The next day she woke up to see that my tears had stained her pillow. ‘Oh well, it’s just

a pillow.’ The bed seemed very inviting, and she hadn’t slept very well, but she

convinced herself it was best to go to work. She dragged herself to the café, and entered

quietly. She wasn’t in the best mood after all. Orders were taken and food delivered, but

it was all at a slow pace. It seemed she would never get out of the café, and that made

her even more upset.





“Why is Ichigo acting this way?” Lettuce asked, very politely as always. “She might be

having boy trouble. I should go help her.” Zakuro stated bluntly. Zakuro was about to

walk over before Mint stopped her. “Onee-sama!! Don’t! She’s just probably pregnant or

something.” She said a very snotty look on her face. “I can hear you!” Ichigo said

angrily. “That’s the point!” Mint yelled back, satisfaction on her face. Shirogane came

and put his arm around Mint’s waist, and she didn’t pull away. He whispered to all of

them, “Is it that time of the month?” Luckily Ichigo didn’t hear that one.





“Why is Shirogane holding Mint NA NO DA??” Pudding said. “What? Huh?” Mint and

Shirogane said pulling away at the same time. “Yuck.” Mint said. “Agreed.” Shirogane

replied. After the shop closed Ichigo and Zakuro stayed. She decided to stay a little

longer to get some advice. After the story was told she asked what she should do.

Zakuro told her that Aoyama was probably tired of having a girlfriend for such a long

period of time, and he decided to look around. She sighed and agreed, but as they were

about to  leave they heard a voice say “That was close today.” And a “Yeah we have to

be more careful. Love you!” and a final “Love you too!” Then silence.

Zakuro and Ichigo looked at each other and left, not one word said.



Ichigo decided to hang out in the park anyway. She thought that the changing foliage

would make her feel better. She stayed in the park for about 2 hours, and then she was

about to go home, as a voice stopped her. Not any voice, but a familiar loving voice. She

turned around hesitantly as she saw Aoyama. He came up to her and told her that he

was sorry. “I didn’t mean to! I just met Sarah and we kind of connected. She’s really

nice though! You should meet her one…” but his sentence was ended as Ichigo slapped

him on his cheek, HARD. He fell backwards from the force, but got up and said “So are

we still together?” He had a pleading look on his face, but Ichigo didn’t think twice. She

slapped him across the face once again, but when he fell backwards this time, she yelled

“DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?!”  She silently walked home, pleased with

herself, and entered the house in a appropriate manner.



She got up to her bedroom, and fell asleep. She woke up to a noise outside once again.

This time she went outside on her balcony, and looked around, and once again she saw

nothing. She was about to leave, and just as she was about to enter her room she was

tackled. “What the he-“ she turned to see her attacker, only to find it was the answer to

her happiness. “Ahh- Ki- Ki..!?” Her attacker winked, and only said, “Why hello my dear

Koneko-chan.”