Chapter 6

Kiss?

A week had already passed, the day of the first rehearsal finally hit. The ones involved in the play got to miss their classes for the day.

It was a bright and beautiful day, Lacus walked to school without a care in the world, her beautiful pink hair fluttering in all directions. Any guy who saw Lacus would probably melt, she looked absolutely radiant under the bright morning sun, she looked like a goddess. As Lacus walked into the school gates she was being watched by every male out there, even the ones with girlfriends. All of the girls couldn't help but stare on in envy at how much attention she was getting. There was just something about Lacus that every woman wished she had.

Lacus made her way into the school and into Room 202 where all the cast members for the play were meeting. Lacus immediately found Kira sitting down half asleep, Lacus sat next to him.

"Hi Kira… wake up" Lacus said as she gently placed her hand on his shoulder, shaking him gently. Kira lifted his head up as he turned towards Lacus, immediately taking in a gasp of breath. He couldn't help staring at her beautiful figure. Kira gasped for air. Something about her was so different today. "Lacus, what happened?' Kira asked.

"What do you mean?" Lacus said.

"You look different somehow."

"Really, how so?"

"I'm not sure" Kira scratched his head. Lacus giggled as Mwu walked in.

"Alright students, let's all head to the stage, we're going to try out our first scene!" the students all followed Mwu to the stage.

Most of the day was spent playing out scenes according to the way that Mwu thought they should be played, everything was going well, and Mwu had picked an excellent cast of students. The day was nearing its end, and Mwu wanted to complete the first kiss scene with Romeo and Juliet. Kira and Lacus did what was instructed by the script word by word, they both memorized their lines perfectly. Their performances were excellent; their talking scene was done for the moment.

All that was left to do was the kiss. Kira's cheeks flushed an unhealthy shade of red; Lacus was also feeling the same symptoms. Their lips moved closer and closer, finally their lips met in a soft and gentle touch. Lacus' heart melted away, she could feel heat rushing through her entire body. Their lips stayed together for a heavenly moment, slowly parting as amethyst eyes met ocean blue in something deeper that simply couldn't be described by words alone.

The end of school buzzer sounded. Mwu stood up immediately "Alright everyone, we'll have another session after school tomorrow, everyone leave except Kira and Lacus." The students began to depart from the auditorium. Everyone was gone except Mwu, Kira, and Lacus.

Mwu approached the two, "Kira, Lacus" Mwu said gently. "What the hell was that?" he asked.

"What'd you mean?" Kira asked. "I mean, the script says Romeo and Juliet share a passionate kiss. That wasn't passionate, that's was the way kids kiss their mom" Mwu said. "W…what?" Kira said, his mouth hanging agape for a moment.

"Don't just peck each other on the lips. You have to let the audience know that you're in love. That's what makes Romeo and Juliet a romance. So your kiss should be at least twenty seconds look and there's gotta be more passion to it. Now let's try it again." Mwu sat back and watched as the two kissed again.

Kira couldn't help but feel awkward at all of this. He leaned down and captured Lacus' lips in a kiss again, trying a bit harder to force his lips in a more passionate closure of their lips.

Again Mwu stopped them as he gave a heavy sigh "No no no! It's all wrong! Kira, I said I wanted to see passion in your kiss. " Mwu said. "Well, I don't want Lacus to get the idea I want to seduce her" Kira said bluntly. Lacus giggled slightly. "And Lacus, you have to kiss him too, we don't want to see Romeo having to do all of the work now".

Lacus blushed slightly as they tried the kiss again. As they started to fall deeper into the kiss, they were stopped again. "Ohh, geez, maybe this might help. Kira before you kiss her, I want you to try grabbing Lacus around her waist and hold her in your arms. Lacus, while he's doing that I want you to wrap your arms around his neck and pull yourself deeper into his reach so you can get this right. And I don't want to have to say how much passion I want to see in this again. Now try and get this right." Mwu said.

Lacus and Kira leaned in towards each kissing once again. Lacus kept her arms tightly wrapped around Kira's neck as he pulled her closer towards him, pressing his lips down more forcefully… his mind a bit hazy as he felt himself drifting into the sweet taste of her mouth. They were on the right track; however Mwu stopped them once again. "Alright, that was better. You got the actions and position right. I want you to try it again, however this time I want you to do it as open-mouthed as described in the script".

Both of them were blushing a furious shade of red. Kira nodded his head downwards some he didn't remember that being in the script before. 'Um… o…okay" Lacus said nervously. Kira slipped his tight arms around Lacus' slim waist again and drew his mouth down on hers in a deep kiss. Lacus once again enticed her arms around his neck as she brought herself up to meet his mouth in a passionate embrace. They embraced themselves tighter to each other as Kira began pushing his tongue along Lacus' lips, silently asking for permission to enter. She opened her moth almost immediately as they met each other in a heated match of hazy passion. By now they'd all but lost themselves in each other's arms, their kiss lasting well over forty seconds before they had to break apart for air, their faces still flushing red.

"That's twenty seconds over" Mwu said as Kira and Lacus still remained breathless, an evident amount of embarrassment still lingering in their cheeks.

"However, that kiss was perfect. Alright, that's enough; we'll try this again tomorrow. Make sure you come tomorrow, and don't be late. Remember you two are my main stars, don't let me down" Mwu said.

Kira laughed "Make sure you're here, last I heard you have an attendance issue" Mwu's jaw hung open "W...Who said that?" Mwu asked. "Miss Murrue was telling me about you" Kira said. Lacus giggled as Mwu became a bit flustered himself "Listen don't listen to anything she says, she just likes to make my life miserable" Mwu said as he got his things "well you two head on home, I got somewhere to be, I'll see you tomorrow" Mwu grabbed his stuff and began to walk towards the exit.

Right before he disappeared passed the doors, Mwu turned around and gave a finally comment to his main stars "Maybe you two should get together and practice more. Tomorrow I expect you two won't give me anymore problems with the kissing. I'd say you two should practice for at least and hour till you get used to it." Mwu said as he finally walked away.

Kira and Lacus were left alone; they found themselves speechless and blushing massively. They didn't dare look each other in the eye.

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Kira and Lacus walked home together, they were side by side. Both of them hadn't said a word since their scene ended in the auditorium. Kira would from time to time try to look at Lacus; Lacus would see Kira and turn her head in the opposite direction. They were both feeling a bit awkward after what had just happened.

"D…Do you have to work today?" Lacus said finally breaking the ice. "Hmm…that's a good question. I have absolutely no idea." Kira said bluntly. Again the silence continued between the two of them. Lacus was still too afraid to speak, and Kira not having the courage to confront her. Finally after some time had passed Kira realized that he couldn't go on like this any longer.

"Lacus, you know we can't go on if we're acting like this" Kira said. "Yeah…I know" Lacus said. Lacus looked over at Kira "My dad isn't coming home tonight. Do you want to practice at my place" Lacus said nervously as she blushed.

Kira blushed as well but he hid it from Lacus as best he could "Sure" he said as he turned to give her a smile.

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Flay was walking with her friend Rebecca. They had just stopped to get something to eat when they saw Kira, and Lacus walking together. "Isn't that the guy who's playing Romeo?" Rebecca asked

"Yeah that would be him. I wonder if he's got a girlfriend, he looks amazing" Flay said. "Hmm I wonder" Flay said thinking intensively about something; it looked like she was up to no good. "I wish I was playing Juliet" Flay said.

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Athrun and Cagalli didn't have any practice. So they decided since they were heading in the same direction they might as well walk home together. "So Athrun, do you have a girlfriend?" Cagalli asked.

Athrun was a little shocked that Cagalli would ask that question, but that didn't stop Athrun from keeping his cool

"Na, what about you?" he asked

Cagalli replied with a straight forward answer "nope"

Athrun didn't know why, or how he said it, he wasn't thinking straight, he blurted out "Really someone as beautiful as you doesn't have a boyfriend?" Athrun blushed furiously, and so did Cagalli

Cagalli couldn't stop blushing; she's never felt so embarrassed over a boy's action nor his comments before.

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Kira and Lacus seemed to return to normal, the awkwardness vanished. Lacus and Kira were sitting down on her couch eating some food that Lacus had made earlier. They were watching TV, still staying silent towards each other, unsure what to say.

It was getting late, finally Kira let out courage to ask Lacus if she wanted to practice. "So Lacus do you…want to practice?"

Lacus turned her head some as she tried to hide her blushing face "Yes, it's probably best that we do"

Kira wrapped his arms around Lacus' slender waist, just as Mwu had instructed him too. Lacus embraced her arms tightly around Kira's neck as she brought his head down to meet hers in a passionate kiss. They took it slowly at first, giving themselves a moment to feel each other out as they had before they started forcing themselves on each other a bit harder. Lacus, thinking too much of herself, slipped her tongue into Kira's mouth before he even had a chance to do anything. Kira eagerly met her tongue as they began their game for dominance in their own little world. Kira pushed himself deeper into her mouth before she forced herself back into his.

It was no longer just a practice kiss, Lacus and Kira leaned down on the couch as they gave into their racing desires without faltering. A slip of the mouth led them to embracing each other tighter as Kira's wandering hand unconsciously began slipping its way up her thigh, causing Lacus to blush furiously even though she was still locked in their kiss. As his hand finally made its way up her flimsy skirt, a sound could be heard.

Someone knocked on the door furiously "Lacus are you there!" Marcus yelled as he continued to knock heavily on the door.

Kira immediately jumped off Lacus, startled by the sudden noise as they sat themselves up.

"Oh god… this guy really can't seem to get the message" Lacus said bluntly. She turned her head back towards Kira, her face flushing an unhealthy shade of red.

Kira stared at Lacus, her beautiful figure mesmerizing to him, her near unbound hair falling over her shoulder and her ruffled clothes giving a rampant message to him that he near couldn't hold himself in check. "Want me to get rid of him Lacus?" Kira asked as he fixated his eyes on the door.

To…be…continued…