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S is for sadness
Lettuce had decided to brave the humiliation of seeing the man that had rejected her and had turned up to work the next day. She pushed the door open and peeked inside seeing if Ryou was around. He was. Ryou was standing next to Ichigo and they were staring into each other's eyes. As Lettuce watched, horrified, Ryou leaned in and pressed his lips against Ichigo's, they slid their arms around each other and Lettuce felt tears collect once again in her eyes as she watched the scene in front of her. She didn't realize that she had whimpered aloud until Ichigo and Ryou turned towards the door, blushes on their cheeks.
"Lettuce?" Ichigo whispered. Her friend was crying and she felt guilt weigh down her heart as she realized that she had hurt the little green-haired mew. She had known that Lettuce loved their boss but she had paid no attention as she was overwhelmed by these new feelings for him. Lettuce turned from the door and ran down the street. Ryou and Ichigo rushed after her, both wanting to comfort her and say they were sorry but deep inside they weren't. It was only in that moment that Ichigo realized that Masaya had never been the one for her and that her real love had been only inches away.
Lettuce soon lost them as she twisted and turned down the small alleyways. She lost her way in the maze of streets but she was driven on by grief and her tears were still flowing freely. It was only when she bumped into a tall figure coming the other way that she stopped.
"Oops, sorry," she mumbled, hiding her face as she tried to continue rushing past. He grabbed the top of her arms and steadied her as she rocked backwards.
"Lettuce?" said a familiar voice; it was Masaya. Lettuce suddenly burst into huge sobs and Masaya didn't know what to do, he hugged her and tried to comfort her, allowing her to cry against his chest.
"What is it Lettuce, what's wrong," he had never seen her so distraught and upset. For a minute he got no answer as her sobs slowly died away. Lettuce drew a big breath.
"Ryou…he doesn't love me. H-he was k-kissing Ichigo," it was only when Masaya stiffened that she remembered that he loved Ichigo. She had just told him that his girlfriend was cheating on him.
"Oh he was, was he?" said Masaya in a strained whisper. The anger in Masaya's face scared Lettuce but it made him seem extremely handsome. She felt herself leaning towards him and the look of anger in his face turned to that of surprise. Lettuce jumped backwards, and looked down, blushing furiously. She thanked him and hurried past. Masaya watched her disappear into the darkness with a strange mixture of anger, pain, sadness, betrayal and something else all etched into his face.