Disclaimer: Tmm doesn't belong to me! La-la-la!

NOTE: I'm going to forget all the "chan" and "san" stuff. It was hard to remember how to use 'em in the first chapter, so as to get the chapters out quicker I'll stop using them. And the ages have been messed up for the--(Spoiler). So deal with it!

Started: Dec.01.2005

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What Keiichiro read on the screen was unbelievable, well you could believe it if you tried. Keiichiro read it over and over to make sure he had read it right. "Ryou's not going to like this…"

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The next morning Pudding rushed into the café banging into Keiichiro.

"Hi-hi!" Pudding bounced around Keiichiro humming some random song.

"Um…Hello Pudding." Keiichiro patted her head.

Pudding blinked, then frowned. "Keiichiro is acting strange." She gasped. "Keiichiro must have a secret na-no-da!" Keiichiro sweatdroped. "N-no I don't."

She whispered, rather loudly too, "You can tell Pudding later. No-da."

Just then Ryou walked down the stairs, his nose was slightly red from being sick. "Tell Pudding what?"

Pudding rushed over to him. "Keiichiro's going to tell Pudding his secret!" She shook her finger at him, "So don't tell him that I told you!"

Ryou looked over at Keiichiro. Keiichiro smiled nervously, "I-I'll be in the kitchen." He retreated into the pink-ish room used for cooking. Pudding said, after a half-second of thought, "Keiichiro's acting VERY funny today," Ryou nodded. She continued. "He must have done something bad and doesn't want anyone to find out or…" Her brown eyes lit up. "He must have a secret crush! Pudding must go find her love potion! Na-no-da!"

Ryou slipped upstairs as Pudding ran pell-mell into the girls changing room. He heard the other girls come in. Shutting the door to his room above the Café he sat down at his computer to plan outrageous ways to get back at Ichigo…Ah-HA! He had it. He would-"Achoo!"

He felt his tail bump his ankle. "Darn it."

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Retasu was in the Kitchen helping Keiichiro cooking, staying away from the sharp objects of course.

"Keiichiro?"

Keiichiro turned to look at the green haired girl.

"Yes Retasu?"

She blushed. "Are you feeling alright? You've been acting a little strange. Sorry! I didn't mean to offend you!" She bent over in a bow.

"N-no it's okay but, umm…hold on." He glanced out into the café. Seeing that no one was near he turned to face her. "Can you keep a secret from Ryou?" 'And Pudding' he thought.

She nodded.

"Well…" He whispered in her ear.

Her eyes grew wide. "Oh my…"

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Ichigo sighed. She felt that her "love life" was messed up. Masaya, her crush, was studying in England. Kish, her pervert/semi-stalker had left for his home planet, although she didn't really care, never liked the guy anyway. But Ryou, ah! She thought she hated him, but no, he had to go and be so cute with his cat ears, and his tail was adorable! She didn't know what happened to her but the next thing she knew she gave him a kiss on the cheek! She sighed again. 'I have to hate him; he's my boss, not a cute boy a school, not even a cute teacher. My cute boss! I mean my not cute boss.'

As she carried on this conversation in her head three teenage girls walked in.

"Hi! Welcome to Café Mewmew!"

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Keiichiro told Retasu that she could tell Ichigo. So she slipped in to the Café and traded places with Zakuro at the register.

After Ichigo's customers left Retasu called her over to the counter.

"Ichigo, Keiichiro found something last night that he needs to tell Ryou,"

Ichigo cocked her head, her red hair falling into her eyes.

"So? Why are you telling me?"

A bad thought ran through Ichigo's mind containing the word "gay". Her face paled.

"Um, you mean that…"

Retasu, catching on, shook her head. "No! He wants you to tell him this…"

Ichigo was grateful that it wasn't her first thought, but Ryou would be mad.

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Ryou, finally gotten rid of gray cat ears, was typing a list of was to get back at Ichigo.

He was about to decide on number 10, no 13 or would 5 be better? Whatever. He was about to decide when there was a knock on his door.

"Come in"

He turned to see Ichigo push open the door. He hastily shut down the computer, deleting his "revenge on Ichigo" list in the process.

"Umm…Ryou?"

"What is it Strawberry?"

"Keiichiro found something last night about your cat ears."

He motioned for her to sit on his bed. She did.

"Yeah, what did Keiichiro find?"

She took a deep breath; he watched her chest rise and fall, 'hey! Don't be like Kish!'

"He found…Why are blushing?"

Well Ryou was blushing for two reasons.

One: perverted thoughts. Bad boy

And Two: He was holding back a sneeze. Uh-oh.

Grabbing a tissue he sneezed. His cat ears twitched.

"Okay, continue."

She nodded. "He said that you would turn into a cat forever unless..."

He gulped. "Unless what?"

She looked away. "Unless you got married to…someone with...the same problem"

He blushed. Who could have the same problem? Wait he got it.

"You have cat genes too, although more active then mine, cat genes all the same."

Beat red, she nodded.

Ryou kept back a smile. "So that's means I'd have to get married to you?"

"Yeah, I mean I don't even like you so its worse for me! Then you're twenty and I'm only sixteen! Nya!"

Ryou frowned. "You don't have too you know."

Ichigo sighed. "I know but, I don't want you to be stuck as a cat."

"It's fine." She jumped up to face him, "No its not!"

Ryou faced the window so his back was to her. "If it weren't for Masaya would you?" She nodded. "Yeah. I really like you, I think." Ryou turned to face her. "Thanks Strawberry. I like you too." She smiled. Ryou continued. "Although I think 'I love you' would be the right thing to say." She smiled. "Then I love you." He hugged her. "I love you too Strawberry."

She hugged him back. They stayed like that for a few minutes then…

"Oh, my gosh! Dad's going to be so mad! Dating Masaya was one thing but marring! NYA!"

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Done: Dec.18.05

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Leo: Sorry it took so long! I just couldn't think of anything! And when this was added to a RyouIchigo C2 I felt it needed more RyouIchigo-ness. Thank you for all the reviews! There might, MIGHT be another chapter. Most likely not. Have a happy holiday. And again I'm sorry it took so long.

-Leo's Starlight