a tense sigh of relief. Then he grinned. If Tatsuhiko didn't know that he wouldn't be kissing Ayame, he would sure know after first period. Ayame broke his thoughts in mid-fantasy.
"DID YOU JUST SAY YOU'RE GLAD I GOT THE PART? YOU ARE SO SWEET!" she cried and hugged Kai from behind. Her arms crossed his waist, and he tried really hard not to run away.
When Ayame let him go, Kai didn't turn to look at her, because he knew he would have hugged her back if he had. Instead, he walked off and didn't say anything.
*
"Kai, where have you been?" Max asked, as Kai slouched into the locker room late, as usual. Though he had arrived to school early, he had wandered the halls for a while, debating about Ayame.
"Walking."
"Oh. I see," Max said, grinning at him. "With Aya, no doubt!" he whispered quietly. Kai couldn't help but smirk, remembering that he had to tell 'Tatsu-chan' the good news.
*
"Are you serious!?" Tatsuhiko cried out in the locker room. "Damn you, Kai! You did this! I KNOW you did! I'll find some way to-" he was frantic, yelling things he couldn't possibly have known. Not that they were true anyway. Kai couldn't resist.
"Actually Ayame told me that SHE was the one who REQUESTED that you don't kiss her."
"WHAT!?"
If it had been anyone but Kai, he wouldn't have been able to hold in the laughter.
But it was Kai.
But his face cracked, and he smirked.
Close enough.
Kai walked away from Tatsuhiko's stunned face so he would break into tears from laughing so hard.
He met up with Tyson, Max, and Rei upstairs. Mr. Kudou told them they would be playing basketball today. Kai hated basketball very much, but nothing in the world could have ruined his bad mood today.
*
Art class was a joy too. Tatsuhiko didn't make any smart remarks to Kai at all, and he wouldn't look at Ayame, who had moved her seat next to Kai's a few days ago.
Ayame, on the other hand, spoke to Kai all period. Her hyperness had lasted all day, and it seemed to be even more of it the later in the day it got. Kai assumed that she'd be like this until the play was over.
"Kai?" Kai was snapped back into reality by Mrs. Ainoe.
"Huh?"
"Are you listening?"
"Sure."
"Then why don't you tell me what I just said."
Kai thought furiously trying to remember what she had said. Kai turned to Ayame for help and she grinned and wrote "projects" on her paper for him to see.
"A project." Mrs. Ainoe raised an eyebrow and spoke once again.
"About?"
Kai looked to Ayame again and she wrote "pair portraits" down.
"We have to draw portraits of each other." Mrs. Ainoe turned away from Kai, apparently disappointed and spoke to the rest of the class.
Kai tuned her out yet again and went back to his thoughts.
Why was Ainoe trying to be a teacher all of a sudden? She never cared whether Kai listened or not before, so why now? And they had already done pair portraits! Why were they doing it again?
Kai felt a hand on his shoulder. It was Ayame.
"What?" Kai turned to look at her to see the hyperness still there. Ayame's eyes were incredibly large and she was beaming.
"Mrs. Ainoe just said that we have to work with the same people as last time."
"Why? Why are we doing this again?"
"Were you listening?" Ayame practically sang. "We have to do one every quarter to see how we've improved."
Kai nodded to show comprehension. Ayame continued.
"We're behind in our studies though, so we have to do it after school. Like at each other's houses. You wanna come over after school today to get it finished?" Ayame asked. Her eyes were still dilated to three times their normal size and she looked refreshingly cute to Kai.
"Sure." What had he just agreed to? He was going over her house again? Kai wasn't sure he could restrain himself this time.
AN: I know it was kind of short, but I want to get this out, so here ya go! Please keep the review coming!