Bubbles
Chapter 4: What A Dream!
Ichigo sat staring in the mirror. Her room was a mess and her closets dumped inside out. Tears streamed down her face as she rubbed her neck.
"My ribbon…I can't find it anywhere." She whispered, looking around the room.
She found her cellphone and opened it. She dialed in Masaya's phone number and sat there on her bed waiting for him to pick up.
"Moshi Moshi. Masaya speaking."
"Masaya! I can't find my ribbon!" Ichigo sniffed.
"Oh, Ichigo…I can't really talk now…" He muttered, something crackling in the background.
"Why not? Where are you?" She said, trying to figure out the noise.
"I'm…Hey, give it back…!"
"Moshi Moshi. Mo Miwa speaking. What buisness do you have with my bf?"
"Excuse me! Your bf? Masaya's my bofriend!" Ichigo snarled into the phone angrily.
"Ichigo? Please, let me explain…" Masaya pleaded in the background.
"No. I can't believe you. You said you loved me. I was willing to give my life for you and you repay me with this crap? I'm sorry, it isn't gonna fly. We're through. Go hang out with your precious Miwa girl." Ichigo sobbed/yelled into the phone before hanging it up.
"Perfect. Now I have to go to work like this…"
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"Ichigo, are you okay? You seem a bit down in the dumps." Lettuce said, looking over at her sulking friend.
"Huh? No, I'm okay. Don't worry about me." She said, attempting a smile.
Lettuce looked at her and then rushed off to fill an order. Ichigo walked to the stairway and sat down. She let the tears slide down her cheeks and bit her lip so she wouldn't make a scene.
"Oi, baka strawberry. What's wrong?"
Ichigo turned around and sighed. The one person she didn't need right now.
"What does it matter Shirogane? It's not like you'd care." She sniffed wiping her face on the back of her hand.
"Probably not. But since Keiichiro said I should try being a more understanding person, I'm willing to listen." He sighed, plopping down next to her.
"Well, okay. Last night I had this weird dream. I was there and so…!" She stopped realizing what had happened in that dream.
"So….?"
"Uh, well and this dream was, uh, really real, ya' know? And I woke up and I didn't have my ribbon. So I looked around and stuff and I couldn't find it. So I called Masaya and there was this girl. And, and…we broke up." She was in tears by the time she finished.
"Unhh, don't cry! It'll be okay." Ryou said akwardly, running his fingers through her hair as she sobbed into his shirt.
Ichigo continued to cry into Ryou's chest. He looked down at her and looked around. No one was there to take the sobbing Ichigo to comfort her. He wrapped his arms around her akwardly and sat there.
'Ryou's hugging me? Is this all a dream? Why is he being so nice?'
Ichigo looked up at him, tears still trailing across her face. He reached up one of his hands and brushed her tears away. She turned pink and looked over at the wall behing him.
"Please stop crying okay? That jerk isn't good enough for you anyways…" Ryou said, turning her face to his.
"What?" She said confused. 'How would he know who's good enough for me? That's my standards, not his!'
"He was not good enough for you. You need someone to hold you, somebody to be there night and day." He said, leaning forward and kissing her lightly on her forehead.
"Someone to kiss your fears away…" He whispered, hugging her to him.
'Ryou?'
"I'm the one who's always here for you. I may not show it, but I care about you." He whispered in her ear, sighing.
"I'll always be here. I just want you to know that no matter what you think of me, I'll always be here. And no matter what happens, you'll always be in my heart." He said, leaning his head against hers.
"Ryou, I…" Ichigo gasped, realizing just how close he was.
"Ichigo, I love you, even if you wish me dead. Remember that." He said, standing up suddenly and walking away.
"Ryou…" Ichigo said, touching the side of her face.
"How could you love me after all the things I've put you through?"
