Rehearsals are fun if you know what you're doing. Ah, the memories of my high school year…

/= [DAY 81] =/

"Hey, Charice! I wanna talk to you!"

She looked up and saw Magnus heading over to her with a shining Celtic-ish mark on his forehead (whatever that was). He didn't seem to mind that it was open for viewing, so much that he was pointing at it when they were walking next to each other before he said a word.

"What do you think? Pretty awesome, huh?"

"Sure, I guess." She looked at it. "Are those lions?"

"That's what the mark has!" He grinned. "It looks cooler than any tattoo that any of my people can have!"

"Don't brag about this." Charice sighed. "We have a rehearsal to run, you know."

Magnus could only laugh as they both entered the auditorium, where all the ensemble cast were talking with their stage crew while getting into their costume. He grinned and headed further in as Charice decided to dress quietly in the corner. She looked up and saw Erika fidgeting with a button on her dress.

"You need help there?"

"Eh? Oh, thank you."

She was more than willing to do so, seeing that her arms had the marks of a doji as well: decorated with crowns and two birds that were both blue and red. Charice blinked for a few minutes before continuing to button her up, hearing her chirp in happiness and nod at the completion.

"Thanks."

"No problem." She stated. "How're the others?"

"I think they're doing all right…Vash isn't too happy to be in a woman's dress, though."

"Well, we need women for the show and…not too many women came into the auditions. What're we supposed to do?"

"I guess you're right…" Erika fidgeted. "Hm…"

"Still worried about what happened earlier?"

"I can't help but be…but it's all over, right?"

"I guess so…" She decided not to remark on the marks on her arms. "So what're we doing now?"

"I'm not sure…Francis isn't around. He should be here…"

"Ah…and am I to say that we are having a break now?"

"GAAAAAAAH!" Charice darted her head around. "What the hell? DON'T DO THAT!"

"Don't be so flustered, Charice. You out of all people should know where I am…"

"…are you hitting on me?"

"Don't you know me at all?"

"Don't you know me at all?"

"Oh, I know you, Charice. I know all about you."

"YOU FREAK!"

It was then that Charice started to attack him. Surprisingly, Francis knew everything. He dodged the first leg attack, ducked under the punch, spun around the second one, lather, rinse, repeat. Once Charice was tired, Francis wasn't hit once. He only had that strange smile on his face.

"Don't say I already said it."

"…wow." She lowered her leg.

"Now, if you're done trying to break all my bones, we have a rehearsal to start." Francis walked forward. "Then again, we're starting at the Prologue, so…I guess you can take a break until then."

"Food's outside." Erika stated.

"Suh-WEET."

Charice chirped and started skipping up onto the stage, more than ready to start wolfing down those doughnuts that she's been hearing about. Halfway up the stairs, she saw Alfred and Antonio in a strange conversation.

"Ahahaha! Do you really think that our Glee club is like your Glee club?"

"Hell yeah it is! I mean, think about it: I'd by Will, Matthew would be Artie, Charice would be Mercedes, and Feli'll be Kurt!"

"Ve~?"

"Oh yeah, that is so true!" Antonio clapped his hands together. "Because they're both the cute little falsetto of the entire club!"

"What're you talking about?"

"Comparing our Glee club to my Glee club." Alfred winked. "Both of them really are cute, huh?"

"Ve~?"

"What are you guys talking about?" Ludwig sighed, coming out of the backstage in his Holy Rome outfit (that Charice can never take seriously anymore).

"Glee clubs." Alfred bluntly answered. "Hey, do you think Feli here can be a Kurt?"

"Ve~~~I can be a Kurt!" Feliciano swung back and forth in his dress before he stopped. "…who's Kurt?"

"One of the show's gay characters." Antonio laughed. "The cutest one, I think!"

"Ve~? Who's the other one?"

"Darren. I think." Ludwig scratched his cheek. "Is that his name?"

"Yeah, that's his name." Alfred grinned. "The boyfriend."

"Ve~? If I'm Kurt, then who's Darren…?"

"Italia…that's simple-"

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"KYAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

/= [DAY 82] =/

When Charice went into rehearsal, she noticed that Natalya was standing outside the boy's bathroom, already dressed for the show. Charice blinked.

"Shouldn't you be inside the auditorium?"

"Brother is inside the bathroom. I'm waiting for him." She answered.

"Oh." Still stalking him as always.

"Charice."

"HAH?" Why'd she scream?

"I've been considering what you told me before at the Glee club meeting."

I told her something? "…and?"

"I think it's total crap."

I figured as much.

"But I have tried it." Natalya looked at the door. "Instead of twenty-four hours, I invested only twenty hours."

"…weekly?"

"Daily."

Oh. "…and…?"

"He seems grateful for that, even if it is hidden." She answered. "I must thank you."

"Um…sure. Whatever you say."

"That way, I'm getting closer for having my brother marry me."

Ohhhhh…crap, I started a war, didn't I? "Well…does he know that you've taken less time on him?"

"Yes. That's why he said he was grateful."

"Oh." I'm getting murdered, aren't I? "…w-what do you do during those four hours…?"

"Sleep."

"Oh…" Charice blinked. "Um…glad I can help?"

Natalya said nothing, since Ivan had come out of the bathroom. Charice watched them off and headed back into the auditorium where she immediately bumped into Rizal holding a binder in his hands. He looked down to her level, seeing the dress.

"I see you're prepared." He answered calmly.

"I'm always prepared~!" She chirped.

"…for the wrong reasons."

"Oh hush." Charice leaned in. "Soooo…how are you with the lights?"

"Well…I've been trying to blind people, but it was all in vain."

"Well, Francis probably knew that and neglected any mirrors."

"Most likely." Rizal sighed. "So much for that. How 'bout you?"

"I've been having fun. A lot of these guys are insane!"

"I can see that. It must be hard being one of the few girls in this school."

"Not really. In fact, most of the time I harass them."

"…why am I not surprised."

"Because you're not! Especially Lovi-chan, I think he likes me!"

"Despite the fact that he keeps telling you not to call him that?"

"He secretly likes it, I'm sure of that!"

"NO I DON'T, YOU BASTARD!"

"I love you, Lovi-chan!"

"IT'S LOVINO!"

"I love you too, Lovi-chan~!"

"SHUT UP, SPAIN!"

"…and that's the normal conversation around here." Rizal sighed. "So anyway…none of them actually harass you, right?"

"No, not really. And if someone does, some other people just mash up on them and break their ribs." Charice grinned. "I've seen them do that~!"

"Interesting…like who?"

"Doitsu-ki, duh~!" She laughed. "He's really intimidating but Feli-chan loves that guy!"

"I can see that…" Rizal sighed, looking back to them on the stage. "Inseparable…"

"Yep. Aren't they cute~?"

"Yeah…cute."

Charice didn't know why, but Rizal was staring at the stage with a strange look on his face. She would remark on it when Francis called everyone down to get into places. She stared at her brother for a few minutes before turning and heading into position. Hopefully, he'd be there when she got back to talk about it.

/=+=/

"You did well."

"Thanks, Li-chan!" She skipped toward him. "Though hypothetically, my part in this show is done!"

"A part in a show is never done." He said with a serious look on his face. "But I'm glad to see that you're having fun."

"Yeah, I know! Who knew it was fun singing about someone being a whore?" Charice slapped his back. "You should've auditioned!"

"I'm not…so much of a show person, Charice. I already was at my limits with the Glee performance." He chuckled. "It was stressful, but…"

"It was fun, right?"

"…it was fun." Li Xiao lifted up the prop box. "I have to admit that too."

"So are you doing the spring musical?"

"…depends on what it is." He answered. "I'll…consider it."

"Yaaaaay~! That means we'll have a lot of fun, Li-chan!"

"…yeah, aru…"

"Ahahaha…you're embarassed~!"

"N-no I'm not aru!" He gasped. "…hush."

"Awwwww…so cute…"

Li Xiao could only sigh and feel her hug his arm. This had to be…rather comforting, to say the least…

/=+=/

And the two Asian countries still battle out for the role of Charice's boyfriend! I still remember the days everyone was voting for Matthew…what happened XD