Hey guys!!! Here's chapter 2 of my story!!! Thanks to all of you who reviewed the first one!!! I got a total of (drum roll!)…TAH DAH!!! 15 Reviews!!! Thanks so much guys! Here are y'alls cookies I promised!!! (Me opening the door to my closet and a mountain of yummy cookies tumbling out). Well hope you like my second chapter. Y'all have been dying because of my cliff hanger. I love to be suspenseful!

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In the last chapter…

"Akasaka, you should tell her where Shirogane really is," said Zakuro, "She may find him quite bothersome, but…"

"…But she will still react quite sad to his disappearance, no matter how much she finds him annoying."

In Love With Platinum - Chapter 2: The Unreachable Ruby Dream

I swear! I know he's rude, but I'd never think he would be this cold-hearted to not to at least say hi! Ichigo had now gone berserk in anger as she reached the top and spotted her boss's room. Completely forgetting previous times she had barged into the blonde's room when she found him almost bare naked, she burst through the door so hard she almost knocked it off its hinges.

"Shirogane!!! You-" Ichigo began to yell, but abruptly stopped at what her brown eyes had spotted. Her heart sank down to the pit of her stomach as she felt her body go numb.

"W-W-What?" she gasped. The handsome young man's room was completely empty. Not a single piece of furniture was left inside. Confused and shocked, Ichigo quickly checked the room's attached bathroom for any sign of life, but no Shirogane to be found. It was left in the same state as the room: empty, deserted, lifeless, and lonely.

"Heh…very funny! Come out! I know that you're in here somewhere!" Ichigo laughed out and grinned, ignoring the fact that Ryou was indeed gone.

After some time with the grin plastered on her face, she gave up and went back into the room. She noticed that the double-pane window was slightly dirty due to the absence of cleaning. She approached it, blew away some of the particles, and pushed the window open. Immediately, a sudden breeze rushed into the room; it was a chilly one; a one that gave her goose bumps.

Shirogane…what's going on? Where are you? Did something happen to you? Ichigo though as she stared out into the setting sun. She felt her heart begin to pound.

…?! What?! What's this feeling? Do I miss you already? Your handsome blue eyes…no! Never! I-I would never feel like that!…but…where- Her thoughts were cut short as her other boss entered Ryou's sad bedroom. She turned to see Keiichiro slowly approached her with a frown on his face. He stopped in front of her and deeply glared into her large eyes. Ichigo felt something was wrong.

"Akasaka-san, what happened to Shirogane? Did something happen to him? Is there a reason his furniture is missing?" Akasaka remained silent, continuing the blank stare darted into Ichigo's eyes.

"Tell me Akasaka-san!!! Please!…"

Akasaka remained silent for a moment, but opened his mouth and began to speak.

"Ichigo-san…When you left for England for your studies with Aoyama, it made Ryou worry for some reason. He also became distant from the girls and me, not wanting to come out of the lab. For a while, he stayed cooped up in there, not even wanting to eat or sleep. I'm not sure how he felt; he didn't even want to speak to me…then one day…

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"Keiichiro," called Ryou as he kept gazing at the computer screen

"Hmm? What is it Ryou?" said Keiichiro, walking up to his best friend facing his back.

"From your point of view, where do you see my life heading towards now?"

"Umm…well…I see you managing the café, but you know…it's really what you want to do. You should follow your dream."

I was afraid you were going to say that…"That's impossible Keiichiro."

"Why? What do you mean?" Suddenly, a charge of fury and frustration pumped into Ryou like adrenaline. He stood up and pushed his chair away in a single blow.

"Because!!" His response shocked Keiichiro, "Because…My dream left…she's now somewhere with that idiotic Masaya! She chose him in the end…Ichigo…my dream is unreachable…

"Ryou?" said Keiichiro, breaking the silence in the room.

"Just forget about it." With that, Ryou walked out of the room in a fast pace, leaving Keiichiro puzzled about his best friend.

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"He seemed pretty upset that day…" said Akasaka, his voice mellow.

"…Shirogane…" said Ichigo. Then there was dead silence in the room until Akasaka spoke up again.

"He left this," he said as he reached his hand into his pocket and pulled out a piece of paper. He held it straight out in front of Ichigo as she stared at it. She took it and read it to herself.

Well Keiichiro…it's been great…you told me to follow my dream…well, I'm sorry. It's unreachable. I'll follow in my father's footsteps instead and continue on studying archaeology. Through some of my parent's connections, I will be moving to Egypt to further my studies. Who knows when I'll be back…or if I'll even come back. Tell the girls goodbye for me…and…when Ichigo comes back…tell her to take care of herself.

Ichigo spent quite sometime gazing at the piece of paper, more bad news sinking into her heart. Then she slowly lifted her head to look at Akasaka.

"Akasaka-san…so he won't be coming back?" She asked with shocked in her eyes.

"Sorry, I cannot say…" he said as he placed his hand on her shoulder and smiled his bright smile, "…But I'll tell you one thing. I think he needs to find his place in the world; he's searching for something since the Mew Project is over now. He might be back, but who knows when. We just need to live life the way it is." He turned around and began to leave the room.

"Don't worry Ichigo-san. Whenever you are ready, you can come down and we can finish your party."

After The brunette left, Ichigo began to question the whole matter. Shirogane…what are you insecure of? Is it me?…No! Of course not! You hate me with all your guts…that's why you always pick on me! But then why do I feel so sad? I'm supposed to hate you back…and I thought I did, but now…I might never see you again.

She looked at the paper one last time, folded it, and placed in her pocket.

As Ichigo began to make her way to the door, she felt a breeze blow again. She turned around and noticed that the windows were still open. Not wanting to return back downstairs, she slowly walked to the window and sat down on the sill. She gazed at me sun as it sank into the horizon.

Now there are two people missing in my life…she thought and recalled the moment of when Masaya finally let her go.

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"Ichigo…I don't think our relationship is working out…"

"What do you mean? We're here in another country…just the two of us."

"Ever since we got here…we haven't been spending enough time together. It seems that…you're so far away right now."

"What?"

"You're spending too much time with your new friends. Don't I count in your life anymore?"

"Of course you do! I need friends too you know! Quit being so selfish!!!" Ichigo screamed at Masaya. It was the very first time she had ever raised her voice at him.

"Selfish…well maybe so, but that's what I mean. It's not working…I think we should just go our own separate paths…"

Ichigo stood there speechless as a waterfall of tears poured out of her eyes.

"Don't' you want me to have any friends?"

Masaya remained silent.

"Masaya? Masaya!!"

"Don't call me that," he responded is a stern voice.

"What?" Ichigo said her tears in the way of her speech.

"It's Aoyama to you."

Ichigo felt her still beating heart ripped out of her body. She collapsed to the ground onto her knees and cried; cried like there was no tomorrow.

"How could you?! All of our precious moments now mean nothing to you?!!" She screamed with agony from the bottom of her heart. Ignoring her plights, Masaya walked past her and dropped some money down to her level.

"Go take a plane back to Japan. I think that is where you belong," he said as he continued on… "Oh, and one more thing…" he stopped, "…Keep the bell necklace. I don't think I'll be looking for you anymore."

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Ichigo woke up from the nightmare as she still sat on the window sill. The sky was now pitch black as coal; not even one constellation was visible. The moon was hidden behind the grey clouds as if it was scared.

The sky was like this when he broke up with me…

With no tears and no regrets, Ichigo reached up to her bell necklace she had always cherished and yanked it off of her neck. She paused looked at it, a vortex of memories of Masaya flowing through her mind. Then, with all of her might, she threw the bell out the window along with all of her love for Masaya.

That night, a cruel rainstorm swept through Tokyo, tarnishing the little golden bell into a useless lump of rust.

Well? Was it good? I really didn't know how to write this part, but I guess it came out fine. Hey guys…I'm running out of ideas, so if you could help me come up with some of what y'all would like to happen, that would be great! I have a few, but I'm still in the thinking stage. Hope y'all liked this chapter and please review!!! Thanks so much for all those who have!!!! oakysan0108 OUT!!!!!!!