My Juliet
sypnosis — you and martin have been friends for the longest time and live constantly arguing with eachother constantly, and they end up as Romeo and Juliet in their school play.
pairings — Martin Edwards x fem!reader
warnings — kissing, arguing, hitting, theater kids, y/n thinks she's nonchalant.
genre - romance, sfw!
word count - 1,521
just kiss already!!
You and Martin have been friends since kindergarten, at first, this would seem like a good thing, but over time, this just turned into you two arguing like little kids, and both of you being in the same theater class doesn’t make everything much better.
the second 7th period began, it was practically a war zone between you two, and it drove you insane.
while preparing for the reveal of the roles for the school play, Martin was already resting against the wall, a mischievous grin on his face, he then walks towards you.
“hey, y/n~!” he said confidently, already getting ready to bother you. “you know, you auditioned for Juliet, who do you think will be your beautiful Romeo, hmm~?” he teased crossing his arms.
“anyone but you, hopefully.” you said coldly, entirely avoiding eye contact with him.
“c’mon, y/n, we both know you’d be dying to be my juliet, it’d be so fun!” he responded with a soft chuckle, brushing his hair back with his fingers.
“that’d be hell, not fun at all.”
just then, your mutual friend, Ivy interrupted.
“do you two ever stop arguing? she said with a knowing smile.
“sorry, vie, it’s just that y/n loves me, she just won’t admit it.” martin said before putting on a singular ear bud.
“shut it, weirdo. we both know I despise you.” you scoff.
martin smiles, before running up to you and giving you a wide hug.
“come here, my best friend!!” martin yelled while rocking from side to side and rubbing your back
Ivy shoots a knowing smile, pulling out her phone and taking a quick picture of the two.
“phftt…just kiss already!” Ivy said, following with a giggle.
you froze for a second before pushing martin away full force, then audibly gagging
“us? kissing?? absolutely never. i’d rather kiss a frog.” you sneer, sitting down on a nearby chain
martin crossed his arms, pretending to gag for dramatic effect, but his eyes tell an entirely different story
“I’m offended, y/n. but i agree. I’’d never kiss y/n, even if mr.beast himself came to me with 5 million dollars, i could never steep so low.” martin said with that same confident smirk in his face that you’d always wanted to slap out of him.
Ivy smiled, scratching the back of her head and raising her eyebrows. “oh please. it’s so obvious you two like each other. there’s zero chance you actually don’t.”
“never.” you both say in sync, that wasn’t a good look.
“SHUT UP MARTIN.” you yelled slapping the back of his head.
martin hissed in pain, slapping your thigh back. “ow! screw you!”
you punched his shoulder in return “don’t hit me!”
“i’ll hit you as much as i want!” he protested before slapping your head.
“where are your manners?! have your parents never told you to never hit a woman?!” you as firmly, grabbing your back and swinging it at him
“yes they have, but you’re an exception because of how much of a little shit you are!!” he yelled again, giggling a bit.
“fuck you!” you said before lunging at him and grabbing his wrists, using them to your advantage to hit his face.
“hey martin stop hitting yourself!”
then, another boy from your friend group, Mathew interrupted.
“you two are so cute…” he muttered
martin looked over, stopping his attempts to break free from your grip “what the fuck do you mean cute? she’s literally torturing me!”
mathew giggled “I hope you know she’d practically on your lap..”
you froze, realizing how weird this position looked, you practically flung yourself off of him “you’re so weird! it’s not like that!” you explained
Mathew just nodded “mhm…and i’m the king of england…” he chuckled “you should just kiss already.”
just kiss already.
just kiss already.
the phrase echoed in your head, over, and over, and over again. why does everyone see you two like that?
after a bit, you decided to help out to get your mind off of it, so I decide to go to the cast list for the play.
as i reached the bulletin board, my excitement grew and grew, I practically sprinted there until i reached it
JULIET: Y/N.
YES!
you actually did it! All the hours of practice finally got you that main role! you were on cloud 9, unfortunately, your excitement got cut short.
ROMEO: Martin Edwards Park.
this is all a sick joke.
suddenly, a tall figure appeared behind you, putting his hands on your shoulders
it was no other than martin. of course.
“looks like you’re my Juliet, after all.” he said, a soft smile playing on his face.
You turn around, rubbing your temples .
“You’re so annoying.” you say, crossing your arms
“shut up, y/n, we’re gonna have fun.” martin smiled, already imagining the fun moments they’d have during rehearsals.
Ivy sprinted down the hall, panting as she stopped in front of you.
“YOU TWO ARE ROMEO AND JULIET?” she said breathlessly, pressing her hands on her knees for support.
“unfortunately.” you responded
“FINALLY!” Ivy cheered before running off
“MATHEWWWW!!” she yelled as she ran down the hallway, taking a sharp turn into the theater room.
“this is all a dream, hopefully.” you mutter to yourself.
“oh come on, dont be such a loser, we’re gonna have a crazy good show anyways.” martin said seriously, his back resting against the wall where the bulletin board stood.
“i guess.” you sighed.
then the bell rings.
at home, you wonder what exactly will happen during rehearsals, one thing that everyone knows is that Romeo and Juliet has a kiss scene, and martin himself would prefer to be caught dead before kissing you, you wrack your brain for hours trying to figure out what to do.
after a while, you drift off to sleep and decide to deal with it, whatever Martin choses is what you’ll do, just to save you the hassle.
the following week, you step into 6th period and you can immediately feel the shift in atmosphere, everyone feels more tense, there’s two weeks until the show and everyone already knows their lines, but they seem nervous, or scared even.
martin walks out of the dressing room, wearing a knight armor costume, and you could’ve swore your heart skipped a beat, he looked absolutely ethereal.
“hey, Juliet~” martin said with a smile, a prop sword resting in his right hand.
“wow, the school really outdid themselves with the costumes, hmm?” you said with a smile
“very much so, I look amazing!” martin said with a confident grin.
“dont get too cocky.” you say with a knowing smile, then you walk into the dressing room yourself.
after around 5 minutes, you walk out in a beautiful white dress with a matching headband, you looked absolutely stunning.
you approached martin with a pat on the back and you could immediately feel his body tense up
“woah, you look like a real princess.. “ martin says, genuinely in awe by your beauty.
“Juliet wasn’t a princess, but nevertheless, thanks a lot, Romeo.” you said with a big smile, your cheeks flushing red.
“I was close enough…” martin muttered.
“whatever, lets get to rehearsal.”
as you two walk back stage together, you meet Mathew, who is playing Tybalt, and Ivy, who is playing Rosaline.
Ivy rushes up to you two the second she sees you.
“no shot! you two look sooo cute!” she smiles, taking in the scene upon her, she then freezes for a second
“wait, are you two going to like…you know…kiss…?” she asked, martin chuckled
“I’d like to not worry about that just yet.” martin stated in a serious tone.
and with that, the rehearsal begun.
you can’t lie, Martin looked insanely handsome while he was acting, he was really good.
then, the infamous kiss scene came in, martin held both of your hands in his, Ivy and Mathew watched from backstage.
You froze for a second, then a chorus of whispers breaks the silence
“just kiss already!” Mathew and Ivy harmonize from backstage, frustrated and tired of the two constantly acting like they dislike eachother
Martin smiled before he placed his hand to your jawline before leaning in, pressing a soft kiss to your lips.
You hesitated for a moment but ended up kissing him back, this lasted a good 30 seconds
“uhh hey guys…it was supposed to be like a 5 second kiss max…we can stop now…” Mathew said awkwardly.
martin smiled against your lips, pulling away from you to turn to Mathew
“shut up, Mathew.” Martin as he grabbed your hand and walked out of the stage and to the back
Ivy squealed in happiness “I knew you’d do it!!”
Mathew followed right behind “I think I lost count of how many times i told you guys to just kiss already” he chuckled, fixing his hair
“I guess we should’ve a while ago…” Martin responds, ruffling your hair
you don’t say anything, you just pull martin in for a hug, he laughs a bit before hugging you back, resting his chin on your head.
you continued to rehearse every day, and every day you’d perform perfectly, on opening night, you gave it your all, you’d stare back at the crowd right after the kiss scene and they’d all be in awe, for a moment, you felt proud, proud of finally kissing martin after denying that you liked him for so long.













