Hurt Chapter 12:

Planning

The next day, Lettuce's POV

Lettuce was walking to the Café. She knew from Ichigo that Kisshu was better, and that made her smile. As she reached the Café, she let her beaming smile fade into something more normal-looking, so no one would ask her why she was so happy. Unsurprisingly, Mint and Pudding were there already. Lettuce hurried to change into her uniform, and just as she was coming out, Ichigo came in, on time for once, but Lettuce could tell she was a bit worried. She knew it was probably about Kisshu, and Shirogane-san finding out, but decided to let it go. The idea for the 'sleepover' couldn't be ruined.

Ichigo's POV

Ichigo walked past Lettuce, greeting her with a smile as she went to change. A few minutes later, she came out of the changing room and grabbed a broom. She heard Mint telling Akasaka-san that Zakuro had a photo shoot, and would be a bit late. Hearing that, Ichigo decided to carry out the sleepover plan after work, when they were all there.

After work, still Ichigo's POV

Everyone was in the changing room when Ichigo walked in. To her surprise, Zakuro came up to her and said, "Lettuce said you have something to tell us."

Ichigo calmly said, "Yes, I was going to see if you all wanted to come over to my house for a sleepover soon. Lettuce and I thought that we didn't spend enough time with each other aside from fighting and Café work. So since Lettuce's family is home, we thought my house would be better, since my parents are out for another week."

Pudding was the first to respond, and said, "Yay! Sleepover at Ichigo-oneechan's!

Mint said, "I guess I'll go. When is it?"

Ichigo replied, "Is tomorrow night too short notice?"

Zakuro replied, "I can do tomorrow night after 7."

Mint and Pudding said, "Same here!"

Ichigo nodded, and said, "Lettuce, do you want to come over early, since you have nothing to do tomorrow? You could help me set up."

Catching the hidden meaning in this, Lettuce smiled and said, "Sure, Ichigo-san, I can come over at 5:30, is that okay?"

Ichigo smiled back and said, "That's fine. I have some housework to do, so I'm going to go. See everyone tomorrow!"

"Bye!" the others said.

"Wait, are we inviting Ryou and Akasaka-san, Ichigo?" Zakuro asked.

"Not this time, it's all girls!" Ichigo said with a smile. Seeing that no one except Lettuce suspected a thing, Ichigo grabbed her coat and left.

When she got home, she called out, "Kisshu? Taruto? I've got news!"

The boys came downstairs, Taruto flying, Kisshu walking. Kisshu wasn't quite up to flying still. "So what's up, Ichigo-oneechan?" Taruto asked.

"Well, I- hang on, did you just call me 'oneechan'?" she asked him.

Taruto looked somewhat embarrassed, and said, "Well, since you've been so helpful, and you saved Kisshu, I guess I kinda started thinking of you like a sister. You know, like Kisshu's my brother." He was blushing.

"That's fine, I don't mind, as long as there are no more 'hag' jokes," Ichigo said. Taruto smiled happily.

Bringing the conversation back to where it started, Ichigo said, "What I really had to tell you is that I set the 'sleepover' for tomorrow at 7:30. Lettuce is coming over two hours early, so we can plan what we're going to say. I wasn't able to tell them to leave their pendants behind, but we can stop them from transforming if they get suspicious. The plan is for you to hide in my room until we call you, and then you can come down. I would like to get Pai here before they come, so if you could contact him and tell him to come at 5:30 PM tomorrow, that'd be great."

"Okay, I'll go tell him," Taruto said, and teleported off.

That's it for tonight, minna-san! I'll update tomorrow. I still need reviews!