"Do I really have to?"
A boy sitting inside the car asked grumpily. He has short, curly hair, a perfectly-shaped nose, a pair of burning eyes, and small lips, you could see that he's good looking, sans the annoyed look on his face. This is he, Doumyouji Tsukasa.
"Oh yes you do!" His friend Aki called to him. He's a cheerful boy, Akira; he has that long hair that reaches down to his shoulders plus the smile that is always there plastered on his face. He called down to their other friends to help him make Tsukasa get out of the car.
"Jiro help me, you too Rui!" He called after the other two boys. Jiro came running, with Rui trailing behind.
"No need of that, Aki." Tsukasa said, brushing their hands off, rolling his eyes while doing so. He jumped down and walked ahead of them, determining his dominance among his friends.
They reached the park, and Tsukasa looked around him. Nothing, he thought. There were only swings and sandboxes there, no kids but the four of them. He was wondering why they were there when he felt somebody else's presence behind him. He turned around to look who it was.
"Hi! You wanna play with me?" A petite girl was staring right at Tsukasa. She has big, brown eyes, pale skin, brown hair locked into pigtails and a smile across her face making her eyes twinkle with joy.
~Cute. She...is...cute. Tsukasa told himself. ~
"Hey, I said do you wanna play with me?" The girl asked again, this time with a hint of irritation in her voice. What's with this boy? Can't even answer a simple question! She thought to herself silently.
"I don't play with strangers, who are you anyway?" Tsukasa asked, matching the same irritation in the girl's voice.
"Kushi. My name is Makino Tsukushi, and I can read and count!" Tsukushi said proudly.
"So, who cares if you can read and count? I can read and count as much you can, and I can write, and spe--" Tsukasa was cut off by Jiro's voice.
"Hey, what's up?" Jiro asked without looking at Tsukasa. He was busily looking at Tsukushi, eyeing her carefully.
"This girl, she said she wanna play with you guys." Tsukasa told his friends, it's obvious he doesn't like talking to girls that much.
"It was you I'm asking, not them." Tsukushi defended, but decided to ask the boys, noticing that they seemed nicer than Tsukasa.
"So, you guys wanna play ball with me? It's gonna be fun." Tsukushi said sweetly, holding out the ball to the boys.
"No prob. Oh, I'm Aki, this is Jiro, that one's Rui and this one's Tsukasa, he's our leader. And we're F4." Akira said while shaking her hand.
"What, F4? What does that mean? And he's your leader?" Tsukushi asked curiously.
"Flower Four. And that's Doumyouji to you." Tsukasa informed her, making her see that he's great.
"Oh, okay." Tsukushi shot back, not sensing what Tsukasa wants to tell her.
"Let's go then, I'll pass the ball to you Aki and you pass it to that boy. What's his name again?"
"He's Rui. He's a quiet one. Rui, come play with us!"
Akira called, but Rui didn't budge. With this Tsukushi threw the ball to him and told him to catch it. Rui caught the ball but just stared at it.
"Is he alright? He seems troubled to me." Tsukushi asked.
"Nah, just let him be. He's always like that, mysterious." Akira told her.
Akira indeed was right. Soujiro has that smile that can capture everybody's heart, but Rui was different. He has short hair and straight nose, but his eyes were different. His eyes were expressionless, hiding all his emotions from anybody who would look at him.
"Hey Rui, toss it here, don't make a girl wait for you." Tsukasa snapped, making Aki and Jiro look at him in surprise.
"Huh? Did I hear you right? You didn't care about girls that much before, unless..."
A mischievous smile spread across Aki's face, making Jiro realize what he meant.
"Tsukasa likes Tsukushi! Woohoo! Go Tsukasa!" Jiro yelled, patting Tsukasa on the back then he and Aki hooted with laughter.
"Stop it! Let's just play alright?" Tsukushi said, as she felt her cheeks go hotter and hotter. She was blushing.
"Why don't we change the game, first we throw the ball to each of us and the one who dropped it will be the "it". How's that?" Tsukushi asked, asking for confirmation.
"Alright!" The boys answered in unison.
The game continued like that, with all of them being "it". But in one round of the game Akira tossed the ball higher than Tsukasa had expected, making him run backwards with Tsukushi running after him. Tsukushi tripped, pushing Tsukasa down into the big puddle of mud and landing on top of him.
"What are you waiting for? Get up, you're so heavy!"
Tsukasa growled, pushing Tsukushi off him. Tsukushi stood up, looking at Tsukasa who looked like he'd been swimming in the mud like those piglets in the cartoon shows.
"Well, aren't you gonna say sorry? It was your fault, now I'm dirty all over! Say sorry, will you?! Ugly girl, you're as ugly as your name you know." Tsukasa scowled, not caring about Tsukushi's feelings. This made Tsukushi blush with anger, fists trembling she approached Tsukasa who was still busy trying his best to clean himself up.
"So I guess you're gonna say sorry n--" Tsukasa wasn't able to finish what he was saying, Tsukushi had landed a straight jab across his face knocking him down to the puddle of mud...again.
"You think you're so great and so good-looking! Well I'm going to tell you now, you look funny with that hair of yours all curled up like that! Stupid octopus, you...you...fartface!!!"
Tsukushi ran off, before the boys see her crying. She had been totally hurt, she thought that finally she could have friends already. But her thoughts proved her wrong.
"Hey Tsukushi! We'll see you again alright?" Jiro called after her before running up to help Tsukasa, who was being assisted by Aki and Rui. It was obvious that they themselves were surprised with what Tsukushi did.
"Tsukasa, you alright?" Rui asked.
Tsukasa looked up and nodded, not wanting to believe that a girl had just punched him. No one had ever dared to counter him, not even his best friends. But somehow he felt something different, even from the beginning when he saw her he had already thought that she's different and unique. It was a weird feeling, somewhere inside him there was a knock, waking up his sleeping heart and making him smile. A real smile, unlike his smiles before that was full of mocking and malice. This smile is true, a sure sign of happiness. A sure sign of a young love.
"Makino Tsukushi." Tsukushi's name kept ringing in Tsukasa's ears, her name marked itself in his mind.
Tsukushi's face branded in his heart. In his young heart.
A/N: For those who are reading this story at winglin, this is the same story and author, the only difference is my pen name in here. Comments are welcomed...
A boy sitting inside the car asked grumpily. He has short, curly hair, a perfectly-shaped nose, a pair of burning eyes, and small lips, you could see that he's good looking, sans the annoyed look on his face. This is he, Doumyouji Tsukasa.
"Oh yes you do!" His friend Aki called to him. He's a cheerful boy, Akira; he has that long hair that reaches down to his shoulders plus the smile that is always there plastered on his face. He called down to their other friends to help him make Tsukasa get out of the car.
"Jiro help me, you too Rui!" He called after the other two boys. Jiro came running, with Rui trailing behind.
"No need of that, Aki." Tsukasa said, brushing their hands off, rolling his eyes while doing so. He jumped down and walked ahead of them, determining his dominance among his friends.
They reached the park, and Tsukasa looked around him. Nothing, he thought. There were only swings and sandboxes there, no kids but the four of them. He was wondering why they were there when he felt somebody else's presence behind him. He turned around to look who it was.
"Hi! You wanna play with me?" A petite girl was staring right at Tsukasa. She has big, brown eyes, pale skin, brown hair locked into pigtails and a smile across her face making her eyes twinkle with joy.
~Cute. She...is...cute. Tsukasa told himself. ~
"Hey, I said do you wanna play with me?" The girl asked again, this time with a hint of irritation in her voice. What's with this boy? Can't even answer a simple question! She thought to herself silently.
"I don't play with strangers, who are you anyway?" Tsukasa asked, matching the same irritation in the girl's voice.
"Kushi. My name is Makino Tsukushi, and I can read and count!" Tsukushi said proudly.
"So, who cares if you can read and count? I can read and count as much you can, and I can write, and spe--" Tsukasa was cut off by Jiro's voice.
"Hey, what's up?" Jiro asked without looking at Tsukasa. He was busily looking at Tsukushi, eyeing her carefully.
"This girl, she said she wanna play with you guys." Tsukasa told his friends, it's obvious he doesn't like talking to girls that much.
"It was you I'm asking, not them." Tsukushi defended, but decided to ask the boys, noticing that they seemed nicer than Tsukasa.
"So, you guys wanna play ball with me? It's gonna be fun." Tsukushi said sweetly, holding out the ball to the boys.
"No prob. Oh, I'm Aki, this is Jiro, that one's Rui and this one's Tsukasa, he's our leader. And we're F4." Akira said while shaking her hand.
"What, F4? What does that mean? And he's your leader?" Tsukushi asked curiously.
"Flower Four. And that's Doumyouji to you." Tsukasa informed her, making her see that he's great.
"Oh, okay." Tsukushi shot back, not sensing what Tsukasa wants to tell her.
"Let's go then, I'll pass the ball to you Aki and you pass it to that boy. What's his name again?"
"He's Rui. He's a quiet one. Rui, come play with us!"
Akira called, but Rui didn't budge. With this Tsukushi threw the ball to him and told him to catch it. Rui caught the ball but just stared at it.
"Is he alright? He seems troubled to me." Tsukushi asked.
"Nah, just let him be. He's always like that, mysterious." Akira told her.
Akira indeed was right. Soujiro has that smile that can capture everybody's heart, but Rui was different. He has short hair and straight nose, but his eyes were different. His eyes were expressionless, hiding all his emotions from anybody who would look at him.
"Hey Rui, toss it here, don't make a girl wait for you." Tsukasa snapped, making Aki and Jiro look at him in surprise.
"Huh? Did I hear you right? You didn't care about girls that much before, unless..."
A mischievous smile spread across Aki's face, making Jiro realize what he meant.
"Tsukasa likes Tsukushi! Woohoo! Go Tsukasa!" Jiro yelled, patting Tsukasa on the back then he and Aki hooted with laughter.
"Stop it! Let's just play alright?" Tsukushi said, as she felt her cheeks go hotter and hotter. She was blushing.
"Why don't we change the game, first we throw the ball to each of us and the one who dropped it will be the "it". How's that?" Tsukushi asked, asking for confirmation.
"Alright!" The boys answered in unison.
The game continued like that, with all of them being "it". But in one round of the game Akira tossed the ball higher than Tsukasa had expected, making him run backwards with Tsukushi running after him. Tsukushi tripped, pushing Tsukasa down into the big puddle of mud and landing on top of him.
"What are you waiting for? Get up, you're so heavy!"
Tsukasa growled, pushing Tsukushi off him. Tsukushi stood up, looking at Tsukasa who looked like he'd been swimming in the mud like those piglets in the cartoon shows.
"Well, aren't you gonna say sorry? It was your fault, now I'm dirty all over! Say sorry, will you?! Ugly girl, you're as ugly as your name you know." Tsukasa scowled, not caring about Tsukushi's feelings. This made Tsukushi blush with anger, fists trembling she approached Tsukasa who was still busy trying his best to clean himself up.
"So I guess you're gonna say sorry n--" Tsukasa wasn't able to finish what he was saying, Tsukushi had landed a straight jab across his face knocking him down to the puddle of mud...again.
"You think you're so great and so good-looking! Well I'm going to tell you now, you look funny with that hair of yours all curled up like that! Stupid octopus, you...you...fartface!!!"
Tsukushi ran off, before the boys see her crying. She had been totally hurt, she thought that finally she could have friends already. But her thoughts proved her wrong.
"Hey Tsukushi! We'll see you again alright?" Jiro called after her before running up to help Tsukasa, who was being assisted by Aki and Rui. It was obvious that they themselves were surprised with what Tsukushi did.
"Tsukasa, you alright?" Rui asked.
Tsukasa looked up and nodded, not wanting to believe that a girl had just punched him. No one had ever dared to counter him, not even his best friends. But somehow he felt something different, even from the beginning when he saw her he had already thought that she's different and unique. It was a weird feeling, somewhere inside him there was a knock, waking up his sleeping heart and making him smile. A real smile, unlike his smiles before that was full of mocking and malice. This smile is true, a sure sign of happiness. A sure sign of a young love.
"Makino Tsukushi." Tsukushi's name kept ringing in Tsukasa's ears, her name marked itself in his mind.
Tsukushi's face branded in his heart. In his young heart.
A/N: For those who are reading this story at winglin, this is the same story and author, the only difference is my pen name in here. Comments are welcomed...