Chapter 15:

A/n; I know the chapter before was pretty short but I didn't have the heart to spoil the beautiful ending… anyway, feedback please.

It was a day like any other at Eitoku University, the beginning of the school year held only one main purpose… gossip. As usual the smell of expensive perfume polluted the air; making it hard to breathe, the fake high pitched giggle resounding, the click clack of the latest Prada stilettos... nothing new there.

Little did they know a new presence was about to bestow itself upon them. Of course the rumours that the famed Todou Shizuka was back had hit the headlines, simply because this meant that another member of the f4 was off the meat market. But then again, who cared for the silent reclusive member of the f4 that had the ability to give blank mind-numbing looks into the soul… Tsukasa used his physical strength to create fear, and Rui his mind.

School started at ten but the halls had started to fill out by eight-ish. Simply to check out who out dressed who, what was the latest news etc etc etc…

A swerve of cars were heard coming down the valley that led to the school parking lot… a crowd gathered to witness the event that 'officially' started off the school year. F4's arrival…

First, a red Porsche Carrera 911 came to a sharp halt silently, and out stepped the resident charmer Mimasaka Akira with a charming grin plastered sending the females swooning and he let out a small chuckle. Shortly after a deep blue BMW z3 joined the first and out stepped the famous Nishikado Soujiro, joining his comrade. But the limelight was stolen by the yellow Tiptronic Lamborghini that screeched into the driveway containing the f4's leader Doumyouji Tsukasa.

The Nishikado and Doumyouji locked eyes and a fight threatened to break out when Akira stepped up and poured oil over troubled waters…

"So…"

"So…"

They both smiled and performed the infamous handshake… all was over, world war three ended in a peace treaty. They leaned quietly against the Porsche.

"Where the hell is Rui?" asked an agitate Tsukasa.

"Be patient Tsukasa, you know him…" said Akira

"Well at least you know they finally found a vaccine for Rui's disease," said Soujiro in a matter-of-a-fact tone.

The trio laughed leaving the crowd enthralled. Then a black chauffeured pulled up

"That must be him… to lazy to drive I suppose," said Tsukasa.

All eyes focused on the door then a slender leg wearing a pair of black heels appeared…

"Nah, unless he decided to go drag…" replied Akira in a serious tone causing the trio to burst out in laughter once more.

"What's so funny?" a silk like voice questioned them.

"Oh… Shizuka… erm, nothing…" said Soujiro trying to control his laughter.

Akira's POV

We were laughing so hard that we didn't notice Shizuka was the one out of the car. But when we did, I noticed that she was looking…"wow". Not that she didn't as usual but today it looked as if she had put in lots of effort putting this together. She was wearing a beige dress with frills down the edge, a flower pin held her wavy hair up in a French knot, paired with a small clutch and black stilettos. Just then a silver MG Rover XLR pulled up and out stepped Rui who rushed to the other side of the car to open the door. Who was there? Could it be?

Then out stepped an angel… it was Tsukushi… she had on this white halter with a pastel pink and grey a-line skirt which flowed slightly below her knees that led to a pair of kitten heels. A briefcase in hand and brown wavy hair floating giving an ethereal feel to her. The stunned crowd soon started mumbling in low voices. Forget Shizuka, Makino Tsukushi's here…. Anyway, together they approached us. Wait a minute, they? Rui and Tsukushi were holding hands… something is not right.

No POV

"Hey… what took you so long?" asked Tsukasa.

"She went back to change…" drawled Rui.

"Went back? Change?" gushed a bewildered Soujiro.

"Yea, told her she'd look good in anything but she didn't believe me and insisted she go home and change… girls" said Rui.

"Was that the longest sentence or what?" stated Akira.

"Hmm… was it are you really that quiet dear?" asked Tsukushi turning around to look Rui in the eye.

Bad move… it made Rui want to do some very discreet things.

"Cafeteria?" asked Tsukasa.

"Yeah… I need my caffeine ASAP," said Soujiro walking towards the café.

At the cafeteria it was relatively quiet as the six of them sipped their drinks. The main attraction was not Tsukasa shouting his lungs off nor the beauty and grace of Shizuka but Rui and Tsukushi.

Rui had this unmistakable look of pure undaunted joy with his arm around the nape of Tsukushi's neck toying with her hair.

The silence was broken as the bell signifying assembly rang. Tsukushi gave a bewildered look around the table as they all did not seem to budge though the bell had rang.

"Aren't you all leaving for the assembly?"

"Erm… we usually skip it," said Akira.

"Yes not forgetting the rest of class too…" said Tsukasa as he joined in the conversation.

"I'm not the only one!" exclaimed Akira in mock insult.

"Hmm… I'm leaving now, any takers?" asked Tsukushi as she rose from her seat.

As she did so, Rui tagged along and well, that was the day that f4 attended assembly.