Okay. I'll start off with

PLEASE DON'T KILL ME! I WANT TO LIVE!

Now that that is over:

I don't own Hana Yori Dango orits characters

Chapter 6

Tsukushi skipped into her room. She checked on Doumyouji who was watching TV in the living room (who unsurprisingly enough seemed to migrate to her and Susumu's room more often the normal) before going to her room. She felt like a long hot bubble bath. Peeling off her top and jeans and slipping on her robe she made her way to the bathroom.

Doumyouji watched Tsukushi skip into the room and had no doubt her good mood was due to the scream he heard just a few minutes ago. His plan hadn't worked. He was trying to get her jealous but she just ended up spending more time with Rui. He had watched them talk earlier. His plan was working. He could see it but then Rui had to come along and ruin it by distracting her. Laughing together and smiling a lot. Doumyouji's fist clenched when he remembered what Rui had said the night before. How could he be so blind? He knew Rui and Tsukushi had a history but he didn't think for a second that Rui could be in love with Tsukushi. Maybe it was just lust. He hoped it was. Tsukushi wasn't at all fazed when he told her what Rui had, no, in fact, she just waved it off and rolled her eyes as if that wasn't anything new. Doumyouji stopped. What if it wasn't anything new? What if Rui had already told her he wanted her? Doumyouji felt his heart skip a beat at the next thought, what if they had already fucked?

He saw her make her way to the bathroom in her bathrobe humming to herself. The thought was now a fact in his mind. Rui and Tsukushi were cheating on him together. That's why she was so happy. She did take a long time out there when she was making her rounds around the ship.

Doumyouji was seeing red. He strode over to Tsukushi and grabbed her arm pining her against the wall.

"What the fuck is between you and Rui?" he demanded.

Tsukushi fought against his grasp "What's wrong with you? There's nothing between me and Rui." She was calm. She was used to his outburst by now.

Doumyouji glared at her "Liar! Why did he say what he did yesterday? Hm?"

She rolled her eyes "He was drunk. People say things they don't mean when they're drunk. Soujirou pledged his love for me once when he was drunk months ago. Remember? I don't think he meant it."

Doumyouji relaxed his grip on her arms and leaned his body into her, enjoying the feel of her body flushed against his. Tsukushi blushed but wrapped her arms around him burying her head into his shoulder.

"I love you Doumyouji. Please trust me," Tsukushi said kissing him softly on the cheek.

Doumyouji nodded and pressed his mouth against hers. He raised one hand and brushed the soft skin on her neck. Tsukushi shivered when he licked her bottom lip and sucked on softly. Tsukushi groaned and parted her mouth letting him in. Doumyouji remembered something that Soujirou had told him a while ago when he told him about his problems of getting Tsukushi to be more intimate. Soujirou had told him to distract her with kisses and words. Well he did just that. He kissed her senseless while carefully undoing the tie on the robe. He was careful not to touch bare skin since she'd feel it and then know he was undressing her. Doumyouji cupped her face and slowly trailing it down her neck and pushed the shoulders of the robe down and watched in fascination as it pooled at her feet but it didn't stay on the robe.

His eyes traveled up her slim legs and to her curvy hips, he blushed at the sight of the triangle brown thatch of hair. Looking farther up at her hourglass waist and then at her surprisingly generous breasts and he colored once more when he saw the rosy tipped nipples that were hard from the cold.

Tsukushi's eyes shot opened "Doumyouji!"

She began to cover herself but Doumyouji caught her hands and kissed her lips once more "Please Tsukushi…" He was at a loss for words… how could he convince her? Should he try to? Was he being a good boyfriend by making her do something that she obviously didn't want to do? The answer was no. Doumyouji let her hands go and wordlessly stalked out of the room.

Tsukushi sunk to the floor and wrapped herself in the robe again unable to move.

Half an hour later Akira found her sitting on the ground in the exact same place sleeping. Her face was sticky and puffy, it was easy to tell that she had once again cried herself into exhaustion and fell asleep.

Akira shook his head and lifted her up not even looking twice when her bathrobe slipped open. He lay her on her bed and pulled the sheets up to cover her before grabbing the ice bucket and filling it with cool water. With a soft face cloth he wiped her face free of the salty stickiness crying often left behind.

Tsukushi woke during his ministration and she frowned at him.

"Akira. What are you doing here?"

She started to sit up but suddenly stopped, her face going pale. She looked down and gasped.

"Pervert!!!!!!" She grabbed her pillow and sent him flying across the room.

Akira rubbed his face "Kushi! You know I'm not into young girls like you! Maybe your mom but not you!"

Tsukushi threw her pillow at him and quickly tied her robe shut mumbling 'pervert' to herself as she did.

Akira picked himself off the floor and fixed his immaculate hair "Look, we're almost to the island. Are you coming down for lunch or not? Half the ship- well the half that can move- is down there already."

Tsukushi sat up and hit him with a pillow again.

"What did I do to deserve that?" he asked fixing his hair again.

She rolled her eyes "For getting my brother drunk."

Soujirou, Rui and Susumu joined Akira and Tsukushi as they walked down the hallway, it felt a little strange being trailed by four men. Looking behind her she frowned as Susumu was dressed in Soujirou's clothes.

"Susumu… why are you wearing Nishikado-san's clothes?"

He shrugged "Mine were covered in vomit and my bag's in my room."

Entering the upper deck where breakfast was being served. Tsukushi spotted Doumyouji sitting with Asai and co. She rolled her eyes as she and her companions we led to a table for five and handed a menu.

After perusing through the menu she picked a hash browns and an omelet.

The waiter came to their side "Good morning. What shall you ladies and gentlemen be having today?"

Soujirou smiled at him "I'll have the strawberry pancakes, extra whipping cream and extra syrup with scrambled eggs."

Akira gave him the menu "I'll have French Toast special with extra syrup and some coffee please."

Rui looked at the menu again "I'll get the croissant and a mushroom omelet."

Susumu gave him the menu "I'll have what Nishikado-san's having."

Tsukushi blushed as all eyes were suddenly on her, "Um… hash browns and an omelet."

The waiter jotted it down "What kind of omelet ma'am?"

Tsukushi looked at the menu "The mushroom and three cheese please."

Soujirou drank his tea and turned his head a bit to the left. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Doumyouji laugh at something Asai was saying.

'What an idiot' he thought to himself.

Akira saw where his friends gaze was and nodded "I know" he mouthed when Soujirou looked over at him.

Akira gave a slight snarl and looked over at Tsukushi again, 'Wonder why she was crying… what did Doumyouji do to her this time?'

Rui looked beyond the horizon and saw the tips of a few islands.

"Makino… look. Hawaii," he said pointing.

Tsukushi looked up and smiled, she hurried to the front of the boat and watched to little island get bigger. The three men smiled to themselves as they watched her, her white dress whipping around her in the wind.

Doumyouji looked up at her from his place at the ditz table. These girls were pissing him off big time. Always giggling and batted their lashes at him. He sighed and watched Tsukushi stand at the front of the deck, her hair and dress flowing around her. An angel.

That's what she reminded him of.

Ignoring the Ditz Crew he stood and leaned against the railing around her pinning her against it.

"Hey," he said gently remembering the hell he put her through.

"What?" she said slightly on edge.

"I didn't mean it and… I'm sorry… about what I did…" He said leaning his head on her shoulder.

Tsukushi turned around to face him "And why should I forgive you?"

Doumyouji blinked "Well why not? I said I'm sorry? What else do you want from me?"

She scowled and pushed past him harshly and growled, "Forgiveness doesn't come just because you ask for it Doumyouji."

Truth was, she didn't know what it was that she wanted from him. Maybe, like a good bottle of wine, she just needed to breathe.

Ooooooo!

Please don't kill me!

I'll make him good in the end! They'll make up and Doumyouji being all…. You know…. Will be explained! I swear! Please no flames!