Here is chapter 9. I hope you enjoy it.

But that was impossible. How could she have fallen in love with him? And why was all of this happening how? She can't fall in love with him. What if he didn't feel the same way?

'This is so frustrating!' Ichigo groaned.

She couldn't clear up her mind. Not even after sleeping. Ichigo remembered Kisshu's visit yesterday. Now she has a feeling she might like him. She kept telling herself that it couldn't be true so she decided to sleep early hoping that would clear up her mind a bit. It didn't. Now she should be waking up and having some breakfast but Ichigo was too busy daydreaming to care about food.

She only decided to get out of bed because she heard her mother call her from downstairs telling her that breakfast was ready and if she didn't get out of bed soon, she knew her mother would come upstairs and make her get out of bed. Ichigo let out another groan before getting up. She cleared up her bed and went to the bathroom to brush her teeth. When that was done, she went back to her room to brush her hair and change her pyjamas to something else.

'Ichigo! Hurry up! Breakfast is ready!' her mum shouted.

'I am coming!' Ichigo shouted back.

When she came downstairs her mother offered her a plate of food. Ichigo sat down, took her knife and fork and stared at her plate. Ichigo was always hungry. She loved food. But there were times when she is so confused or annoyed at something that she spends hours thinking about it making her not want to eat because for some reason, she becomes less hungry when she thinks too much. That's why she hates to think.

'Come one, eat your breakfast,' Ichigo's mum finished cleaning the kitchen and sat down with Ichigo. But Ichigo just stared at her plate.

'Ichigo? Honey, what's wrong?' Mrs Momomiya, Ichigo's mother, asked worriedly when she noticed that Ichigo wasn't eating anything.

'Mum?' Ichigo said quietly.

'Yes?'

'I am not hungry.'

'What? But you are always hungry and I even made your favourite meal,' Mrs Momomiya exclaimed.

'I know, but can I go out for a moment? Please? I will be back very quickly, I promise. You can even call me and remind me to come home if I am out for too long. Just, please,' Ichigo really needed to go out. It won't solve anything if she just sits at home doing nothing but daydreaming. She needs to do something.

'What? Now? Where would you want to go now?' Her mother asked confused, 'and wherever you are going, you should at least have your breakfast before you go,' she added.

'But there isn't enough time.'

'Can you tell me what's going on?'

'I will tell you when I come back.'

'But, I don't understand, where are you going?'

Ichigo just stood up and went straight up her room, ignoring her mother's question. She knew that she was making her mum worried and she should tell her something before she gets even more worried than she already was. She felt bad for doing that but she couldn't help it. She will tell her. But not now. Now was not a good time. Ichigo got her bag and put her phone and some other stuff inside. She started to wear her coat and ran back downstairs finding her mother still sitting there.

'I am sorry, but I really need to go,' Ichigo apologised to her mother and got out from the door.

Mrs Momomiya sighed. She had no idea what was going on with her daughter and she was starting to get a little bit worried, she kept going outside. Maybe now was one of those times when she needs to clear something out.

Ichigo was going to Lettuce's house. She phoned her earlier and asked her if she could come to her house and Lettuce didn't seem to mind. When she finally reached her house she was greeted by Lettuce's welcoming smile. Ichigo smiled back, happy to see her friend.

'Sorry, am I disturbing you?' Ichigo asked apologetically.

'No, no! It's fine. Come in. You are always welcome here,' Lettuce smiled.

Lettuce went to her room, Ichigo was following from behind.

'Here, have a seat,' Lettuce got a chair so Ichigo could sit.

'Thanks,' Ichigo said as she sat down.

Lettuce's room was very spotlessly clean, very different to Ichigo's room where there is all sorts of books, clothes and God knows what else in the floor. Another thing that caught her eye was that there books everywhere. There were books on her table, bed and there was a few on the floor. Surprisingly, that didn't make the room look any messy at all.

'So, what brings you here?' Lettuce asked.

'It's…' Ichigo began but couldn't say anything else, so she sighed instead.

'It's about the aliens,' Ichigo started again.

'What about them?'

'I…I am confused. I just don't know what to do, so I thought maybe you could give me some advice?'

'Sure, but first tell me what it is.'

'I just thought that I had to tell someone and I thought you would be the best person to tell.'

'What is this some sort of secret?'

'Kind of.'

'Ok, I am listening.'

Ichigo didn't believe she was saying this, 'It's about Kisshu.'

'Oh. What is it?'

'Do you remember when we all went out and you all started saying that me and him would make a good couple?'

'Who? Kisshu?'

Ichigo nodded.

'Oh, don't worry about that. We weren't trying to put pressure on you or anything, we were just joking around, you know. It was just a thought. Not like you will actually fall in love with him. That's just ridiculous! Nothing like that will happen, right?'

'Well…' Ichigo began, 'It did.'

Lettuce stared at Ichigo for a moment, trying to look for any signs of 'hey I'm just joking with ya so don't look worried'. She didn't. Ichigo looked serious, her expression in her face was serious and Ichigo was starting to get nervous, not knowing what Lettuce's reaction was going to be. Lettuce took a deep breath.

'Are you serious?' she asked.

Ichigo just gave a small nod hoping Lettuce would tell her something.

Lettuce took another deep breath before jumping out of her seat, 'Oh my God!' she squealed.

'You like Kisshu?' Lettuce barely kept her voice quiet.

'Lettuce! Quiet!' Ichigo begged.

'I am sorry,' Lettuce whispered and sat back down, 'I am sorry, it's just…You know.'

'Yeah, yeah. I know. That was the type of reaction I was expecting anyway.'

The two girls giggled in excitement.

'This is great news! You should go and tell him.'

'I can't,' Ichigo's smile faded away.

'Why not?'

'He asked me to be his friend. It clearly shows that he doesn't like me anymore.'

'Do you know what I think?'

'What?'

'I think he still loves you but he planned to ask you to be friends with him since he realised you didn't have feelings for him. He is trying to forget you because he doesn't want to keep getting rejected. And he thought you were still with Aoyama.'

'Do you think so?'

'Yeah. Just give it a try. At least he knows that you like him.'

'But why now? Why didn't I feel this way before when he told me he loved me?'

'You liked Aoyama that time, remember? You were too busy loving him or it could just be that you didn't like him at that time.'

'I don't want to hurt him.'

'You won't just go and tell him the next time he visits you.'

'Ok. Then I will be going. Thank you so much,' Ichigo said relieved.

Lettuce smiled at her friend and gave her a hug. Ichigo hugged her back. She waved goodbye and started going home.

She decided she would tell him that she liked him. And then whatever's meant to happen happens. She doesn't know when she will tell him, probably the next time he visits her. But she will tell him.

I will try to update another chapter today afternoon. If I don't then I will update it tomorrow. I hope you are enjoying this story so far. Thank you for reading!