AN: *sigh* I've lost all motivation to write this story. I need ideas as to
how to continue! The beach house thing just popped into mind randomly, but
half way through I couldn't keep writing. It was awful, I suck at writing,
and I don't know how to deliver the story. I don't know how to . to write
the story. AAAAGGHH, I'm so furious with myself. I don't like me story, but
I wanna finish it.
piglet2 : Lol, R/Y pairing would be very very strange. Nobody has tried it yet and well.. it will be strange to see someone do that. I wonder how readers will react. ^^ Thx for reviewing all my chappies.
Jeslene: Yay, ppl who understand Rui weirdness. Haha, I keep thinking I update super slow. I'm glad u think I update fast tho, makes me feel like I can go slower. Thx very much for ur support!
nemu: Yes, Rui be very strange. Don't worry, there will be no Tsukushi/Rui. This is mainly about Yuki and Soijirou so I'm not going to bother that much with other couplings. Thank you!
ToinKs: Thank you! You always make me feel good about my writing. I just stuck in yellow crocodiles cuz... eer, I don't kno why, but I'm glad u like it! Thx very very much, here's next chappie.
*Yan*: I don't kno why I added guilt. I was thinking since it is partially his fault Yuki is going through all this, he should feel guilty. ^^ Thx for review.
Celina: Thank you so much for your ideas. I know I made it super obvious who it was, but lets just imagine the characters are out of it and don't know who it is. Anyway, I'm too lazy to make the bad guy someone else. Though it would add a twist to it. Thx for ur ideas, tho, really, they help me a lot when I'm writing this.
Sora: Thx for ur kind words. I'm sorry, but I'm so lazy I don't wanna add more twists to it. Sorry! I'm not very happy about my writing style right now so I don't want to write a huge huge story. I'm trying to make it short and simple but its so hard! So plz be patient with me, I'm sorry if the story isn't interesting. Thx for ur review tho!
Disclaimer: OWN NOT IT I! I don't own Hana Yori Dango for all u weird ppl out there who might want to sue me.
~*~ Ch. 5 Like a Sister ~*~
I frowned at Rui as we trooped back to our cars. He stole my moment of glory. I was going to be the knight in shining armor, helping the damsel in distress. I had the entire scene completely rehearsed in my head. I would tell her that I would protect her, and then she'll become sparkly eyed, falling into my arms and kissing me graciously.
Uh.. or that would have been what happened had it been any other girl. Now Yuki, I suppose it would have gone something like this:
~*~*~
"I'll protect you, Yuki."
"Oh why, thank you very much, Nishikado."
"Not a problem at all. I'd gladly help any beautiful lady." Here, I pick up her hand and kiss it gently.
And I'm assuming in the next couple seconds I'll be completely knocked out by Makino.
~*~*~
I heaved a sigh, either way my perfect plan would have been ruined. I suppose it was better for Rui to have ruined it, than for me to sport a nice black eye tomorrow.
I glanced back to check that Yuki was busy before turning to Rui, "What's wrong with you?"
He turned his cool gaze at me and did not speak. Rui has probably spoken as much in his life as I do in a single night at a club house.
"It's unlike you to jump to the rescue." I tried again.
"She's Makino's best friend, I would do anything to make her stop worrying."
I nodded. That was reasonable enough. Rui and his strange way of expressing love.
"And yourself?" His even voice asked.
I quirked an eyebrow at him before grinning widely, "You know me, man, I flirt with any girl available. Don't worry, I don't plan on playing Yuki, it was just a natural reaction. Besides, she's a sweet girl; I don't want to see her hurt."
Rui, finding my answer sufficient, closed his eyes and proceeded to plant himself in the backseat of my car.
"Yuki!" I called back to the dango shop where Akira finally released the poor girl from his clutches.
She ran up to where I stood and bowed embarrassingly, stammering, "I'm so sorry to be a burden to you. Thank you and Hanazawa for protecting me. I'm sure it's nothing. I'm so sorry to take up your time."
I hooked my hand under her chin and forced her face up to look at mine. "Oey, don't worry so much. It's our pleasure."
She stood there in this awkward position with her chin resting in my fingers, gazing up at me with wide eyes. Finally, a smile slowly etched its way across her face and she stood up. "Thank you very much." She said as I swept the car door open and ushered her in.
I flashed the thumbs up sign at Makino who was glaring at me again and sashayed across to the driver side of the car.
Rui and I were given the task of driving Yuki safely home. Tomorrow morning, we were to come right back and pick her up to take her to the Doumyouji beach house. As it was summertime, Tsukasa thought it would be a brilliant way of making sure Yuki was safe by going to his secluded, private beach. Hearing no objections from anyone, he phoned the owner of the store and sorted out the vacation time for Makino and Yuki.
Yuki was shifting uncomfortably in her seat, her hands flying to her hair every once in a while to smooth out imaginary knots.
I smiled softly at her childish ways. "Hey, calm down. What are you so nervous about?"
She glanced at me with an apologetic smile, "I'm sorry, I'm just not very used to the idea of.." She trailed off uncertainly, "I'm not very rich, in case you haven't noticed from the house I live in." She blushed, glancing back at the still Rui, who could have died and no one would have noticed.
"I've never been to the beach before," she began again, "or....or been in such a nice car. I feel - " She looked uncertain again.
I cleared my throat softly before saying as gently as I could, "Its okay that you're poor. You don't need to feel embarrassed about it. We get used to this stuff, having to hang around Makino and all. You're not at all out of place. And hey," I looked at her, "if you ever feel like you need to say something, I'll be here."
"Thank you."
I grinned, "No problem."
She was cute, in her innocent, uncertain ways. And I did feel like slowly she was opening up to our group. She must have always felt like an outsider, watching the comings and goings of the F4. And this feeling that I get when I'm around her. It was a nice feeling; one that I couldn't place my finger on before, but now I understand. Yuki, to me, is like the little sister I never had.
I reached across the car and ruffled up her hair, "No problem." I said again.
She yelped at having her hair messed up and lightly slapped my hand away. "Keep your eyes on the road, Nishikado."
I laughed heartily, "Yes ma'am!"
~*~ At the beach house ~*~
I yawned, stretching out my limbs and throwing myself on the soft sand. "Tsukasa, of all the beach houses, I think I like this one the best."
"What?" Akira exclaimed angrily, "What about the one we went to last time? Is MY beach house not good enough for you?"
"Akira, you know as well as I, that nothing beats this." I gestured at the grand house, overlooking the vast sea. It was huge, the size of our houses and built with a renaissance essence to it. It felt just like home.
I plopped myself up and patted the sand next to me, "C'mon, Yuki, enjoy yourself."
She rolled her eyes. "I need to carry this stuff into the house," She said, picking up some of her baggage.
Akira laughed, grabbing the luggage from her hands, explaining, "We've got servants to do that, Yuki, just sit down and enjoy the sand."
The six of us sat down and watched the waves wash up on the beach. It was so peaceful, so without a care in the world, that I would not have minded if we stayed there, all of us, for eternity.
~*~
An insistent knocking woke me up the next day.
"Aaagh, who is it?" I growled angrily. The knocking continued until the door flew open and Rui sailed in, Yuki tailing him uncertainly.
He threw open the curtains, letting the infernal sunshine poor into the vast room.
I shielded my eyes with my blanket and prayed that the two would disappear.
"Nishikado?" Yuki asked, poking at the mass of blankets which was me.
There was a pause in which I stupidly thought they had left, but then the tentative "Nishikado?" came again.
I groaned and sat up. "What in God's name are you doing up so early, Rui?" Were the first words to come out of my mouth.
Yuki, plucked at my blankets. "Well, you see, I wanted to go swimming. So I woke up Rui. And then I was trying to wake you up because Tsukushi said I have to get both of you to go places with me so I knocked on your door and then Rui finally woke up and said that it would be all right if we just came in so .. yea." She explained.
I blinked at her, and sighed, "Fine, fine, let's go swimming. Just.. get out so I can change!"
Relieved, she smiled and dragged Rui out with her.
I smiled at the closed door. Really, Yuki has changed so much since the first time I met her. She used to be so shy and quiet and she never really looked at me. I guess that now I'm getting to know her better, she feels more comfortable around us, the F4.
In a few minutes, I had successfully convinced Akira to join us and the four of us were lounged on the beach.
"Yuki!" Akira called from the water. She pulled herself off the sand and plopped over to him. A squeal followed immediately and she was back in a flash, soaking wet.
"That Mimasaka, ruining my clothes like this." She muttered, quickly stripping out of her shirt and shorts. She wore a modest one piece that was purple. She wasn't very tan and her body was not what one would call 'hot.' She seemed embarrassed about her body and was quickly back in the water, furiously splashing Akira. Their laughter being contagious, I got up and joined them.
After the water fight, we built a magnificent sand castle, and then headed back to the house for lunch.
(AN: AAAAAH!!! Sorry, seems rushed? It is. Don't know what to write. Don't think you guys would really care about their nice happy fun times. ^^)
I fell in place next to Yuki and she wrung out her short hair. She looked at me with an odd expression on her face.
"What?" I asked.
"I've never seen you with that smile before. It's.. different."
"I save this smile for special people."
There was a pause in which only the sound of waves crashing against the sand and Akira's chattering up front could be heard.
"Am I a special person?" She asked tentatively.
My gentle smile spread into a grin, "Of course, you're like a sister to me. I just realized it a while ago."
I smiled on the inside as well. Really, I felt so comfortable around Yuki, it really did feel like she was a sister. She must be so happy, to know that she is such a special person to me right now. In the course of a few weeks, this shy, simple, poor girl, had changed my views of her drastically.
Her smile faltered, however, and I could not understand why. "A sister to you?" She asked.
I nodded eagerly.
"Then you are like a brother to me." Yuki said softly. She looked down at her feet so that her hair fell into her face.
She was acting strange, like the shy girl she was before. Intent on changing the atmosphere, I threw my arm around her shoulders and pointed at the house, exclaiming, "Then away we go, Imoto chan, to the grand Doumyouji castle."
She laughed with me and we ran all the way to the beach house.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ End of Chapter Five.
Imoto - little sister
AN: I know, I know, Nishikado is OOC. This whole chapter is a lil too mellow/thoughtful for him. I really should just stick to Yuki POV. I mean, I'm a girl, how do I know what guys think? Bleh, I don't like my writing. Don't like this chapter. GAAAAAH!!!! Yea, this chapter is just some pointless happiness.
piglet2 : Lol, R/Y pairing would be very very strange. Nobody has tried it yet and well.. it will be strange to see someone do that. I wonder how readers will react. ^^ Thx for reviewing all my chappies.
Jeslene: Yay, ppl who understand Rui weirdness. Haha, I keep thinking I update super slow. I'm glad u think I update fast tho, makes me feel like I can go slower. Thx very much for ur support!
nemu: Yes, Rui be very strange. Don't worry, there will be no Tsukushi/Rui. This is mainly about Yuki and Soijirou so I'm not going to bother that much with other couplings. Thank you!
ToinKs: Thank you! You always make me feel good about my writing. I just stuck in yellow crocodiles cuz... eer, I don't kno why, but I'm glad u like it! Thx very very much, here's next chappie.
*Yan*: I don't kno why I added guilt. I was thinking since it is partially his fault Yuki is going through all this, he should feel guilty. ^^ Thx for review.
Celina: Thank you so much for your ideas. I know I made it super obvious who it was, but lets just imagine the characters are out of it and don't know who it is. Anyway, I'm too lazy to make the bad guy someone else. Though it would add a twist to it. Thx for ur ideas, tho, really, they help me a lot when I'm writing this.
Sora: Thx for ur kind words. I'm sorry, but I'm so lazy I don't wanna add more twists to it. Sorry! I'm not very happy about my writing style right now so I don't want to write a huge huge story. I'm trying to make it short and simple but its so hard! So plz be patient with me, I'm sorry if the story isn't interesting. Thx for ur review tho!
Disclaimer: OWN NOT IT I! I don't own Hana Yori Dango for all u weird ppl out there who might want to sue me.
~*~ Ch. 5 Like a Sister ~*~
I frowned at Rui as we trooped back to our cars. He stole my moment of glory. I was going to be the knight in shining armor, helping the damsel in distress. I had the entire scene completely rehearsed in my head. I would tell her that I would protect her, and then she'll become sparkly eyed, falling into my arms and kissing me graciously.
Uh.. or that would have been what happened had it been any other girl. Now Yuki, I suppose it would have gone something like this:
~*~*~
"I'll protect you, Yuki."
"Oh why, thank you very much, Nishikado."
"Not a problem at all. I'd gladly help any beautiful lady." Here, I pick up her hand and kiss it gently.
And I'm assuming in the next couple seconds I'll be completely knocked out by Makino.
~*~*~
I heaved a sigh, either way my perfect plan would have been ruined. I suppose it was better for Rui to have ruined it, than for me to sport a nice black eye tomorrow.
I glanced back to check that Yuki was busy before turning to Rui, "What's wrong with you?"
He turned his cool gaze at me and did not speak. Rui has probably spoken as much in his life as I do in a single night at a club house.
"It's unlike you to jump to the rescue." I tried again.
"She's Makino's best friend, I would do anything to make her stop worrying."
I nodded. That was reasonable enough. Rui and his strange way of expressing love.
"And yourself?" His even voice asked.
I quirked an eyebrow at him before grinning widely, "You know me, man, I flirt with any girl available. Don't worry, I don't plan on playing Yuki, it was just a natural reaction. Besides, she's a sweet girl; I don't want to see her hurt."
Rui, finding my answer sufficient, closed his eyes and proceeded to plant himself in the backseat of my car.
"Yuki!" I called back to the dango shop where Akira finally released the poor girl from his clutches.
She ran up to where I stood and bowed embarrassingly, stammering, "I'm so sorry to be a burden to you. Thank you and Hanazawa for protecting me. I'm sure it's nothing. I'm so sorry to take up your time."
I hooked my hand under her chin and forced her face up to look at mine. "Oey, don't worry so much. It's our pleasure."
She stood there in this awkward position with her chin resting in my fingers, gazing up at me with wide eyes. Finally, a smile slowly etched its way across her face and she stood up. "Thank you very much." She said as I swept the car door open and ushered her in.
I flashed the thumbs up sign at Makino who was glaring at me again and sashayed across to the driver side of the car.
Rui and I were given the task of driving Yuki safely home. Tomorrow morning, we were to come right back and pick her up to take her to the Doumyouji beach house. As it was summertime, Tsukasa thought it would be a brilliant way of making sure Yuki was safe by going to his secluded, private beach. Hearing no objections from anyone, he phoned the owner of the store and sorted out the vacation time for Makino and Yuki.
Yuki was shifting uncomfortably in her seat, her hands flying to her hair every once in a while to smooth out imaginary knots.
I smiled softly at her childish ways. "Hey, calm down. What are you so nervous about?"
She glanced at me with an apologetic smile, "I'm sorry, I'm just not very used to the idea of.." She trailed off uncertainly, "I'm not very rich, in case you haven't noticed from the house I live in." She blushed, glancing back at the still Rui, who could have died and no one would have noticed.
"I've never been to the beach before," she began again, "or....or been in such a nice car. I feel - " She looked uncertain again.
I cleared my throat softly before saying as gently as I could, "Its okay that you're poor. You don't need to feel embarrassed about it. We get used to this stuff, having to hang around Makino and all. You're not at all out of place. And hey," I looked at her, "if you ever feel like you need to say something, I'll be here."
"Thank you."
I grinned, "No problem."
She was cute, in her innocent, uncertain ways. And I did feel like slowly she was opening up to our group. She must have always felt like an outsider, watching the comings and goings of the F4. And this feeling that I get when I'm around her. It was a nice feeling; one that I couldn't place my finger on before, but now I understand. Yuki, to me, is like the little sister I never had.
I reached across the car and ruffled up her hair, "No problem." I said again.
She yelped at having her hair messed up and lightly slapped my hand away. "Keep your eyes on the road, Nishikado."
I laughed heartily, "Yes ma'am!"
~*~ At the beach house ~*~
I yawned, stretching out my limbs and throwing myself on the soft sand. "Tsukasa, of all the beach houses, I think I like this one the best."
"What?" Akira exclaimed angrily, "What about the one we went to last time? Is MY beach house not good enough for you?"
"Akira, you know as well as I, that nothing beats this." I gestured at the grand house, overlooking the vast sea. It was huge, the size of our houses and built with a renaissance essence to it. It felt just like home.
I plopped myself up and patted the sand next to me, "C'mon, Yuki, enjoy yourself."
She rolled her eyes. "I need to carry this stuff into the house," She said, picking up some of her baggage.
Akira laughed, grabbing the luggage from her hands, explaining, "We've got servants to do that, Yuki, just sit down and enjoy the sand."
The six of us sat down and watched the waves wash up on the beach. It was so peaceful, so without a care in the world, that I would not have minded if we stayed there, all of us, for eternity.
~*~
An insistent knocking woke me up the next day.
"Aaagh, who is it?" I growled angrily. The knocking continued until the door flew open and Rui sailed in, Yuki tailing him uncertainly.
He threw open the curtains, letting the infernal sunshine poor into the vast room.
I shielded my eyes with my blanket and prayed that the two would disappear.
"Nishikado?" Yuki asked, poking at the mass of blankets which was me.
There was a pause in which I stupidly thought they had left, but then the tentative "Nishikado?" came again.
I groaned and sat up. "What in God's name are you doing up so early, Rui?" Were the first words to come out of my mouth.
Yuki, plucked at my blankets. "Well, you see, I wanted to go swimming. So I woke up Rui. And then I was trying to wake you up because Tsukushi said I have to get both of you to go places with me so I knocked on your door and then Rui finally woke up and said that it would be all right if we just came in so .. yea." She explained.
I blinked at her, and sighed, "Fine, fine, let's go swimming. Just.. get out so I can change!"
Relieved, she smiled and dragged Rui out with her.
I smiled at the closed door. Really, Yuki has changed so much since the first time I met her. She used to be so shy and quiet and she never really looked at me. I guess that now I'm getting to know her better, she feels more comfortable around us, the F4.
In a few minutes, I had successfully convinced Akira to join us and the four of us were lounged on the beach.
"Yuki!" Akira called from the water. She pulled herself off the sand and plopped over to him. A squeal followed immediately and she was back in a flash, soaking wet.
"That Mimasaka, ruining my clothes like this." She muttered, quickly stripping out of her shirt and shorts. She wore a modest one piece that was purple. She wasn't very tan and her body was not what one would call 'hot.' She seemed embarrassed about her body and was quickly back in the water, furiously splashing Akira. Their laughter being contagious, I got up and joined them.
After the water fight, we built a magnificent sand castle, and then headed back to the house for lunch.
(AN: AAAAAH!!! Sorry, seems rushed? It is. Don't know what to write. Don't think you guys would really care about their nice happy fun times. ^^)
I fell in place next to Yuki and she wrung out her short hair. She looked at me with an odd expression on her face.
"What?" I asked.
"I've never seen you with that smile before. It's.. different."
"I save this smile for special people."
There was a pause in which only the sound of waves crashing against the sand and Akira's chattering up front could be heard.
"Am I a special person?" She asked tentatively.
My gentle smile spread into a grin, "Of course, you're like a sister to me. I just realized it a while ago."
I smiled on the inside as well. Really, I felt so comfortable around Yuki, it really did feel like she was a sister. She must be so happy, to know that she is such a special person to me right now. In the course of a few weeks, this shy, simple, poor girl, had changed my views of her drastically.
Her smile faltered, however, and I could not understand why. "A sister to you?" She asked.
I nodded eagerly.
"Then you are like a brother to me." Yuki said softly. She looked down at her feet so that her hair fell into her face.
She was acting strange, like the shy girl she was before. Intent on changing the atmosphere, I threw my arm around her shoulders and pointed at the house, exclaiming, "Then away we go, Imoto chan, to the grand Doumyouji castle."
She laughed with me and we ran all the way to the beach house.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ End of Chapter Five.
Imoto - little sister
AN: I know, I know, Nishikado is OOC. This whole chapter is a lil too mellow/thoughtful for him. I really should just stick to Yuki POV. I mean, I'm a girl, how do I know what guys think? Bleh, I don't like my writing. Don't like this chapter. GAAAAAH!!!! Yea, this chapter is just some pointless happiness.