Sickness

By, Leo's Starlight

Disclaimer: I don't own Tokyo Mewmew. If I did…Mwahahahahahaha!

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There I was sleeping in my nice warm bed (dreaming of my favorite Strawberry) when I heard the door creak open. I opened my eyes to see Keiichiro come into my room and open the window blinds.

As the bright morning light streamed into my room I squeezed my eyes shut and pulled the blanket over my head. I heard Keiichiro walk over to my bedside.

"Ryou, are you okay? It's nine and the girls will be here soon."

With the gray blanket still over my head I mumbled,

"No it's not; my alarm didn't go off yet."

Keiichiro sighed, "Yes it did, I came in and turned it off."

Hearing that, I threw off the blankets and jumped out of bed, almost knocking Keiichiro over.

"What! Why didn't-" I would've kept yelling at Keiichiro but I was cut off by a stream of coughing.

Keiichiro raised an eyebrow. "Ryou, if you're getting sick, get back in bed."

I pulled on my normal white pants. "I'm fine. I just stayed up late researching Mew Aqua on the computer." I waved a hand towards the said computer.

I heard giggling down stairs. Keiichiro gave me a look. "Come down stairs when you're done, I have your breakfast in the microwave."

"Thanks doctor Keiichiro." I shut my door and sneezed, grabbing a tissue I walked into my bathroom. I ran a comb threw my short blonde hair. I wondered if Keiichiro was right, was I getting sick? Nah, I haven't been sick since I got the cat DNA.

I pulled on a shirt. After making my bed, I went downstairs.

The girls where dressed and ready for work, except Ichigo (wait! She was dressed, but not ready for work!). She looked like she could sleep all day. I sat at a table and placed my head on my hand, my elbow resting on the table.

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I must have dozed off because the next thing I knew the red-headed cat-girl was calling my name with sweet tenderness.

"Shirogane! SHI-RO-GANE!"

Okay not quite "Sweet Tenderness".

"What do you waa-choo!" Instead of asking my brown eyed friend (if only she was more) what in the world she wanted I sneezed.

Kind and caring Retasu, scurried over caring a tray of sweets.

"Oh, Shirogane-San! Are you feeling okay?"

Ichigo placed her hand on my forehead; her touch was soft and cooling.

"Nya! Shirogane! You're burning up!"

Zakuro came from the kitchen, where she was helping Keiichiro bake. "Akasaka-San said that you should be resting in bed. Ichigo-Chan will bring you up breakfast." She walked back into the Café's kitchen.

"Yes, Shirogane-san Akasaka-san is right."

I looked over at the speaker. Mint was drinking her tea at her normal table.

She glared, I sniffed. Brown eyes flashing, she said "You should be in bed, your face is red, and you're ruining my view of the birds outside the window."

Pudding dropped form the ceiling, giggling she pointed at Mint.

"You said a rhyme! Bed, red. Na-No-Da!"

Trying to get away from the madness I obeyed Keiichiro's order.

Going up stairs I sneezed once again. This time I felt a strange tweaking sensation on both sides of my head, right behind my ears. I ignored it, had to have jerked my head to much. As I entered my room I took of my black vest and pulled on a plain white shirt.

Then trading out my white pants for gray sweat pants, I went into my bathroom to get that bottle of water I thought I left there. Now where…Ah-HA! There it is.

I just happened to look up and see myself in the mirror, normally I would've just seen me; tall. Blue eyes, blonde hair. A handsome young man of seventeen, (Hey, I'm giving you the facts) nothing too unusual. BUT, this time I saw gray cat ears. There was the normal me of course, but with gray cat ears.

I did the only thing any normal person would do; I let out a loud wordless yell, ending in a sneeze.

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"Shirogane, what are you doing in there?"

My sweet angel of a strawberry knocked on my door.

I dived into my bed, literally! Covering my head with the blanket I called.

"Come in!" After a moment of thought I added. "I AM dressed!"

She came in, "Ry-Shirogane?"

I grinned; she almost called me Ryou.

"Where are you?"

This time I sighed; she can be so dense.

"Under here Baka." I stuck a hand out and waved.

"Why are you under there?" I heard her set the plate down, on my computer desk most likely. She better not spilled anything on that keyboard, it's new and it cost a lot.

I didn't even feel her sit down on the bed. Suddenly, the blanket was whipped of my head. My hand flew to my head trying to conceal those ears, now I knew what Ichigo must feel like.

But once my hands made contact with my head all I felt was my hair, and a headache coming on.

Realizing there were no ears I removed my hands.

Coughing, I peaked at Ichigo threw the corners of my eyes.

She looked puzzled.

"What where you doing? Nya." She asked cocking her head.

"Something your small mind couldn't handle."

She stood up I got up behind her and pushed her out the door.

But before I could shut it she turned and looked at me.

She was about to say something or other. Then she saw something behind me.

Her eyes grew wide and a small smile played on her face.

I glanced over my shoulder, seeing nothing but my now un-made bed. I turned my head back to face her.

She was still smiling. Before I could ask her what was funny, I did my most poplar thing today, no not cover my head with the blanket that's second. I sneezed.

I felt that tweak again. My hands flew to my head. Ichigo, who now laughing, still had her gaze focused behind me.

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"Well Baka-Strawberry, what are you laughing at?"

She reached behind me, right next to my waist and grabbed…My tail?

"You have this problem to, Shirogane?" She let go of my gray tail.

Hands still on my head I sat down in the chair next to my desk. "Just today, close the door if you're coming in."

She shut the door and sat on my bed.

"Why just today?"

"Most likely it has something to do with me being sick, causing the cat DNA to act up, or something."

"Hmmm… Shirogane, If you have the cat problem when you're sick why didn't I have it when I was sick?" My ears and tail disappeared.

"I really don't know Strawberry. I'll have to do some research."

She nodded. I know she thought it was funny for me to have cat ears and tail. I have to get her back for that, Hmmm…

That's it! She was looking at her lap and playing with her fingers. I quietly reached for the piece of toast on my plate of food. Once I had it I flung it at her, missing her on purpose. It hit the wall behind her head. But it startled her enough that she screamed "NYA!" and HER cat ears and tail popped up. I was now holding my sides laughing, and she came over and was about to slap me when she got this mischievous look in her eyes. Now that her ears went down, she stood on her tiptoes and planted a kiss on my cheek.

That surprised me into a tweaking sneeze. And I felt the darn tail brush against my ankle.

"See you later Shirogane!" she ran down the stairs back to her job.

I almost called her a "Stupid flirt" among other things, when Keiichiro came up the stairs.

Glancing over his shoulder at Ichigo Keiichiro asked, "When'd you two get together?"

He was about to enter my room when I slammed the door in his face to keep him from seeing the ears and tail.

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When I went downstairs later (after closing time), Keiichiro and the girls where in the kitchen. Keiichiro was getting his nose re-bandaged by Retasu.

I leaned over her shoulder to watch. "What happened to him?"

Zakuro, who was leaning on the counter, said "You shut the door in his face and hurt his nose." Pudding hopped over and jumped up on a chair next to me. "Yea! We thought his nose was broke, but nope! It's just sprained. Na-no-DA!"

I felt a sneeze coming. I wiggled my nose and tried to leave so when I sneezed no one would see the ears. Ichigo saw that and stepped into front of the door.

I managed to mutter "Cruel." before I sneezed.

I heard five gasps behind me and I sighed,

"Ichigo you will be sorry for this."

Her brown eyes widened innocently. "Nya?"