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Chapter Three: Drama Class!
"Hey, Emil," Marta said with mild curiosity, "What's your elective class?"
It was finally time for lunch. Emil and Marta were sitting at the table with a few other anonymous people, busily eating away at cafeteria food or homemade lunches. The circular lunch tables, seating a comfortable amount of eight people, were scattered around a large cafeteria. The cafeteria had food vendors placed to the far right of the building next to the exiting door, so the lines trailed out into the lengthy hallway.
"Umm…" Emil mumbled as he tried to remember his schedule, "I think I have Drama."
"Oh, that's great!" exclaimed the brown-haired girl, "We have another class together!"
"Oh. That's great!" replied Emil, happy that there was another class to look forward to not being alone.
Meanwhile…
"Hey Richter~ "
Ugh…
"What's your elective this year? I made you a delicious lunch box, just for you!" Aqua pushed the seafood lunch box in front of Richter, "I want to know if I can change classes to be with you!"
Richter wasn't too pleased to hear that his stalker was going to change classes if he told her, so he kept quiet, and instead changed the subject back to the overly fishy lunch box, "I have my own food from the cafeteria, so I don't need your lunch box. You can give it to one of your fan boys."
"Oh, Richter, I thought you liked seafood…" Aqua said with disappointment as she boxed the lunch and put it back in her bag, "You ate it everyday last year."
That's why I got sick of it, thought Richter, his eyes narrowing as he spots Emil with Marta, At least he seems to be getting along just fine. He already got himself a girlfriend.
He quickly resumed eating his school-bought lunch as Aqua spotted where his eyes glanced.
"That's your new roommate, right?" she asked him, trying to get a conversation going, "He's really girly, huh? Does he get bullied a lot? Why did he transfer here in the first place? Is he ga –"
"What's with all your annoying questions?" Richter answered in a harsh tone, finally silencing the chatterbox for a few seconds so he could eat in peace! Thankfully, his last two classes of the day after lunch were Aqua-free. He could actually concentrate on his work. Although, what kind of work needs to be done in Drama?
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Finally, the last class.
Emil, once again, was simply standing in front of the door of the Drama class, his final class for the day.
I've survived the first day of high school!
"What the heck are you doing, Emil?"
Startled, he spun around and almost lost his balance if it wasn't for the stranger who caught him in mid-fall by the waist. Blushing slightly, he was brave enough to take a peak of his savior to be face-to-face with…
"R-Richter!"
"Emil, you shouldn't stand in front of the door. You'll get in other people's way."
Richter let Emil regain his balance, the blush only deepening on the blonde's face as he muttered an apology. Once again, the taller of the two boys just sighed, saying gently to the other that he shouldn't apologize. It was starting to become a routine.
"Come into the room, my lovely actors and actresses! I know you all can't resist me and my new cologne!"
As Emil and Richter entered the classroom, an overwhelming stench reached their noses. Emil had to resist covering his face with his hands as their new Drama teacher approached them.
"I knew you two couldn't resist me! The company that sells this cologne said that the scent would have everyone falling over themselves to see me. It's surprisingly effective!"
The teacher was wearing an outfit that only the most overly confident students would dare to wear to school. He wore a black tank-top dress shirt with a diamond hole right in the center of his chest. A purple tie draped over the opening, doing nothing to cover up the exposed skin. A white jacket with black faux fur lining the collar was worn over the tank unzipped, showing the diamond hole. He also wore black vans paired with black skinny jeans.
"I think their just fainting from the horrible smell… ugh!" whispered Marta to Emil as she took a seat next to him, "Whoever is selling that cologne better stop! This smell is going to kill my nose!"
Emil just nodded in agreement as Richter took a seat behind him. He started to get nervous. Why? He had no reason to… it was just Richter sitting behind him, that's all…
"Alright, little boys and girls, time to get into your seats and get started! My name is Decus. Just Decus will do. No need for formalities, because I know you're all my fans. But alas! My heart only belongs to Ms. Alice Elfe!" said the ever-so-dramatic teacher as he wrote his name and Ms. Elfe's name in big loopy letters, circling them with a huge heart.
Most of the students were just stunned by his stupidity, so most of them kept quiet while the braver ones started to whisper among themselves about how crazy the teacher was.
"First thing do to, class, is get familiar with each other," Decus suddenly announced, "so we'll all play a little game. I'll assign all of you partners for step number one."
"I hope we'll be partners," whispered Marta as she gave Emil a small smile. Emil politely smiled back, only nodding as a response.
"Emil and Richter will be the first pair."
Richter!, Emil cried in his head as he shyly glanced at the red-haired boy. Their eyes met, and Emil quickly turned away.
Why is my face turning red! It's just Richter, so calm down!, Emil shouted in his head to quell his darkening blush.
It continued on until everyone had a partner. Marta was paired with the infamous playboy amongst girls, Zelos Wilder. He smiled at her and Marta returned the smile with slight unease. After all, what girl would want to be partnered with a famous heartbreaker?
"Now for step two, please choose who will be number one and number two!" said the overzealous teacher, drawing two stick figures on the board and labeling them "one" and "two". This was done quickly after a few seconds.
"Then get into two circles. There will be an inner circle and an outer circle. The people in the inner circle are those labeled number one and the outer circle is composed of the number two's." The students quickly formed two circles.
Marta, standing next to Emil in the inner circle, said with a bit of exasperation, "This game sounds so complicated!"
"Oh, but there is more, dear Marta!" declared Decus, making Marta jump in surprise, "I will announce two different body parts while the inner circle walks clockwise and the outer circle walks the opposite way. You and your partner must touch those two body parts together the quickest. You must not be last, or else your team will be eliminated! Do you all understand, little children?"
All the students just bobbed their heads, wanting the boring lecture of rules to be over with.
"Then start walking!"
The two rings or students started to walk in the opposite directions. Some of the students tried to stall the procession to stay next to their partner as long as possible, while others tried to push the line to go faster. Emil, unfortunately, was caught up in all of the pushing and shoving. Richter, seeing this, was tempted to just run out of his line and drag him out of the chaos. But then Decus called out the two body parts.
"Cheek to hand!"
All of a sudden, the circles broke apart and became a bundle of shouts as people tried to find their partners. Richter wasted no time in grabbing Emil out of the crowd and putting his hand on Emil's left cheek. He tried not to make eye contact as the cheek under his hand started to warm up and turn a nice shade of pink.
The game continued on like that, one partner being eliminated after another until only two teams were left: Emil/Richter and Marta/Zelos.
"Okay, last round! Let's see who wins first prize!"
The two non-existent circles turned about until the drama teacher finally called out the last round.
"Nose to nose!"
At this, some of the fan girls of Zelos glared at Marta as the two advanced towards each other to touch noses. She hesitated, but Zelos advanced enough to just barely touch each other. She kept her eyes shut tight, not wanting to be that close to anyone at the current moment.
On the other hand, many yaoi fan girls squealed with delight as Richter and Emil touched the tips of their noses together. Emil, like Marta, was extremely uncomfortable with this position and closed his eyes. He face was as red as a tomato! If he looked at Richter now, he would simply faint with either excitement or embarrassment. Emil believed embarrassment would send him to the nurse's office first.
Richter was studying Emil's shut eyes. How could any living boy have such long lashes? He was actually tempted to just close the distance…no!
What the hell am I thinking!, his mind scolded as he continued to stare at the feminine face of the shy blond, Emil is a guy! Control! Have some self-control!
"And the winning team is Richter and Emil!"
When Decus declared the winner, both parties immediately stepped away from each other. Emil still had a pretty pink dashed across his cheeks.
"Your prize is a lovely portrait of me!" said the teacher, holding up two life-sized pictures of him doing different poses, "Just take your pick!"
Thankfully for the two winners, the bell rang out, signaling the end of the day. Richter grabbed his bag and quickly left the classroom to avoid taking the ridiculous poster. Emil was saved from Decus by Marta, who also quickly left the room, taking Emil with her.
"What a day, huh?" asked Marta as they walked down the stairs towards the exit.
"Yeah… what a day," replied Emil in a dazed tone, staring out into the distance of his curious mind. What would he have seen if he opened his eyes?
"Well, I'll see you tomorrow, 'kay?"
"Yeah, see you tomorrow."
Marta waved goodbye as her father's car came to pick her up. Emil waved back, smiling happily at his "first" friend.
Well, time to go back, thought Emil as he turned to walk back to the dorms, and to see Richter…
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Richter quickly opened the door to his dorm room and landed face-up on his bed. Where the heck were these feelings coming from! He had only seen the boy for literally a day! Well, maybe a day and a half, but that's not the point.
Why was he being so protective of this boy? Was it because he was timid? Shy? Was it because he wore a girly nightgown to sleep?
He really needed to buy proper night clothing for him, or he would go insane with that dress!
He then heard the door unlock slowly, and behind the door was none other than the almighty Emil, the person who could vaguely control his emotions in less than two days. Richter groaned and flopped over in his bed.
Emil, concerned for him, asked, "Are you okay, Richter?"
Richter turned his head around, slightly surprised, "You stopped stuttering."
"R-Really?" replied the blond.
Ah… it's back, thought Richter as he heard the slight stutter in Emil's reply.
"It's nothing," he mumbled as he sat up on his bed, preparing to start on the day's homework.
"O-Oh…okay."
Emil and Richter sat at their separate desks, taking out textbooks, pencils, and any other necessity needed to do homework. Both of them then got to work, and thought:
What do these feelings mean?
Yes, the chapter is even longer than before!
The game that these two played in drama class I actually played with my church as an ice-breaker game. Yup, that scene was based on a true story! I got to see two boys getting up close and personal with their noses touching~
I'm pretty sure I got a few strange looks after I squealed with delight… :D
Anyway, this was written from 1:00am – 3:12am, so if there are any errors, I apologize, for I was not fully awake at the time.
Like always, reviews and critique are appreciated and welcomed.
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