Hey everyone! Sorry for the wait ^^; Well anyway, here is Chapter 2: The Set!
How dare she? Kazuha thought as she frowned. How dare Sonoko make me be Juliet and the ahou Romeo! How could she? I thought we were friends! She paid no attention to what the teacher was saying as she thought about what Sonoko did just a few minutes ago.
After class, Kazuha marched up to Sonoko, who was humming a song with her eyes closed. "Sonoko, how could you do this to me?" Kazuha asked.
Sonoko opened her eyes and looked at Kazuha. "Do what?" she innocently asked.
"Put me in your stupid play!" Kazuha shouted.
"First off, 'Romeo and Juliet' isn't a stupid play—it's a beautiful story. A love story, in fact. It's filled with action, adventure, and, best of all, romance." She sighed. "And second of all, I thought you would be happy."
"Happy about what?!"
Sonoko blinked once, then twice, and then said, "I thought you would be happy about," Sonoko looked around then leaned toward her and whispered, "getting to kiss Heiji."
"WHAT?!" Kazuha shouted, her face turning bright red.
"Well, everyone knows that you like Heiji and he likes you. Heck, maybe even loves you," Sonoko chuckled.
"Heiji and I are just childhood friends. That's all!" Kazuha defended.
"Whatever." Sonoko rolled her eyes knowingly. "Besides, the class themselves voted you two to be Romeo and Juliet, not me."
"Well I—" Well, she does have a point there, Kazuha admitted to herself. "All right, fine then! But I will find a way to stop this play!" Kazuha declared and marched off.
"We'll see . . ." Sonoko grinned evilly.
I need to talk to Heiji about my plan, Kazuha thought as she went inside the lunchroom. After all, he is the smart one. He might be able to catch the flaws in my plan. Kazuha glanced around the room, looking for Heiji. Ah, ha! There he is! Kazuha beamed as she made a beeline to him.
"Heiji!" Kazuha shouted. He jumped and turned around.
"Ah, it just you. What do you want, ahou?"
"Don't 'ahou' me, ahou!" Kazuha scolded. "I have something to tell you." She pulled him by the collar of his shirt and dragged him away from his friends, who were laughing at the duo.
"Ow! What is wrong with you?" Heiji shouted when she let go of him in the empty hallway.
"Nothing's wrong with me! Anyway, do you remember how Sonoko assigned us to be Romeo and Juliet for the play?"
Heiji frowned. "Of course I remember. After all, she did announce it today."
"Great! But, what if we somehow . . . ruin the play?" Kazuha grinned.
Heiji paused for a second. "How?"
"Simple, this is my plan . . ."
Two days had passed since then, and the class has already started working on the set and the costumes. "Hurry up people! The play is in two months, and we haven't even finished the set or the costumes yet! GET TO WORK!" Sonoko yelled impatiently. The class cringed in response.
"Sonoko sure can be an entirely different person when she's directing," Kazuha mumbled to Ran.
"Well, that's how anyone would be if they worked all night on a script," Ran replied, shaking her head sadly. She didn't get any sleep last night."
"Poor Sonoko . . ." Kazuha said sadly. She felt guilty what she was going to do, however, she was still upset about the whole idea of being Juliet. And she had already spoken to Heiji, so she had to carry on with her plan.
It was after school, and the first part of the set had been finished, but the costumes were still weeks away from being complete. It was around 6 o'clock in the evening when two teenagers came into the auditorium where the set was.
"Do you have it?" Kazuha asked.
"I do," replied Heiji.
"Good, so . . . are you going to do it?"
Heiji groaned. "Fine, I'll do the dirty work." With that, the teen brought out a bucket of black paint and coated the set with its dark dye.
Ten minutes later, he was done. "There . . . happy?" He scowled at the girl. She inspected his work before nodding with a smile. Shortly afterward, the two left the stage gleaming with happiness.
Little did the two know that someone was watching from a distance. When the figure was sure the two teenagers were gone, the figure went to stand in front of the ruined set and smiled. Perfect. I expected them to do that. Now we're one step closer to the big finale . . . The figure chuckled and turned around, leaving the stage.
Well that's the end of Chapter 2! And I'm not sorry for the cliffhanger! Muhahaha! *gets shot* Anyway, I'll update soon! Hope you enjoyed it! Ja ne!
