A little more Zakuro and Minto in this chapter and a bit more fluffiness between Ryou and Ichigo.

I think I did pretty good on this chapter also, but Chapter 1 is still my favorite, I'm getting there though!

Okay, now time for Chapter 5!

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"I can't believe he told Zakuro," Ichigo kept running as the tears ran down her cheeks, "I thought he was my friend! I guess I was wrong about him. He really is a jerk!" She ran toward the cafe, "I'll give him a piece of my mind!" She ignored the staring people watching as she ran down the street yelled to herself, "And I can't believe Zakuro would say something like that to me...no matter...how true it may be." She finally reached Cafe Mew Mew and stomped in. She marched up the stairs and knocked loudly on the door to Ryou's room.

The door opened and Ryou stepped out of the room, shutting the door behind him. He noticed her puffy eyes, "Ichigo! Have you been crying? What's wrong?" He stepped closer to her, "We're friends now, you can tell me what happenned, right?"

Ichigo slapped him across the face, "How can you say we're friends, after what you just did? I bet you didn't even think about my feelings when you told Zakuro about what happenned between us did you?! How many other people did you tell, Ryou?! Tell me!" She wiped away her tears and waited for his explanation of what happenned.

Ryou rubbed his cheek. He stared at her blankly and confused, "I don't know what you're talking about. I-I didn't tell...anyone."

Ichigo grew angry, "Don't give me that Ryou!! Do you expect me to believe that the whole thing just magically appeared in Zakuro's head?!"

"He didn't tell me Ichigo." Zakuro walked up from behind the two, "I was there, when it all happenned." Zakuro's face also showed signs of crying. She tried to hide it, but it wasn't very hard to notice with the tear stains across her cheeks.

"Zakuro! How could you have been there? I didn't see you!" Ichigo was confused, but still trying to look mad.

Zakuro tried to smile, "I guess you were to busy crying to notice. I was standing behind Keiichiro when he...you know...kinda walked in. I was just asking him some questions about the whole Mew Mew thing. When he didn't know the answer to one of my questions, we thought that maybe Ryou would know, so we came up here to ask him, and that's when I found out." She turned her head toward the floor, "I'm really sorry, I planned on keeping my mouth shut about it, but I'm just really stressed out, and I guess I just wasn't thinking right."

"Omigosh! Are you serious?!" Ichigo turned back around to face Ryou again, who was still rubbing his cheek, "Ryou, is this true?"

Ryou was also confused about the whole thing, "I guess so, I knew about as much as you did before Zakuro explained everyting."

Ichigo put her arms around Ryou and rested her head on Ryou's chest, "I'm so sorry Ryou," she tried to hold back her tears, but they still came out, "I shouldn't have just jumped to conclusions like that, I hope you can forgive me and we can still be friends."

Ryou started blushing, seeing the girl he loved with her arms around him. He smiled and stroked her hair, "Of course we can be friends, I don't know what I'd do if we weren't." He pulled her chin up, "Come on, it's getting late, I'll walk you home." She nodded and the two walked out of the cafe.

Zakuro smiled noticing that the two had forgotten all about her. She slid down against the wall and looked up at the ceiling, "That's one problem solved, now to straighten things out with Minto." She took what was left of her box of cigarettes in her pocket and threw them into the trash can across from her. She sighed and got up, "I guess I'll go back to work now." She turned around to face Minto, who had been standing in the hallway behind her. "Minto! Look Minto, the cigarettes are gone, I'll quit smoking and..."

Minto came up and hugged her, "Zakuro...thank you." She was crying her tears of joy with a gentle calm smile on her face.

Zakuro was surprised, but then put on a gentle smile and also began crying with Minto.

"Well, here we are." Ryou brought Ichigo to the door of her house.

"Thanks for walking me here Ryou, I would invite you to come inside for a while, but, I don't want you to suffer through my dad's interrogations again." She shivered at the thought of her father putting her into even more embarrassment.

Ryou laughed, "Thanks anyway Ichigo." There was a silence between the two for a couple of seconds.

"I guess I should go inside now, my parents are probably worried," she paused for a moment, and walked up to him, "Bye." She kissed him on the cheek and quickly walked into her house with cheeks matching the color of her own eyes.

Ryou blushed and also began walking home, "I guess beside the whole slapping thing, I had a pretty good night." He smiled, "I'm glad she's happy now." He looked up at the stars, "Now if only I could be the one to be happy with her."

Ichigo leaned against the door, "Why did I kiss him?" She put her hand over her lips, "It was a friendly kiss though, it's not like I'm cheating on Masaya...again." She ran up the stairs and sat on her bed. She took out her cell phone out of her coat pocket, "Speaking of Masaya, he still hasn't called me like he said he would." She looked disappointed, but kept telling herself that she wasn't. She closed her eyes and forced herself to smile, "I shouldn't worry myself like that, he's probably just busy! I won't bother him this time!" She fell back and looked up at the ceiling, "At least I have good friends to comfort me, I think I'll live 'til Masaya gets back." She closed her eyes and finally allowed herself to fall asleep.

The telephone started ringing. Ichigo poked her head out from under her blankets. She stretched her arms as she walked to the phone and picked it up, "Hello?" She answered sleepily.

"Ichigo, it's Ryou."

Ichigo looked over at her clock, "Ryou? Why are you calling so early?"

"I think you'd better come to the cafe. There's someone here to see you."

Ichigo blinked, "Really? Okay, I'll be there in a second!" She hung up the phone and put on her coat as she left the house. She arrived at the cafe and saw Ryou standing in front of a table by the door, "Hey Ryou, who's here to see me?" She asked curiously.

He stepped out of the way revealing a familiar boy with his back to the two, "See for yourself."

The boy turned around, "Hey sweetie! Did you miss me?"

Ichigo's eyes grew, "K-Kish?"

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Woohoo! Kish is here! Yea!

Kish isn't gonna be a big part of the story, but it's just so fun when he's in it.

I hope you enjoyed the story so far and come back and read the next one!