A/N: I don't own HYD I'm just a fan writing Fanfiction for other devoted fans.

Chapter 3

Teddy Meet Kushi

Tama walked to the front of room where all the children were seated happily eating their meal. Theodore looked around him at all the faces and he was struck at how, despite the fact that they were orphans, not even one of the faces showed any sign of sadness or despair.

'I'm the richest kid in Japan and I…I've never been as happy as these kids before,' he turned to look at Tsukushi next to him. She smiled at him before turning towards the front of the room, and Tama-san.

'I'm…so jealous of them,' Theodore thought to himself as he looked down at his lap and to his surprise Tsukushi small hands were intertwined in his own.

"Could I have your attention everyone?" Tama voice instantly quieted the room.

"As you all know, next week we celebrate the founding of this Orphanage. And so as a special treat I've decided that we shall have a little concert…well it's more like a contest really," Tama explained excitedly, ignoring the looks of protest by the orphanage teacher, Miss Ushiro.

Tama-san continued,

"Of course there are rules, Firstly," she turned and smiled at Tsukasa as she said, "the contestants must be in pairs and the only performances allowed are singing or dancing."

With that Tama walked towards the door to leave but before she did she said, "Anyone interested can come and sign up on my office notice board. That is all; enjoy the rest of your dinner."

Exited murmurs filled the room the moment Tama left the room but when Theodore turned to look at Tsukushi she had a serious expression on her face.

Suddenly Tsukushi stood up from her chair and grabbed Theordore's arm pulling him up from the table and towards the stairs to their room.

Theodore tried to keep in pace with the energetic six year old, "Where are we going?"

"It's a secret," Tsukushi sang as she dragged Theodore up the two flights of stairs.

'She definitely has a lot of secrets,' Theodore thought inwardly, 'But then again so do I.'

They reached the end of the hallway and Theodore assumed that they would be going to their room to the left but Tsukushi pulled him in the opposite direction.

Checking that no one was around Tsukushi pulled out a paperclip placing them into the key hole attempted to unlock the door. Finally, Tsukushi opened the door and quickly pulled the confused Theodore into the room before looking the door.

"Surprise," Tsukushi said when she flicked on the light switch.

"Umm…" Theodore stood surveying the dusty old room unsure of what he was supposed to by surprised by, all he saw were boxes stacked up and a few odd chairs and old furniture covered in cloth.

"It's a piano," Tsukushi said as she pulled off one of the cloths revealing a baby grand piano in the corner, "You said you knew how to play and I thought maybe you could teach me?"

Theodore let his fingers run across the ancient piece of instrument. It looked terrible and he didn't even know if it could play.

"It's not the appearance that matters," Tsukushi replied to Tsukasa's unconvinced expression.

Tsukasa remained unconvinced but seeing the adorable hopeful expression on Tsukushi's face he smiled and began helping her move the other furniture cluttering the room to one side to give them more room to work.

Doumyouji Kaede, the most powerful woman in all of Japan sat quietly listening to her personal assistant, Sakura, with every second that passed her anger increased.

"Young Master Doumyouji appears to have become acquainted with one of the children at the orphanage, a Miss Makino Tsukushi…"

"What is her history?" Kaede questioned as she surveyed her perfectly manicured fingers.

Sakura quickly flicked through the files she had in her lap and handed the folder labeled 'Makino, Tsukushi', across the table to her boss.

Kaede opened the folder with a flick of her hand, as though any prolonged contact with it would cause an infection. Her eyes quickly slid down the page but as she was about to turn the page, she paused shocked at the photo of the girl clipped to the folder. Her eyes narrowed before lifting her gaze to focus on her assistant.

"Is this the girl?" Kaede questioned as she turned the photo around.

"Yes, Madame."

Kaede swiveled her chair around to face the window behind her, she lifted the picture up from her lap, the picture showed a young girl with long brown hair and brown eyes smiling cheerfully at her son, Doumyouji Tsukasa, what shocked Kaede the most about the picture other than the girl, was the fact that her son was returning her smile.

'I have never seen him smile so genuinely, not even with his three friends back in Tokyo. I had thought that after a few days living in an orphanage he'd come back to me, begging my forgiveness,' Kaedes' blood red fingernails dug into the arm of her chair as she stared hatefully at the picture.

"Get my husband on the phone," Kaede said icily.

"Yes, Madame," Sakura said as stood up from he chair to leave. She bowed respectfully before closing the door behind her.

"If this girl is who I think she is, then I'll make sure she suffers," Kaede smiled cruelly as she said, "Just like her mother."

Tsukushi surveyed the storage room, at least that's what it used to be but since she and Theordore cleared the old furniture to one side, it was now their own secret music room. Her eyes finally rested on her friend, 'I wonder if I should tell him?' Tsukushi thought inwardly as she moved over to the piano, where Theodore was testing the keys.

"Honestly, I'm surprised this old thing still plays" Theodore said as he dusted of his hands, "I wonder why it's hidden away up here?" he questioned as he turned to look at Tsukushi beside him.

"The simplest things can remind us of the most painful memories," Tsukushi said softly.

Theo looked tenderly at the girl in front of him. 'Whatever the secret, that she's keeping from me, there's nothing that could ever change the way I feel about her.'

Makino looked up at Theo and smiled at him, and like every other time she smiled, his hearty skipped a few beats. 'How do I feel about her? Is she just a good friend, like a sister…or something more?'

Theo was so caught up in his own thoughts that he didn't notice Tsukushi was looking at him expectantly.

"Huh? Sorry Tsukushi did you say something?"

Tsukushi shook her head in mock annoyance as she said, "I said, can I call you 'Teddy' from now on?"

"Teddy?" Theodore repeated.

"It's just that 'Theodore' is a bit hard for me to say," Tsukushi explained blushing, "And also because I love teddy bears…Just like I love you," and as she said this Tsukushi leaned over to hug Theodore.

Theo's eyes instantly widened as he looked down at the girl hugging him, he felt a burning heat rushing up to his cheeks. Tsukushi looked up to see Theodore's face turning red, and poking him slightly she teased, "Are you blushing?"

Theo coughed before saying, "If you get to call me 'Teddy' than I think its only fair that I can call you…" he paused to think, then said, "'Kushi'."

Tsukushi clapped her hands together happily, "Kawaii! Such a cute name…heeheee."

"Yeah…I know," Theo said dreamily staring at Tsukushi, "Cute,"