Let Us Love (or Lettuce Love)
A Short Tokyo Mew Mew Fanfic
By Elisa Dovane
I will not make the same mistakes that you did /I will not let myself/Cause my heart so much misery/I will not break the way you did/You fell so hard/I've learned the hard way/To never let it get that far
Because of you/I never stray to far from the sidewalk/Because of you/I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt/Because of you/I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you/I am afraid
I lose my way/And it's not too long before you point it out/I cannot cry/Because you know that's weakness in your eyes/I'm forced to fake/A smile, a laugh everyday of my life/My heart can't possibly break/When it wasn't even whole to start with
Because of you/I never stray to far from the sidewalk/Because of you/I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt/Because of you/I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me/Because of you/I am afraid
I watched you die/I heard you cry every night in your sleep/I was so young/You should have known better than to lean on me/You never thought of anyone else
You just saw your pain/And now I cry in the middle of the night/For the same damn thing
A shaky smile appeared on Lettuce Midorikawa's face, but inside, her heart was truly ripping in two. A whole range of thoughts ran through her head before she could stop them. How could she do this? How? She was supposed to be my friend. The green haired girl looked on as her friend and teammate Ichigo Momomiya and, Ryou Shirogane, the boss and owner of Café Mew Mew kissed deeply in front of the girls. Pudding squealed and hugged Lettuce around the middle, laughing. Lettuce, however, felt none of it. She may have been smiling on the outside, but her insides were as cold as ice.
She knew she should be happy for her friends, as the other girls (Mint Aizawa, Zakuro Fujiwara and Pudding Fong) were, but the emotion just wasn't registering. They had just defeated the last Kirema Anima left, and there should have been a great party with hats and some of Keiichiro's famous cake. But instead she was being forced to witness her one true nightmares-someone else making out with the only real guys she'd ever had feelings of true love for. And to make it even worse, it was her friend, her best friend, her oldest friend. The only person in the world who she had admitted her feelings for Ryou to.
"Umm, sorry to wreck the moment," Mint said finally, "but I have to go. I've got dance lessons in less than ten minutes." At last the two kissers broke apart, and looked awkwardly at the group who was staring at them.
"Uh, yeah." Ryou said breathlessly. "All of you go home early. We can meet tomorrow to discuss the future."
Finally, an excuse to get out of that hellhole. Lettuce picked up her bags and before anyone could say another word, she calmly walked out the door. With a sick look, she noticed that Ichigo had stayed behind to be with Ryou.
It wasn't fair Lettuce thought to herself before she could catch the evil little thought and crush it. Now that it was out, she couldn't do anything to weaken it. She has three guys drooling over her already! I mean, she has Masaya, Ryou and even Kish liked her! Why doesn't she lay off for the rest of us? Lettuce was shocked at herself, but couldn't stop it. It wasn't like she was repulsive or anything-she'd made friends with other guys before too, but none of them touched her as deeply as Ryou had. And now he was gone from her grasp forever. All the way home she thought evil thoughts, which only made her feel worse.
When she entered her house, she noticed that there was a message on the fridge saying that her parents had taken her little brother out with a friend and wouldn't be home till late. Good Lettuce thought I don't think I can stand any company right now. She opened the fridge and made herself some noodles for dinner. She sat in silence, eating and when she was done she cleaned her dishes and went up to her room.
Uncharacteristically, she ignored her homework and went to lie face down on her bed. It was then that her anger subsided and was replaced by sadness. Tears coursed down her cheeks and she tried hard to hold them back, but to no avail. It was okay though, there was no one here to notice or care.
Song is "Because of you" By Kelly Clarkson