Brought Together Chapter 15:
Ichigo's Diary
Kisshu opened the diary to the first page. It was the day he first fought Ichigo. Then he started reading.
Dear Diary,
I can't believe it! Aoyama-kun asked me out! We're going to the amusement park! But something strange happened before school. Some guy jumped off a building and kissed me! I think he's one of the aliens Shirogane was talking about; he sure didn't look human to me… I think he said his name was Kisshu. Yikes! I have to get to the Café!
Later… Well, that was a disaster. I had to fight a monster at the amusement park, and Kisshu showed up AGAIN! He's kind of strange, he said he wanted to 'play' with me. I wonder what he meant. But then he said he had to kill me, and it was lucky that Mint and Lettuce came along when they did.
Well, good night, Diary!
Kisshu figured a lot of the diary entries would be about the treehugger, so he flipped to a page near the middle.
Dear Diary,
Today Ryou was yelling at me again. I hate that guy. I don't understand why he hates me so much- I'm the only one who actually works at the Café. And he never yells at anyone but me, even though Mint doesn't work at all. So what if I'm late sometimes? He's the one who injected me with cat genes; I didn't choose that, and now I'm tired all the time. He ruined my life! I know this sounds wrong, but since no one but me reads this, I'm going to write it down anyways. Sometimes I wish that instead of killing innocent people who have nothing to do with the Mews, the aliens could take their anger out on Ryou. It's his fault they have opposition. Besides, if he dies, at least he can't ruin anyone else's life, the way he ruined mine.
Wow, Kisshu thought. He flipped to the next page, which was the day before Ichigo's words caused him to collapse.
Dear Diary,
Masaya has been weird lately. I wonder if we're growing apart. I hope not. But I've been thinking lately, and I think that Kisshu is actually kind of hot. I wonder what it would have been like if we had met as friends, not enemies. I think I actually kind of like him, but I'm pretty sure he doesn't feel the same. He's always calling me his toy. That's not what liking someone is. It's too bad, though. I wish that I could tell him how I felt, but that's impossible. Then again, if Masaya breaks up with me, maybe I could ask him if he actually does love me. Maybe that would be okay. I know Ryou would have a fit, but I've found that lately, I don't care what he thinks. The aliens are people too, and I think Lettuce has been right all along- we shouldn't be fighting. Too bad Blondie can't see it that way.
Kisshu stopped reading. Then he put his head in his hands. A tear trickled down his cheek as he thought, She didn't think I had any feelings for her? Was that the reason she always rejected me? Maybe I should have tried a different approach.
Kisshu was lost in thought, so he didn't notice Ichigo come in. He jumped when he heard her say, "Kisshu, is something wrong? You're crying."
Then she noticed that he had been reading her diary. At first she was angry, but that faded quickly, because Kisshu was still crying silently.
Ichigo said softly, "Kisshu, what part did you read?"
He looked up at her, and asked, "You really thought I had no feelings for you?"
Ichigo came over and looked at the page he had been reading. She saw what he had read, and sighed. "Kisshu, until Pai's explanation about why he kidnapped me, I didn't realize that you were telling the truth about loving me. What I wrote here is true; I don't think liking someone is telling them they're a toy. I also believed that you were trying to trick me to get control of the Earth."
Kisshu put his face in his hands and started sobbing. "I'm sorry!" he said.
Ichigo was shocked by this. She'd never seen Kisshu break down like this. Nevertheless, she put her arms around him, and said, "I'm sorry too."
Kisshu slowly started to calm down after a little while. By this point, though, he was tired out from crying, and he was starting to fall asleep in Ichigo's arms.
Ichigo noticed this, and smiled softly. She then lifted Kisshu, who was now asleep, onto her bed, and lay down next to him, wrapping her arms around him and pulling a blanket over them both.
The next morning, Kisshu woke up, and was surprised to find he was still in Ichigo's room, and not only that, but she was hugging him in her sleep. As memory came back to him, though, his smirk faded. Then he noticed that Ichigo was starting to wake up as well.
Ichigo noticed Kisshu was already awake, and said, "Are you feeling any better, Kisshu?"
"Yeah, I guess so," Kisshu said. He still sounded sad.
"Maybe I should have let you go through my drawers instead," Ichigo said. "You're pretty depressed. I think I should just get rid of that diary. Every time you look over there, you get sad again."
Before Kisshu could reply to this, Shintaro came storming in and said, "Good, you're awake. Now do you mind explaining to me why you were SLEEPING TOGETHER?"
Kisshu sighed again, but Ichigo said, "I was trying to cheer Kisshu up, because he was sad."
"SO YOU SLEPT WITH HIM!?" Shintaro shouted.
Ichigo sighed, then shouted, "MOM! GET DAD OUT OF HERE BEFORE KISSHU STARTS CRYING AGAIN!"
Fifteen seconds later, Sakura ran in, took one look at Kisshu's face, and said, "SHINTARO! OUT! I'll handle this." She then proceeded to shove him out the door, and then slammed it before Shintaro could start ranting again. Sakura sighed, then sat down next to Ichigo and Kisshu on the bed and said, "Okay, what happened?"
"Kisshu was reading my diary, and some part of it really upset him," Ichigo said.
"May I ask why you were reading her diary, Kisshu?" Sakura asked.
"I was bored, and she said I couldn't look through her… um… stuff, so I saw the diary and got interested," Kisshu said sadly.
"Ichigo, what did you write?" Sakura asked.
"I wrote that I had feelings for Kisshu, but I was pretty sure he didn't feel the same way," Ichigo said. "That was before Pai explained that Kisshu was just having trouble expressing himself, and that he really did love me."
"And then what happened?" Sakura asked.
"I came back, and saw that Kisshu was crying, so I asked him what part of the diary he read. He showed me, and I told him that what I wrote was true, and he broke down," Ichigo said. "Then he fell asleep, and I wanted to make sure he didn't think I was mad at him, so I slept next to him. I promise we didn't do anything besides sleep last night."
Sakura sighed, than hugged Kisshu. He stiffened, surprised, then to everyone's surprise, he started crying again. Ichigo started stroking his hair, as Sakura asked, "Kisshu, what's wrong?"
Kisshu said softly, "I don't have a mother."
Sakura let him go, but kept a hold of his shoulders as she said, "Well, the way you and Ichigo are going, I think you'll have one soon. I know Ichigo will be there for you forever, and if you both want, I'll be happy to support you both. I'm going to go have a little chat with Shintaro, since I think he still has issues with this. I'll make sure he doesn't scare you again. Ichigo, stay with Kisshu. He needs you."
"I will, Mom," Ichigo said. As Sakura let go of Kisshu, Ichigo took him in her arms. This time, he hugged back, and Ichigo started stroking his hair again. Sakura smiled softly at them both, and left, closing the door behind her.
"Kisshu, I think you're wearing yourself out," Ichigo said. "Go back to sleep, I'll be right here."
Kisshu slowly fell asleep in Ichigo's arms again. Ichigo smiled, and gently put him down on the bed. Then she sat down at her desk, and started on some of the schoolwork she hadn't finsished. She also put the diary out of sight.
About two hours later, Kisshu woke up again. Ichigo noticed and said, "How are you feeling, Kisshu?"
"Better than I was earlier," Kisshu said. "I'm sorry, Koneko-chan."
"I'm sorry too," Ichigo said. "I should have realized your feelings sooner- and not left my diary lying in plain sight."
"Your mom is really nice," Kisshu said.
"Yeah, she's wonderful," Ichigo said. "Should we go downstairs? Mom should be done lecturing my dad by now, and I'm kind of hungry."
"Yeah, me too," Kisshu said. "Let's go."
I have no idea why I wrote all this. I think it's cute, so I hope others do too. Thanks to LadyMelodyLily and MewBlueberryLuvsKisshu for ideas for Ichigo's diary, even though I didn't exactly use them. They helped me though! Review Please!
