Yay yays! Thanks to all who reviewed! hands cookies to the reviewers I hope you've all enjoyed my fanfic so far. Here's chapter 12:

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Chapter 12: In Love

Pai sighed as he sat upon one of the café tables. He was sure glad he had left that hellhole. It would've felt better to blast the annoying human male, and kick out the human female but Kish had restrained him from doing so; though it wasn't exactly much better to be here surrounded by the Mew Mews. Oh how he wanted to walk up to each one and tear at their throats, calculating the blood loss from every one of them as they were struck. Pai sighed irritably, as he watched the little meeting in the table next to his.

"This is fine," said Kish, handing back a white sheet of paper.

"Great, then for this negotiation coming into affect, everybody will have to sign," said Keiichiro, as he signed his name first. Pai narrowed his eyes dangerously and watched. Each Mew Mew took to writing their names upon the paper, though two hesitated and eyed the paper warily before scribbling upon it. Kish happily signed, and the paper was passed to Tart. "No." he pouted and crossed his arms. "I won't do it," Tart huffed and looked the other way as a vein popped on Kish's forehead.

"You damn well better or I will make sure you do," breathed Kish warily, a small shock of energy slowly emerging from his hands. Tart looked from the oncoming attack, to his frightening dark face, and took no more word to signing. Kish smiled, and allowed the attack to dissipate. The paper was passed to Pai, who looked at it in disgust.

"What are you expecting me to do? Sign this? You all must be very sadly mistaken." He snorted, rising from his spot. "I refuse to write and obey this fucked up human business!"

Everybody moaned. It was easy to convince Tart (more like threaten) but Pai was always another story... What would they do now?

"When you're ready to sign it, we'll be right here." Ryou tapped at the table and rose.

"Well, for the time being, why don't you two try to earn some money while you're here before your buddy decides to sign."

"What? Work for yo-" Tart shut up as a hand bashed his head.

"That'll be great," answered Kish.

Ryou sighed as he handed the two men their outfits and gave them instructions.

Tart yanked at the suspenders and the sleeves of his shirt. "It's too tight, it doesn't feel good," complained Tart as he pulled at different parts of his outfit. "It's fine! Stop complaining!"

Tart stuck out a tongue as he was handed a tray. The doors opened up and customers began to pour in. Before going for orders, Kish came to Ichigo. "Isn't this great? I get to work with you too," he whispered as Ichigo blushed and nodded.

Kish walked around the incoming crowd, yanking at the suspenders. 'Why did they have to wear this?' He decided to take off the straps fo the suspenders, which caused his trousers to hang slightly, but nothing was shown as he had a long shirt to hide under. He unbuttoned the top two buttons, and rolled up his sleeves, moving to the first table with a group of girls.

"Hello ladies, welcome to café Mew Mew can I take your order?" The girls turned to the smooth voice and met face to face with Kish. All of them smiled and giggled. Playing with their hair and batting their eyelashes, they took a while to give their orders.

"Maybe, I'll have a choco mocha... or should I get some tea? But what type? What do you recommend?"

Ichigo was held back by Lettuce, who calmly talked to her hysteric friend. "Those stupid bitches! Kish is mine!" she breathed through gritted teeth.

These girls were obviously flirting with Kish. Who takes ten minutes to make an order?

"I recommend making an order, I have other costumers to tend to," answered Kish warily. "Okay...Ooohh.. Aren't we bad, keeping him all for ourselves?" the rest of the table giggled and Kish smiled. He flicked his hair, causing the girls to gasp and leaned upon the table. "I've got to go, If you want to see me again, You'll have to take and order please."....

'That worked' thought Kish as he was finally allowed freedom from that table. He was about to carry their orders to the table when he was stopped by Ichigo. "Let me do this dear," she whispered, a forced smile placed across her face. Kish nodded slowly and watched Ichigo walk up to the table.

"Here's your orders," Ichigo slammed the tray of drinks hard on the table, causing most of it to spill out and some to even splash the girl's faces. "Hey! What's the big deal?"

"What's the big deal???" repeated Ichigo slowly.

The girl's shrank back after taking one good look at Ichigo's most dangerous glare and dark face. "If you ever think of flirting with him again, that guy who is MY boyfriend! I will rip ALL of your heads off!" she answered, emphasizing her point as she somehow snapped a glass. The girls took one look, gave one gulp and ran.

"Wow, for once Lettuce wasn't the one who broke a plate. I never knew Ichigo could get so mad over a little thing," said Mint to herself as she sipped her tea.

Pai watched with distaste at the dysfunction of the café. 'What kind of managers are they? How can they run such a miscalculated café?' thought Pai in disgust as he watched on.

The green haired Mew Mew continuosly dropped the china. 'How ungraceful'

The blue haired one did nothing but drink tea. 'How lazy and unproductive, I'm surprised she isn't a large size.'

The blonde one did nothing but perform tricks and get in people's way. Pai watched as She tried to perform for Tart, annoying him, and then ending up knocking him along with the order and causing an ordeal of a mess. 'How disruptive.'

The purple haired one mainly stood around, defying to help. Pai wondered whether she even worked here, seeing as she wasn't working at all. 'She's just a waste of valuable space and breath.' He then looked to Ichigo, the only Mew Mew who seemed to be working around here, and shook his head.

He looked to the green haired one, who seemed to be desperately trying to take an order. "She's trying I suppose, but she's not spontaneous enough to do it." Pai seemed to notice how his glance was more fixated on the green haired one then the rest of the Mew Mews. He felt a slight heat spread across his face, and disgusted he rushed out of the café. Lettuce looked up to see Pai rush out, and she dropped her work to go and follow him...

She looked round, and soon saw Pai sitting perched upon a tree. "Why are you sitting there alone?" Pai was startled out of his calculating, and looked down to see the green haired one. 'What was her name again?'

"What is it to you? Is it because you humans prefer company? Well I like my solitude so leave me be!"

Lettuce took a step back, hurt from his reaction. All she wanted was to make friends.

"All I want is to be your friend," she replied timidly. Pai snorted. Lettuce looked away, giving a downcast look. She wiped away the tears that were forming, and Pai looked down to her.

At that moment, he didn't know what it was, but he just wanted to slap himself then go down to hug her. His heart moved and thumped beneath his chest. 'What the hell is this?'

Pai hadn't known Lettuce long, but he had seen her fight, the way she looked out for her comrades, and in her work, he saw that whatever she did, she did it to the best of her abilities, even thought the movements were sometimes clumsy. 'She's not selfish. She's proprably the most selfless human I've ever seen...'

Pai huffed. "Don't do that, don't cry, it doesn't make you look good." Lettuce looked up surprised, and was taken aback as Pai had suddenly appeared before her. She gasped and blushed as he silently wiped away one tear that slid from her cheek. "Well..Can you try and work with us?" she asked. Pai gave her an 'are you joking?' look, and she looked down. "Oh, okay... I'm going back, do you at least wanna come?" asked Lettuce timidly. Pai stared out for a bit before answering in a small 'yes'.

They walked down the street together, both blushing as they over heard comments such as: "Wow! Look at those two! They look so cute together!" "I'm not surprised if they're a couple!" The two rushed into the café, thankfully unnoticed. Lettuce quickly went back to work, and Pai continued to watch, though again, with his gaze more fixated upon the green haired one. The caring, hard working one...

Those two had been at it for a while. Thankfully, Ichigo's parents were chosen for a 'European cruise' and so were not here to witness the mannerisms of their beloved and surprisingly still a virgin daughter.

"I've lost my appetite, you?" asked Tart plainly while dumping about half a bowl of fried rice into the garbage.

"I don't know how Kish can stick his tongue down the throat of a human and not throw up," replied Pai, who followed suit.

It seemed that everybody had ditched their dinner someway or another. Kish and Ichigo's had theirs roll on the floor as they passionately, and playfully, yet somehow cleanly (meaning nothing sexual) made out atop the dining table. Tart went straight to the living room where he played about with the tv set, while Pai went up to his dark room and contemplated.

It was strange, what he was feeling. It was like coming down with a sickness. He felt his heart feel funny whenever he was around the green haired one. He noticed her before, even though she seemed unseen, but he seemed to see MORE of her today. Watching her work, made him realize how different he was to most humans. 'She doesn't seem selfish, she's always helping out, and trying to the best of her abilities. She was the only one who came for me when I left...She's quite a selfless person she is...' Again, Pai felt that flutter in his chest and a slight heat rise to his face. He shook it off growling. 'I must talk to Kish.'

He slipped through the darkness to an open light which Kish blocked. "Goodnight my kitten," he whispered, before shutting the door. Kish jumped as he felt a hand upon his shoulder. "Oh it's just you Pai," he breathed.

"Look, I must ask you something,"

"Oh?" Kish silently followed Pai back to his dark room. Pai drew back the curtains of his window, shedding some light into the room and revealing a full white moon, and millions of stars kissing the sky.

Pai sighed, and took his time, before revealing his symptoms. "I have this strange feeling, whenever I see a certain...Someone, my heart seems to flutter in my chest, and then my face heats up. That's all I'm feeling so far, but it seems quite unlike most sicknesses. I always feel....Different, I'm not sure how to explain, but I feel something whenever I have this. I'm stumped, and so I am asking if you have any diagnosis to my sickness."

Kish laughed, causing a distressed Pai to erupt and rush at him. Slamming Kish into the door, and pulling him up at the collar. "I may have a sickness and you think it's funny?" he yelled.

Kish smiled in the darkness. "You're not sick stupid, so don't worry. I know what's wrong with you."

"What?" demanded Pai.

Kish smiled once more before he delivered back the symptoms, and soon his diagnosis. "Fluttery heart, heated face, unknown feeling in pit of stomach.. It's only a start. You say you feel somehow whenever you're around this CERTAIN someone. Pai we all get this, I had this too... I know what you're feeling."

"What is it then dammit!" shouted Pai inpatient.

"It's that feeling, the feeling of love. It's simple to say that you are in love."...

YEAH YEAH YEAH! I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO UPDATE! AND THERE IS CHAPTER 12!! does happy dance see, I can update at least one fanfic a week.... At least I think I can... why am I confused? sits down in a corner lightly hitting her hurting head.

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