Title: Appreciating Things of Beauty [Chapter Two
Author:Endless-Kaoru
Pairing:None yet.
Rating:Overall: PG-13. This Chapter: G, I guess.
Warnings:None.
Disclaimer: I don't own Wallflower , or Drop Dead, Juliet!, or anything that all ya could be interested in.
Summary: Shuiro Aya's number one flaw as a female: she makes one heckuva male.

Chapter Two: The New Guy?

Aya was set to join them at school the next day. The boys had decided that once she was in the school uniform, and once they'd pinned her down for a quick makeover, she would quickly become one of the school's hottest young bachelorettes. There was no doubt that she could be made into a lady in appearance.

Then she came out of her room wearing the boys' uniform. She had a nice figure; they'd seen it only the night before and that morning, what with her prancing about in her thin tank top and silk boxers. Really, the girl had no modesty. Her figure, however, disappeared under the jacket, and she suddenly looked like a rather effeminate boy.

"You're not going to school like that, are you?" Kyohei asked, "They won't let you in the school doors looking like that!"

"What, have I got cleavage showing? A bra strap? Looks perfectly fine to me,mother." She mocked with a grin.

"You do realize... that's the boys' uniform. Right?" Yuki offered.

She nodded, "Yes, I do realize that. But I don't want to wear a skirt any more than any of you do. Besides, the school approved it. At least I'm wearing a uniform."

The boys glanced among themselves, then sighed and let it go. If they tried to debate it, they would only be late.

"Hey, hey, who's the new guy?"

"He's kinda cute!"

"Go talk to him, go talk to him!"

"Wow! They seriously think she's a guy!" Kyohei looked around, then back at Aya. She met his gaze but didn't say anything.

"Well, she does look like one." Takenaga reasoned.

Aya blinked and caught the blushing girl that stumbled to a stop before her, "Ah, you okay?"

The girl glared back at her friends who'd pushed her, "Y-Yeah. U-Um… are you new here?"

Aya blinked again, considered her briefly, then nodded.

"Oh, I'm sorry! I'm Isa Kikyo, in class 1-C." she smiled and bowed.

"Aya, same class." The auburn-haired 'boy' replied shortly, without formality.

Kikyo seemed undeterred, "Aya-kun, would you like to do something after school? M-Maybe we could… go see a movie?"

Aya's expression didn't change and she bluntly replied, "No thanks."

Kikyo looked startled, then contrite, "Oh, s-sorry, Aya-kun. It was nice meeting you…" she turned and left quickly. Many other girls look put out.

Yuki came up behind her and looped an arm around her shoulders, "Aw, come on, Aya! That's no way to make friends!"

She turned a light red and elbowed him in the ribs, "Who says I want friends? Get off'a me!"

Kyohei trapped her from the other side, sliding an arm around her waist and mentally grinning at the reddening blush on her face. She'd seemed so cold to them before. "But that's no fun…"

Yuki stubbornly refused to remove his arm, "But we're you're friends, right?"

"You're annoying… both of you." She glanced at Kyohei in agitation, "And keep your hands off my butt. You're the one that says I look like a guy."

"Actually, Takenaga said that." He leaned in, amused that she leaned away. Most girls would love this. "Hey, why're you blushing, Aya-kun?"

"I'm not blushing!" she denied, "I'm just overheating… It's really hot out, and having you two clinging to me isn't helping!"

Ranmaru and Takenaga just laughed, following the three into the school.

Apparently, Yuki and Kyohei's teasing had somewhat backfired on Aya. Girl's had decided that Aya – being male – liked boys; after all, 'he' had been blushing, and they called each other by their first names, without 'kun' or anything! The move had been interpreted by many Yuki and Kyohei fangirls to be Aya-kun drawing their boys away from them. These girls had instantly formed a mutiny against her presence. Other girls simply giggled at the 'boys love' scenes.

Aya could care less.

"Hey, Aya, over here!" Kyohei waved over the girl, and Ranmaru moved over to make room.

She sat down, greeting them before glancing down at her food. With a sigh, she picked up the cookie that had come with her lunch and waved it in the air, "Someone want this? Cookies disgust me."

Yuki took the offending sweet as if rescuing a small child, "What do you mean? How can you not like cookies?!"

She winced, "I dunno, I've never liked sweets. Is it such a tragedy?"

"What about chocolate? Everyone likes chocolate! Even Sunako likes chocolate!"

"Chocolate is the worst of them all!" she exclaimed, "I'd rather eat cardboard!"

"Whaaaat?! No way!"

As the debate continued, a girl wandered over with a small clipboard, pausing to stare, "Kyohei-kun, who is he? A friend?"

He glanced up, "Hey Sango-chan. That's Aya."

Sango watched Yuki name each sweet food in turn to find at least one that Aya liked, then turned back to Kyohei, "Our class is doing a play this year. Do you have any suggestions?"

The male looked thoughtful, then shrugged, "Nothing comes to mind."

"Drop Dead, Juliet is good!" Aya announced excitedly, turning her back on Yuki. The blonde boy flailed in frustration.

"That sounds kinda… mean. What's it about?"

"You know Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, right? It's a spoof on that, where Juliet takes over the entire play. It's hilarious!" she grinned in excitement, turned, and grabbed Yuki around the neck, dragging him forward, "And put down 'Toyama Yukinojo' for the lead role: Juliet!"

"What?! No way, nu-uh! I'm not gonna play Juliet! Youplay Juliet!Lemme go!" he struggled, and she just held on tighter.

Sango giggled, pretending to take note of that, "Then, would you like the part of Romeo?"

Aya smirked, then turned to Yuki with the most lovestruck expression she could manage, "Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night."

Sango laughed with the three un-involved boys, and Yuki gaped.

Aya smirked again, "You look like a goldfish, Juliet-chan."

He snapped his jaw shut and looked away, "It… It's kinda weird that you have that memorized…"

"Oh, I memorized almost all of Romeo and Juliet." She smiled, then drew him close, "Would you like to practice the kissing scene?"

Sango – and several other girls that had been listening in – nearly swooned.

"I have my girlfriend." He frowned, cheeks pink.

Aya just laughed and released him.

"You're awfully frisky today, Aya. Good mood?" Ranmaru asked off-handedly.

"I dunno. Maybe. Try me?" she tilted her head and smiled sweetly.

He pretended to consider it, then turned back to his food, "Nah. Not my type."

She snickered and stood, turning to rid herself of her tray as the other boys exclaimed over 'Ranmaru just turned down a girl!'