Excuse: My life outside fanfiction had been busy. Hooray.

3. Romeo and Juliet

[[ A lovestruck Romeo, sings the streets of serenade,
Laying everybody low with a love song that he made.

Find a convenient streetlight, and steps out of the shade
Says something like, "You and me, babe... How about it?" ]]

On ninth grade, we did Romeo and Juliet as our class project.

In resume, it was a living hell of frills and Victorian costumes and unpronounceable dialogues that half our classroom could not understand. We had Milly as the director and all she ever did was yelling at us through her megaphone.

Now come to think about it, it should have not been a surprise that Suzaku ended up in Romeo's role and I in Juliet's.

The ironic thing was that the kiss scene did not bother me as much as the balcony one.

If you hear Romeo and Juliet, what first comes to your mind is not their tragic ending, nor the fact that they came from families that were fallen out with each other, not even Shakespeare's name but that one romantic dialogue.

And since Suzaku was completely unable to learn his lines it was only natural for Milly to rewrite the whole script and rename it "her version".

It should be noted that all Milly knew about Shakespeare's play had been learned in movies and teen novels.

"Oh, Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?"

Those were, more less, the most embarrassing words of my life.

"Juliet, O, how shall I reach for you?"

And Suzaku was just kneeling there, bright and full childlike mischief, looking like a complete idiot and possessing an absurd amount of sex appeal. I just could not recall my lines.

"Stairs for art thou, Romeo?"

Suzaku's face and the fact that Milly could not make me go right back there and finish my role through the ungodly kiss scene still makes me feel proud inside.

Secretly.

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"What-"

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[[ Juliet says, "Hey, it's Romeo, you nearly gave me a heart attack"
He's underneath the window, she's singing
"Hey, la, my boyfriend's back
You shouldn't come around here, singing up people like that
Anyway, what you gonna do about it?" ]]

Song is Romeo and Juliet, The Killer's version. I just love that song. It reminds me of the guy's relationship on the series. I'd just... Marry anyone who writes me something with that song.

Something bothers me about this, I know there is a grammar or spelling mistake somewhere there, but I just can't put my thumb on it. Please tell me if you find it, and ideas for future drabbles are, as always, open.