Zakuro smiled down at Pudding. The younger bounced up and down
happily. "Tar-tar's coming! Yay!"
"Don't you want to buy him some candy drops?" Zakuro asked, smiling.
Pudding sighed. "Pudding has no money, na-no-da."
Zakuro handed her a twenty-dollar bill. "Buy him something real nice for me." She winked, and Pudding ran to find a candy store.
"That was nice of you.," said the familiar voice of Kish.
She turned to look at him. "Ichigo...you've given up?"
He sighed. "Listen, I've heard it twelve times already, I'm NOT just doing it to show her how it feels." He gave Zakuro a look that meant he wasn't lying.
"I know, and I'm proud of you for not entering a relationship off of lust."
He looked at her. "You are? Thanks..." he turned to leave, but she caught his arm.
"Do you want to...I dunno, go get an ice-cream or something? It usually helps me sort out my feelings."
He smiled, and nodded. "Okay..."
They sat on a bench in the park, both with a towering ice-cream.
Kish looked down at his feet. "Zakuro-chan....do you think that maybe I do still love her, but my heart just doesn't want to feel pain again?"
She looked at him. "Kish..." she said softly.
"What?"
"You're about to jump up in surprise."
"Why do you say tha-AAAIYEEEEEE!" he jumped off the bench, trying to get the ice-cream off his lap. "COLD! HOT! COLD!"
Zakuro laughed as she handed him a napkin. "Hn...not very pleasant feeling, Kish-kun?"
He sat back down, eating the rest of the ice-cream quickly. "Not at all. I think I just shrank about 12 sizes..."
They stood. "Where are you staying?" she asked.
"With Pie...Zakuro...could you tell Ichigo I'm sorry?"
"No. You're gonna do it."
"But..." he sighed. "You're right."
They walked in opposite directions. But Kish looked back. "Zakuro?"
"Yeah?"
"Thanks...you were right about sorting my thoughts."
"No problem."
Ichigo stared at the blonde boy. "You...do?"
He nodded. "Yes...I love you more than anything, Cassedy."
Ichigo sighed, and turned off the daytime soap opera. "Stupid things always end the same.
"That's what I said too."
"Kish?" she looked up hopefully. And there stood the alien, looking rather awkward.
"I'm sorry, Ichigo. Would you let me stay on Earth until I get my thoughts together?"
She smiled. "Please stay."
Ryou watched with smug satisfaction. "Masha...we are now on the road to getting Ichigo."
Masha twittered and zoomed happily.
"Don't you want to buy him some candy drops?" Zakuro asked, smiling.
Pudding sighed. "Pudding has no money, na-no-da."
Zakuro handed her a twenty-dollar bill. "Buy him something real nice for me." She winked, and Pudding ran to find a candy store.
"That was nice of you.," said the familiar voice of Kish.
She turned to look at him. "Ichigo...you've given up?"
He sighed. "Listen, I've heard it twelve times already, I'm NOT just doing it to show her how it feels." He gave Zakuro a look that meant he wasn't lying.
"I know, and I'm proud of you for not entering a relationship off of lust."
He looked at her. "You are? Thanks..." he turned to leave, but she caught his arm.
"Do you want to...I dunno, go get an ice-cream or something? It usually helps me sort out my feelings."
He smiled, and nodded. "Okay..."
They sat on a bench in the park, both with a towering ice-cream.
Kish looked down at his feet. "Zakuro-chan....do you think that maybe I do still love her, but my heart just doesn't want to feel pain again?"
She looked at him. "Kish..." she said softly.
"What?"
"You're about to jump up in surprise."
"Why do you say tha-AAAIYEEEEEE!" he jumped off the bench, trying to get the ice-cream off his lap. "COLD! HOT! COLD!"
Zakuro laughed as she handed him a napkin. "Hn...not very pleasant feeling, Kish-kun?"
He sat back down, eating the rest of the ice-cream quickly. "Not at all. I think I just shrank about 12 sizes..."
They stood. "Where are you staying?" she asked.
"With Pie...Zakuro...could you tell Ichigo I'm sorry?"
"No. You're gonna do it."
"But..." he sighed. "You're right."
They walked in opposite directions. But Kish looked back. "Zakuro?"
"Yeah?"
"Thanks...you were right about sorting my thoughts."
"No problem."
Ichigo stared at the blonde boy. "You...do?"
He nodded. "Yes...I love you more than anything, Cassedy."
Ichigo sighed, and turned off the daytime soap opera. "Stupid things always end the same.
"That's what I said too."
"Kish?" she looked up hopefully. And there stood the alien, looking rather awkward.
"I'm sorry, Ichigo. Would you let me stay on Earth until I get my thoughts together?"
She smiled. "Please stay."
Ryou watched with smug satisfaction. "Masha...we are now on the road to getting Ichigo."
Masha twittered and zoomed happily.