Disclaimer: I don't own HYD blah blah blah...
The next day, Tsukasa asked for a favour from his sister.
"Tsubaki? Where the hell are you?!" Tsukasa couldn't find her.
"Do you want to get punched?" Tsubaki scowled.
"N-No," Tsukasa's face reddened. If he wanted something from Tsubaki, he have to be nice to her. Even if he don't want something from her, it'd be wise to be polite.
"What do you want? I am going to visit Tsukushi soon," Tsubaki said.
"I-I... Can you tell me if Tsukushi is doing good or not?" Tsukasa looked at the floor, feeling embarrassed that he had to ask his sister for something so simple.
Tsubaki looked taken back. "Of course, anything for you! Well, I'm only doing it mostly because of Tsukushi, but if you want, I'll tell you."
"Of course I want!" Tsukasa snapped.
"I knew it! You still care about her! Well, I'll try to help Tsukushi gain back her memory because I have a feeling she'll regret it later..." Tsubaki smiled gently.
"What if she won't regret not remembering me? I mean, she hates me!" Tsukasa was worried.
"That's too bad, huh? She'll be with Rui and you might end up marrying some girl Mother assigned you to," Tsubaki smacked her brother's arm playfully.
"That witch is not going to get me married to just any girl!" Tsukasa frowned.
"If you are referring to me... Of course I won't marry you off to just any girl," Kaede walked into the room, her arms crossed.
"What do you mean, Mother?" Tsubaki looked at her mother carefully.
"Tsukasa, you must abandon the hope of being together with that poor, nasty girl. She's a bad influence on you. You will of course, marry Yuri. Yuri is a fine, fine lady. She'll give you happiness and she's rich, unlike that poor, cheap girl," Kaede said coldly.
"Mother, have you forgotten it was Tsukushi who made Tsukasa love again...? Have you forgotten it was Tsukushi was the one who made Tsukasa seem human again?" Tsubaki turned to face Kaede.
"Love? Who needs love?" Kaede smirked. "Who needs love when you can have power... and money? Money is the key to everything! No money? You don't get respect."
"Whatever, I'm leaving," Tsubaki turned to leave the room.
"You better not be visiting that poor girl again," Kaede said coldly.
"Why not? She's my friend, after all," Tsubaki felt her anger rising.
"A Doumyoji must never be seen associating with someone poor because it gives off a bad image to us. We shall not have our image tarnished just because of some foolish actions," Kaede snapped.
"You're so... You're never going to be capable of making any real friends," Tsubaki ran out of the room before she could say anything worse.
"Tsukushi, how have you been?" Tsubaki smiled brightly.
"As bad as ever. Every time I try to remember something, my head hurts so much I can't even think straight," Tsukushi frowned.
"You are going to actually try to remember the stuff you forgot?" Tsubaki asked excitedly.
"I tried... But no matter what, I can't remember," Tsukushi said sadly.
"Hello everyone," Soujiro, Yuki, and Akira walked into the room.
"What are you guys doing here again? You just visited me yesterday," Tsukushi said.
"So? Tsubaki visited you yesterday and I don't see you trying to get rid of her," Soujiro pouted.
"Besides, I'm your best friend. Aren't you glad to see me?" Yuki asked, a bit hurt.
"No! I'm just surprised!" Tsukushi realized what her words meant and felt bad.
"Anyway, we're over that, aren't we, Yuki?" Soujiro looked quickly at Yuki.
Yuki blushed. "Right..."
"You guys forgot about me!" Akira frowned playfully. "Yuki's not the only one here."
"Anyway, back to what we were going to say. Why don't we all go on a vacation to visit my hot springs? Not only that, there's going to be lots of fun to help you recover faster," Soujiro smiled.
"Isn't that going to be expensive?" Tsukushi asked worriedly.
"What's going to be expensive? The flight to Soujiro's place? Don't worry, hardworking virgin. It's all paid for, by Soujiro," Akira patted Tsukushi playfully.
"Where-Where's Rui?" Tsukushi just realized he wasn't there.
"Oh, he's really sick right now. He must've gotten a bad cold or something. He's sorry he couldn't make it but he'll see you at the vacation spot if you would go," Soujiro winked.
"I-I was going to say I wanted to go. After all, who can pass up a free vacation?" Tsukushi managed to smile to cover up her embarrassment.
"Oh, and it's tomorrow morning when we're going to travel. So pack up your stuff by tonight," Soujiro informed.
"Yo?" Tsukasa answered his cellular phone.
"Wanna go on a vacation to my hot springs in New York City?" Soujiro asked quickly.
"Don't you have some hot springs closer to Japan? Anyway, if I wanted to relax in hot springs, I can go in mine. What's the big deal?" Tsukasa asked crankily.
"You can be stuck in a plane for so long... with Tsukushi," Soujiro smiled. He knew Tsukasa would come if he said this.
"Who wants to be with her anyway?" Tsukasa scoffed.
"You do, that's who... and oh, Rui too. So are you coming or not?" Soujiro asked.
"Rui's going to be there? When are we going?" Tsukasa frowned at the thought of Tsukushi being close to Rui. He has to be there to protect her from Rui's grip.
"Tomorrow morning," With that, Soujiro hanged up.
"Tsukushi, you're here!" Yuri saw Tsukushi and ran over to her. "I missed you so much! You're going to go on this trip too, huh?"
"Stay away from her," Tsubaki snapped angrily.
"What are you; her bodyguard? Besides, you're going to be stuck with me for a whole week," Yuri smiled triumphantly.
"Who the hell invited you?" Tsukasa saw Yuri, horrified.
"Oh, Tsukasa-chan! I am so happy to see you here too," Yuri smiled hugely and hooked her arm through his.
"Get away from me, slut. And what are we doing in a public airport?" Tsukasa got away from Yuri.
"I figured it'll be more fun," Soujiro said lightly.
"Can we board the airplane already? It's ready to take off and I want to sleep," Rui asked sleepily.
"Oh Tsukushi, we're going to have so much fun," Yuki smiled happily.
"Hey, you! Get away from this seat. It's mine!" Tsukasa said angrily toward this innocent passenger who happened to be seated right next to Tsukushi.
"I'm sorry, sir. I-I didn't realize that," The passenger quickly left to find the seat Tsukasa told him.
"What is wrong with you?" Tsukushi scowled angrily. "You're so annoying."
"I-I... Oh, be quiet and enjoy my company," Tsukasa stammered.
"Excuse me, Tsukasa and Tsukushi. I need to get to my seat," Rui smiled and pointed to the empty seat.
"Hmph," Tsukasa grumbled.
"What's wrong, Tsukasa? Not happy with your seat? I'm glad I'm seated with a window. It's so comfortable napping like this," Rui smiled contently.
"Oh shut up and sleep already," Tsukasa was bored.
"Tsukasa, how can you talk to him like that?" Tsukushi glared.
Umi appeared before Tsukasa could respond. "Hey Tsukasa!"
"How did you find me?" Tsukasa gaped.
"Oh, silly you!" Umi laughed airily. "See you soon!"
"Oh, I'm so bored and this seat isn't comfortable for sleeping on," Rui complained.
The group (Tsubaki, Umi, Yuri, Yuki, Tsukushi, Rui, Tsukasa, Akira, and Soujiro)'s plane landed in Korea for a break. It'd be two hours before the next plane would arrive.
"I have an idea! Why don't we play Truth or Dare?" Yuri suggested.
"You may be really evil but that's a good idea," Soujiro smiled at the mention of the game.
The group sat in a circle with a water bottle in the middle.
Umi spun the bottle and it pointed at Tsukasa. "Truth or dare?"
Tsukasa didn't blink when he said, "Dare."
Umi and Yuri squealed excitedly. "I dare you to hit Tsukushi across her face."
Tsukasa stood up suddenly. "You want me to do that to her? You disgust me, you slut! You actually think I'm going to slap her?"
"Alright, calm down," Soujiro was alerted.
Tsukasa spun the bottle. It pointed at Tsukushi. "Truth or dare?"
"Truth," Tsukushi was a bit scared.
"Do you really despise me so much?" Tsukasa asked. Tsukushi looked at his eyes and saw confused and scared eyes.
"I-I don't know..." Tsukushi stared at her hands.
"Come with me," Tsukasa grabbed Tsukushi by her hand and took her quickly away from the group and into the...
"You idiot! Why the hell are we in the men's bathroom?" Tsukushi yelled angrily.
"Whatever... Scram, people!" Tsukasa yelled to the men who were still in the men's bathroom.
When they left, Tsukasa went over to the door and locked it. He turned to face Tsukushi angrily.
"I want to know this so bad... Why do you seem to despise me so much? Am I really not worth remembering? I remembered you when I forgot who you were... You made me try and I didn't regret remembering you. But you know what? You might regret not remembering who I am," Tsukasa's eyes turned a bit bright.
"I-I... I'm–" Tsukushi was cut off.
Tsukasa pulled her into a passionate hug. "I miss hugging you so much," he whispered into her ear.
Tsukushi was touched by his affection. "I guess you can't be so bad if you seem to care about me so much..." she mumbled.
Tsukasa kissed her gently. Tsukushi's first instinct was to pull away but the feeling of Tsukasa's lips on hers feel so right... so familiar.