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A Night's Play | Alab x Zahrah

[REQUESTED]

This ship was requested by Jade____Besson030 (now Flicker_Rita), thanks for requesting! Hope you enjoy!

I never heard of this song before this oneshot was requested, so apologies if I write this badly, I'm just bad TwT

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[ZAHRAH]

I really liked one of my classmates, they seemed nice and cool to be around. I learned their name a while ago, as well as the fact that they aren't boy, nor girl, but instead, turned non-binary last fall, which was also real cool.

Alab was their name, and winning their heart was my game.

The fact that they were also considered high-tier hotness in the class list made it even more tempting.

(okay that was a really bad intro to Zahrah's thoughts, I apologize-)

I'm game for trying anything new, doing daredevil stunts for social media, all that stuff. Everytime something new pops up, I dare myself to be the first to try it.

Like when the ice cream shop downtown opened up, I was one of the first to try their "weird" flavors, they actually tasted pretty good in my opinion. I wondered why nobody else ordered them, people sometimes gave me grossed-out looks when they see me holding one. I ignored them and always held my head up high.

I do have close friends, which was cool, we'd strut about and do all sorts of fun stuff. I mean, they wouldn't always eat the cool flavors of ice-cream all the time, which I was surprised at. Who wouldn't want to try the awesome-weird flavors anyways? But that wasn't my main focus, getting Alab's attention was.

An idea popped into my head. Hey! Why don't I impress them with something they enjoyed?

So, for the whole school day, I watched Alab walking to their next classes, and watched their interests towards different subjects. They seemed to enjoy the theater club, and the actors who were performing. That gave me another idea. Shouldn't I sign up for the play in the next month? I could invite Alab over when we perform!

I signed up for the play, it was about this school musical thing. When the tryouts came out, I had practiced for ages, after school and during my free-time. I was ready for this!

I swept through the tryouts like it was nothing. I knew the lines from heart, I practiced my pitch of sound, all that. I'm pretty sure most of the judges were impressed about my performance, I've never been in drama before, so it was a bit strange.

The next day, I checked the list of participants and the list of parts, and my name was listed under the main parts! I cheered on the inside, as I headed to my classes, my head held higher than usual.

For the next few weeks, like the tryouts, I trained extra-hard. I was determined to be one of the best performers there were. I just hoped that Alab would finally notice me and like me back, even though they probably won't, I kept my hopes up.

I see Alab walking past me everyday to get to their classes, and I always feel a sad smile forming on my face. I just really wanted them to notice me, but it didn't really happen. If I'm lucky, they would stop and smile, greeting me, which made my heart flutter.

A month of training passed, and it was soon time for the actual play. I was nervous that night, scared to mess up anything. I had invited Alab to watch the play a week ago, and they agreed to watch. Mostly, they were surprised to see that I was part of the theatre/drama club, as I usually never mentioned much about the subject. I brushed it off and told them that I just wanted to try something new, to which they nodded and walked off, saying that they would be there.

I push back the curtains to see long rows of chairs, people sitting on them, and the dim lighting spread all around. My heart started beating rapidly at the sight. What if I mess it all up? People would laugh at me. They would make fun of me.

Some of the other members of drama club came over to where I was standing, and placed their hands on mine. "It'll be okay, Zahrah, just take it easy. You'll do fine."

"Thanks, I'm just a bit nervous," I said, taking another look at the large audience. I felt a little better, and like they said, I could do it. I could do it. Taking a deep breath, I put on my costume, and awaited the announcing call.

When the director called my name to come on stage, I stood up from my seat and entered the stage. The lights were all upon me and I felt nervous all over again. But with everyone cheering me on backstage, I felt that I could do anything.

I did the best I could with my performance, barely making any mistakes. I could hear the quiet shouts and whoops from my classmates, and the clapping from the audience, but the sound that stuck in my head was the cheers from Alab. They looked much impressed from where they were sitting, and that made me extremely happy to see that they noticed me.

We both met up after the play was over, and they congratulated me on how well I did. I blushed and that night, I confessed that I liked them a lot, to which they were, again, surprised to hear.

"I never really told anyone else, but...," they said, leaning down to a whisper, "I like you too. You didn't have to do this, but..."

"Oh, you silly goose, of course I would've! Anything for you, I would do!" I said, hugging them. We walked out of the theater, hand in hand, looking over each other with a knowing glance.