Lollie: Hey guys! This is a very special story, dedicated to the New Year of 2013! Hopefully this year will be better than the last. I do not own TMM, nor will I ever (as much as I want to) :(

Kisshu: You want to own TMM? Why?

Lollie: So I can control everything that happens. Mwahahahaha!

Kisshu: So if you owned TMM, you would make Ichigo and I kiss in the last episode?

Lollie: Heck yeah!

Ichigo: YOU'RE SO EVIL!

Lollie: Yes, yes I am. Also, I wish all the readers good luck in love, health, happiness wealth, etc. for the next year. Now, on with the story! :D

"Good morning, Ma'am!" Lettuce grinned, greeting a customer and a child that just walked in. The woman looked anxious and awkward, and her son was tugging at her hand.

"Alright!" She hissed at her son. "Sorry, we're not here for food. Could we use your toilets?"

"Oh," Lettuce tried to smile, but she looked hurt. "Sure. Right this way…" She led them to the toilets. We hadn't gotten many customers during summer. Mint theorized, 'people want to get slim and get a tan, not gain weight by eating all our cakes and biscuits'. The people who were affected most by the lack of customers were Lettuce and Pudding.

I glanced at Pudding, who was sitting down at a table, looking very bored. She was fanning herself with a handmade paper fan and trying to annoy Mint by poking her and flicking little squares of paper at her. Mint was sipping tea happily, reading a fashion magazine and not really caring that no one had stepped through the door in ten minutes. As Pudding flicked a bit of paper at Mint once again, that was enough for her.

"Pudding, you childish jerk!" Mint glared at the younger child. "Stop it!"

"Sorry, onee-chan." Pudding pouted and looked down. "I'm just sooooo bored."

"Then go entertain yourself!"

"Can I read one of your magazines?"

Mint groaned, but eventually, she came out with "FINE! Just don't rip it, spit on it, perform tricks with it or spill something on it. If you do, you're DEAD. You hear me?"

Pudding nodded, then picked up on of Mint's magazines and grinned like she just got given a giant lollipop, or a panda plushie.

"Ichigo?" Zakuro asked as she appeared next to me.

"Hm?" I turned to look at her. "Oh, sorry. I was just thinking."

"Okay, well…" She looked just as worried as me. "I'm sure they will come next week. It's supposed to be cooler then." That was all she said before she walked back into the kitchen.

"Good morning, sir!" I looked up to see Lettuce grinning and greeting a customer that had just walked through the door. The man (well, the teen. He was quite short) had a black hoodie, dark blue jeans and sunglasses. He looked like he was hiding from someone, but Lettuce pretended not to notice. After all, it's never our place to judge customers. "W-would you like a table, sir?"

The guy nodded and followed Lettuce as she leaded him to a table. She looked nervous and scared if the guy, so I walked up to her. "I'll take this table if you like." I whispered to her.

"Are you sure Ichigo?" Lettuce asked, with wide eyes. As soon as she said my name, the guy looked up from his menu at me. Creep!

"Of course, Lettuce." I nodded enthusiastically. "Your lunch break starts in 15 minutes, and you've worked your butt of since this morning. I'll take over."

"Thank you, thank you!" Lettuce hugged me, grinning. She went back into the kitchen and I took my pen and pad out of my pocket.

"May I take your order, Sir?" I asked.

"You."

"What? You want Ryou?" I asked. "He's in the kitchen, I'll just get him now…" I turned to leave, but the man shook his head.

"No!" He whispered, smirking. "I want you."

"Uhm…" I got freaked out when he grabbed my wrist. "Shirogane!" I called out.

Ryou looked over at me and saw what was happening. He latched onto the guy's arm and pulled him off my wrist. "Do NOT touch our workers."

Mint dropped her tea when she saw Ryou shouting at the guy. She ran over. "Get out! Get out now before we call the police!" She pointed to the front door.

The guy smirked and then walked out, making the door chimes ring.

"Creep!" Mint yelled after him, getting a glare from Ryou.

"Get back to work, all of you!" He told us harshly. I had never seen him so worked up before.

Mint rolled her eyes and went back into the kitchen. I trailed slowly behind.

"I'm so sorry, Ichigo! I should have taken that customer!" Lettuce cried out as she came running up to me.

"No, no; it's fine. I volunteered to serve that customer, it's not your fault!"

"Who was that guy?" Zakuro asked, looking calmer than ever.

"I don't know." I bit my lip. "But he seemed familiar…"

"You know him, onee-chan?" Pudding asked.

"I'm not entirely sure who he is." I confessed. "But I know that smirk from somewhere…"

"Maybe he's an ex-boyfriend?" Zakuro suggested.

"I doubt it." Lettuce shook her head. "An old boyfriend wouldn't cause such a scene."

"Guys." I said.

"A friend!" Pudding proposed, jumping up and down.

"Guys!" I waved my arms around, trying to get their attention. I was starting to get fed up that they weren't listening to me.

"An ex friend?" Zakuro suggested.

"GUYS!" I shouted.

"What?" They all turned to me; slightly annoyed, but not as annoyed as I was.

I grabbed a plate and with a choc-orange cake and made my way out of the kitchen, ready to pig out and eat it to make myself feel better. Just as I was about to leave, I turned around and asked, "Can we not talk about this right now, please?"

Mint grabbed my arm and pulled me back before I exited the room.

"Come on, Ichigo." Mint grinned. "Let's cheer you up with a movie night!"

"A what…" I asked. "Movie night?"

"Yup! Tonight!" She nudged me lightly in the stomach. "We can watch scary movies, eat pizza, talk about boys…"

"Have pillow fights, make facebook statuses about how much fun we're having…" Lettuce continued.

"Have a dance party, do each others make-up, play truth or dare…" Zakuro suggested.

"Prank call people, tell spooky stories, talk about boys…" Pudding concluded, twirling around on the spot like a ballerina.

"Uhm, Pudding?" I giggled. "She already said that."

"She was meant to say it again, dummy!" Mint grinned, winking. "We're going to talk a lot about boys."

I sighed. "What kind of boys?"

"Hot boys."

"Like Masaya?" I grinned.

Mint pulled a face and pretended she was sticking her finger down her throat. "No! Yuck!"

I giggled. "Okay, you win. I'll bring the pizza."

Pudding jumped up and down. "I'll bring the DVD's!"

Lettuce grinned. "I'll bring some CD's."

"I guess I could google some scary stories." Zakuro shrugged.

Mint joked, grinning. "And I'll bring myself!"

Lollie: You like? :D

Ichigo: Meh, I'm a bit OOC.

Lollie: Shush, you! :(

Kisshu: Who was that creep? O.o

Lollie: You will never know... mwahaha! Actually, you will find out. In the 4th chapter... which will be posted either tomorrow or the next day, (depending on my mood, lulz) yay! :D Please review. The more reviews, the quicker I will get around to it. Thanks, luvies! (: