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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...
  Part 2

"Utena Tenjou... you must pick one and only one of them... who will you pick," 
asks Kip the announcer for the Gameshow.

"But what happens to the one I don't pick?"

"They get a fabulous Marriage to Saionji! And that's not all... a Fun filled 
honeymoon... just like your own package... so who will you pick!" Kip (It's 
really Touga with his hair in a pony-tail) Martel asks again,"Oh and you have 5 
minutes to pick... take your time."

"What happens when I run out of time if I haven't picked yet?" Utena said with 
her dream voice.

"Well Saionji will get Anthy who he will love but also mistreat from time to 
time... he has a strong backhand, and Wakaba will spend her remaining years as a 
spinster! Never to love again. So which will you pick... 3 paths are prepared 
before you... on Let's Make a Duo! The show where happy triples become happier 
mixed doubles..."

Wakaba in tears,"You should pick Himemiya... I could get used to Saionji... I'll 
miss you though."

Utena's perception centered on Anthy,"What are your thoughts Himemiya?"

Anthy with her sweet smile firmly in place,"Why Utena-sama. I have no thoughts. 
What ever you decide works for me."


And Tenjou-san woke with a start.

"Gomen-nasai Utena-sama. I didn't mean to wake you with my question as to what 
you wanted for breakfast, but whatever you decide DOES work for me," Anthy 
Smiled her special smile.

Utena's heart sank,"Listen... Himemiya... you decide breakfast... your decision 
counts here too."

"Ah... well... in truth I'm not hungry this morning Utena-sama, but if you are I 
can make whatever."

"No... that's okay... I'm not really hungry either... if..."

"'If,' Utena-sama?"

"If you were though I'd... eat with you."

"Thank you, Utena-sama," answered The Rose Bride as she finished getting 
dressed.

Utena walked in a daze to her uniform and put it on. As she did so her eyes 
fixed on Anthy's copy of the book... the bookmark was removed... placed on top 
of it lovingly. Utena paused,"Lovingly? Why did I think that?"

The door popped open,"Utena!" Wakaba called before seeing that her 'boyfriend' 
was naked as a jaybird,"W-ow... this is like a part in the book... when the 
other character walks in on the Dashing Heroine... 'framed by only the light of 
morning like an angel about to spread her wings...'"

Utena blinked,"I know that part... didn't the next bit go,'to envelope me and 
carry me to parts unknown by those not in love.' Didn't they have sex right 
then? What a quote to make Wakaba..."

Wakaba turned away to hide her blush,"Well I'm not the one who remembered THAT 
part so well... so who is the deviant with thoughts of illicit romance here... 
you or me?"

Utena noticed something,"Cute Chu-chu very cute."

Wakaba turned around, and Utena could swear she had sighed wistfully... of 
course she thought she had too. She wondered what was wrong with her to think 
such so often... and about both of them... she blinked... she HAD thought of 
..."Best not to dwell."

Wakaba gave a sidelong look,"Well? What was cute? And Why shouldn't we dwell on 
it?"

"Huh? Oh Chu-chu had pointed at BOTH of us."

"Ah like page 75 where the roulette marble jumped the table when the intrepid 
pair bet in opposition! It could not intervene between them!"

"Wakaba really..."

"What? I think it's romantic. They also had this beautiful kiss..."

"I'm not kissing you Wakaba," Utena slung her bag over her shoulder.

"Bet you're good at it though. Just kidding. But boy are you blushing. What were 
you dreaming about... can I have the details? Who was he? I hope it wasn't 
Touga..."

Utena looked away,"Best not to dwell on my dream really... it wasn't very 
happy..."

Wakaba worried for her as they left the dorm,"Were you being chased?"

"No..."

"Did you do something wrong in it?"

"Not yet... it was a fork in the road dream basically... like a gameshow..."

"Door Number 1 Dorr Number 2 or Door number 3... I don't like those either. I 
had one the other night about 3 yummy recipes... and I had to pick just one..."

"I only had 2 choices... with a third if I didn't pick one of the first 2... and 
the third was ... I don't wanna talk about it."

Wakaba smacked herself in the forehead,"We've been through this... you can't 
bottle this stuff up inside Utena! You have to talk about it or do something 
about it. You can't just hang onto it. So tell me about the dream... I mean 
nightmare. It was a nightmare right?"

Utena sighed and stopped walking,"Wakaba... if you had the choice of those 
recipes again... but had only 5 minutes to choose one of the three... or pick 
run out of time and end up with none of them and have to eat only natta for a 
week... could you pick in time?" Utena resumed walking... trying to purge the 
recipe analogy out of her head... "Two yummy dishes... or the natta," kept 
rolling through her mind.

"Oh no I'd hate that... it would be like the recipes never meant anything to me 
at all if I didn't pick... and yet all three do."

"Three?" Utena asked lost in her thoughts again.

"Yeah the 3 recipes... did you have only 2 choices... that would be tougher... 
of course it would be really tough if they weren't just recipes... can you at 
least give me a hint?"

"I had to choose people."

"What?" Utena was slowing down so Wakaba took on her cheering up stance and 
grabbed her arm,"Well if it was between your prince and Touga... pick the 
prince..."

"It's not as simple as that."

"Oooh... that is bad... well if tyou read the book you should cheer up... just 
don't read the last 4 pages... they aren't too cheery..."

"I forgot it in my room..." she said looking into her bag for a second.

Himemiya who'd been walking behind them held out hers... and Wakaba broke hers 
out of her bag. Utena froze... they were the same distance away... holding out 
the same book... she could almost feel Kip glaring at her and the clock counting 
down. She was about to panic when Chu-chu came running in with her copy over his 
head. She wondered only briefly if he'd been accidentally forgotten or had 
realised she didn't have it a while back and had been bringing it up till now. 
She examined it... it was dusty enough to have given Chu-Chu trouble with it on 
the stairs. The other girls walked up.

Anthy handed Chu-chu a cracker,"Neh Chu-chu it looks like you saved Utena from 
choosing."

Wakaba patted it's head,"Yeah she looked ready to faint. She must have had to 
choose between one sport or another... like an interschool championship being 
held the same day as another championship."

Anthy smiled,"Hai Utena-sama would want to be at both events."

Wakaba put on her victory face,"Ah-ha! The Mystery is solved! Now to find out 
who wrote this book!"

The Bell for class rang... all three had to move double time to make their 
classes.


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End Part 2