THREE

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The next day at the café was awkward between Ichigo and Ryou. They didn't really talk, or make eye contact, or anything. Keiichiro asked both Ryou and Ichigo what was wrong, but neither answered anything but "nothings wrong why?" He also gave Spike a job at the café after his leg became healed. Zakuro was given the day off to be with Spike because her arm only had a deep cut.

The three mews that did have work and Keiichiro really wanted to know what was up with Ichigo and Ryou though. They both were like drones, just doing what there were supposed to. They didn't yell at each other or process any thing that happened that day. Even Minto couldn't get Ichigo to do anything., and when Masaya called, Ichigo refused to talk to him. Things were not looking good for her, and Ryou wasn't doing well either.

"So, did Momomiya-san finally snap?" Minto asked Retatsu and Purin. "I don't think so Aizawa-san. I think something happened between them yesterday.." said Retatsu. "I bet they made out!!" Purin yelled not realizing Ichigo had been behind the three. Ichigo's eyes glazed over and her fingers let go of the try she was carrying and it crashed to the floor, she just stood there. "ops…" said Purin turning around.

"Momomiya-san… why how nice of you to join us at work today." Said Minto as he put her right hand lightly on her chest. Ichigo didn't say anything, she just stared into blank space. "Momomiya-san!" Purin yelled waving her arms in front of Ichigo's face.

Ichigo took no notice, she just turned around and walked off. Keiichiro was the first person she interacted with, in fact, she broke down in front of him. "Akasaka-san!! Akasaka-san!!" she cried out. "I did a bad thing, a very bad thing!!" she fell to her knees. Keiichiro shut and locked the door to the kitchen, then he walked over to Ichigo. "What happened?" he asked trying to calm her down, but the tears flowed freely from her eyes. "I-I… couldn't h-help it…" Keiichiro put his hands on Ichigo's shoulders so she looked into his eyes. "Momomiya-san, tell me what happened." he said coolly. Ichigo closed her eyes but forced them open. "I-I…" She started but was stopped mid sentence as Ryou ran to the door and crashed into it. "It's locked!" Keiichiro called out to him. "I noticed… Let me in!" he said knocking on the door. Keiichiro looked at Ichigo then went and opened the door. Ryou rushed in, but stopped in his tracks when he saw Ichigo. He looked around then said to Keiichiro, "Akasaka-san, do you mind?" and he tilted his head toward the door. Keiichiro nodded and left leaving Ichigo with Ryou.

Ryou shut the door and then walked over to Ichigo. "Momomiya-san, I-" Ryou started but stopped, Ichigo was looking into his eyes like she had last night. He took a deep breath, "I'm sorry about last night. I shouldn't have done that do you." he hugged her not knowing if she heard him. Ichigo rapped her arms around him. "Ryou… I love you…" she said her head pressed against his chest. He looked down at her and replied. "I love you too, ever since you stepped foot into this café." She looked up at him and they kissed while the sun reflected through the window and it went down. Neither had realized that Keiichiro, the four other mews, and Spike were standing outside looking into the room smiling. Zakuro and Spike looked at each other then kissed each other. "I love you Spike!" Zakuro said as they both crashed to the ground.

"I love you too Zakuro!" he said. Minto looked down at them disgusted. "Gross! Get a room!" she yelled.

"There so cute." Retatsu said looking at Ryou and Ichigo, then to Zakuro and Spike. "Which one?" Purin asked. "Both. I wish I could be happy with someone like that too."

"You can…" said Keiichiro putting his finger on her chin and turning her face towards him and he kissed.

"Ohhh!" Purin yelled out then jumped in the air. Ryou and Ichigo looked up startled.

"So, what was up with that dream you had?" Masaya asked Ichigo on there date. "Nothing really, just a really bad one." Masaya nodded not knowing anything about Ichigo's dream about Ryou…