Ch 2: Kindergarten
Being in negligent Mrs. Smith's kindergarten class meant only one thing to the children—time to do whatever they wanted. Most often they would nap (just following the teacher's example) and sometimes they would play. One day Ryou raided the supply closet and found construction paper, and since that day, there has been confetti all over the place.
Eventually, Valentine's Day approached, and notes were found by a couple students on the teacher's filing cabinet. They said that the students could bring in valentines for the whole class, if they wished. The notes were quickly torn up, adding to the piles and piles of shredded paper that already lined the entire floor.
By the end of the year, many new friendships were made. Ryou noticed that Ichigo's little "clan" included seemingly everyone but him. Everyone talked to her, and she talked to everyone. She was amazingly popular, not to mention actually easy to talk to. So why couldn't he? He just didn't know. Something in his kindergartener mind told him that he would find out later, that right now, his brain just wouldn't be able to say the facts straight out, or he would be very confused. Because what kindergarten child would ever be able to truly comprehend the fact that he was in love?