Description: Pai and Ichigo have been dating for almost a year now, and Kish has developed a little crush on Lettuce. But Lettuce seems to have a crush on Ryou, who has a crush on Ichigo. Ichigo tries to help Lettuce confront her feelings, but will she just get in the way?

Rating: T cursing...

Couples: Pai x Ichigo, Kish x Lettuce x Ryou

MewMid: HEY! BEFORE YOU READ THE STORY PLEASE READ WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.

This story is a sequel to "It's time to let go" DO NOT start flaming my story just because you don't understand what's going on or that you don't like the couples. If you don't understand, go read the first fic. You don't like the couples, buzz off. BTW, cast your vote in your review for who you think Lettuce should end up with!

This is just a continuation on "It's Time to Let Go".

Otherwise,

Enjoy!

Prologue

What a crazy journey it had been for Ichigo and Pai. Ever since Pai captured and rid the universe of Cray, things had quieted down. Well...Sort of.

Lettuce was now in one of the most complicated positions. Lettuce had always had a crush on Ryou, but is so afraid that he won't return her feelings. Kish, now recovered from the idea of his brother dating the girl he once loved, has developed a little crush on the green haired mew. But one of the biggest problems of all, is Ryou. The blond man can't help himself, and feels guilty for his feelings toward Ichigo. Although she's happy with Pai, he can't help but be jealous.

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Lettuce sighed as she walked out the side door to the patio outside the cafe. After the final battle, Ryou and Keiichiro had added some new additions to the cafe to bring in more customers. The cafe now had an outdoor patio on the side of the building, it overlooked the beautiful forest surrounding the back side of the cafe.

The day was uncomfortably warm, but the breeze brought refreshing cool air to the exhausted girls and customers.

The green haired mew smiled and placed a tray down on the table, the teens giggled at how cute her uniform was. Lettuce's smile faded as soon as she turned away to go back inside. She was tired of the old routine. But most of all, she was tired of having her feelings ignored.

Everyone who came into the cafe knew Lettuce had a huge crush on the blond manager. The blond man however, ignored her feelings, or at least pretended like he didn't notice.

Ryou was too afraid to be with Lettuce, he still clung to the hope that Ichigo would be dissatisfied with her relationship with Pai and move on. That slim hope seemed to never disappear. Lettuce knew he liked Ichigo, but would never bring the issue up to her red haired friend.

Mint huffed as she carried a tray, the cafe was busy enough to have her working as well. She rolled her eyes when Pai entered the cafe with a tiny bouquet of flowers. Whenever Pai wasn't around Ichigo, he seemed almost identical to his old self. But as soon as the cheerful catgirl approached him, his face brightened and a lighthearted expression appeared on his face.

Ichigo groaned in the kitchen to a certain brunette chef, "Keiichiro we are so busy! Today is awful! I just want it to be summer already!"

"I know what you mean Ichigo-san, but don't worry, summer is right around the corner."

Ichigo rocked back on her heels and set down her empty tray, "Yeah I guess-" She suddenly cut off mid-sentence to take off into the cafe. Keiichiro chuckled, this was a normal occurrence when Pai arrived.

The tall alien let a small smile appear on his face as she ran out and jumped into his arms. Girls around the cafe cooed at the cute couple. Ichigo squeezed him and giggled, "Hey handsome!"

Pai shook his head and set the girl down, "I brought you these."

Ichigo squeaked happily and graciously took the flowers from his hand. A bright smile was plastered on her face. The catgirl stood on her toes and kissed his cheek, "You're so sweet!"

It broke her heart.

Lettuce tried to swallow down the knot in her throat. She hated feeling like this toward anyone, especially her friends. But she couldn't help it, she was truly jealous of Ichigo. She wasn't jealous about her being with Pai necessarily, but more about her happiness.

Everyone seemed to love Ichigo and have so much fun around her. Lettuce blinked a few times, feeling herself want to burst into tears. Pai smiled at Ichigo as she turned on her heel and ran off to put the flowers in water. He glanced over at the green haired mew and waved slightly. Lettuce felt her cheeks turn pink and she turned away from the alien. Pai shrugged it off and went into the kitchen to greet Keiichiro.

Lettuce took a deep breath and walked over to a table that needed to be served. She couldn't focus. Her mind constantly lingered on the happy couple, and how badly she wanted that to be her and Ryou.

Of all people, Ryou came down the stairs of the cafe, finally waking up. He still stayed up nearly all night to do research on specimens and objects Pai brought to him from their planet. Lettuce didn't notice him as she numbly took the girls orders. Nothing really felt the same.

Her gloomy thoughts were interrupted by Zakuro tapping on her shoulder. Lettuce looked over at the model, no real expression on either of their faces.

"Hey, Keiichiro and Pai want to see us."

Lettuce nodded and followed Zakuro back into the kitchen. She kept her eyes locked on the ground in front of her.

"So Pai and I were thinking, how about we close the cafe early, and go out to dinner and a night club together. It'll be like a party night!"

Keiichiro smiled and made motions with his hands as he spoke, Pai stood beside him with a tiny smile barely apparent. Ichigo twirled her hair, lost in her thoughts as she stared at the tall alien.

Lettuce felt her heart sink, she didn't want to go out with everyone. It would just make her more and more miserable.

The girls all agreed to it and Lettuce didn't say a word. She knew no one would care if she objected, so why bother?

The cafe was going to close an hour early, and everyone was going to meet at a nice restaurant called the Grand Marlin. It was on the coast of Tokyo a little ways down from the harbor. After dinner, they planned on going to the club just a few blocks away.

That evening....

Her body felt numb as she stepped out of the car. Zakuro had driven the girls and was dressed in a metallic gun-metal gray dress. It was short and had a halter top, her shoes sparkled as she walked. Ichigo leaped out of the car shortly after Lettuce, wearing a sequin red spaghetti-strap dress. Lettuce didn't say anything as they walked up to the front of the restaurant. Mint huffed after the other three, in her dark blue silk dress. A little white bow was tied in her hair and bounced as she followed the girls.

Lettuce felt out of place. She hadn't really talked to any of them all day about what she thought. Her dress was a white spaghetti-strap with a large green bow tied around her waist. Ichigo began blabbering on about how excited she was to be going to a club, but she felt bad that Purin and Tart weren't old enough to go too.

"You okay Lettuce?"

Lettuce's head jerked up and she felt embarrassed, all three girls were just staring. Zakuro's cool voice startled her. Ichigo cocked her head to the side,

"Yeah, you seem off today."

Mint nodded and frowned, "Aren't you happy? I mean, this is a fantastic restaurant, and then, we are going to a club!"

Lettuce nodded and faked a smile, "I am, I'm just..."

"Oh my god here are the guys!" Ichigo chimed darting over to the shiny black SUV. Keiichiro stepped out of the driver's seat and waved,

"Hey girls! You all look lovely!"

Ryou had his usual white shirt black strappy shirt on with nice gray slacks. Pai was in a black button-up shirt and black pants, his hair was down. Kish had a huge grin on his face as he stepped out of the SUV. His outfit was a dark green button-up shirt and dark brown pants. Keiichiro, like Pai, was in all black.

The girl's attention was taken from Lettuce and was now on the handsome guys. Ichigo squeaked and threw her arms around Pai,

"Pai you look so handsome! You don't even know!" Pai shook his head and kissed her forehead. Ryou smiled at the other three,

"You guys ready for the club?"

Mint giggled and turned slightly, "Oh yes we are."

Keiichiro chuckled and walked up to the welcome podium, "Not before we have dinner Ryou."

Lettuce felt her heart sink once again, this was going to be a long night.

MewMid: Awww, poor Lettuce! But hey, things will look up for her, don't worry! :D

R and R please!!!

IMPORTANT!

I WANT VOTES!

Who should Lettuce end up with?

Kish?

Ryou?

Keiichiro?

Other?