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Chapter 4
The weekend passed with very little incident. Kyo and Yuki hid in their rooms, only coming down for meals. Shigure was always making comments when they came down the stairs, like "Oh, look at Romeo and Juliet! They love each other so much that they-" or "Why, Romeo, where is your shining sun, Juliet, a.k.a., Yuki?", for all of which he was instantly punched, kicked, slapped, or something else. Tohru worked on her homework and went out a few times with Hanajima and Uotani.
Monday, the whole school knew who played what part. Romeo was Kyo Sohma, Juliet was Yuki Sohma, Motoko Minagawa was the Nurse, Uotani was Mercutio, Momiji was Tybalt, Haru was Count Paris, Kakeru Manabe was Benvolio, and the other characters were played by people in other classes. Hanajima and Tohru were on the stage-tech crew.
"Now!"said Matoko Takei after school, when all the people had been assembled. "Welcome to Kaibara's first ever production of 'Romeo and Juliet!' I hope everyone likes my choices, because you're stuck with them...Yes, Yuki?"
Yuki had raised his hand. "I do not wish to be Juliet," he said bluntly.
Everyone gasped. "But you have to be! You were born for that part!" cried Matoko.
"Then I'm NOT going to be Romeo!" said Kyo.
"No one asked you, stupid cat," muttered Yuki.
"Shut up, pretty boy," said Kyo.
Yuki didn't even respond. He just attacked Kyo with a right hook. Kyo went down on the ground, then jumped up and attacked Yuki. They both fought for a few minutes until Haru came in.
"Yuki, Kyo, stop," he said calmly, holding his hands out.
They stopped, but they glared at each other.
Makoto gathered his wits. "Well, do please try to get along; I'm happy with my choices, so we'd best make the best of it." Now, we'll start with handing out the script, and then, we'll begin rehearsal."
Later...
"Well? How'd it go?" asked a bouncy Shigure when Kyo, Yuki, and Tohru got home.
"WHY WOULD WE TELL YOU, YOU PERVERT!" shouted Kyo.
"For once, I agree with the stupid cat," said Yuki.
"IF YOU AGREE WITH ME, THEN DON'T CALL ME STUPID!" yelled Kyo.
Shigure and Tohru both kept their mouths shut until Yuki and Kyo disappeared. Shigure turned to Tohru.
"Well?"
Tohru thought for a moment. "They...were good. They're both excellent actors, but we only practiced the first act."
"How were they with the love parts?"
"Well...um...when we got to the masquerade party in Act I, Scene 5, where Romeo falls in love with Juliet...um...Kyo and Yuki both started fighting again," she said.
"Well, they would now, wouldn't they?" said Shigure, trying very hard not to laugh. "And what did the director do?"
"He said that was it after Haru broke up the fight," said Tohru.
The doorbell rang.
"I'll get it," said Shigure. He went to answer it as Tohru went to fix dinner.
"YUUUKIIIII!" she heard a cheerful voice yell. "YUKI! YOUR OLDER BROTHER HAS COME! KYONKICHI! TOHRU! AYAME IS HERE!"
"GO TO HELL!" came the prompt response to Ayame's greeting.
"Ah, Tohru!" said Ayame, coming into the kitchen. "Wonderful to see you!"
"Hello, Ayame-san!" said Tohru cheerfully.
"I heard from Gure-san that your school would be performing 'Romeo and Juliet,' and I just wanted to tell you that I, of course, will make you a gown that will simply suit your part as Juliet to Yuki's Romeo!" he said cheerfully.
"Oh, I'm not Juliet," said Tohru, slightly embarrassed.
"Oh?" said Ayame.
"Kyo's Romeo and Yuki is -"
Ayame was hit on the back of the head. "She doesn't have to tell you, Nii-san," said Yuki.
"Well," said Ayame. "If you're not Juliet, then who is?"
Shigure looked at Yuki. Yuki glared at Shigure. Ayame saw where Shigure was looking.
"My younger brother is Juliet!" yelled Ayame with absolute delight. "I will make you the perfect gown! And I will make sure that Kyonkichi also gets the perfect suit! You will both shine as Romeo and Juliet!"
"NO WAY IN HELL!" responded both Yuki and Kyo, who had just joined them.
"WHY THE HELL WOULD I EVEN WANT TO BE ROMEO WHEN THAT GODDAMN RAT IS JULIET! IT'S DISGUSTING!" said Kyo.
"I certainly don't want you anywhere near me at all, Nii-san," said Yuki. "And I certainly don't want to play Juliet."
"But you do make a good girl," smirked Kyo.
Yuki punched him. Kyo tried to kick Yuki, but Yuki dodged and hit Kyo with a high kick that sent Kyo flying through the door.
"Yuki," whined Shigure. "Don't go destroying my house!"
"Shut up!" yelled Yuki.
"DAMN RAT!" yelled Kyo.
"If you weren't so stupid, maybe you could've dodged it," said Yuki.
"SHUT UP, DAMN RAT!" yelled Kyo.
"Kyo-kun, are you alright!" asked Tohru.
"He's fine, Honda-san," said Yuki.
Shigure sniffed the air. "Is something burning?"
"AAAAAAAAHH!" yelled Tohru. "DINNER!" She ran inside.
"Good call, Gure-san!" said Ayame cheerfully.
"Not at all, Aaya!" responded Shigure.
A/N: That's it for now! In the third chapter, I think I spelled Aaya's name wrong. I'M SO SORRY! This chapter wasn't that interesting. Sorry!