Well, here we are with chapter 2! Hope you enjoy it, I'm looking forward to posting the later chapters of this!

Disclaimer: Nope, it still ain't mine. If it were, well, you know who would be dead and who Ichigo would be paired with.

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Ichigo's POV

With each passing day my mind focuses solely on Ryou. Even now as I take orders I must ask the customer twice what it is she wanted as my eyes stray to him. The biggest surprise for me was when I found him staring at me, and when I met his gaze, he didn't turn away. He kept watching, waiting, and finally it was the girl who's tea cup I was filling to bring me back to my senses.

"Uh, you're spilling it all over the table cloth!" she stood quickly, avoiding the liquids path as it ran to the floor.

"Oh! I'm so sorry, I'll get this cleaned right away. Um, maybe I could seat you at another table instead?

The group looked at me with mixed feelings. One must have thought me to be terribly clumsy and thoughtless, another looked angry, probably for my incompetence, but the third was kind to me. "That will be fine. He is kind of cute, isn't he? And he's been staring at you for a long time!" she giggled, using her napkin to try and sop up the mess.

"Ah! You don't have to help, please, if you'll sit at this next table another waitress can fill your order. Please, let me get this..." I began scrubbing vigorously at the floor with my rag, avoiding the girl's eyes. I knew I was blushing horribly, and the weight of Ryou's stare was killing me. I just knew he would laugh at me for sure, call me a clutz or something.

"All right, looks like he'd rather help you, anyway. Good luck!" she whispered, before going to sit with her friends. Sure enough Ryou was soon kneeling next to me, rag in hand, and began to help me clean the mess.

We didn't speak, but when the mess had been cleaned he softly took my hand. "Ichigo, you should..." he trailed off.

What? I should what? eagerly I awaited his answer, and I hoped his hand would never leave mine. Silently he stood up, and pulled me up with him. I tripped from the sudden movement upwards and fell into him.

He caught me easily. His hand still holding mine, and his other arm had wrapped itself around my waist. The rag he held was now trailing at my side. That body I had been craving so much was leaning up against mine, and those lips I yearn for were right next to my ear as he breathed out. Then softly, he told me...

"...be more careful, you clutz!" then the warmth was gone, and Ryou was walking away from me.

"Y-you jerk! What was that for?!" I yelled at his retreating back. Secretly, I wished he'd do that again, but for now...

Ryou's POV

"...be more careful, you clutz!" I smirked at her ear and walked away, throwing the rag into a pile of other rags.

"Y-you jerk! What was that for?!" she had screamed at me. I merely smirked at her over my shoulder, waving bye at her as I walked upstairs to my room. I had accomplished what I'd set out to do. Things ought to return to normal between Ichigo and me now. She'll think nothing ever happened, and I'll let her think so. It was worth it just to hold her again, smell her hair... but that makes me seem like a pervert, which I probably am because of her. I don't care if it means I can fool myself for just awhile longer that she could be mine.

"Everybody, listen up, we're going on vacation to one of my resorts over Golden Week, so pack up, planning for swimming, and formal dancing and all that." It's early in the day to be announcing this, but now the girls have the day to dream about tomorrow's trip. The cafe is due to open in only five minutes, just as I planned it. Ichigo won't have time to ask me any questions, make any comments, or even yell at me. The others' voices will drown hers out, so it will be easy to ignore her, and easier to get her up to my room tonight. I know Ichigo well enough to predict she will have something to say on the matter, even if it means staying late to talk to me.

And sure enough...

"Trip? What for?" Lettuce asked quietly.

"Yay! Resort, resort, resort!' screamed an already hyper Pudding. Silence from Zakuro, and fan girl Mint was coming up with things to do with her idol.

Ichigo just stands there, thinking to herself. "Dancing..." is all I can hear as she quietly talks to herself. "But why? Ryou, what's this sudden- "

I cut her off. "All right everybody, let's open up the cafe for today! We will close up at noon to give you all time to prepare. We leave at seven tomorrow from here, so don't be late, Ichigo..." again, I smirked at her before heading upstairs again.

"Ryou, you jerk! Why do you always have to be so mean to me?!"

"Because, I told her, you're too easy to tease!" with that I left her again to scream insults at me, but that just insured that I would indeed have a visitor in my room later today.

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Ten minutes before the cafe was due to close I got into the shower. Sick as it was I wanted Ichigo to see my body again. The water dripping on my skin felt wonderful, but I barely felt it. My mind was racing, thinking of Ichigo again, and wondering just what she would do when she saw me.

I turned the water off, stepping out of the stall and onto the rug in front of the sink. With a towel wrapped around my lower half, I just walked out into my room, still slightly dripping. There she was, in all her beauty, sitting on my bed. Her face was aflame when she saw me, and I faked surprise.

Just like every time she'd caught me in a towel, I was soon dodging my things as they were thrown at me. "Ichigo! Calm down, already!" slowly the debrees ceased to fly at me, and I was able to stand straight again, clutching my towel to keep it in place. While I dodged my towel had come close to slipping off several times, though truthfully I wouldn't have minded if it did.

"Y-you're always in a towel when I come in here, why is that?" she asked, looking down at her feet with a blush still evident on her face.

I reached for my robe, and put it on before answering her. "Because you're such a perv, always sneaking into my room while I'm trying to get clean."

"That's because you seem to have the need to take a shower at the wierdest of times!"

"Well today, I have a reason, though I don't know why I need to explain that to a pervert." Honestly, I had no idea how long I'd be able to keep the conversation going before she'd find me out.

"B-but... you should be used to this by now! You know I come in here a lot, why not start getting dressed in the bathroom?!"

Crossing my arms, I gave her an annoyed look. "Because it's my room. I should be able to walk into my own room in whatever apparel I choose."

"Grr!" was all she said, turning away from me. Maybe I'd get away with this after all.

"Well, if you don't mind, I'd like to get dressed. You don't have to leave, but don't look, all right?"

I saw her pig tails bounce up and down as she nodded at the walls. She was so cute, blushing so hard her face was the same red as her hair. I went to the dresser, pulling out a pair of boxers and pants. Ichigo didn't turn from where she was, nor did she make a sound. For her, that was too unusual.

Getting dressed quickly, I came up behind her. A slight trembling ran along her body, and softly I touched her shoulder. "Ichigo, are you all right?" Such a small girl, when she turned to me with tears glistening in her eyes she seemed even smaller. "Ichigo, what is it? Why are you crying?" Softly, I pulled her into my arms, and she clung to me, sobs wracking her petite frame as she cried into my chest.

"You... you don't care about me at all, do you?" she cried. She pulled away enough to look up at me. She looked mad, and the tears running down her cheeks brought out her eyes more than ever. They are such a beautiful redish-pink color.

"You dummy," I told her quietly, of course I do. You're my ultimate weapon."

She pushed back from me abruptly. Turning, as she ran out my door she screamed "Ryou, you jerk!" and I had lost sight of her.

I just stood there for a moment before running my fingers through my hair. Damn. I did it again.

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Well, that's it for this chapter. I'll tell you now I already have the next chapter ready to post, you just have to leave me five reviews before you can get it!