Hey guys! Again, I am so sorry for the wait for this chapter. Maybe I shouldn't bother apologizing... because it's guaranteed to happen again... -.- I suck.
I am also giving up on decent censorship of Hidan's language. I don't feel like doing that anymore... If it offends you, I sincerely apologize.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Onward. Callbacks.
SoI had four days to learn my call back songs. This was no huge deal for me, I was used to getting around two. I learned them to the best of my ability, and aided Deidara wherever and whenever I could. I tried not to think too hard about how Hidan was doing, because I didn't want to consider how bad it could be if he got the part of Lancelot.
I sighed as I walked down the hallway towards Dei's locker, my backpack slung over my shoulder. He grinned when he saw me, and jogged towards me. He wrapped me in an embrace, and I breathed in his scent, allowing it to lure me into calmness.
"Ready for this, hm?" He asked, a cocky smirk on his face. He had reason to feel confident. Over the last four days, we worked our arses off on his songs. He was ready.
And so was I. I could do this. I could take anything, even Hidan as Lancelot, as long as I could return to Dei's embrace at the end of the day.
We walked to the auditorium, hand-in-hand. Hidan greeted us in his usual obnoxious way when we entered. "Well," he sneered, "Isn't that fucking cute?"
We chose to ignore him.
When the director arrived, things got down to business. We ran through all of our solos in groups, then individually. Then we got paired up into duets, if we had one to do. After that we read through bits of the script, to give the director a feel for how well we acted as well as sang. She had Hidan and I do a bit of the scene surrounding "I Loved You Once in Silence" (Yeah, I saw that coming).
Just reading through the script wasn't too bad, actually. But if we got those parts, once the blocking was added, there was no doubt in my mind that things would get akward.
That Friday
I was twitchy throughout all of my classes. I wanted the day to end, so I could get to the choir room and the cast list. At lunch, Deidara and I were discussing who we thought the most likely candidates were for the supporting roles, like Nimue, Merlin, and Pellinore. We avoided discussing the leads, for fear of jinxing ourselves. Hidan claimed he didn't care what he got, so long as he could make hell for Deidara. Once again, we ignored him, to engrossed in our conversation to give a dang about his comments.
Sitting through choir was torture. It couldn't end fast enough. And when the final bell rang, I was among the first to the cast list. Unfortunately, so was Karin.
"WHHAAAATTT?!" She shrieked. "How did I not get a lead?! I have the voice of-"
"A dying cat. Now shut the fuck up and move." Hidan brushed through the crowd and harshly nudged her out of the way. He scanned the list, quickly, then began laughing maniacally as he walked away.
That concerned me.
Hesitantly, I approached the cast list. As I read, my feelings began to mix up inside of me, crazy, and uncontrolled. As I stood there, I felt arms wrap around me from behind.
"Well?" Deidara muttered. I let his warmth surround me, and I relaxed into his arms. In response, I pointed to our names, at the bottom of the list.
Mordred- Suigetsu
Nimue- Temari
Pellinore- Idate
Merlin- Shikamaru
Morgan LeFey- Ino
Lancelot- Hidan
Guinevere- Kai
Arthur- Deidara
"Woohoo! We did it, yeah!" Deidara cheered as he picked me up and spun me in a circle. My feelings finally figured out what they wanted to focus on, the joy and elation that I finally got the lead I had wanted for years, that all of our hard work had paid off. I laughed out loud as he spun me around, and when he stopped, I kissed him. His eyes widened in shock, then he closed them and kissed me back. I smiled and pulled away slightly, before leaning in to give him another quick peck.
I pretended not to notice Hidan as we walked away, his gaze burning a metaphorical hole in my back. And I tried not to think about the fact that he and I would be lovers in the musical...
Okay, again, sorry. I also had to edit a bit in the final paragraph of the last chapter, which isn't a huge deal, nor did it affect the plot at all, so you don't even have to worry about it. If you guys wouldn't mind checking out my profile and reading over a few of my story ideas at the bottom, that'd be great!
IMPORTANT AUTHORS NOTE: My name is a pain in the butt, so I am changing it to coincide with a lot of my other pages, like my FictionPress and my Deviantart. From now on, you may call me Rawripop (pronounced like lollipop, but with Rawr instead of loll).
Thanks a billion for your patience with me! Until next time, Auf Wiedersehen! :3