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Ichigo swept the entire cafe and began closing up for the night when Keichiro came into the room muttering something about the news. Ichigo's curiosity got the best of her, "Keichiro?"
He snapped out of his small conversation with no one and turned his attention to the cat girl standing before him. "Yes Ichigo?"
"Um what were you talking about?"
"Oh, that. It was nothing. I was just wondering about the news."
"The news? Why?"
"There have been some robberies in town. Thing is, they only steal gems and weapons and people say the person has a tail."
Ichigo's face turned pale. "oh, well I'm sure they'll catch whoever it is soon."
Keichiro noticed her face and came close to her. "Ichigo?"
She looked at the floor and held the broom so tight she could feel her hands turn cold. He looked at her and thought maybe something was wrong with her so he decided to ask. "Is there anything wrong?"
Ichigo could feel her body become weak for some reason. She let go of the broom and began to fall but Keichiro caught her. He held her close and rested his head on hers. It almost looked like they were kissing. At that moment Ryou came down to see why it was so quiet when he saw what he thought was Keichiro kissing Ichigo. He was so shocked at what he saw he simply stood there until Keichiro looked up in Ryou's direction. Keichiro blushed and explained what happened. Ryou wasn't so sure but then again why would Keichiro lie to him? They placed Ichigo on Ryou's bed and left her to sleep. Ryou sat next to Ichigo still feeling jealous that Keichiro got to hold Ichigo so close to him.
Ichigo began to move in her sleep. She tossed and turned mumbling things every now and then. "leave me alone... no... someone help me Ryou!" she screamed as she woke up panting heavily. It took her awhile to realize where she was. When she saw Ryou she blushed and hoped he hadn't heard her when she slept.
"are you alright strawberry head?"
Ichigo still felt dizzy and weak but she managed to nod. Ryou didn't seem convinced. "Sounded like you were having a nightmare. Mind explaining why my name was screamed?"
Ichigo blushed again. "What time is it? she looked around for a clock and when she found one "Oh no! I m so late!!!" she jumped out of the bed but didn t even get to the door before she fainted again. She woke up an hour later in Ryou's bed again only this time Ryou had fallen asleep next to her. He had his arms around her and she was pressed against his chest. She was so comfortable but the fact that it was Ryou made her a bit uncomfortable. Feeling his warmth she squirmed a bit before falling asleep again.
Ryou woke up another few hours later and realized that he had fallen asleep holding Ichigo. She seemed so comfortable. He kept hearing this small sound coming from her and as he leaned his face closer he realized that Ichigo was purring. He chuckled lightly trying not to wake her. He watched her for a few minutes and she was talking in her sleep again. "Ryou... I I lo- Ryou then heard the knock on the door." He cursed whoever it was for not letting him hear the rest of what Ichigo was saying. Getting up slowly he opened the door and saw a boy standing there. "Uh can I help you?"
"Is Ichigo here?"
"who are you?"
"I am a friend of hers. She was supposed to come home at 10:00Pm but it is now 7:00Am. I visited all of her friends houses and couldn't find her."
"Hold on I ll wake her up."
"She slept with you?" he seemed a bit hurt but shook it off.
Ryou walked over to Ichigo and shook her shoulders. She groaned as she woke up. Ryou helped her up. "Your friend is here for you."
Ichigo blinked a few times then smiled. She met her friend in the hallway and she hugged him. "I'm so happy to see you! I thought since I was late he might have-" she trailed off with a saddened expression.
He held her tightly. "No, of course not."
"Sorry to break up the moment but mind explaining who he is?" Ryou asked annoyed.
"Oh, sorry! Ryou this is Mario my good friend. Mario this is Ryou, my boss." Ichigo smiled at them.
Ryou arched an eyebrow when she said good friend. "Right well, I guess you can take the day off since your still sick."
Ichigo was surprised that he would do that. Or ever care that she was sick. "Thank you Ryou! I didn t think you cared"
"I don't. You just wont be of any use here since your sick. You d probably scare people off and break more plates than usual." He smirked.
"Ryou your such a jerk!" She stormed off.
"Uh.. Nice meeting you!" Mario waved at Ryou as he tried to follow Ichigo.
Ichigo sighed and waited for Mario to take her home. She was just so tired. When he finally caught up to her he handed her a helmet and put on his own. Ichigo sat in the back of the motorcycle and hugged his waist. Ryou watched them from his bedroom window and felt another shot of jealousy hit him. He watched them speed off in the opposite direction of Ichigo's house. Wondering where they were going he decided to take a shower.
The day went by slowly for Ryou without anyone to yell at. He decided to visit Ichigo and see how she was doing. On the way there he bought some flowers for her as a get well present. Once there though he was surprised to see that Ichigo's house had been sold. He was surprised that he had never noticed. Since he didn't know where she lived he decided to head to the park where he heard someone crying. Curious he went to look as to who was crying. It was Ichigo. She was on the floor bleeding from her shoulder and face. She looked really beat up. Ryou picked her up but she hissed at him and took off running. Trying to catch up to her he took a shortcut but she had disappeared.
The next day when Ichigo showed up for work instead of being yelled at for being late Ryou called her up to his room. She knocked before going in which surprised Ryou. "Since when do you knock?"
Ichigo did her best not to look into his eyes. She just looked at the floor or her shoes. Ryou was really worried now but he refused to show it. "So are you going to tell me what s wrong?"
"Nothing."
"Don't give me that. You've been acting weird and yesterday fainting and then I find you in the park where you were bleeding. So don t tell me its nothing."
"Nothing's wrong."
"Ichigo" Ryou moved closer to her and pressed hand on her forehead. "Well your not sick anymore."
"I told you it was nothing."
Ryou pressed his body against hers making her hit the wall with her back. He was so close to her face. Slowly he began to lower her uniform from her left shoulder causing Ichigo to blush the deepest red she had ever blushed. "Ryou what are you please don't" He rubbed her cheek with his right hand and brushed off the makeup she had used to cover up the cuts.
"Ichigo don't tell me its nothing I care about you Ichigo... I" he lowered his head so his lips were almost touching hers. Hesitantly he wrapped his arms around her as he began to kiss her. At first she struggled and refused causing Ryou to groan. But then she gave into his kiss and wrapped her arms around his neck. Ryou was surprised but he enjoyed the kiss. When they broke off the kiss both of them were blushing and surprised. "I shouldn t have done that." Ichigo began to walk away but was stopped by Ryou. "Why? Your precious Masaya wouldn't approve?"
Ichigo started to tear up so she ran out of his room and went straight to work. Since that happened Ryou had not come out of his room and Ichigo was secretly wishing he would come down and hug her again. She worked the entire day, she managed to get by Lettuce's questions with false cheerfulness. Mint was as usual drinking her tea. And Pudding was performing for the customers. Zakuro was hardly ever there so it didn t really matter to Ichigo. As soon as everyone was gone Ichigo sat down to take a break and began to think about that morning again.
