Authors Note: Yay! The second chapter! . does happy dance OH! And Dark Phoenix Lady helped a lot! hugs Dark Phoebix Lady Alright as you can also tell the characters(Ryou) is a bitt OOC...heh...heh...heh...anyway...on with the story!

It was now the end of work and he already ordered Ichigo to stay. He looked at the clock and noticed the time was 6:16. Everyone should be gone by now. He slowly walked down the stairs and spotted Ichigo already in her back in school uniform waiting for him, but there was one problem she was crying. Innocent crystal tears fell down her beautiful face onto her folded hands. Ryou stared at her and clenched his fists, this had to be Masaya's doing! Ichigo kept her eyes fixed on her hands and remembered what happened to her and her so called 'boyfriend'.

Flashback

Ichigo happily skipped through the park, after meeting up Masaya. Of course Masaya thought Ichigo had gone home and not come to the park. Her big shining eyes noticed a couple making out, and she giggled. It instantly reminded her of Masaya and herself. She continued walking until she heard the girl giggle out 'Masaya'. Ichigo quickly looked back at them and found out it was indeed Masaya. Tears began to form at her eyes and she walked up to them, slapping Masaya across the face.

"HOW COULD YOU? IT'S OVER!" Ichigo shouted running away. Masaya stood there dumbfound as Sakuya ran her hand up his thigh.

"Was that the girl you played out?" She asked kissing him again.

"Yep." he simply answered, returning her kisses.

End Flashback

Ichigo cried more and Ryou quickly reacted to this. He walked over to her knelt down so he could be at the same level as her.

"Ichigo..." He wispered, running his hand through her loose red hair. Ichigo looked at him, and tackled him to the floor...for hug. She silently cried into his chest as he held her close. A few minutes passed as they layed there on the floor of Cafe Mew Mew, until Ryou broke the silence.

"Do you want to talk about?" He asked still running his hand through her hair. Ichigo slowly nodded and grabbed onto his shirt.

"Masaya..." The minute he heard that name, Ryou clenched his teeth. He held Ichigo closer and noticed how nice she fitted him, her proportions were perfect.

"Cheated on me..." Ichigo finished off. Ryou narrowed his eyes and hugged Ichigo tighter. Ryou at the moment wanted to kill Masaya and make sure he burned in seven hells.

"He's not good enough for you Ichigo." He whispered in her ear. When he did this, shivers were sent down Ichigo's spine and her face had a light pink blush on it.

'And neither am I.' Ryou thought. He looked down at Ichigo who had already stopped crying. He slowly started to stand up, as well as Ichigo. He then reached into his pocket and took out her ribbon.

"I've been meaning to give you this Ichigo, I found it yesterday." He explained. His crystal blue eyes looked deep into her brown ones, as she stepped closer to him.

"Thank you... Ryou..." She wispered, taking the ribbon. Ichigo looked outside to find the sun was setting. She didn't feel like going home...for an odd reason she wanted to stay. She looked back at Ryou and another blush crept her face. Why did she feel this way? Why did it feel more right with Ryou? Of course she always had these feelings when near, but always pushed them aside. Was she noticing these feelings now because she didn't have to worry about Masaya? Was Masaya in the way all this time?

"Ryou can I stay here tonight? Please?" She asked looking at her ribbon. Ryou stared at her for a while then out the window. He didn't know if that was good idea, what if he lost control or something? What if Ichigo was testing him? Ryou thought for a bit more and finally decided that...he wanted to keep her happy.

"Of course you can, strawberry head." He chuckled and placed his hand over her head, lightly patting it. Ichigo smiled and hugged him. There it was again! That tingling feeling she never felt with Masaya. Ryou looked down at her and lightly chuckled. She released herself from him and ran over to the phone. He blinked and just watched her. She called her mother about sleeping over Lettuce's house and her mother agreed. Ichigo then called Lettuce and asked her to play along, which Lettuce happily agreed to, of course Lettace was suprised when Ichigo said she was staying with Ryou for the night. When Ichigo was done she slowly walked over back to where Ryou was, and he led the way to his room. When they reached to the door he silently opened it and led Ichigo inside.