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                        Because I have nothing better to do Productions
                                  An Eldrick Tobin project
                           From "It makes sense in my head" Theater
                       In Association with Never Challenge A Pervert Inc.

                                    "Flowering Romance"
                        A Shojou Kakumei Utena story that never was...





A: Have you heard the latest? *with hand to face after turning head this way and 
that*

C: *drinking her tea with loud sipping*

B: No... what is it *head looks left and right*

A: Well someone wrote a love story.

C: *drinking her tea with loud sipping*

B: Was it by someone famous? I can get a copy and have the author sign it!

A: No one will step up and claim it... but it's the talk on everyone's lips.

B: Is it ... perverted or something?

C: *drinking her tea with really loud sipping*

A: No... that's what makes it odd.

B: Have you read it yet? *holding up A's copy from the table*

A: No... if the author is afraid to come forward I don't know if I'd want to 
read it.

C: *who's been drinking her tea with loud sipping* I hear it has forbidden love.

A&B: Really?

C: Hai. *hands B her copy* Have my copy... I can get another. *walks off 
whistling* Huu Huu

A: *doing the up and down squat thing* I don't know if I can read it.

B: *doing it in opposition* I don't know if I dare read it.

A: *to audience* Would you read it? Could you read it?

B: *also to audience* Could you dare read it? Would you dare read it?

A&B: *now off camera as the next scene with red drop screen comes up* Should you 
even consider it? Should you dare consider it?



Utena, and Wakaba are sitting under the tree they have lunch at. It looks like 
rain will be in their future... the clouds are there already... the sun is still 
casting it's warmth. The campus is fairly quiet... moreso than normal.

Utena sees that her friend has a new book,"I should probably get a hobby as 
well..."

Eyes focused on the words in the book Wakaba says,"'Don't you already duel for 
those you love?'"

Utena's eyebrow twitches,"Wakaba...?"

"Nani? Why the look? I was only quoting from the text? The heroine fights for 
justice... and her friend is always getting into trouble... the funny thing is I 
don't know the gender of her friend... it's weird... but enthralling... 
beautifully written you should get a copy. I think you'll love it... it's so 
romantic," says Wakaba with a heart popping out of her eye as she winks.

"But you said she's always dueling over her friend's fate... doesn't sound like 
they have time for romance," Utena says laying back and looking up at the 
clouds.

"Oh there's a line about that."

"It figures..."

"Don't be such a spoilsport! Ahem! 'When there is a love like our love... the 
briefest moment is but a tender hour spent in loving company.' Waaaai!" Wakaba 
clutches the text to her. Utena rolls her eyes. Wakaba doesn't notice,"Neh 
Utena... why don't we ever talk like that?"

"Well... uh... huh?" Utena looks down and pulls Chu-Chu from her bento,"Ohayo 
Chu-chu... is your mistress about too?"

"Hai Utena-sama," says Anthy walking up the hill to them. She carries with her 
one of her multilevel bento boxes. "Would you like to try what I made for 
lunch?"

Wakaba closes her book and puts it down... it's one of those composition books 
with the black and white blots on the cover... but it looks like all the pages 
were ripped out with new pages put in it... if it wasn't for being rebound with 
a simple cord... it would probably scatter in the sudden wind.

Anthy places the box down and reveals the layers... vegetable fried rice... egg 
foo yung... won tons... and some fortune cookies that look like she made them 
herself. It all looks like it was the forth or fifth attempt.

"I see you've been working on what I said. This looks great Himemiya!" Wakaba 
gives her the thumbs up.

"But isn't this more a dinner setup than lunch?" Utena says appraising the food.

The Rose Bride looks at the food she prepared,"Is it?"

"Hai. But it's here now... and it'll work great with what Wakaba made."

Anthy simply smiles as everyone piles stuff into their bento boxes. Content that 
it was well received.

Utena sees Anthy isn't eating,"Ano... Himemiya... you aren't eating?"

"I ate already... Saionji-sempai insisted..."

"He didn't hurt you... I thought he wasn't on campus anymore... You are okay 
right?"

"Hai Utena-sama... he wanted someone to eat with him... while he read," Anthy 
looked at Wakaba's book,"You have a copy also?"

"Oh that... it seems everyone has a copy... only 3 yen in the book store. You 
two seem to be the only one's without a copy," Wakaba points out various groups 
reading both quietly and laughingly... Tsuwabuki-kun can be seen running from 
the bookstore after Nanami tucking one copy into his shirt and holding one up 
and dashing to catch up to the younger Kiryuu.

Utena sighed in consternation at the scene,"Well anyway the author should be 
proud. Their work is a complete success," Her view showed a nearly floored by 
the beauty Juri quickly correcting her composure. "Seems everyone is reading 
it."

"You'd think that... but..."

"But?"

"It's unsigned... the clerk was being mobbed by girls wanting to know who wrote 
it. Guys too. But no one knows. Rumor has it... that... well it's silly..."

"You'll tell us sooner or later won't you so just tell us."

"Well of the top rumors... it was written by a member of the faculty...  
someone on the student council... or... one of us three. Isn't that wild? I mean 
it's totally unfounded," Wakaba suddenly looks into the book and then at 
Utena... reads some more... then looks at Anthy who just smiles..."Did one of 
you write it? Because then I'd have the first signed copy..."

"It wasn't me... I don't even know the title..." Utena went back to diligently 
eating.

Wakaba looked to Anthy,"You then?"

But alas Anthy was making a little plate for Chu-chu,"Hai Wakaba?"

"Nevermind," she handed Chu-chu her last cracker from her own meal,"I shall find 
out who wrote this! Nothing will stand in my way!"

"Neh... shouldn't you finish reading it first?" Utena asked before putting more 
of Anthy's okonomiyaki in her mouth.

"Oh... yeah..." Wakaba laughed and picked the book back up.

"Oh my," said Anthy pointing at the title.

" "Flowering Illicit Love Affair"? Sounds like someone picked the wrong words... 
Flowering I can understand... on this campus... but michinaranukoi... maybe they 
meant Romance?"

Wakaba pounced on it,"Ah-ha an exchange student! But... no we don't have any 
exchange students."

"Perhaps we should just finish our meal and puzzle over it later, Wakaba. I 
guess I'll buy a copy to help."

Himemiya looked up the sun suddenly casting her eyes into shadow, "Should I buy 
one too Utena-sama?"

"Um... I'll buy one for you when I get mine. I'd let you use mine but it's hard 
for 2 people to read one book."

"Thank you Utena-sama."





"If a girl has a zit..."

"She can't go to the prom..."

"Inorder to go to the prom she must smash the zit..."

"Smash the world's zit..."

Juri and Miki join in half heartedly,"For the Revolution of the prom..."

Miki seated on a foot rest reading the book,"Ano... Nanami-kun... you should 
just put some cream on that..."

Juri seated on another foot rest... reading the same book with the neck of the 
outfit she's wearing undone,"You're letting it run your life. 'Inorder to go to 
the prom she must pop the zit...'"

Miki clicked his stopwatch,"Juri is right on this... you're obsessing."

"Would you like to get in the elevator and try again?" Nanami looked at the pair 
crossveined.

"That was the third time anyway... I've even forgotten why we are up here," Juri 
flipped to the next page eyes going wide.

Nanami sat in a chair and pulled her book out... there was no foot rest... "Neh 
could I have one of..."

They cut her off,"No... it's getting to the best part," Juri and Miki looked at 
each other and where the other was in the book.

"Stop heating up the balcony you two."




Tenjou-san arrives and simply takes a chair with shaved ice set at it. She looks 
over at Anthy deep in read... expression unreadable. She sighs before starting 
into the shaved ice. She's dressed in her night clothes it's obviously later 
than one would think from Anthy's uniform. "Ano... Himemiya..."

"Hai Utena-sama?" She looks up smiling.

"Aren't you coming to bed? It's really late and if you don't get your sleep."

"Hai Utena-sama." She seems to be about to just dump what she's doing right now 
and head off to bed.

"Whoa... finish your shaved ice first... and I didn't mean right now anyway..."

"Hai Utena-sama," quoth Anthy as she sits right back down and her spoonful a 
paragraph reading of the book.

"Neh... Himemiya... what part are you at? I'm wondering what I can look forward 
to... the mushy parts are hard to read," and she blushes at that.

"I have only 19 pages left... I'm almost done."

"Wow, that's alot farther than me. I'm only 50 pages from the beginning... 
you're a hundred pages ahead of me. How did you do it?"

"I just imagine they are people on campus... and everything works out, 
Utena-sama."

"I was trying that too... only..."

"Only, Utena-sama?" The Rose Bride asked her groom finally when it seemed she 
was going to leave the thought hanging.

"Well I tried using Arisugawa-sempai in my head as the lead but I couldn't fit 
in my head who to use as the Distressed One... I went through the whole 
council... once I even used Kozue-chan and Miki-kun... but that didn't seem 
quite right... of course I tried Touga-san and Nanami-kun... and that almost 
worked... Juri almost worked... but I couldn't pair her in my mind with 
anyone but no matter what I keep thinking it's me... which doesn't sit right," 
she finished... picking at her shaved ice,"Who do you use?"

Anthy didn't even blink, "I use you as the heroine Utena-sama."

Utena blushed,"But considering what... the lead characters do... I mean... I 
don't think I'm like that with anyone... am I? I mean... who do you see as the 
other person?"

Anthy got up and yawned lightly,"We should get to sleep Utena-sama... classes 
run a little early tomorrow as you said before. Shall I give that to Chu-chu 
Utena-sama?" She pointed to Tenjou's shaved ice.

"Uh... hai... guess I have too much on my mind right now," Utena handed the ice 
over to Anthy who took it to their room and gave it to Chu-chu before changing 
into her sleepwear. Utena came in then and paused at the sight of Anthy framed 
in moonlight clad only in the air surrounding her. She turned her head.

Himemiya simply finished dressing and bookmarked her page in the book before 
settling in for the night. Chu-chu busied himself with the shaved ice having 
missed the scene entirely.

She got her own copy out and curious leafed to the page Himemiya was on... 
unconsciously she thought of herself as The Dashing Heroine...

The air seemed thick and heavy... slick with the musk in the room... 
not five minutes had passed and yet Utena had her back in her arms... 
cradled against the evils of the world. Held close in the glow of love they
shared. A glow brighter than the sun itself... with only the fog in the 
room to dampen their spirits. She looked down at the beautiful face... made 
prettier by what they had done. This was how they should be... how they 
should always be.

The eyes opened... the mouth smiled ever so slightly and the voice 
like wind on roses said,"My Utena-sama... let's go to dreamland 
together..."

Utena blinked... the face had changed... suddenly it had been her and Anthy... 
she had to talk a minute to slow her breathing... a minute to realize Anthy was 
talking... saying how it's a wonderful book. Utena was still flushed 
when she spoke, "What... what did you say Anthy?"

The darkness that was The Rose Bride's bunk said,"Utena-sama... now is the time 
of dreaming, and though it's a good book should not keep you from it. That is 
all Utena-sama."


End part one.

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