Sakuya: X.x I survived two weeks of school!

Ryou: (Smirks) and having to carry all those heavy textbooks.

Sakuya: YEAH I KNOW! That was PAINFUL! Lucky for me though, I haven't got some textbooks yet so it's not EXTREMELY heavy….yet -.-"

Ryou: (Thinks) Maybe I should make her textbooks extra heavy…or put rocks in her bag….or…

Sakuya: (Is still ranting on about her textbooks) And….my blah blah blah….hm? Hey Ryou what are you thinking about?

Ryou: I could put weights in to her bag too….oooh that's evil. Or…um…did you say something Sakuya?

Sakuya: Put weights in whose bag?

Ryou: Um…I…was thinking of putting them in…Ichigo's bag! Yeah that's it because Ichigo…..ummm yeah she played a trick on me the other day.

Sakuya: (Cocks eyebrow) Okay….ANYWAYS review time! And for no particular reason, whap Ryou on the head :D (WHAP!)

Ryou: X.x (Thinks) She knows….how does she know….T.T

Sakuya: BTW, I've decided that I'm going to continue my Ryou talking thing at the beginning and if anyone doesn't like it, then they can just skip to the story. That way I'll be happy and everybody else will be happy! n.n"

Reviews!

BubbLy01:

Hahha I didn't mean it that way either. I was kidding about the order thing. :D Anyways yay! Glad you keep reviewing my chapters :D

Baka-Schla:

Yup…fluff will come. I make sure to have a little bit of fluff every chapter :D Thanks for reviewing :D

Elmozakuro:

Yup here's the next chapter and glad you like it :D Thanks for reviewing!

Kayra909:

Hahahahha! Poor Ryou…gets ANOTHER muffler. LOL YOU'RE evil! O.o hehhe but then…so am I :P Anyways thanks for reviewing :D

Aquariel59:

Keiichiro is worried about everyone lol He's like the person that takes care of all of them. Anyways, I don't have a club, but I do have this list that I don't keep track of lol :P But yay you can be added to the list of Ryou/Ichigo fans :D

Nekoluver:

So sorry! I didn't know what else to write, so I ended it there. But that wasn't actually short compared to some of my other chapters. I WILL try to make them longer though, but it's sometimes hard. Anyways thanks for reviewing :D

PrettyPinkSugar:

Hahah you're the only that ever said you're welcome to my thank yous :D Anyways yes happy ending. Heheh :D And you're welcome for updating…and thank you for reviewing….again o.O lol

Angelic Ichigo:

No problem! Hahah you reviewed my last chapter, so you haven't been off that long I think…anyways O.O You're in university? WOW. Um…so your test is on Nov. 1? But that's so much later, well good luck anyways :D

BlueMeteorGirl:

Masaya is…I don't know. But I said that Ichigo and he have broken up in the first few chapters. Hope that clears up any confusion? Thanks for reviewing!

Dream-cloudstar:

u.U You're being stupid YET AGAIN! I told you! It WOULD be Kish/Mint. (Sighs and shakes head) Stupid little sister. Hehe yeah well….oh wellz. Ryou is a bad liar :D yesyes thanks for reviewing, even though I had to remind you a couple of times lol :P

Glammer Girl:

Yup..I'm glad they're getting along too. Well, Kish and Mint aren't really supposed to get along lol :P Or else it wouldn't be like them. Anyways yes I'll try writing more fluff :3 Thanks for reviewing!

Ryou: (Still apparently died)

Sakuya: (Sigh) Such a nuisance to revive him every time he gets hit. (Revives Ryou)

Ryou: I HEARD THAT! It's YOUR fault for hitting me every time.

Sakuya: O.o How could you have heard it? You were dead.

Ryou: o.O Oh yeah…you're right….(Walks away pondering this)

Sakuya: Anyhoo…time to start the story :D

Chapter 7 – Ryou and Ichigo's turn at Cooking!

The next morning it was Ichigo and Ryou's turn in the kitchen. Ichigo woke up a little bit before 7 and got dressed. By 7, she was walking to the Mess Hall. Inside, she could hear Ryou in the kitchen clattering around the pots and pans.

"What do you think you're doing?" Ichigo teased as she walked up to where Ryou was standing in the messy kitchen.

"And where were you?" asked a frustrated Ryou.

Ichigo, being in a happy mood, ignored Ryou's question. "What are you looking for?"

Ryou was now kneeling and was sorting through a cupboard. "I'm looking for the medium sized pot. I think Pudding must've misplaced it yesterday."

"Why are you looking for the pot? We don't even need it now." Ichigo said peering over Ryou's shoulder to look at the cupboard.

"I'm looking for it so that we can use it for our dinner. Oh…here it is!" the older teen said.

"Well okay, then let's get started!" Ichigo said and pulled on an apron. Ryou smiled in response and started working too.

After awhile of making pancakes, they decided to stop and take a break. Ichigo glanced at Ryou and giggled.

"What's so funny?" Ryou laughed looking at Ichigo.

Ichigo laughed and pointed, "You have flour on your cheek."

Ryou scoffed and replied, "So do you." He reached up and touched the girl's hair to get rid of the white substance. Ichigo blushed slightly due to Ryou's touch. Ichigo now reached up and tried to brush off the flour from the older boy's cheek, but she didn't want to let go.

"Your cheek…" Ichigo drifted off.

"What about my cheek?" Ryou said self consciously.

"…it's so warm…" Ichigo said while looking at Ryou.

Ryou looked surprised but it was gone as fast as it came. He took her hand and reached for the other one and whispered, "Your hands are warm too…" As he said that, he leaned in close to her. Ichigo also did what her instinct told her to do. She leaned in too…when they heard the door open.

"HEY! Ryou! Ichigo! Are you guys done with breakfast?" It was Keiichiro.

(A/N: Can't really explain what the kitchen and the Mess Hall looks like, but they're connected and Ryou and Ichigo were in the back of the kitchen so that Keiichiro could not see them)

They pulled away from each other, blushing slightly at their second failed attempt. "Uh…yeah we're almost done." Replied Ryou.

"Okay then hurry up! I'm going to go wake up the other girls." Keiichiro yelled back and they heard the door bang shut.

There was an awkward silence where Ichigo and Ryou just stood there. "Um…I guess we should go working on those pancakes." Ichigo said to ease up the mood.

"Yeah you're right. They'll be here soon." Ryou replied and returned to working.

Later At Breakfast with Everyone in the Mess Hall…

"Mmm! This is delicious! Wow I didn't know you guys made such a great team!" Rettasu said while eating her pancakes with syrup.

"You guys can actually work together. That's something you don't seem very often." Mint was as sarcastic as ever.

Ichigo was not paying attention or she might've actually responded to Mint's comment but she was too busy thinking about before. Why does Keiichiro have to always come in when Ryou and I are so close….? Not that I blame him or anything….but it's always someone or another…wish we could just have some time together…Ichigo started wondering and drifted off.

"Ichigo? ICHIGO!" Apparently Mint was yelling at Ichigo and FINALLY Ichigo snapped back to reality.

"Huh? What?"

"We're done eating. Aren't you coming?" Mint told the red head girl.

The said girl looked down to her plate to find it empty. "Oh…I'm coming I guess." She was walking to the door when she heard Keiichiro.

"Not yet Ichigo. Since you and Ryou are on chore duty, you guys will have to wash the dishes too."

Ichigo groaned but went to the kitchen with Ryou following close behind. She sighed and said, "You wash and I'll dry."

"Hai…." Ryou answered and started working.

Once they were done with the dishes, they discovered it took them longer than it was supposed to, so now they had to stay in the kitchen to make their so called "friends" lunch.

"Ugh…I'm so tired. How did Mint and Pudding do this yesterday?" Complained Ichigo.

"Stop complaining and hurry up so that we can have some time to relax." Replied Ryou while making some peanut butter and jelly sandwiches which should've taken them a very short time, but considering it was Ryou and Ichigo, it was normal.

By the time they were done, they only had a little bit of time left before lunch started so they decided to just take a relaxing break.

"Ugh…that was hard work." Ichigo said while plopping herself onto the kitchen floor.

"You're just slow." Ryou smirked.

Ichigo stuck out her tongue and replied, "If I'm slow that means you're slow too."

Ryou smirked again and said, "Wow, glad you figured that out on your own."

Ichigo was too tired to say anything so she just made a pouting face. Ryou chuckled to himself. If only you'd make that face to make me laugh everyday…

"Mmm…I'm sleepy." Ichigo said while closing her eyes. She didn't exactly think about what she was doing because the next thing Ryou knew, her head was on his shoulders. He didn't mean to, but he started blushing at the closeness of the two. He just felt like hugging her tight and never letting her go.

"Ryou! Ichigo! Where are you guys?" yelled Keiichiro as he shut the door behind him.

"Mm…? Who is it?" Ichigo asked waking up rubbing her eyes.

"Shhhh go back to sleep. It's just Keiichiro. I'll go talk to him." Ryou whispered back.

"Mm…okay." Ichigo replied and went back to sleeping against the kitchen cupboards. Ichigo was no longer resting on Ryou's shoulder so Ryou got up and walked over to Keiichiro all the while signaling for him to be quiet.

"Ichigo fell asleep. She's really tired." Ryou whispered to his partner.

Keiichiro nodded and asked, "So you're done with lunch I'm assuming?"

"Yup it's on the counter."

"Okay then. You go bring her to her bed so she can sleep more comfortable."

Ryou nodded and proceeded to the kitchen. As he picked her up (bridal style), Ichigo woke up but kept her eyes closed. She could feel the heat emitting from his body. She wanted to stay that way forever but after awhile she heard him opening the cabin door and closing it. Then she was out of his arms and was lying on her bed. After a few seconds she felt something touch her face and then it was gone. Next, she heard Ryou's heavy footsteps.

"RYOU!" Ichigo sprang up from her bed. "WAIT! Don't leave yet…"

Ryou turned around surprised. He had been sure that she was asleep. Then he realized what he had just done. Now he was just plain embarrassed and afraid of what she might ask next. "What…?"

"Um….why did you just do that…"

Not exactly the most direct way of asking the question, but it was still the question that he had dreaded. "Do what..? I didn't do anything." Ryou pretended to be dumb.

"You know…what you just did a few minutes ago…" Ichigo instinctively reached up to touch her cheek where it was still wet.

Ryou continued with his act. "What? I don't understand what you're talking about."

Ichigo smiled knowing that Ryou would not confess so she just replied, "Well thanks anyways. Thanks for everything today Ryou." After she said that she stifled a yawn.

Ryou was confused but responded and said, "You're welcome. And you should really take a nap. You're really tired."

"Yeah I think I will." Ichigo said with another yawn.

"Okay then I'll bring you some dinner later or something."

"Okay. Thanks again Ryou."

"No problem."

Later at 7…

Ichigo woke up to the sound of knocking at the door. She sat up on her bed and asked, "Who is it?"

"It's Ryou. Can I come in?"

"Sure come in."

Ryou came in with a tray of food. "Spaghetti's for dinner." He announced. He set down the tray in front of the hungry girl.

"Looks delicious." Said girl commented and then she realized something. "But doesn't that mean you made it yourself…WITHOUT my help?"

Ryou blushed a little bit and started teasing the younger girl. "Yeah so you'd better help me out next time or you're not getting anything to eat at all!"

Ichigo pouted and whined, "But I didn't get to eat any of the sandwiches we made for lunch."

Ryou smiled at this and gave the red haired girl a break. "Okay then fine. What are you looking at me for? Eat your spaghetti before it gets cold or else there really WON'T be a dinner for you."

"Yes sir." Ichigo smiled and started eating. After a few minutes she was done.

"Wow that was fast." Ryou commented.

"I was really hungry since I skipped lunch." Ichigo explained. It was really comfortable just sitting there on her bed talking and not yelling at each other. The girl thought.

For the rest of the night, they spent it talking to each other about everything and nothing. It was unusual but good. They never could've done that back at the café. After awhile worth of talking, Ryou realized what time it was.

"I should leave you now. It's getting late." Ryou said looking at his watch.

"Yeah I guess so."

"Okay then. Good night." Ryou reached to take the tray but in doing so, he himself felt someone peck him on the cheek.

"Thanks again for everything." Ichigo said and smiled.

"No problem." Ryou replied and left the cabin.

Ichigo smiled to herself again and waited for the girls to get back so that they could tell her what she had missed out. But the truth was, she had not missed out one bit.

End of Chapter.

Sakuya: That was LONG! X.X

Ryou: WOW! I can cook?

Sakuya: In this fanfic, yes.

Ryou: (Is amazed) I CAN COOK! I can cook! (yells to the world….VERY un-Ryou like but oh well :P)

Sakuya: X.x Blah I'm too tired from typing this so I'll just end it here. PLEASE review for MORE Ryou/Ichigo fluff!

Ryou: Yes! And more of MY cooking!

Sakuya: Shuddap.

Ryou: T.T Yes ma'am.