Okay here's chapt 4. Hope you like it.
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Chapter 4: I Didn't Know
Zakuro was sitting in Lettuce's classroom. Since she already knew that Lettuce was a shy girl and probably didn't talk much at school she hoped she didn't have to act all buddy buddy with any of these kids. Since none of them had even addressed her she didn't see a problem. She liked to keep to herself and was glad she really didn't have to socialize. Suddenly some girl with black hair put her hand on the desk. Zakuro looked up at her there were two girls behind her. One had curly orange hair the other had short reddish orange hair (see ep 3 or 16).
"Hey Lettuce," the black haired girl said, "We forgot our lunch money could you lend us some?" Zakuro stared up at her.
"I only have enough for me," Zakuro replied then she turned her head the other way.
"Then could you give us that?" she asked.
"No," Zakuro answered. The three girls stared at her shocked.
"C'mon Lettuce don't be mean," the red head said, "You don't want us to go hungry do you?"
"Why should I go hungry for you?" Zakuro answered. The girl's faces were still shocked. They weren't used to Lettuce like this. Usually she would just give them the money to help.
"Because we're friends Lettuce," the orange haired one answered.
"No you're not," Zakuro said standing, "I know you you're those girls who are always taking advantage of Lettuce!" The girls just stared at her.
"You are Lettuce," the black haired one pointed out.
"My point exactly," Zakuro said remembering, "I'm not going to stand for this anymore. You're not getting my lunch money today or any other day."
"Hey do you know who you're talking to?" the red head asked grabbing her shoulder.
"I really don't care," Zakuro pulled out of her grasp, "Now leave me alone." Zakuro sat back down and completely ignored them. The girls gave up and turned to walk away. Thinking she finally had peace she rested her head on her desk. Then she felt someone violently yank one of her pigtails. She quickly sat up then someone kicked her chair out from under her. She fell to the ground. Everyone laughed.
"What a klutz," Some people snickered. Zakuro felt the back of her head where the pain was. Wow I didn't know Lettuce had to deal with so much, she thought.
Lettuce rushed into the studio making sure she wasn't late for this important photo shoot Zakuro had told her about. She looked around. Where was she supposed to go?
"Zakuro! There's my star," she looked up and a woman with short blonde hair walked up to her, "Are you ready?" Lettuce must've looked confused because then she said, "Don't tell me you forgot your own agent? It's me Saki. It's the haircut isn't it? I thought if I go short it might look more professional."
"No, I love your hair," Lettuce said, "My mind just went blank that's all."
"Well lets go," Saki said rushing Lettuce into another room. It was filled with equipment like lights and backdrops and other things she didn't know the name of. Then a guy with dark brown hair came up to them. He shook Lettuce's hand.
"Hello I'm Haru and I will be your photographer for today," he said, "It is a pleasure to be working with the beautiful Zakuro Fujiwara." Lettuce blushed.
"Thank you," she said.
"You're changing room is back there see you in a few," Haru said then went to work on some equipment. Saki guided Lettuce to her changing room. Inside was a mirror and a rack of designer clothes and two stools. Once Saki had closed the door she stared at Lettuce.
"Okay spill," she said.
"Huh?" Lettuce asked.
"I saw you blushing with that photographer," Saki said, "Zakuro I've never seen you blush before."
"You think I like him," Lettuce asked, "No no I was just blushing from his compliment."
"You'd think you'd be used to all those compliments by know," Saki said walking to the clothes rack. She pulled out a beautiful yellow summer dress. "Here's your first outfit," she handed it to Lettuce.
"Thank you," Lettuce replied. Saki looked at her surprised.
"Your welcome," she said. Lettuce quickly changed into the dress. She had just finished putting on her accessories Saki had given her, when someone knocked on the door.
"We're ready for you Ms. Fujiwara," a voice said. Lettuce stood from the stool she had been sitting in and walked out of the changing room. The backdrop was now a beach scene with a sunset in the background. There where artificial rocks in front of the backdrop.
"Okay Zakuro you're relaxing on a beach without a care in the world," Haru explained, "Give me magic okay." Lettuce looked at the set. How was she going to pull this off? She tried to think back to the pictures in Mint's magazine of Zakuro. In most of them she wasn't smiling she was just giving a spacey I don't care kinda look. So maybe she should try that. Worth a shot.
Lettuce stepped onto the set. She sat on one of the rocks and did a pose where she was hunched over and her elbow was rested on her knee and her chin was rested in her hand. Flash. "Great give me more," Haru said. Lettuce leaned back and rested both her arms behind her and looked up at nothing in particular. Flash. "That's genius," Haru said. Lettuce did the same pose but crossed her legs and looked directly at the camera. Flash. "This is great," Haru said, "Will someone bring me a fan to create some wind. Lettuce did every pose she could think of and from all Haru's comments they must've been good. After the photo shoot was over Lettuce was exhausted. She and Saki both got in the limo afterwards.
"You were great today Zakuro," she said, "Something was different though but in a good way."
"Thank you," Lettuce answered. Once her driver had dropped her off at Zakuro's apartment she got out. She noticed there was a stack of papers in front of her door. She picked them up and walked into the apartment. She started to read the papers. The first one read:
Zakuro do the world a favor and go away already.
Lettuce gasped as she read the others most of them had similar messages. Some even threatened to kill her. Zakuro has hate mail? Lettuce would never have guessed that people disliked Zakuro from what she seen almost everyone loved her. Lettuce couldn't imagine having people wanting to kill you everyday. She was used to getting picked on but this was different. I didn't know Zakuro had it so bad, she thought.
Mint was exhausted and school hadn't even started yet. Here's how her morning had went:
She woke up early. She had to make breakfast for all of Puddings brothers and sister. She tried her best to make them an edible breakfast but cooking wasn't really Mint's genre unless it was tea. Once she cooked breakfast she went to wake up all the kids. Mint was having a problem with names so she just woke them up and said breakfast is ready. They all rushed down and sat at the table. At first they just stared at the food and eventually they started to eat it. After breakfast Mint attempted to give them a bath. It didn't go so well though. By time bath time was finished Mint was also soaking wet and she hadn't even taken her bath. She helped all of them get dressed then she went to get ready herself. She came down and they all had their book bags and stuff ready. Then they left the house. Mint wasn't used to walking to school. Her driver usually took her. So she walked the four boys to their school then she walked Heincha to her daycare. She could only remember her name since she was the only girl. Then she walked to her school. She nearly collapsed on her desk from exhaustion. I didn't know Pudding had it so hard, she thought.
Pudding's morning was extremely boring compared to what she was used to. She woke up, took a bath, got dressed, ate breakfast, then some guy drove her to school. When she stepped out of the car she looked at Mint's school. It looked like one of those really important monument places. It was bad enough she had to wear a dress but know she had to act all sophisticated and grown up. She walked inside and sat down in a desk.
"Uh excuse me Mint you're in my seat," A boy said. Pudding looked up.
"Sorry," she stood up, "Which seat is mine na no da?" He stared at her.
"What did you just say?" he asked.
"I said which seat is mine na no da," Pudding tried to sound sophisticated. The boy laughed.
"Is the class snob trying to be the class clown?" he asked. Pudding just stared at him. "Oh come off it Mint, just because no one likes you now you're going to try to be funny? You think that's going to change our minds of you?" Pudding kept staring at him. He shrugged, "Fine act stupid but that's not going to work." Pudding turned away and walked off. Class snob? Is Mint really the class snob? So she doesn't really have any friends. Pudding thought about what Mint had said the other day about not having everything she wanted. Maybe all she wanted was to be accepted by everyone. Pudding stood in the back of the classroom by herself. Is this how Mint feels everyday at school. I didn't know Mint felt so alone, she thought.
Ryou had just left Ichigo's house. He couldn't stand being in that skirt any longer. So he had stopped at her house to change into something more comfortable for him before he headed towards the cafe. He didn't know what Ichigo was talking about. School was a breeze for him. Maybe it was because he had already done all that stuff a few years ago.
Ichigo was pacing back and forth. Where was Ryou? Everyone was already there except him. And he scolds her for be late. Just then the doors open and Ryou walks in. Ichigo just stared at him at what he was wearing. He had on a black tank top with white shorts. He had her pigtails up but they were tied with black ribbons instead of red. Ryou walked up to Ichigo.
"You couldn't go one day with out a sleeveless shirt could you?" Ichigo asked.
"I only changed because I couldn't wear that skirt any longer," Ryou said, "and this was the only thing in your closet I felt comfortable wearing." Ichigo rolled her eyes.
"No matter now," Ichigo said, "you have five minutes."
"Til what?" Ryou asked.
"Until Aoyama-kun gets here to take you on your date," Ichigo answered. Ryou stared at her.
"Ichigo I told you I'm not going on that date!"
"Yeah well you are!"
"You can't make me!" Ryou snapped. Ichigo smirked.
"You wanna bet?" she left and returned with some scissors.
"Oh and what are you going to do with those?" Ryou asked. Ichigo reached up and grabbed some of Ryou's hair and pulled it up. She took the scissors and placed the lock of hair between the blades.
"Would you like a haircut Ryou?" Ichigo asked. Ryou stared at her.
"You wouldn't," he said, she smirked.
"I would," she replied. Ryou glared at her.
"Hey Ichigo," A voice said. Ryou turned around and Ichigo hid the scissors behind her back. There was Aoyama-kun, "Are you ready for our date?" he asked. Ryou glanced back at Ichigo who showed him the scissors once more.
"I guess," Ryou replied and they walked out together.
Woo I'm exhausted that's one long chapter!! I hope chapter five will be here soon.
Disclaimer: I don't own Tokyo Mew Mew.