For the first time... ever... i finally updated this on a sunday, just like i always intended it to be. this is actually one i put a lot of thought into. so, i like it, but what do i know? what do you guys think? R & R, and don't forget to do the same with my other stories! Well, i should stop procrastinating... but that's not going to happen anytime soon...
The Takari Drabbles: Shakespeare
(Friday Afternoon: The bell rings, ending another fateful English class and lengthy school week, as the two protagonists exeunt, entering the social savanna that is, the hallway. Takeru has a face of self-satisfaction and of triumph, and Hikari has a face that simply reads as, 'upset.')
"English class wasn't boring this time. I see you were keeping your head up the whole time, Kari… What's wrong, honeybear?"
"So… out of all of Shakespeare's greatest plays, you wanted to do which one?"
"King Lear. What's wrong with that?"
"Oh, Nothing…"
"Hikari… What's wrong? I know something's up. Judging by the way your nose is scrunched up… and your eyebrows, though really close together, are slanting in a way that points to said scrunched up nose… you're mad at me…"
"Eh. What if I am?"
"So… You are!"
"Takeru… You know I wanted to do Romeo and Juliet. You know, the greatest love story ever told?"
"Really? I thought it would be Moulin Rouge… Or Pokémon, since you're always writing those stories about Ash and Misty and their little romantic misunderstandings…"
"That's not the point."
"So, what is the point, then?"
"I wanted to do Romeo and Juliet. And you know Ms. Yamada liked the idea of it. But, alas, you had to raise your stupid hand out of nowhere, and come up with some stupid reason…"
"Well, Romeo and Juliet has been done so many times. It's boring and unexciting. I just thought it would be more fun to do something new… like King Lear."
"I can't believe you sometimes, Takeru Takaishi… You're so hardheaded! You're so oblivious, you wouldn't know which way was up if I didn't tell you!"
"Me? What did I do?"
"Well, I don't want to brag… But you know how great of an actress I am—"
"Ugh. All right, Liza Minnelli."
"I'm not done! And you know you're the greatest actor in school… See? People thought you were gay for the longest time… hehehe…"
"That's a low blow, Yagami. I fail to see this point that you were trying to prove, while emasculating me…"
"The point is… We would have been Romeo and Juliet… And—"
"And… we would have kissed."
"Exactly."
"Is that all?"
"Oh… Don't you dare, Takeru! I'm going to smack you upside the head…"
"Wait, honeybear! I mean to say, is that all you're mad about? Because we don't get to kiss in class?"
"I guess…"
"Hikari… We get to kiss anytime… Like now."
"I love it when you're smooth…"
(Enter: A kiss so long and passionate, and a kiss that would raise goosebumps in your body that you didn't even know you had. A kiss that brings about a feeling of warmth, and that the very thought of it melts your heart.)
"And I love you too, honeybear…"
"Hehe… I guess King Lear isn't going to be that bad…"
"It won't be… Just trust me…"
"Okay. I trust you."
(Takeru has the same grin of self-assurance he had earlier, as Hikari, flustered only after looking at her watch, hurriedly packs her books into her locker and book bag, respectively.)
"What's your hurry?"
"We got to go! I began to download all of my favorite Pokémon episodes last night! All 68 of them! And it should be done by now!"
"Oh joy. Fun times…"
"Oh honeybear… Dear Takeru… Did I forget to mention that Oniichan and my parents won't be home the whole night? If you stick around for all 68 episodes with me… cuddling under the blanket in my bed… with only the glowing of the computer screen as a light… I promise… It'll be fun…"
"Race ya!"
(And so, Takeru pulls Hikari as he sprints towards the setting sun, off to the Yagami residence, eager to watch all 68 episodes of Pokémon, and more so, to be the one that he loves so truly. As Shakespeare would have said… "For never was a story more kawaii than this of Hikari and her Takeru.")
happy easter, and happy reading!
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