Chapter 5: Scripted

Yukino Aerahein forced herself to smile as she made her way in front of the professor's desk. Most of the girls up front gave her studious looks.

"Hello… I'm Yukino Aerahein." the girl exclaimed in a cheerful voice.

The guys, they just smiled from ear to ear, all the while shouting like hooligans—for good reason. Yukino, had the face of an angel. She smiled back, her flawless white skin glowing in the sunlight.

The professor clapped her hands to get everyone's attention "Boys! Boys! Calm down, I wouldn't want Miss Aerahein here getting the wrong impression."

"Now Miss Aerahein, please find an unoccupied seat and make yourself comfortable."

"Thank you Professor Kiarra."

The girl spun around, her short skirt hiked up revealing nice supple legs. Most of the boys of the class turned their heads towards her as she passed by, her tight uniform clung to her figure, revealing her lithe but shapely frame.

The girl's eyes darted from row to row finally resting on the only empty seat at the back row. She noticed a sleeping mage, beside him a familiar face was beaming at her.

"Azami!" she squealed taking the seat beside some sleeping mage.

"Hey there."

"I'm so lucky to be in the same class as you, even sharing the same desk!"

Azami smiled weakly. "Me too."

The brunette finally noticed the guy between them, his face was buried in his arms and he was snoring loudly.

"A-A guy?" Yukino exclaimed with a nervous expression on her face. She pointed a finger towards the snoring raven-haired boy between them.

"He's a pervert."

"That's what you always say about every guy." Yukino said sheepishly.

The raven-haired girl crossed her arms, a content smile resting upon her lips. Yukino opened her notebook, she took her pen out, ready to take down notes.

"What about him?" asked the brunette in a timid voice.

"Him? Ignore him."

"Alright…"

The lesson droned on and after nearly an hour of nonstop discussion Azami caught Yukino glancing at the still sleeping mage.

"Is he alright?" the brown-haired mage asked.

"Don't worry about him."

"B-But!"

"If he doesn't wake up all the better for—"

At that the mage stirred. The raven-haired boy stood erect, he rubbed his eyes with his wrists and mumbled something incoherent.

The alchemist-in-training rolled her eyes and sighed in exasperation "And I suppose your majesty—"

The boy shot Azami a furious glance "I just woke up, so if you please Azami."

Yukino's eyes snapped wide open, she tried to say something but no words escaped her lips.

Lei rubbed the back of his neck and turned around to see a very shocked looking brown-haired mage. He blinked, he would have pinched himself to make sure that he still wasn't dreaming when a loud snap of the professor staff grabbed the attention of everyone.

"As all of you well know, the upcoming school play, Romeus and Julliane (The counterpart of Romeo and Juliet in Rune-Midgard) will be held at the Geffite Grand Atrium this coming winter.' The professor paused, pleased that she caught everyone's attention "Now, a section from this year's freshman batch have been chosen. Needless to say this class has been chosen.

A myriad of reactions came from her students, she pacified them by slamming her staff into the blackboard.

"Alright, I will dismiss you all but before that, I'm going to give each and every one of you your scripts, and yes the roles have been pre-assigned. And no, this is compulsory." she finished with a tone of authority.

A few hands shot into the air.

"Yes?"

"Can we switch roles?" one of her students asked.

"No?"

She picked another hand "Mam, shouldn't our projects be the top priority?"

"This will be twenty-five percent of your final grade."

"Mam, what about the anodyne?"

"It has to be passed by the deadline."

She raised a gloved hand "No more questions."

"Class dismissed."

"So Yukino what role did you get?" Azami asked casually.

"Julianne…" Yukino answered in a defeated voice.

Lei was hesitant to open his. The mage's hands trembled as he turned to the first page of his script. He closed his eyes, hoping his script would involve him being some unnamed guy who'd show up for a minute or less.

He stared at the italicized text for what seemed to him like an eternity.

Azami and Yukino wondered why he suddenly went stiff, they looked at his script.

It read.

Lei Fu Yang as Romeus