=o==o==o==o==o==o==o==o= 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 8 The Captain of the Fencing Club wasn't about to knock again and she opened the door as Miki tried to stop her. Nanami stumbled back,"I wasn't expecting to see that!" Miki peeked around the corner of the door to the shared room of Utena and Anthy, and blushed red as a beet. Utena stirred and blinked at them the morning sun framing her face and blotting out her naked form,"Neh... it's Saturday. What do you guys want?" She had yet to realize she had slept on the floor. Nanami couldn't speak and hid behind Juri aghast. And so Juri spoke then,"Tenjou... we are here for the other endings to The Book." "Oh... lemme see here..." she fumbled her hand on the table next to her, and then stood and walked over and handed the pages to Juri. She rubbed at her eyes sleepily. Juri checked them... and snatched one out of the stack, before passing the stack to Miki. Miki blushed even harder and fished out the copy for Nanami who almost ripped it from his hand. Juri turned to Utena finally,"Thank you for these... and this is the time when we must part." Utena yawned mightily,"Yeah yeah go... we need our sleep." Juri quirked an eyebrow,"Didn't know you *slept* naked. Good Morning Utena Tenjou." The groom looked at her bride and then at herself as the door closed behind her. Utena was hesitant,"Himemiya?" Anthy smiled and put on her glasses,"Hai?" Only when she said it there was an odd echo to her voice... SUDDENLY... Utena woke up. She blinked and looked around... everyone near her looked like they'd just woke up. She noted Wakaba was still asleep,"Sorry about that." Juri hid a light proper yawn behind her hand,"Don't blame yourself for anything," she looked at the stage,"I'd blame Romano-kun... the boy on the stage for his bad report on St. Florian. He's bored almost the entire audience to sleep." "I see... so that was just a dream then... it was so real though" Everyone looked at her shocked before looking away suddenly. Nanami coughed into her hand. Juri then spoke,"A dreamworld is as "real" as those who live inside believe it to be." "Have we fulfilled our obligation as 'Rolemodels to the next generation' yet? I'm bored," complained Nanami. "So bored you kept me awake with your snoring," added Miki blandly. "What was that?" "Uh... nothing..." Utena chuckled then looked over at Himemiya who said right then,"It was a beautiful dream though, neh Utena-sama?" Utena placed a light hand on Anthy's, "Hai." Wakaba chose that moment to wake up... as did most everyone as Roman-kun finally stopped droning... most likely the sudden stop of sound leapt into people consciousness and roused them. "That was a nice nap... and such a wonderful dream!" she paused,"Neh why are you all staring at me... oh no I was the only one asleep wasn't I!? Did I snore? What a role model I turned out to be." Suddenly disjointed clapping went up and everyone joined in... except the group which seemed to have had the same dream. "Roman L'amour everyone... and his Treatise on the Feast of St. Florian. The day for that is coming up for those of you who wish to celebrate it... let's give L'amour-kun another round of applause." "Nanami... now we can go." And they filled out to let the dusty blond boy have his fame applause. -------- End Part 8. End Fic. So... thoughts opinions? eldrick@mindless.com is the place for them. Juri's line "A dreamworld is as "real" as those who live inside believe it to be." is Gally-chan's (Cyborg Mermaid to many), who I begged for the use of the line when she used it in a recent post to usenet. This fic was made to order for Roshni Kasumo... who said something to the effect there wasn't enough Utena shoujo-ai fic.