"Wh-what?" Momo asked, only slightly confused.
"How do you feel about me?" Ryou asked again; he had seen something in her eyes when she looked at him.
"Well…uh…umm…I-I…" Momo stuttered out, embarrassed, looking down while fiddling with her fingers.
"Momo…" Ryou started.
"I really like you!" Momo exclaimed very red in the face before getting up to run to one of the bathrooms or something.
Meanwhile, Ryou sat there shocked; he wasn't sure what to think…so his mind went blank.
Ten Minutes Later:
Ryou finally managed to get up and walked over to the bathroom Momo ran to.
When he got there, he heard her crying; he just sighed as he knocked on the door.
"Momo…are you ok?" Ryou asked, mentally slapping his head.
"I-I'm ok…I-I'm sorry." Momo stuttered through the door.
"For what; for how you feel? Well don't… Momo…I feel the same way about you; I really like you as well." Ryou said through the door, while leaning against it.
"Wh-what?" Momo asked shocked…very shocked.
"Momo, I really like you; I have since you came here." Ryou said calmly, trying to coax her out.
After a few minutes of nothing, Momo finally slowly opened the door and slowly walked out, blushing.
"Ryou…" Momo started, blushing and fidgeting with her fingers.
"Momo…do you mean what you say?" Ryou asked seriously.
"Yes…do you?" Momo asked softly looking directly into Ryou's eyes.
"Yes, I do. Like I said, I've liked you since you arrived here." Ryou said calmly, looking at Momo while moving some hair from her eyes.
"Ryou…" Momo said softly causing Ryou to smile.
"Is that all you're going to say; you seemed so mesmerized." Ryou said teasing her a little; but it just seemed to go over her head.
"I'm sorry." Momo said softly, just staring into his eyes; she was very mesmerized with his blue eyes as they reminded her of looking into an ocean or a lake.
"No, it's fine." 'But I'm going to kill the others…' Ryou said and then thought to himself while looking into her magenta colored eyes.
Momo has long peach colored hair down to her mid back and magenta colored hair.
"Hey, are you hungry; it's getting pretty late…and we haven't had dinner yet." Ryou said looking at Momo, making a face when he heard her stomach growl.
"Oh ummm…" Momo started, unsure.
"Come on; let's go see what everyone left us for food." Ryou said, gently taking Momo by the hand as they walked to the fridges.
When they looked in the fridges, Ryou had all sorts of fresh ingredients while Momo had a lot of processed food.
"Wow; all that looks really good…" Momo said softly looking in Ryou's fridge.
"Your food looks good as well. But, I'm kind of surprised; the note that everyone left said that our fridges were stocked with our favorite foods…that's why there's two different fridges. But you just said that my fridge of food looked good; you like this kind of stuff? Then why wouldn't any of it be in your fridge as well?" Ryou asked confused.
"It's not that I don't like any of that stuff… just don't know how to cook any of it. Actually, I don't know how to cook anything at all…" Momo admitted sadly.
"Oh…I see. Well that's ok; I can teach you how to cook…if you want that is. And, if you wish, we can just share both fridges of food." Ryou said calmly looking at Momo.
"Oh sure." Momo said looking at Ryou with some excitement before looking down.
"What's wrong?" Ryou asked concerned.
"Maybe you should cook the food; we need to make it all last the weekend." Momo said softly, embarrassed.
"That's fine; sounds like a plan. How does burgers with French fries sound?" Ryou asked looking between the two fridges and then to Momo.
"That sounds amazing; can we uh…can we have carrots with them as well?" Momo asked softly.
"Yeah; that's just fine. What should we have to drink?" Ryou asked looking at Momo.
"Umm…I think I'll just have some orange juice." Momo said softly.
"Well then, I just have a beer." Ryou said looking in his fridge.
"You drink?" Momo asked softly, confused.
"Only sometimes; and only beer." Ryou said calmly.
"I'm sorry; I'm not…I mean I don't mean to judge." Momo said becoming flustered.
"Hahaha; its fine. I suppose you're not used to seeing a high school student drink, are you?" Ryou asked looking at her.
"No, I guess not." Momo admitted looking at Ryou.
"Something wrong?" Ryou asked looking at Momo, who was looking at the beer.
"Oh. No, sorry. Umm…" Momo started.
"Have you ever had a drink before?" Ryou asked looking at Momo.
"Not beer…but I've had vodka and tequila…without knowing it. Hmm…oh…umm…my stepdad used to spike my orange juice with a little tequila. And Zakuro made jello-o shots for one of her parties…and apparently I had a lot of them…but so did Ichigo and Lettuce." Momo said softly, trying to figure out exactly how to say everything.
"How did you figure out about your stepfather spiking your orange juice?" Ryou asked calmly.
"A cop found me laying in a ditch; he had me blow into one of those things that tells them how drunk a person is. He then had an ambulance transfer to me to a hospital. That was the first time he actually got arrested and taken to jail for a month or something like that. That was actually kind of nice; mom stopped doing drugs and starting kind of paying attention to me. But then he came back and she went back to how she was again…" Momo said sadly.
"I'm sorry. But wait…didn't any of the girls tell you that jello-o shots are filled with vodka?" Ryou asked confused.
"No…well they did…the next day." Momo said softly.
'Well, her stepfather is a sleazebag. And if I didn't know Zakuro, Ichigo and Lettuce, I'd say great friends…but those three girls are great. But Momo…she's so sweet, kind and caring; she shouldn't have gone through what she went through…' Ryou thought to himself, looking directly at Momo.
"Is something wrong?" Momo asked when she noticed Ryou looking at her.
"No. Would you like a drink…or sip? See if you like it or not?" Ryou asked looking directly at Momo.
"Oh…sure…" Momo said softly walking over to Ryou, who cracked open his beer.
When Momo took a small drink of the beer she immediately spit it out into a trashcan causing Ryou to smile and chuckle a little bit.
"No?" Ryou asked getting her some water.
"How can people drink that stuff; it taste like piss or something!" Momo exclaimed, shocking Ryou.
"Wow…someone has a potty-mouth…" Ryou said looking at Momo; he had never once heard her swear. He's never even ever her say anything like crap or shoot.
"Sorry…I try not to swear too much. I was always told that girls who swear were very un-lady like and would never find love or anything like that. It's just…that stuff tastes really bad." Momo admitted softly.
"Oh no; it's perfectly fine. And I don't mind if you swear; a lot of girls I know swear and still have love lives. Zakuro is one of them; and Keiichiro loves her just the same. I believe you should just be you. Swear or don't swear…" Ryou said honestly as he started to form hamburger patties.
Momo didn't say anything; she couldn't say anything; she was filled with so many emotions at that moment…so she started to cry.
"Hey, don't cry; I'm sorry." Ryou said seriously.
"No, don't be; I'm not sad… It's just nobody has ever said anything like that to me before." Momo said smiling, tears streaming down her cheeks.
"Oh. Do you need anything?" Ryou asked concerned, looking at her.
"A hug?" Momo asked softly.
"Sure." Ryou said with a smile as he set the burger down, wiped his hands off; he then walked over to her and hugged her, just holding her while she lightly clutched onto him…
