AHH!! I am sooooooo sorry!!!!!! The amount of time this took was completely inexcusable!! I really don't have anything to say, I would have a decent excuse if I had turned it in like…two months ago but now, I most certainly do not. So I am really sorry! I know that this isn't a very good chapter but my brain could only plop out so many words, so please attempt to enjoy chapter seven of my story, it is not the last chapter, because, frankly, I want to end with a good one…
So I'm sorry this is so short and just, blech, but please enjoy anyway!!!
One Sided or Not Chapter 7
The next day the workers of the Café were surprised to see their boss back with his normal hairstyle in his regular clothes, well almost regular clothes. He was still adorned with a chain on his pants, but other than that, he looked pretty normal. There was one other thing of course, the dog collar Ichigo had gotten for his birthday was on his neck.
Ichigo was even more shocked to see this because, in all honesty, she figured the necklace would be too corny for him to actually wear, even though she was wearing hers.
Ichigo stopped thinking about the strangeness of it all as Ryou began to speak.
"First off, I would like to apologize to you all for my recent behavior."
'Apologize?' Ichigo thought, 'Why would Ryou, Ryou, ever apologize?! And if something was bothering him he had a right to be upset about it.' Ryou continued speaking.
"Something had been bothering me and I blew it out of proportion, and as much as it pains me to say it I," Ryou winced slightly, "was being a drama king."
The girls, and Keiichiro who had been leaning on one of the tables, all snickered slightly. Ryou looked at them. "What, did you expect me to say drama queen?"
The girls burst out laughing. The way he had said it had been hilarious he had sounded so serious and down to earth, although a small smile was played on his face, it had looked completely business-like. Even Keiichiro and Zakuro were laughing, just not as loudly as the others. It made Ichigo wonder, it seemed like he had tried to make them laugh on purpose, but he had never cracked a joke before, not in all the time she had known him.
After everyone had settled down Ryou said one last thing, "Now that that's over you should start setting up, the café opens soon. Although I think we needed to laugh, it's been way too serious around here lately." By the time he had finished the last sentence he was already on the third step and heading up to his room.
"Well, I know I'm certainly glad to have our old Ryou back," Everyone looked at Mint and nodded in agreement.
"And he was right," Ichigo said with her head down so her hair was covering her eyes, "I think we really did need that laugh."
Everyone was now looking at Ichigo, her head still down. "Ichigo…" Lettuce came over to her, "Did…Did Masaya…" Ichigo looked up at her, chin trembling with tears in her eyes. "Ichigo…" Lettuce said as she wrapped her arms around her, soon all the other girls joined the hug, telling her that it was all right, and she deserved better. Meanwhile, however, Keiichiro just kind of stood awkwardly in his place, unsure of what to do.
As Ichigo was being showered with kind words and soft hugs she became quiet, she began to shake, but not from crying, she was…She was laughing!
All the remaining Mew Mew's took a step back, Ichigo had to be the most mood swing prone girl in the world, she had gone from confusion to hysterical laughter, to crying, to laughing again, in under five minutes.
"Ke-Keiichiro…your face…" Ichigo managed to utter out, "priceless!"
He just put his head in his and smiled, as of now, he had decided that this was going to be a long day.
Pudding scratched her head, "I don't understand, na no da…"
"Don't worry Pudding," Lettuce sighed, "I don't think a single one of us does."
Ryou slowly walked into the room with a very odd look on his face, "You are very strange girls…Just as I step into my room I hear Ichigo crying so I start to come back down to see what was wrong, and by the time I get down here Ichigo is having a laughing fit, Keiichiro looks like he needs aspirin, and the rest of you are as confused as I am. Does anyone care to explain?"
"Well," Mint began, "You went upstairs I said I was glad to have the old Ryou back Ichigo said that you were right about us needing a laugh, she began to cry and confirmed out suspicions about Masaya breaking up with her so we began to comfort her and apparently Keiichiro had a really funny look on his face so Ichigo began laughing at him." She took a breath, "So there you have it,"
Ryou was silent.
"…and confirmed our suspicions about Masaya breaking up with her,"
He had quit listening after that, I mean sure, he felt sorry for Ichigo, but…
That meant he might have a chance.
Mint was giving him a funny, almost shocked, look. "Ryou…are you smiling?" Yup, it was definitely shock.
Ryou had a genuine smile on his face, 100 genuine smile. There was even a hint of laughter in his voice as he said,
"Well, these past ten minutes certainly were eventful, now if were you, I would start setting up."
