New York Minute
By LadyGemma
5/15/06
Disclaimer: I do not own Hana Yori Dango in any of its forms, be it Drama, Anime, or Manga. Thanks and bai.
Author's Note: I'll keep this short and sweet. My first HYD fic. I've only ever seen the drama, so this will be based entirely on that, which makes it AU (since I've realized that manga goes much farther into the story than the drama). I really shouldn't be starting a fic when summer session is starting at uni, but I can't help it. Let it be known now that while I have been to NYC (Manhattan in particular) that I know NOTHING about NYU or most of the "normal" things in NY, so on those I will take artistic license. So updates will come as I have time, and if you are interested in betaing this fic, please email me at (Take out the "nospam" of course). Thanks and happy reading!
Summary: It's been 2 years since Domyouji Tsukasa left for New York City to learn his family's business. Makino Tsukushi has now graduated from Eitoku and is on her way to University, at none other than prestigious NYU. What happens when dear 'okaa-sama' finds out Tsukushi is in NY? AU- Based off of the recent drama aired on Japanese Television. (Not Meteor Garden).
Prologue: New York, New York! – A Review
Makino Tsukushi, a.k.a- The Tough Weed, fidgeted nervously in her seat. In a few minutes the plane would be landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport, bringing her mere miles from a certain curly-haired rogue. It had been 2 years since they'd talked face-to-face. Oh, there had been many letters and phone calls, but nothing could replace the feeling of holding the love of your life in your arms and being able to tell them in person that you loved them. That's what brought her to New York. Well, that and her full scholarship to New York University. She still wasn't sure how she'd gotten it, but she had a feeling it had something to do with a few very influential friend's she possessed.
She had been planning on attending Eitoku University when her letter arrived from NYU. She'd only applied there on a dare (that Rui gave her; she made him pay the application fee since she wasn't planning to apply in the first place). She never thought in a million years that she would get in, let alone a full scholarship.
Being with the F3 for the past 2 years (and Sakurako, Shizuka, and occasionally Tsubaki) had weakened her pride a bit…to the point where she had not flat-out turned down the offer (there was of course, no solid proof that they'd had anything to do with it after all). But she still turned down the offer for a private jet ride to New York (from Tsubaki), a penthouse in Manhattan (from Rui, Soujiro, and Akira), and a completely new wardrobe (from Shizuka – she did take her up on the offer of the white dress she had worn at the party, just in case she needed something nice while in NY). She was still Tsukushi, through and through.
Her parents had been ecstatic when she received the news. Their daughter was going to America to win the heart of her rich and handsome prince (they ignored her insistence that she was not going just for Tsukasa). While things had been drastically better (read: not just rice for breakfast) since her father's promotion, he still had gambling tendencies, and now they were paying for Susumu to attend Eitoku (under firm insistence from the F3 and a partial scholarship).
Tsukushi was broken from her daydreams and reveries by the squealing of tires on the tarmac. She was in New York!
AN: I know this is short as all heck, but I will be posting the first chapter either tonight or tomorrow. It's already fairly late and I have a very early class in the morning (American History I at 8 am) so it is looking more like AM unless the muse (i.e. Arashi) bites me in the butt and makes me write more tonight :D. Thanks for reading, and please review:D