Chapter 5

Title: The Faces Alike

Time: 1 a.m. back home

Mrs. Makino( Cheiko) glanced up at the clock. * 1 a.m. already…I wonder what Mr. Domoyoji and my daughter are doing.

* She thought joyfully to herself as she lay on the futon. Suddenly, the phone rang. She got up and ran into the living/dining

room. " Hello, Makino residence." She said into the receiver. " Hello, may I speak to Tsukushi-sempai, please?" a sweet small

voice reached her ears. " I'm sorry, she's not in try calling tomorrow maybe at around 11 a.m." she answered to the girl on the

other side of the phone. " Oh." The girl answered with a hint of disappointment in her tone, "May I know where she is now?"

the girl asked again. " She said she was going out with Domoyoji and the rest of F4…"click…beep…beep… the girl hung

up.



3 km away from Tsukushi's house…

Sakurako slammed down the antique phone in her house. The phone slid off the teak table as she swiped her hand across the

table. It hung limply from the wire connected to it and the receiver fell off, the monotonous beeping tone of the phone reached

her ears. * " … She said she was going out with Domoyoji and the rest of F4…" * the very line rang in her head. *Why was it

always Domoyoji and Tsukushi…? Why is it never me and Domoyoji? * She thought angrily as she banged her fist onto the

table. She sat down in the sofa next to the table with a huff. Tomorrow she'll confront the both of them…especially Tsukushi-

sempai …..



In the Castle

" Aaa…Choo!" Tsukushi raised her head and brought it down again. She rubbed her red nose. " Look at Rudolph…"

Domoyoji exclaimed as he turned around to look at Tsukushi. " OWw!" he cried as she brought her fist into his nose. " Now

you can be Rudolph's twin." She said rubbing her nose again. " That hurt…" he said as he covered his nose and rubbed it

gently. She smiled sweetly at him, too sweetly. He looked at her as they continued walking and he found it hard to be angry

with her when she smiled like that. Suddenly Hanazawa Rui stopped abruptly in his tracks. Domoyoji(still looking at Tsukushi)

bumped headlong into him, " Ow! Rui, why'd you stop?!" he said as he rubbed his nose AND head. "Shhh! Keep quiet." Rui

said bringing one long slender finger to his lips. Silence…then suddenly they heard a chuckle. It echoed off the hallway walls

and soon it had Tsukushi hanging onto Domoyoji. " Tsukushi, I know you're scared but…you're cutting off the blood supply

in my arm." Domoyoji said glancing down at Tsukushi who released her grip on his arm, " Gomen!" she exclaimed. " But I like

it when you hold on to my arm like that…you could do it again but not that hard…" he said grinning and her hand came flying

at his cheek. " Will you two stop it?!" Hanazawa Rui asked coldly as he ran his slender fingers through his yellow hair. " I'm

currently getting totally freaked out and you two can only think of playing around? I know you two love each other dearly but

can this mushiness wait till some other time?" he said. " I DO NOT LOVE HER/ HIM!" yelled the two of them together at him

as he placed his last sentence. He watched as they placed their backs to each other occasionally glancing back and sticking out

their tongues. * When will they ever start acting their ages?* he thought as he gave a big sigh.

Suddenly, his eyes grew large, a white glow started to make its way from behind his two companions. " oh my…" he said

bringing his hand to his head. The two looked at him exasperatedly and he jabbed his finger into the air at the advancing figure.

Tsukushi and Domoyoji turned around and gasped. * It's Domoyoji!* Tsukushi thought desperately as she stared at the

oncoming figure. Domoyoji looked at the white figure, * what the-! Isn't that Tsukushi?* he thought as he ran his fingers

through his curly mass of brown hair. " Shizuka!" Hanazawa Rui whispered as his brown eyes got use to the blinding light.

The white figure suddenly stopped. Domoyoji, Tsukushi and Hanazawa Rui looked as it floated mysteriously 3 feet in the air…