Sincerely Me
Kim is scrolling through something on his phone. “Alright! Teacher’s out, let’s do some karaoke!” The class cheers. “Any requests?”
”Way Down Hadestown!” Nino yells out.
”No way, Lahiffe!” Chloé exclaims. “We’re doing the greatest song in the world, and that’s Candy Store!”
”Not on your life!” Alix shouts. “We’re doing Guns and Ships!”
Rose jumps on her desk, “I just wanna dance with you!”
The class, sans Alya and Adrien who hide under their desks, get into an argument about what song they should sing. And it gets a little physical until...
”Is everything alright?” a timid voice asked, causing everyone to cease their fighting and look to see Marc standing at the doorway and carrying his backpack.
Nathaniel smiles and untwists Max’s arm, “Hi, Rainbow.”
Marc smiled back, “Hi, Nath.”
Alix lets go of Kim’s shirt and waves, “Not that I’m not thrilled, but what are you doing here?”
”Well, Mme. Mendeleiev’s class was getting full, so they moved me here,” he explained
”Great!”, Marinette cheered as she released Chloé from a headlock, and approached their new classmate. “Marc, you’re a smart levelheaded person.” She wraps an arm around his shoulder. “Tell these uncultured people that we should be singing Revenge Party!”
Ivan crosses his arms, ”Oh, we’re uncultured?!”
”Are you guys doing karaoke again?”, Marc asks once he sees that Mme. Bustier isn’t in the room. Everyone nods. “Alright... How about ‘Sincerely Me’?”
The room goes silent for a moment before they agree on the song. Adrien and Alya, relieved, come from under their desks.
Kim starts pulling up the song on his phone, “Alright, Sincerely Me it is!” He hands his phone over to Max, who connects the phone to the projector, and the logo for Dear Evan Hansen appeared on the whiteboard.
”Alright!” Alix cheered as she made her way to the front of the class with her school laptop. “Nath, Marc, get over here!”
The two boys look unsure for a moment, but shrug it off and join the pink-haired girl just as the melody plays and the lyrics appear on the whiteboard. Alix mimics typing on her laptop.
Marc sings, “Dear Evan Hansen
We've been way too out of touch!
Things have been crazy!
And it sucks that we don't talk that much!
But I should tell you that I think of you each night!”, he sends Nathaniel a wink,
”I rub my nipples and start moaning with delight!”, he makes a circular motion on his chest with his finger
Nathaniel blushes and gives Alix an unamused look, “Why would you write that?!”
“I'm just trying to tell the truth!” She cackled.
“This needs to be perfect these emails have to prove that we were actually friends!”, he takes the laptop and starts typing, “Just I'll do it.”
Marc continues, “I've gotta tell you, life without you has been hard!”
Alix snickers, “Hard?”
“Has been bad!”
”Bad?”
“Has been rough!”
Alix gives him a thumbs up, “Kinky!”
“And I miss talking about life and other stuff!”
Alix rolls her eyes, “Very specific-“
”Shut up!” Nathaniel continues typing.
“I like my parents-“
“Who says that?”
“I love my parents but each day's another fight. If I stop smoking drugs, then everything might be alright.”
Alix raises an eyebrow, “Smoking drugs?”
Nathaniel hands her the laptop, “Just fix it!”
Marc begins twitching and scratching himself, “If I stop smoking crack!”
”Crack?!”
His tone becomes more relaxed, “If I stop smoking pot, then everything might be alright.
I'll take your advice!
I'll try to be more nice!
I'll turn it around!
Wait and see!”
To say that the rest of the class is astounded was an understatement. They couldn’t believe that the shyest boy in school was singing this
“'Cause all that it takes is a little reinvention!
It's easy to change if you give it your attention!
All you gotta do is just believe you can be who you want to be!
Sincerely, Me!”
“Are we done yet?” Alix groaned as she begins closing the laptop, but Nathaniel opens it back up.
“Well, I can't just give them one email I want to show that I was, like, a good friend, you know?” He takes the laptop and begins typing.
“Oh my God!” Alix sighed.
“Dear Connor Murphy, Yes, I also miss our talks!
Stop doing drugs Just try to take deep breaths and go on walks!”
Alix shook her head, “No.”
Nathaniel continued, “I'm sending pictures of the most amazing trees!”
”No!”
”You'll be obsessed with all my forest expertise!”
“Absolutely not!”
“Dude, I'm proud of you, just keep pushing through!”, he hands Alix the laptop back and she resumes typing, “You're turning around,
I can see!”
“Just wait and see!”
“'Cause all that it takes is a little reinvention!
It's easy to change if you give it your attention!
All you gotta do is just believe you can be who you want to be!” The two hold hands and look deeply into each other’s eyes, “Sincerely, Me!” The melody stops.
Marc points to Marinette, ”My cousin’s hot!”
Nathaniel glared at Alix who just shrugs, “What the hell?”
”My bad.” She goes back to typing, now grinning when the melody continues.
Marc wraps his arms around Nathaniel’s neck, “Dear Evan Hansen, thanks for every note you send!”
Nathaniel wraps his arms around Marc’s waist as the two press their chests together, “Dear Connor Murphy, I'm just glad to be your friend!”
Alix lets out a “Wooo!”
Nathaniel lifts Marc up and twirls him around, the two then lean their faces closer, “Our friendship goes beyond,” closer... “your average kind of bond!”, but then Nathaniel pulls away and sets Marc back down, his face is a deep shade of crimson
“But not because we're gay!”
”No, not because we're gay!” Marc repeats, his cheeks the same shade of red.
”We're close, but not that way!
The only man that I love,” Nathaniel puts air quotes around ‘love’, “is my dad!”
”Well anyway!”
“You're getting better every day!”
”I'm getting better every day!”
“We're getting better every day!”
Alix sets the laptop down and joins in, “Hey hey hey hey!”
“'Cause all that it takes is a little reinvention! It's easy to change if you give it your attention!
All you gotta do is just believe you can be who you want to be! Sincerely!”, Alix goes back to typing
The two cup each other’s cheeks, “Miss you dearly. Sincerely, Me! Sincerely, Me! Sincerely, Me! Sincerely, Me!”, at the last note, Nathaniel pulled Marc in by the front of his shirt and kissed him.
”Yeah! Get it, Nath!” Alix cheered.