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FOUR
It was about five o'clock in the afternoon, and the girls were worn out from work. They were sitting down in the chairs resting.
"Whew… Ya'll do this all the time?" Berri looked up at everyone. They just shook their heads, "So what time do we leave here?"
"In about two more hours…" Zakuro spoke up.
"Oh…" Berri whined, "It doesn't even look like there are any more customers coming…" she slid down in her seat.
"Oh, stop your complaining… You're starting to sound like-." Mint paused before she realized what she was going to say. She stood still in her seat for a moment, then she bowed her head, "I forgot…" she said, "I almost forgot what today was…" Everyone looked at her with their eyes narrowed. Puddings eyes watered up.
"Hai… Sniffle… Na no… da…" she let out, ruffling the end of her dress.
"What if she was still here?" Lettuce asked, "Everything would be…"
"Like it used to?" Zakuro finished her sentence; "We need to stop living in the past…" she stood up.
"Zakuro-san." Lettuce looked disappointed in her.
"No matter how hard it is to take, it's the truth…" Berri watched as they went back and forth with their conversation, not having a clue what they were talking about.
"What are you guys," Berri paused and everyone looked at her, "… talking about?"
"It's better if it's not mentioned…" Zakuro stated plainly.
"Um, okay…" Berri didn't bother asking any more questions about it. However, she was curious. Keiichirou had told her the same thing the other day… and why was Ryo up so late last night? And why was everyone sobbing? So many questions she had… She knew they probably wouldn't get answered though. At that moment the doors of café mew mew opened and another customer came in. Berri stood up and ran over to them happily.
"Hello. May I seat you?" she smiled.
"No. That's okay…" the boy replied. She looked at him funny as he walked past her. 'He's kind of cute…' she thought in her mind. The boy walked past the mew mews with a slight wave, and continued back into the kitchen.
"What's he doing here?" Pudding asked.
"Why do you think?" Mint said rudely. Berri walked back to the hallway near the kitchen to try and listen to what was going on.
"Konnichiwa." Keiichirou welcomed the boy, "what brings you all the way back here? I thought after you left, you weren't coming back…"
"I thought so too… But, it is an important occasion you know…" she heard a small laugh come out of the boy's sigh at the end of his sentence, "Where's Shirogane-san?" he asked.
"He's in his room. Why? Do you want to talk to him?"
"No, no. That's okay. I was just wondering…"
"Okay… Well, will you be sticking around?"
"No. My family and I are going to see my aunt and uncle a little later so… Maybe I'll see you around."
"Alright." Keiichirou smiled, "Sore dewa!"
"Sore dewa!" the boy smiled and walked out of the kitchen. Berri noticed the door open, and she looked up and came face to face with the boy.
"Hello." He said. Berri blushed and stood straight up.
"Oh, hello." She waved.
"What's your name?" he asked.
"Oh, it's Shirayuki Berri." She smiled. The boy smiled at her answer. Even though he smiled, Berri could sense his sadness.
"Mine's Aoyama Masaya. It's nice to meet you." He waved again and walked past her.
"It's nice meeting you too!" she smiled and waved as he exited the café.
"You're nosy aren't you?" Zakuro smirked.
"Oh no… Of course not!" she smiled nervously. She heard someone walking up behind her. She quickly turned seeing Ryo. His hair blew back as he opened the kitchen door.
"Hi." He said as he closed the kitchen door. For some reason, his voice just made Berri's heart melt. She didn't let it show, though. It didn't matter, everyone could still tell… The kitchen door swung open again and Ryo came out with his jacket. He stopped in front of Berri.
"Do you have a problem?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.
"No!" she said nervously, waving her hands in front of her, "Why would you say that?"
"You're always staring at me… It's sort of; creepy…" he said and walked away. Her face gloomed.
"Creepy?" she repeated to herself. Ryo continued and walked out the door of the café. Berri was anxious to see where he was going. She just couldn't take it. She dashed towards the front door.
"Where are you going?" Mint asked, with Berri's hand planted on the front door.
"Uh… To get some fresh air… That's all." She smiled and headed out. The others knew she was lying, but regardless they let her off the hook.
Berri ran outside searching for Ryo. She looked everywhere and couldn't get a trace of him. Finally, she looked out into the distance and caught a small glimpse of him walking.
"There he is!" she smiled and headed over that way. Berri followed closely behind him, but was careful not to get noticed. He walked down the sidewalk along the streets of Tokyo. Berri didn't have a clue of where he was headed. After about ten minutes, she was already getting tired of following him. Then, he stopped in front of a store. 'He stopped?' she thought as he walked inside the building. She looked up at the name and it said: 'Yumi's Flower Shop'.
"Flower Shop?" she questioned herself. She shrugged and peeked through the window. She watched as he took a bouquet of flowers from a woman and paid her. She saw him coming out and hid behind a pole. As he walked by, he didn't notice a thing, no matter how conspicuous she was. She kept close behind him as he came up to an iron gate. She looked out into the big field and noticed hundreds of gravestones.
"A grave yard?" she whispered to herself, "what would he be doing here?" she followed him inside the gate and stood behind a tree as she watched him as he walked towards a gravestone. For some reason he stopped. At first, Berri thought he knew he was being followed, but then he stared at a figure standing in front of a gravestone. She watched closely as he grew a large scowl on his face.
"What are you doing here?" he asked the figure. The figure turned. Berri noticed he had, large elf-looking ears, baggy pants, and green-like hair. She identified him as being a younger man. The boy crossed his arms and glared at Ryo.
"I see you brought flowers…" the boy sneered.
"You don't belong here!" Ryo said, gripping tightly the bouquet in hand.
"I'm as welcome here as you are… I'm here to see the one I once loved…"
"She never cared for you!" Ryo yelled.
"Doesn't matter now… She's dead and worthless… Just like a human…" he smirked.
"How dare you!" Ryo dropped the flowers and ran over to the boy and tried punching him in the face. The boy dodged him and smiled.
"We'll continue this later, when we don't have visitors…" the boy smiled.
"Visitors?" Ryo said in question. The boy flew behind the tree to find Berri sitting there smiling at him.
"Konnichiwa, honey." He smirked at Berri. Ryo saw Berri and glared at her.
"Berri! Stay away from him, he's dangerous!"
"I'm not dangerous… See you later, Bunny." He winked at Berri then disappeared. Ryo ran over to her breathing heavily.
"What the heck are you doing here?" he yelled.
"I-I…" Berri couldn't say anything to him.
"You could've gotten hurt," he said through a sigh. He calmed himself down and walked over and picked up the bouquet he had dropped, "what are you even doing here? I know you followed me…" he said walking over and kneeling next to a gravestone. Berri's hair stood up. 'How'd he know I followed him?' she thought. She walked over and stood next to him, looking at the gravestone. It read:
'Momomiya Ichigo… A brave, courageous, young girl… R.I.P.'
"Who is 'Ichigo'?" she asked. Ryo bowed down his head as he laid down the flowers. Silence fell upon them for a couple of minutes. Berri knelt down beside him.
"Was it someone you loved?" she asked. He looked up at Berri, staring into her eyes. He finally sighed and began to speak…
"You could say that," he said, "It still seemed like a whole lot more…"
"What was she like?" Berri asked. He smiled at her question.
"She had strawberry-colored hair, and the sweetest smile you would ever see… and her eyes…" he paused. He stood up staring down at Berri. She stood up next to him, staring into his eyes… At that moment rain poured down on them. Berri covered her head.
"Oh no! I'm going to get wet!" then suddenly Berri felt no more rain falling. She looked up and Ryo had covered her head with his jacket. She blushed. Ryo stared directly into Berri's eyes, it made a little nervous…
"Ryo…" she said softly…
RYO'S FLASHBACK"Arigato, Shirogane-san." It began to rain as Ichigo turned around and headed to her door. "Ichigo…" Ryo grabbed Ichigo by the arm. Ichigo turned and looked at Ryo with shock. He smiled and pulled her close to him.
"Shirogane…san?" Ryo kissed Ichigo. His arms were held tight around her back. At first Ichigo was limp and uncomfortable, then she began to feel his warmth. She closed her eyes and kissed him back…
END OF RYO'S FLASHBACK
In Ryo's mind, Berri's hair turned a bright strawberry, and her eyes a lighter shade of brown. Her lips looked soft and lonely. Her hair formed into two perfectly made ponytails, tied up with yellow ribbons. Ryo brought his face closer and closer to Berri's, at first she wasn't sure what to think, but then she felt warm and comforted. Berri leaned her face closer to Ryo's until she realized her lips were touching his. She closed her eyes as they kissed in the rain…
Suddenly, while Berri was in her happy place Ryo released his lips from hers and stared at her face. He stepped away from her. He then just walked away leaving Berri standing in the rain….
End of chapter yon/ four! I hope everyone enjoyed! Plz review!!! Thnx!
