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Hi, this is my first fan fiction, I hope you like it. It's probably total rubbish but please, please read it and review. Next chapter coming soon if you review!

Accidental love

The door swung shut behind Ichigo as she left, blocking out the sapphire blue sky outside café mew mew. Lettuce turned back to the broken plate on the floor and with a sigh began sweeping it up. She shuffled forwards but as she did so a sharp pain shot through her knee. Instinctively she jumped upwards, toppled over and landed on her bum. It was then that she spotted the jagged shard jutting out of her knee, a dribble of blood already trickling down her leg. Tears were welling in her eyes as she tentatively fingered the china buried in her skin. The pain that spiked through her caused the tears to overflow, cascading down her cheeks and dripping down to mingle with the blood on her leg.

"Lettuce," came a voice from the top of the stairs. Lettuce turned and saw Ryou jogging towards her. She turned her face and gulped in a huge lungful of air to calm herself, then swiped angrily at the tears on her face.

"Lettuce, you're bleeding!" he gasped as he came towards her. He kicked the pieces of the plate aside and knelt beside Lettuce, worry in his blue eyes.

"Its nothing," she argued, attempting to get up, but she put her hand on another shard of china and cut herself. It was suddenly all too much to bear and to her shame Lettuce burst into tears, sobbing like a baby into her bleeding hand. Suddenly a burning pain burst through her leg and she gasped at the force of it.

"Sorry," murmured Ryou, looking up from the shard that he was pulling out of her knee. "Am I hurting you?" Lettuce gritted her teeth and shook her head.

"No. It would be best if you took it out," she managed; bravely deciding to just grin and bear it. But she still had to close her eyes as Ryou gently eased the rest of the china out. She opened her eyes as the pain began to fade into something that was just bearable and saw that Ryou was frowning at the plate.

"Oh my," she gasped through sobs. "I'm so sorry Shirogame-san, I broke your plate!" To her surprise Ryou just laughed.

"You're bleeding to death on my floor, that may I just add Pudding just cleaned, and you're worried about the plate?" a smile was playing on his lips. "Let's just go and get you cleaned up shall we?" Lettuce blinked up at him, silver tear-tracks shining on her cheeks and smiled hazily. Then, embarrassing her, Ryou bent down and scooped her up in his arms, carrying her carefully away from the mess.

"Th-Thank you," stuttered Lettuce for the millionth time as Shirogame-san finished tying a crisp, white bandage around her knee. He smiled and Lettuce felt her heart melt at the sight of his handsome face lighting up.

"Are you sure you'll be alright?" he asked. "Do you want me to walk you home?" Lettuce blushed.

"No, I'll be OK," Lettuce stood up, wobbled and grabbed Ryou's arm as her legs gave way.

"Are you sure?" Ryou smiled his heart-warming smile. "I think you should stay here until you can walk, I want you to stay here." Lettuce frowned but before she could say anything she was interrupted by the feel of Ryou's soft lips pressed against her's. What am I doing? Thought Ryou. I thought I loved Ichigo! But Ryou could feel Lettuce's careful lips beneath his and her warm body fitting snugly into his arms and suddenly he wasn't so sure. All he knew was that he loved Lettuce and from the way she was kissing him back he assumed that she returned the feeling. Eventually they broke apart and Lettuce, embarrassed tried to turn away but Ryou still had his arms around her. She looked up at his flushed face and could feel the heat rising in her own. He bent down towards her and Lettuce closed her eyes, expecting another kiss but instead his lips travelled to her ear.

"I love you," he whispered and Lettuce's blush deepened. Slowly she reached up and caught his chin, guiding his face to hers. His tongue flickered at her bottom lip and she opened her mouth just slightly, pressing it against Ryou's.

"That's it!" growled a voice from the shadows. "You're dead meat!"