Summary: AU of HYD. Tsukushi, Tsukasa and Tsubaki are siblings. Tsubaki the eldest, Tsukasa the middle, and Tsukushi the youngest. Tsukasa has always been jealous of his younger sister, for some reasons.
A/n: Thanks to D who corrected some of the slight errors. Inspired from watching and rewatching Goong, and in case some of you don't know, its a Korean drama based off the manhwa, Goong. I so love Joo Ji Hoon! Another inspiration: Curdled-milk's Baka trilogy, one of the HYD classic fanfics, which I'm rereading. Later parts of the chapter (Kin's face in my head, his smiles, his grins, his mood) are inspired from watching Ming Dao in 'Wang Zi Bian Qing Wa' or 'The Prince Who Turned Into A Frog', Taiwanese drama, the vcd boxset that I got 3 months ago, and only had a chance to watch it now.
Chapter 7
"Now, why would you want to cobble me or kiss me?" Tsukushi flirtatiously asked back.
Akira didn't answer her, but instead promptly kissed her.
After a while...
"Hmm, you are good kisser," commented Tsukushi.
"Good?" sputtered Akira, indignantly. "That's all you can say?"
Tsukushi laughed again seeing Akira's pout.
"C'mon, its not as if I've never been kissed before," she answered.
"So, the Princess isn't as innocent as she seem, eh?" teased Akira.
Tsukushi glanced sardonically at Akira, and answered, "If you are an actress, when are you ever innocent?"
"Ah, yes, I read from the newspaper article shown by Tsukasa once, you take drama classes?" asked Akira.
Tsukushi nodded and beamed.
"If maman would allow it, I want to be an actress, and take on a stage name," explained Tsukushi. "It's what I really want."
"Aside from a family?" asked Akira.
Tsukushi nodded again, this time, a bit sadly. "But then, mama wouldn't want her precious daughter on stage, but of course she wouldn't tell me that in my face, I think she indulged in me too much,"
Akira smiled. It's very rare for him to listen to Domyouji Kaede being indulgent to her children.
"So, acted in any kissing scenes lately?" teased Akira.
Tsukushi held up her hand, palm up, and slowly counted her fingers.
"Hmm... too much to count," she answered teasingly. "Not to mention all those practices with Kin..."
"What?" asked Akira. "You kissed your flatmate? I thought he's your best friend!"
"C'mon, even though there's chemistry, it's just on-stage, off-stage there's none," answered Tsukushi. "We are playing roles, after all, we are not ourselves."
"By the way, despite getting a lot of practices, you are not that bad yourself..." teased Akira, turning the tables now.
Tsukushi fumed inside.
'The nerve of this man!' she thought.
Back at Taunton, she was considered an exotic, so, most guys, those who have a thing for Asians, that is, vied for her attention. Thus, she have had quite a few kissing partners, not to mention the guys she kissed on stage.
"Really?" asked Tsukushi. "Why not go for a second go... perhaps I could change your mind..."
Akira smirked. Well, two can play this game, and proceeded to kiss her again.
The next day
Breakfast
"Good morning, maman, papa, aniki," Tsukushi cheerfully said to the three people sitting down having breakfast.
"Morning, darling," replied her parents.
"Ohayou," replied Tsukasa stiffly.
"You seem happy..." noted Mrs. Domyouji.
"I had a very nice sleep," commented Tsukushi, though its a complete lie.
Tsukasa glowered at his sister and his parents. He glanced at Tsukushi's smiley, cheerful face. He grinned to himself. This is a chance to get rid of that face from her, but let's wait till the parents are gone first.
Later...
"I know you were playing tonsil-donkey with Akira last night," Tsukasa said.
Tsukushi frozed, but being a good actress, she answered, "Yeah, so, and by the way, it's called tonsil-hockey, not donkey,"
"Akira don't do young girls like you, don't bother with him," muttered Tsukasa. "He has a mother complex."
Tsukushi gave him a bitter laugh.
"Now I know why the four of you are best friends," she replied. "You, have a sister complex, Akira has a mother complex, Rui, hmm... that model-girl complex, while Nishikado, a one-week complex."
Tsukasa sputtered.
"How did you know that?" asked Tsukasa.
"I go to Eirin, brother dear, the F4 are the source of gossip," answered Tsukushi.
"Well, unlike you, I have school," Tsukushi said, and she stood up to go.
Tsukasa seethed. Is this the same girl that Rui said, was a perfectly all right, typical female?
Inside the limo on the way to school, Tsukushi glowered by herself.
'Stupid, insolent, annoying git,' she thought. 'He doesn't have to remind me that Akira prefer older women.'
'Such a peeping tom too!' she thought.
Eirin Academy
Tsukushi's mood was sour the whole day. Akiko and the rest knew better than to ask her about it.
'Maybe I should tell her that Senosuke-kun's arriving today to cheer her up,' thought Akiko. 'But Senosuke-kun made me promise to not tell Tsukushi that he's arriving today.'
Tsukushi went to find a refuge at the Eirin Emergency staircase, nobody ever went there.
Imagine her surprise to see who's there.
Eitoku High
Tsukasa glowered at the rest of the F3.
"Now what's wrong Tsukasa?" asked Soujiro.
"Yesterday I went walking to settle my rouges," Tsukasa started.
"Rages," Rui automatically corrected him.
"I know that, Rui," barked Tsukasa.
"And?" asked Akira.
"I saw two people getting CPR," answered Tsukasa.
"CPR? Really?" asked Soujiro, laughing slightly over the fact that the virgin Tsukasa is horrified by the sight of people doing CPR.
"God, Tsukasa, are you so virgin, you just won't say the word 'kissing'?"asked Soujiro again, after he realised what Tsukasa meant!
"So, what's wrong with that?" asked Rui.
"Yeah, there's nothing wrong with that," Akira seconded.
"Not when the person I saw was you!" bellowed Tsukasa at Akira.
The other F2 shot a look at Akira, who froze for a moment.
"Shit! You peeped on me and your sister kissing?" asked Akira.
"You were doing it at a children's park!" answered Tsukasa.
"So, what if I kissed Domyouji Tsukushi?" asked Akira. "She's a very good kisser, I might add."
"That's not what you told her!" barked Tsukasa again.
"You are acting like a protective brother, Tsukasa," noted Soujiro.
"Are you sure you hate her?" asked Rui.
Tsukasa sputtered.
"No! I'm just worried about this fool!" Tsukasa barked again. "What if my mother found out?"
"So, what if you mother find out?" challenged Akira.
"You'll be my future brother-in-law!" answered Tsukasa. "That's going to happen, see it!"
"That's not going to happen, Tsukasa," replied Akira. "Tsukushi told me that your mother wants her to choose somebody."
"Yea, and the person she chose was you, Akira," muttered Tsukasa. "God! I suspected that the person onee-chan was talking about with her was you, and I was right!"
"What?" asked Akira.
"Nothing!" Tsukasa answered, when he suddenly remembered being caught by Tsubaki after that, and Tsubaki threatened to make their parents send him to New York if he were to tell Akira.
"C'mon, spill!" said Soujiro, who now grinned cheekily.
Rui shot the three a look before walking away to sleep at the emergency staircase.
"Hey, Rui! Where are you going?" called out Soujiro.
"Sleep," Rui mumbled.
Eirin High
"Kin!" shouted Tsukushi, smiling now.
"Darn, I wanted to surprise you," Kin replied, scratching his head.
"When did you arrive?" asked Tsukushi. "Why didn't you tell me you are coming home?"
"Tsukushi, Tsukushi," Kin chuckled. "Don't you remember that the drama course finished three days ago?"
"How should I track time?" pouted Tsukushi. "Now, give your best friend a hug!"
Kin smiled, walked to Tsukushi and crushed her into a hug.
"Kin! You are crushing me!" wailed Tsukushi, but then, Tsukushi leaned into Kin and then cried.
"Kushi, do you miss me so much that you cried?" asked Kin, wiping the tears from Tsukushi's cheeks.
"He hates me!" muttered Tsukushi.
"Who?" asked Kin. "Who hates my adorable Kushi?"
"That annoying git, Tsukasa!" answered Tsukushi. "My aniki!"
"Are you sure?" asked Kin.
Tsukushi nodded.
"Never mind about him, now, I want to hear about this guy who's a match to my Kushi," said Kin, and led Tsukushi to sit on the floor beside him.
"Ah, him, he's Mimasaka Akira," replied Tsukushi.
"That playboy?" asked Kin. "God, Kushi, since when are you attracted to playboys?"
"Since they are the only interesting guys I've met while in Tokyo," Tsukushi answered.
"Right..." Kin taunted.
"Seriously, Kin!" muttered Tsukushi. "My mother's been introducing me to all these men, and none of them compared to the F3!"
"Who has your mother been throwing to your face?" asked Kin.
"Let's see, I remember the Takashi Enterprises heir, some Taiwanese corporation heir, and hmm... most of them are not good looking enough for me to notice them nor remember them," answered Tsukushi.
"You remembered the Takashi Enterprises heir," noted Kin.
"Ah, because I met him at the airport when I first came back, but I promptly forgot about him once I met the F3," explained Tsukushi.
"This isn't the best place, to talk, I gather, let's go out," Kin suggested.
"Kin, the Kin who always comes to class on time is inviting me to bunk off class?" asked Tsukushi, laughing slightly.
"Yup, let's go! I've a mind to go and eat some nice cakes," answered Kin.
"Aren't you going to invite Akiko to join you?" asked Tsukushi.
"Are you crazy? That girl's a class representative," answered Kin.
"Oh yea," smirked Tsukushi, and let Kin lead her to his car.
Unknown to them, a set of eyes are looking at their way, fuming to herself.
Kin brought Tsukushi to a less well known cafe that serves awesome cakes.
"This taste good, Kin!" gushed Tsukushi, as she ate more of the delightful cheesecake.
Kin smiled, and ate his own blueberry cheesecake, and after that, answered, "I told you, it's good. Now, aren't you glad we didn't go to the Maple?"
"Yes, because I realise, if we go to Maple, my mother will find out I ditched class today," answered Tsukushi.
At that moment, the F4 decided to enter the cafe.
"I want to sleep," muttered Rui, giving the F3 a look that said, 'Why did these three idiots drag me to eat cake when I don't like sweet things?'
Tsukasa stopped at the entrance when he saw his sister, with a guy! In daylight!
'Damn that girl, did she want reporters to take posters of her?' thought Tsukasa.
"Oi, Tsukasa, give way, will you?" asked Soujiro. "Oh..."
"Hey, Tsukasa, Soujiro, why are you both still at the doorway, huh?" asked Akira.
Rui yawned, and pushed past the three boys. He'd like to sleep inside, but he was suddenly awoken when he saw Tsukushi with Kin.
"C'mon, let's go get a seat," motioned Akira, who noticed that Tsukushi still hasn't noticed that the F4 was there.
"And Tsukasa, don't make a scene!" warned Akira.
Tsukushi was sipping her unsweetened strawberry scented tea when she heard the words, 'And Tsukasa, don't make a scene!'.
"Kin, did you hear someone utter the name, Tsukasa?" asked Tsukushi.
Kin looked up, and saw a fuming Domyouji Tsukasa, with his four friends.
"Tsukushi, your brother is here," said Kin.
end of chapter 7 - please read and review
A/n: the cafe is a tribute to the cafe (Bon Appetit) in My Name Is Kim Sam Soon. Hyun Bin's so hot!