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Ichigo growled into her workbook. Mr Setsuri had kindly suggested that Ryou helped her. Ichigo swore that if she ever got out of the class alive, she was going to kill Ryou.

" Ichigo? Are you listening?" Ryou said impatiently. He had pulled a chair up, and was trying to share her single desk.

" No." Ichigo said, pulling her workbook over her head.

" Okay, fine I'll go." He shrugged, standing up. Ichigo pulled the book off her head.

" Why are you here? I mean, don't you have anything better to do? You know, some other way to Make my life a misery?" she asked bluntly. Ryou stopped, and put a thoughtful expression on his face. He placed a few fingers on his chin, looking at her.

" Hmm…nope. Now get back to work before I give you detention." He smirked. Ichigo could have exploded. Her face reddened, and it took all her self control to stop her cat ears popping out. I guess it was lucky that the bell rang.

Ichigo was the first one out of the classroom, her book bag in one hand, her cell phone in the other. She ducked into a space between the lockers and a wall, holding the Masha charm.

" Oh Masha…My life couldn't possibly get any worse…" she sighed. There was a slight pop and poof of smoke as Masha returned to normal size. He cuddled against her cheek, making soft purring noises. Ichigo glanced around quickly, checking if anyone was watching. Most students seemed more involved in going about with their friends than see Ichigo, so the Strawberry-Girl cuddled into her pink, furry, Robot friend. She often confided in the Alerter, glad of his non-questioning programming.

" Ichigo! Ex Alert! Ex Alert!" Ichigo snapped out of her daydream as Masaya walked past, his Kendo helmet in his hand. Ichigo bit her lip, deciding to step out into the open and just walk on, or to just stay where she was and risk getting talked to. She took a deep breath, and stepped out into his path. He stopped and looked at her for a moment.

" Ichigo." He said simply, bowing his head slightly

" Baka." Ichigo replied, a smirk becoming apparent on her face. She turned her nose up at him and walked down the nearly empty corridor, grinning as Masha returned to being a charm on her phone.

" Masaya Zero, Ichigo One…" She whispered.

" Ichigo! There you are!" Ichigo looked to her left, smiling as Miwa and Moe ran to her. " you seemed so down in maths…are you alright?" Ichigo grinned again, mischievously.

" I'm alright now… I just felt rather annoyed at…well…everything."

" Oh… Glad your okay now, though." Miwa said, smiling warmly.

" Yeah, we thought something seriously bad had happened." Moe added, giving the same smile.

" Anyways… could you believe that Blonde guy who walked into our class?! I mean, talk about Drop-Dead-Gorgeous!" Miwa said excitedly, clapping her hands in delight.

" Oh Yeah! He was Stunning!" Moe said, giggling. Ichigo grimaced.

" Ryou? Eww, guys! He's my Boss!"

" He's your Boss?! I'm so getting a Job at the Café…" Moe said, her eyes clouding over in what was most likely a Day Dream.

" Yeah, same here! Ichigo, I don't see how you could complain about a guy who was so hot as him!" Miwa said, placing her hands on her hips and peering at Ichigo.

" Trust me… when you work with that guy… there's a lot to complain about." Ichigo said, copying her Friends' stance.

" When you have workers like her, you can't blame me for wanting another job." all three of them turned around, to see a rather amused looking Ryou leaning on the lockers behind them. Ichigo frowned, whilst Miwa and Moe practically fainted.

" Oh and by the way…" He walked up to Miwa, who blushed and looked at him curiously. " I think your cute too…" He smirked, tweaking her nose, and turned away again, giving a annoying wink at Ichigo before he left.

" Oh…My…God…" Miwa breathed, holding her chest. Moe pouted.

" You get all the guys…"

" You saw that right…? Ichigo…? Moe…? I didn't dream that, did I…?" Miwa said, just above a whisper. Ichigo sighed, placing her head in her hands for a moment.

" Yes Miwa… it really happened…"

Yeah, it really did happen. And as Ichigo sat in English, she could tell just by looking at Ryou's face he had only done that to annoy her. What does he think he's playing at anyway? Ichigo thought moodily, slamming her pen down onto her desk. What does he think this will accomplish? That I may quit from the café and as a last resort kill myself? Humph! Yeah right. If he wants a battle, he'll get a battle. Ichigo raised her hand.

" Yes, Ichigo? Do you have a question?" Ryou said sweetly, looking up from his textbook on Shakespeare that he was reading to the class. Ichigo smiled to herself

" Yes actually, Mr Shirogane." She stated, matter-of-factly. Ryou raised his eyebrows.

" Well then, feel free to ask."

Ichigo cleared her throat.

" What was the 114th line in Romeo and Juliet?" She asked, rather smug with herself. Ryou smiled lightly, his blue eyes glittering.

" What act and scene, Ichigo?" he asked coolly. Ichigo gulped, making one up and hoping to god it was really in there

" Act…3... Scene…5?" She guessed, trying to keep her voice straight. The class looked at Ichigo as if she was insane, but Ryou merely closed his book and said without thinking:

" "I would the fool were married to her grave!?"

Ichigo froze, Astounded. She grabbed the Romeo and Juliet book from in front of her, and flicked through until she found the right scene. She read the passage quietly and quickly in her mind.

Enter CAPULET and Nurse

CAPULET

When the sun sets, the air doth drizzle dew;
But for the sunset of my brother's son
It rains downright.
How now! a conduit, girl? what, still in tears?
Evermore showering? In one little body
Thou counterfeit'st a bark, a sea, a wind;
For still thy eyes, which I may call the sea,
Do ebb and flow with tears; the bark thy body is,
Sailing in this salt flood; the winds, thy sighs;
Who, raging with thy tears, and they with them,
Without a sudden calm, will overset
Thy tempest-tossed body. How now, wife!
Have you deliver'd to her our decree?

LADY CAPULET

Ay, sir; but she will none, she gives you thanks.
I would the fool were married to her grave!

Ichigo stared open mouthed at her book. There was no way! How the HELL did he know that!? Ichigo growled lowly.

" What was the second line in the first act?" She asked loudly, staring at Ryou with sheer anger and force.

" Enter SAMPSON and GREGORY, of the house of Capulet, armed with swords and bucklers" He said without thinking.

" The fourth line the act 4 scene 3?!" She asked again, raising slightly in her seat.

" I pray thee, leave me to my self to-night," He answered simply, a smug look on his face.

" Sixth line in Act 2, scene 4!" Ichigo asked, her voice getting a little higher in annoyance and disbelief.

" Torments him so, that he will sure run mad." He stated, opening his book again. Ichigo slumped back into her seat, with nothing else to say.

" Is that all, Ichigo?" He asked, sweetly. Ichigo just stared at him, open mouthed as did everyone else In the class. " I'll take that as a yes. Now, where were we?"