Hello everyone!
Well, for now, I've put my other story "Keep Holding On" to a pause. I'm having writer's block there. :/
So, currently, I've had a craving to write a RyouxIchigo story, since I started reading/watching Tokyo Mew Mew. :)
Hope you enjoy it, RyouxIchigo/Tokyo Mew Mew fans!
"Ichigo, truth or dare?" asked Mint.
After a long day of working in the café, Mint was surprisingly nice enough to invite all of us to her house. Zakuro thought we were acting childish, so she didn't bother coming, and she had to meet someone for dinner. Lettuce, Pudding, Mint, and I ate dinner, watched a movie, and had a pillow fight. Now we are all sitting in our sleeping bags in Mint's large bedroom, and we're playing, "Spin the Truths or Dares with a Bottle." Basically you just spin the bottle, and when it lands on someone, you ask them truth or dare. Right now, Mint just spun the bottle, and unfortunately, it landed on me. All eyes were glued onto me, waiting for me to make my decision.
"Alright, dare me, Mint!" I said with courage. Masha was floating around happily. "Dare, dare!" he said joyfully.
Mint just stared at me, and then chuckled evilly. I glared at her.
"Okay, if you insist," said Mint with a wink. "But, promise that you'll actually do it."
I nodded vigorously, not knowing what I was going into.
"I will do it, Mint," I said confidently. "Now just tell me the dare!"
"Okay, okay, I was getting there," she snapped at me. She cleared her throat, and then smiled her evil up-to-no-good smiles. "Tomorrow, while we're in the café, I dare you to…"
After five minutes of silence, I sighed in exasperation. She's doing this to me purposely. Stalling time. I stared her down, along with Lettuce and Pudding, until Mint finally decided to speak after she laughed.
"Okay! I dare you to…kiss Shirogane!" she finished.
NYAAA! Kiss Shirogane? My confidence level just went from 100% to – jillion %. Thanks for killing my spirit, Mint…
"KISS SHIROGANE? ARE YOU KIDDING?" I yelled at Mint.
She started laughing with hysteria.
"THIS IS NOT FUNNY YOU KNOW!" I exclaimed to her.
"See, I knew you wouldn't be up to it, you scaredy cat," said Mint with a devilish grin.
I stood up. "No, I will do it," I said in defiance.
"Prove it to me, tomorrow," retorted Mint.
There was a sudden knock on the door. Lettuce, Pudding, and I jumped, but Mint wasn't surprised at all.
"Come in!" she hollered.
Her maid came in with a tray of bright red strawberries. "Strawberries, Lady Mint?"
She stood up and walked toward her maid, taking the tray from her hands.
"Thank you," she said.
Mint carefully set the tray on the floor as we devoured the strawberries one by one.
"These strawberries are delicious!" exclaimed Pudding with happiness.
"Very sweet," said Lettuce.
"Pretty good, Mint," I said, looking impressed.
"Oh my God, you guys are such pigs," said Mint looking disgusted. "Where are your manners?"
Pudding was balancing two strawberries on her tongue. "This is fun!" cried Pudding happily.
"Now, where were we?" asked Mint. "Oh yeah, you'll do it tomorrow, right Ichigo?"
I felt anger rose and I quickly snapped at her. "OF COURSE I'LL DO IT, MINT!"
Mint looked at me in surprise. "What?" I asked as I ate my tenth strawberry.
There was a pause of uneasiness before she asked something I wished she never asked. "What happen to you and Aoyama?" she asked quietly.
I froze, and then looked down to my lap in silence.
"Ichigo," said Lettuce in concern. "You can tell us."
I managed to look up and see everyone's face. I guess I should tell them…
"I, uh, had to stop it," I began. "The relationship. It wasn't going anywhere, he doesn't know I'm a Mew Mew, so I have to keep lying to him, and he's moving to England to study abroad. It wasn't a good relationship as I thought it would be."
Everyone looked at me in sorrow, especially Mint.
"I'm so sorry, Ichigo," said Mint apologetically. "You know, you don't have to do the dare if you don't want to. Lettuce can do it."
Lettuce blushed the moment Mint said that. I shook my head.
"No, its fine, I'll do it," I quickly said. I yawned and laid down on my sleeping bag. "I'd love a challenge anyway. Good night guys." I fell asleep before Mint could say anything.
"AACHOOO!" I sneezed loudly as I was looking at the data on the computer.
"Someone must be talking about you, Ryou," chuckled Keiichiro with a smile as he was typing.
"Shut up, Keiichiro," I said, playing along with the joke. "Let's continue with the data."
"Ichigo," I said. But I was too late. She fell asleep. "I feel bad for asking that."
"It's okay, Mint," said Lettuce with a smile on her face. "This shows that you care about her."
"But, I'm telling you, Shirogane probably has a thing for Ichigo," I said softly to Lettuce and Pudding. "He danced with Ichigo at the party, and he's been acting weird around her lately. I'm not lying, haven't you guys noticed?"
Lettuce and Pudding sat there thinking. Then two light bulbs lit up above there heads.
"Yea! Two days ago, I saw he was staring at Ichigo for some reason from the kitchen, and all of a sudden, he tripped on his own feet. And he NEVER trips on his own feet!" exclaimed Lettuce.
"And Shirogane as the Blue Knight wanting to protect her!" yelled Pudding in happiness.
I shook my head. "For the last time, he's NOT the Blue Knight! We told you that like fifty times Pudding! And, yes, I remember that, Lettuce! That was hysterical."
"Wahhh, he is TOO!" wailed Pudding.
Lettuce looked at her watch. "We should sleep now if we want to be at the café on time tomorrow."
I nodded in agreement. "Good idea, Lettuce. Good night guys."
"Night Mint-onichan!" said Pudding.
"Good night," said Lettuce.
Lettuce and Pudding climbed into their sleeping bags, while I climbed into my queen-sized bed. We all fell asleep.
It was six o'clock and it was closing time. There were just so many chairs to put back, and the floor was so sticky. I began to clean up, until I noticed everyone already changed and running out the door.
"Guys, at least help me clean up!" I yelled.
"Sorry, my ballet class is in ten minutes," said Mint.
"I have to go home to feed my brothers and sisters!" wailed Pudding.
"And, my parents and I are going to see my cousins from America," said Lettuce with an apologetic look.
They all quickly ran out before I could say anything.
"Geez, I'm the one who always get stuck with the cleaning," I mumbled to myself. I started to mop the floor, until I heard footsteps. In came Shirogane. He looked around the room, then stared at me.
"You alone?" he asked.
I looked around the room, then back at him. "Yea," I sighed.
He came closer to me. I took a step back, not sure of what he's exactly doing.
"What do you want?" I exclaimed.
In an instant, before I knew what was happening, he was kissing me. I felt myself turning red, and my cat ears and tail popping out.
"Shirogane!" I managed to yell, before he quickly stopped and looked at me.
"Sorry," he said. "Anyway, want to go to the beach?"
I stared at him. What? Am I hearing right? First a sorry, and now he's inviting to go to the beach? What is this?
"ICHIGO-ONICHAN!" yelled Pudding.
I quickly jumped out of my sleeping bag and saw Pudding performing one of her crazy acts in front of me.
"Ichigo, we only have 20 minutes until we have to be at the café, so hurry and get dress," said Lettuce.
I stood up, ran to the bathroom and quickly changed my clothes and brushed my teeth.
"Whew, what a dream! At least that was only a dream," I said to myself. I put my hair up into the usual two pigtails with two red ribbons. I admired my white sundress as I looked at myself in the mirror. Then, I ran out of the bathroom, and all four of us went into Mint's limo. Masha came, too.
"Hey, Ichigo, what were you dreaming about?" asked Mint. "Cause in the middle of the night, I heard you yelling, 'Shirogane!' over and over."
I blushed. Darn it, Mint. How does she always figure out things so quickly? I just shook my head.
"Honestly, I don't remember my dream, Mint," I said confidently.
Mint stared at me in doubt. "Honestly, I bet it was about Shirogane," she said. "By the look of your face, it definitely was. Please, you can tell us."
I sighed. Then I looked out the window. We were here. I smiled.
"We're here," I said in triumph. I quickly got out of the car, and ran in to the café before she could ask anything further.
"Geez, that Ichigo," said Mint as she and the rest of them got out of the car.
I was running so fast, that I didn't see where I was going, and I accidentally bumped into someone.
"Ah, sorry!" I quickly said. I managed to look up. When I looked up, I told myself I wished I hadn't looked up. It was Shirogane.
"What's the rush?" he said.
"Sorry," I quickly said. "I thought I was late." Should I do it now? Maybe later, at the end of the day…
"Well, get to work," he replied in his usual laidback I-don't-care tone. I stomped in anger to the locker room.
"Geez, what am I thinking? How can I possibly like someone like him?" I muttered to myself as I changed into my uniform.
"Geez, that Ichigo," I said as I got out of the car. "Why is she always so stubborn? You know I bet she likes Shirogane."
Lettuce and Pudding got out of the car and followed.
"Ichigo and Shirogane-onichan together!" Pudding exclaimed outloud.
"SHHH!" whispered both Lettuce and I.
"We can't be for sure yet," I said. "But we'll find out! I also want to see if she does the dare."
We all walked into the café.
"This is going to be an interesting day," I smiled.
"Look! Pudding is holding twenty plates on one finger while balancing on a ball!" she says joyfully.
"Wait, Pudding, NOO!" yelled Lettuce and I, but we were too late. Each plate came crashing down, one by one.
"Well, this is another mess to clean," said Ichigo unpleasantly as she came out.
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