I Realized That I Have A Fanfic That Fits With Yesterdays Prompt, So Here It Is: Teasing (a Day Late).

I realized that I have a fanfic that fits with yesterday’s prompt, so here it is: Teasing (a day late). (Again, it’s old, forgive the cringey writing, and any names that may have been left in English)

Study Buddies

Finally! Ichigo exhaled in relief as the last psycho cicada was put down. Ichigo was about to celebrate with the others, but then she remembered the mountain of homework (due tomorrow) waiting for her at home. Sigh… It was well past midnight; there was no way she was going to finish all of it before the morning. Ichigo slowly trudged her way up the restaurant’s walk; what was the point in rushing?

Ichigo walked through the front door and was surprised to find Ryou sitting at one of the dining tables with a mound of books stacked in front of him. He didn’t look up when Ichigo first entered, but continued to write in a notebook which looked like it contained half a dozen math problems, only stopping when Ichigo had crept closer to look over his shoulder, Ryou looked up.

“What are you doing?” Ichigo asked him, wondering why on earth he would want to do math this late at night. Ryou stared at her as if the answer was very obvious.

“Your homework,” he replied. Remembering Ryou’s earlier comment, Ichigo felt the insane urge to rip the pencil and notebook from Ryou’s hands before he could do more than Ichigo could afford.

“Shirogane, I don’t have two bucks for every question you do!” Ryou rolled his eyes.

“I’m not going to charge you, Ichigo.”

“You’re not?” She asked suspiciously.

“No,” he said simply. Ichigo stared at him, uncertain of what was really happening.

“What’s the catch?” She finally asked.

“No catch,” he answered innocently. “Now do you want help or not?”

“Okay…” Ichigo said slowly; still suspicious. Ryou motioned for her to sit in the chair next to him.

“Your essay on Moby Dick is done,” Ryou handed Ichigo a thick paper. “Although, you might want to read through it, in case your teacher has questions.” Ichigo stared at the pages in bewilderment.

“How did you read that entire book and still have time to write six pages on it?”

“I’ve read it before,” he answered absently, thumbing through the papers in front of him. “Your Biology homework is done, but again, you’re going to want to read through it,” he handed her another hefty stack of papers. “Something tells me you’re going to have a test on those tomorrow.” Ichigo gaped hopelessly at the diagrams and nonsense before her. “I’m about halfway through your math homework,” Ryou tapped the notebook he had been scribbling on before. “It shouldn’t take me much longer to finish; it’s pretty simple stuff.” Ichigo eyeballed the scribbles on the notebook, trying to make sense of the equations and wondering how they could possibly be described as “simple stuff.”

“So… what should I do?” Ichigo asked, hoping Ryou wouldn’t push the math book over. Ryou picked up a large book, which had been laying aside from the others.

“You should read chapters four and five in your history book; there’s no writing assignment with it, but your homework sheet did say there would be a test over it.” Ichigo sighed, wondering how she could read so many pages in so little time. Ichigo thumbed through the pages, deciding to skip the introduction and go straight to the chapter. She was a few pages in when something dawned on her.

“How did you get all my homework?” she asked Ryou. Ryou finished his math problem and set the pencil on top of the notebook.

“I went to your house and got it.” Ichigo set the history book down.

“I think I’m missing some details. You went to my house and got it how?” Ryou chuckled and rolled his eyes.

“I went to your house, knocked on your front door, and told your mother you needed your homework, she let me in, I got your homework, and I left.” Ichigo stared at him, mouth gaping.

“She let you in my room?” Ryou laughed.

“I’m surprised you even knew where it was, considering it looked like you had hardly touched it.”

“She let you in my room!?” Ichigo repeated.

“Yes, Ichigo, I was in your room. Hardly a crime, considering I just finished all your homework.” Ryou began to neatly place books into what Ichigo now realized was her own book bag. “I’ll even give you a ride home. That is,” Ryou raised an eyebrow, “unless you’re so mad about it that you’d rather walk?” Ichigo grumbled under her breath, roughly shoving the last book into the bag.

“I’ll take the ride.” Ichigo huffed. Ryou smiled.

“That’s what I thought.”

Now that we’re five episodes into Tokyo Mew Mew New, I have a few thoughts I wanted to get out there, and no, they are not all about Ryou (but he is staying rent free in my mind 😆). The first thing I’m going to say (because I’m going to have to admit it eventually), I’m really liking the “new” Aoyama; I put “new” in quotes because he’s not really new, they just made the more subtle parts of his personality more prominent this time around, and I really like that.

He’s actually showing that he’s just as nervous and awkward as Ichigo, and I think it makes them more appealing as a couple; like I’ve said before, I also really like that their initial attraction to each other isn’t based on shallow features, like it was in old anime and even the manga.

Now, that doesn’t mean I’ve switched to team Ichiyama, I’m still hopelessly rooting for my boy Ryou (team ichiryou!), and speaking of Ryou and Ichigo, I’m so happy we got the rice ball scene!

😭 Keep giving me false hope, please! I also noticed there’s a bit of a pattern to the “triangle;” episode 1 focused on Ichigo and Aoyama, episode 2 switched to Ichigo and Ryou, episode 3 we went back to Ichigo and Aoyama, and then it switched again to Ichigo and Ryou for episode 4. 5 kind of gypped both boys, but we got see my new love, Seiji! ❤️ He is everything I’ve ever wanted in Minto’s brother.

Speaking of episode 5, let’s just talk about that for second.

First of all, Minto, while I totally get where you are coming from, it sucks when no one wants to listen to what you have to say, but you are in high school, which, in fact, means you are still a child. I was you, girl, I thought I was “grown up” in high school, but let me tell you, you are not, you are a child, when you actually grow up and become an actual adult, your parents and your brother will start treating you like one (trust me, this phase will pass). I’m a little disappointed we didn’t get a more detailed account of Minto becoming a Mew, but maybe that will come later (I hope).

Also, it’s a bit concerning that Minto literally agreed to work with Ryou and Keiichiro just because they said they “needed” her, and she was like, “no one’s ever said that to me before!” Umm, Minto, you don’t know these guys, you can’t just go giving your life away because they say they “need you.” I love my boys Ryou and Keiichiro, but Minto, have some better judgement, girl. I know Minto is trying to “prove herself,” but I have a feeling that’s going to blow up in her face.

Which brings me to my theory for the next episode. I’m assuming this will be the episode when Zakuro finally joins the team, and if we’re following the manga, it’s also when Ichigo uses the StrawBell Bell Version Up.

So let’s look at this from Minto’s perspective: you’re supposed to be the leader, you want to be the leader, but someone else gets the upgraded weapon, instead of you.... (The only thing that will soften that blow is Zakuro agreeing to join the team 😆) Something tells me once Ichigo uses the stronger weapon, that’s when the hierarchy will change, and Ichigo will be pushed as the leader.

Finally, the subject I’ve been putting off because it is possibly the most controversial: Quiche. Now, Quiche is a character that had a lot of potential in the original series (anime and manga), he had a lot of room to grow as a character, but then he.... didn’t. 😒 This new Quiche... well he’s bad and he likes it 😆 and honestly, I like him better as a character this way.

There’s not a lot of ambiguity, and it’s made very obvious that he is not good for Ichigo (and he’s only been in 3 episodes so far!). Something tells me there’s not going to be a lot of new QuichexIchigo shippers; what I mean is, new fans that this is their first exposure to TMM won’t be seeing Quiche as a good fit for Ichigo because it’s made very obvious that he does not care about her at all. (Then again, Quiche seems to have some kind of way with certain fan girls, so he might wrangle in some new ones 😅 something about the crop top, green hair, or the pointy ears 🤔).

One more thing, can I just say I love the word choice in this scene:

😆 If there is ever an English dub for this, can we please use these exact words! Ryou, you rascal 😆😂🤣

This! 👆

Everybody shut up I just realized that this “kiss” may NOT have actually happened.

We never actually SEE their lips touch, they just come really close and then Ichigo turns into a cat. “Don’t do that, jerk!” is too vague to rely on for confirmation. Why does this matter? Well, in the manga Ichigo doesn’t need to kiss anyone to turn into a cat.

Ryou explains it here when he teases her, she will turn into a cat regardless as long as her emotions run high. This is slightly different from the anime, because Ichigo actually does turn into a cat whenever kissed. So when the scene happens in the anime, though not explicitly shown it is implied that he did kiss her.

This actually gives me more peace of mind, because it really shows how Ryou respects her boundaries and autonomy more than anyone else. He teases her, but as shown in volume 4 he wouldn’t just steal a kiss from her unless he knows she returns his feelings, even under the pretense of it being “just an experiment”. 

Ichigo was actually the one that seemed more like she wanted to kiss him, and was annoyed he wasn’t serious about it 🥴

Ryou did some major working out for the new role 😁

I’m just going to flood my feed with Ichigo and Ryou, ok? Ok!

♡ Ichigo x Ryou Weekend 2022 ♡

↳ Day 1 - Teasing

I’m just going to flood my feed with Ichigo and Ryou, ok? Ok!

♡ Ichigo x Ryou Weekend 2022 ♡

↳ Day 2 - Five love languages (intimacy)