Romeo, Romeo

(Disclaimer: Cardcaptor Sakura and all products related to it are property of CLAMP.)

Chapter 1: The School Play

Books were oh, so very boring… especially the one Touya was trying to study at the moment.

"To-ya!" Yukito greeted with his usual smile as he sat down next to him. "What's the matter?"

Touya glanced at the pile of books Yukito had set in front of himself before looking his friend in the eyes. "Thy book boreth me…" He said flatly.

"Boreth isn't a word," Yukito said innocently.

"What's with the Shakespeare, Yuki?"

"Hm? Oh, yes! I was assisting Yoko and the drama teacher earlier, and they asked me to check out some books for them since they're doing another play."

Touya's eyes flattened at the mentioning of drama class, remembering the horrifying event he had gone through when they had done their rendition (if you could call it that) of "Cinderella". "I'd rather not think about plays."

"Oh, come now, To-ya!" Yukito laughed cutely, and Touya turned away to hide his pink cheeks. "You played Cinderella well!"

"Don't mock me… and…you shouldn't laugh like that."

"Why?" Yukito asked, irking Touya slightly. Usually Yukito didn't ask questions.

"Uh-"

"TOOOOOOUUUUUYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" came a loud squealing droll from behind.

"Ah" Touya paled slightly. Not her again…

"Akizuki-san! Hello!" Yukito said cheerfully.

"Hello, Touya!" Nakuru said, throwing her arms around him and completely ignoring Yukito. She seemed to have been quite livid at him lately, in a silent way at the least, and Yukito still didn't know quite why. He had a faint curiosity that it had something to do with Touya though… it always did.

"Hi…" Touya said, though his tone seemed more like 'go-away'.

"Touya, the teacher's calling you," She said, nuzzling his head with her cheek.

"Right," Touya said, shutting his book and standing. "A-Akizuki?"

"Hm?"

"Find some other way to entertain yourself, please…" Touya said.

"Ooo-kay!" She said, and he was gone. She turned to Yukito and smiled slyly at him. "Helping with drama, are you?"

"Yes," He smiled at her.

"I wonder… who will play lead role…" She then giggled with delight and pranced away, leaving Yukito confused.

()

"Yes, sensei?" Touya asked, stepping up to the teacher.

"Touya, Yoko wishes to speak to you."

"Deh" Touya stepped back. No…she wouldn't…

"K...Kinomoto-san…" She said slowly, coming out from behind the teacher. "I… I was wondering…

She would…

"See… all of the girls in the drama class agree… and um… we were wondering if…"

Here it comes…

"You would try out for the school play?"

POW! Right in the kisser.

"Uh…" his abnormally wide shoulders slumped slightly.

"It's not definite! Really! Would you please just come? We...We'd like to see you… try out for Romeo and Juliet…I mean… I thought… maybe…" She leaned closer to him so the teacher couldn't hear. "I thought I could try to help you with that person you like…"

"Wh..." Touya turned red, feeling as if he was the exact resemblance of the China brat whenever he was around his little sister. "No… uh..."

"I think I know who it is… I've seen that person hanging around you a lot…" She said, blushing slightly.

"Uh…" Touya said.

"I-If you don't want to… I'll understand…" She choked.

Touya was a sucker when girls would cry.

"D-d-don't cry! I...I'll come…"

"REALLY!" She beamed at him, wiping away her tears. "Th-thank you so much, Kinomoto-san!" She gave him a quick hug and ran off.

"Eh…. Eh…." Touya's shoulders slumped even more. "Stupid girls and their tears…" He then trudged back to his seat to tell Yukito the news.

()

"So, they've decided on which Shakespearean play they're doing?" Yukito asked, getting his stuff together.

"Yeah… and Yoko tricked me into trying out for it…"

"What are they doing? I might know something about it."

"Romeo and Juliet."

Yukito went silent, and his eyes widened.

"Y...Yuki?" Touya questioned.

Yukito then flung around, his eyes sparkling like Tomoyo's did when taping Sakura. "Really!" He sounded giddy as a school girl.

"Y-yeah…" Touya said, a bit freaked out at Yukito's sudden change in demeanor. "Are you okay?"

"Th-that's my favorite book, Shakespeare or otherwise!" Yukito stood, holding a fist in the air, his eyes gleaming. Touya was mortified. "I know EVERYTHING about it! I know the entire story by heart!"

"Uh…" Touya shrank in his seat.

"Let me come with you! I wanna watch, To-ya!" He turned to him, still shimmering.

"Sure…" Touya said blankly, staring at him as if he was a ghost (except the fact that ghosts didn't scare Touya). "The tryouts are after school…"

"Okay! I'll be there to watch you and help you in any way that I can! Good luck, To-ya!" He started to run off.

"Yuki, wait!"

"Hm?" He looked over his shoulder at him, beaming.

"W-why don't you try out?"

"-cause I'll just play a can of mackerel like last time!" He giggled, then hurried off to buy his rather large lunch.

"How do I get myself into these messes?" Touya muttered, sliding down in his seat almost all the way. "I know that Yoko is immediately going to make me Romeo… or Juliet…" He shuddered at the thought.

Nakuru peeked out from behind her table at Touya. Hmmm… She smiled slyly as someone sat down next to her.

"Hello, Akizuki-san!"

"Yoko! Hello!" Nakuru said, turning to her with that same smile on her face. "There was something you wanted to… discuss?"