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Shirogane walked by and saw Lettuce walk behind him.

"Yo, Lettuce!" he called out. Lettuce blushed, but turned anyways.

"Have you seen Ichigo?" Ryou asked. Lettuce just nodded, and after a moment of silence, Ryou continued walking.

"You like him, don't you?" Zakuro asked, which startled Lettuce very much. Lettuce began stammering nonsense, which made Zakuro giggle.

"I'll take that as a yes." Zakuro smiled, and continued to serve the tables.

After some hours, Ichigo barged in and ran to the changing room. Lettuce bumped into her by accident, and was extremely startled to see Ichigo crying so much.

"Ichigo?" Lettuce asked, in a tone loud enough for Shirogane to hear. "What's wrong?"

"Lettuce…" Ichigo sobbed, then pulled herself loose and ran to the changing room.

Ryou knocked on the door gently.

"Can I come in?" he asked in the gentle way that parents do when you run in crying.

"Hai." Ichigo wailed. The door opened slowly, and Shirogane sat next to Ichigo, who was still in her school uniform. Her face was buried in her hands.

Shirogane wrapped one arm around Ichigo's waist and used the other to pull her head onto his shoulder. She immediately stopped weeping from the shock, but soon began crying again.

"Shirogane…" Ichigo began between hiccups. "Hata…shi…"

"Don't say anything." He whispered into her ear, and continued to embrace her.

"Ariga…to…"

"Just stay here… we don't need to talk about it…"

Ichigo pulled herself away gently, look into Ryou's eyes and began wiping away tears with her sleeves. Shirogane still held his hand on the back of her head and his arm on her waist, ready to embrace her again.

"Shirogane… listen…" Ichigo pleaded. "Aoyama-kun…" Ryou let out an annoyed sigh, but he didn't pull away.

"You know, you shouldn't let that boy toy with your emotions." He stated in an irritated tone.

"No… Shirogane…" Ichigo said while still hiccupping. "He… he is moving!!"And with this wail, she wrapped her arms around his neck and sobbed shamelessly, not caring about anything but letting out her feelings.

Both were very unaware that a green mew watched carefully through a small opening in the door as a small tear ran down her face.

"Lettuce." Zakuro's voice called out gently. Lettuce simply looked at her.

"Don't cry." Zakuro continued as she wiped off Lettuce's tear. "You'll have your chance."

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