Chiyo: So. I will warn you. It's late. And I'm tired. XD This chapter is going to be a little... *fans hands* weird... It does involve kissing and making out, but no lemon... Unless you all beg me enough, I won't write lemon in this fanfiction or any unless I'm begged enough to XD I don't know, I find it weird to write that... But, this will be IxR (Ichigo x Ryou) and a tiny lil Mitsukie x Keiichiro IFFFFFFFF I think they're cute enough after I finish with Ichigo and Ryou... *start rambling on with a sign* "I DO NOT OWN TMM"

Chapter 18

A Little Too Much

Ichigo chased after him, grabbing his hand. 'Wow... Of all people... I would have rather fallen for Keiichiro, but I mean... I like Ryou, but I never dreamed of us being together...' Ichigo thought to herself walking next to Ryou, their fingers intertwined.

Her dad zoomed out of the house and straight over to the two. "I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU, NO BOYFRIENDS!" Shintaro shouted, his arms folded.

"Daaaaad..." Ichigo groaned, letting go of Ryou's hand. "I guess I'll see you after scool then, bye!" Ryou nodded and waved, walking off. Ignoring her protective dad, she walked upstairs and passed out, tired from the car crash and trying to tell herself differently then what she really felt.

The next morning, Ichigo jumped into her school uniform and threw her hair into pigtails. She zoomed out of the house and straight to school. "Ichigo!" Moe called, waving. "You're eariler then usual! Something up?" She asked, walking with her friend into the school.

"No, not really. I just got to sleep early last night." Ichigo smiled. Recieving a text, Ichigo looked at her phone to read that her parents were heading somewhere pretty far away and wouldn't be back for at least 6 months... "Ughhhhh I'm going to be aloooneee for half a yeaarrr..." Ichigo said, sighing heavily and sitting down in her chair.

Ichigo and her friends started gossiping like always and the school day was normal. Work was even normal. After the car crash, everyone seemed to be perfectly fine. Whew, good. Ichigo stayed late by habbit, finishing her cleaning job. "Oh, you didn't go home yet?" Ryou asked, looking at her. Ichigo blinked confused. "...Why are you staying late even though you hate it?"

"... I don't know, I just decided to stay late." Ichigo said, finishing the table she was cleaning.

"I can walk you home, it's pretty dark out." Ryou said. Ichigo nodded and ran to the changing room. "Hmm... I wonder what's up with her..." He said to himself, leaning against the wall near the doors.

As Ichigo ran back up in her school uniform, Ichigo's and Ryou's eyes locked together, stopping Ichigo in her tracks as she gazed over at Ryou. Keiichiro smiled, knowing something the others didn't. Pushing it aside, Ichigo ran over to Ryou, walking with him in silence to her house. "My parents aren't home again..." Ichigo said, slightly sad.

Ryou looked at her, feeling like he had to offer. "Do you want me to stay with you tonight?" He asked, a tiny blush appearing on his cheeks.

"Oh?" Ichigo's cheeks were obviously deep red. "I guess some company wouldn't hurt." She said, opening her door and letting Ryou in first. Since the two were very tired, Ichigo brought him up to her room. She grabbed her pj's and walked to the bathroom. She changed and brushed her teeth, then walked back into her room to see Ryou stealing her bed, but leaving enough room her. She smiled and crawled into bed with him, the two had their backs facing each other. They stayed awake for some time, Ichigo's heart beating really fast. The two rolled over to face each other at the same time, gazing into each others eyes. "R-Ryou... You're eyes... Are so beautiful..." Ichigo whispered. Ryou just smirked, closing his eyes. Something came over the two...

Ryou suddenly hopped ontop of Ichigo, startling her so she brought her hands up to her chest. Ryou gently grabbed her arms and pushed them to the bed, gazing down at her. Ryou gently pushed his lips onto hers, kissing her passionately. They didn't find anything wrong with it, since between the two of them, they were dating, but something seemed deeper... Deeper then typical boyfriend and girlfriends would do. Ryou's tongue ran across Ichigo's bottom lip, asking for permission to enter her mouth. Ichigo felt Ryou's body push against hers as she felt his tongue run gently along her lips. She opened her mouth, allowing Ryou inside. His tongue explored all over her mouth, while hers did the same. Ichigo arched her body, pushing it against Ryou's. They wanted so much more, they always wanted this. And Ryou was having a hard time holding back, along with Ichigo. Yes, they wanted this for a while, but they knew that for one, Shintaro would murder Ryou, and two, Ichigo was still in school... Ichigo had her legs wrapped around Ryou's waist, pulling herself up to rub against him. Ryou trailed his lips to her neck, just under her jawline under her ear. He licked her neck, causing a slight moan escape her mouth, but realizing what the two were doing, they quickly pushed each other away. The rest of the time they were awake, they lied back to back. But when Ichigo woke up, Ryou had his arm around her waist, holding her tightly while the other was under his head.

Ichigo felt her face heat up, not just her cheeks, but her entire face. She jumped to the sound of her alarm clock, which woke up Ryou. With a groan, Ichigo pulled herself out of bed and grabbed her school uniform, running to the bathroom. 'Geez, what's up with him?! We totally made out- and I can't tell Moe or Miwa! Gah, I wonder what he's thinking right now... I mean about last night...' Ichigo thought as she threw herself into her school uniform. "I'm off to school!" Ichigo shouted into her room as she zoomed out the door. Ryou chuckled as he took a shower. She stopped running, noticing she was early, and started walking.

Moe and Miwa walked over. "Geez, I'm so glad we were able to convince our parents to move back here." Miwa said, streching. "GAH! Oh, Ichigo! Wow you're early!"

"That's totally not like you at all!" Moe said, putting the back of her hand on Ichigo's forehead. But unlike Ichigo again, she didn't yell at them playfully or anything, she just kept walking, looking down a bit. "...Ichigo? Earth to Ichigo!" Moe called, waving her hand in front of Ichigo's face. Ichigo couldn't get last nights events out of her head, but when Miwa slapped Ichigo, she snapped out of it. "We're here..." Moe said, looking at her friend.

"O-oh..." Ichigo said, following her best friends to her classroom. She didn't really listen to her friends gossip, but listened in on Masaya's conversationg with his friends.

"Dude, I feel so bad for you man." The taller friend said.

"Why?" Masaya asked.

"You didn't hear?!" The shorter one asked. "Ichigo's already dating someone else! Some blonde kid with blue eyes and he seems like a complete jerk!"

"..." Masaya stayed quiet, looking down at his feet. They got too far away for Ichigo to listen anymore, but she could tell they were telling Masaya that she was with someone else.

Ichigo couldn't pay attention in class, not surprising, and the day was uneventful. She waved to her friends and started walking down the sidewalk. She was on the road that Cafe Mew Mew was on, and she saw Lettuce cleaning the stairs when she felt a strong hand grip hers. She turned around to see Masaya standing there, staring at her. "Let go!" She yelled, getting Lettuce's attention. "Leave me alone!"

"You promised me... That we would be together, forever..." He said, tightening his grip on her hand.

"Leave me alone!" Ichigo yelled again, trying to break free of his grip.

"Leave her alone." A cold voice called from behind Masaya.

Masaya pulled Ichigo closer to her, realizing the voice, and put Ichigo in a head lock. "Masaya, stop!" Ichigo yelled, her one free hand flying up to his arm.

"Just get out of here." Ryou said coldly, folding his arms. "We don't want any trouble before someone's birthday."

"I don't care about whoevers birthday-" Masaya started.

"You will if you don't let go of my friend!" Izumi shouted, running over beside Ryou.

The grip around Ichigo's neck tightened, causing her to gasp for air. Izumi, who was already glaring, shot an even colder glare while Ryou just started glaring at Masaya. Mitsukie ran over and whacked him in the head with a frying pan. "LET. GO. OF. MY. FRIEND!" She shouted, whacking him after each word. Izumi couldn't help but laugh, and Ryou chuckled a little. Masaya let go of Ichigo in both shock and pain. Ichigo, gasping for air, ran over to Ryou and held his arm as she watched Masaya in fear. Fear that he was going to try to attack her again, but she felt safe being around her friends. "Geez! Men!" As Masaya started getting up, Mitsukie raised the frying pan. "You're staying on the ground until the cops come!" She yelled, glaring at Masaya. "So, Ichigo, you ok?" She asked in a completely calm and relaxed voice, smiling at Ichigo. The two couldn't help but laugh. "Gah, I hate stubborn boys..." She sighed. She didn't hit Masaya hard enough to kill him, but hit him hard enough to give him a pounding headache.

Ichigo looked up at Ryou, a slight blush appearing across her cheeks and she quickly moved way from him. There really weren't any cops, Mitsukie just didn't want Masaya touching her friend again. Once everyone walked inside, the girls went to the changing room. "Ichigo..." Izumi started.

"You seem different... Especially with Ryou..." Mitsukie finished, pulling off her school uniform. "What happened between you two last night?"

Ichigo was in the middle of the girls, having both look over at her in just their bra and panties. "N-nothing..." Ichigo stuttered, shoving her head through her uniform.

"Tell us!" Mitsukie insisted, unfolding her uniform.

"Yeah, Zakuro and the others are already cleaning, and we promise we won't tell!" Izumi agreed, pulling on her uniform. It was cute actually, Mitsukie and Izumi were working together to get information out of Ichigo, but their uniform were exact opposites.

Ichigo sighed, watching the girls fix their uniform. "...You have to promise to never tell anyone and mean it." Ichigo said, reciving a nod from the girls. "W-well... My parents left again, but for half a year this time... S-so when Ryou walked me home, he stayed the night with me..." She started. Izumi's jaw dropped and Mitsukie was ready to scream. After Ichigo finished explaining, Mitsukie was at a loss for words, and Izumi was too shocked to speak. "W-well don't just st-stand there! Say something!"

"Y-you and Ryou?" Izumi started.

"G-geez..." Mitsukie finished. Mitsukie helped out on Ichigo's shift, seeming as she was having troubles. That night, after closing, Ryou walked Ichigo home again, and Mitsukie was left to finish.

Keiichiro thought she had went home, so he decided he wanted to make a cake for her. Her birthday was soon, and as everyone else, he wanted to make a cake that suited her. Mitsukie wandered into the kitchen, startling Keiichiro. "I didn't know you were still here. Shouldn't you head home?" He asked warmly, smiling at her.

"Well..." Mitsukie started. "Something has been bugging me..." She said, walking over to Keiichiro.

"What is it?" Keiichiro asked, wearing his normal, warm smile.

"W-well... You know about Ichigo and Ryou right?" She asked. Confused, Keiichiro nodded. "I was talking to Ichigo and she said that last night, they started making out- which I'm fine with- but she's still in school and what if the Cyniclons take advan-"

Not letting her finish, Keiichiro cut her off. "Mitsukie." He called, chuckling a bit. "Calm down, you're talking to fast."

"O-oh..." Mitsukie smiled nervously.

"What exactly are you worried about?" Keiichiro asked, walking over to her. She was a bit older then the other girls, she was in her last year school. Although Zakuro was still older then her...

"I-Ichigo..." Mitsukie said, her heart beating faster as Keiichiro's hand got closer to her face. Keiichiro's silence told Mitsukie to go on as he fixed her hair. "...W-well what if Ryou gets hurt? Ichigo wouldn't be... Ichigo..."

"That's true. But you know how angry she would be as well?" Keiichiro smiled, holding back a chuckle from Mitsukie's red cheeks.

Trying to change the subject, Mitsukie asked a off topic question. "What are you going to bake? Can I help?"

"Sure!" Keiichiro smiled. "I'm going to be making a birthday cake!" He smiled.

"Ahh, lucky person to have you baking for them!" Mitsukie smiled, not realizing the day. The two grabbed everything needed to make a cake and set it on the counter. "I've never actually seriously baked a cake before. Cookies and muffins are one thing..." She whispered.

"Don't worry, I'll help you!" Keiichiro said with a smile.

The two washed their hands and got ready bake. "What's this for?" She asked, poking the wisking machine, turning it on without realizing the button she pressed was the power button. "AHH!" Mistukie screamed and jumped backwards, laughing as she realized it was only on and not trying to kill her. Keiichiro started laughing, not being able to saything. "Sh-shut up! I've never used that thing before! I whisk everything with the one little..." Mitsukie was still laughing as she tried to explain.

Once most of the ingredients were in the bowl, Mitsukie was having troubles craking the eggs. With a smile, Keiichiro rested his hand on hers, standing behind her, but not too close to her to make her feel uncomfortable. "Gently." He chuckled, controlling the speed of her hand.

Mitsukie couldn't say anything, her heart was beating way faster then it should, and they were able to add the ingredients without killing Mitsukie, and without a huge mess. "Uhh... Can you help me with this thingy?" Mitsukie asked, staring at whisking machine. Keiichiro smiled and placed his hand on hers again, since there was room for only one hand. He helped her mix all the ingredients together. He let go a little bit before the mix looked good. Not having a clue how to stop it, she stopped moving it and screamed, hitting the power button as cake mix flew onto their face. Mitsukie had some right underneath her bottom lip and a bit on her neck as she tried looking away from it. Keiichiro had some on his nose and cheek.

(*raises hand* If you do not like Mitsukie and Keiichiro together, I suggest skipping this part XD But if you don't care/find them cute together, both happy people and really cute and nice people, then feel free to read on!)

Mitsukie swooped some off of the table and stuck her finger in her mouth. "Mmm! It's great!" She smiled.

Keiichiro smiled at her happiness. "You did everything." His voice was softer then before, it made Mitsukie's heart skip more beats then it should have.

He walked over to her as she kept her back to the counter, watching him with red cheeks. "You have a 'lil on your nose..." She whispered.

"You have a little..." He started, but then smirked, making Mitsukie's face turn red. He leaned down to where Mitsukie could feel his warm breath on her neck, making her heart almost completely stop for a second. Even though it wasn't like him to smirk, it was still really cute if you ask Mitsukie. She was unable to say anything as she felt his tongue run gently across her neck, licking off the cake mix. Keiichiro moved away from her neck, chuckling at her red face.

Wanting pay back, Mitsukie looked up at Keiichiro and ran her tongue gently across his nose, eating the cake mix that whas there. She giggled when she noticed him blushing. 'Ahh what is this feeling?! Ryou's a complete ass sometimes, and that makes Keiichiro so much different then him... And I don't even have any emotion like this in school when I talk to guuuahh!' Mitsukie thought to herself, mentally saying a shocked 'ah' as she felt a pair of lips push onto hers and a hand rest lightly on her cheek. She wipped off the cake mix from Keiichiro's cheek as she kissed him back.

"HELP ME!" A girls voice called, it deeper pitched, making Keiichiro and Mitsukue pull away from each other...

Chiyo: I find Mitsukie and Keiichiro really cute don't ask me why ... But... *looks around cluelessly*

Mitsukie: o/o

Keiichiro: XD You're blushing~

Chiyo: OH! Right! I doubt I'm going to get any answers from anyone who's not PrinceUrufu XD but... Tell me! Do you like Mitsukie and Keiichiro? Or should I pair him with someone else? I don't think a couple chapters where the girls (and boys) have a date (aka when the girls kiCK THE CYNICLONS ASS WHOO!) and just spend the entire day together in a big group ... ,,, *starts to go into deep thinking mode*