Tokyo Mew Mew

Ryo x Ichigo

For Ichigo, working in a cafe with four other girls isn't as easy as anyone would think it to be.

She is always left hanging to dry as she's doing everything in the cafe, except the baking.

4 ways to get out of working in a cafe.

1. "Ichigo. I'm having my afternoon tea. Please clean tables three and seven for me." Mint said.

"Excuse me?!" Ichigo screamed.

"I'm having my tea so I can't do it. If I did it, my tea would be cold by the time I finished." Mint said.

"It's only TWO TABLES!" Ichigo shouted.

"I know. Which is why I'm asking you. Cause you have the free hands and time on them to do it for me." She said.

"Mint-"

"Ichigo. Just do it." Ryo said.

Ichigo turned to her boss, and began slowly walking to the tables. She frowned while cleaning them.

Mint always has her tea time and it bothers Ichigo so much. Mainly when Ryo backs her up for her hour, which turns to two or three really but Ryo is too busy in the basement to notice.

2. "Ichigo! Can you help Lettuce clean the dishes?" Pudding said.

While Ichigo would say heck no, Pudding asking meant, Lettuce didn't want her breaking anything or making a mess in there that they'd have to clean up and delay Kiichiro's cooking.

"Sure." Ichigo said. She walked past Ryo who seemed tired for some reason. He had dark circles under his eyes.

Ichigo wanted to ask if he was okay and if he was getting enough sleep, but he moved on. So she had to as well. For now.

Pudding is too young to be working, but she works so hard and fast as she can with so many younger siblings to care for.

Ichigo seems a little jealous as she has so many who look up to her. Ichigo is an only child, while it doesn't bother Mint, Lettuce or Zakuro, it bothers her.

But she smiles as Pudding is kind of like a little sister to her.

3. "Ichigo. Get the pie on the counter." Zakuro said.

"Alright." Ichigo knew Zakuro had a thing about touching pie, as they made her feel nauseous from a childhood memory and she would possibly throw up and customers would leave. Ichigo got the pie and placed in at the table where Zaluro was at. "Here you are." She said with a smile.

Ryo got another pie ready and Ichigo went to get it. But the crust was..."Ryo. This pie is burnt."

"Oh my. Ryo, are you alright?" Kiichiro came over and saw it and talked to Ryo.

"Oops! Sorry. I'll get another one." He said taking the burnt one away.

Ichigo knows something is up.

Zakuro is just cold sometimes.

Ichigo can understand that her life is hard enough with all her modeling jobs and photo shoots. She works her only for the fact she's a mew mew.

But Ichigo knows she rather be anywhere but the cafe. If it was just her and Ryo, she'd be fine with it, but he did drag five other girls, and Ichigo had her own issues to deal with, she understood Zakuro completely, we have our own lives and can't be here in this cafe working forever.

4. "Ichigo, where is Ryo?" Lettuce asked. "He's...downstairs with Kiichiro. They are talking."

"Can you cover for me? I'm worried and I want to see how he is." She said.

Ichigo felt angry with how she keeps getting all the work around here. She nearly screamed but she held her breath. "Alright." Was all she could say.

Lettuce headed down and Ichigo took the broom, sweeping the outside and the in of the cafe before closing up.

Ichigo never knew why she was jealous of Lettuce and Ryo's bond. Or at least Lettuce affection to Ryo.

Maybe it was because her own boyfriend was never like that with her. He was always treating her like a child, and she was in high school now. So why still treat each other like they're children?

As Lettuce left, Ichigo was about to leave when Ryo came up holding...

"Want to have a sunday with me?" He asked. He seemed much better, and it was...free.

Ichigo smiled and sat down with Ryo, sharing a sweet delicious treat together.

"Has he called or anything this week?" Ryo asked.

Ichigo talked very little about him, but Ryo always knew when something bothered her. It was like he knew her more than herself.

If only her other "half" would be like that. Ichigo checked her phone and there was nothing in three weeks.

"No." She sighed.

"If he's in London he can't be that busy to not call or text you. He's being a jerk." Ryo scoffed.

"Sounds familiar actually. That's sort of how you treated me at first before you told us the truth and my crush was actually the vessel of an evil alien." Ichigo snapped.

Ryo stood up and walked around the table. But as he faced Ichigo, her phone went off, she quickly answered but it was her mom.

Ryo waited for her to finish her conversation before speaking, but she kept on listening to her mom tell her some crazy story that happened to her today, and Ryo cleaned up their dishes finished closing up.

"Hey, it's me. Please call me. I'm feeling sad right now. Do you still love me or...do you have another girl in your life back in London? Please call me back." She must have tried to call him, and Ryo couldn't help but sigh.

He walked over and stood over her in her chair. "He's being a neglective boyfriend for not calling or even answering you right away. You deserve better. And I've said this before, Ichigo." He said.

Ichigo was caught off guard wit Ryo's words.

He was so close to her she didn't even think about what was going to happen.

Ryo and Ichigo both closed their eyes, knowing what was about to happen.

Ryo kissed Ichigo. It was still but soft, nothing forced about it and Ichigo stood still. But, her phone started to vibrate.

Ryo could hear it in her hand and slowly pulled away.

Ichigo didn't even look to see who was calling her, she just tosses it and pulls Ryo back down. Kissing him once again. This is what she's been looking for. And if her boyfriend can't do it, (While he's trying to call her back) Than she'll find someone else who will.

Ryo was fine with it. As long as he was making Ichigo happy, he didn't care.

This was Ichigo's reward, everytime she would do all the cleaning or other work, she'll have Ryo there to comfort her and give her everything.

The End