Chapter 6
Ichigo's bottom lip dropped open. "Oh my gosh" she said "Who wrote this?"
"What do you mean who wrote this?" Mint asked "Who else do you think wrote it?" she paused for a second. "It was Ryou, stupid!" she screamed.
"Ryou? Oh no he couldn't have possibly written this" Ichigo said glancing at the letter again.
"Well who else wrote it then, Keiichiro?" she asked.
"Well Keiichiro could have written it I mean he did go to wash my apron and then the next day I find a secret love note?"
"So Ryou works here too he could have put the note into your pocket." Mint said snatching the note and reading it. "This is why he was giving you so much attitude when he saw you with Masaya."
Ichigo stated walking to the back room. "Keiichiro." She said to him.
"Yes Ichigo?" he asked her.
"Did Ryou come anywhere near my apron yesterday when you washed it?"
"Actually he volunteered to wash it for me" he said with a smile.
"What!" Ichigo screamed at the fact that it could've been Ryou that wrote the note "Why didn't you just stop being lazy and wash it yourself?"
"I did want to wash it myself" he said but Ryou actually grabbed the apron and snatched it from me then ran into the washroom, I would've done it myself if he was acting like a…." he lowered his voice to a whisper. "A bitch" he said quietly.
"Oh okay" said Mint "Thank you for sharing that" she and Ichigo walked away.
"See," Mint said. "Keiichiro didn't even have your apron for two minutes which means that Ryou wrote the letter, Ryou stuffed the letter in your apron pocket and Ryou-"
"Ryou what?" he asked walking up behind them.
"Ryou" Mint said "We have some questions for concerning-" Ichigo gave Mint a huge nudge.
"Concerning our work hours" Ichigo cut in "I mean three to six don't you think that kinds of long?"
"No" he said "And I don't think that's what you two had to tell me."
"Just tell him?" Mint whispered.
"No that's embarrassing" Ichigo whispered back.
"No it's not it's embarrassing to him because we figured out." Mint whispered back.
"Ichigo can I talk to you?" Ryou asked.
Ichigo froze. "Uh yes." She replied and he followed Ryou to the back room. Before they went in Ichigo turned around to Mint and mouthed 'Help me'
"I'm guessing you found the note?" he asked her.
"Um what note?" Ichigo said hiding the note behind her back.
"The one your holding your hand." He said.
"Oh this note" se said "yeah I found it."
"I like you Ichigo a lot. But I guess you know that now." He said
"Yeah" she said "And I'm getting really hot in this room" she said.
"The air conditioners up high" he said "Come on Ichigo stop trying to escape I'm not going to rape you or anything."
"Yeah let's hope not, Look Ryou I know you like me a lot of boys do and you made it obvious in your letter but I already have a boyfriend and I would appreciate it if you don't try to mess up my relationship"
Ryou grabbed Ichigo and pulled her in close to her. "Listen you I don't really care if you have a boyfriend alright? That's not going to stop me from expressing my feelings. I love you" he said and he relesed her from his grasp and threw her out the room.
"What happened?" Mint asked. "Did he try to rape you?"
"I don't know" she said still frozen. "But I do know that he wrote the letter"
"I told you Ichigo. I told you from the start that he liked you."
"I know" Ichigo said. "It's kind of creepy though" she said "Having to see him almost every day"
"Oh well you know that he likes you and that's all that matters but what happens if Masaya finds out?" Mint asked.
"That's what I'm worried about if I tell him then he'll probably won't want me to work here."
"But you have to work here Ichigo you're a Mew Mew." Mint said.
"I know I just don't know what to do."
End of chapter 6