Ichigo's Illness Chapter 5:
Confessions
Everyone was pretty surprised by Ichigo's announcement that she was quitting Café Mew Mew. But there were bigger things to worry about right now, like getting the Mew Aqua for the Cyniclons.
Suddenly, however, Lettuce thought of something. "What will your leader say about this plan?" she asked.
"Our leader has vanished for some reason," Pai said. "I'm guessing something happened to his human host."
"Do you know who his human host was?" Ichigo asked.
"Actually, I do," Pai said. "His host was Aoyama Masaya."
"Ichigo, what should we do? You like him, right?" Mint asked.
"I was actually going to break up with him soon," Ichigo admitted. "Not only did I realize that I'm in love with Kisshu, he's been a real jerk lately."
Everyone, except for Lettuce and Kisshu, had their jaws on the floor. "I'm so happy for you, Ichigo!" Lettuce said, surprising everyone but Ichigo.
"Thanks Lettuce, but I'm not the only one who likes an alien, am I?" Ichigo asked, smirking.
Lettuce turned bright red. "Um… Well… I guess," she stammered.
The others were getting a bit confused. "Lettuce likes an alien? I thought she liked Ryou," Mint said.
"After about the fifth time he said that the aliens are scum that doesn't deserve to live, that pretty much dried up," Lettuce said. "To be honest, if I had known Ichigo wanted to quit, I would have followed her out the door. I'm not really cut out for Café work anyways."
"So who does Lettuce-oneechan like?" Pudding asked.
Lettuce mumbled something that no one except Kisshu heard. "So, Ichigo was right, you DO like Pai," he said with a smirk.
Everyone else's jaws dropped again. Even Pai looked pretty shocked. Lettuce was bright red again.
Finally Pai said, "Lettuce, you like me?"
"Y-yes," Lettuce said softly.
For the first time in history, Pai actually blushed. Then, to everyone's utter shock, he said, "I actually really like you too, Lettuce…"
Before Lettuce could say anything, Kisshu shouted, "YES! Finally one of my brothers isn't a pathetic lump when it comes to love!"
"Hey, whaddya mean, pathetic lump?" Taruto asked indignantly.
Before Kisshu could respond, Pai whacked him over the head. "OW! Pai, what was that for?" Kisshu moaned.
"You're being annoying," Pai growled.
"OI! How am I a pathetic lump?" Taruto shouted.
"You won't confess your love for Pudding," Kisshu said matter-of-factly.
Taruto turned dark red and shouted, "I DON'T LOVE PUDDING!"
Suddenly Kisshu's smirk slid off his face. Taruto followed his gaze. Pudding looked like she was about to cry. "Taru-Taru doesn't love Pudding? Pudding loves Taru-Taru," Pudding said sadly.
Taruto was looking nervous, since everyone, including Pai, was glaring at him. "Nice, Taruto, you made her sad," Kisshu said. "Now go make her happy."
Taruto gulped, and walked over to Pudding. She didn't look at him. "Um… Pudding, I didn't really mean that," Taruto said. "I actually really like you, monkey."
Pudding looked at him, and said, "Really?"
"Yep," Taruto said, smiling.
"YAY!" Pudding said. Then she glomped onto Taruto, saying, "Pudding loves you, Taru-Taru!"
"Gah… Pudding… Air…." Taruto gasped.
"Sorry Taru-Taru!" Pudding said, getting off him.
Everyone except Ryou was now smiling. "I'm glad that Taruto finally confessed," Pai said unexpectedly. "He's been in denial for way too long."
Ichigo said, "Well, he made Pudding a very happy girl." The others nodded.
"Hey Koneko-chan, wanna know what would make me happy?" Kisshu asked.
"A kiss, right?" Ichigo said, smiling.
"Am I that predictable?" Kisshu asked.
"Sometimes," Ichigo said. Then she kissed him, and he kissed back. When they broke apart, they noticed that Pai and Lettuce were doing the same thing.
What they didn't notice was Ryou getting a death aura around him.
Okay, I know it's another cliffie. But I thought it might be good to establish the pairings I'll be using. And I know Lettuce and Pai are OOC, but I like the way this came out. Review!
