Prettyinpinkgal: This was just an idea that came to me. It's a oneshot, but if a bunch of people review and beg for it to be continued, I will. I'm really REALLY sorry if it's totally OOC! By the way, it's the end of the day and they're cleaning up, so that's why no customers are there.

Disclaimer: I don't own Tokyo Mew Mew, or "Just a Dream". TMM belongs to Mia Ikumi and Reiko Yoshida. "Just a Dream" belongs to Jump5, one of my fave groups:)

JUST A DREAM

"Ichigo! Look out!" I hear a voice shout this as I walk down the steps into the cafe. I enter the room just in time to see Ichigo get run into by Purin, who is doing circus tricks, as usual. The two fall onto the floor and plates crash. The girls rush over and see if the two are okay.

Purin jumps up, ready to clean the plate pieces. She cheerfully says, "I'm sorry! Are you okay, na no da?"

Ichigo slowly stands up and rubs her head. "That hurt..." she mumbles.

I want to rush over there and make sure she wasn't cut by the glass, but, as usual, I just walk over there and say, "Dummy! Be more careful! We can't have you wasting plates!" I mentally kick myself. Why can't I just be nice to her? Is that so hard? Obviously, it was.

Ichigo glares at me, her hazel eyes meeting my blue ones.

When I look in your eyes

I see a whole different sky

Like I've never seen before

"Jerk! Why are you always so mean? You act like your all that just because your rich and the boss, right? Well, I'm sick of it! I'm sick and tired of you teasing me, insulting me, acting like every little thing that goes wrong is my fault, and you won't even give me a raise to top it off! I hate you! I quit!" Ichigo storms off to the changing room while I stand there speachless. It takes me a while to process what just occured.

And when I hear your voice

It's like a song that I can listen to over again

It's so crazy how you make me go crazy

Everytime that I'm near you

Ichigo opens the door then slams it behind her. I immediately go after her, but the wrong words come out. "Ichigo! You can't quit!"

Ichigo swirls around. "I can and I will!" She then runs out of the cafe. I turn and see her friends glaring at me, even Retasu, who is usually the most timid.

"Shirogane, you really did it this time," Minto says, telling me what I already know.

I sigh then head up to my room as the girls change and leave. I lie on my bed and think about the only girl who's ever on my mind.

Ichigo...

I clench my fist as I think, 'I'll never have her. She hates me, and she loves Aoyama. How could she love me? The only time she'll tell me she loves me is in a dream.'

'Cause you're just a dream

This is my reality

Totally insanity

If I could be in your dreams

All I wanna do

Is be with you, be with you

You're just a dream

I stand and decide to go talk to her. I first head over to her house, but her mom says that she hasn't seen her. I then decide that she's at the park, since it's her favorite place. I walk under the sakura, searching for Ichigo. I stop dead in my tracks when I see her staring in shock at something. I take a few steps to the side and I see...

"Aoyama with another girl?" I whisper in shock to myself.

Masaya stops kissing the girl and his eyes widen when he sees Ichigo. "Ah! Ichigo, it's not what it looks like!"

I'm shocked that she doesn't cry. She bravely holds in her tears, even though I can tell that they threaten to spill out at any given time.

"Save it, you jerk. I love you so much, and I saved your life. I thought that your confession while it was raining was real." Her voice gets louder and starts to crack. "I truly thought you loved me! But I guess that was all a lie, huh! I...I...I hate you!" She then runs away.

"Ichigo!" I call, but she doesn't hear me.

I turn towards Aoyama, who looks pretty scared. I must look pretty threatening. His other girlfriend kisses him on the cheek then runs away. I grab his shirt and make him stand, and then I punch him. His cheek starts bleeding slightly, and is already beginning to look black and blue. "DO YOU REALIZE HOW LUCKY YOU WERE!" I shout at him. He starts cowering even more. "YOU HAD THE GREATEST GIRL A GUY COULD HAVE, AND YOU CHEAT ON HER! WHAT'S WITH YOU? YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH SHE LOVED YOU! IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU THAT I NEVER STOOD A CHANCE WITH HER! AND THEN YOU THROW HER AWAY! IF YOU EVER COME NEAR HER AGAIN, I SWEAR I'LL PERSONALLY KILL YOU!"

I then go and run to the area Ichigo ran to. I think about how happy she always was when she just thought about him, when she practically glowed and her smile was at its brightest.

When I picture the world

It takes me to the sun

I think about the way you smile

And the words that you say

Always seem to change the world that I've been livin' in

It's so crazy how you make me go crazy

Everytime that I'm near you

'Cause you're just a dream

This is my reality

Totally insanity

If I could be in your dreams

All I wanna do is be with you, be with you

You're just a dream

More than my imagination

Could ever see

You're just a dream

If I could be with you...

I find her looking down with her bangs covering her eyes, tears sliding down her delicate face. "Ichigo, I'm sorry about what I did at the cafe, and I'm sorry about what Aoyama did to..."

"I saw what you did," she says, cutting me off.

I feel the blood rushing to my face. "I-I'm sorry, but..."

"Thank you."

This catches me off guard. She's...thanking me?

She continues. "Did you really mean what you said?"

I think for a moment, trying to remember what I said. I feel my blush become brighter and larger. "Yeah," I manage to say. "I love you, Ichigo. You were in love with Aoyama, so I couldn't tell you before."

"I really thought he loved me...I really did..." she trails off as more tears fall.

I can't take it anymore. I wrap my arms around her and hold her, wishing so much that her cheerful smile will appear on her face.

You're just a dream

This is my reality

Totally insanity

If I could be in your dreams

All I wanna do is be with you, be with you

'Cause you're just a dream

This is my reality

Totally insanity

If I could be in your dreams

All I wanna do is be with you, be with you

You're just a dream

Just a dream...

We stay like that for a while, then her crying ceased. Ichigo stops hugging me and wipes her eyes. "Thanks for being there, Ryou."

I'm surprised, but then again, today has been filled with surprises. I can't believe she called me by my first name.

She says she should get home soon, and starts walking away. I turn and begin heading back to Cafe Mew Mew.

"Ryou!"

I turn and Ichigo, bright red, kisses me on the cheek. Then she runs away a little bit, turns, and yells, "I'll see you tomorrow, okay?"

I smile at her smile. I guess this means that she's not gonna quit after all. "Okay, but you better be there on time!" I say.

Ichigo playfully sticks her tongue out at me.

"By the way, it's fifteen dollars an hour now for you."

She shrieks with joy, and clobbers me. "THANK YOU RYOU!" She says while hugging me to death.

I know that she would much rather have twenty dollars an hour, but I guess she knows that she has to take it or leave it.

She waves goodbye, and heads home. I do the same, and when I climb into bed that night, I think about all that's happened. Before I slip into slumber, I think, 'Maybe my dream of Ichigo being with me...isn't just a dream.'

Prettyinpinkgal: I hope you liked it! Please review! Again, I'm WAY sorry if it's OOC!