This story is very AU, so comment if you like, please don't post any negative comments. I do not own Hana Yori Dango or most to the characters in this story… although I did create a few =)
Introduction
On the very surface, Makino Tsukushi was an average 16 year old girl. Average height, average weight…average, average, average. When it came to most things in her life she would always fall… in the middle. She seemed to be a normal, pretty, and happy teenage girl. She would always tell you she had a happy childhood, no matter how hard she knew it really was being the only daughter to a poor single mom.
But if you were to barely scratch the surface on Tsukushi's life, you would undoubtedly get surprise after surprise. By all rights… she should have been born into the wealthy and elite world of the famous F4. She was the only grandchild of Makino Hiromitsu, former president of the Makino Corporation. Makino Corp. had been known to have funded projects in all areas from entertainment to technology development. In fact in recent years numbers showed that they were second only to the Domyouji Group. Tsukushi's mother, Makino Chieko was the 2nd child and the only daughter of Hiromitsu. This would also make her the only and beloved niece of the company's current president, Makino Izumi. So why, if Tsukushi, obviously came from a wealthy family is it that she and her mother lived the life of the underprivileged?
Dig a little deeper into Makino Tsukushi's world and the answer would be one that would shock everyone in it. The Makino family was from a world where it was, common to marry out of convenience or business rather than out of love. Makino Chieko, was unlucky enough to fall in love in this world. He was from a wealthy family, with a business that he already had taken control of, he was handsome and kind. He was in most aspects, perfect, and like Chieko he fell in head over heels in love. A love that was forbidden… he was already married, not to mention his son.
When the young Chieko found she was pregnant she refused to let him leave his wife and child, his wife was a good woman. She just could not be the cause for the crumbling of a family. Aware that of what his daughter had done, Makino Hiromitsu demanded that Chieko terminate the pregnancy, or immediately be disowned. That night Chieko packed what she could and left Tokyo for a small town, only keeping in contact with her brother for the next 5 years.