Diakko

Music

Hiya! The song in this is Alyssa Greene from prom because Diana is a closeted theatre song and she relates (because of her Aunt Daryl) to the song.
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Diana stands next to the sink in Her dorm listening to her musicals playlist, as 'Hard to be the bard' ends she hears 'Alyssa Greene' from the musical 'Prom' plays.  She begins to sing along. Her inner theatre kid showing.

Diana:
"You know what my mother is like, she's a complete and total control freak" she says along with the song putting away dirty dishes. "The hair has to be perfect, the As have to be straight, you have to join the debate club on that there's no debate."

She finishes washing a spoon and begins to sing with it as a Microphone dancing along momentarily, connecting with the lyrics knowing the pain of having feelings for someone and them liking you hack but not being able to express them.

"You'll have bible camp each summer to keep you pure and clean, endless rules apply when your Alyssa Greene" she finishes the last dish and moves to folding laundry. She separates the colours and whites. "Trophies have to be first place, Ribbons have to be blue, There's always some competition or hoops for jumping through"

Akko:

I unlock the door to Dianas dorm ready for our biweekly study time, and I hear some music coming from her room. I pass through the main room and into Diana's room. It's Diana. And she has a very lovely voice. I don't know if I've even heard Diana sing. Her voice is amazing.

"Your moms made sacrifices, So win homecoming Queen. Cause it's do or die when your Alyssa Greene" I stand in the door way and watch as she sings the lyrics. "And you wish there was a world where you were simply free to live. And when people criticise you, You has no more shits to give."

Shit. Diana said shit. Dang, I don't think I've ever heard her say any curse word even one as much mundane as this one. "And in this other lifetime, when you tell yourself be brave, you won't cave." Diana takes a deep shaky breath in " That's the  one thing I truly crave, But your feelings have to be phoney, your weight has to be tracked." Dang this looks like it hits hard but she has a amazing voice.

"If you don't like shaking Pom Poms you better learn to act. Just have everything perfected by the time you reach eighteen." I mean she must either really connect with this song or is a really good actress. I don't doubt that she is a amazing actress, she's good at everything. "Don't ask how or why when your Alyssa Greene"

"Improve all of your strong points and hide the things that you lack. Cause your moms convinced if your perfect, your father might come back" her voice cracks " Your not yourself. Your not what she wants. You're someone in between, your whole life's a lie when your Alyssa Greene"

Diana stops singing and wipes some tears from her eyes. What is happening. I feel like I'm spying on her. I clear my throat and Diana looks at me like a dear in headlights. "Oh! Whatsu-Hello, Atsuko, I must have lost track of time, let me get- I'll go get my s- books. Ima go get my books."  I feel bad startling her, but she kinda looks cute, her cheeks all red and her eyes wide.

"Okie, so what was that song?" I try to make small talk whilst learning more about the girl " oh, it's from this musical I really like, basically these girls are dating and the girl who was singing the songs mother is homophobic so they are in the closet and they are planning to come out but she backs out. At the end the other girl breaks up with her. It's a really sad song but the musicals great." Wow, this sounds like a pretty good...homosexual... musical. Is Diana gay? Hold up.

"Are you Gay?" "I- wha- I mean- yes?" "damn. That means I might have a chance." I whisper under my breath "hm?"  "That's cool, I mean I am to- but not... not exactly"  "what do you mean?" She kinda looks happy, a kind of surprising look on the normally stoic girl. " well... I like boys, right?" Diana nods her head listening intently " but I also like girls, ya' know?" "I get it, that's nice" "yup." I pop my p.

Diana seems deep in her mind all of the sudden " are you dating Andrew?" "No- are you" "no- Akko I literally just told you I am gay plus even if I wasn't he's basically my cousin." 

Diana:

She's gay. Akko likes girls. I mean she likes guys. But she also like girls. I'm a girl. That means- no I don't have a chance, I mean we are completely different and yea I really like her- like non platonically. But-  she couldn't like me.

"Yea... anyways, studying, let's get this show on the road," Akko sits down on my bed.  She puts her hand on my thigh when I sit next to her.  This whole being gay for one of your closest friends is not a walk in the park.

My heart starts to go about five trillion beats per minute when she moves closer to me to see something on my paper and doesn't move back.

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