Tokyo Mew Mew Ribbons!
Authoress Notes
Hiyo! My name is "Uggu". I just thought I'd warn you all before I start...
A) I have very few pairings decided. Your feedback can influence them.
B) This is an OC-Mew story, but the canons play an active role! Obviously, you meet Shiro right here... I hope no one hates him, even though he is a whimp! ;;
C) This story, you may notice, is heavily dating sims influenced XD
Anyways! I do not own Tokyo Mew Mew! Please enjoy the chaos of Ribbons!
Chapter 01 : Broken Glasses! Not a Date!
He couldn't believe his luck. It had taken him weeks.. no, months, to get this opportunity. After countless days talking to her, tutoring students with her, and even getting her cell phone number, Shiro Ananano and Retasu Midorikawa were on their first date! That is, if you counted walking a girl to work because you'd stepped on her glasses and now she was so blind going on her own was suicide.
But that wasn't important. What mattered was the whole idea that he could convince himself it was sort of a date. A date with the sweet, shy, modest young woman he'd come to adore over the years.
"I'm really sorry about this, Ananano-san. It was so silly of me to drop my glasses."
Shiro choked up a bit. What a bad topic for the first date! Couldn't they discuss something other than his stupid mistake of stepping on her glasses?
Well, best be man about it.
"Yeah... No, wait, I mean! It wasn't your fault! It was mine!" He stuttered, cheeks flaring red. The green haired girl could not help but giggled that sweet giggle that made his insides freeze up more.
"It's really not a big deal, Ananano-san. At least you're nice enough to help me get to work. I have spare glasses in the locker anyways... And Shirogane-san said he would help me buy new cute glasses next time I needed them..."
There was that jerk popping up again Something Shirogane. Retasu was so cute and polite that she never called this guy by his real name. This first-name-less man was his rival in love for second year high school student Retasu.
This rich boy with good looks and rabid fans, from what he'd gathered.
Dangit.
More than getting himself this cheap date, Shiro had sat his rival up for stealing the adorable girl's heart while they bought glasses
Dangit again.
"Ah! Here we are!" Retasu squeaked, running down a nicely paved path and up to a pale pink cafe. Cafe Mew Mew was not a strange place to Shiro; he came whenever Retasu was working to order a drink/watch her. Three of his other classmates; Ichigo Momomiya, Minto Aizawa and Berii Shirayuki, also worked there.
When the large doors opened, Shiro was greeted by his affectionate classmates.
Affectionate towards Retasu, that is.
"Retasu! You're here!" Ichigo exclaimed, running over with an exhausted smile on her face, now leaning on her broom, "Thank goodness! Retasu please help meeee."
It was hard not to chuckle and then smile as Retasu kindly assured Ichigo it'd be ok. Once assured, Ichigo glanced up at Shiro and smirked.
"Ah... I see you walked her here. Thank you, Shiro."
The smirk contradicted anything nice she may have said and made him shudder.
"Oh my. It is Shiro. Great job breaking Retasu's glasses." Black haired Minto said in her usual elegantly mean sort of way, before promptly walking over to step on his foot. He yelped and hopped back, tears in his eyes already.
"Waah... That was mean." The girly-boy muttered. Retasu squeaked in panic.
"Aiieee! Are you okay?" She asked, looking up at him with those sparkling blue eyes that he couldn't bring himself to look into. Dang it. Minto seemed to find pleasure in provoking uncomfortable situations.
"I-I'm fine.. Uh... Go get your glasses."
"Oh. Right! Thank you for reminding me!" Retasu squeaked happily, running off. Shiro watched. She was so sweet and gentle... You'd never guess that she was a Mew Mew, Mew Lettuce.
Yes, in deed. Shiro was fully aware of his friend' being a mew. Only a few months before they had met at the par and she had to transform. Of course, he kept it a secret. But ever since that day, Shiro had been three times as attracted to her as ever.
"Mmm... Aren't you going to thank me?" Teased Minto, "For arranging a close up of her eyes?"
He snapped back to reality. Dang it! She really had set that up, sort of.
"I just walked her here because I'm her classmate." Shiro said firmly, looking away, "She's been exhausted lately..."
"Mmm mm." Minto seconded with a sigh, "I don't now why, but she's really pushed it lately. Trying to keep up with all the you-know-what-kind of trouble..."
Shiro nodded, sighing. Chimeras had been showing up a lot lately, but not because of the aliens. Based on samples the pink puffball Masha brought, they were just infecting each other. Either way, they were trouble and Retasu had to excuse herself from class almost as often as she passed out from exhaustion to deal with the problem.
"Why does she have to work so hard anyways?" He asked, glaring a bit.
Minto shrugged her shoulders and crossed her arms. "Well, Oneesama's powers stopped when the Grey Wolf population came up... Ichigo has been studying very hard so her and Aoyama can go to the same, or close, universities overseas and then Berii is an airhead... And I can't get out fast enough... Purin and Ringo usually aren't there. It only seems to be our school that's heavily targeted... That's why we transferred there, you know."
He sighed, then clenched his fists.
"Who makes mews? It's obvious that you need more!"
"Shirogane, of course." Ichigo butted in, peering over his shoulder and giggling, "He's been thinking about it..."
Something seemed to connect. Shiro smirked confidently and turned to Ichigo. "Where is he? I'll talk to him!"
"Uh... Kitchen... Yeah, good luck with that, Shiro-kun." Ichigo said quietly, "He's like an ice cube, that Shirogane-baka."
With a confident walk, Shiro headed to the kitchen. Obviously, this would be a great way to help Retasu. She needed some back up, after all. And how hard could it be to convince this Shirogane guy to make more mews?
"Hmmm... Perfect. But only if you play a role too."
Shiro blinked. That had been too easy.
Was this Shirogane guy even aware of their rivalry for Retasu's heart?
"Uh... Okay... Why?"
The blonde shrugged. "You'll see."
It was hate at first sight.
Grumbling, Shiro nodded. "Okay. Fine. When and how does this start?"
"Give me a day. Tomorrow, you come here to work. Then we'll get the project in motion."
Then he walked off. Though, as Ryou passed, he put a hand on Shiro's shoulder.
"You better be taking care of Retasu." He warned before stalking off like nothing had happened.
Shiro watched, then sighed before leaving the kitchen. He obviously knew his life was about to change... But if only he knew how much.
