Title: Life is not fair, but there is always a Chance for Happiness
Author: Sakura Moon
Disclaimer: I do not own this cause if I do, I would have made Ichigo paired up with Ryou instead.
Chapter 02
Time passed by slowly for Ryou after Ichigo made her announcement. But for the first few weeks, he was in a predicament. 'Is it right to take away that happiness for the sake of having my own happiness?' Ryou placed his hands on his head as he sagged against his chair.
"Is there something that bothers you Shirogane-san?" Light and feminine, but laced with concern and worry.
Ryou turned to the source of the voice. Placing on a façade as if nothing was bothering him, Ryou looked at Lettuce. "No, there's nothing that's bothering me Lettuce. But thank you for your concern." Ryou looked at Lettuce, noting the anxious concern she had for him. 'Perhaps…,' Ryou thought as he pondered about her actions and her behavior around him. 'No. No it's too soon to think about that.' Turning to Lettuce, who stood there patiently, he remained his cool self. "If you excuse me, I'll be heading up to my room now. Tell the others to continue their tasks and that two of them should close the café. It doesn't matter who does it as long as there are two of you to do so."
While on his way to his room, Ryou was stopped by Keiichiro who grabbed his arm. Keiichiro looked at Ryou in the eye. "Life always moves on. Whether you want to or not, it's your choice." Then without saying any further, Keiichiro let go of Ryou and went downstairs.
Flabbergasted, Ryou continued heading into his room. Once he shut the door, he was in a dazed as he went to his bed and flopped on it. 'What did he meant by whether it's my choice to move on or not. Surely he wasn't talking about Ichigo was he? I'm not that transparent am I?'
"But I don't know if I can stay like this anymore…." Ryou groaned in frustration. "Maybe this is what he meant by moving on." He got up from his bed as he went to his desk. Ryou picked up a photo of him and the group.
'Lettuce…'
She was such a nice girl. Ryou admitted that. 'But…I don't know if I could have anything with her.' He was not as dense as to not to notice her behavior around him; how she often stuttered when she was nervous. "I should give it a chance. After all…I can't have the one I want."
With a firm resolution in mind he went downstairs to talk to Lettuce; ignoring the heaviness of his heart.
Author's Note: Hmm, the muse bug hit me when I wrote it--so I had no choice but to write it. But now it's gone. So I don't know if I'm going to have the last chapter up or not.