Lemonade Stand

Disclaimer: I don't own Hana Yori Dango (Boys Over Flowers)


Chapter One: The Beginning
"Come on Yuuki it'll be fun!" Tsukushi whined while trying to pry my fingers off my silver bed rail.

I shook my head frantically, back in forth, clutching my bed railing harder. "I don't wanna!" I complained, my grip faltering slightly as she successfully pried my thumb off. "We're only six, Tsukushi! Why do we have to work when we could be playing at the park?" I thought for a moment. "Or riding bikes?"

Tsukushi sighed sadly, and her gripped loosened. I smiled and let my hand loosen.

"GOTCHA!" She shouted as she grabbed my hand, and started dragging me towards the door.

"NOOO!" I screamed, my voice echoing through the empty hallways as she dragged me through my house.

"Please Yuuki?" she looked at me with those puppy eyes, her eyes shining unnaturally.

"Stop that," I hated when she did that, "I'm not going to fa-"

"Please! I need some one to help me!" I turned away, partially annoyed. It was very rude to interrupt someone. I glanced at Tsukushi, her puppy eyes in place, brimming with unshed tears.

"HEY, STOP LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT! Why do you want me to help? What about Kazuya? Ask him to help, and leave me alown."

"Uhh, Kazuya? Kazuya who?" she said, playing dumb. Her index finger was to her chin, as if thinking.


Flashback

"I'd lub too Tsukushi! I'll do (cough) eberything eben though I hab (cough) a runny nose I'll help! I'll do (cough) anything for you," Kazuya insisted, "my love," he whispered, silent enough so Tsukushi could hear.

Tsukushi smiled sadly, covering her hand over his slightly warm one. "Oh, that's okay Kazuya!" She smiled warmly. "You don't have to get up! Its okay! I'll just ask Yuuki!"

Tsukushi slid off her chair, and waved goodbye, heading for the door. "Bye Kazuya! Get better!" She shouted back to him.

Before she was out the door, she felt something, or someone, launch onto her leg. "What the... Hey get off! Its okay you don't have to help!" Kazuya was holding on to Tsukushi like he was holding on to his life.

"But...argh...I wanna (sniff) help!" Kazuya tightened his grip, making it quite painful for Tsukushi. She grunted as she tried walking out the door, only to trip and fall on her face. She winced and grabbed her throbbing forehead, trying to think of a way for Kazuya to let go. Then, it hit her.

"Hey look, it's Othake Shinobu, the actress who divorced Akashiya Sanma!" Tsukushi lied, she was pointing at a jade vase in his living room that rested innocently on the counter.

Kazuya immediately let go of her leg, and glanced around wildly. "Where? Where? I can't believe I'm going to meet The Othake Shinobu!" He looked behind him, where Tsukushi pointed, but only saw the vase. He turned around, frustrated.

"Hey! There was no..." His voice died down as all he was the empty spot where Tsukushi once stood. "Where did you go?"

End of flashback


"Uhh...hey why don't we get started on the stand?" she said trying to change the subject.

'Typical Tsukushi always trying to change the subject. Why do we always have to do stuff like this? We always raise money and I don't even know where the profits go! Her family isn't that super rich so I'm guessing that might be reason, Hmm...' I thought. Why she was planning on doing this stupid lemonade stand?

"Are you there, Yuuki? Can you please do the lemonade stand with me?" Tsukushi said slowly waving her in my face and having 'that look' on her face.

"Wha... oh yeah, I'm here... STOP LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT!" She continued to stare at him, her look never faltering. "FINE! I'll do the stupid lemonade stand! ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?" I glanced at Tsukushi and she looked as if had been offered all the candy in the world. "Just tell me one thing, why we are doing this thing!?" I asked, but Tsukushi was already outside putting up the stand and making the lemonade.

I turned towards the spot where Tsukushi once stood. In monotone, I said, "No its okay, Tsukushi, you can answer my really important question later...no its okay you can leave..."

"My gosh, look at yourself Yuuki! Your talking to yourself! Snap out of it!"

"Ow! That hurt," I complained after I slapped my self in the cheek, hoping to wake up from this nightmare really soon. I sighed as I got up from my bedroom floor and headed for the door to help Tsukushi out.

When I looked out the door I saw that Tsukushi was ready to start selling, I joined her at the seat right next to her. As we waited for customers to come we started to talk about stuff...

"Yuuki?" She turned her head towards me.

"Yeah?" I answered irritated, I didn't really want to be here.

"Nothing"

I growled, but then stopped as I spotted something.

"Hey look! " I shouted, pointed at a limo 2 blocks from where we were sitting. "When I get older I'm going to get a limo and... hey, it's stopping!" It stopped right in front of our little wooden stand. A tall, scary blonde guy walked up to us, his wallet ready in his hands.

"Four cups of lemonade, and hurry it up." He ordered, his voice sending shivers down my spine.

"That will be $3." She put the money in a little plastic bag, and looked up. "Um...excuse me mister," Tsukushi asked as the blonde went back to the car and up to the window, "are you sure you can drink four cups of... lemonade?" Her voice faded away as the blonde walked back into the limo. We sat there for a couple of seconds, until we heard a crash, and the sound of screaming.

The blonde man came running up to us, fuming.

"What did you do to that lemonade!? The masters didn't like it!" he yelled at us. I stared blankly at him. He actually yelled at us... us, six year old girls.

"Well go tell your "masters" to go fu...." the blonde ran back to the window, seemingly ignoring me and 10 seconds later, four boys came out of the car, looking very smug. There was a curly haired boy, a boy clutching teddy bear, and two others.

"Don't you know who I am?" the curly haired boy asked us. We shook our heads no. "I am the Mighty Tsukasa Domyoji! Then again I didn't think you paupers would know that."


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