Okay, I think this chapter is a bit better than my last two!

At least I hope so, I worked harder on this one at least, and am more impressed with it.

Minto shows up more in this chapter(a little bit of Zakuro too).

I hope you'll enjoy it!

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Ichigo woke up in her bed still in the same clothes she wore the night before. She rubbed her eyes and walked down the stairs to see her mother and father already sitting at the dining table eating their breakfast. She stretched her arms and yawned then sat in a seat next to her mother, "Mom? Dad? When did I get here? I thought I was at the park with..." She stopped herself thinking about what her father would think if she was at a park all night with a boy.

Her mother looked over at her, "It's about time you woke up, Ichigo?" She put on her usual, cheerful smile, "That nice blonde boy carried you and dropped you off here last night after you fell asleep. He was such a sweet boy, the poor thing, it was around midnight when your father finished freaking out and questioning him." She glared over at the man to her left.

He set down his newspaper, "What was I supposed to do! Some strange older boy comes here with my daughter in his arms and you expect me not to freak out over this?! Who was that guy anyway, Ichigo? I thought you were with that other boy, you know, Masaya!"

Ichigo banged her head against the table, "You embarrassed me in front of Ryou?! Dad! That's my boss at the cafe! And I am still with Masaya! Ryou is just one of my best friends!"

Ichigo's mother draped her arms over her husband, "Isn't that nice now honey? Ichigo has a friendship with her boss!" She gave him a small kiss on the cheek, "Now you be nice to that boy, we wouldn't want to get our daughter in trouble now would we?"

Ichigo rolled her eyes and walked back up the stairs as her parents did their daily "lovey-dovey" talk downstairs. She threw herself up onto her bed and buried her face in the pillow, "I can't believe dad freaked out in front of Ryou, how embarrassing." She looked out the window, "I wonder how Masaya is doing?" She glanced over at her cell phone, "What am I thinking? He's too busy to listen to my babbling..." She stood up and picked up the phone and began dialing his number, "...but I'm sure he won't mind if I just talk to him for a couple of minutes."

"Hello?" Masaya answered the phone.

A big smile grew on Ichigo's face at the sound of Masaya's voice, "Masaya! It's me, Ichigo!"

"Oh, Ichigo. Hi! Why'd you call?"

She fell back into her bed, "I miss you and really want to talk to you! Are you busy?"

"Well, actually, I am kind of busy."

The smile on Ichigo's face faded, "Oh, I see. I'm really sorry for bothering you, but I didn't know how much longer I would have lasted if I didn't get to hear you voice again. Well...um... I guess I'll let you go now, but please call back the second you have the chance, okay?"

"Alright, bye."

"Bye." At that, she hung up the phone, "I knew I shouldn't have called him. He must think that I'm extremely clingy now, but at least I got to listen to his sweet voice for those couple of seconds," she sighed, "Maybe Ryou's not busy today, we can go get some pizza or something!" She dialed his number and listened to the phone ring, "Damn, no answer!" She hung up the phone, "I guess I'm going to have to go out alone today. I don't think I'll have better luck with anyone else either." She put on a sweater and skirt and walked downstairs and out the door ignoring her parents who were still doing their giggling and kissing.

"Ichigo?"

Ichigo turned around, "Oh Minto, it's you, what are you doing here?"

"I was kind of bored, so I thought I'd come by to see if you're doing anything. If not, maybe we could go do something together."

Ichigo's eyes lit up, "Yes! That would be great, I didn't think you would have the time to be with me, cause it doesn't seem like anyone else does!" She ran up to Minto and put her arms around her with a big smile on her face.

"Okay Ichigo, if I knew you were gonna strangle me like this, I never would have come over."

Ichigo released Minto and scratched her head, "Sorry, I'm just so happy that I won't have to be alone today, I got really worried. I'm glad you came!" The two began walking, "So what do you plan on doing today, you wanna go get some pizza, or see a movie?"

Minto smiled, "I was thinking about taking a nice walk by the river today, but if you want..."

Ichigo stopped her, "Oh, no no no no no! I was just giving you some ideas, I didn't know you already had something in mind!" She looked up at the clouds, "It seems like a nice day for a walk anyway, that sounds like a good idea." The two girls walked at the edge of the river, "I'm really glad you came by today, I really did not want to spend such a nice day by myself!" She smiled and began skipping.

Minto giggled, "I'm glad also. I called Zakuro, but she said she was busy with something else. Probably some modeling thing again." Stars began to appear in her eyes, "I envy her, she has such a great life! I wish I could be just like her! But I guess things like that will only happen in my dreams, huh?" She began laughing.

Ichigo began laughing also, "That's not true. You did really well the last time we tried out to become models! I bet if those Chimera Animas hadn't appeared, you would have been a model by now also, just like Zakuro, then you two would probably be able to spend more time together!"

Minto smiled, "Thanks Ichigo, hearing you say that makes me really happy!"

Ichigo giggled, but then she stopped and her eyes grew.

"I-Ichigo?" Minto stared at her blankly.

Ichigo ran and hid behind a tree, grabbing Minto's wrist and pulling her along, "Minto, look?"

Minto pulled her wrist away from Ichigo, "Ow! What is it?!"

"Shhhh! Look over there, isn't that Zakuro?" Ichigo pointed over to a girl sitting on a rock by the river with a cigarette in her mouth.

"Oh my God! It is Zakuro! I didn't know she smoked!" Minto watched in horror as the smoke was blown out of her idol's mouth, "But, she's so young!" Minto got up and began walking toward the spot where Zakuro was sitting.

Ichigo tried to stop her, "Minto, no! What are you doing?!"

"Z-Zakuro? Is that...you? W-What are you doing?" Minto asked, her voice shaking.

Zakuro quickly turned her head and faced Minto, "Minto?! What are you doing here?" She pulled the cigarette out of her mouth and hid it behind her back, even though she knew that Minto had already caught her smoking.

Ichigo ran by Minto's side, "Zakuro! Since when did you smoke?!"

Zakuro turned back toward the river and put the cigarette in her mouth, "I started smoking last month, it helps me relax when I'm stressed out." She blew some smoke out of her mouth and closed her eyes.

Ichigo pulled the cigarette out of Zakuro's mouth and threw it on the ground, "Well it's bad for you! You shouldn't be smoking!"

Zakuro stood up in anger, "Well you shouldn't be making out with your boss when you know that you have a boyfriend!" Ichigo's eyes filled with tears as she stepped away from Zakuro. Zakuro put her hands over her mouth, "Ichigo, I'm so sorry! I-I didn't mean..."

"So Ryou told you..." Ichigo ignored the tears flowing down her cheeks.

Zakuro reached toward Ichigo, "No, Ichigo that's not..."

Ichigo pushed away Zakuro's hand, "That bastard... I thought he was my friend, I thought you were my friend!" She ran away with tears following behind her.

"Ichigo, wait!" Minto cried out to her. Her eyes also began to water. She turned around to face Zakuro once more, "Zakuro, how could you?!"

"Minto, I'm really sorry, I don't know what came over me!" Zakuro tried to explain.

Minto shook her head and ran after Ichigo.

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Well I guess this was a longer chapter so I'm kinda happy with it!

Tell me what you think and leave a review!

Chapter 5 to be up soon!