~Chapter 8~
.:Mew Mew Sleepover!:.
Ichigo and Ryou got back to the Café very late, And all of the other Mews had already fell asleep. Ichigo and Ryou went to sleep too. All of the Mews slept through most of the next day (They'd been up for a couple days) and woke up late in the afternoon. It was dark outside when they all awoke to a fresh meal being prepared by Keiichiro.
Ichigo stretched her slender arms above her head and yawned. Jeez, we all must've slept for awhile. She scratched a strawberry lock and staggered off to the kitchen. Pudding was in the kitchen with Keiichiro making some soup and noodles for everyone. The sweet smell of their cooking filled Ichigo's nose, It had been awhile since she was able to eat.
"SURPRISE!" An excited blonde girl squeaked. Pudding got a spoonful of the soup and walked carefully over to Ichigo and held it up to her. "Try it Ichigo! Na no da!" Ichigo bowed her strawberry head and took a slurp of the spoonful of soup.
"Wow! This is really really good Pudding-chan! You've got a lot better!" Ichigo patted Pudding on the head and looked over to Keiichiro, who was smiling warmly at her.
"It could use a bit of salt however, Ichigo, If you could run down to the supply closet?" Keiichiro said in his polite, caring voice.
"Oh, no problem!" Ichigo walked out of the kitchen and down the hallway to the basement, where the supply closet was. She switched on the lights and walked in, towers of boxes of supplies surrounding her. "Hmmmm… Salt, where is the salt...," She read over many of the boxes before she found a small box that said salt on the side. The box had many different mini salt jugs in it. Ichigo grunted and tried to pick up the box, but it was too heavy. "Hmph, they always send me to do the dirty work!"
"Talking to yourself, baka?" Ryou cooed in a teasing voice, making Ichigo jump sharply, hitting her head on a shelf.
"OUCH! God damnit, Shirogane! You scared me," Ichigo rubbed her head and glared at the blonde. He snickered and walked closer to her.
"My apologies, You really do need those few brain cells you have left," Ryou laughed and rubbed Ichigo's head. "No really, I'm sorry,"
"Gah, it's ok… Hey quit that!" Ryou rubbing her head was beginning to trigger Ichigo's cat instincts. Ryou, knowing this, kept scratching her gently. Ichigo's cat ears and tail popped out, a soft jingle issuing from her bell. Ryou placed his other hand on her back, and scratched as well, a low purr issued from Ichigo's throat. "S-Stop it," Ichigo struggled to spit out, Ryou only pressed on.
"Ichigo," Ryou laughed, and scratched harder. Ichigo nuzzled Ryou's soft arm and walked forward and rubbed against his chest, like a cat, purring madly. Ryou stopped and looked down on her, she still pressed against his warm chest and his cheeks turned a bit red.
"ACK! Oh, uh, sorry!" Ichigo backed off and folded her arms and looked down at her feet.
"It's alright, only cat instincts after all," Ryou replied coldy. He turned to leave before Ichigo grabbed his arm.
"Hey wait! Could you help me carry the salt upstairs?" Ichigo looked up at him and smiled a little bit.
"Typical baka, sure,"
After Ryou and Ichigo went upstairs, and gave Keiichiro and Pudding the salt. They both went back into the small T.V. room in the Café where the other Mews were, and they all watched a bit of T.V. together. Ryou was a bit more quiet than usual, and made a point to sit on the opposite side of the room as Ichigo. Soon Pudding marched in and told them dinner was ready and they all went and sat at a few circle tables in Café Mew Mew.
"This is sooo good!" Ichigo exclaimed happily. Taking another spoonful of her soup and slurping it.
"It is, you will have to get me the recipe, Keiichiro," Zakuro said coolly, Politely taking another sip of her hot green tea. Keiichiro smiled warmly at her and they talked a bit about the recipe and whatnot, a jealous looking Mint glaring at Keiichiro.
"THIS IS THE BEST!" Ichigo held her spoon high in the air and grinned really wide, and continued to slurp down her soup like a mad-man.
"Ichigo, jesus, Don't just hork it down like that," the silent blonde finally said. Ichigo glared at the blonde boy, and took an absurdly large slurp of her soup. Everyone continued to eat their meals quietly, Pudding chattering a little bit. Soon they finished and carried their used plates and silverware to the sink and rinsed them.
"Hey, we should definitely watch a movie!" Pudding squeaked and giggled a little "A scarrrry one,"
"Yeah, Pudding we all know how well that goes over with Strawberry-Baka over there," Ryou said to Pudding, giving the terrified looking Red-head a look.
"NO MORE SCARY MOVIES! ARGH! PLEASE DON'T" Ichigo yelled loudly, her eyes as wide as dinner plates.
"Awwww man, but we have all of the Scream movies, plus some chainsaw massacre…." Pudding sighed and hung her head, pouting.
"Pudding, are you even old enough to be watching those movies?" Lettuce asked, pushing her glasses up the bridge of her nose with her index finger.
"Psssh, I'm not a wuss!" Pudding laughed. "Cmon, let's go into Ryou's room, he has a huuuge T.V. in there!" the blonde monkey girl zoomed off. Ryou shrugged and walked in the same direction as the youngest mew. Everyone followed except for Ichigo. She stood there shaking.
"Ack! I can't do this!" Ichigo yelled loadly, pulling at her strawberry pigtails, "SHE KNOWS I HATE SCARY MOVIES! WHY DO THEY HAVE TO DO THIS TO ME! WAAAHHHH!"
"Ichigo, jesus, You don't have to watch it you know-" Ichigo squealed at the top of her lungs, Making the blonde headed boy (Who magically popped up) jump sharply.
"AHHHHH RYOU YOU SCARED ME! YOU CAN'T JUST POP OUT OF NO WHERE LIKE THAT!" Ichigo was shaking like a mad-man. Ryou sighed and looked at her.
"You almost make me feel sorry for you….. Do you want to come with me to town to get some popcorn and stuff? I was going to go alone but-" Ryou was cut off by a warm hug. Ichigo squeezed him tightly.
"Plllleeeeassseeee take me with you! I can't stand this scary stuff," Ryou tried to shake her off, but she was bound to him by a death grip.
"Yes, you can go baka, but only if you please let go for five seconds," Ryou's voice was muffled in her hair, but she gradually loosened her grip and took a couple steps away from him. She looked at the ground and blushed; embarrassed.
"Sorry, um… let's go,"
The two headed out into the town in the dark, crickets chirping, the crisp night air filling their lungs with every breath they took. They walked onward down the sidewalk by the park, lightning bugs were lighting up the grassy fields and the sweet smell of freshly trimmed grass filled their nostrils.
"It's a really beautiful night out, again," Ichigo took another breath of air and smiled. Ryou just nodded and continued to walk, looking straight forward, and his hands in his jean pockets. Then they stopped in their tracks, they could hardly believe the sight in front of them.
"Oh. My. Fucking. God," Ryou's jaw dropped and Ichigo was too stunned to speak, she covered her mouth and looked away.
There was Masaya, strapped to the top of a street light, completely naked, with duct tape over his mouth. Many people stood around him gawking, mothers were rushing away covering their young ones eyes and some people took out their camera phones and took pictures. He was wiggling and screaming, but only a fait squeal sounded outside of the duct tape.
"I almost feel sorry for him, damn. I'm never underestimating Kish again," Ryou scratched his head, eyes still wide with stun. "Ichigo are you alright?" Ichigo was looking down at the ground with her eyes wide as saucers.
"I-I wish I couldn't have seen….that," Ichigo stammered, shaking her head and crinkling her hair with her fists.
"Oh come on, you've never seen him naked before?" Ryou teased, even though there was a hint of jealousy in his voice.
"EW NO! I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYONE LIKE THAT BEFORE! AHHH. MY EYES. PLEASE. LET'S GO GET THE POPCORN AND GO HOME, I CAN'T TAKE THIS!" Ichigo then ran as fast as she could to the grocery store, with Ryou trailing behind her.
After they purchased a few bags of popcorn and some soda they began to make their way home,The awkward silence getting more and more awkward by the minute. Then suddenly, Ichigo shrieked out.
"AHHHH I WANT THAT MEMORY OUT OF MY HEAD! PLEASE INVENT A MEMORY ERASER PLEASE!" Ichigo shook her head and ruffled her hair.
"You're such a baby sometimes, Ichigo," Ryou sighed and they walked up the pastel sidewalk to Café Mew Mew and knocked on the door. A smiling Keiichiro answered.
"Welcome back Ryou and Ichigo," The brunette took a few of their bags and they made their way up the stairs into Ryou's room. Ryou kicked the door open lightly and frowned when he saw Pudding jumping up and down on his bed like a monkey.
"YOU BED IS UBER BOUNCY RYOU!" Pudding giggled and continued to bounce. The force flung a few of his pillows onto the floor. Ryou cringed and looked outside of his room at Ichigo, she was standing there shaking. She must be thinking about those movies again. Ryou walked over to her and stood beside her, looking down at her.
"You don't have to watch, baka,"
"I know that! I just… I don't want to feel left out while they do watch it," Ichigo scratched the back of her head and sighed. She looked up at Ryou and he smirked.
"Maybe, I'll stay with you while they watch it,"
"YOU WOULD!? REALLY!? Waiiiit a minute, what's the catch , Ryou? There has to be a catch! You're never just nice to anyone unless you have a reason," She folded her arms across her chest and stuck her nose in the air, knowing exactly what she was going to hear.
"More hours, and you're on dishes," He laughed a little when he said it.
"WHAT!? DISHES!? ARE YOU KIDDING ME! I'M YOUR MOST VALUBLE WORKER! WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITHOUT ME?"
"Well now that I think about it, work will actually be a lot more easy with you on dishes," Ryou winked and flicked her nose "Besides, would you rather sit outside all by yourself… in the dark… with chainsaws and screaming in the background?" Ryou laughed one of his rare laughs.
"Ugh, fine. I really hate you,"
"Whatever you say baka,"
NEXT CHAPTER:
~Lots of Ryou + Ichigo alone time
~Power goes out, hahaha you know Ichigo won't enjoy that.
I'm so so so sorry about the long time to update. Please forgive me? I started school about a month ago and I've been extremely busy. Busy playing team fortress & minecraft that is…. Haha. I really am sorry though. I was having a bit of a mild case of writers block. So my question to you is what would you like to be in this story? Just give me suggestions. n.n
Again, thank you so much for reading my story. Your lovely reviews really boost my confidence and make me want to write more.
