When he got to Ami's house, Koji knocked on the door, and was greeted by a woman with long, black hair and brown eyes. "Hello, Mrs. Miato," he said to Ami's mother.

"Oh, Koji. Come in, come in," Mrs. Miato said. Like her daughter, Mrs. Miato had a strange tone in her voice, as if she was hiding something. Koji thought nothing of it, however, as he nodded and followed her inside.

"Is Ami here?" he asked, looking around.

"Yes, she's up in her room. Talking to Takashi again, no doubt," Mrs. Miato replied. "You can go up and see her, I'm sure it will be nice for her to see a friendly face."

Koji knew his friend's mother was a tad forgetful, so he didn't bother to point out that he and Ami had just seen each other about twenty minutes ago, and headed up to her room. Her door was opened just enough so he could see the only flickering light was from a candle on the other side of the room. He could just barely hear Ami talking to someone he couldn't see or hear.

"I feel bad for talking to you so much," came Ami's voice. She sounded very sad, but why she was this way, Koji didn't know. He stepped closer to her door, to hear her better.

"Takashi, you must think I'm a nuisance or something," she said. "But I can't help it. I really need your help." She sighed. "I really want to tell Ko-"

But Koji never heard what Ami had to say next, because Ami's stepfather yelled, "Ami! We have to go, or you'll be late!"

Koji quickly put Ami's notebook down and then ran out of the house and back to the school.

"Where'd you go?" Koichi asked when Koji returned.

Koji stopped and looked at his brother. "Um...I had to go...Drop something off," he said, running into the boys' dressing room and changing into his costume. He can out a few minutes later, wearing dark red pants, a white shirt, a matching dark red jacket, and black shoes. His hair was still in its signature ponytail, but he was no longer wearing his bandana. Not knowing what he was doing or why, he walked over to Ami, who was leaning against a wall, her arms crossed, her eyes were either closed or looking at the ground. Koji saw her as a vision of beauty: her long, dark hair was in a single braid, slung carelessly over her shoulder; the dark emerald green, velvet-like dress she wore had simple, gold-colored accents and just barely touched the floor; and her small, black shoes hardly visible. She looked bit paler than normal, but Koji couldn't tell if was because the dark red lipstick and emerald green eye shadow she had to wear that made her naturally pale complexion look paler, or if it was because she wasn't feeling good. He walked over to her, unsure what he was going to say or do when she noticed him.

Ami looked up and saw Koji. She forced a small smile, then turned and ran off. Koji ran after her, and eventually stopped her. She tried to get away, but he wouldn't let her go.

"Ami? What's wrong?" he asked.

Ami sighed, and stopped trying to get away from him. "I can't do this," she said. "I can't do the play."

"What?" Koji said, surprised. "But...You have to. You've been doing great at the rehearsals."

Ami shook her head. "That last scene...No, I just...I can't the last part."

"What, you mean...this?" Koji didn't realize what he had just said, or that he had wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her close to himself. Until he kissed her. He could tell he had surprised her, and was kind of surprised himself when she didn't try to pull away. Instead, she had wrapped her arms around him as well. After about a minute or two, their lips parted, and they just gazed into each others eyes, both blushing.

"Romeo, you're needed on stage!" someone yelled to Koji.

Koji smiled slightly. "You can do it," he whispered to Ami. He turned and went onto the stage.

Ami fell back against the wall, breathless. She couldn't believe what had just happened. She watched Koji go, dazed, and didn't know Stormy and Darcy had come up to her until Stormy spoke.

"Ami, are you okay?" she asked.

Ami looked at her friends and nodded. "Yeah, just great," she said, still dazed.

Stormy and Darcy took a good look at Ami, then burst into a fit of giggles.

Ami looked at them, confused. "What?" she asked. "Why are you two laughing?"

"Your expression!" Darcy said. "Stormy looked the same way after she and Koichi kissed for the first time!"

"And your lipstick is all smudged," Stormy added. "So, who have you been kissing?"

Ami blushed again. "Well, he's someone you know..." she said. Darcy and Stormy started giggling all over again.

(Meanwhile...)

When Koji left the stage, Koichi and Takuya looked at him and laughed. "What's with the lipstick?" Takuya asked.

"What are you talking about?" Koji asked, confused.

That made the other two boys start laughing harder. "You mean..." said Koichi, "You didn't notice? You're wearing lipstick! But, why?"

Koji blushed. "Um...I, uh..."

"Were you kissing some girl?" Koichi asked.

"What about your girlfriend?" Takuya teased.

Wha? Did Takuya see me and Ami? Koji thought. "Uh, I was...I was just...um..."

Koichi patted his younger twin brother on the back. "Don't worry," he said. "I saw you and Ami, and I told Takuya."

"Yeah," Takuya laughed. "We just like giving you a hard time."

"Gee, thanks," Koji mumbled.

(A little while later, during the scene with the kiss...)

"...Poison, and he left not a friendly drop," Ami, as Juliet, said. "I will kiss thine lips, and pray to die." (Or something like that) She bent over Koji, to kiss him, just as nervous as ever. But unlike all those times during the many rehearsals, she found the courage and gently pressed her lips against Koji's, kissing him. After a few seconds, she lifted her head and looked out at the audience as she stood up. "Alas, nothing." She picked up the fake knife on the ground by her side. "Then, Happy Dagger, let me die!" She "stabbed" herself, and collapsed, pretending to be dead. She and Koji could hear the applause they were getting. Both smiled slightly, and once the curtain closed, they sat up and looked at each other, smiling.