OH MY GOD! she thought. I've fallen in love with him!
Betrayal and Hope- Chapter 2.
Back at the cafe, everyone wondered where Ichigo was. She may come late alot, but she never didn't show up at all for 3 days in a row. And when They called her mother, it turned out that Ichigo had gone missing the day Kisshu came to the cafe
Purin was in the park performing for money, as usual. Her little show was, of course, VERY cute. Meanwhile, Taruto had gotten it into his head that if he kidnapped Purin she would cry. So, while she was performing, he hit her over the head with a rock and teleported her to one of the empty rooms on the ship. He locked it so that you could only open it from the outside. He decided to check in on Kisshu for no reason except bothering him.
"Hey, Kisshu, whats wrong?" Taruto changed his tune because Kisshu looked so gloomy. All he could think about was Ichigo. But that was normal. The odd thing was, he wasn't happy about thinking about her. He didn't answer, just sighed and closed the door on Taruto. And then, as if right on cue, Sugar came bouncing down the halls, scarf flittering joyfully.
"What are you so happy about? Custard's not coming back."
"Yes he is! Plus, Sugar has a new job! She gets to take care of Kisshu's human!"
"Caring for that hag? I'd hate the job. I'm going check and see if Purin's awake." He began walking down towards Purin's room. Sugar, of course, followed.
"Who's Purin?"
"A human." They reached the door and Taruto paused before turning the door. He hated to see what would happen when she saw him. Oh well...he turned the doorknob and opened the door....
"TARU-TARU!" Purin hopped over to Taruto and began hugging him. He shook her off, protesting loudly. "Taru-taru took Purin to live on the space ship na no da!"
"NUH-UH! I kidnapped you!"
"Taru-taru kidnapped Purin na no da?"
"Yeah! You're on our territory now! So, you gonna cry yet?" Purin shook her head and hugged Taruto.
"As long as Purin is with her friend she is fine na no da!" Then she noticed Sugar. She immediately went over and started pestering her.
"Sugar is Sugar and she is friend of Taruto's!" Sugar smiled and hugged Purin. And now I'm bored so we will see some sappy KisshuIchigo stuff.
Kisshu sat on his bed in his room and tried to think of something positive. All he could think of was Ichigo leaving. Ichigo with Masaya. Ichigo not anywhere near him. He began to wonder about whether or not Ichigo was blushing for him. He knew there was only one way to find out for sure. He sighed, sat up, and headed to Ichigo's room.
Ichigo was under the covers, trying to sort out her thoughts. Most of them agreed on one thing. She did not love Masaya anymore. But...who did she love in the first place? "Ichigo?" She heard Kisshu say her name and her heart fluttered for a second. She regained her self control and slid her head out of the covers.
"Y-yes?" She tried to hide most of her face under the covers. Kisshu simply looked blank. He didn't look like himself. She knew that something was wrong, so she asked, "Whats wrong?"
"Nothing, I was just wondering...when you were blushing earlier..." At this point she couldn't hide her blushing face. "Was that blush because of me?"
Ichigo just popped her head under the covers and mumbled something in reply. It sounded oddly like, "Who else would cause it?" Kisshu's face brightened slightly. He moved towards her. She felt his hand on the covers. She knew he would see her blushing face. She closed her eyes, but he never pulled off the covers. He just mumbled so that, even though no one else was there to hear, only she could hear him, "If you ever need me I'll be right here." She felt him place something on top of the covers.
When she heard him leave, she slid out of the covers and took the object into her hand. It was a simple pendant in the shape of a heart. But to her, it meant the world. She took off the bell masaya gave her and crumpled it up in her palm. It was just reminding her of a past not worth remembering. She threw it against the wall and held the little heart pendant to her heart. It was almost as though it linked her heart to his. What she didn't know was, it was one of two. As she held hers to her heart, Kisshu held his to his heart.
I can't believe she might actually fall in love with me...those were just fantasies. But I can feel that she loves me back, I just know it! He placed the pendant on his little nightstand and smiled for the first time since he had seen Ichigo's wound the night before. He knew that his long wait was over. He might become happy.
"Taru-taru's friend sugar na no da?" Sugar nodded and Purin blinked. She turned to Taruto, looking very sad. Taruto felt his heart sink for some reason. He had no idea why. She sniffled a bit, then her face became happy again. "Purin is..still Taru-taru's friend no matter what na no da..." She tried to smile, but it was a fake smile. And Taruto saw right through it.
"H-hey whats wrong? Why are you so sad??" Purin just tried to smile and sat on the bed. Sugar blinked. "Oh no, what did Sugar do wrong this time?" She banged herself on the head a bunch of times, until you could see a bruise was going to form. Taruto ignored Sugar and tried not to care about what was making Purin so sad.
"How come when I try to make you cry you don't, but when Sugar says that shes my friend (which she is NOT) you get all worked up?" At this moment Taruto was fuming. Purin looked up at him. She wanted to tell him, but it was hard to say. How could she tell someone who obviously hated every cell in her body that she loved him?
"Taru-taru..." Purin tried to keep herself confident but her courage kept slipping. Taruto blinked, realizing something that he didn't realize before. Every time he saw her she was so friendly, and wanted to be friends...but he had never thought...that she loved him. He suddenly turned scarlet and stepped back.
"I get it now! You don't just want to be my friend, you..you..." He stopped midsentence and moved closer to her. He hugged her tightly. "You love me." She smiled and held onto him, but he was confused. Why did he do that? Why did he say that? Why am I doing this, shes just an annoyance! But ...it would be..different without her...lonely, almost. He realized, he had fallen in love with her too! He held her tighter and mumbled, "I love you too..." She smiled a bit more and held onto him. They sat there embraced for a while. Sugar had run off a while back to bother Pai. However, Pai wasn't in the ship.
Pai was floating around in the park near the cafe. He didn't have anything to do back at the ship but be pestered by Sugar. So, he decided to sit in a random tree and think.
Sugar decided to go see Ichigo. She had nothing else to do. She went in and practically shouted, "ICHIGO-ONEE-CHAN!" Ichigo woke up from her nap and looked at Sugar. "Oh, hey Sugar! Is anything the matter?"
"No, Pai isnt here, Kisshu is locked in his room and Taruto is busy with the human he brought!"
"Human? You mean Purin?"
"HAI!"
"Could you tell her to come here, please?" Sugar agreed and bounced off to pry Purin and Taruto off eachother. A few minutes later, Purin and Sugar came in.
"Ichigo-onee-chan! Everyone at the cafe thought you were dead na no da!" Ichigo sweatdropped.
"They did, did they? Hmm. Well, if you go back any time soon, tell them I got a leg injury and I won't be going over there for a while. IF you go back," she added, eyeing Purin suspiciously. Purin grinned and nodded. She bounced back to her room to find Taruto still waiting for her. She smiled and sat down next to him. She leaned against him and closed her eys, slowly falling asleep...
Kisshu decided to go see Ichigo. He walked to her room, and found her taking a nap. He sat next to her and delicately stroked her hair. She looked like a sleeping beauty. Ichigo opened her eyes to see Kisshu smiling down at her. She felt her face heat up. He was smiling at her, and touching her hair, and truly loved her. Thats what she wanted. She smiled and sat up. She looked into his eyes and felt all her discomfort and fear go away. She felt herself wanting to kiss him. He apparently was thinking the same thing, because at that time, he brought her lips to his. She gladly accepted the kiss. She felt herself thinking that she would do anything for him, anything at all. She broke away from the kiss and embraced him.
He was sort of suprised by how much she loved him back now. The way she just wrapped her arms around him. He stroked her hair, glad that all of this had happened. But he wondered something.
What will happen when she has to go home? The wound is almost healed, (A/N: I know, it doesn't take two days to heal. But it will for the sake of this fic!) and she'll have to go home!