Altezza's POV

"Oh right, Onii-san." Onii-san looked up from his breakfast to me. "Do you mind tutoring Rein? Her grades haven't been that good lately."

"Oh that? Rein asked me about that yesterday when we walked home together. I already agreed, but I thought that you would have handled that, since your grades are good," he said. So it looks like that part of the plan worked. Note to self; make sure that Sophie is aware of the plans that I make, or else she'll be asking questions in front of Rein.

"I have little patience teaching someone subjects that I dislike, so I thought that you would be a better choice," I said quickly finishing up my breakfast. "Now then, shall we head off to school? We'll be late if we don't get started now."

"Just give me a minute and I'll catch up," he said.

Something's weird. "Have a safe trip, Ojou-sama," a maid said as I took my book bag from her. I thought that making the two of them walk together would cause some sort of spark, but nothing happened, maybe they don't have any feelings for each other at all? Then I remembered the way that Onii-san helped Rein out at his birthday party and Rein's dance. Onii-san never acts that way, he always acts calm and mature, and never threatens anyone. And I'm absolutely positive that I saw Onii-san's image that time when Rein was dancing her pas au deux, that has to mean something... right?

Suddenly a cheerful voice yelled out, "Altezza, good morning!" I turned around to see Rein.

"Good morning," I replied not as cheerfully back. "I heard that you walked home with Onii-san yesterday. Did you ask him to be your tutor?"

"Yep. I'm really glad that he said yes. I really need a tutor, so that all of my academic grades don't plummet to the point where I have to retake this grade." I don't think that could happen...but Rein always thinks about the worst conclusion possible. "But do you think I'm bothering him, Altezza? I mean, he's on the fencing team and he's on the student council isn't he?"

"Hm... I think he was just substituting for someone that one time. He never mentioned anything about joining to me." So he didn't mention anything else? Well, the only thing I can do now, is see if they can make things work out on their own. "I don't think that he minds at all." When Onii-san caught up to us, I said, "Really, what were you doing Onii-san? You said that you were going to be out in a minute."

"I just needed to find something." He turned to Rein, and smiling he said, "Good morning Rein."

"Good morning Bright-san," Rein said happily. Hm... that was a nice feeling there, but now they're not saying anything. Could I be a bother to them? But I can't suddenly leave without an excuse, it'd look too suspicious... I sighed in my mind. What to do about the two of them?

~Later~

"Altezza where are you going?" Sophie asked during break.

"I have to go return this book to the library. I'll be right back," I said walking through the classroom door. I sighed. Now what to do about Onii-san and Rein? I'm not forcing them to be together or anything, I just know that they both like each other, but they don't realize it.

"Excuse me Hotori-san." I turned my head to see Rein's twin. "Can I talk to you for a minute? It won't take long." What does she want with me? We're not exactly the best of friends or anything. "Please?"

"I guess." Fine smiled at me and at that moment, I realized that she and Rein really are alike even if it's just one aspect. They both have the same cheerful smile. "So what is it?"

"Um... you seem to be really good friends with Rein." I gave her a questioning look. "Can you tell me what I can do to make Rein happy? It's just that we don't hang out anymore and I know that she's purposely avoiding me, and I just want us to have our old relationship again."

So that's how it is. While Rein is afraid of being compared to her sister, Fine just wants them to have fun together just like before. "Is that really true?" She didn't say anything and gave me a shocked look in return. "You are really good at running and sports, and you're always in the top ten when it comes to test scores. Really, a lot of people think that you're amazing with your talents and nice personality but, did you never think that Rein wouldn't feel any different around you, when you achieved all of this?"

Instead of saying something to tell me that I'm wrong, she sighed, scoffed at herself, and said, "So that's how it is. I'm an idiot..."

Wait, I'm confused... "Does that mean you know how Rein feels?"

"Yeah, ever since we were kids, we've always been compared to each other. Rein probably doesn't remember though, since she was a little clueless on what others thought about her before, but she was always called really cute and like a little angel with all her helpfulness. I really hated how people said that I wasn't as cute or as helpful as her, so I tried changing, but I was being selfish, wasn't I?"

"I think that Rein wants to have fun and hang out with you too. But while you were changing yourself so that people could see that you both have good points, you were setting the goals too high for Rein to reach. You should watch Rein's dance sometime. I'll be taking my leave now," I said walking away.

"I'm sorry for bothering you and thank you for telling me that." Taiyou Fine, huh? She's an interesting person, maybe if things work out with her and Rein, we could become friends. If only people could stop instantly comparing siblings to each other, then this probably would have never happened.

"Altezza where have you been? Sophie said that you would be right back after going to the library," Rein said when I got back to the classroom.

"Sorry, I needed to go to the bathroom after that and the line was pretty long," I told her. I don't think that Rein wants to know that I was having a chat with Fine, she'll worry too much about what we were talking about. "Anyways, what did you need me for?"

"I heard that Sumizone-sensei is going to tell us who gets what part in the play," Rein said happily. "I hope that I get the part of the marionette."

"You probably will." Suddenly I realized something. Who's going to play the part of the lover? I know that some girls in class can probably impersonate a boy, but still... none of them that boy-ish. Maybe she'll just chose someone from that group of boys from before? Well, I'll just have to wait to see.

Time Skip(because I'm lazy)

"Okay, so many of you probably know that I'm giving you your parts. Whoever complains to me about something, need an actual reason besides 'it's not fair' or 'I'm better than she is'. I don't want to hear it. Everyone got a part fairly. If anyone bothers me like that, you won't get off easily." I noticed that almost everyone was moving away from fear. Okay, I know that Sumizone-sensei's a little... strange, but it's not like she can actually hurt us.

"Altezza, I'm so nervous! What if I don't get a part?" Rein said.

"Don't worry Rein. You got your pointe shoes when you tried out last time, so I'm sure that you got a good part," Sophie said smiling at Rein.

I nodded. "She's right, there would have been no reason to give you pointe shoes if you weren't going to be in the play."

"I just hope that I can get a part," Rein said starting to pace around with her hands clasped together like in prayer. Really Rein, when can you stop worrying so much?

"Taiyou-san, you're the marionette." Then Rein suddenly stopped pacing and stopped moving altogether. Well, she'll be happier about it later. "Hotori-san, you're going to be the fairy and Tacibana-san is going to be the prima dona," she said quickly. Yay for me then.

Tacibana-san... I looked over to the girl with pretty hazel hair and gold eyes. She did say that she takes after school lessons for ballet, so she should be good for the part of the prima dona. Sensei continued to give out parts, until someone asked, "Sensei, who's going to play the part of the lover? Is there going to be another audition for that part?"

"There is already someone who's going to play that part. Please come in here." Everyone turned towards the door when it opened. Onii-san? "Hotori Bright-san will be playing that part. Therefore, please get along with him, but if you try to 'get along' with him too much instead of practicing, I won't hesitant to drop you from your part and drop your grade." As expected of Sumizone-sensei to say that.

Bright didn't tell me anything about this at all. I know that he can dance, but I didn't expect him to be the one here. "So you're the one who's playing the part, Bright-san," Sophie said. "Well before you did take lessons with Altezza, so that's to be expected, but then why didn't you come when we were testing for our pointe shoes?"

"Oh, there was a competition back then, so I was focusing mainly on practicing for that," Onii-san explained. "My teacher that if I did this play, then my footwork would improve, so I decided to do it. Oh, and good job landing the part of the marionette Rein, I look forward to dancing with you."

"M-me too, Bright-san," Rein said smiling. Really, no matter how I look at her face, there's no denying that she is a girl in love. When will she realize this though?