Ichigo started taking her clothes out of her suitcase. She placed them on top of the bed.
"You will be expected to come down in half an hour," she heard someone say. Ichigo gave them a nod and started taking everything out faster.
After about an hour later she was standing outside along with everyone else.
"Now everyone, we will be putting all of you in groups of two!" There was a short lady in front of them, holding a small box. She talked excitedly and there was something about her voice which reminded Ichigo of a mouse. Half the time she would scream in excitement and it sounded just like a mouse that somehow got hold of a mountain of cheese.
"Let's make this interesting," She held the box up in the air to show it to everyone, "Inside there's a small piece of paper with all of your names in it, you will pick one and whoever's name is on that paper, that will be your partner for the next few days!"
At the corner of her eye, Ichigo saw Kisshu give her a wink. There was no way she would be paired up with him! Ichigo took out the piece of paper from the box. There was someone's name in messy handwriting. It was written in inky red, Ichigo had to place it right in front oh her face and squint in order to see it properly.
"Masaya Aoyama..." Ichigo read it aloud. She had never heard of that name before, maybe he was new, or maybe he was was just in different classes as her. But how was that possible? She didn't know any Aoyamas in her year. But then again, she didn't know many people there either. Well, now it was time to find this mysterious person.
"Who did you get?" Kisshu asked.
"Don't worry, it's not you," Ichigo winked.
"Oh dammit..." Kisshu gave a disappointed groan.
"Well this is great," Mint said, crossing her arms.
"What's wrong, Mint?" Ichigo asked.
"I'm with him," Mint said, pointing at Kisshu.
Kisshu's eyes widened, "WHAT?!"
Ichigo couldn't help but laugh, this was a great start.
"I'm not being paired up with you!" Kisshu complained.
"Hey, it's not like I'm happy with being stuck with you either!"
"Come on everyone, let's be mature. You're both acting like children," Ichigo said, shaking her head and giving a sigh.
Ichigo looked around and found a tall boy with black hair standing alone. Could that be him? Ichigo ignored Kisshu's and Mint's argument and walked up to him.
"Hello, you must be-" Ichigo cut herself off when he looked at her. What beautiful eyes; she nearly blushed. It took her a long second to get herself together, she shook away her stupid thoughts and smiled.
"Um...Do you happen to be Aoyama?"
"Yes I do!" he said with a smile just as friendly.
"That's great!" Ichigo giggled.
That afternoon, they were all sent to their rooms. Ichigo gave a sigh of relief, her legs were aching and she needed a long nap.
"Ichigo-san, I've cleaned the room."
"That's good thanks," Ichigo gave a small bow, "So um...I haven't seen you here before."
"Yes, I know, I am new," he explained.
"Oh, I came at the beginning of the year. How's the school so far?"
"It's not bad I'm-"
"What's wrong?"
"Was that a cockroach over there?" He pointed at the floor.
To both of their surprise, Ichigo screamed and ended up running into him. The slippery floor didn't help either, in fact it made things worse and they both fell. Ichigo blushed.
"Maybe you should get off of me now..." Ichigo whispered.
The door slammed open, "What the hell is going on here?"
Kisshu was standing at the door.
Ichigo gulped, 'Oh no...'
How did she get in that mess? Well...It all started when...
Ichigo found herself that day sitting in front of her parents at the dinner table. She watched them read the letter. Mr and Mrs Momomiya read it carefully and whispered something quietly to each other, leaving Ichigo in an even more state of suspense.
"Mum, dad...It's okay I don't really want to go."
"I think you should go," her mother replied with a smile.
Ichigo sighed, "Well..."
"Come on Ichigo I'm sure it will be fun," Her mother told her "It's only for a week, and I remember you said you wanted to go abroad some day, this is the perfect opportunity!"
She gave Ichigo a tug on the shoulder, but she still wasn't sure. Something about it didn't feel right. She had never been away from home for so long, and her parents had wasted enough money on her school already.
"Hang on, one week is a long time," Mr Momomiya said looking at the paper himself.
"But I don't want Ichigo to be left out in school activities," her mother replied.
"Yes you are right. And I guess this is..."
"But mum, it's in Paris, It's so far away...And plus, I don't you guys to waste so much money on me. It's so expensive."
"No don't be silly, Ichigo," His father as he continued reading that letter one more time."It's another reward trip, if you're doing so well at school then we can't afford to not let you go," his mother added.
"That's all good, but..."
"You don't have to worry about the money. Your friends said he would help with the costs. What kind people," Mrs Momomiya smiled.
"Wait, what? Who are you talking about?"
"Your friends Zakuro and Kisshu phoned this moring."
"Wait, they...They actually did that?"
And now she was in a an awkward situation again. As Aoyama got off of her Ichigo quickly started to find a way to explain everything to Kisshu.
"Get off of her!" He snarled.
"Kisshu, don't!"
Kisshu pushed him away from her and pulled Ichigo away from him, ignoring an angry 'hey' from her and a confused look from Aoyama's face.
"I am sorry, I didn't mean to..." Aoyama started.
"It's not his fault!" Ichigo held Kisshu by his arm to make sure he didn't start a fight. To her relief, he didn't struggle or try to move. Instead he only stared at him for a while.
"Kisshu, it was an accident. There was a bug, I got scared and we fell."
"I didn't ask for an explanation," Kisshu snapped.
Ichigo became silent, his calm but daring attitude wasn't what she expected from him at that moment but she was glad he didn't try to do anything stupid. Although, there was a slight fear to what he was thinking about her. But Kisshu couldn't get too angry over a small thing...Well, maybe it didn't look very small but once she explains to him what happened, it should all be okay.
"I don't want to see you with her again..." Kisshu warned.
"I didn't mean to upset any of you, I'm sorry," Aoyama said, "If it makes you feel better, I will move out of this room and you can stay in here instead...I mean..."
"You don't have to do that-"
"That would make me feel a lot better actually."
"Kisshu!"
"In that case, I will move. It's okay, Ichigo-san."
Aoyama got his suitcase and quickly packed a few things inside before leaving the room. Ichigo sighed and gave Kisshu an angry look when he had gone.
"I'm not sharing a room with you," Ichigo gave him another one of her glares.
"Ichigo..."
"Ok, you're not my dad! Was that really necessary? Why are you always so...Stupid?!"
"Okay, it's not like you would be okay if you saw me with some other girl on top of me!" Kisshu shouted back, equally angry.
Those words took Ichigo aback slightly. After all, he was the type of person who could make any girl fall for him. And there were so many other girls who were after him already. She didn't understand why he was the one feeling so insecure.
"Maybe that's because you're so used to kissing every girl in sight," Ichigo yelled back.
"Ichigo, please..." Kisshu sighed.
"Why don't you trust me?"
"I do, I just don't trust him. I'm sorry."
"I...Fine... I'm sorry too," Ichigo's voice softened but she refused to look at him.
"Ichigo, please look at me."
But Kisshu was interrupted by a loud knock on the door. Kisshu groaned and rolled his eyes as Ichigo went to open the door. It was the same lady with the squeaky voice. Ichigo gave her a quick bow and returned the smile.
"Hello, I've come to take your names down to make sure everyone is here. So you must me Ichigo, and you are Aoyama?"
"No that's Kisshu," Ichigo corrected her.
"No I-" Kisshu tried to explain.
"They swapped rooms and now Kisshu is staying here. Is that okay?"
She gave her a confused look and started writing down something in her paper, "That's okay...Let me just change this here...Ok you two relax for now. You'll be expected to wake up at eight tomorrow morning. You better bring all your things in this room young man. See you soon!"
Both Kisshu and Ichigo nodded. After an awkward silence, Kisshu wrapped his arms around Ichigo and kissed her forehead. He held her chin up high and close to his.
"Please don't get angry when we just came here. I said I was sorry. Just...It will be fine," Kisshu reassured as he placed his forehead on hers.
"Hm...But that was cute, I didn't think your would ever get jealous," Ichigo giggled.
"No, I wouldn't call that jealousy..."
"Nope, in my book, that's called being jealous."
Kisshu smirked and moved his lips forward to give her a kiss but Ichigo moved away, "I'm still pretty annoyed with you."
He sighed and pulled her closer to him once again, this time he barely touched her lips but he made no effort to come any closer. Instead he only smirked, "But you won't be for long, kitten."
And with that, he left the room and closed the door behind him.
'Did he just call me a kitten?' Ichigo laughed at the thought.
