Sakuya: YAY! I reached the 100 review mark! (Smiles proudly)
Ryou: Yippee…u.U tell them what you did in the last chapter.
Sakuya: T.T Hai….Okay so the day I wrote the last chapter, I was not feeling very well…and so it wasn't exactly the best chapter ever…
Ryou: And what else?
Sakuya: T.T And I KNOW Ryou was VERY OCC that day, but that's the point! That day he wasn't being Ryou like! I TOLD YOU!
Ryou: She's having her weird spazzing outbursts…..(sighs and tries to stop her from spazzing too long again) Why don't you start doing the reviews?
Sakuya: OH YEAH! Reviews! OKAY! But you know what…u.U I DID make it so that YOU would be OCC! But apparently it didn't work...and…(is interrupted)
Ryou: (Shoves Sakyua) Start the reviews!
BubbLy01: Hehehe I know you want to know about the dance I think that might be the last chapter or the second to last chapter anyway. YAY! A regular reviewer :D Thanks for reviewing so many times :D (Makes Ryou glomp you) yay! Ryou glomped you :D
Kratos Aurion Fan: LOL XD I'm so sorry….I'm not really updated with videogames… (Even though I LOVED it before) It's all school's fault! DIE SCHOOL DIE! ANYHOO, hahahah yay! I'll give you a holler and then Ryou will be DEAD! Muhahahah! And EWWW homework! Let's BURN IT! Muhahahahhah! XD er….yeah I'm totally fine…..thanks for reviewing! BURN! XD I'm calm…….muahahha…
Baka-schla-neko-chan: I KNOW! And I had to bring 4 textbooks home AGAIN yesterday! T.T Anyways thanks for reviewing :D
Nekoluver: Um…..Ryou did make the cookies what are you talking about? (Whispers) yeah I did make them. How did you guess?
Ryou: u.U I HEARD THAT! You can't even COOK properly.
Sakuya: Doo doo doo….did you hear that? I think the wind's whispering again. Anyways, I never thought about their dresses…hmmm I'll think of something :P Thanks for reviewing!
Prettyinpinkgal: Yup! More fluff between Ichigo and Ryou :D hahah actually, M is better looking in the anime than in the manga lol :P Anyways, yesyes MORE COOKIES :D hehe thanks for reviewing :D
Kaya342: First of all, thanks for reviewing! And second of all, thanks for the luck with my textbooks! They're REALLY heavy T.T Anyways on with the questions. I think that Zakuro is kind of quiet don't you think? And so sometimes I kind of forget she's there…but yeah she does talk. Lol :P Yes Ryou will be back to normal. It was only that day he was a bit weird. Hm….I don't know if Ryou will teach you to cook and dance….because I also suck at cooking….let's ask him!
Sakuya: RYOU!
Ryou: No. u.U
Sakuya: I haven't even asked anything!
Ryou: I don't want to do anything you ask me.
Sakuya: Even if it involves Ichigo?
Ryou: Of course because whatever it is, it's probably going to be horrible! I…WHAT? ICHIGO! Omg!
Sakuya: XD lmao Anyhoo, for the rest of your questions, you'll just have to read and find out later :D yes I'm evil. :P
Baby-Atemu: Hehe yup! Ryou is such a jerk sometimes but he can sooo nice other times :D Anyways Ryou says thanks for liking his cooking :P hehe and I say thanks for liking my conversations with Ryou :3 Thanks for reviewing :D o.O so many thanks :P
Kayra909: :O I know! It's weird that Ryou actually knows how to smile! Um…I was talking about the story that you said you would update in the last review…haha you never said the title…so :P Anyhoo, thanks for reviewing!
dream-cloudstar: u.U Pfft who cares how I spell wh0ot. Heheh I know….DDR….(Drools) Pffft! I'll be pelting them so fast that you can't catch them! HA! I win :P (does a little dance) XP I'm sure you would review 3 times in a row if you could….(cough cough) Kumi is NEVER that nice! NEVER! She's TOO EVIL!
Taruto appears: I agree!
Sakuya: HA! TOLD YOU SO :P
Ashen Phoenix: Yay first of all, thanks for helping me get to 100 :D Okay…about the thing at the beginning. I think I said this before….but yeah. Ryou is made OCC on purpose for well…MY purposes just to make it funny and to let me have fun with it :P Hm...As for Zakuro, sometimes I forget about her because I mainly focus on Ryou and Ichigo. And let's see…yeah I realized that the last chapter was a bit…weird. But like I said, Ryou was supposed to be OCC that day…sorta like his one day of the year when he's NOT Ryou-like :P Like, I mean how can anyone be like that ALL the time….? And…hahah sorriez. But if you didn't tell me you were a girl, I would've thought you were a guy too :P haha it's your name. :P But yay glad you're a girl :P Well, thanks again for reviewing :D
Mew blackforest: o.O Wow you were….high on sugar? ANYWAYS, heheh yes n.n" thanks for reviewing! And twice too :D
Sakura-chama: YAY! It was added to the favorites list :D Yup here's your update and thanks for reviewing :D
Artangel: Yup :D and yay I love reading your Fluff in the Aftermath fanfic :3 It's the greatest :D anyways, yes thanks for reviewing again and again :D
PrettyPinkSugar: YAY! Another REALLY REALLY regular reviewer! From my other fanfic :D Thanks for reviewing again and again and againnnnnn! n.n"
Sakuya: PHEW! The reviews were SO LONG!
Ryou: u.U Get on the story will you? I've got to teach some dance lessons.
Sakuya: YES SIR!
Chapter 9 – Dance Lessons with Ryou
It was decided the night before that the next day they would be going to the nearest town and buying the appropriate clothes and all the necessary party supplies. Ryou would be the one that was paying for everything since he was the one that had thought of the idea. Everyone was excited about the dance. Everyone except for Ichigo. Yes she was excited about the clothes, the drinks, and the food ALMOST everything except for the dancing part. She was still nervous about that. But now, the thought of Ryou teaching her how to dance was making her even MORE nervous.
Ichigo had butterflies and they were fluttering around in her stomach. Ichigo had so many butterflies in her stomach that she couldn't even eat much of her breakfast. She knew that after breakfast, Ryou would be teaching her to dance. They would be practicing the whole day because the next day they would be all out.
"Ready to start practicing?" a familiar voice said behind Ichigo. It was Ryou with a sort of reassuring frown. (A/N: I don't know how it works, but Ryou can do it :P)
Ichigo weakly replied with a yes. She knew it had to come sooner or later, so why not get it over with? She followed him out of the mess hall and down a path she had not seen before. "Where are we going?" she asked the older teen who was walking very fast.
Ryou turned his head slightly and Ichigo saw a smirk plastered on his face. "Just follow me." And then he continued to walk.
After walking along the path for about a couple more minutes, they came up to a clearing ahead and Ichigo saw a little cabin. "This is where we're practicing?"
Ryou walked closer towards the cabin and replied, "Come and see." He opened the door and Ichigo peeked into the cabin before stepping in to it. Ryou had obviously come here before and set everything up before he had gone to get her. Three of the walls were a peachy colour and the last side was a full mirror. There was a beam running alongside the mirror as if ballerinas had practiced on it before. There was a boom box in the corner already plugged in. And then the rest of the place was open for dancing. It was just perfect.
"How did…how come there…" Ichigo had many questions in her head but they all kind of formed all at the same time so that she only had the beginning of every sentence.
Ryou shook his head smirking at Ichigo. "Stupid Strawberry" Then he proceeded to answer her unspoken questions. "This camp was originally used for ballerinas and sometimes tennis camps. That's why this little cabin is here."
Ichigo interrupted. "OH! So that's why the tennis courts are there."
Ryou nodded and sarcastically said, "Well done. Glad you figured that out." And then he continued. "Of course there was bigger ballerina practicing rooms but the ballerina camp program moved to a different location and thus, they knocked down all the other ones. They left this one here just for any campers that would need dance lessons like you right?" Ryou teased.
Ichigo protested with a pouted face but didn't say anything. Her butterflies had calmed down for a bit when she had seen the room but now they had started again.
Ryou had a feeling that Ichigo was nervous so he tried to calm her down. "Why don't I just give you a demonstration first?" he asked. Ichigo nodded and went to stand in the corner to watch Ryou. Ryou put on some soothing music and then pretended to have a partner to dance with. He started to dance and Ichigo watched. He looks so cute when he's dancing…she thought without noticing it. She admired him for a few more minutes before she finally realized the music was over and Ryou was now in front of her.
"So…should we try it together?"
At first, Ichigo was really nervous and she tensed up. Ryou reassured her and tried to calm her down. After awhile of practicing, Ichigo eventually relaxed and she finally got the beat. But only a little bit after she had gotten it down, Ryou interrupted their silence to tell her that it was lunch time. She had not realized that so much time had passed by. She wanted to keep dancing and feel the heat emitted from Ryou's body. But by that time, he had already closed the boom box and was headed for the door. "You coming?"
Ichigo feeling a bit disappointed but replied with a yes and hurried to catch up.
At lunch…
Mint and Pudding had prepared lunch which was pizza (already made, all you have to do is put it into the oven to bake). The rest of the group apparently had gone swimming. While chewing through their yummy lunch, Mint decided to tease Ichigo.
"So how was your dance lesson this morning Ichigo?" she asked loud enough so that everyone could hear.
Ichigo blushed and murmured a quiet response. "It was okay."
But Mint wasn't done teasing her. "So Ryou, did her dancing improve?" This caused Ichigo to blush even more but she wanted to hear what Ryou had to say.
Ryou thoughtfully thought for awhile and then replied after a few minutes. "I guess so." Ichigo nearly chocked on her pizza. He guesses so! I totally got it down! How dare he say that!
And so that's how after lunch, Ichigo refused to dance with him. No matter what he said or did, she refused to learn anymore. Not until he teased her and said "What? Are you scared to do harder stuff and make a fool out of yourself in front of me?" he smirked.
"Of course not!" Ichigo snapped and finally started to practice dancing again.
A few hours later…
Ichigo had finally gotten the steps and now she didn't even have to think anymore. Her legs were doing all the work. All she wanted to do was lean in and put her head on Ryou's shoulder. It was then that she saw their reflection in the mirror. She caught sight of Ryou's expression and it looked like he was enjoying himself too. She took this chance to try to put her head where she wanted it to go. She slowly moved her head downwards and a few seconds later, it was on Ryou's broad shoulders. He didn't seem to notice. So they stayed that way for awhile. This feels so right. Ichigo thought. I want to stay like this forever….And then by instinct; she lifted her head to see Ryou's head coming closer to her very own one. He's going to kiss me. She simply thought and closed her eyes.
But then…."ICHIGO! RYOU! IT'S DINNER TIME!" Mint's voice was heard. Mint opened the door and saw two teenagers blushing and they were stationed on opposite sides of the room. "What have you two been up to?" questioned the navy haired girl.
"Nothing!" Ichigo replied quickly. Maybe a little bit TOO quickly. Now Mint was really suspicious.
Ryou appeared calm by now. "We were just leaving." He stated and silenced the boom box once more.
Mint was still suspicious but questioned no more. "Okay then. Let's get going before dinner gets cold!" And with that said they followed.
After dinner…
After everybody had ate and showered, the girls reported back to their cabins and the boys to theirs. Ichigo was glad that Mint had not asked or said anything again over dinner. Quite frankly, she didn't think she could cover up in time. But Mint did not give up. When Pudding was yet performing another one of her tricks, Mint took this time to ask Ichigo once again.
"So what really happened back there in that little cabin?" Mint quietly asked while sitting beside Ichigo on her bedside.
Ichigo pretended to be calm. "Nothing." She replied while watching Rettasu and Zakuro's protests against Pudding's tricks.
"Come on. I know something happened. You were blushing like mad!" Mint exclaimed.
The more Mint talked about it, the more Ichigo was forced to remember it and therefore, resulting in Ichigo blushing about the memory. "We were just practicing dancing….that's all."
"Then why were you guys blushing?" Mint continued to press on.
"Because….." Ichigo quickly tried to conjure up some lie but being Ichigo, she wasn't all that great at lying. "…because we just….you know got in an awkward position." It wasn't really a lie. There was some truth in that.
And it was then that Pudding's trick failed. She made a mess but Mint was determined to find out and so she ignored it. She knew Zakuro and Rettasu would help clean it up so she continued interrogating Ichigo. "And so why did you guys break apart if you were practicing dancing?" Mint wasn't going to give up.
The red headed girl knew there was no way out and so she continued with her little "lie". "Because…you might think that we were up to something….just like you think of us now!" Ichigo thought this response was reasonable because it actually was the truth.
Seeing that Pudding's failed attempt was already cleaned up, Mint finally gave up…for now. "Okay…fine." She replied and left Ichigo's bed to return to her very own.
Ichigo knew that Mint would not give up that easily and she would be asking more and more questions but she was relieved that she had stopped asking and it didn't seem like she would be telling any other people about their little incident. With this in mind, she quickly fell asleep not long after they had turned the lights out. She just hoped that on the day of the dance, she would be able to dance with a certain "someone".
End of Chapter.
Sakuya: WHEW! I'M done :D I'm so sorry it took me sooo long to finish this chapter!
Ryou: Yeah right…she was busy watching her NHL Hockey!
Sakuya: YAY! It's back :D I missed it so much. T.T
Ryou: u.U Anyways….you were gonna say?
Sakuya: Oh yes I was gonna say that I'm sorry that Ryou is OCC in this one too…I think I have to go back and read what his personality is like again….I think I kinda forgot….:P
Ryou: Yes…and she would also like to say that there will probably be two more chapters left until the end :D
Sakuya: Yes….sadly….T.T ANYWAYS, on a brighter note, I reached 100 reviews! Thank you for everyone that reviewed :D
Ryou: Yes you're repeating yourself.
Sakuya: Yes I'm quite aware of that. ANYHOO, PLEASE read and review to see the rest of the chapters :D