Ranma 1/2 is copyright of Rumiko Takahashi
Ryouga was walking, lost again, but he knew he was in Nerima. Earlier, he had bad news. Ranma and Akane were married. He didn't know what to do now, all he wanted was to be far away from Nerima, from Tokyo, from Japan, from the world. He thought of places he could go. 'Maybe other country, or I could try to find my house... cross that out'. He wasn't so sad as he thought he would be. Everything was walking that way, Ranma and Akane were made for each other. 'Strange I never thought of them this way when it was so obvious'.
Rain. He opened his umbrella and looked around. He was in a park. 'That was close', he thought. Suddenly he saw someone sat in a bench, despite the rain. He got near and saw it was a girl. 'What is she doing there?', and after some time, he recognized the girl that was getting soaked, 'Ukyo'
Ukyo was sad and depressed. It was a week since Ranma and Akane married and she still could not believe in it. Her will was to close her restaurant and go away. Actually she didn't have any good idea of what to do. 'Why can't I understand I lost him?'. She decided to take a walk to clarify her thoughts.
'I have to be strong. I have to do something about it... but I...', she cried again, 'Why can't these tears stop?', she looked at the sky without any particular motive. All she got from the sky were raindrops, 'Great', she thought and sat on a bench, not caring for the fact that she could get a cold if she stayed there.
Ryouga approached and put his umbrella above him and Ukyo, "Hello, are you crazy?", he asked and stood by her side. It wasn't the best approach, but it wasn't like him and Ukyo really cared for it at that moment.
"Ryouga! Wha... What are you doing here?"
"Actually I was going to ask you the same thing, but if you want to know, I got bad news"
Ukyo looked at the ground, "So you know about Ranma and Akane", Ryouga just nodded.
"You will be sick", Ryouga said after sometime.
"I don't care", Ukyo said.
"You don't?", Ryouga inclined to see her face better.
"No, I don't", she said and looked away from Ryouga.
Ryouga found this strange, 'She's depressive, that is new', he shook his head, 'Man, something happened to me', he looked at the sky. The rain was getting stronger, but nothing he needed to worry about. He realized Ukyo was very close to him, but, for some reason, he wasn't nervous. 'Great, maybe I can help her'
"So?", Ukyo said.
Ryouga blinked, "Huh, so what?"
Ukyo sighed, "I asked what are you doing here?"
Ryouga seemed confused, "Don't know. I saw you in the rain and thought this was strange. Maybe I could help you, don't know", he said.
"That is sweet, Ryouga", Ukyo said and even seemed happier with Ryouga's answer. At first, he thought she was making fun of him, but her smile showed him she was happy that he cared.
Ryouga blushed and looked away, "..."
"Ryouga? What's wrong? You became shy. Just because I said you did something sweet?"
"...of... of course not, I just... lost my voice for some moments", Ryouga watched Ukyo by the corner of his eyes. When he noted that she was looking directly at him, he looked away again.
"Yeah, right", Ukyo said and grinned.
Suddenly the rain stopped, "Good", he closed his umbrella and noticed Ukyo's grin, "I think I can go now", he said.
"Why? So soon?", she asked a little nervous.
"Because you finally stopped to cry and even grinned", he said and got his backpack, "Bye, Ukyo. Have a good life".
'I never knew Ryouga would be the one to help me', suddenly she saw the lost boy was distant, "Ryouga!", she called.
He turned to look Ukyo. He showed something close to a smile, "Yeah?"
Ukyo was nervous, she didn't know what to say, "Ryouga... do you... want to... eat something?"
Ryouga put a hand on the back of his head. He was going to say no, but then remembered that he could be hungry in the middle of nowhere, "Uh... sure, Ukyo. It would be great", he replied.
Ukyo walked and reached Ryouga, "I'm glad you accept it", she put her arm around his and Ryouga blushed.
"I..."
"Don't need to say nothing, sugar. I'll lead you to my restaurant, can we go?", Ukyo smiled.
"Su... sure", Ryouga said and both walked to Ukyo's restaurant. Maybe something can happen and they can be more than friends. But we never know the future.