Chapter 2: Tryouts

The day went by too quickly. Touya hoped and prayed for a freak snow storm to send them home… but it was summer, and there was no chance of that happening. By the time tryouts had rolled around, Yukito had to drag him to the drama room.

"Touya! I'm so glad you're here!" Yoko said happily, his all female fan club adoring him from behind her.

"I'm just here to watch," Yukito said, handing her the book of Romeo and Juliet.

"Thank you, Tsukishiro-san!" She said, taking it and walking off to find the teacher. "Sensei has already read this book, but I need to read it too."

"She… hasn't read the book…" Touya said flatly.

"Neither have you, To-ya," Yukito said openly, making Touya tense, then slacken.

"This is true…" He murmured.

"Let's go, To-ya!" Yukito then dragged him through the crowd to get a good seat. Halfway there, Touya realized that Yukito had hold of his hand and turned his head away to prevent himself from blushing. "Here! Let's sit here!" He said, still sounding as frivolous as young children in an ice cream shop.

"Yuki… do settle down. You're startin' to freak me out."

"Hm? Why?" Yukito asked, sitting down. Before Touya could answer, however, Yoko stepped up onto the stage with a list of people that had signed up for tryouts. Touya was positive that she had put his name on there for him long before.

"N-nevermind… H---Hey, Yuki?"

"Yes?" He asked, smiling as usual.

"Uh-- um… if you were to… tryout… what part would you want to play?" He asked, trying to hide his flushing face.

"Who me?" Yukito asked naively. "Well… I never really thought about it… I…"

"TOUYA! Whatever are YOU doing here!" Nakuru plopped down in Touya's lap, throwing her legs onto Yukito's lap… her foot landing right where it shouldn't.

Yukito gasped, his eyes widening as he casually moved her foot out of the way.

"Akizuki…" Touya said flatly.

"Kinomoto? Touya?" Yoko called.

"OHHH! You're up, Touya!" Nakuru somehow managed to pull him out of his seat and shove him towards the stage. "BREAK A LEEEEGGGG!"

Touya walked up the steps.

Nakuru sat down in Touya's seat, smiling at Yukito. "They had tryouts for Juliet a few minutes ago."

"Oh… We missed them?" Yukito slumped slightly.

"Yup!" Nakuru nodded. "No biggie, though. There were only a few girls trying out… You know, that were allowed in for the fact that they could act."

"Hum?" He blinked again, rubbing his neck. "To-ya's fan club…"

"Exactly!" Nakuru kneeled in dangerously close to his face. "Maybe the old models aren't as slow as they let on…"

"Ah-"

"WEEEEEEEEEE! I just remembered something I gotta do!" Nakuru bolted off. Yukito watched her go, blank-faced.

"Goodness…" He said, covering his mouth in surprise. "She's very strange…"

"Okay, Kinomoto-san," Yoko said, "read your line!"

"Uh…" Touya stared at the script in his hand, flipped through it a bit. "Okay, um…"

Silence filled the room for a brief moment.

Touya let out an 'ahem' and began the line they had specified for him to say from back stage. "O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night, Like a rich jewel on an Ethiope's ear; beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear! So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows, As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows. The measure done, I'll watch her place of stand, And, touching hers, make blessed my rude hand. Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty… till this night…"

The whole room stared at him in silent awe.

"BRAVO!" Yukito shouted, knocking everyone else out of their stupor.

Touya felt his cheeks burn, and he glanced casually to the back stage.

"That was absolutely brilliant!" Yoko cried, even though a few, less attractive boys before him had read just as well.

Touya's completely female fan club of all ages (one would wonder how the little girls got in since they weren't allowed) was chanting his name, squealing, clapping very quickly, and one of them even fainted at the sound of his voice speaking poetically.

"You are very good, To-ya!" Yukito called, beaming at him and waving.

"YAY! TOUYA!" Nakuru cried, suddenly appearing from backstage and almost pummeling him with a hug. "We're going to be great together!"

"What!" Touya asked.

"We'll be the best Romeo and Juliet EVER!"

"WHAT!" He cried out.

"To-ya… Stop it! You'll hurt yourself!" Yukito cried.

Touya continued to bang his head against the lockers outside the auditorium.

"Plus, I'd bet that person will be angry to have a dent in their locker," He continued.

Touya glanced at him for a moment, took one step to the side, and continued banging his head on the locker next to it.

Yukito had no choice. "I believe Sakura-chan would be very upset with you for doing this," he said matter-of-factly.

Bullseye.

Touya turned to Yukito. "You really know how to push my buttons, don't you," He said flatly.

"It's only a play, To-ya," Yukito said, completely disregarding what Touya had said. "-and you'll do great, I'm sure!" He beamed at him again.

"Akizuki…" Touya muttered.

"I'm sure she'll do well, too," Yukito nodded.

"No, I think you're missing the point…"

Yukito laughed. Touya pouted slightly.

"I don't want to be in a play with Akizuki… Especially if we're supposed to be in love. At least I don't have to kiss her, right?…"

"Actually…" Yukito began.

"Please, tell me I don't have to kiss her…" He said, looking at the lockers.

"Actually, she has to kiss you in the final scene…"

and the head banging resumed.

"To-ya!" Yukito whined, giving him a pouty face.

Touya looked over at him again and blushed. Why did he have to make that face…? He questioned regretfully to himself. "Look, would it make you feel better if I banged my head on my own locker?"

"No," Yukito said innocently. "I don't want your locker being dented either. Plus, you're already going to have to put ice on that bump."

Touya felt the bruised bump on his forehead and sighed. "I'm never going to get this play down," He tried to make up an excuse.

"Don't worry, To-ya, because I am here to help!" Yukito said, putting his arm over Touya's shoulder. "I'll help you go over your lines! After all, we already do all the homework together, so it'll be simple, hm?"

"…I… guess…but I still don't want to, Yuki… I guess I do owe Yoko that much though," Touya said flatly.

"You really are a good guy, To-ya!" Yukito laughed again.

"Yeah, yeah… sheesh…" He said, his eyebrow ticking slightly.

Nakuru peeked out of the auditorium as the two young boys walked away. "Ooh, how come he gets to put his arm on Touya's shoulder! Hmph… well, I'll be the first one to taste those pretty lips of his. Ha HA! I win, snow rabbit!" She grinned triumphantly and ran back inside where they were calling her. "Touya's all mi-ine!" She sang, skipping down towards the stage. "Woo-hoo! Soon, the little bunny will be all alone again!" She giggled maniacally (can you giggle maniacally? O.o).

(A/N: There! Chapter TWO! It's pretty short, but hey, at least I wrote on it. I'd kinda forgotten about it after my writer's block on it became apparent to me. I seem to be getting writer's block on a lot of my stories. Oh, well, I think it's gone on this story. Last night, I couldn't sleep because I was bursting with ideas for it! I really should get to work on Teen Samurai though… smiles nervously and laughs Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. TOUYA AND YUKITO ARE SO ADORABLE! I'd totally be a part of their fan clubs if they were in my school.)