Romeo & Juliet
It was one of the days on which both were free, so Toma and Yamapi decided to spent it together. Pi had come around to Toma's house, after dinner (cooked by Toma's mother who was totally pleased by Pi's presence), they decided to go upstairs to Toma's room.
„Wow, I haven't been here for a long time, have I?“, he asked as he looked around in the room. There were several new photos on the walls. And also Toma's CD and DVD rack had become fuller.
„Yeah, last time was about a year ago, I guess. You don't come around much..“, answered Toma in a low voice trying to cover his sadness over the undeniable fact.
But it wasn't unnoticed by Pi, he turned around, approached Toma and looked at him with an intense gaze. „I'm sorry... I know I should visit you more often. It's not like I don't want to see you or stuff... you know I always want to see you“, he said slowly, still locking his gaze into Toma's.
Toma gulped almost inaudibly.
Why was it that the air seemed to be a lot hotter than a second ago?
But the spell was broken when Pi turned his gaze at Toma's DVD collection again. „Hey, wanna watch a movie?“, he asked in a fake cheerfully tone, Toma could tell.
„Um .. sure, why not? Which movie do you have in mind?“
„This one.“ He held the DVD in front of Toma's face with a devilish smile. „What? You wanna watch ROMEO & JULIET with me? Why's that?“, he asked, laughing nervously at Pi's face.
Pi knew Toma's habit to cry at sad movies very well, so why on earth would he want to watch the saddest movie with him?
„Yep, I haven't seen it in awhile“, was Pi's short reply as he was already fumbling with the DVD player.
Toma watched him in confusion. Wasn't it a bit...weird for two guys, best friends for the matter of fact, to watch one of the most romantic movies together? ALONE?
Pi was totally up to something, Toma thought. Maybe he wanted to spread the story that he cried all over the jimusho? But why would anyone care, cause anyone already knew.
Toma guarded himself for the worst things to happen during these 2 hours and sat down on the couch, next to Yamapi, leaving a space between them. Just for safety measures, of course.
Not that he was afraid or something.
The movie began and everything was calm. Well, as calm as you can be when you watch romantic love scenes with your best friend. Edit: Your best friend , whom you've been in love with for ages and never got the courage to tell him.
Toma looked at Pi through the corner of his eyes. Pi was totally focused on the movie.
Toma sighed quietly and his gaze wandered to the screen again, where Romeo and Juliet were kissing passionately.
It was torture for Toma. No, worse, it brought him into a near-death-state.
He really never intended to watch this movie with anyone. He had bought it just for himself, if he felt bad, he would watch it, to cry his eyes out and feel better after it.
His gaze wandered to Pi again and now he found Pi watching him also. Embarrassed he turned around again, and scolded himself silently for getting caught.
„And how do you like the movie so far?“, asked Pi with an amused voice. Toma sighed once again. „I've seen it a hundred times already. I already know the lines, for gods sake..:“
„So, you do? Tell me, what does Juliet say in the balcony scene?“, countered Pi.
Toma looked at him as if he had gone crazy. Maybe he really had, but still he told him the lines.
„It’s only your name that is my enemy;
You are yourself, not even a Montague.
What's “Montague?” It is not a hand, or a foot,
Or an arm, or a face, or any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What's in a name? that which we call a rose
Would smell as sweet if it had any other name.
So Romeo, if he wasn’t called “Romeo,” would
Retain that dear perfection which he has
Without that title. Romeo, throw your name away;
And for that name, which isn’t part of you,
Take all of me.“
Pi smirked as he heard the lines perfectly. „I take you at your word. Only call me “love,” and I'll be baptized with a new name. From now on, I’ll never be “Romeo.” , Pi said and got closer to Toma.
Toma blushed as Yamapi's face was suddenly so close to his. „Wha-?“, he started but Pi silenced him with a sweet kiss.
Toma was a bit taken aback, but then he enjoyed the kiss. He'd been wanting to feel this for so long and it was almost unbelievable that he could feel it right now. He gripped into the smooth fabric of Pi's shirt as they were both falling back on the couch. Pi lying completely on top of him.
Somewhere far away Toma's mind told him that he had to buy more romantic movies from now on.
Pi smiled at Toma as he pulled away a bit. Toma pouted. „You know, there isn't a kissing scene after that line“, said Toma and smiled, his face still flushed. „But there should be“, said Pi and kissed him again.
Toma drew a bit apart again. „Hey, we're missing the whole movie“, he said grinning.
„Didn't you just say you already know it by heart?“, answered Pi and didn't wait for a reply but kissed him again.
