sorry it took me so long to update, well i guess five or something days ain't to long but usually i updated sooner but i was on vacation to the beach for a couple a days--soaking up the sun--ocean--y'know well now i'm back and here's anothor chapter thankyou for reading it and i hope you enjoy
CHAPTER 5. DREAMS AND TORMENTS
The rising sun cast bright light on the figure standing and looking out the window. It was barely 5:00 in the morning yet Ryou's blue eyes were wide open and alert.
A usual bottle of water was clutched in his hand, half empty.
half empty...that's how he looked at things...
He sighed and ran a hand through his hair, muscules rippling on his arms and back. He wore a pair of jeans and a white, plain undershirt that clung to his abs.
He would change later, no was coming to work at this hour anyway...
Ryou hadn't been able to sleep much that night, tossing and turning, reliving every detail from last night...
She had looked so beautiful in that dress...yet her face, as much as she tried to hide it, looked unhappy which was the only thing ruining her features.
Ryou had asked her to dance, trying to take her mind off her problems--whatever they may be--and he thought it had worked---
Shrugging Ryou took a small sip of the water from the container,still thinking
His hand around her tiny waist...her arms around his neck...her face pressed against his chest...
Ryou almost choked and quickly spat out the water.
This was driving him nuts! he had to stop thinking about it, he had to.
Ichigo lay asleep in her fluffy pink bed, a pillow clutched in her arms--in a somewhat like embrace--her blankets strewn all across the floor. Her face was creased in a frown and a few mumbles and groans echoed from her lips, talking in her sleep which was what she usually did when she was agataited. She wore a loose pair of shorts and a pink top which reached barely to her tanned midriff.
Ichigo hadn't been able to sleep much either, but not for the same reasons as ryou.
Ichigo rolled over, her lips clutched together, her brow filled with sweat and her face flushed.
"maysai" she murmered.
darkness surrounded her and the one light and pure comfort stood watching her fallen form.
His black hair as black as the night, his face expressionless.
Ichigo pulled herself into a sitting position, she couldn't move--she was frozen--the only thing she could feel was the saphire stone neclace around her neck that throbbed and burned,scoring her flesh.
A scream tore from her lips "maysia!maysai!"
He walked off, disapperaing into the darkness, the last thing she saw was his crisp white shirt...
the pain was unbearable on her throat, and tears sprang from her eyes till her vision faded and became blurry...
He didn't come back, he didn't come back to save her...
Ichigo woke with a start, automatically going into a sitting position--her heart thumping wildely,the only noise in the silence...
it was a dream...all a dream...
To her suprise her vision was however blurry and when she rubbed her eyes tears leaked on her hands,
so i have been crying...
it wasn't a dream...maysai didn't save me, he left me...
She buried her face in her pillow with a shudder.
Her life had turned into a nightmare, he had done this to her...more tears leaked from her eyes untill she could cry no more...
i'm pathetic, She thought with a sniff and got up.
The mirror showed in what a state and condition she was and she was stunned.
i really am a mess...
Ichigo's eyes were puffy,red and watery and being the largest thing on her face they stuck out largely. Her nose was pink and her face a chalky white. And as for her hair--she wouldn't even describe it...
Ichigo couldn't face her parents like this, nor could she randomly show up at 5:00 in the morning at one of her friend's place and get irratiated and annoyed looks from their parents...
She truly had no where to go...
And then she spotted her cafe mew mew uniform.
She didn't have work today, Ryou had told her to take the day off but he probably would be pleased with anothor person on the job and she really wanted to be distracted--hard work would really be the solution...
So she would be two hours early for work, who cares?
Ichigo shrugged, she had the key to the door and she would be by herself to cry untill everyone showed...
no one would know she was there except the cafe and it couldn't talk.
It was a great idea! a perfect idea!
Carefully picking up her uniform, Ichigo decided to change at the cafe--at the moment she truly didn't care at what state she was in and there would be barely any people on the street.
So carefully tiptoeing on the stairs, and grabbing her bike, Ichigo opened the door and breathed in the crisp cold air.
It awakened her more then anything and ichigo breathed deep.
The sun was rising high as she pedaled her way to the cafe...
The sun was bright in the sky as she finally reached the cafe. The bike ride and exercise had done her good, her cheeks were flushed and she was panting. Still filled with tormented emotion she brought out the key from her night shorts and trembling opened the cafe door.
The lock clicked and turned easily in the palm of her hand and when she stood inside she was surrounded by darkness.
Darkness and warmth engulfed her.
Practically shaking she fumbled for the light switch
she had always hated the dark, it was one of her childhood secrets...
And sighed as it clicked and a dim light shun over the blue couches and small tables. It looked so cozy,comforting,inviting.
Taking off her shoes, her bare soles rubbed into the maroon fuzzy rug and with a small sigh collasped in one of the chairs,and curled in a small ball--arms wrapped around her knees and head tucked neatly in. She had always felt better this way...
The silence was utter bliss to her and ichigo lay there, still quiet, and sad.
i'm not depressed, no...i refuse to be...it is useless and a waste of life...i am sad yes, how can't i be?...i'm sad...sad...
Her mind soaked in the word...
"hn?" Ryou uttered softly in his room.
The quiet was nice but it wasn't quiet anymore...
A small frown creased his lips, it hadn't been much of a noise--more like squeaks and creaks--and he wouldn't have usually paid so much attention but in this thickening silence it sounded extremly loud.
maybe the mews?
But he abandoned that thought immediatly. No way would his workers come in two hours early--you wouldn't exactly call them dedicated.
When Ryou had just begun to ponder that perhaps he had imagined those noises--perhaps so tired from last night's bare sleep--he heard it again, sounding more like a moan.
what the--?
Cafe mew mew was just below him so people didn't usually know that he lived right above but still...i don't think a burgular would find anything interesting here besides the food...
Feeling a bit apprehensive but competetly confident in his athletic abilities, Ryou crept like a cat--which he kind of was--down the winding white stairs...
He stiffened, the lights in the cafe were on--what is going on?
ryou's eyes darted as he saw movenment on his couch and for a minute ryou stopped dead.
what the hell? this can't be a burgular--what kind of idiot would just laze around the couch? a animal? maybe?
Ichigo sighed again, she pratically was full of sighs these days, and rocked slowly on the couch.
i really must look crazy. the thought struck her. like some kind of loony, rocking and rocking...
yet it was comfort for her, when she was little and something had gone wrong in school--her mother had picked her up and put ichigo in her lap and rocked her and everything had gotten better...
still, Ichigo was beginning to realize, parents can't fix all your problems...they can't force someone to love you back...
so now she was rocking as a second choice
A shadow suddenly crossed over her face and Ichigo blinked open one eye looking above her...and saw something looking back down.
"ARRGH!" she yelled jumping up into a sitting position, and tumbling off the couch,
"whoa!" a startled voice echoed back...and blinking Ichigo saw the face of--
"Ryou!" she exclaimed. "what are you doing here!"
He looked outraged "me what am i doing here? what are you doing here?"
"i--uhh...it's a long story..."
He sat down across from her " tell me about it" his blues eyes had softened.
And so here they sat, across from each other and Ichigo finally told her story from yesterday--her real story..
well whatdya think? I think i did pretty good and the next chapter will basically be a conversation between the two and perhaps...a date? to the little mermaid? will she go? accept? dadaddadum
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