Practice Starts! Mr. Blonc The Crazed Director.

Shiori gives him a look as if knowing there's something else on his mind.

Shiori "You've been acting kind of strange lately. Something up?"

Hikigaya "What? Nooo, I'm all good dawg! There's nothing up with me haha!.."

He is taken off guard by the question and responds nervously. Before Shiori can pry any deeper, he interrupts her.

Hikigaya "What's that Ryuji? You need to ask me something? Well alright, I'll be right there!"

He says while rushing ahead to catch up to Ryuji, Haru and Lucy. Ryuji looks at Hikigaya confused before looking back at Shiori. Hikigaya grabs his face and forces him to look forward as Shiori stares at them confused.

Alice "I think he likes you."

Alice startles Shiori as she comes up next to her.

Shiori "What? There's no way he likes me."

She says matter of factly. Alice looks at her with a smug look.

Alice "If you say so. I know I would be crushing on you."

She says while walking backwards, facing Shiori before turning around and catching up with Chizuru, Touma and Sugawara. Shiori looks at her for a moment before looking at Hikigaya. She blushes a little as he laughs at Haru.

Shiori 'He likes me? No way… Right?'

The class eventually makes their way to the theater where most of them are amazed at its size and the big stage.

Chizuru "Wow! It's so nice, I've never been here before!"

Haru "I've seen a few plays in here before."

Sugawara "You like that kind of stuff?"

Haru "Eh, not really. We mostly went with our elementary school."

Lucy "Well then you remember those days way better than we do cause I can't recall coming here once."

Haru looks at them confused.

Haru "Am I crazy? Was I the only one who went?"

He looks around for reassurance as Hikigaya shrugs his shoulders. Haru pouts as the class comes in.

Samuel "Come on everyone, on the stage. Line up facing me."

She commands as they do so. She looks at them with her back facing the chairs. As she begins to speak, a small head picks its way into the auditorium. Tsuki stares intently, contemplating how he should go about joining the play, when suddenly another head peaks in above his own.

Milo "So, what are we staring at?"

Tsuki freaks out and falls on his face. He quickly gets up and shushes Milo.

Tsuki "This is a stealth mission! You have to be really quiet or you'll blow my cover!"

Milo "You're the one being loud…"

Tsuki rolls his eyes and goes back to spying. Milo stares for a second before smirking.

Milo "You're trying to get into the play, aren't you?"

Tsuki turns around and blushes in embarrassment, surprised.

Tsuki "What? Who told you?"

Milo "No one. I just saw Hiki and his class coming down to the auditorium so I assumed it's time for the annual play. I'm gonna join too."

She says confidently. Tsuki sweats and doesn't believe her.

Tsuki "Right. Well let me know how that goes."

Milo "Okay!"

She says before walking straight into the theater. Tsuki freaks out and hides behind the door even more as Milo walks up to Ms. Samuel and speaks. She then turns and points at Tsuki before Samuel gives a smile and a thumbs up. Milo then turns and shouts at Tsuki.

Milo "It's all good! We got roles, you can come down now!"

Tsuki reluctantly walks down the aisle to the stage where he meets Milo before stepping on stage with the rest of the class. Hikigaya looks upset as Milo smiles and waves at him. Shiori gets a defensive look.

Shiori "What is she doing here?"

Hikigaya "I have no idea…"

Hisana "I didn't know Tsuki wanted to join the play."

Lucy "Yeah, same with Milo."

Samuel "Okay everyone, eyes on me. First thing we have to do is figure out who's playing who. Then we can move onto lines then blocking. We have 17 roles to fill. Who wants to start?"

Suiyoubi "Oh! I want to be a wolf!"

Samuel "Okay, that's one of the three wolves we need. Anyone else?"

Milo "I'll be the princess who falls in love with the handsome knight."

She says implying Hikigaya to be the knight. He rolls his eyes.

Samuel "Great, you can be the royal princess and Tsuki, since you came with her, you can be the royal prince."

Tsuki "What? But I wanted to the knight in shining armor! You know, the one who saves the girl?"

He says, implying Shiori to be the girl who needs saving. Shiori leans over to Chizuru and whispers.

Shiori "They don't seem to understand the fact that those roles don't exist nor would we even be in those roles."

Chizuru giggles at them as Samuel continues.

Samuel "Exactly. The royal knight who gets the girl and the princess who falls in love with the knight in shining armor. Seems perfect for you two. Who's next?"

They sigh in defeat as she moves on.

Haru "Oh oh! I think Sugawara and I should be the evil bandits!"

Sugawara "Are you sure Haru? That's kind of a big role…"

Haru "It's okay, we got this! As long as we stick together!"

He takes his hand as Sugawara blushes.

Samuel "Sounds good to me. Now, who else? Come on, come on."

She says, encouraging the students to speak up. Hikigaya gets a mischievous face as he looks at Shiori. She gives him a look and mouths 'Don't you dare.'

Hikigaya "I think Shiori should play the main traveler. Seeing as how she wrote the story and all."

Samuel looks surprised.

Samuel "That actually sounds like a good idea. Everyone agrees?"

The class nods and agrees with the idea. Shiori gets upset and looks around.

Shiori "Well in that case, Hikigaya should play the beast since he wants to give out roles."

Hikigaya, who was laughing, stops and looks at her shocked. Samuel smirks.

Samuel "You know what Shiori? I like the way you think. We're going with it."

Shiori sticks her tongue out at him as he makes a face back. They pout and look away from each other as Chizuru leans over to Shiori and whispers.

Chizuru "I hope you realize that you're now stuck with the roles that have to kiss."

She leans back as Shiori blushes and freaks out. Hikigaya does the same as they look at each other.

Hikigaya "Wait, we have to kiss..?"

Shiori "In front of everyone..?"

Shiori/Hikigaya "WHAT?!"

They shout so loud it's heard outside of the theater.

Later, on their way home, Shiori and Hikigaya look upset and embarrassed.

Shiori "This is all your fault. If you would've kept your mouth shut, we wouldn't be in this situation."

Hikigaya "How is this exactly my fault? You're the one who wrote the scene in the first place."

Shiori "Yeah, but I didn't think it would be me and you!"

Alice "If Hikigaya can't do it, I can always kiss you."

She says from behind Hikigaya. He gets an upset look and looks at her.

Hikigaya "Shut up. I can do it…"

Alice giggles as she turns away. Hikigaya blushes and sighs as Shiori blushes too.

Shiori "Look, it's not like we haven't done it before… This time we just have to do it in front of a bunch of people, that's all."

He looks at her surprised as Alice gasps.

Alice "You guys have kissed before? When? You have to tell me!"

Shiori/Hikigaya "No we don't!"

Back at school, the class continues to practice. They do different scenes and eventually come to one scene where everyone is sitting together at a long table talking to each other with Shiori and Hikigaya in the center.

Samuel "Okay, now for the final dialogue and kiss!"

They look nervous as they start.

Shiori "S-so, does this mean that I'm now a princess?.."

Hikigaya "I-I could make you one if you wanted…"

He says as they gulp before leaning towards each other. They close their eyes and get very close to each other as the others watch with anticipation but they pull back at the last second. Both blushing and sweating a bit.

Shiori "Ms. Samuel, would it be okay if we didn't actually kiss until the real scene..?"

Samuel looks confused but nods.

Samuel "Of course. I'm sure you teenagers know how to kiss each other, there's no worries there."

She says, playfully wiggling her eyebrows at them. She smiles a bit before the auditorium doors slam open. Everyone looks over as a short man dressed in an exotic outfit accompanied by a young adult in sunglasses, holding a clipboard walks in. They make their way down towards the stage. Ms. Samuel greets them by the stage.

Samuel "You must be Mr. Blonc."

She puts her hand out to shake his hand but he just looks at her up and down as if examining her.

Blonc "Yes, I thought that would be obvious."

Samuel "Well, it's just that you're late so I wasn't sure-"

Blonc "I am not late, you are all simply early. From now on, this theater runs on my time and mine alone, do you understand?"

Ms. Samuel looks confused and lost a bit at his words.

Samuel "Um, yes I guess?"

Blonc "Good. As your director I expect everyone to do as I say, how I say it. Now, hand it to me."

He snaps at her and opens his palm to her as he looks at the clipboard his assistant is holding. Samuel stands there confused and looks around. Blonc slowly looks back at her unamused.

Blonc "The script. Hand me a copy of the script."

Samuel "Oh! Sorry, I had no idea since you didn't specify."

Blonc gives her a look again as Samuel composes herself a bit awkwardly. He looks at the script for a moment, skimming it before speaking again.

Blonc "Yes, I suppose this will do. Seems as though an amateur high schooler wrote this but it's not bad."

Shiori gets a little offended at the comment as the other students look confused and offended too.

Blonc "Okay! Let's take it from the top!"

He claps his hands together as the students help the stage crew move the set pieces out of the way and bring back the first set pieces. This seems to irritate Blonc.

Blonc "What are you morons doing? You do not need the set pieces yet! We are still in early stages, we shall only run through the dialogue. Surely even you stage crew can understand that?"

The crew get an unpleasant look as they walk backstage. Shiori and Touma then step forth to begin.

Blonc "Now, begin!"