ACT 1: The Wolf that fell in love with Little Red Riding Hood: Chapter 2

Wednesday April 23, 2014

8:25

*PAF*

"YOU IDIOT!"

Kagene-kun gingerly rubs his cheek which I had slapped.

"What did I do?"

Still half asleep he looks at me with drowsy eyes. How could he not have told me?

"You could have told me you are an idol! Now people might make up rumors about you and me!"

"...So?"

I storm back to my seat which was quite a feat seeing as it was only 3 feet away from Kagene-kuns desk. He was so infuriating! He has the nerve to completely disregard my feelings. I was trying to ignore the small voice in the back of my mind that was saying: But what are your feelings toward him?

Our music teacher walks into the room holding a neat stack of paper. I can tell that we won't be doing our standard vocal lessons today. In our school, our homerooms are divided by a specific art. We have dance, sound design, photography, theater, drawing and painting, and vocals. The vocals class is divided by genre. Each row of seats is devoted to a genre the exception being pop having two rows. You are automatically put into pop until you choose an other genre.

"Welcome to first year vocals. This week we will have be making cross genre songs, so please find yourself a partner in a separate genre. You will be presenting this song at the end of the week on the 25th."

I felt someones finger brush my shoulders. Looking up I see Kagene-kun looking at me. I am guessing he is in rock judging by the conversation we had yesterday, or…

"Sensei said that since we are both completely flexible genre-wise we can work together."

He choose that too? Before this I was the only vocalist that was comfortable in all of the genres the class had available. I guess it makes sense, as an idol you have to be open to everything. He smiles slightly then holds up his paper.

"We should get to work. I have an idea, do you know the story of Little Red Riding Hood?"

12:00

I hated writers block. Especially when it came to writing songs. I tapped my pencil on the desk. I really should be eating right now but the song was getting on my nerves.

Guuzen kara hajimaru hitsuzen no wan shiin

"Have you gotten anywhere?"

Kagene-kun pulls his chair up and rests his elbows on my desk. I show him the one line have so far. He takes his pen and adds another line.

Tooku ni mieta no wa nigeru akairo

I glance at his face and notice that for the first time since he arrived here he looks like he is concentrating. His brow wrinkles as he struggles to write out the lyrics. He is actually really cute like this. He looks up and I quickly look away. What am I thinking? I can't be distracted at this time in my life! I need to focus on my studies. I try adding a few lines but he rejects them.

"What are you writing? I don't see any feeling in this!"

"What is that supposed mean?"

"You can't write a good song without putting emotion behind the words you write. Geez, its like you have never been in love before."

I sit there stunned. Who does he think he is? I'm putting as much effort into this as I can. He goes back to gracing the paper with his pen. Why does he annoy me? Because he is right. How can he be right? Have I really never been in love before? I have had crushes, sure, but have I ever fallen in love?

"You're really pretty…"

"What?"

"Nevermind."

He is gazes me sideways, his head resting against the window. My heart skips and I can't help but blush. Why was he looking at me?

*DING* *DONG* *DANG* *DONG*

The bell rings and Kagene-kun walks back to his seat. Kaito-san enters the class and the amount of noise immediately decreases.

"Please open your books to page 56 and please follow along as I read out the passage in english''

No matter how hard I concentrated all I could think about were Kagene-kun's words.

It's like you've never been in love.

3:00

As soon as class got out I grabbed Kagene-kun by the hand and pulled him to the music room.

"Kagene-kun, I know for a fact that you're not in any clubs and I told mine that I would be absent today so we can spend the time working on our song."

"Wow just the two of us? You're so bold!"

I am about to snap at him until I notice his face. He is smiling lightly, not mocking me but rather like he was enjoying my company.

"Also, please just call me Rei."

I can feel warmth creeping up my face. We sit down in the middle of the room and lean over the paper. We have about ten lines but we are required to have at least fifty. We manage to add another ten lines in the next hour but still need a lot more.

Rei has repositioned himself so that he's facing me across the paper. He seems to have gotten bored and is now doodling on the edge of the paper. The sun is starting to set and light from the window seems to throw a spotlight onto Rei. He seems outlined by the light and can't help but catch my breath.

"Are you ok? You seem a bit red and you have been spacing out all day."

He brings his face closer to mine examining it closely. Stop… I won't be able to bear it…

"You should go home. It's almost time for me to go anyway"

He places his forehead against mine, comparing our temperatures. His lips look so soft.

"Rin-chan? Are you-"

I press my lips to his. What am I doing? I barely even know this boy. How can I so easily give my first kiss up to this scruffy delinquent. The answer? Simple. I am in love. The burning sensation I feel in my chest when he is near me, the way I can't help but blush when he speaks or looks at me.

I pull away my brain slightly fuzzy.

"Leave the rest of the song to me.I think… I know what to write now."

7:00

When I got home I had already written the rest of the song in my mind so I was happy when it came out perfectly on the paper. It was only then that I realized what Rei had been drawing.

Our names sharing an umbrella.

If you didn't understand the meaning behind the umbrella, well, to summarize wikipedia, its the equivalent of writing your initials (along with those of the person you like/love) in a heart.

Any feedback is appreciated.

-Yamada Sora

山田空