Thanks for the people who reviewed on my story. Thank you, thank you.
Piglet 2: You're really like my savior. Why? Because I really thought that nobody would like my story. You're right this is my first time in writing. But I've been reading fanfictions for about two months. I've read both of your story. They're really great! Keep on writing!
And to answer am I a Rui fan or not. Well I'm a 70 percent Rui fan and a 30 percent Tsukasa fan. This that qualify for a Rui fan? But I really like reading fanfictions that have R/T ending but I can't really find a lot of those kind of fanfics. But this is not going to be R/T. But I promise there will be a happy ending for Tsukushi.
ToinKs: I can't believe that you're commenting on my story!!! I really like your one-shot Loving Too Late. I guess I'm just one in a bunch right? I think that Tsukushi is a bit selfish in this story too. I guess that it reflects on me, I don't really believe that there could be a girl in this world that is totally selfless. And Rui is just there, which girl wouldn't use a free confidante? And Tsukushi really needs him. What does OOC mean?
Bittersweet
Hanazawa Rui
Hanazawa Rui, my first crush. Tsukushi thought. The boy with the clear eyes, the boy that always had a shoulder for me. A special place that would always be there. No matter how hard he tries to hide it. Rui, the one that was always standing in Tsukasa's shadows, occasionally standing out to take my hand when Tsukasa hurts me. The one that gives me refuge.
But he'll never know, never know how much pain he has caused in my heart. Even from the beginning, from the first time I saw F4. The one that I really noticed was he. Lagging behind, with heavy-hooded eyes. Looking like he'll fall asleep any time. Tsukushi laughed when she thought of this. But he really is not that ignorant. No, he is actually the most observant of F4. The most sensitive. But not when it comes to Shizuka. He couldn't see that Shizuka will never be his. That Shizuka will not be able to reply his affections the way he wants her to.
She remembered the time in Japan. The time that he just came back from France and had a 180 degrees mood change. He was acting like a playboy. Tsukushi knew that something was wrong on the first look; she knew that Rui was trying to hide something. She couldn't sleep that night with Tsukasa in the same room as her. After all that was the first time she slept with any human of the opposite sex except her father. She took a walk on the beach. Thinking about Rui's strange behavior. Suddenly she saw a shadow not far away from her. A shadow of a person. A person that was walking into the sea! Tsukushi ran quickly hoping that that person will not do anything stupid before she arrives. She ran into the water, not bothering to roll up her pajama legs. She hugged the slim figure tightly. And with a strength she never knew she had, pulled the person back onto the beach.
Tsukushi collapsed on the beach beside the figure. Panting heavily, she finally got a good look at the person's face. She gasped when she saw the deathly-white face of Hanazawa Rui. She held his hands, they were deathly cold. She whimpered anxiously, "Don't die, don't die. I don't want to see a person die. You're still young. Don't die, don't die." She hugged Rui tight, trying to warm him up. After what seemed like the most blissful and the worst moment in her life. She felt Rui's hand moving to hug her tight. They stayed like that for a few moments, Tsukushi trying to get over the delight that Rui did not die.
Tsukushi pulled away quickly when she realized what they were doing. Her face blushed crimson she thanked the dark. "What are you doing!" She shouted at Rui. "You could have died! Don't ever do that again!"
"I wouldn't." Rui replied.
"What? You were half-dead when I saved you!"
"No, I was just trying to catch the sun."
"Huh?" Tsukushi puzzled. Then she realized that the sun was rising over the horizon. Dying the waters to a glorious red. The light reflected onto Rui's face. Making him more beautiful than ever. She quickly turned away no wanting Rui to catch her watching. "Whatever," she grumbled. "I'm going back to catch some z's." She stood up, starting to go back to the beachside hotel.
"Thank you." She stopped at the sound of Rui's voice. She turned back only to see Rui absorbed in the view. She shook her head, maybe it was the lack of sleep making her hallucinate. She walked away.
However at that time she would have never known that she would fall for Rui's best friend. She would have never guessed that she would actually begin to see Rui as a mentor a confider. A person that actually has a soft spot for her. Although she knew that she could never replace Shizuka. She always thought that Rui would be by her side. Even if his best friend Tsukasa is not her boyfriend anymore.
That night, Rui asked her to go to the emergency staircase. She was very curious since they've graduated from school for two years now. She hummed a tune that Rui taught her before. She never knew that she and Rui could share so much. She smiled to herself watching the stars.
A pair of arms snaked around her waist. She turned around surprised, "Rui?" She saw the familiar face. But Rui was different today, there was a smile playing on his lips. Although Rui smiled more and more often but never for a long time. Fireworks started to go off all around them.
"Make a wish." He closed his eyes still refusing to let Tsukushi go. Tsukushi closed her eyes, puzzled but still happy. I wish I will be happy. I wish Rui will be happy. She wished quickly and opened her eyes. She found Rui studying her intently, as if trying to carve her image into his mind.
"What? Is there something on my face?" Tsukushi rubbed her face furiously.
"No," Rui answered amused. "I'm just thinking that if I didn't look hard, I wouldn't even find you pretty."
"What the-" Tsukushi slipped out of his arms. Putting her hands onto her hips. "Then don't look! I'll tell you Hanazawa Rui that many people will pay to look at the beautiful, gorgeous, girl in front of you! But she has enough grace to let you look for free!" Tsukushi point her index finger at Rui's chest.
"How much?"
"Huh?" She looked up finding Rui's face serious. "Hey, I was just kidding."
"I'll give all the money in the world to look at you for all my life." Rui said intensely.
"Then look, nobody's stopping you."
"The world is stopping me. My fate forbids me to."
"Then go against it! Fight it! If your fate makes you unhappy. Then why do you just let it?"
"Because I'm not you, Tsukushi. I don't have your weed power."
Tsukushi looked surprised at Rui. She took his hand into hers. "I now give you my weed power. But you have to give me back when you've finished using it." She said solemnly.
Rui's expression changed at once. His tears began to flow, he hugged her tightly. Even tighter than that time on the beach. "Thanks Tsukushi. I'm going to use your weed power to tell you all the things that I've never had the guts to tell you before."
"I love you, Tsukushi."
Tsukushi took a sharp breath. "What are you saying-"
"Don't interrupt me, I'm going to say this while I still have the courage. I've noticed you from the beginning. Your strength your weakness. I know you better than even myself. Now leaving you would be like cutting a piece of myself out and throwing it away. But do you know? Tsukushi, do you know that Shizuka has cancer? Do you know that my parents want me to marry her for the sake of bringing her happiness at the end of her life? How can I say no? How can I?" Rui took a deep breath after his little speech.
Tsukushi stood in a stupor. "You should go. Rui." She said finally.
"I know. I'm going to France tomorrow."
"Do you have a telephone number? I can contact you there. We'll always be friends, won't we?"
"Yes, we will Tsukushi." Rui answered. "We always will."
Rui turned to go. "I give it back."
"Huh?"
"Your weed power."
"You can't. Because it was always there. Just like I'll always be by your side."
Rui smiled. "Thank you, Tsukushi." He turned and walked away. Not looking back.
Tsukushi sat on the staircase alone. Even Rui has left her. He doesn't want to but he did. Destiny was always cruel to us. But I won't surrender to it! I won't! No matter how many more bittersweet moments there are to come. I won't ever let my dignity go beneath me. I'll take whatever life throws at me!
"Bring it on!" Tsukushi shouted that night at the staircase. Only for the endless night sky to hear.
Hee, Tsukushi is being the usual stubborn weed. But I'm glad too that she'll survive even after two great heart-breaking moments of her life. Please comment on what you think of my story. Do you think I've been cruel to Tsukushi?
Piglet 2: You're really like my savior. Why? Because I really thought that nobody would like my story. You're right this is my first time in writing. But I've been reading fanfictions for about two months. I've read both of your story. They're really great! Keep on writing!
And to answer am I a Rui fan or not. Well I'm a 70 percent Rui fan and a 30 percent Tsukasa fan. This that qualify for a Rui fan? But I really like reading fanfictions that have R/T ending but I can't really find a lot of those kind of fanfics. But this is not going to be R/T. But I promise there will be a happy ending for Tsukushi.
ToinKs: I can't believe that you're commenting on my story!!! I really like your one-shot Loving Too Late. I guess I'm just one in a bunch right? I think that Tsukushi is a bit selfish in this story too. I guess that it reflects on me, I don't really believe that there could be a girl in this world that is totally selfless. And Rui is just there, which girl wouldn't use a free confidante? And Tsukushi really needs him. What does OOC mean?
Bittersweet
Hanazawa Rui
Hanazawa Rui, my first crush. Tsukushi thought. The boy with the clear eyes, the boy that always had a shoulder for me. A special place that would always be there. No matter how hard he tries to hide it. Rui, the one that was always standing in Tsukasa's shadows, occasionally standing out to take my hand when Tsukasa hurts me. The one that gives me refuge.
But he'll never know, never know how much pain he has caused in my heart. Even from the beginning, from the first time I saw F4. The one that I really noticed was he. Lagging behind, with heavy-hooded eyes. Looking like he'll fall asleep any time. Tsukushi laughed when she thought of this. But he really is not that ignorant. No, he is actually the most observant of F4. The most sensitive. But not when it comes to Shizuka. He couldn't see that Shizuka will never be his. That Shizuka will not be able to reply his affections the way he wants her to.
She remembered the time in Japan. The time that he just came back from France and had a 180 degrees mood change. He was acting like a playboy. Tsukushi knew that something was wrong on the first look; she knew that Rui was trying to hide something. She couldn't sleep that night with Tsukasa in the same room as her. After all that was the first time she slept with any human of the opposite sex except her father. She took a walk on the beach. Thinking about Rui's strange behavior. Suddenly she saw a shadow not far away from her. A shadow of a person. A person that was walking into the sea! Tsukushi ran quickly hoping that that person will not do anything stupid before she arrives. She ran into the water, not bothering to roll up her pajama legs. She hugged the slim figure tightly. And with a strength she never knew she had, pulled the person back onto the beach.
Tsukushi collapsed on the beach beside the figure. Panting heavily, she finally got a good look at the person's face. She gasped when she saw the deathly-white face of Hanazawa Rui. She held his hands, they were deathly cold. She whimpered anxiously, "Don't die, don't die. I don't want to see a person die. You're still young. Don't die, don't die." She hugged Rui tight, trying to warm him up. After what seemed like the most blissful and the worst moment in her life. She felt Rui's hand moving to hug her tight. They stayed like that for a few moments, Tsukushi trying to get over the delight that Rui did not die.
Tsukushi pulled away quickly when she realized what they were doing. Her face blushed crimson she thanked the dark. "What are you doing!" She shouted at Rui. "You could have died! Don't ever do that again!"
"I wouldn't." Rui replied.
"What? You were half-dead when I saved you!"
"No, I was just trying to catch the sun."
"Huh?" Tsukushi puzzled. Then she realized that the sun was rising over the horizon. Dying the waters to a glorious red. The light reflected onto Rui's face. Making him more beautiful than ever. She quickly turned away no wanting Rui to catch her watching. "Whatever," she grumbled. "I'm going back to catch some z's." She stood up, starting to go back to the beachside hotel.
"Thank you." She stopped at the sound of Rui's voice. She turned back only to see Rui absorbed in the view. She shook her head, maybe it was the lack of sleep making her hallucinate. She walked away.
However at that time she would have never known that she would fall for Rui's best friend. She would have never guessed that she would actually begin to see Rui as a mentor a confider. A person that actually has a soft spot for her. Although she knew that she could never replace Shizuka. She always thought that Rui would be by her side. Even if his best friend Tsukasa is not her boyfriend anymore.
That night, Rui asked her to go to the emergency staircase. She was very curious since they've graduated from school for two years now. She hummed a tune that Rui taught her before. She never knew that she and Rui could share so much. She smiled to herself watching the stars.
A pair of arms snaked around her waist. She turned around surprised, "Rui?" She saw the familiar face. But Rui was different today, there was a smile playing on his lips. Although Rui smiled more and more often but never for a long time. Fireworks started to go off all around them.
"Make a wish." He closed his eyes still refusing to let Tsukushi go. Tsukushi closed her eyes, puzzled but still happy. I wish I will be happy. I wish Rui will be happy. She wished quickly and opened her eyes. She found Rui studying her intently, as if trying to carve her image into his mind.
"What? Is there something on my face?" Tsukushi rubbed her face furiously.
"No," Rui answered amused. "I'm just thinking that if I didn't look hard, I wouldn't even find you pretty."
"What the-" Tsukushi slipped out of his arms. Putting her hands onto her hips. "Then don't look! I'll tell you Hanazawa Rui that many people will pay to look at the beautiful, gorgeous, girl in front of you! But she has enough grace to let you look for free!" Tsukushi point her index finger at Rui's chest.
"How much?"
"Huh?" She looked up finding Rui's face serious. "Hey, I was just kidding."
"I'll give all the money in the world to look at you for all my life." Rui said intensely.
"Then look, nobody's stopping you."
"The world is stopping me. My fate forbids me to."
"Then go against it! Fight it! If your fate makes you unhappy. Then why do you just let it?"
"Because I'm not you, Tsukushi. I don't have your weed power."
Tsukushi looked surprised at Rui. She took his hand into hers. "I now give you my weed power. But you have to give me back when you've finished using it." She said solemnly.
Rui's expression changed at once. His tears began to flow, he hugged her tightly. Even tighter than that time on the beach. "Thanks Tsukushi. I'm going to use your weed power to tell you all the things that I've never had the guts to tell you before."
"I love you, Tsukushi."
Tsukushi took a sharp breath. "What are you saying-"
"Don't interrupt me, I'm going to say this while I still have the courage. I've noticed you from the beginning. Your strength your weakness. I know you better than even myself. Now leaving you would be like cutting a piece of myself out and throwing it away. But do you know? Tsukushi, do you know that Shizuka has cancer? Do you know that my parents want me to marry her for the sake of bringing her happiness at the end of her life? How can I say no? How can I?" Rui took a deep breath after his little speech.
Tsukushi stood in a stupor. "You should go. Rui." She said finally.
"I know. I'm going to France tomorrow."
"Do you have a telephone number? I can contact you there. We'll always be friends, won't we?"
"Yes, we will Tsukushi." Rui answered. "We always will."
Rui turned to go. "I give it back."
"Huh?"
"Your weed power."
"You can't. Because it was always there. Just like I'll always be by your side."
Rui smiled. "Thank you, Tsukushi." He turned and walked away. Not looking back.
Tsukushi sat on the staircase alone. Even Rui has left her. He doesn't want to but he did. Destiny was always cruel to us. But I won't surrender to it! I won't! No matter how many more bittersweet moments there are to come. I won't ever let my dignity go beneath me. I'll take whatever life throws at me!
"Bring it on!" Tsukushi shouted that night at the staircase. Only for the endless night sky to hear.
Hee, Tsukushi is being the usual stubborn weed. But I'm glad too that she'll survive even after two great heart-breaking moments of her life. Please comment on what you think of my story. Do you think I've been cruel to Tsukushi?