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Chapter 1- plans

"Shirogane, can I please have a raise?" the rose haired Ichigo pleaded to her boss, making him turn around, "sure" her blonde haired boss replied,

"Really?" she exclaimed

"No" he retorted turning around and heading for the stairs that led to his room. "Why not? I do most, no ALL of the work around here and I think that I deserve to be paid for my hard work," she screamed at the top of her lungs. He cringed for a moment,

"I said no damn it, why can't you for once just act like the other girls and NOT ASK!" he bellowed then he entered his room and slammed the door in Ichigo's face. She growled and was about to protest, when an evil idea stuck her, smirking she walked off "have it your way then" she said to herself as she slowly descended the stairs and went back to her busy day of work.

Ryou's room

Resting his head on the wall, he thought. 'Why must she make me feel this way? Of all people, why her?' he pondered 'I've never loved anybody, yet how could I let myself fall in lovewith HER?' "DAMN IT!" he yelled slamming his fists on the wall. He sighed, taking off his shirt and pants and retreating to his bed where he fell asleep, dreaming of a life with his beloved strawberry. As hours went by though, his dreams turned into nightmares as he tossed and turned in the covers.

Dream

He was holding hands with Ichigo, the sun was slowly setting as they strolled down a street, "Ichigo" he said "I love you so much" as he pulled her closer, she looked up at him and whispered softly "I feel so right when I'm with you shirogane," he stopped walking 'shirogane, shirogane, that's my work name, this can't be true. Besides, I always taunt her…how could she ever love a beast like me?' he thought. A distressed Ichigo then interrupted by letting him go and running off towards smoke "your house, it's burning," she yelled as Ryou ran after her, but no matter how fast he ran, he could never catch up. Eventually he reached the mansion and watched helplessly as Ichigo ran into the blazing house. "Wait no" he tried to scream, but his voice had failed him and everytime he tried to save her, an invisible force would hold him back. The fire died down eventually; Ryou was now crying for his loved ones, then he saw three white figures float out of the wreck and towards him; the first one was a woman with long hair, he realized that she was his mother because the resemblance was almost identical. She spoke with a great sadness in her voice, "why Ryou? Why did you let us die?" she asked, then the ghost of Ichigo spoke "I thought you loved me Ryou, us" then she touched her stomach which was swelling slowly. The third ghost, a man, just turned away, then they all started disappearing into thin air. "No mummy, dad, Ichigo, come back!" Ryou yelled as everything turned black, "I'm sorry!"

Then he awoke to Keiichiro's voice. "Ryou, Ryou calm down, it was just a dream," he whispered, holding his crying friend in his arms until he was calm. "What is it?" Ryou asked sobering up, "the girls have left and Ichigo is closing up. Also, I'm leaving now, unless you want to talk?" Keiichiro explained,

"Nah, I'll be ok" he retorted, then he pushed Keiichiro out of the room and shut the door. Sighing, he put on his pants, but before he could put his shirt on, a smirking Ichigo barged in, she blushed when she saw the shirtless boy, "do you always barge in on people who are shirtless, or do you just enjoy seeing me in my finest moment?" Ryou joked, flexing his muscles. Ichigo threw a shirt at him and retorted, "You wish."

'I do' he thought

"anyway, I apologize, I just came in to say goodnight, that's all" she mumbled, then Ichigo backed out of the room and ran down the stairs and out of the café doors giggling all the way. Ryou knowing the consequences of sleeping, went down to the lab and ran tests and stuff until daybreak.

The next day was Saturday. 'Right' Ichigo thought 'act normal today and tomorrow and start on Monday' then she ran into work, purposely late. "Late again strawberry" Ryou mocked as he checked his watch, "MAYBE I would be early if I had a reason to" she retorted as she ran into the change rooms. She changed and started work, not once arguing through out the day to Ryou or anybody. "What's up with Ichigo?" Retasu asked to Mint, "no idea" she replied. Then during two death-defying stunts, Purin proclaimed, "Ichigo is in looooooooooove!" Ichigo stopped for a moment, but she didn't turn nor lift her head, instead she walked over to the seated customer and asked for their orders with her 'I'm-such-a-good-waitress' look plastered on her face. The mews just stared at her wide-eyed. "She's up to something," Zakuro said, making the other three girls face her, "like what?" they asked,

"I don't know, but it's going to be BIG, sop act natural ok" she answered, walking over to a woman and seating her, then with a glare, she asked for her order. The mews knew that she would say nothing more, so they left her be. "Fine by me" Mint sighed as they all returned to their daily activities. They all acted as if they noticed nothing, but Ichigo knew that she had them all baffled and she giggled to herself at the thought.

When Sunday came, Ryou had now noticed the change in her behavior and decided to confront her o n it. "Retasu, could you pleeeeeeaaase find out what's wrong with Ichigo" Ryou begged as Retasu blushed, "do you really love her that much?" he turned pale and sobered up. "No, I just don't want to see my…ultimate weapon to become a weakling" he said, then Retasu did something unexpected, she slapped Ryou. How dare you say that about Ichigo, she is a sweet girl and I won't do it unless you tell me why I should" she grumbled walking away, but Ryou pulled her back, "please, I care about her." He sighed, Retasu's eyes softened "tell me the truth, you love her, don't you?" she asked. "is it that obvious?" Ryou muttered, "yes it is, but I know as much as you do. Except one thing, last time she acted like this was your 19th surprise birthday party remember?" Retasu spoke softly. Ryou nodded, "do you think she's up to something?" he questioned, "sorry but I have no idea, oh and sorry for slapping you and all. It was wrong" she answered before running out of the café with Ryou following her. "Sorry, I have to get home now, goodbye" she yelled back, then she was out of site. "Damn you Ichigo, what are you up to?" he said to himself as he walked to his room to rest.

Ichigo giggled from ONLY hearing his last comment. 'you have no idea' then she ran from behind the café to her parents' house.

me: This is a super funny story...
kira: Is not, it's boring.
me: Readers, this is my imaginary friend kira... and the storyis funny
kira: Whatever, just read it (it gets better)
me: Hey i heard that whacks kira over the head
kira: OOOOOW! Read and review people
me: XD haha...you got pwnd hit
kira: I'll get you later...

me: ciao