Authors Note: This is my first fic! Yay! Alright I DO NOT own any of the characters! Except Sakuya. I am also rating this fic T just to be safe.

Ryou looked out the window of Cafe Mew Mew and sighed. This day was just like any other day, the sky was blue with some clouds, a light breeze made the trees dance, and Lettuce was yet again breaking most of the dishes. Ryou chuckled when he thoughtof Lettuce, but she wasn't the one who made him feel complete. She looked to the other girls and watched them work, or rather watched a certain worker. She looked to him and he just raised an eyebrow, giving her a 'Get back to work unless you want me to lower your pay' look. And right away she went to work.

Ryou always enjoyed watching his catgirl from afar... wait..his catgirl? No. She wasn't his, she belonged to Masaya. Ryou looked back out the window, the sunlight making his blonde hair look as if it were glowing. His ocean blue eyes closed themselves and he began to walk in the direction of the stairs, as he got to the stairs he opened them and silently went up. The blonde entered his almost empty room and looked around it... most of of it was empty, much like his heart. Of course Ryou could have told Ichigo multiple times how he felt about her, but never did.. How could he? She did love Masaya after all. She said it herself, 'I love you Masaya!' Those words replayed over and over in his mind and made him think... What was he to Ichigo? Was he only a boss? A bother? Or just...nothing?

Ryou heavily sighed and walked over to his bed. He plopped down on it, his back facing up. He then looked a red ribbon that was tied around the string of the curtain. He carefully untied it, and let the silky ribbon fall onto his palm.

Flashback

"Oh no! Where is it?" Ichigo cried looking under tables, and even through Mint's things. She had just lost one of her favorite hair ribbons and began to weep. Everyone sighed and shook thier heads in frustration. Lettuce tried calming Ichigo down by talking to her, Pudding was putting on one of her acts to make Ichigo laugh, as for Mint and Zakuro? Well they were long gone. Ryou then came through the door looking at the girls.

"Shouldn't all of you be home by now?" Ryou asked, cocking an eyebrow up. Ichigo looked to him the back to the ground. Pudding looked at the time and told everyone she had to go make dinner, but promised Ichigo to help her look for it tomorrow. Lettuce had to leave as well and made the same promise. So now Ichigo and Ryou were left alone. Ryou sighed and ran a hand through his blond hair, he wasn't good with these types of things... or maybe he would be if he were able to hold Ichigo, and whisper caring words into her ear. Oh how bad did he want to do that, how bad did he want to sometimes just seize her and kiss her with so much passion and love.

"Ichigo...what's wrong?" He asked stepping closer to her. He hated seeing her sad or cry. Damn it! Why couldn't Masaya keep her happy? Even if it meant to tie her hair ribbons!

"I lost one of my favorite ribbons..." Ichigo said in a low voice. Ichigo wasn't crying or anything, just really sad since her mom and dad bought that for her when she was very young. Ryou stared at her, and brought his hand to her cheek.

"Go home Ichigo, I'm sure your parents are worried about you. I'll find you ribbon... okay?" He offered. Ryou tried to be as nice as possible with her at the moment, and hoped it worked. Ichigo simply nodded, her eyes looking into his blue ones. Ryou then removed his hand from her soft cheek and she gave a slight smile.

"Thanks Ryou." She whispered, looking down at her feet. Ryou gave his own small smile and patted her head.

"Go on home now, Ichigo." God! Saying her name made him feel good, but he wanted to say her name along with a three certain words. Ichigo nodded and left, leaving Ryou standing there alone. He later on walked into the kitchen to get a riceball, but then spotted something red. He walked over to it and noticed it was laying in the corner of the locker room door. He picked it up and realized it was Ichigo's ribbon. Ryou placed the ribbon in his pocket, grabbed a riceball, and headed off to his room.

End Flashback

"Ichigo..." He whispered holding the ribbon. He was going to give it back to her today... after everyone left.