Episode 5 :
かれ と あたし と あいつ
("Him, Me and That Guy")
Hanazawa Rui has lifted
Tsukushi up in his arms and stands facing her and Kazuya's attackers. He yells
at them to stop playing these childish games and go away. Everyone stares in
shock at Rui, surprised that he is helping Tsukushi. Tsukushi is in shock too.
Doumyouji comes up to Rui and they argue about her. Douumyouji announces that he
is no longer friends with Rui and doesn't want
to talk to him ever again. Then Doumyouji grabs Tsukushi and attempts to take her away from Rui. Rui holds on
though, and Tsukushi finds herself to be like a rope in a game of tug-o-war. She
is being pulled in two directions. When her uniform begins to rip (how many
uniforms does she go thorugh in this series? yeesh :) Tsukushi gets mad and
beginss to struggle, breaking free of the both of them, and falling to the
ground. Stuck there, Tsukushi lays there for awhile. Suddenly she sees a hand
reaching for her. It is Shizuka, offering to help her up. Tsukushi takes her
hand and they go to the bathroom where Shizuka freshens up Tsukushi's ragged
appearance. Shizuka hints that perhaps Rui likes Tsukushi. He has never showed
emotion in public like that before.Tsukushi refuses to believe this.
Tsukushi changes from her torn and mangled school uniform to
her gym clothes. She meets Rui on the staircase and tries to thank him for
helping her earlier. He says that Doumyouji was irritating him. Later, Tsukushi
runs into Kazuya. He is wearing a pot on his head for his protection like a war
helmet. Tsukushi suddenly isn't
feeling well. Kazuya invites Tsukushi to his
family's vacation property over in Atami for summer vacation, and Tsukushi
agrees before feeling too ill to stand and passing out.
Tsukushi is home in bed with a cold. She is reading some
manga. If you look closely, you can see that she is reading the Hana Yori Dango
manga. And if you pause it as it flashes the pages she is looking at, you can
see that she is reading ahead in her own story, namely a scene from the party in
episode 10. No wonder Tsukushi is laughing so hard!
Doumyouji has a confrontation with Rui in which he refuses to
apologize. Rui and Doumyouji seem to be in a state of hostility over Tsukushi
and are not talking to each other. Doumyouji learns that Tsukushi is sick, and
decides to go visit her.
Tsukushi is shocked that Doumyouji would come to her house.
She is very embarassed and flustered. When Tsukushi's parents learn who he is,
they bustle around, kissing up to him like crazy. Tsukushi's mom invites him to
dinner. Doumyouji, amazingly enough, acts very kind and polite to Tsukushi's
parents. On the other hand, when he is alone with Tsukushi, he tells her he is
visiting her because he heard she was sick, and he wanted to see her weak face.
He comments on the small-ness of her home, saying it is about the size of his
bathroom. In general, they are rude to each other. however Tsukushi's mom
prevents Tsukushi from punching Doumyouji.
At dinner, Doumyouji is as polite and kind as he can be,
considering he is eating the poor fare that Tsukushi's family eats instead of
his fancy food. Tsukushi is reminded that Doumyouji has been raised with polite
manners and such and is from a wealthy family.
After dinner, Tsukushi's parents force Tsukushi to walk with
Doumyouji home, in an effort to get them together. As they walk, Doumyouji
compares Tsukushi to her mother. He reveals that he didn't really like the food
they ate, but was being polite. He then asks if Tsukushi is going to Hawaii for
summer school, She says she can't because she's so poor. Doumyouji offers to pay
her way, but Tsukushi refuses, saying that she will be going with Kazuya to
Atami for the summer. This irritates Doumyouji.
The next day at school, Doumyouji announces that he and the
F4 will not be going to Hawaii, but rather the new trend is Atami! They will go
there too!
Toys used in the episode: Tsukushi had left the voice memo at
her locker. Makiko-chan had found it, and recorded a 'Get Well Soon' type of
message on it for Tsukushi, and then left it at Tsukushi's house while Tsukushi
was out walking with Doumyouji.
