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"Lift your head higher. Higher! Don't fold your arms like that! Stand straight and tall! Strut your stuff, honey you're gorgeous!"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry…" Ritsu muttered meekly. "I told you I'm not good at this…I'm so sorry, I'll just get off the runway…"

"STOP right there!" Sakuya commanded, making Ritsu freeze as he had one foot on the steps. "Darling, you're a natural. You just don't believe in yourself enough."

"I don't see any reason to," Ristu replied shyly, softly stepping back on the runway. "I'm so worthless…"

"Hey, don't put yourself down, kiddo." The woman put her hands on her hips. "You're never going to be good at anything if you have that attitude. Now…" She stepped up on the runway and parked her feet beside Ritsu. "…lift your chin up," she said, tilting up his chin. "Shoulders back, feet spread a little apart…good. Now watch me." She began walking down the runway, with a confident strut. She jumped off the runway and faced him with a smile. "Walk down that runway and give me that devastatingly sexy look I love so much."

Ristu sighed and…well, tried to walk like she did. But he was so nervous that he did a robot march, his whole body tightened, and the looks he gave her was more like completely embarrassed than devastatingly sexy. Sakuya shook her head. Ritsu bowed his.

"I'm sorry. I knew I was completely worthless. Please forgive me."

"That's not it at all!" Sakuya insisted. "I'm so disappointed that you don't believe in yourself more."

"Why should I?"

"Because you are capable of great things!" the woman replied as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. She walked up next to him on the runway again. "Now, I want you to tell me why in the world you're always saying that you're worthless!"

Ristu twiddled his fingers nervously. "Well…because I am."

"And why is that?"

The monkey of the zodiac bit his lip. "Well…even when I was little, I couldn't do anything right, and I was always so shy and clumsy, and my parents always had to apologize for me…"

"Now I know where you get it from," muttered Sakuya.

"…and I was still too shy to do anything about it and…"

"Stop right there." Sakuya held up a hand to silence him. "So it appears that even your own parents don't believe in you! It's no wonder that you think you're worthless!" She suddenly brandished a mirror in front of his face. "Look at that face. What do you see?"

Ritsu frowned. "I see someone who will never accomplish anything…"

"Hmm, really?" The woman peered in the mirror. "That's not what I see. You know what I see? I see a star! A supermodel, and a really sexy one, too!"

Ritsu blushed. "You're just saying that…"

Sakuya grinned. "Am I? I don't think so. Look again."

Ritsu looked again and sighed in disappointment. "I don't know what you see, but all I see is me. And I'm not worth anything. I'm sorry Miss Sakuya but you'll have to find another model."

"No!" the woman snapped. Ritsu looked up, blushing and surprised. "I have waited too long to find the perfect model to represent my company! If you walk out on me, I will never forgive you!"

Ritsu's blush brightened and extended across his entire face. "I'm not that important…am I?"

"You better believe it, hot stuff," Sakuya confirmed with a smirk on her face. "So what do you say? Take a look at that mirror again. What do you see?"

Ritsu peered into the mirror and finally smiled. "I see…"

"Yes…? Isn't it sexy?"

"Um…yeah," Ritsu blushed. "I guess so."

"You guess so? Nah-ah, you know so!" Sakuya poked him in the side. "Go on, say it. Say 'I'm sexy and everyone knows it!'"

"I'm sexy and…everyone knows it…" Ritsu mumbled.

"Whaaaat? I didn't heeeeaaarr yoooouuuu!"

"I'm sexy and everyone knows it…" Ritsu mumbled a little louder.

"Little louder," Sakuya coaxed.

"I'm sexy and…everyone knows it!"

"Scream it!"

"I'm sexy and everyone knows it!!" Ritsu shouted happily. His face was flushed. "Wow…that was exciting."

"That's what I like to hear!!" Sakuya gave a cattish grin and leapt off the runway. "Alright, now show me what you got!"

Ristu gave a cheerful nod and complied with a sensual strut to the end of the runway, a toss of his gorgeous hair, and the dashing look that had gotten him here in the first place.

Sakuya replied by giving squeal and promptly fainting.

That's the end of the update!! I'm quite happy with it. Aren't you? Well, I hope you enjoyed the second chapter of 'A Toast to Ritsu'. Please show any appreciation you might have by reviewing.