Disclaimer: I don't own Marmalade Boy, but have every desire to keep Yuu and Kei! Ahem, I mean, let's start. I don't own Legos, either, or Kid Rock! Nor would I want to, I just felt like picking on his name.

Chapter 1

Yuu was staring out the window of his hi-rise office at Legos Architecture. His boss, Rock, was a tough president. Yuu had just been promoted to vice president of the company yesterday. He had not had time yet to celebrate his new promotion. He was doing his best to sit in his boss's office and not appear frightened. His hands were clasped together, trickling sweat. Even though the air conditioning was on, the only thing it cooled was his bladder. He got up and opened the door to face the secretary.

With sweat beads dripping down the side of his face, he quietly announced, "Tell Rock that I'll be right back."

The secretary noticed his discomfort and nodded her head with a smile, going back to typing up a letter for her boss. Yuu headed for the bathroom and closed the stall door behind him. Relief took over as his discomfort left his body. A fine time to meditate, scolded Yuu to himself. But meditation was the only answer. How else was he going to tell his boss after just getting this promotion that there were incomplete funds to build the castle for Queen? Queen was Rock's dog's name. Rock loved Queen almost as much as his wife, Kid. But, Queen was getting old, and Rock wanted her to move from her mansion to a castle in her last days.

But there was bad news. The builder had mistakenly thought that another mansion needed to be built, so the material was wrong. Because of the mistake, the builder needed more money. Even though the builder was at fault, he just couldn't afford to build something so luxurious with his own company's money for free. Unless Rock paid for the full amount out of his own pocket, but he had a fund set up with so much money that it was guaranteed to finish the project. Yuu washed his hands and took some paper towels to wipe the sweat from his face.

Yuu had practiced his speech with his wife, Miki, last night. Miki was the tough Rock, which didn't help Yuu much since he couldn't picture Miki as Rock. Miki decided to have Yuu close his eyes and imagine Rock was standing in front of him. Yuu agreed to it and it worked better than he imagined. The moments of silence that Miki was giving him allowed Yuu to picture Rock furious. As Miki rapped her fingernails across the table, the drumming sound fit the picture of Rock getting annoyed and drumming his own fingers on the table. Yuu almost felt the icy fear run down his spine. Miki was brilliant!

When his speech was finished, he opened his eyes. The sight before him set his body on fire. His heart was racing, and he licked his lips to prepare for the onslaught. During the time his eyes were closed, Miki had silently stripped her clothing off, one by one. She stood before him naked and arms stretched out for an embrace. Jokingly, he turned his back to her, his excitement already seen by his wife. Miki giggled and walked up to him. Yuu listened to her footfalls and lost himself. Just as her arms went around his waist, the telephone rang. Yuu laughed as he ran for the phone. Miki chased him anyway. It was Rock, telling him to come to work early since he was now vice president. He also wanted to talk to Yuu about something important, but wouldn't say over the telephone.

Back in the office, Yuu's eyes surveyed the window. It was nothing like Miki's body. The window was square and wide, and dirty. Miki was round, oh so round, small in size to him, and clean. His thoughts drifted to Miki with her perfect body spread out before him, like last night. He swallowed, as his heart beat sped up. Fear and excitement coursed his veins. Miki had said that her spirit would be with him today, but he wanted much more than that. Much much more. That moment was turned upside down as the door burst open revealing the powerful presence of Rock. The battle was about to begin.

"Maatsura Yuu, how are you?"

Yuu did his best to keep from jumping out of his chair and out the window to safety. He didn't want to be here facing Rock about his beloved Queen's home.

He stammered, "I-I'm fine. You, Rock?"

Rock went over to his desk and pulled open a drawer. Yuu shook with fear as Rock reached into it, wondering what kind of impossible task he would pull out from the small space. Rock looked over to Yuu and saw the sweat around his forehead. His eyes narrowed in thought.

"Yuu, is it too warm in here? I know the air conditioning isn't on yet, but there should be a fan in your office to compensate."

Straightening his posture in the chair, Yuu agreed, "Actually, yes. But there was no fan in my office since I haven't moved into the new suite yet."

Rock laughed, taking out an envelope, "I see! Well before you move in, you might want this new project. I think it will suit your promotion very well."

Yuu tried to breathe evenly as he caught the twinkle in Rock's eye and the wink in his voice. A new project would temporarily take Queen's funds out of Yuu's way. This way Rock would have some time to find out about the problem and get to a solution. Yuu opened his mouth to disclose the building material problem to Rock. But Rock had his back turned to him and continued his speech.

"Yuu, after this project is done, I want to hold a meeting for your first real project as the Vice President of Legos Architecture! Here's a gift Kid and I picked out especially for you and Miki. By the way, I already called your wife and let her know about this."

Rock extended his hand with the envelope in it. Yuu took it with trembling hands. His voice hinted at his anxiety.

"But what about Queen's castle?"

Rock patted his back, "Don't worry about it. I'll take care of it. This way I'll be able to tell Kid that I handled the building of Queen's entire castle. Now open the envelope. I want to see your reaction."

Yuu's trembling stopped a little as the sealed envelope was torn open. Inside the envelope lay two tickets to Hawaii, in the names of Matsuura Yuu and Miki. Yuu fell into the chair, emotionally drained. Speechless, Yuu looked at Rock and opened his mouth. But, not a single word was able to fall off his tongue.

Rock laughed, "Speechless, huh? You're welcome!"

Finally, Yuu stood up and shook his head, "Rock…. I didn't expect this at all…"

Rock patted Yuu's back and boomed, "Enjoy, my boy! You've earned it. You and Miki are the most perfect couple I've ever seen, you know. I must admit I'm jealous of you two."

Yuu's lips trembled. It didn't matter that his friend and boss was acting strange today. It mattered that Rock cared. Yuu turned away and walked briskly out the door, before Rock saw the tears of joy in his eyes.

Miki was at work, when Yuu got home. So, he picked up the phone and called her office. She was an interior designer at Paint-By-Numbers Designs. Miki's voice gave Yuu the slightest hint of worry.

"Miki, how's work?"

"Yuu, if you called here to ask me that, I'm hanging up."

"Wait, I have something important to discuss with you. Can you come home a little early today?"

A heavy sigh blew into his ear, "Is it about the cruise?"

Yuu remembered that Rock mentioned telling her about it, "Yes."

"Fine. Bye."

Yuu hung up the phone with a small hole in his heart. Why was she acting so cold? What happened at work that she was so upset about? He had to ask her when she came home. To kill some time, he took out his clothes for his cruise to Hawaii. Anticipating warm weather in such a tropical climate, he took out shirts and shorts and sandals. Just to be on safe side, he knew Miki's adventurous personality would lead him somewhere inside a jungle. Grabbing some jeans, and a thick shirt, he began packing. Meanwhile, Miki pulled into the driveway. Upon her entrance to the house, she heard noises coming from their bedroom upstairs.

Softly, she called, "I'm home."

Her heart skipped a beat when she saw her blonde husband rushing down the stairs with arms wide open.

"Miki!"

But, he stopped dead in his tracks when crystalline tears poured down her face. She took a step toward him.

"Yuu? Is it true?"

His feet planted into the ground. What exactly happened today?

"What's true?"

She turned her face from him, "That you're going on a cruise that Kid, your boss' wife, paid for?"

Then, she ran up to him, "I know that I don't make enough money to afford a cruise, but why are you letting another woman pay for it? Have you no dignity?"

Yuu stared at her, "What are you talking about? Rock and Kid bought this together, as a couple, for us to go on, as a couple. We're celebrating my new promotion. Who gave you that idea?"

Miki looked up at him, with tears streaming, "Really? Rock called me at work to tell me that Kid bought tickets for a cruise for two!"

Remembering Rock's strange words, Yuu headed for the telephone. As he dialed the phone number, Miki kept asking him what was going on. When the person on the other end picked up, Yuu shouted into the phone,

"Rock! How dare you? I'm going to kill you when I see you again!"

Slapping his leg, Rock laughed, "You needed some friction to strengthen your already perfect marriage! This makes up for the faulty material used on Queen's castle!"

Yuu relaxed, "You found out, huh?"

"Yes, now forgive me and get on with your vacation."

Yuu sighed, "Rock, you're still as wild as ever. Good-bye."

"And you're still as humble as ever, Yuu. See you when you come back."

The phone hung up, while Miki tugged on his shirt, "Yuu, what is it?"

Yuu hugged her tightly, "Rock and his jokes. Miki, Rock was just kidding you. Don't believe what that idiot says."

She hugged him back, "Then nothing…"

Yuu smiled, "Nothing."

The ship was getting ready to set sail as an amorous couple boarded the ship.

"Here we are, Miki! It's just the two of us from here on!"

"Yuu, this is like our second honeymoon!"

They entered their cabin and began unpacking. Miki teased Yuu with the see-through nightgown she bought just for the trip. Yuu took her in his arms and whispered in her ear.

"You cheated. If I had known you would wear this, I would have brought my muscle t-shirt. That would drive you up the wall, just like how I feel right now."

Miki teased Yuu the whole night as Yuu retaliated with his own devilish charms. They never heard the ship set sail much later than it was supposed to. Nor did they see the jealous pair of eyes witness every second of their love-making.