My first fanfic! Have fun reading! Note: Pudding only says 'na no da' when happy in this story.

Disclaimer: I do not own Tokyo Mew Mew.

Pudding stared out her window, waiting for Taruto's return as she did every evening since he left, two years ago. She dreamt of his return, oh how she missed him. "Taru-Taru, please come soon." she begged out the window as she always did. Then it struck her, what if he didn't come back. What if…

Pudding cried. She had forgotten that it had been two years since he had left. Maybe the aliens had just moved on. Nobody had heard from any of them, Ichigo hadn't even heard from Kish. Maybe Taruto had just forgotten. Pudding's siblings always left her alone when she was in this mood. She always seemed to be fine when she was around people, but she was really dying on the inside. She wondered if she was the only one who felt these emotions before.

The next day, Pudding walked into the café for work. She put on her giddy act to hide her sadness, but today, it didn't hide the pain enough.

"What's wrong Pudding?" asked Ichigo. Pudding didn't answer. "I know that something's wrong. What's bothering you?"

Pudding broke out into tears. "He's not coming!"

"What?" asked Ichigo, shocked, "Who?"

Pudding fought back her tears. "Taru-Taru. Pudding'll never see him again!"

"Did he tell you that?" Ichigo asked, still shocked.

"No, but Pudding hasn't seen or heard from him in two years!" she cried.

"That doesn't mean anything. He could just be busy." Ichigo said soothingly.

"Yeah, busy with someone else." Pudding retorted.

"No!" Ichigo shouted, then calmed her voice down, "He might have to go to work, like you."

"Really?" Pudding questioned.

"Maybe." Ichigo said then left Pudding to be in peace. 'I hope she'll be okay.' thought Ichigo, 'I have never seen her like this.'

Pudding decided to get to work. She knew that Ichigo was just trying to help, but couldn't shake the feeling that her Taru-Taru was with someone else.

Pudding's day went on as normal, with her balancing on the ball, juggling plates (and breaking a few), and other assorted tricks. Zakuro was the next to notice her sadness.

"What's wrong?" Zakuro asked Pudding once they were in the changing room.

"Taru-Taru's not coming!" blurted Pudding as she burst into tears. Everyone turned to look at Pudding.

"How do you know that?" asked Zakuro, "Did he tell you?"

"Pudding has waited for Taru-Taru, night after night since he left." Pudding said through tears, "He never came."

"Did he say that he would come?" questioned Zakuro and Pudding nodded, "Then maybe he just forgot or he's waiting for just the right time, like maybe your birthday tomorrow."

Pudding had completely forgotten about her birthday. She smiled, "Pudding had forgotten about that, na no da!"

"Wow. Her mood changed quickly." commented Mint.

"Are we still doing the party?" Lettuce asked after Pudding had left.

"You bet!" replied Ichigo cheerfully.