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Ruka let the door close behind her, trotting downstairs back towards the classroom. Walking into the class, she sat down at her desk, wanting to go home already. But it looked like she had to a lot to do for the next several days so she was just going to have to suck it up. Letting out a heavy sigh, she rested her chin on her hand as she stared out the window. Why was she doing all this? A few days ago she wouldn't even have thought to speak up during class or being okay with participating in the school festival. Was it because of Akira?
(( oh? that's cool, i love this character so much haha :3c
also sorry for the short post, writers block ))

Throughout the school day, during class breaks at least one person would come up to her and chat with her. Most of the time it was the male students but a few girls came to her here and there. Why was it that now that she was talking and it was obvious that she was friends with Akira, people want to talk to her? They never tried to before. It really showed how shallow people were.

As Ruka quickly ended her interactions with her classmates and joined Akira to walk to the auditorium, she let out a heavy sigh. "Awful. Girls kept asking me what shampoo I used. And the boys only flirted. I liked it better when everyone hated me." she told Akira with all honesty. It was so much easier to keep herself then have tons of people talking to her. The social interaction made her uncomfortable and exhausted. She didn't have the energy to deal with so many people. "But I bet you're enjoying not being crowded by people for once." she added with a slight smile on her face, sort of rocking back and forth as she continued her way to their destination.

Ruka gave Akira a look as he told her they should have competitions about who could get the most confessions. "You are so childish." the girl scolded as she crossed her arms and rolled her eyes. He probably would have won anyways considering that every single girl in the school was "in love" with Akira Sorano.

Turning her attention back to the goal at hand, Ruka went ahead into the theater to look for the head of the drama club. It wasn't too hard to find her since she was the only one yelling orders at other students to get work done. "Uh, hi. We're the volunteers." Ruka told the girl with a half smile on her face as she motioned to Akira who was behind her. The second year girl lit up as if she were a lightbulb and grabbed Ruka by the hands in her excitement. "Nice to meet you! I'm glad our lead roles are so pretty and handsome." the girl chirped as she looked at both Ruka and Akira. Ruka laughed nervously as she tried to match the girl's enthusiasm. Until it her that the girl had said "lead roles."

"I-I'm sorry, what? We're going to play Romeo and J-Juliet?" Ruka asked confused. She couldn't be the lead. She was way too antisocial for that. She thought she'd just play a tree or something. The second year nodded vigorously as she dragged Ruka along to look at the set that was almost done being built. "You two are going to be the stars of this play. The tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet! With you two as the lead roles, the auditorium will be packed with people! I'm sure of it!!" the girl shrieked as she bounced up and down slightly, handing the two their scripts. "I suggest using your time wisely and rehearsing together since this play is all about you two!" the girl suggested before noticing something was going wrong and ran off yelling.

"Boy is she enthusiastic..." Ruka mumbled under her breath before breathing out a sigh. She looked down at the script that was in her hands and sighed. Looks like she was stuck being Juliet. And it didn't seem that the director wanted it to be anyone else now that she had seen Ruka. Turning on her heel, the red head looked up at Akira with a glare. "Look what you dragged me into." she spat at him as she crossed her arms angrily and pouted.

Ruka glared at him with her cheeks puffed up in a pout the whole time he reminded how they both got each other into this mess. When he was done, she let out an large sigh as she brushed her bangs behind her ear. "Yeah yeah yeah, shut up." she huffed out looking down at her script. It was a good thing she had a good memory, remembering the lines wasn't going to be hard. The acting was the hard part. She usually didn't show much emotion show anything theatrical wasn't her slice of cake. She flipped through the script as well, scoffing as she read some of the lines from the more romantic scenes.

"Pick a nickname and stick to it, idiot." Ruka growled at him as she placed her hand on her hip. It seemed she would have to take some time off of work for this. It wouldn't really be a problem though since her boss often told her she deserved time off. But at the same time it would lose her precious time to make some money. "I guess we can rehearse at my place. I'll have to go grocery shopping once more..." she mumbled as she raised her hand up to her lips and bit down on her thumb nail, pondering what she should make for the meal tonight.

Ruka gently took the pencil from him as she began to flip through her script and mark her lines as well. "Stupid, I think we both know we can live without each other." she mumbled, returning the pencil to him. It was nothing more than an accident that they became friends. Besides, if she really wanted to go to the effort to, she could just ignore him and act as if they never met. There was nothing forcing her to be friends with him. She could throw him away like a used tissue whenever she wanted to; just like so many people had done to her before. "Whatever works for you, I guess. We got enough for a dinner for two. Two dinners. We'll have to go back and pick up more. Besides, there's a sale going on at the grocery store, I don't want to miss it." she told him with a smile on her face as she brushed her bangs back once more. Growing up somewhat independently, she learned tips on how to shop and what not. She honestly would make a great house wife...if anyone ever wanted to marry her though.

"I've gotten pretty far in my life without others..." Ruka mumbled under her breath as she opened her script to the page Akira was starting on. She wasn't one for acting, but she supposed she would try her best since she was Juliet. Once the director told everyone to leave, Ruka nodded at Akira before going ahead. They made their way down to the shoe lockers, and Ruka opened her's up, expecting to find the usual. She was right. Taking her loafers off the shelf, she dumped out the tacks that were placed inside. She wasn't surprised, just because people in her class started to talk to her, it didn't mean that everyone was going to immediately like her. Ignoring it like she always did, the female placed her shoes on and made her way out of the school at her own pace, not even waiting for her male friend.

It was a quick trip from the school to the market to her apartment. Ruka opened the door to the apartment, switching on the lights and revealing the same tidy apartment that Akira had seen before. "I'm going to go change." she told the boy as she motioned him to set the grocery bags on the kitchen table. She then quickly headed to her room, closing the door and beginning to change into a large t-shirt and some gym shorts. She then returned to the kitchen before removing the ingredients out of the plastic bags and beginning to cook. It was going to be a simple meal. White rice, miso soup, salmon and barely tea.

Ruka began grill the salmon, the rice cooker already on and beginning to do its job while a pot on the stove to her left began to boil. "For you? Nothing. For me? Grilled salmon with white rice accompanied with miso soup and barely tea," she told him, glancing behind her at the boy on her couch. "I don't feed peasants." she joked with a playful smirk on her face before she childishly stuck her tongue out at him.

As she continued to prepare their meal, Ruka spoke up once more, telling Akira, "Why don't you start it off? I can do it while cooking." It wasn't hard to multitask for an overachiever like Ruka. In fact, it was quite easy and made things a bit for fun in her opinion. The female continued to cook with ease, the aroma of the food filling the apartment. "Good thing we've already kissed before. That makes the more romantic scenes easier." Ruka stated with a small smile on her face.

Ruka chuckled a bit as Akira played along with her. It was nice having someone over. When Akira asked if she'd be up to the onstage kiss, she just shrugged. "Depends on how I feel when I'm on stage. If I don't want to do it, then I won't. I don't care if the audience is disappointed or the director gets mad at me." she told him firmly. If she didn't feel like doing something, then she doesn't do it no matter how others feel about it. As Akira began from where they left off, Ruka followed along, saying her parts when needed.

Not long after, Ruka finished cooking and began setting the table. She placed two filets of salmon on each plate, two bowls of rice, two bowls of miso soup and two cups of barley tea. She placed chopsticks by each plate along with a spoon. "I hate to break character, but dinner is ready, Romeo." Ruka playfully told the male with a smirk on her face. She took her seat, not waiting for him to join her before she mumbled the same phrase before she ate anything and started to dig in. Her bowl of rice was much larger than Akira's though, again eating more than a normal girl does. "I'm not excited for this. Not the cultural festival, not the play or the sports festival. I've never been into this kind of stuff." Ruka told him in between bites.