“THIS IS YOUR END, MONTAGUE!” cried a powerful voice.

The friar, Nurse, and Juliet whipped around to the voice that had shattered behind the chapel doors. Without blinking, Rilo wrenched it open to find her beloved Romeo and Paris striking swords and spattered with blood.

Sasuke stopped for a split second, and widened his eyes as Juliet appeared in the doorway.

“Ju—”

“Shame to let your guard down like that!” Paris yelled and pulled his sword back to stab Romeo in the heart. Juliet widened her glistening eyes and dashed down the aisle so fast she thought her heart would rip.

“ROMEO!”

This scream pierced the night air as Paris’s sword pierced Juliet’s stomach.

She collapsed on the floor in a painful cry before Romeo’s feet, her hair unbound and spread around her.

“NO!” Sasuke yelled. He knelt by Rilo’s side and groped for her hand.

“I guess…” Rilo said breathless, “…a Capulet can love a Montague.”

“Of course,” Sasuke said, smiling gently. Rilo almost widened her eyes. She had never seen Sasuke give such a gentle smile before.

“Romeo,” Juliet said, in a strained voice.

“I love you.”

This time, it was Sasuke’s turn to widen his eyes. The way Rilo said it, was it just him or did it sound…

…real?

“I love you so much,” Rilo said, her voice weak. There were sobs from the audience. “I love you so much I think my heart will break…it hurts so much that I’m afraid it’s wrong. Is it wrong to say no to fate?”

And the last thing Sasuke expected was to see clear rivers of tears spill out from the sides of her sparkling brown orbs. He couldn’t believe it. Rilo. Rilo was crying.

“I’m so sorry,” Sasuke said, as gentle as Rilo’s words, “it’s my fault. I defied your word of peace and I—”

“I don’t blame you for anything, Romeo. You aren’t perfect. And that’s why I love you.”

She grasped Sasuke’s warm hand and held it to her heart that was now beating slower and slower. Sasuke gulped. He had never held someone’s hand before…but Rilo’s hand was delicate, ironic to her skills in swords. It was small and delicate.

“I think I will love you so much that my heart will stop first and then shatter. It’s not wrong to say no to fate- we make our own destinies. I thought mine was with you…and I was right.”

Rilo gave a new wave of tears. Since when was Sasuke’s acting so convincing?

“Mine was too,” she said, faintly.

~from "At Hokkaido High School, Ch_22-Starcrossed! Act three!
by andreaa