-1"I remember a pale face watching me in my room, it was behind the curtain on the opposite wall of my bed. At first I didn't know what gender it was, it was hard to tell from a distance, but I looked hard at the face. I was pretty sure it was a male, but I could be mistaken. I sat up. The boy walked to my side. 'Beware the lake' he said. I tried to ask him why, but he disappeared before I could say a single word." Ichigo said to Ryou. "Right. Well, uh…get mopping, we have 30 minutes before we open up, and there are already customers banging on the door for breakfast. Go get changed. " Ichigo stormed off. She went into the bathroom, changed into her uniform, and grabbed her mop. Why did she have to work today? She was going to be stuck inside today on the best day of the week mopping the floors and bussing tables, when she could be on a date with Masaya. It was so cold inside, if she could be outside, she would be warmer, and she would not feel like she was in a gigantic freezer. While she was daydreaming about Masaya, she was also mopping Mint's face. "Ughh, Ichigo, when will you ever learn to properly clean? Jeez! You've got to get over the fact that Masaya is married." Ichigo snapped out of her trance immediately. "WHAT?!" Mint smiled, seeing that her plan was satisfactory. "There. That got you up, now you need to start cleaning again little missy, you are destroying the entire café!" Ichigo flared. "I need to clean? You're the one who sits and drinks tea while I work my little ka-hookie off all day!" Ichigo stomped off to resume her cleaning. Too bad it will never end. She thought aloud. She started to clean. Then it was time to open. A whole group of girls rushed in. "AHH! O MY GOD, IT'S HIM!!!!! AAHHH!!" They were all looking at Keiichirou. "KEIICHIROU AKASAKA PLEASE SIGN MY ARM!" squealed a girl. There were many remarks like this. Zakuro spoke up. "HEY! Leave him alone!
Give him some personal space! You fan girls aren't going to get anything if you behave that way!" then she went off muttering. "Was that Zakuro Fujiwara? AHHH!!! Zakuro! You are my favorite model ever! Please sign me an autograph!" Zakuro turned around and saw a HUGE crowd of girls chasing after her. She narrowed her eyebrows. "You people disgust me. Leave me alone!" Zakuro was never so mean to the customers. Why was she so PO'd at them? Ichigo shrugged. She must have gotten the rouge knickers again.

OHH…….what a long day it had been. Zakuro had not stopped being moody, Lettuce had twisted her ankle, and Purin had been practicing her circus acts all day. At last it was closing time. Ichigo changed back into her normal clothes, and head off. She had been walking down an alleyway (which was actually more like a sea of burnt fags squashed on the little bit of road there was), when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned around. It was only Ryou. "What do you want-" but before she could end her sentence, he took her into his arms and pulled her into a long, wet, tongue-to-tongue kiss. Ichigo kept her eyes open. She pulled away from him. "What the bloody stinkin' hell was that for?" Ryou looked at her. "I've never heard you curse before. What's wrong? You didn't like it?" "NO, as a matter of fact, I did, but you did it so unexpectedly, and I have a boyfriend, thank you very much!" Ryou laughed. "You really are a 19 year old girl." Ichigo started to walk away, but Ryou followed her. "WHY ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME?!" She almost screamed. He was plucking her nerves. She started to weep and she ran home. Her heart was already screaming with pain as it ripped off the section that held Masaya. Ichigo pushed the elevator button and after several minutes the doors opened. There stood Ryou, grinning. "WHY ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME?!!" she ran to the stairs. There were 12 flights of stairs until her apartment. She ran as fast as she could, faster, and faster she went, until she could run no more. That was when she fainted. She fell on the stairs, rolling, and rolling, Ryou, who had been chasing after her, caught her, and called an ambulance. 30 minutes later the ambulance came. They rushed her to the hospital.

Ichigo finally woke up after 3 days of treatment. After she was told what happened, she asked to leave the hospital. "Miss Momomiya, I'm afraid we cannot let you leave yet. I am glad you are feeling better, but you need at least one more day of rest." Ichigo nodded. She turned on the television, and flipped to MTV. At that certain time, they were showing Viva La Bam, which she did not feel like putting up with. She flipped through the channels a bit, skipping the soap operas and extreme sports. She settled on something that would put her to sleep. After watching birds eating food for 12 minutes, she fell asleep. She woke up 4 hours later. It was 5:00. She made her way down to the lounge. There were old people everywhere, watching the telly, working away on a treadmill, at the coffee machine. She spotted a little girl standing behind wall, watching her. Ichigo walked over to the little girl. "What is your name?" the little girl timidly spoke her name. "Hana. My name is Hana Chibirousa." "Why are you here?" Hana lowered her head after Ichigo asked the question. "I have leukemia." Ichigo's eyes widened. "Oh, I'm…so sorry. I hope you can get better." Slowly, Ichigo and Hana became friends. Every day, the doctors told Ichigo she had to stay another day. Every day, Hana and Ichigo would go around the hospital running around and having a good time when they weren't supposed to. One day, a little boy came to the hospital. He also became their friend. His name was Theodore. He was a little boy from America, whose mum and dad had taken him to Japan to be taken care of while they were in China on a gambling trip. His nanny worked in the hospital while he played with Ichigo and Hana. One day, Ichigo had to leave. She bid her precious friends good-bye, and promised to visit Hana a lot. She did so. But one time, Hana wasn't there. Ichigo grew worried. She went to the desk in the lobby and asked the clerk for Hana Chibirousa. "Hana? She's in the examination room. Come back tomorrow. They'll be examining all day." Ichigo left the flowers at the desk. " Please ask them to give these to her." She drove home, took the elevator up to her apartment, and unlocked the door. She walked into the apartment and closed the door behind her. She checked her telephone messages. The first one was just Lettuce calling to ask how she was and when she would be back in the café. There were about 2 more messages, both from her parents, and then the last one. "Hey Ichigo, it's Ryou. Listen, I wanted to talk to you, and I understand if you don't want, to, I acted like a jerk the other day, and I want to formally apologize. I wanted to ask you out to lunch today, to talk about it, but if you don't want to…that's fine. Later. Bye." click. Now he wanted to apologize. She might as well go. She called Ryou to tell him to meet her at the restaurant by the lake. She got ready, and got her car keys.