The shy boy [AU - CW]

Romeo smiled at the familiar face, walking over and not even hesitating to sit down next to her. "Are you flirting with me, signorina?" He teased her lightly chuckling g as he took out his English books and notes. Kareema seemed fun to be around, like someone you could genuinely be friends with. "I managed to get some words out of our mutual," he said, as if it was the greatest gossip in school. He of course told her of the vibe he was picking up, "am I projecting? I mean it is not often that vampyre and lycan mix, but the culture here seems more accepting," he said in a ponder. Or maybe it was just how he had come to see the parts of Churchill he had been to.

"Is it not allowed to crush on people on the first day?" He remarked, looking around at the people stealing glances at him and looking rather jealous of Kareema. He chuckled, shaking his head, "he said he didn't reciprocate,
so it's not like I'm going to hunt him down," he promised with a smile, "oh well." He didn't take it too personal. But it was clear he still had a genuine interest to get to know Eden and Kareema as well. "I hope I can get him to soften up to me a bit," he noted before class started.

Romeo nodded, yes, Eden had flat out denied the suggestion that the lycan had made. It was however a little fun to actually have someone around him that didn't find him attractive. In fact it felt almost refreshing. Class soon started, and Romeo had to admit that English class was more fun with having Kareema next to him. She was witty and smart, and definitely someone he saw himself getting along with.
After class, Romeo packed up his things, stretching a little in the seat before getting up. "First day survived," he chuckled, putting his bag over his shoulder before he looked at Kareema. "You in any of the clubs?" he asked out of genuine curiosity.

Romeo chuckled, nodding as he thought that part was nice as well. Chess? Why didn't it surprise him? But then he heard about Eden being in theater. He had his hopes up before she said he wasn't acting. That was a bummer. He would've loved to see that side of the otherwise shy vampyre. Didn't he have a wild side to him too? She asked what he had been considering and he shrugged a little, "football is nice, but I get bored pretty easily," he confessed. Besides he felt like it was almost tedious. "Back home I used to dance a lot ... I suppose there's probably a handful of dance teams here, so I'd have to see which one I like before joining," he said with a small smile, not to mention auditioning to be a part of the group. "But maybe I could go check out theater ... I do like performing arts," he chuckled, wiggling his eyebrows a little teasingly at Kareema.

"All the world's a stage," he quoted quite dramatically, bowing lightly to Kareema before the two of them headed off. The vampyress of course showing him the way, but he took the time to look around at the parts of the school they passed. "Do you think I'm naive for trying so hard?" he chuckled, feeling a little pathetic. It was weird. He normally had the effect of drawing people closer, but Eden seemed to ignore him. He wanted to know why. He had already asked about attraction, but it wasn't that. It was a bummer. Romeo wouldn't have hesitated to ask him out if that had been the case.
Entering the theater's assigned class room people stopped what they were doing as Romeo and Kareema came through the door. "Hi, I'm Romeo ... I was thinking of checking out this club, see if I might like it," he smiled politely, making a lot of the people there quite surprised. Normally guys like Romeo would stick to something physical like a sport, but he was in the nerd-club right now. "I hope I'm not intruding, I know that I'd have to audition to be a part of this club, right?" he asked, looking around for someone who spoke on behalf of the club.

Romeo chuckled at Kareema's addition, of course he knew that, but he saw some guys looking at the female vampyre quite longingly. He suspected she was quite the heartbreaker. The leader stepped forward, handing him a folder and he flipped through it, listening to what he said, taking it all in as he hummed. He wasn't sure this was the place for him, but he did want to get closer to Eden in some way. Perhaps understand him. Romeo wasn't quite sure, but he knew he wanted to befriend the vampyre.
A girl entered, and the lycan barely reacted at the mention of Eden's name. Although he did feel a slight tingle in his stomach. "Should I audition right away?" he asked the leader as he had barked out orders. "I mean, I could probably say a few lines off of a play," he suggested, looking at the leader. Romeo didn't really care where he landed on the list of things to do. Frankly he thought that just painting background or assembling sets would be quite fun.

While there was a certain snobby attitude about this leader, Romeo chose to ignore it, being handed a page with a small dialog. He read it through, knowing the scene somewhat, but he was much more of an in the moment type of actor. The scene was fairly recognizable: J.D. finds his girlfriend Veronica having hanged herself (although it is later revealed that it is faked). Romeo would take the part of J.D. and he hummed, moving his shoulders a bit as he got himself in to character.
Romeo walked up to where he pretended Veronica was hanging from the ceiling, frowning in confusion as his lips separated, his chin quivering a bit, "I was teasing. I loved you!" he started out softly, yet his vocals got louder as he professed his love to this pretend dead girl. "Sure, I was coming up here to kill you…" he muttered, walking a bit in a circle, running a hand through his hair before gesturing to her, "but first I was going to try and get you back with my amazing petition." - It’s a shame you can’t say what our fellow students really signed. All right, listen. He straightened his back, looking out at the crowd that was the theater club, putting on a fake yet sinister smile that only grew the more he spoke. He was supposed to be a deranged high school student who had killed some of his classmates and was planning on killing more. "Ahem, “We students of Westerburg High will die today. Our burning bodies will be the ultimate protest to a society that degrades us. Fuck you all.”" he spoke so clearly, and yet his whole body moved with what he said. The slight stiffness, how his one eye started to tick a little, "It’s not very subtle, but neither is blowing up a whole school, now is it?" gritting his teeth as he clicked his tongue. He went back to pretend Veronica, looking up at her with sad eyes. "Talk about your suicide pacts, huh?" he muttered softly before shaking his head a little, "when our school blows up tomorrow, it’s going to be the kind of thing to a infect a generation. I mean, it’s going to be a Woodstock for the eighties!" That was when his character started to frown, shaking his head as he looked up at the pretend girl, "Damn it, Veronica. We could’ve toasted marshmallows together."

Romeo was lucky. But as they all clapped he just shook his head, clearly humble. The leader came closer, snatching the script out of his hand as he smiled at the fact he was on trial. Kareema hyped him up and he chuckled softly, turning his head to see Eden. He sent him a friendly smile before watching the leader nod the vampyre in to the other room. He went to Kareema, seeing her off as she went to chess club and Romeo spent his time getting to know the club members here. Although he was curious about Eden, he played it safe. "What is the play you are working on now about?"

He waved at Kareema as she left, making a mental note of thanking her at some other point. Romeo was quickly the attention once more as people walked up to him after the leader had left with Eden. A girl explaining their upcoming play while one of the crew budded in saying they were putting a twist to it. "Like what? Romeo and Jules?" He replied, mostly in joking, but he felt it was a little too fitting to the situation he was in. But then again, art imitates life, right?

"I mean that is not a bad suggestion." she remarked with a chuckle. But she got up and went to collect the current draft, handing it to the lycan. "So far we've reworked many of the scenes to have this sort of abstract vibe to it, mostly because we've decided to make the Romeo of the play like some kind of psychedelic drugs. I wont say that our painter crew has liked that change, but they're working hard on making it happen." she remarked with a soft chuckle. Then she looked a little more intently at the lycan. "Are you the lead role kind of guy or am I completely off? I kind of get the vibes that you like the front stage and spotlight."

He actually thought the sound of that was quite niche and yet very cool. He flipped through the draft, reading bits and pieces because he of course didn't have time to sit and read through a whole manuscript. The paint crew remark made him hum, smiling softly at her as he thought about all the colors they had had to use.
The question that followed made him frown a little. Did he come off that way? Scoffing he shook his head, "I don't mind the spotlight, but I don't always think the lead is the most interesting role to play," he said. Sure he had been a part of some minor productions back home, but he found the lead role a little too much pressure. Especially because he always strove for perfection. How many hours didn't he spend rehearsing and memorising words that he would only use a handful of nights? "Mercutio is a much funnier role in my opinion, or Tybalt I could see being interesting," he said.

With his looks? He frowned. Was that really all people saw? "Well, I don't know about that," he muttered, shrugging a little as he looked up when Eden and the leader returned. Smoking? He got on his feet but then the leader approached him, and he looked as the vampyre left. Why was he so hung up on that guy? Maybe because he saw him as a normal person and not someone who would get by on his looks. But the leader cut him off from going after him, and now he had to state his opinion. "Well I think it's got great potential," he said with a polite smile, "but I feel like I need to read more of it before I can say more - I need a smoke too, uhm, excuse me," he chuckled. He headed out, not smoking much, but now he had said he would. He reached the shed, patting down his pockets as he sighed, "forgot my cigs ... can I bum one?" he asked the shy vampyre.

He took one as he was offered, borrowing some light as well. Inhaling he just held his breath a little as he felt the nicotine rush through his system. He liked how it felt calming to him. Handing back the lighter he shrugged a bit at the question. "Kareema suggested I joined a club," he said, not really answering the question. He chuckled, scratching his lower lip with the nail on his thumb, "do you not like it?" He then asked. Was he coming on too strong? Maybe Romeo really was hopeless when he finally met someone he seemed to like. "I mean ... if I was following you," he added with a boyish smile as he sucked lightly on his cigarette.

"Why?" he repeated with a small smile, chuckling as he looked down, "well I guess because you're really nice to be around." Saying that was much more than he had said to anyone ever. To actually admit that he enjoyed his company, well that was a lot to him. His smile faded as he sighed, "I know I should take the hint and get lost," he admitted, "but I just feel really relaxed around you ... Like ... You aren't staring at me as if I'm some animal at a zoo." Was that weird?