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DISCLAIMER: Still don't own it.
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LOVERS
Chapter 2: An Unexpected Surprise
After hours of wandering around the mall, Tsukushi and Yuki finally gave up and decided to head back home.
"What time is it?" Tsukushi asked to Yuki.
"It's already 6:15."Yuki said as she looked at her watch. "Is there any problem?"
"Oh, I promised mom to go back home before 6:30 because we will attend a ball. I don't want to but mom insisted me to go. She said that all the families who owned big companies will be there," I said.
"Can I come too?" Yuki pleaded with those puppy eyes of hers.
"Alright. Who can resist those eyes of yours?" Tsukushi said.
"Thanks so much Kushi!" Yuki said as she hugged her friend tightly.
Then suddenly, Tsukushi's phone started to ring.
"Hello?" Tsukushi said as she answered the phone.
"Tsukushi, this is your mother. Where are you?" the person Tsukushi's talking to said.
"Oh, I'm just about to head home. Can you call Peter to fetch me here at the mall?"
"Oh sure. Just promise to get back here immediately okay? The stylists are already here to fix you," her mother said.
"Okay, and can you please allow Yuki to go with me too?" Tsukushi said.
"Of course," her mother said.
Then Tsukushi heard voices calling her mother through the phone. Then her spoke through the phone, "Tsukushi, I got to go. The stylists are calling for me. Bye! Take care," then her mother hung up the phone. Tsukushi sighed.
"What's wrong?" Yuki asked when she saw her friend sighed.
"Nothing, I just have to meet new different stylists. It's always been the same. Every time we go to a ball, I have to meet new different stylists," Tsukushi said.
"I thought being rich is fun," Yuki said
"You don't know how hard it is," Tsukushi said
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Tsukushi and Yuki went outside the mall when they saw the car pulled up in front of the mall.
"I'm sorry it took so long young mistress," Peter apologized.
"That's okay," Tsukushi said and then she went inside the limo
"Hello Peter-san," Yuki said when she saw Peter.
"Hello Yuki-san," Peter greeted back then Yuki followed Tsukushi inside the limo.
"Let's go Peter," Tsukushi said when she and Yuki were tucked in.
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When they finally reached the Makino Household, Peter put the car into a stop in front of the stairs leading to the big, wooden entrance doors of the Makino Household.
When Tsukushi and Yuki went outside the car, they were immediately greeted by the guards. "Good evening young mistress and Matsuoka-san," they said.
They all knew Tsukushi's friend which is Yuki since Tsukushi always bring Yuki in this household when they were just kids. That's right; they were childhood friends.
After they were greeted by the guards, the guards opened the big, wooden entrance doors for them.
When they were inside, they were greeted by maids who happened to passed by the living room. "Good evening young mistress and Matsuoka-san," they said.
Suddenly Tsukushi's mother walked towards them and said, "I'm glad you went back here safely."
"Yeah, I'm just going to take a quick warm bath then I'm going to talk to the stylists," Tsukushi said.
"Okay," her mother said, "I'll just tell the stylists to wait for you a little longer."
Then she immediately went upstairs and went directly into her room. When she's already in her room, she immediately went inside her bathroom.
She removed her clothes and slowly dipped her body in the tub. All the depression and tiredness were all gone when the warm water touched her skin.
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Meanwhile, in the mall, the four guys or should I say F4 (since that was the name of their group) were still wandering around the mall. Then they suddenly stop walking.
"Crap, I forgot that I'm going to the ball today!" Tsukasa shouted.
"Oh yeah, I remember that. I have to attend that too," Sojiro said as he scratched his head.
"Darn," Akira said, "I have to attend that too. Rui, do you have a ball to attend too?"
"I don't know," Rui said simply. "Maybe I have to attend a ball too. I'll just go with you. I'm not like this years ago. I always remember things."
"You always forget things!" the F3 yelled in unison.
"Since when?" he asked.
"When we were kids and we play baseball and you forgot the ball itself!" Sojiro said.
"And the time we went to the club and you forgot to wear your casual shoes. You're still wearing your slippers you wear in your house," Akira added.
"And the time-" Sojiro was cut off when Rui finally admitted that he was always forgetful.
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When Tsukushi was already done relaxing, she went out of the tub and clothed herself with a robe.
"I wonder what I will wear," she said sarcastically. Then she went out of the bathroom. In her main room, she found the stylists who were all ready to fix her.
"Good evening to all of you. I'm Makino Tsukushi. Nice to meet you," Tsukushi said to all of the stylists.
"Good evening to you too Makino-san," they greeted back.
"Oh, stop being polite and call me Tsukushi okay?" Tsukushi said and she smiled. Then she sat on a chair where everyone will fix her.
While fixing her, her mother suddenly came into her room, already dressed for the ball.
"Tsukushi, look at your dress," her mother said and looked at the dress which the maids is holding, "Isn't it wonderful?"
It is a gorgeous Tiffany Ball Gown in vivid black and red. The gown is in perfect condition and is made of black and red satin with a red tulle underlay that lends fullness to the bottom of the gown. And it also has a matching black elbow length gloves.
"Whatever," Tsukushi said and completely ignored the beautiful gown.
'Tsukushi will always be Tsukushi' her mother thought.
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When the stylists were already done fixing Tsukushi, Tsukushi wore her gown. The stylists helped her zipped the back of her gown.
After her makeover was done, Tsukushi looked at herself at the mirror.
"You look wonderful dear," her mother said.
"Anyway," Tsukushi said as she completely ignored her mother's comment and she looked away from the mirror and looked at her mother "where's Yuki?"
"She's downstairs. She's already dressed for the ball and is accompanied by the maids," her mother said.
"Let's go downstairs already. We're going to be late." Tsukushi said and looked at the stylists and said, "Thanks for fixing me."
"It's our pleasure Makin- I mean Tsukushi," one of the stylists said and smiled at Tsukushi.
"Nice to meet you all. Thanks again!" Tsukushi said to all of them and she received a bow from them.
"Here," Tsukushi's mother said as she gave the stylists' payment. Then she went out of Tsukushi's room and followed Tsukushi downstairs.
When Tsukushi's mother reached downstairs, they went directly to the limo.
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Finally, they arrived at the grand ball. When the limo stopped in front of the door of the place, Tsukushi, Mei (Tsukushi's mother) and Yuki, went out of the car. They were greeted by photographers and interviewers. There were bright flashes all over while they were walking towards the place. Tsukushi just smirked while she was being pictured while her mother smiled firmly. So many questions were being asked to them but were not answered.
"I never thought it would be like this when we get here," Yuki whispered to Tsukushi's ear.
"Just ignore them. Keep walking," Tsukushi said and they all kept walking.
When they reached the inside of the place, they were greeted by businesswomen and men. Yuki noticed that all boys are looking at Tsukushi.
"Hey Kushi, all the boys are looking at you. Gosh," Yuki whispered with envy.
"Oh will you just keep quiet Yuki. This dress is so itchy and stuff," Tsukushi said as she tried to overcome herself from scratching.
Then Yuki and Tsukushi proceeded to their table while Tsukushi's mother was left socializing with other businesswomen and men.
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Meanwhile, Tsukushi and Yuki heard screaming girls.
"What's that noise?" Tsukushi said.
"Ahhhh!!" the girls screamed, "F4!!"
"F4?" Tsukushi and Yuki said with confusion and looked at each other.
"Is that them?" Yuki said as she pointed to the four boys walking towards a table.
"Who cares?" Tsukushi said as she looked away from where Yuki is pointing.
As she turned back to their table, she saw a man looking at her.
"What do you want?" Tsukushi said rudely.
"That was rude Tsukushi-san," the person said and his lips formed into a peaceful smile.
"You haven't changed a bit on treating strangers," he said
"Is that you Ryan?!" Tsukushi said shocked.
"The one and only," Ryan said and took a sit beside Tsukushi.
"Hey Tsukushi, they're kinda cu-" Yuki was cut off when she saw Tsukushi talking with someone.
Tsukushi and Ryan's conversation was stopped by Yuki.
"Oh sorry for not introducing you to him, Yuki," Tsukushi said. "Anyways, this is Ryan Hedrick."
"Nice meeting you Hedrick-san." Yuki said. "Wait Hedrick's kinda familiar to me."
"He's the son of an international model who has been at the cover page of countless magazines and the heir to a car company and whatever it is," Tsukushi said.
"Wow," Yuki said, "I can't believe I'm actually sitting at a table with you."
"Nice meeting you too. What's your name?"
"I'm Yu-yu-yu-yu-"
When Tsukushi noticed what her friend is doing, she kicked Yuki lightly under the table.
Tsukushi suddenly said, "She means that YOU are so nice and her name is Matsuoka Yuki."
Yuki snapped back from her thoughts and whispered 'thank you' to Tsukushi.
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A/N: I really appreciate all your reviews. I really want to make this chapter longer but I'm just too lazy. I have to study for another contest again (sigh). This chapter was so pointless but the next chapter will be interesting enough. Please review even though this chapter was pointless. Anyway, while I'm thinking on what I will write in this chapter, I suddenly thought of some plot for a new story again. It's a Romance/Hurt/Comfort story. But I think I will not post it here. I'm just too lazy :P.