Chapter Eight:
disclaimer: I don't own Ramna. Too bad.
"Are you sure you don't want me to stay Rei?" Somehow, Rei had talked Ukyo into it, and she was at the Tendo's saying goodbye for the weekend. Ryoga had his backpack slung over his shoulders, and was holding one of Ukyo's, barely packed, suitcases. Just standing awkwardly by as Ukyo tried to get Rei to change her mind. Although it was useless.
"Go!" Rei was pretty much pushing them out the door. "Momma-chan, your always working, go and don't come back until monday night!"
"Rei-" But it was too late, she and Ryoga had been pushed out of the Tendo/Saotome dojo and were sent to the airport. "That girl is smart." Ryoga nodded in agreement.
"Land...land...land..." Ryoga was holding tightly onto the armrests of the airplane seat. Ukyo was sitting beside him gazing out the window, but then realized he was freaking out.
"Not much of a flyer aye?" He shook his head, closing his eyes tightly.
"I hate air. I was meant to travel on land and sea only." Ukyo smiled and put her hand on one of his tense ones.
"Calm down." She spoke as if she was trying to calm Rei and Kai, perhaps all the times that she had to, her voice had grown accustomed to it. "Just lean back and try to relax."
Ryoga did was he was told, he leaned back in the chair and tried to relax, but he was still tense about the fact that he was so far above the ground that there wouldn't even be a splatter if he fell out. Ukyo was sitting next to him, her small, soft hand over his, trying to calm him. Her touch sent chills up his spine. Her smile was calming, he took, and let out, a deep breath and tried his best to calm himself down.
"There you go." Ukyo smiled as he had become less tense about his flying problems. "See? It isn't that bad." He smiled and nodded, he heard a noise and moved his hand so he could grab a hold of her's. It was nothing, just an annoyed teenager near him growling at the batteries in her CD player for dying out. "Paranoid. Don't worry about anything. I'm right here." He tried to smile but the paranoid feeling never left him long enough to allow it. Ukyo acted as if it was Rei who was afraid of the flight, and Ryoga half-way was faking it to get attention from her.
That night was great. Ukyo had fallen asleep on Ryoga's arm, which allowed him to move so she was more comfortable on his shoulder. He loved holding onto her as if she and he were a married couple who had left their kids for a second honey-moon or something. As he gazed at the sleeping Ucchan in his arms, he began to wonder, why had Ranma given her up?
She was twice as cute as Akane, and was a far better cook.Oh well, Ranma's loss was Ryoga's gain. He was hesitant, unsure of how deep in sleep Ukyo really was, and unsure of how he should go at it or if he should at all. He gulped,and decided that the only way to know would be to try.
Closing his eyes tightly, he leaned towards Ukyo's face and planted a soft kiss on her lips. Something he'd been wanting to do in the back of his mind for the longest time. She did not stur, but she did move her head slightly back because she felt it falling off his shoulder. She had not noticed his kiss to her. He couldn't resist, he was tempting fate, and testing his luck. After another, and another, he knew he was pressing his luck so he quit. But he didn't want to. He wanted to kiss her more, and more, and more, and so on.
He had begun to feel those things for her when she had made him feel like he belonged somewhere. He felt as if he had a family to come home to every time he got back from a trip. He saw it as the perfect picture, a beautiful wife with an amazing figure, a beautiful baby boy in her arms and an adorable little, and incredibly smart for her age,girl running to greet him at the door.
He rested his head atop of Ukyo's, for that one night, just that one short airplane ride, he closed his eyes and made himself feel like he was holding his beautiful wife, and was a happy man with a family.
Although the feeling quickly ended when Ukyo was shaking him awake, the breakfast cart was sitting there, waiting for him to pick something. He saw bacon, which made him feel sick to his stomach, so he picked the pancakes, which Ukyo had also picked.
"Sleep well?" Ryoga asked. Ukyo nodded and replied after swallowing.
"Actually yes. Your shoulder is quite comfortable." He grinned proudly.
"It's the shirt." Ukyo snickered while eating her breakfast. Ryoga relized then that Ukyo had not known that he had kissed her on the lips twice during the night, and he wasn't about to tell her. If he did, he could possibly get the stuffing beat out of him. So he just ate in silence, making small talk after every fifth bite. Soon, the stewertest took the plates and left them to sit the rest of the ride out. He wanted her to fall back asleep, but she was wide awake, reading a complementary magazine. He sat boredly in his seat, knowing that his flight fright was no longer an option for attintion. What would it be like if he was married to her? Would he be able to interrupt her reading by kissing her, and they would end up making out? No, Ukyo was more of someone who would only make out in public if just to annoy Ranma, she seemed more like a Private room, do not disturb kind of girl to him.
Although he didn't know why he was thinking about it. Odds were that nothing would happen between them, they would go on taking care of Rei and Kai as friends, and nothing more. Which irritated him because he wanted so much more, he wanted to have to send the kids away for the night to get alone time with his Ucchan, he wanted to promise to love her for the rest of his life.
"Thinking about something?" Ukyo brought him out of his thoughts, she'd finished her magazine and it was back where it belonged, he quickly shook his head. "Nothing good in that magazine. Mostly ads for products."
"Anything you like to buy?" He asked, in hopes of making conversation, she shook her head.
"Hell, the most appealing thing in that magazine were boobs that were like, fake implants and that's just wrong." Ryoga's eyes widened, and he felt his nose start to bleed, it didn't but he knew it was close.
"Oh well it's not like you need those-" He caught himself mid-sentence. She looked at him strangely.
"What the-?"
"I-I-I meant that Y-Y-You have that hour-glass figure that most guys like and that you are the last person in the world that would need implants." He was so clumsy with words, why didn't he just smile it off like he usually did. Oh god, the vision came into his head, the vision of Ukyo's body, something he never thought he'd think about. He felt his nose begin to bleed, he jumped up and ran strait for the bathroom.
Ukyo just sat in her chair, a bit caught in confusion.
Stupid stupid stupid! He cursed at himself mentally while taking care of his nose bleed. He just had to say something. He couldn't have just stayed quiet oh no! he just had to say something and cause himself to think things that made his nose bleed, and on a plane of all places! He glared at himself in the airplane bathroom mirror.
"You are such a moron." He said softly to himself, his eyes narrowed at the mirror. After his nosebleed was gone, he returned to his seat, where the awkward silence set in. "I'm sorry." He finally broke it. Had he learned nothing? "I-I was in no position to say anything, I-I- don't know why I said it." Ukyo remained silent, starring out the window from the side of her eye.
"Did you mean it?" Ryoga brought his head up from it's ashamed position, and looked at her, and he nodded. "Alright. Water under the bridge." He grinned, his two cute fangs showing again, those fangs had plagued Ukyo's dreams for some time, but she hadn't said anything in fear of having another Ranma on her hands.
They got off the plane together, and were taken to the retreat. It was in the mountains next to a water-fall and it was covered in Sakura trees. The manager boasted that his retreat was the best for couples needing a romantic get away for a honeymoon, or a second honey moon. Ryoga's face was a soft pink as he carried his and Ukyo's luggage to the room they were given.
"Wow." Ryoga nearly dropped his bags when they entered the room, it was a complete honey-moon suite. A heart-shaped bed, a balcony, heart-shaped lamps and wall lights all over the room, a complementary bottle of champagne near the bed, and an "Unmentionable" Machine, Ryoga felt another nosebleed coming on. "I wonder what Rei had in mind for us."
"Oh I think I have a general idea." Ukyo told him, walking in and looking at all of the nasty.
I thought ending it there would be funny. That implant ad was an ad I saw in a magazine once. Rei is so smart! hell, I would never have thought about that.
Zuko, Erik, Edward, Ryoga: THAT'S BECAUSE YOU HAVE ONLY ONE PLAN!
Me: What is it?
Zuko: To force Ryoga and Ukyo to do it and poke them with a broom stick when they started slowing down.
Me: Good idea Zuko!
Zuko: W-Wait! No! That was your plan!
Erik: (Snicker)You walked right into that one.
Ryoga: (Glares at Zuko) I'm going to kill you.
Edward: (Watches silently. Carves a bird out of a bush) I made a birdie!
Me: (Grins proudly)
Jack Sparrow: I'm glad I wasn't in this. This is a battel with no winners mate.
Zuko: (Eye twitch) I hate you most of all.
Erik: (Shakes his head) It's weird, Davy Jones knows how to play the organ.
Jack Sparrow: Strange I know mate! He plays it with his tenticles!
Erik: (Grumble) and I have to use my hands...(End Grumble)
