"You're Juliet in the Play?" asked Nao at lunch.
"Hai, answered Kahoko. "It's such a sad story. Juliet and Romeo kill themselves to be together."
"No," said Mio excitedly. "It's the violin romance! Who's Romeo?"
"Hino-san," Tsukimori cut in. "There's a rehearsal right now. Everyone's waiting for you."
"Gomen. I forgot." Kaho said as she got her stuff.
As they opened the door, Amou snapped a shot. "Perfect picture! This will make a wonderful front-page article! Juliet walking with her Romeo! It's the violin romance alright!" she said.
"Ahem," said Kanazawa-Sensei as he passed out scripts. "We start with Act I scene i."
"Part, fools! You know not what to do." Shouted Hihara.
"What art thou drawn among these heartless hinds? Turn thee, Benvolio! Look upon thy death." Said Tsuchiura.
"I'm playing Mercutio." Said Hihara. "Yunoki has to play the prince, remember?"
"Oh, right. Sorry. Let's go over the script first." Replied Tsuchuira.
"H-H-How about you practice while we're going over the script." Fuyuumi said to Kaho.
"Oh, right." Said Kaho as she flipped to a random scene. Wrong choice. Act I scene v was the party scene where Romeo and Juliet meet (KISS!).
"My lips, two blushing pilgrims ready stand, to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss." Tsukimori said while Yunoki, Hihara, and Tsuchuira did poor jobs to keep their laughs to themselves. However, Tsuchuira frowned at ever word Tsukimori said while Hihara looked away at the lovey-dovey parts.
"Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, Which mannerly devotion shows in this, For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch, And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss." Kaho said.
"Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too?" Tsukimori said sounding a bit annoyed.
"Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer." Kaho replied.
"O, then dear saint, let lips do what hands do; they pray: Grant thou, lest faith turn to despair." Tsukimori said.
"Saints do not move, though grant for prayers' sake." Replied Kaho.
"Then move not while my prayer's effect I take. Thus from my lips, by thine, my sin is purged." Said Tsukimori. He then froze, staring at the script.
Kaho too, stared. But instead of freezing, her face turned an unhealthy shade of ruby red. "Gomene, Tsukimori-kun," She whispered as she closed her eyes and moved her face closer to his. Everyone stood speechless, as the space between Kaho's lips and Tsukimori's grew shorter and shorter…
"BRING!" went the bell, signaling the end of lunch break.
"Well then, we'll continue this after school. Be sure to get here right after school ends!" said Kanazawa-Sensei.
"Hai," everyone said too quickly. Apparently everyone was still in a state of shock at the sight of a (almost) kiss.
Kaho, still blushing, said, "Gomen, Tsukimori-kun." Tears fell fast down her red cheeks as she ran to class. "I can't believe I almost kissed him. Tsukimori Len. He must hate me now, and it's all my fault!" she thought.
"Now look what you did." Tsuchiura said to Tsukimori. "Some Romeo. You made Hino cry!"
"Why are you always so heated up when it comes to Hino?" replied Tsukimori.
"Because unlike you, I actually care about her!" said Tsuchuira, which made everyone stop, even Tsuchuira.
"Well, I'm going to class." Tsukimori said a moment later, breaking the silence.
Author's Notes: Please give your opinions on how to make this story better. Some plot ideas would be nice too. Sorry for such short chapters, writing long ones was never really my thing. Thanks for reading!
For some reason, some people are getting a ' "Your Juliet in the play ' as the first line. No matter what I try to do, it isn't going away. Please excuse the error. Thanks!