Suki Desu

Lettuce Midorikawa was a girl who was very shy and kind. She focused on her schoolwork and her work. She rarely did anything for herself. She always wondered what it was like to be in love, for someone to love her back. Someone to just say, "Suki desu." She was 'in love' once, however, a boy a little older than her. She had met him at the library. Then, before she could confess her feelings, she found out he loved another… Poor Lettuce didn't want her heart broken again. She would eventually find another, someday, maybe…

Lettuce rushed home from the grocery store. She was supposed to cook dinner. She was running through the crowd of people.

"Sumimasen… Pardon me… Sumimasen… Gomen-nasai… Whoa!" she had slipped in a puddle of water and dropped the groceries. Everything flew everywhere.

"Here." Lettuce looked up and someone was holding a piece of fruit that had dropped out of her bag.

"Arigatou…" she blushed a little, and took the fruit from the young man. He helped her stand up and dust herself off. She didn't want to look him in the face so she just stared at the ground picking up the rest of her things that she had dropped. He bent down and helped her some more. He gave her, her things. She finally looked up at the brown-haired sweet heart. He smiled kindly at her.

"Please excuse me," she said grabbing all her things, "Arigatou, but I have to go…" she started to run off.

"Matte!" He grabbed the side of her sleeve, "What's your name?" She turned around a little looking him in the eyes.

"Midorikawa Lettuce…" he smiled at her, and let go of her sleeve. She smiled back at him and continued running.

When she got home she sat down the groceries on the counter and hurried to turn on the stove. About an hour later she had dinner ready. It was just in time, her mother and father had just got home.

"Lettuce?" her mother called.

"In here, Mother." She called from the dining room. Her parents walked in and smiled at her.

"Everything smells delicious, Lettuce…" they sat down and ate their meal. With every bite Lettuce took during dinner, she thought about that guy she met today. After dinner, Lettuce prepared for bed, and went to brush her teeth.

"Night, Lettuce!" her mom called from downstairs.

"Night, Mother!" she called back. She spit out her last bit of toothpaste and went to her room. She pulled the blanket over herself and went to sleep.

LETTUCE'S DREAM

"Lettuce…" A handsome young man with brown hair was holding her hands. She looked up at him and smiled.

"Keiichirou…" she blushed at the sight of his brown eyes.

"Lettuce… I-I…" he looked down, "… Aishiteru…" Lettuce smiled brightly.

"Aishiteru… Aishiteru too!" she hugged him tightly.

END OF LETTUCE'S DREAM

Lettuce quickly sat up in her bed. She was trembling. She held up her palm to her fore head. She laid her hand back down to her side and sat there for a second…

"T- that was that guy I met today…" she fell back down in her bed, "Keiichirou…" she smiled a little.

The next day she woke up and got dressed. She walked down stairs and saw her parents sitting in the dining room eating breakfast. She headed for the door.

"Where are you going Lettuce?"

"I'm going to the park for some fresh air…"

"Aren't you going to eat honey?"

"Iie. I'm not hungry…"

"Okay, then… Just be home by dinner! Or at least lunch."

"Li yo!" she yelled back and walked out the door.

She headed for the park; the wind was blowing a lot making her long braids, sway back and forth. She got up to the park and found an empty bench to rest on. Then, she had someone giggling somewhere next to her. She looked over, and there was the guy she had ran into the other day. He was throwing seed for the blue birds around the park. She stood up and walked over to him.

"Konnichiwa." She smiled, blushing. He looked up and smiled back at her.

"Konnichiwa. It's nice seeing you again."

"Um… Keiichirou…?" he looked up at her strange.

"Hai?"

"That's your name?"

"Hai. It is. How did you know?"

"Um, just a girly instinct I guess…" she rubbed the back of her neck that was sweating.

"Well, Lettuce, was it? Would you like to take a walk with me?" she blushed a little at the question, staring down at her feet.

"… Hai…"

"Come on." He smiled grabbing her hand, making her heart do a quick back flip.

"So, Lettuce. How's your day been so far?"

"Li desu yo…" she smiled at him. He smiled back.

"That's nice. So, how'd you get so utsukushi?" Her face turned really red from the question.

"Um… Well, I…"

"It's alright… You don't have to answer the question…" Lettuce just looked up at his sweet, endearing face.

"Um, do you want to go out to lunch? I'm starving…" she held her stomach that growled at her.

"Sure."

Keiichirou walked Lettuce to another side of the park. Lettuce looked around then looked at Keiichirou, bewildered.

"I thought we were going to eat…" she looked at Keiichirou.

"We are." Keiichirou walked over to the brown bench he had been sitting at early and pulled out a basket, and a blue blanket. He laid the blue blanket under the tree, and sat down with the basket.

"Come on." He smiled. Lettuce smiled back and sat down. He pulled out some peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

"Here." He handed Lettuce one.

"How did you know to make two sandwiches?"

"You could say, I had a feeling I was going to meet you here…" Lettuce just looked down at her sandwich. Keiichirou opened his and took a bite. Lettuce saw him and did the same.

"Oishii." She smiled, "Arigatou, Keiichirou." He just looked up at her and smiled.

"It's no problem, really." Lettuce's heart fluttered at the sound of his voice.

The whole day, Lettuce had stayed and talked to Keiichirou about everything. She didn't realize how late it was getting.

"… Yeah that's funny…" Lettuce sighed. She then, looked past Keiichirou's shoulder and saw the sun going down.

"Gasp. Oh no!" Lettuce jumped up, "I have to get home!"

"Please." Keiichirou stood up next to her, "You can't stay longer?"

"Iie…" She bowed her head down.

"When will I get to see you again?" he asked.

"Soon, I hope…"

"Here, then…" Keiichirou planted a small kiss on Lettuce's lips, leaving her speechless.

"K-Keiichirou…" her face turned a bright pink. She smiled at him with wide and bright eyes.

"Lettuce…" she looked up at him endearingly, "Suki desu…"

OWARI

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