A/N: So my previouse story was not the best :sweatdrop:, i recongnize that. I find writing POV's hard. Really hard O.O;... un like my dear friend Peti-chan or my sempai Almond I don't have a natural knack for it... AT ALL :'(... but OH WELL!!! To redeem my self here's the first part of a little project i was working on for this month. It's a two part alternative oneshot. The part is a Takagaki one shot of the musical while the second part is a ReinAi/Gakikame version. So here's the first part ^_^ TAKAGAKI HERE WE GO!~
PRINCE GAKI: TAKAGAKI ver.
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“Gaki, do you get it now?” They had been practicing for over an hour now and Takahashi was getting more than annoyed.
“Mou~ No I don’t” Risa sighed frustratingly. “You keep doing the same thing” she took off her hands from Takahashi’s back and hand. “You always lead. I’m the Prince! I’m supposed to lead you.” The leader gave a quirky smile, all this time she thought it had been Risa ruining the dance practice, when in fact it was her all along.
“I can’t help it” the older girl shrugged.
“I know… believe me, I know” Risa rolled her eyes and walked back to the table where two chairs stood waiting for them.
“What do you mean by ‘I know’ and roll your eyes like that?” Takahashi too walked back to one of the chairs.
“Forget it, we’ve been here for a long time now and I’m just irritated. I really want to make this musical good but I don’t know if we can.” The younger girl plopped down on a chair, stretching out her sore boot wearing legs.
“Yeah, I know what you mean.” feeling sorry for her sub-leader, Takahashi decided against sitting down. She walked behind the tired Risa and proceeded to give her a surprise back rub. “Maybe this would help”
“It might…” Risa closed her eyes and engrossed herself into the massage but quickly snapped out of it. “No… no it won’t. Please stop.” She reached around grabbed her leaders hands. “Just sit down. I feel bad having you, of all people, give me a massage when you’re the one working the hardest here. If anything, I should be giving you a neck rub.” She led Takahashi to the lonely chair. “Just sit” she smiled sweetly. Takahashi did as told.
“I’m sorry” the Fukui girl frowned. “This all must be weird.” She puffed her cheeks.
“Actually, it is” Risa brought her legs back in and sat in a manly position. “I play a character that’s madly in love with you. Would you expect it to be normal?” she snorted in laughter.
“No, not really” Ai flashed a mega-watt smile. “But I will admit, it’s a nice change” she blushed a bit.
“Nice change?” Risa looked puzzled.
“Yeah… you know… I’m not really used to seeing you be all boyish.”
“True, and I’m not used to seeing you be all delicate.” The Sub-leader agreed.
“It’s a really nice change.” Takahashi continued “It’s so cute how you get all into the character.”
“USO!?!?” the girl in charge of Yokahama buildings looked surprised.
“Honto” Takahashi nodded.
“I always thought I couldn’t get it right” she furrowed her eyebrows.
“No you’re doing it really right” The leader’s eyes focused on the younger girl. “It’s like… the moment you put the ponytail, the boots and reread your lines, you quickly transform. You become the Prince. The way you walk, talk, stand, even the way you sit” Takahashi slapped Risa’s leg, making her notice her masculine way of sitting “changes into a more manly attitude, but the biggest change of all is how you look at someone.”
“Wow, I never expected I’d get that much into character” Risa was genuinely surprised.
“Yep, it’s funny how different situations make you look at others in a different light” The eldest of the gokkies looked at her younger counter part. She reflected on what she had just told Risa and inwardly smiled at how true her words were. Never in all her years, of knowing Gaki, had she ever looked at her the way that she was now looking at her. Almost as if it were someone else in the place of the person she had shared so many experiences with before. The feeling she got from seeing Risa walk in through the door was different from the one she used to have. To her confusion she now went to bed thinking about her rehearsed scenes with Gaki and woke up with a strong desire to rehearse only the scenes with the chosen prince. All in all though, she just brushed aside knowing it was just her getting to much into her own character.
“That’s so funny that you mention that” Risa snapped her fingers “Kame said something about the way I look and smile at you”
“The way you look and smile at me?” Takahashi asked.
“Yeah, she called it sexy, sweet and charming. She said she doesn’t understand how you don’t go weak at the knees or faint or something” Risa laughed and Takahashi joined her. Once the laughter settled down, a contemplative look fell upon the youngest of the gokkies “You really think I’m doing a good job?” she sincerely asked. Ai looked at her sympathetically and reached over to grab the other’s hand.
“Yes I do, I really like it” She nodded supportively.
“How much do you like it?” Ai was taken back by the straight forward question.
“Um… I think we’ve rested enough… I think we should practice again. It’s getting super late and everyone already left home” She smiled nervously, trying her best to not answer the question.
“You’re right” Gaki stood up. “But you owe me an answer when we’re done.” She walked to the middle of the rehearsal room. Placed one hand behind her back and extended the other expectantly towards Ai. Seeing Risa stand there so gallantly and tall caused a slight giggle to emerge from Ai. She strode towards her waiting Prince and grabbed her hand. Risa snaked her arm around to Ai’s back and they got into their dancing positions, simultaneously they started to dance in a music-less room.
As expected, Ai started with her dominant ways and Risa was beginning to lose her lead, but this time the sub-leader refused to release it, knowing that if she did they’d have to practice for another hour. She bit down on her teeth and quickly took a determined step, one that surprised the Princess. The shock was so impressive that Ai didn’t have time to recover, soon she found her body willingly allowing it self to be led by the headstrong Risa.
As they spun and stepped, something magical started to take place, they quickly and without realization lost themselves. Suddenly they heard music in the background and no longer were they in a plain wooden floored dance room practicing; they were in a ball with couples around them and a full blown orchestra playing a waltz. Ai bit her bottom lip while a silly grin spread on Gaki’s face and just as sudden they once again found themselves practicing their dance in a plain wooden floored room. Takahashi soon realized they were about to finish the choreography for that scene and decided to go do something on a whim. Taking advantage that Risa was unsuspectingly leading, Ai abruptly took the lead away from the Prince. She grabbed the younger, and at the moment taller, girl and spun her down into a dip. Risa looked up at her in shock.
“This is not part of the choreography” She stated wide eyed “Nowhere does it say that Cinderella suddenly dip the Prin-” Risa never got the chance to finish her sentence, nor did she want to anymore. Ai had leaned down and kissed her. Quickly they parted and Ai stood the dumbfounded Risa back to her feet. “I like it that much” she stated firmly.
PRINCE GAKI: ReinAi/GakiKame ver.
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‘Stop smiling stop SMILING STOP SMILING!!’ Reina’s grip on her script became tighter and her eyes narrower as she glared at the fairytale couple dancing. She didn’t like one bit the fact that her sweet innocent honest leader girlfriend had to swoon every other scene she had with Prince Gaki. It stabbed her insides every time she thought about it. Reina took a deep breath, in an attempt to calm her self down. She glanced over to the side, deciding it’d be best to stop visually torturing herself. To her anxiety’s relief, she wasn’t the only having a hard time with this. Eri seemed to be in the same predicament as her. Suddenly Eri too glanced away, like if she was trying to ignore the developing scene in front of her, she quickly caught Reina’s eyes. They gave each other a sympathetic look and shrug. They were very well aware of the long frustrating road ahead of them. They were barely in the rehearsal stage of it all, once the performances came around things would start to be more serious and look much more real.
“Okay!" the Director, sitting next to the choreographer, called out. “Let’s do this scene once more. Everyone take your positions once more”. Eri and Reina regrouped with one another and took a short walk to the back of the room, where their starting position was at.
“I don’t know about you, but if we have to repeat this scene any more I’m going to have a meltdown” Reina angrily stomped.
“I know…” Eri sighed “What makes it unbearable is Gaki’s smile.” She rolled her eyes and bit her lip. “I hate it, she looks to happy. I mean, she doesn’t look THAT happy when she and I are together.” She bawled up her hands. Reina looked at her amused.
“Eri, I don’t know if you’ve notice but… Gaki is ALWAYS smiling” Reina chuckled. “There’s nothing special or different about her smile right now” Eri seemed to slightly relax. They finally reached their destination “The one that’s smiling too much is not your girlfriend… it’s mine” she drawled and ground her teeth “Ai giggles when ever Gaki gets too much into character. Like if she enjoys seeing Gaki tie her hair up in that Nouveau pony tail, get all charming and debonair, see her posture change to a more masculine one… you know what I mean, Eri?” She turned to look at her companion but to her displeasure her fictional sister had now turned into a drooling fool, her tongue basically hanging out, and her eyes were all starry like as she stared at Risa.
Reina exasperatingly sighed. “Alright girls… here we go! START!” the director said loudly and everyone once again resumed their roles in the particular scene. As the step-sisters walked by the smiling couple, Reina focused her eyes on the Prince ‘Hmph, I bet you think you’re suddenly a hot shot. Well you’re not and you’re not that charming as a Prince either’ the jealous yankii couldn’t help but be a hater. As she brushed pass them, Risa unexpectedly looked up at her. Inwardly Reina was shocked and wanted to look away but she had a point to get across and stared back even more defiantly. Due to choreography, Risa had to twirl and switch direction but she quickly looked at the glaring Reina once more. It was clear to her that if looks could kill, Reina would’ve led her to her final resting place. Then, out of the blue she gave a charismatic grin and winked at Reina. To her amusement, Reina blushed in shock and quickly looked away. For the remainder of the scene the Yankii rokkie avoided eye contact with the handsome Risa. ‘Okay, maybe she is a little charming when she gets into character’ she displeasingly admitted. “And stop!” the director called out “Okay girls, that was good. You all did a lot better after the first five times we acted this out.” An audible sigh of relief and satisfaction could be heard through out the room. The director smiled at their exhaustion and glanced at his watch. “It’s getting pretty late… so let’s call it a day. We’ll see each other tomorrow, same place, same time” They all would’ve clapped from happiness but they were much more concerned with going home than demonstrating their feelings.
“Gaki-san” Eri ran to the awaiting hand of her lover. As their fingers touched Gaki quickly spun the turtle into her arms. Eri giggled and smiled widely. Her inhibitions quickly disappearing even if tomorrow she’d once again gain them back. “It’s not fair, when are you and me gonna rehearse our dance?” Eri looked down and with a pout. She could feel her sub-leader chuckle and sweetly caress her head.
“How about we hold our own private rehearsal?” Gaki suggested. A flicker of naughtiness flashed in Eri’s eyes as she blinked.
“I’m going to get my stuff now so we can leave. My parents won’t be home for another three hours. If we hurry, we can enjoy ourselves and rehearse all we want” She squealed at her ingenuity while Risa gave an agreeing nod. As Eri walked away from her girlfriend, Reina was being approached by hers. She shamelessly checked Ai out, making her eyes wander up and down every curve of that body that willingly belonged to her. She ran her tongue over her teeth and rubbed her chin cockily as an opened armed Leader came closer to her.
“Damn, my woman looked good dancing” she whispered in her ear as she casually wrapped her arms around her. She closed her eyes and breathed her hard working scent in. When she reopened them she caught a swaying Risa looking straight at her. Risa then raised her hand and gave a quick wave. Reina couldn’t deicide between flipping her off or waving back. Instead, she opted for hugging Ai tightly and mouthing ‘MINE’ to a waving Risa.
The enthusiastic wave slowed down and stopped. Risa’s smile slid off her face as she brought her hand back down. She looked, at first, confused and then as if realizing what Reina meant, she got mad. Suddenly Eri’s head popped up under Risa’s arm. She rapidly said something and started to push Risa towards the door. As they exited the room, Risa once more glanced back Reina, she passionately pointed a finger at Eri and mouthed ‘MINE’ then pointed a finger towards Ai and mouthed ‘EW’ and with that, walked out of the room, head high and back straight.
A low growl rumbled in Reina’s throat. “Um, babe…” Ai breathlessly stated.
“Wha… ehem, I mean, what?” Reina’s toned started mean but she quickly changed to a softer tone.
“You’re cutting my air supply. Could you loosen up bit?” Reina quickly looked down at them realizing just how tight she was holding the short haired girl.
“I’m sooooo sorry” an apologetic look came over her face. “Breath, okay? Breath…” she fanned her hands at Ai’s slightly blue-ish face.
Ai inhaled and exhaled and finally caught her breath “Phew… that was close, they almost had to use my understudy if you hadn’t let go” her chest still rose and dropped with her slight gasps for air. “What was that about?” she suspiciously looked at Reina.
“Um… nothing, it was nothing.” Reina wouldn’t dare tell Ai the truth. The long conversation they had that day when the roles were assigned was still fresh in her memory. All they talked about was her jealousy and how she would have to control herself.
“Oh really…?” A knowing look from Ai stared back at her.
“Ano… yeah” Reina glanced around nervously. Ai slowly approached her.
“So, let’s get this straight. You’re perfectly fine with the new script change they made?” The leader cocked her eyebrow.
Reina slightly tilted her head to the left “Suuuure?”
“Oh… WOW!” Ai looked impressed “I’m pleasantly surprised. I was positive you’d have an issue with it. I guess I was wrong” She smiled at Reina. “That type of change deserves a reward” Ai quickly looked around the room, it was basically empty now. Only a few members were left and they were vigorously going over their lines. She looked back at Reina and smiled. “How about I give it to you now?” She started lean in for a kiss. Reina too began to lean in but her brain couldn’t resist but start to think once more. ‘Why would Ai be so shocked that I’m not upset? Maybe I should ask cause maybe I just should be upset.’
“Wait” Reina said. Ai faltered forward.
“What a way to kill the mood” Ai stood straight once more. “Wait for what?”
“What was the announcement?… With so many changes I might not remember” Reina tried to ask as casually as possible.
“There was only one, silly” Ai placed her hand on Reina’s skirt and had it playfully crawl up to her collar bone. “How about we just kiss and then I tell you?”
“No, I think you should tell me now” Reina’s curiosity intensified.
“Aha!” a knowing glare erupted from the Leader’s eyes. “I knew it, you didn’t hear when the director said that the stage kiss between me and Gaki had to be as realistic as possible and that now we had to literally kiss each other” Reina heard something break in her and quickly she became enraged.
“NO!” she stated loudly. “No way in HELL am I going to allow my, and I repeat, MY GIRLFRIEND act a la “Melodies” PV with Prince flipping Gaki.”
“Reina” Ai’s tone was steady and definitive. She wanted Reina to stop and to stop it now.
“No, Ai… I won’t stand for it. Don’t think I haven’t seen how you stare at her. A kiss would be fatal.” Jealousy and irrationality was all that dominated Reina’s brain.
“Reina, this is ridiculous!” Ai scolded. The younger girl quickly grabbed the other’s hands and kissed them.
“I can’t run the chance of losing you” she whispered and looked up at Ai with glistening eyes. “Do you have any clue how long it took me to finally get you?” the genuine feeling coming from her tone emotionally killed Ai. The chosen Cindy couldn’t hold it in any longer. What Reina had just told her was too precious to answer back with words. She leaned in and kissed Reina fully on the lips.
“You’re incredible sometimes” Ai pressed her forehead against her girlfriends. “So much that I now have a confession for you” Reina looked puzzled. “There was no script change. We will not be kissing.” Suddenly, Reina let go of her hands and stepped back at bit.
“You tricked me?”
“No, not really, I wanted to prove my point! I saw the way you looked at Gaki as you passed by us. That was unbelievably rude!” Ai scolded. “I expected better from you, especially after our conversation. You have no excuse to be behaving like that, I don’t see Eri acting like that” Ai pointed out.
“Ha! That’s what you think.” Reina folded her arms angrily.
“Oh really now?” she looked surprised. “Well, I’m not too worried. I’m sure Gaki will clear things up” She stated knowingly.
“WTF, Ai!?!?! What you just did was wrong. Now that’s rude” Reina walked up to Ai.
“The reason is for your sanity. Do you know how much of a good job you do acting out this role?” Ai informed.
“You don’t say?” Reina smiled proudly, momentarily forgetting her anger.
"Don’t get to happy, the only reason you two act it out so well is because you are genuinely jealous” She placed a hand on her hip “and you shouldn’t be”
“I hate that you say it so easy, like if actually doing it was that easy” The yankii sighed.
“It’s just a matter of trust.” Ai shrugged.
“Yeah, right” Reina pouted. Ai rolled her eyes and decided to approach her sad yankii. She sweetly rubbed Reina’s upper arms and slightly slouched down to catch her eye and wonky eye.
“Rei~~na~~~” She cutely shook her “you know you can trust me. Even if Gaki tried to hook up with me… you know I wouldn’t leave you.” She flashed a reassuring smile. Reina too finally cracked a smile at her, which led to another tight embrace between the two.
“You’re right” she stated. “Today I can say I was convinced that Gaki wouldn’t try to hook up with you”
“Aww that’s sweet. So you trust Gaki too?” Ai innocently asked.
“No, she just told me that you were “ew” to her” Reina pecked her shoulder..
“Aww Gaki thinks I’m… WHAT?!?! Gaki told you I’m EW??” She pushed Reina back in shock.
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“Okay I’m tired” the Mame slumped forward.
“It’s getting late. You should call your mom and tell her you’re going to sleep over” The turtle sweetly suggested.
“I can’t, you know that every time I stay to sleep over we end up arriving super late. It’s better if only you arrive super late” The gokkie joked. Her girlfriend frowned and dragged her feet as she walked to her sleeping bed.
“Ii nee~” Eri exhaled and threw herself on to the matress.
“What’s good?” Risa threw her self next to her.
“Being Cinderella” she comfortably turned to her side, tucking her hands under her head. “I’m so jealous” She frowned.
“Kame…” she too turned to her side and smoothed Eri’s hair behind her ear. “Come here” she snaked her arms under the rokkie and brought her closer, Eri comfortably rested her head on Risa’s shoulder “You know I love you, right?” the chosen step sister nodded a yes. “and in my eyes, you’re my only Cinderella”
“I know, I know… believe me, I know” Eri spoke up. “But that doesn’t mean I have to like you being all fake rabu-rabu with Ai. Sometimes I feel you smile just a little too much at her” she puckered her lips sadly.
“Nani?” Risa was shocked.
“I don’t mean all the time, but when you’re rehearsing…well” Eri winced.
“But Kame… I’m supposed to be looking and smiling at her. I’m in love with her”
“What?!?” Eri shot up in to a kneeling position. Risa burst out into laughter at her reaction.
“Hahahah Eri hahaha Oh My God hahaa your reaction level even beat mine” Risa suddenly had a coughing fit and had to gasp for air. Eri rushed over to her side and patted her back.
“Serves you right to choke” she fiercely pounded on the other’s back.
“Okay, okay, stop, you’re going to make a lung come out” Eri ceased her beating. “Anyways, when I said ‘I’m in love with her’, I meant that my character is. I mean, it is ‘Cinderella - The Musical’… not the ‘Turtle Step Sister – The Musical’.” Risa rationalized.
“Now THAT would be a play I’d love to be in… at least you’d be smiling more at me.” The slightly younger girl slouched down. “I’m sorry Gaki, I know I’m being troublesome to you. I wish I didn’t feel like this”
“Listen, I know it’s bugging you, but don’t worry… I know someone who’s worse than you” Risa scowled at the memory. “At least you’re not behaving like Reina, man she upset me today. You know what she did?” Eri shook her head. “She death glared me, like if she’s Miki-san or something, and then as we were getting ready to leave, she hugged Ai and said ‘Mine’ like if she was warning me.” She puffed her cheeks.
“So what did you do?”
“I called her “ew” and then claimed you as mine. Honestly, why the hell would I want Ai when I have you? ” Gaki nodded, unexpectedly she was full on jumped by Eri and attacked by hundreds of kisses.
“That *kiss* was *kiss* the best *kiss* answer EVER *big kiss*” Eri expressed her happiness.
‘Well, at least that got her into a better mood’ Gaki thought to her self. Out of the blue, her back pocket started to vibrate. She reached into it and pulled it out. She had received an image text from Ai.
Here’s your EW
-vengeful Takahashi-Sama >=(
A picture of a mad puffy cheek Ai threateningly holding Risa’s favorite manga over a lit match, which was being held by a smiling Reina, flashed on the small screen of her cell phone.
A glass breaking “NOOOOOO” screeched its way through the streets of Tokyo.