Hello to everybody that´s Reading this fic! I'm really sorry about the delay in the updates but my cute bosses from Canada came and didn't let me breath for a whole weak!...But, here I come with a new chapter that I hope you enjoy!

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The three young man have alredy visited each one of the highest class hotels of the area but without luck. The afternoon had ended and they thought the best thing to do was to go to rest to start again the next day. Tsukasa was almost on the verge of losing his patience, his two friends knew that if the story repeated the next morning, they wouldn't be capable of contain his anger. When they arrived at the hotel, each one went to their rooms and it wasn't until early morning that Akira got up because of a new message on his cellphone.

Miss Makino and young master Hanazawa are still in Hawaii. Boheme Zone, Pukalani(1) hostel, they've been there for four days.

Not in vain was he the son of a Yakuza boss, the information network was still impeccable, they might have taken a little bit longer than usual, but they did it at last. They were still there.

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The day came sneaking through a crack between the curtains of the room of Rui and Tsukushi. She was the first one in getting up and she had to sit down and thought a few seconds trying to remember exactly how the last night ended.

Both young lovers had finished covered in sweat and tired after their physical exchange of emotions, Rui was the one who reacted first to see Tsukushi dozing off and took her in a princess hold to the bathroom…

—¿Rui?

—You need to clean yourself up. You must not sleep like this, I think the best thing to do is to take a shower —he told her with a beautiful smile on his lips that left Tsukushi captivated.

—Now you smile more…

—Now I have a reason to smile

And saying this he left her alone in the bathroom so she could take a shower. Tsukushi saw how she still had her hand stained with a half-white substance that in some places had become transparent. She approached to smell it out of curiosity and retreat almost immediately.

—This smells like disinfectant—she thought.

After her shower she returned to the room and found Rui sitting down on his bed watching TV. He also went to wash up and came out after a few minutes with a pair of navy blue pants that blend perfectly against his skin.

—What's wrong? —He asked when he saw she was still awake sitting in her bed with a white nightgown—You can't sleep? Would you prefer to go out and do something? It's night time but it's still early.

—No, I'm fine.

Rui said nothing more and he was about to fix up the bed in which not so long ago he had discovered what Tsukushi's body felt like, when she took him by the hand, stopping him.

He turned around and could see that her cheeks were flushed and her gaze was down. Rui said nothing but he approached her and stood still. Tsukushi got up, pull the bedspread and the sheet and got into bed, followed by Rui that covered both of them. She put her back against his chest, he hold her by the waist and thus, little by little, sleep overcame them and they fell asleep. It was clear that between them words weren't necessary most of times, and this last few days their minds were more synchronized than usual.

Tsukushi look down and saw a dishelved Rui covering his eyes with the pillow trying to avoid the sun.

—Rui, Rui… It's morning already.

—Mmmhhfff…zzzzzzzzz

Tsukushi couldn't help to laugh before this clasic reaction. Getting him up all those days in Hawaii had been a real torture, the boy didn't get up with anything, but when he did, there was nothing that could get him to sit down either, it must be weird to suffer low blood pressure in the mornings.

She was going to keep trying to wake him up, but she stopped when she stretched and turned to see the next bed, still messy and unmade. In her head the memories of the previous afternoon began to collide, causing her cheeks to flush in embarrassment. Was everything going to keep like that? She knew what she still feel for Tsukasa, but she could not longer deny herself the feelings towards the boy sleeping next to her. Everything was so difficult sometimes, on one had there was Tsukasa: irreverent, cocky, conceited and bossy, nevertheless, he had shown her that he could also be warm and childish, even tender and loving. On the other hand was Rui: reserved, absorbed in his own world, quiet, and one might even say weird, however, with time he had opened to her more and more, what better example than his confession in New York, she would've never imagine that Rui could show that kind of expression. She was not confused, that was clear, it wasn't that she didn't know who she loved; she knew she loved both of them, now the problem lied in trying to heal the wound that Tsukasa had left her. She was willing to try to open her heart once more if the other part was Rui…she just needed some time to forget.

—What are you thinking? You're frowning.

—Rui! When did you get up?

—A little while ago, after I felt you were calling me. I was half there, half here—the handsome young man answered while stretching the entire length of the bed.

—O… Ohayo…—Tsukushi said while giving him a warm smile.

—Ohayo, Tsukushi—Rui replied and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek—What plans do we have for today?

—I want to be outside all day! Let's go to the zones that we haven't gone, I don't think that we have finished Hawaii in three days.

—Well, there's something that we haven't done and it should've been the first thing to do when we arrived.

—What is it?

—We should visit Hawaii's Volcanoes National Park.

—There is a Volcanoes National Park? (2)

—Yes, and I think it's open until 5pm, so we could go after lunch. We could also visit the Thomas A. Jagger Museum and the Halemaumau Crater (3). There's a lot of other stuff there, I know you'll like it.

—Then, I'll go get ready for breakfast.

—And I'll sleep five more minutes—he said while yawning.

—You're imposible—Tsukushi giggled.

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—Why didn't you tell me the exact same moment that you got it? —Tsukasa was furious sitting on a limo with Akira and Soujiro. Akira let him know about Tsukushi and Rui's whereabouts as soon as he got up that morning, but his friend instead of being happy and thank him, reproached him the fact of not have telling him before.

—It was 3.00 o'clock in the morning, Tsukasa.

—So? You don't know if they decided to leave today or go someplace else. This should've been done immediately!

—And what were you planning to do? —Soujiro asked—Go in the hostel and kick down Makino's door?

—Yes, if it was necessary.

—What neither of us understands until now is how we get to this point, Tsukasa. Makino went to look for you, the only Eitoku working class virgin, the one that had finally admitted that she love you and decided to fight against anything to be with you. You haven't told us what really happened with you two when you met…Because you did meet, right?

—Yes…

—So…what happened?

—This is it young masters, Pukalani hostel—the driver let them know. Tsukasa was saved by the bell and stepped out of the car before their two friends, that couldn't do more than stared at each other and shrugged before following him.

They entered the hostel and were welcomed by a large woman with a strong accent.

—E como mai! (4) Welcome to the house-hostel Pukalani!

Tsukasa immediately asked her where Rui and Tsukushi were in his poor English that instead of help, it confused. Akira and Soujiro then took charge of the questions and the lady remembered.

—Are they friends of yours? —she asked kind of suspicious

—Yes—Akira answered and showed her an F4 picture he had on his cellphone—we came to get them to go out for a ride because we are also on vacations. Are they here?

—Oh yes! They're a couple of japaneses, right? A tall young man with light colored hair and a small young lady with black hair. They got here less than a week ago.

—Would they happen to be in right now?

—Well, I don't think so. If I'm correct they went out really early and said they were going to hit the city. But I recommended them a really nice place to visit, every foreign that come here go there. Maybe if you go, you'll find them.

—Of course, it will help us a lot.

—It's a flea market not far from here. I'll give you a map—And saying this, the lady went to the back part of the reception desk. Before anyone could notice, Tsukasa took the registration book and looked up for the names.

—Tsukasa! Leave that before someone notices it! Soujiro!

—Hai! —and saying that, he kept guard. Tsukasa went back to the date he saw them in the airport and started looking. After half page he found Rui's signature.

—Room 205…but—and immediately next to it, separated by a coma, there was Tsukushi's name. Tsukasa threw the book to the floor and went upstairs like a storm to search for the 205. Akira and Soujiro gave up and decided to wait downstairs to not get in trouble.

When Tsukasa found the room, he turned the knob, but it was locked. Without thinking it twice he gave the door a strong round kick and opened it. There was no one inside, it was a simple bedroom, even empty, it has two separated beds, but one was made and the other one not.

Rui and Tsukushi had made the bed they had slept in, however, for some tacit reason, none of them gave signals of wanting to made the other one, the one that now, was leading Tuskasa to the worst situation possible, and even though he wasn't that far from the truth, his mind was only thinking in one way. He left the room and on his way, he almost crashed with Mrs. Kiele, the landlady.

—But what…? Hey, young man! You can't enter the rooms without permission! Hey!

—Please madam—Soujiro told her—forgive us for this discomfort we've caused and thank you for the map. Here, this money should be enough to cover any damage he have may done. We're sorry.

—Damages? Damages you say? Oh, blessed Kanaloa(5)! —and went running upstairs to check on what just happened.

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—There are so much beautiful things! Look, Rui—Tsukushi said while showing him a woodcarving paperweight—it's a Tiki(6)

—You want it?

—Oh no, no. I was just watching—and she blushed a little. It was good enough for her that Rui had taken her to Hawaii without asking anything, that he was by her side without asking anything in return and that he stayed with her even knowing what she felt for Tsukasa. It wasn't fair that on top of that, she began to ask him to buy her things.

—Give me one please.

—Rui!

—I'm not buying it for you, I'm buying it for me

—Oh…well.

—Here you go young man. Mahalo! (7) —the store owner said.

—Here you go.

—Eh? Didn't you say you bought it for you?

—Yes, this is mine, and because it is mine I can do whatever I want with it, and what I want is to give it to you. Am I allowed to do what I wish with my belongings?

Tsukushi took the small Tiki in her hands and gave the boy a really sweet and tender smile. How was it possible that she had once forgotten what she felt for him?

—I want you to always smile like this, the rest doesn't matter.

—Baka…

—Come on, let's go. There's something I want to give you before we go to lunch.

—What is it?

Rui didn't answer, he just smile and held out his hand. Tsukushi took it almost by reflex and let him led her to wherever he wanted to. They began to walk and while they did, Tsukushi could see that the further they walk, the less store and people seemed to be there. The noise decreased and now she really had no idea where were they going.

Then she saw it, a beautiful viewpoint surrounded by palms and showered by the sunlight, there was no one in that place and she found it strange since it was so lovely. When they approached the ticket cabin, Rui simply smiled at the guard and the latter waved back letting them go in just like that.

—Etto…aren't we supposed to pay?

—Nope, just for know, we own this place.

—Eh?

—Rui took the bags and placed them on the floor, then, took her by the edge of the rail from which they could see the wonder of the scenery: the sand, the sea, the sky, the palms.

—Tsukushi—he said while facing her and taking both of her hand—even though I would love to stay here forever like this, I know is not possible. Firstly, because you still have to attend to school and go back to Yuuki, the poor thing must be desperate without news from you; and secondly, because I know of what it's still going on in here—and he pointed at her head—and here—he pointed her heart—I'm not asking you to decide anything or rush things, I just want to make something clear—He let one of her hands go for a moment and looked for a little box lined with emerald green plush in his pants' pocket—This…is my declaration of war—And he gave her this crooked smile that made the heart of any woman skipped a beat.

Tsukushi couldn't believe what she was looking in front of her. That was a ring's box; she wasn't that dumb to not know that. What she didn't know was what to do, if she accepted the box, did it mean she will start a relationship with him?

—This doesn't mean that you are accepting to be my girlfriend or anything like that, Tsukushi—Rui said, it seemed that he read her mind. He let her go and opened the box. It was a marvelous, silver ring, with a single Hawaiian flower carved in the middle—What this means is that I'm willing to everything humanly possible to make you mine, obviously, with your consent. All that has happened between us these last few days had been like a dream and I treasure it a lot, but now it's necessary that you're aware that I'm totally serious about you, this doesn't end even when we return to Japan.

Is it possible? Could this really be possible? All I need is time and he is giving it to me like it was nothing. Makino Tsukushi… you deserve to be happy! —she thought. Who could deny that she had tried? Who could say that she didn't give her all? The actions that started on New York airport gave her a new perspective, too long had she preoccupied for her mother, her father, her brother. This time, at least this time, she will selfishly thing of her.

Tsukushi, that had her eyes wet, let her tears run free before the bewildered gaze of Rui that didn't know the reason of her cry, but it faded as he saw a faint smile drowned in her face and an outstretched hand waiting to be dressed with the offered ring. Rui smiled back and put it on her right ring finger.

Maybe, someday, I'll be able to put one in your left ring finger… —he thought, surprised of how much hope he was harboring within him, even knowing how dangerous this can be.

—Arigato, Rui.

Rui hugged her tightly and she hugged him back, both unaware of the people that had witnessed the scene.

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Akira, Soujiro and Tsukasa were walking through the whole flea market looking for Rui and Tsukushi, without success. Trying to ask was another waste of time and the boredom was beginning to turn into annoyance and impatience in the three of them: In Tsukasa because of the fact of not finding her yet in Akira and Soujiro, for having to stand Tsukasa.

They were about to tell him that it wasn't worth it, that the best thing to do was to return to the hotel, when suddenly they heard Japanese and turned their heads immediately. They were a couple of girls who were laughing at times and others, seemed disappointed.

—Don't you think he was really handsome? —one said.

—Of course! I'm not blind, but the chick by his side, aish… what's so good about someone like her?

—Excuse me, ladies. —Soujiro interrupted with his "playboy" switch on to get what he wanted—it seems we speak the same language, and you know how important the "tongue" is in this cases.

The girls almost fainted when they saw such a hot guy, and even more when Akira joined him.

—Why do look so dissapointed, dear?

—Oh well—one of them said with a silly giggle—is just that not so long ago we saw a really hot guy passed by, but now that we have met you, we know that there's no point in comparison. —and she winked at Soujiro.

—Thank you very much—he said and kissed her hand—And tell me, this guy that you saw, was he also Japanese?

—Mmm, yes. But obviously he has terrible taste. He was with a girl that couldn't even hold a candle to him.

—And where did you see them?

—They went to the viewpoint, it's the only interesting thing on that side.

—What do you think, Akira?

—It's a possibility. Let's go.

—What the hell are you doing! —Tsukasa arrived—We have to keep on looking!

—Shut up and follow us.

—Hey…what about us? —the girls asked.

—Maybe we'll see each other later, little kittens—And saying this, they pulled Tsukasa to the street the girls had pointed.

—This is useless—he said.

—We have had to stand you dragging us here to chase Makino—Akira said—now you'll take it because we might have a clue about where they are. Now walk!

It didn't take them that long to get to the viewpoint and while they were still arguing they could see a single couple at the end of the rail. They thought that was weird, this being a touristic place and all of that and tried to get in to verify if they were them, but a guard stopped them.

—I'm sorry, you can't come in.

—But there's people there—Akira said.

—Yes young man, but I ask of you to please come back in an hour. The place has been reserved for now.

—The whole place? Someone reserved the whole place? —Tsukasa asked menacingly.

—Ehh…yes.

Tsukasa pushed the guard with all his strength and enter. The poor man was left lying unconscious on the floor and Akira and Soujiro followed Tsukasa but stopped when they saw him looking at the couple in front of him. Indeed, they were Tsukushi and Rui, and he was putting a ring on her finger while she was holding out her hand, crying. Immediately after, they hugged. Tsukasa was already out of control and ran to where they were and shouted:

—¡RUI!

Rui reacted at once, he managed to put Tsukushi behind him and dodge the punch by little while Akira and Soujiro came and tried to stop Tsukasa.

—LET ME GO, DAMN IT! RUI! HOW DARE YOU TO…!

—Dare to what? To love her? I had already told you, I love her since long ago. That I haven't said anything is different.

—Rui…This again? Come on, we don't want to go through this again—Soujiro told him.

—That's right, Rui. You know that Makino and Tsukasa are together…then why…

—Together? Haven't you told them what happened in New York?

There was an awkward silence, Tsukasa stopped struggling and Akira and Soujiro became serious this time.

—Spill Tsukasa.

—…

—Tsukasa, come one man…talk.

—Tell them—Rui said—tell them how you threw Tsukushi out of your mansion without giving her a chance to speak, of how you didn't look for her for two days and of…

—I had no other choice! The witch was…

—I don't give a damn about your mother! You know very well that there's more than one method to ensure the safety of a person. You could've called us, any of us, and we would have made sure that she was safe. But no, you simply left her alone in a city she didn't know, full of strange people that didn't speak her language. You left her all alone, Tsukasa.

—Is this true? —Soujiro asked.

—Why didn't you tell us? —Akira asked.

—None of that matters! What matters is that you took advantage of everything, right! You brought her here without telling anyone and coaxed her!

—Doumyouji…—Tsukushi finally spoke leaving Rui's back—this is something I decided for myself. It was me who asked Rui to bring me here, because I knew I wouldn't be able to bear the questions from everybody, including yours guys, about why didn't we came back together, if we were still a couple or not… At that moment, I was simply destroyed, and Rui accepted my selfish request.

Tsukasa listened her halfway because his eyes were going from Rui, to Tsukushi, to that ring she was carrying in her finger. She was already calling him by name, only a few days had passed and…

—Makino…I, I'm sorry—they all turned to look at him with an incredulous look on their faces. He, the great Doumyouji Tsukasa…apologizing in public? —I'm really sorry. I shouldn't have let you go in the moment that I…

—…that you told me to scram? I didn't want your charity, Doumyouji. I've had enough of this come and go with you…I…It hurts, this hurts me. I don't want to go on with this, I told you in the airport, to forget everything. I don't even know why you're here right now.

—Come on, Makino, give him a chance.

—Why, Nishikado? So that her mother go back to my parents house to insult them? Or my own to tell me I'm some kind of tramp for getting involved with his son? So that she can come back and control him again and he can hurt me again like he did in New York? No…not anymore. I've had enough! —and she cried again. Akira and Soujiro couldn't do anything but stare at her, understanding what she had been through. This time, they couldn't take their friend's side.

—Tsukushi—Rui called her while trying to calm her. That was the trigger for Tsukasa. He had called her by her name when even he didn't do it, had given her a ring, was wiping away her tears, had taken her away from him, had slept with her in the same bed…He couldn't take it one more second. Taking advantage of no one holding him down anymore, he went to give Rui the punch he wanted to since long ago, but it was in that exact same moment that everything went wrong.

Tsukushi, that was wiping away her tears, saw Tsukasa coming at Rui with all the malice in the world, and without thinking it twice, she pushed Rui and faced him. It was too late for his arm to stop and the blow hit her right check fully, making her lose consciousness.

—Tsukushi! —Rui shouted.

—Makino! —cried out another three voices.

Tsukushi was lying on the floor with blood flowing from deep cut on her check, completely fainted.

Glosary

(1) Pukalani: Divine Door

(2) Hawaii's Volcanoes National Park: A well visited tourist attraction. Here I leave you the link if you want to know something more about this beautiful place. (./)

(3) Thomas A. Jagger Museum and the Halemaumau Crater: Attraction withing the national park.

(4) ¡E como mai!: Welcome!

(5) Kanaloa: God of the oceans.

(6) Tiki: Thename refers to different types of images used throughout Polynesia, from images that were used in ceremonies of the Maori tribe in New Zealand, to the moa sculptures in the east to the images of today's Hawaii

(7) Mahalo: Thank you.