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Kink Meme - Round 2
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MONDAY
You don't need a tutor, really. This is just a bullshit class that you're only taking because it's an easy grade. The prof is laid-back and hardly checks the work. Your only tests are identifying quotes from literature you've never read, only furthering your opinion that the class is a waste of your time. And, really, you only think this was offered seriously because you're a star musician. A way to make the grade and get the credit whilst being thousands of miles away. Which is fine with you, really. You want to work hard and be successful, have something to fall back on when this music career falls through [which you hate to think about, but c' ( ... )
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Your first lesson is simple, he says. What is Shakespeare's most famous play?, he says. And okay, maybe you cuff him on the shoulder because you don't have the time nor the mental capacity for this but you're not retarded. It's Romeo and Juliet, you say and you roll your eyes and really, you might get a tish smart but it's Zayn.
And maybe he asks you about Hamlet and King Lear and you've never heard of Titus Andronicus or The Two Gentlemen of Verona and isn't that the city where Romeo and Juliet is set? And he's telling you to stop getting off track because you're here to learn, damnit. And okay, maybe you're apologising because this is hard to you. Just give you some maths or maybe a science question but all these writers are hard to keep straight and who even keeps track of poetry anymore? Is anyone even still writing it?
And maybe Zayn recites, "'My thoughts were complicated, Too hard to describe by the frustrated. Tongue in my mouth, too weak, And tangled syllables to allow me to speak.'"
Okay, so you're impressed by ( ... )
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TUESDAY [cont.]
Zayn's tip, one he himself uses to remember things, is to associate the quotes with things you know, like Shaw with Niall. He picks out another quote ["Take everything you like seriously, except yourself."] and tells you to assign a lad to it. You're laughing because that quote is so Louis and Zayn knows it, too. And you think, really, this is working because you can remember that Rudyard Kipling equals monkeys equals Louis equals a passing grade in your stupid Lit test.
And you go through the list together to pick one for Harry, which is easy because as soon as you hear Charlotte Brontë's quote, "The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter- often an unconscious but still a faithful interpreter- in the eye.", all you can think of is your youngest bandmate.
You don't tell Zayn when you find one for him, and he seems perfectly okay with your silence, thankfully. But you mentally recite Oscar Wilde's ( ... )
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WEDNESDAY
It's a concert night and your vocal chords are practically shot, but for the first time in a long time you're really happy. Seeing your bandmates alive with the glory of singing, loving what they do, is really inspiring to you. And, really, you live for this because as much as you know this is your passion, you know it's theirs, too. You've all worked so hard for this.
Management rents a hotel for the night and you all draw straws until Niall's pumping his fist because he's got the single and Harry and Louis are sneaking away to their room and Zayn is looking at you with a smile on his lips. And, okay, this is going to be much more comfortable than the bus but you'd almost prefer it.
Not that rooming with Zayn is awkward or anything; quite the contrary. You're ( ... )
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But yes, this is so lovely!
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The run-around of the PR game doesn't make you any less tired, let's be honest here. But, as exhausted as you are, the interviews and signings are your favourite part. Performing isn't like anything in this world, in definitely a good way, but there's just something about the fans screaming out your name and telling you they've waited ages for this. They want hugs and pictures and your signature and you're more than happy to oblige because, okay, some of the girls are cute. But it makes you miss your sisters and your mum and dad and Danielle [PR game or no, she's a sweet girl and you do really like her] and you wonder sometimes how long you can do this before it finally, really, gets to you.
It doesn't help that Harry sends a note down the table to you with the words, "cray cray on your way :D" on it and you wonder how he gets away with this kind of shit but then you see him beaming toward you and oh, okay, you get it. And maybe you think he's exaggerating because it's Harry, but then you see the girl he's talking about and ( ... )
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And you're so inexperienced with dealing with this [fame should really come with an instruction manual but how would you even outline this carefully and tactfully?] so you politely, submissively, shake your head and tell her that Danielle wouldn't like that too much. But the gal won't take no for an answer and she tells you that you're her favourite and she's written so much about you and where the hell is security?
But then Zayn is at your side, smiling for the cameras and for this girl and she squeals with delight because, okay, maybe he's got his hand on the small of your back but it's so comforting. And he's saying something to her and she thanks you and moves on and you wonder what he's said but it doesn't matter because now he's whispering to you. And it kind of sounds like, "'But screw your courage into the sticking-place and we'll not fail.'" And, okay, you may not have read Twelfth Night or Othello, but you know that quote is from Macbeth because it's your favourite and you practically dissected it during your twelfth year.
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Also, I accidentally deviated from the prompt on the 'bent over table' thing. By the time I remembered it said that, I had already written them on the bed :( I hope it's still okay!
And I've been reading a fuckload of Keats lately, so that's why there's so much in the story. So I hope you like Keats, OP! :P
Enjoy!
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