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Chapter 9: The one I love is KISH!
"ICHIGO!" Ichigo walked into the room, looking slightly tired, a confused expression across her face. All the Mew Mews crowded around Ichigo, bombarding questions at her. She ignored them all, only saying that "They had the antidote and gave it to me."
Ichigo walked over to Masaya who looked a sickly colour. "Thank goodness you're alright! Quickly! You must give Masaya the medicine!" said Ryou.
Ichigo nodded, and sat near Masaya on the bed. She held his head close to her chest, and tilted his head. After getting one of the other Mew Mews to remove the lid of the small vase, she tilted it to Masaya's open mouth, and watched as one drop rolled out and sparkled before landing and vanishing upon his tongue. She shut his mouth and watched slowly, Masaya began to come back to life. His skin regaining its vibrant glow, and eyes beginning to shine its natural colour. And as soon as she poured the antidote, it seemed Masaya was alive again.
His eyes rolled about, and his eyelids shut close, before fluttering open again. He looked up at a familiar face and smiled. "Ichigo... Thank you," he placed a hand behind her head, and slowly pulled her in for a kiss. All the Mew Mews gasped and awed at the couple. She pulled away. Normally, at this incident, Ichigo would've blushed, but she just found herself critiquing the kiss.
'It didn't seem anything special. It seemed so plain. Unlike Kish's kiss. His seemed more passionate then Masaya's, like he's really showing me that he loves me... NO!' Ichigo shook her head. 'SNAP OUT OF IT ICHIGO! I LOVE MASAYA! NOT KISH...but...'
"Anything wrong?" Ichigo snapped out of her thoughts to see a worried looking Masaya. "Hmm? Me? No.. I'm fine..." Masaya smiled "That's good, then why don't we go celebrate Ichigo's accomplishment, and my health, ne? As well as the fact, that Ichigo and I am a true fateful couple!"
Ichigo was oblivious to all the shouts of glee in the background. All she could hear were Masaya's words echoing in her ear...'A true fateful couple...'
Some time had passed, and Ichigo had been dating Masaya for a while. Sitings
Of the aliens were gone, and all Ichigo could find herself doing, was thinking of Kish. Kish haunted her thoughts and daydreams, and even the dreams at night. She would have dreams of being alone with Kish, a true couple, married, but that would have been unfaithful to Masaya! But even so, she found the seemingly forbidden dreams, sweet and sensual.
Kish Kish Kish! That's all she could ever think about! She desperately wanted to see Kish again. To wrap her arms around him, and kiss him. Even allow him to grope her. How she wanted to hear of his never ending talk of how much he loved her, and how much he would always be there for her... This was but a fantasy to her, as she already had the one she 'loved' but Ichigo could see that this 'love' seemed... Old and ragged. That it seemed without real love or passion.
Ichigo got up from her bed, where she had been contemplating, and stopped as her cell phone rang, and the ring tone went off.
"Hello?" she asked as she picked it up.
"Ichigo!" She recognised the voice on the other end. Once again, it was Masaya. Ichigo mentally groaned as she answered.
"Yeah, Hi Masaya! How's it going?" Ichigo said, as she tried to keep some enthusiasm in her voice. "Well, there's an e-jump concert on Thursday, I was wondering if you wanted to go? So I can purchase the tickets before they all sold out."
Ichigo fell silent for a bit. She enjoyed the music by E-Jump, since it was her favourite band, but Ichigo couldn't think of going anywhere else with Masaya! It just made her feel like a fool. That she was foolish to let Kish go.
"What's wrong Ichigo? You've been so quiet lately, are you sick?" came the worried voice on the other line. Ichigo's face lit up. Sometimes Masaya could be so dense! She quietened her voice and forced it out of her, making it sound very hoarse. "Yeah. I've been sick quite a bit. (Cough cough) I don't think I can go. I'm really sorry Masaya, I would've loved to go. But I really can't. Maybe some other time."
"Are you okay? Do you want me to come over with some ointments?"
"No, no (cough) I'll be fine. I'm going to have mom's cure-for-a-cold; chicken soup."
Masaya chuckled on the other line. "Okay then. I won't bother you. Bye then." There was a click, and Ichigo sighed and rubbed her temples. She sat down and stared into space. 'He gave up so easily. He's quite a pushover. If it were Kish. He'd come here anyway. And bother me with ointments. And probably force me to go to sleep or something... But. If Kish did that I wouldn't mind... A little goodnight-make-you-feel-better Kiss and grope then he'd guard my door way... I'm pretty sure that would be what he'd do...' Ichigo's mind wandered and she realised quite some things, before she drifted off for an early night sleep to meet Kish in her dreams...
On the other line, Masaya stood in his school clothing, a dark look upon his face. He knew something was wrong with Ichicgo. Ever since she collected the antidote, it seemed that she acted different around him... Like he was not more then a friend.. She had already declined the past three dates, and 'gently' refused for him to not walk her home anymore! Masaya frowned, and wrinkled his brows. Could it be that Ichigo had lost interest in him? 'How can that be! It can't be! We both said it ourselves that we'd love each other forever!
Well. Whatever happened to give Ichigo a change of heart, surely must reverse!'.....
It was Tuesday and the café wasn't as busy today. Though since Ichigo returned the quiet café seemed to return to its normal banged up rhythm. Pudding juggled and performed tricks for the costumers; Lettuce dropped dishes all over the place. Minto sipped her tea as Ichigo worked hard, and Zakuro glared at demanding costumers. Keiichiro smiled and sweat dropped as he watched the café come alive again. "It seems," he started, directing his talk to Ryou. "That Ichigo is the heartbeat of all this. When she was gone. Everything died down. Now that she's back, the rhythm has return."
"It also seems," said Ryou, a pissed off expression upon his face. "That since she was gone, the others did their JOBS!"
Keiichiro laughed. "What did you expect? They were forced to work when one of the hardest workers left along with all her jobs to them!"
They looked down to them and watched as Ichigo quickly rushed to Lettuce who was on the verge of breaking some glass cups, and grabbed them in time.
The door swung open, and a seemingly evil dark presence filled the room. All the Mew Mews looked to the door to see the intruder, and saw that it was but Masaya. The odd thing was, that his presence seemed somewhat... Black and unwanted...
He walked in smiling, and headed to the two managers. They exchanged a few words, and Ryou called out to Ichigo. "Ichigo! Masaya wants to talk to you! You guys have ten minutes!"
All the Mew Mews oohed as she walked out of the café right behind Masaya a confused look on her face.
"Tell us everything when you come back!" shouted Minto at Ichigo's retreating back. Ichigo rolled her eyes as the others gathered and whispered amongst one another....
Masaya walked for a bit, leading Ichigo to the heart of the park, right by a sparkling blue lake. "What is it you wanted to talk to me about?" asked Ichigo at his turned back. Masaya didn't answer for a bit. She repeated the question again and he finally turned to meet her. "Ichigo," his voice was dark, and he turned to her with a sad look. "Ichigo. I noticed something new about you."
"What?" asked Ichigo confused.
"That you seem, less joyful. You don't answer most of my calls, you refuse for me to walk you to and from school, and it's been the fourth time you've declined a date!" Ichigo turned away, feeling unable to talk. Some tears began to shimmer in her eyes.
"Why? Don't you. Love me any more?" She looked up into his eyes with her wet shiny eyes. She couldn't see the playfulness and joys of life in Masaya's eyes like the way it danced within Kish's eyes. Ichigo looked down and sighed. Masaya looked like he was about to cry. Ichigo looked up, and decided to tell it out straight...
"Masaya. I've had plenty of fun times with you, and we fell quite in love.. But, when I was retrieving the antidote to cure you; the one I love. I realised something... I had been hurting someone almost all my years. And now, I realise how much I really do love him..."
"Masaya. I'm sorry, but it's not working out anymore..."
"What do you mean??" shouted Masaya angrily. Ichigo gasped softly as she took a step back. Masaya's heart was breaking.
"I mean that. The one I love is... Kish."
End chapter.
YEAH!! SHE SAID IT! SHE ADMITS IT!! DOES HAPPY DANCE TILL THE ENDS OF THE EARTH STOPS AND CLEARS THROAT Now. I know many of you wanted Masaya dead.. But I just HAD to have him alive to see his heart break at hearing her declare her love for Kish. Yes, this chaptermay be a little unsastisfying, but I need Masaya for something later on.. Any way, I have also updated Chapter 10.. Please read, review and enjoy!