#I texted half of Romeo’s monologue when my friend was late for class

[heartsofanachronism]

This is what I’m going to say now when I’m quoting Shakespeare at my friends.

[pdnxm]

Oh, Romeo

> You are an art major who is passionate about theatre and acting. One day you get cast as the female lead and the guy you have a crush on gets cast as the male lead.

> Fluff, mature content (pg-13?)

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Acting is your passion. An actor is someone who can be someone completely different while still being themselves. It was incredibly beautiful but extremely difficult. To immerse yourself in a role, to become someone completely new was an art. You loved it. So naturally, you were an Art Major who specified in acting.

Your school was well known, people from all over the world came here to study. All faculties had outstanding teachers and classes that could be as big as 400 students per class,  but there was nothing quite like the Arts Faculty. It was hard to get into. Not only do your grades have to be good, but you have to have immense talent and a background of performing or lessons. Luckily for you, you had parents that expected good grades and a drive to be the best.

Each year, the theatre department would put on a play and you’ usually get a secondary role, but this year you vowed to change that. This year was the year of Romeo and Juliet, and you were going to get Juliet or you were going to die trying.

For your audition, you did Juliet’s monologue and with the finishing the lines, “There is no end, no limit, measure, bound, In that word’s death; no words can that woe sound.” You spoke with a melancholy tone, trying to resonate with the character. The directors stared at you for a moment, but their gazes had no emotion. You uttered a small, “thank you”, before grabbing your things and leaving.

The directors usually didn’t show much emotion, but this was ridiculous! It was like staring at a stone wall. You let out a quiet sigh before suddenly being bumped into, causing you to drop your things.

“Goddamnit..” You muttered, crouching down to get your things. “I’m so sorry!” You exclaimed, bowing your head as an apology.

“It was my fault. Are you hurt?” Glancing up when you recognized the voice, you froze momentarily. In front of you was the best actor in the entire theatre department and there he was helping you pick up your things. Jin was a god to the younger students, yourself included. He was voted most likely to become a famous actor, and he was already on the way, having nabbed small roles in Hollywood scale films. It should also be mentioned you have a huge crush on him.

“J-Jin! I’m fine, don’t worry about it.” You gave a shy smile, thanking him before getting back up. “Are you on your way to audition?” He nodded with a smile and you practically melted. “I’m trying out for Romeo.” “I just auditioned for Juliet.” You blushed, wondering what would happen if you both got the parts. Well, it was mostly you wishing you’d get the role because Jin was 100% going to be Romeo.

“I hope you do.” He paused, giving a sly smile. “Maybe I’ll finally get to kiss you.” His comment made your jaw drop. Once again, you were frozen. “Anyways, I’ll see you around, (y/n).” And with that, he was gone.

“He.. Wants to kiss me… He knows my name…” You practically ran to your apartment to get the chance to call your friend.

“Seulgi, you wouldn’t believe what just happened!” And you relayed the events that had just occurred, your friend interjecting with excited squeals every now and then.

“So do you think you’ll get it? Do you think he’s hoping you’ll get it?” Seulgi asked. You didn’t have an answer to either question and she seemed to understand. “I think you will, (y/n). You’re super talented.” She assured you, thank god for Seulgi.

“What would I do without you?” You sighed. “I’ll see you later.” And with that, you hung up.

The next few days you anxiously awaited for the cast list to be posted, your heart racing each time you approached the drama room. Finally, the day had arrived. Your classmates were gathered around a piece of paper taped to the wall, all talking amongst themselves. You heard them calling out their roles, “Lady Capulet”, “Tybalt” and so on. But no one had claimed the leads.

With a few nervous steps, your eyes found the word ‘JULIET’ and beside it, ‘(Y/N)’ in bold letters. After a moment of shock, you let out a happy noise. Your castmates patted you on the back and congratulated you before leaving to rehearse. You were left with your Romeo, Jin.

“Congratulations, (y/n). You deserve it.” He gave you a warm smile, not even a flirtatious one.

“Thank you! And you too! It’s such an honour, we all look up to you and to be your counterpart in a production is.. Amazing.” You couldn’t help yourself, but he seemed to appreciate it and his warm smile turned mischievous.

“We’ll be spending a lot of time together. I hope you’ll stop being so shy around me.” You felt your cheeks warm and he chuckled at the sight. “Anyways, I brought you the script book. We should start rehearsing together, even during our free time.” He paused, handing you the book. “I wrote my number on a sticky note, text me when you want to rehearse. Or if you just want to talk.”

Unable to find the words, you nodded gratefully. “I will.” You murmured contently. Am I dreaming?

Sure enough, there it was. A sticky note on the first page with a phone number and the name ‘Jin’ written in all caps with a smiley face beside it. Never have you ever been so ecstatic to see a smiley face. As he walked away to greet his friends and congratulate them for their role, you found yourself staring at the book, still shocked about getting the lead female role. Settling down, you grabbed a highlighter from your bag and began highlighting your lines.

Rehearsing for a play can be described many ways. You prefer the word ‘hell’ when referring to it. Every day until late into the night everyone had to stay and run the show multiple times. You had to get measured, test hair and makeup, redoing certain scenes to perfect them. You never experienced this much stress in such a way, mostly because you were never this important in a show.

The best part was that you spent a lot of time with Jin. You’d rehearse in your free time, mornings and evenings too. Because practice would go so late, he always offered to give you a ride home but for some reason, you always declined and took the bus instead. Stupid.

But today was different.

Today was the first day that you’d be practicing kissing and you were completely and utterly nervous. You had texted Seulgi asking for support, but she was busy in the dancing department preparing for their own show. With a sigh, you put your phone away and went on.

Jin seemed calm, which baffled you for a moment. Oh but he’s Jin. He’s probably done this thousands of times. You’ve kissed before, but never in front of an audience. He seemed to sense this and gave you a comforting glance before the two of you began speaking your lines.

It was in Act 1, Scene 5 where you two kissed. And that’s where you to were right now.

You said your line, “Saints do not move, though grant for prayers’ sake.” And you could have sworn you were visibly shaking, but Jin continued anyways with his line.

“Then move not, while my prayer’s effect I take.” And he moved towards you, leaning in slowly with his hands grasping your jaw. You let your eyes flutter before closing them, waiting for his lips to press against yours. And when they did, you felt as if you were in heaven. His lips were so soft and he was so gentle that when he pulled away, you barely even heard his next line.

The two of you shared more lines before the next kiss came up, “Give me my sin again,” He murmured, kissing you again but this time with more force. You almost squealed but managed to keep it in, but then he pulled away - a cue that another character was coming in.

At the end of rehearsal, the cast gathered around to get notes from the directors and you patiently awaited yours.

“(y/n), good job. You play a very convincing Juliet and the chemistry with Romeo is definitely there. Just work a bit more on putting more emotion in the final scenes and work on the kissing - I know it’s the first time but it was a little awkward on your part.” You nodded, writing down what you need to improve on but almost choking at the words “work on” and “kissing”.

After everyone got their notes and began packing up, Jin approached you with a smirk-like smile. “So you always say no, but I think we’re close enough for me to give you a ride home.” You giggled softly at his words before nodding slowly.

“Sure. I’d like that.”

The first half of the car ride was silent, mostly because you couldn’t gather the courage to say anything. But luckily, Jin was able to do so. He looked at you for a moment before returning his gaze to the road. “I wanted to say, you’re a really good actress.”

The compliment was a complete surprise, “Oh! Thank you. You’re an amazing actor, but you probably hear that a lot.” You both laughed, the awkwardness slowly melting away. “But thank you.” The two of you continued talking, mostly gossiping about castmates and crew and who you would think would be a good couple. There was plenty of romance in the drama room, but most of the people were too shy to admit it (you were one of them).

“Personally, I think Joy and Sungjae would be really cute together.” You stated confidently. Before Jin could respond, he reached your apartment complex. “Here you go.” He smiled at you with a raised brow.

“Thanks, Jin. I don’t know why I always said no.” You admitted, wishing that this happened more often.

“Hey, I’m always there if you need a ride home. It’s pretty late, but maybe next time we could practice some more.” He paused, a smirk growing on his lips. “Maybe focus on what you need to improve on.” Flustered, you stared at him for a moment before nodding. “I.. would really like that.” You murmured in response, brushing your hair behind your ear. “Thanks again, Jin. I’ll see you later.” Gently closing his car door and waving as he drove off, you couldn’t help but smile on your way up to your apartment.

Life was good, and with the show coming up, it was about to get better.

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AU: welcome to a new story, unfortunately, I don’t have much time throughout the week so this won’t be updated very quickly but I’m hoping there will be a chapter a week! (no promises but i’ll try my best) While you’re waiting, why don’t you check out my other stuff?