A Collection of TMM Songfics

Chapter 3

A/N: I did Ryou, now here's Lettuce. This was kind of a sketchy idea, but it turned out OK. But I need suggestions, guys! I have one more idea, but I can't decide if it fits Ichigo or Berry, so it might be a few days until the next update. Send in your suggestions for Ichigo, Masaya, Mint, Keiichiro, Pudding, Tart, Pie, Zakuro, Berry, and Tasuku

Disclaimer: Mia Ikumi owns Lettuce, Ryou, and TMM. The Beu Sisters own "You Make Me Feel Like a Star". Cabaga Midorikawa and the plot belong to me.

I'm Your Star

A Lettuce/Ryou Songfic from Lettuce's POV

Lettuce Midorikawa had never admitted it to others, but she sometimes felt like a failure.

Lettuce just wasn't the kind of girl who made it big in life. She was tall and skinny and shy and klutzy and wore glasses and was called nerdy. Oh, yes, and she was a superhero infused with the DNA of a finless porpoise.

Now that might be enough to make any girl feel like something special—but still, there was something just wrong. Sure, she was a heroine, but…to tell the truth, she wasn't a very superhero-ish superhero. After all, what could a finless porpoise do? It didn't have the elegance of Zakuro's gray wolf, or the agility of Pudding's golden lion tamarind, or the wings of Mint's ultramarine lorikeet. Sure, she'd been able to rescue that boy from the water—but only because she'd been the closest. Ichigo probably could have done it, if she'd tried.

Never gonna be in movies
Except in a front row seat
Never gonna be the raving beauty
My momma thought I'd be

Not only did she not meet her own expectations, she didn't meet others' either. Her mother, Cabaga Midorikawa, a slightly well-known clothes model for a minor dress company, had always hoped that her little Lettuce would grow up to be a beauty like her. To become famous in a movie, or a modeling agency, or something.

Lettuce had completely disappointed her with her plain looks, bad eyesight, and fear of the public eye. It wasn't that she wasn't sorry, it was just that…she was tired of being a disappointment.


Never gonna write that novel
Never be a homecoming queen
Never gonna be a supermodel
On the cover of a magazine

She didn't live her own dreams, either. Being a half-porpoise supergirl known as a Mew Mew had not been on her list of "Thing to Accomplish Before Growing Up". She'd had—a rather cliché dream, of being famous. An author, or a model, or…something important, pretty, and well-known.

But all these things don't matter in the light of things to come
'cause baby, you are my moon and I am your sun, oh!

But there was one thing that made her forget about being a reject porpoise-infused nerd who disappointed people. That thing was named Ryou Shirogane.

Ryou was the genetics genius who owned the café Lettuce and the other Mew girls worked at. He was the one who had originally designed the Mew project along with his best friend, Keiichiro. He was also one other thing: Lettuce's boyfriend.

And he cared about her. Ryou loved her even if she was a disappointment to society. He was the kind of guy girls jumped at to get, but he had chosen her over all of them. It made Lettuce feel…special.

You make me feel like a star, oh baby
You say stay, baby stay
Just the way you are
And tell me girl you're fine
And you will shine
Forever in my heart
That's why you, yeah you
You make me feel like a star.

She'd confessed to him, after a while, about her worries of being a failure. He'd told her to stop being silly. She wasn't a failure at all. How many of those girls you see on magazine covers would have the guts to save all of Tokyo like you do? he'd asked her.

To Ryou, it didn't matter that Lettuce didn't fit society's definitions of pretty or popular or special. To him, she was a star. And he would care about her no matter what others thought.

It was a nice feeling, really.

Maybe I'm not the girl next door
Who waves at you and smiles

It didn't matter that she was so completely shy that she could barely talk to anyone outside her family and close friends. It didn't matter that she wasn't a mysterious, alluring person, just simple old Lettuce.


Maybe I'm not a party girl
But don't I drive you wild

It didn't matter either that she was never invited to any of the "in-crowd" parties. It didn't matter that she was picked on at school.

None of these things mattered. Not to Ryou, at least. He still loved her.


Baby, the way you see me
Is the way that it should be
Feelin' like I'm something special
Seven days a week

Sometimes, she wished that others would treat her the way Ryou did. But most of the time, it was enough having one person who thought she was actually worth something. One person who made her forget about not being a movie star or a model. One who made having porpoise DNA actually seem like a cool thing, instead of a weird one.

And the only thing that matters when the day is done
Is that you are my moon, and I am your sun, oh!

When the teasing got too bad, she always had someone to turn too. Someone to offer advice, or just a hug, depending on what she needed. Ryou would always tell her, whenever she got down, that if he had a choice between all the stars in the heavens, he'd trade them all in for just one day with her.

It was wonderful.


You make me feel like a star, oh baby
You say stay, baby stay
Just the way you are

Ryou didn't want her to change.


And tell me girl, you're fine
And you will shine
Forever in my heart

Ryou would always love her, no matter whose dreams she didn't live up to or whose beliefs labeled her a nerd.


That's why you, yeah you
You make me feel like
Everyday's my birthday
Every night's a dream
Oh, and when you kiss me
I melt just like ice cream.

Her life had gotten so much better since that miracle named Ryou. She felt like a princess every day. She went into her battles with so much more courage and belief in herself. Sometimes, she'd even fall asleep wondering if the day's amazing events had really happened. That was how astoundingly great Lettuce's life now was.

Never gonna be a Charlie's Angel
Never gonna be a saint
But you love me for all I am
And everything I ain't

One day, she'd told him, "Ryou? I just want to say…thanks. Thanks for still caring about me, even if I'm never going to be anything special. Even though I'm not a movie star, or a Charlie's Angel, or anything, you still…you still like me. Thanks."

And he'd laughed and said, "Silly Lettuce! You are something special! Special to me. That counts, doesn't it? And of course I love you even though other people don't. I chose you out of all the girls I could have had—because you were the one I wanted to be my star. You are a star, all right?"

Lettuce had decided something, after he'd said that. All it takes is one person who believes that you're a star for you to actually be one.

You make me feel like a star, oh baby
You say stay, baby stay
Just the way you are
And tell me girl, you're fine
And you will shine
Forever in my heart
That's why you, yeah you
You make me feel like a star.

You make me feel like a star
Shinin' bright in your eyes
And I'll always be your life
Shinin' bright in your eyes
And I'll always be your light


You make me feel like a star

A/N: Did you like? Dislike? Comments/reviews please. And suggestions! (Remaining: Ichigo, Mint, Pudding, Zakuro, Berry, Keiichiro, Pie, Tart, Masaya, Tasuku)

And if any of you know the song Some Hearts by Carrie Underwood, do you think it fits Ichigo or Berry better?