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A Summer's Proposal
Chapter 5: Confession of Love
"Here's your stop," Ranma said as he walked Akane to her apartment. They both paused a little in front of the door, not really sure of what to say.
"Thanks for the great dinner tonight, Ranma. I haven't been to a French restaurant for awhile," Akane looked up and smiled at him.
"Well, I usually don't really like French food that much, but Ucchan said it was your favorite cuisine. So, what the heck! Anything to make you happy, Akane," Ranma smiled back at her.
"Ukyou told you that it's my favorite food? When did she tell you that?"
"I called her after this afternoon, and she told me it's your favorite type of food," Ranma shrugged his shoulders, not really understanding where this interrogation was going.
"Was that the only thing that you called Ukyou for, Ranma?" Akane asked, unending her questioning.
"Well, no. I also invited her to go and meet me at the park tomorrow," Akane's eyes widened with surprised. "Relax Akane, like I told you five hundred times already at dinner, Ukyou and I are just friends. I promise. Don't you trust me?" Ranma stepped closer to Akane, and put his arm around her waist, and softly touched her cheek with his other hand.
"Yeah," Akane barely mumbled loud enough for Ranma to hear.
"Thank you," Ranma leaned in, and kissed Akane on the lips gently. After a couple of minutes he pulled away. "I gotta get going. I told Ucchan to meet me at the park at five tomorrow morning. Good night Akane." Ranma turned to leave and started to walk down the hallway.
"Wait! Ranma!" Akane hesitated a little as she saw Ranma turn back to her. "Do you wanna come in for awhile?" Akane looked up to meet Ranma's gaze. "Maybe we could have some coffee, or..."
"Or what, Akane?" Ranma asked.
Akane ran up to Ranma, and kissed him passionately on the lips. After a few moments she pulled away. "Stay for the night, Ranma, please." Akane's eyes begged.
"How about Ucc-" But Ranma's words were muffled by Akane's lips, as he allowed himself to be pulled into Akane's apartment.
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"I'm late!!!" Ukyou cried as she ran out of her apartment. She overslept a little, and now she was ten minutes late.
"I shouldn't have stayed up all night cooking all those okonomiyakis," Ukyou scolded herself as looked down at the basket of okonomiyakis. 'But then again, Ranchan said that okonomiyakis were his favorite,' she sighed to herself happily as she imagined Ranma's smiling face after he's taken his first bite. 'Seeing him smile makes it all worth it."
Ukyou began to slow her pace down as she saw the park come into view. She saw the outline of a man sitting on a log, "Hey Ranchan!!!" Ukyou called out as she approached him.
"Hey _Ucchan_." Ryouga replied back to a surprised Ukyou.
"Ryouga-kun, what are you doing here? Where's Ranma?" Ukyou sat down next to Ryouga on the log.
"Sorry, but he can't make. He's a little busy right now."
"Oh," Ukyou sadly sighed back. "So, what are you doing here?" Ukyou looked up, and met Ryouga's gaze.
When she turned to look up at him, Ryouga couldn't help but feel strangely... nervous? "I didn't want you to come all the way down to the park and not meet anyone," suddenly Ryouga stood up, and clenched his fist towards the sky. "Ranma that jerk!!!!" Ryouga screamed fiercely. Ukyou looked up at him, totally shocked.
"How dare he ask such a...such a," Ryouga was at a lost of words as he stared back down into Ukyou's honey brown eyes. "Such a sweet girl like you to meet him somewhere, and not come!!! What type of friend is that?!!" By now, Ryouga was huffing with anger. Ukyou stood up, and put an arm around his shoulder.
"Hey there honey, relax. Thank you and everything for caring this much about me, but it's okay," Ukyou's words seemed to calm Ryouga a bit. "Ranma has something else more important to do right now, and it's fine, okay hon?"
Ryouga nodded his head, and allowed Ukyou to pull him back down to sit on the log. "Good," Ukyou smiled. She picked up the basket that she had brought the okonomiyakis in, "Do you want some?"
"Hmm?"
"I made some okonomiyaki for Ranchan and I," she pulled out one for Ryouga and paused as she looked down at the smiley face drawn in sauce. "He told me it was his favorite, so I made it for him to eat," she looked back up at Ryouga. "Since you were so kind as to come and keep me company, please eat some," she held out the dish to Ryouga.
"I can't Ukyou. Ranma said he might be able to come by later. He could eat it then," Ryouga replied back pushing the plate away.
"Oh, okay. Yeah, you probably don't wanna try it anyways," Ukyou began to put it back into the basket, when Ryouga grabbed it back.
"No! Of course I wanna try your cooking," Ryouga popped a piece into his mouth. After a few moments, "Hey this is good!!!" Ryouga nodded his head happily as he bit off a larger piece this time.
"Really?" Ukyou smiled back at him, her eyes beaming with happiness.
"Yeah, you should open a restaurant, Ukyou.".
"You think I'm that good?" Ryouga nodded his head as he swollowed the last bite. "That's what I've wanted to do since I was four. To open up an okonomiyaki restaurant, and be a chef, like my dad."
"Go for it! Poor Ranma, he doesn't know what he's missing," he saw Ukyou smile a little bit at the last part. Ryouga smiled back at this, then added, "hey, can I have another one please?"
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Five hours later
"Great! It's already 10 o'clock. I hope Ucchan's not mad at me for sticking her with Ryouga," Ranma quickly rounded the corner, and saw them. "Hey you guys, sorry I'm late," Ranma said the words slowly due to his surprise of what he saw.
Ukyou was sitting up against a tree, with her legs stretched out in front of her. While Ryouga laid down on the grass with his head on Ukyou's lap. Ryouga was lazily playing with Ukyou's hair, as Ukyou gently caressed Ryouga's chest, and smiled down at him.
After a few moments, they looked up. "Oh hey, Ranchan!" Ukyou greeted him happily.
"So, how was your night Ranma?" Ryouga asked as he sat up.
"It was okay," Ranma answered shortly, as he looked at Ukyou. Ryouga also glanced back at Ukyou, then turned back to Ranma.
"Just okay? Isn't Akane better than that?" Ryouga snickered.
"What are you guys talking about? What do you mean Ryouga?" Ukyou asked puzzled.
"Why don't you ask Ranma?" Ryouga and Ukyou turned to Ranma.
"Ranchan, what's he talking about?" Ranma looked at Ryouga, and mouthed, "I'm going to kill you," then looked back at Ukyou.
"Well, the reason why I couldn't make it was because I was with Akane last night," noticing Ukyou's face sadden, he added, "I'm sorry Ucchan."
After a few moments, Ukyou broke the silence. "Ranchan!" Ukyou said happily. "You don't need to apologize to me! You and Akane are fiancees for crying out loud," Ukyou laughed a little nervously. "Oh, did you want some okonomiyaki? We saved you one."
"Just one?" Ranma asked as his stomach growled with hunger.
"Yeah, sorry Ranma, but Ukyou's okonomiyaki was so good. Probably the best I've ever tasted," Ryouga leaned back against the tree.
"Oh, stop it Ryouga-kun, you're embarrassing me," Ukyou gently slapped Ryouga against his shoulder. "Here you go Ranma, one okonomiyaki special." She handed the plate to him.
"Hey!!! It's smushed," Ranma said sadly as he gazed down at his deformed okonomiyaki.
"Sorry about that Ranchan. Ryouga was using it for a pillow for his for awhile." Ranma shot Ryouga a dirty gaze, then turned back to Ukyou.
"It's okay, Ucchan. As long as I can see the happy face on it," Ranma happily took a bite, as Ukyou smiled with happiness.
'He noticed the happy face!!!'
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Later that night at Ryouga's apartment
"I can't believe you asked me about Akane right in front of Ukyou!" Ranma yelled angrily at Ryouga as he took a sip of his oolong tea.
"Ukyou needs to know that you and Akane are dating. By the way you act, it seems that you like her," Ryouga sat down and put another cup of tea down for Mousse.
"Thanks Ryouga," Mousse gratefully accepted the tea. He was splashed constantly with cold water throughout the day by his dear Shampoo. "Acchhooo!" Mousse sneezed.
"You know Mousse, I don't think Shampoo likes you," Ryouga said as he handed Mousse a box of tissue. "Why don't you go for a girl that won't use your curse against you like that."
"She loves me. I know she does," after noticing the strange looks that Ranma and Ryouga were giving him, he added, "she just doesn't know it yet, that's all."
"Anyways, why do you care about Ucchan so much, Ryouga?" Ranma turned to look his friend directly in the eyes.
"I just don't want to see her hurt. I don't get why you gotta drag Ukyou along. I mean, you're engaged to Akane, and you say that you like her, but why do you have to keep flirting with Ukyou. She likes you Ranma," Ryouga returned Ranma's steady gaze. "And she doesn't deserve to be toyed with."
After a few moments, something dawned on Ranma. "Wait a sec! Do you like Ucchan?"
Ryouga nodded his head slowly, "maybe I do."
Ranma and Mousse stared at him in disbelief.
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Next morning
"Coming!" Ukyou shouted as she slowly got out of bed. 'Who could possibly be up at this hour?' Ukyou lazily rubbed the sleepiness out of her eyes, and put on her white robe.
"Hey Ranchan," Ukyou said surprised at seeing Ranma at her door.
"Sorry if I woke you," Ranma apologized as he noticed how sleepy she still looked.
"No, no. It's okay. Come in!" Ukyou gestured for Ranma to enter. Ranma and Ukyou sat down on the couch.
"So...um, do you want something to drink?" Ukyou offered.
"No, it's okay. I just need to ask you something, then I'll go."
"What's wrong? Did something happen?" Ukyou moved closer to Ranma on the couch.
"No. I just need to know something," Ranma gazed deeply into Ukyou's eyes.
"Well, ask away." 'Why is he staring at me like that?' Ukyou wondered.
"Are we friends?" Ranma asked simply.
"Of course we're friends," Ukyou smiled back at Ranma. "What made you think that we're not?"
"Because you like me." Ranma moved a little closer to Ukyou, "because you love me."
Ukyou stood up, surprised. "What are you talking about Ranma? I like you and everything, but only as a friend." Ukyou stared back at Ranma shocked.
"Are you sure that's all you want to be Ukyou?" Ranma stood up, and took a step towards her.
"Yeah, you're my friend," Ranma took another step towards Ukyou. "You're my partner at the Tendo Dojo," he took another step closer. "You're my friend's boyfriend," Ranma was now standing directly in front of her. "And you're Akane's fiance," Ukyou said at last.
Ranma gently stroked Ukyou's cheek with his hand, and gazed down at her. Ukyou stared back up at him, getting lost in his stormy gray eyes.
"Ranma, we can't..." but her words were hushed as Ranma leaned down and kissed her.
To be continued...
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Author's notes: Hey everyone. If you want this story to continue, please let me know. Thanks.
A Summer's Proposal
Chapter 5: Confession of Love
"Here's your stop," Ranma said as he walked Akane to her apartment. They both paused a little in front of the door, not really sure of what to say.
"Thanks for the great dinner tonight, Ranma. I haven't been to a French restaurant for awhile," Akane looked up and smiled at him.
"Well, I usually don't really like French food that much, but Ucchan said it was your favorite cuisine. So, what the heck! Anything to make you happy, Akane," Ranma smiled back at her.
"Ukyou told you that it's my favorite food? When did she tell you that?"
"I called her after this afternoon, and she told me it's your favorite type of food," Ranma shrugged his shoulders, not really understanding where this interrogation was going.
"Was that the only thing that you called Ukyou for, Ranma?" Akane asked, unending her questioning.
"Well, no. I also invited her to go and meet me at the park tomorrow," Akane's eyes widened with surprised. "Relax Akane, like I told you five hundred times already at dinner, Ukyou and I are just friends. I promise. Don't you trust me?" Ranma stepped closer to Akane, and put his arm around her waist, and softly touched her cheek with his other hand.
"Yeah," Akane barely mumbled loud enough for Ranma to hear.
"Thank you," Ranma leaned in, and kissed Akane on the lips gently. After a couple of minutes he pulled away. "I gotta get going. I told Ucchan to meet me at the park at five tomorrow morning. Good night Akane." Ranma turned to leave and started to walk down the hallway.
"Wait! Ranma!" Akane hesitated a little as she saw Ranma turn back to her. "Do you wanna come in for awhile?" Akane looked up to meet Ranma's gaze. "Maybe we could have some coffee, or..."
"Or what, Akane?" Ranma asked.
Akane ran up to Ranma, and kissed him passionately on the lips. After a few moments she pulled away. "Stay for the night, Ranma, please." Akane's eyes begged.
"How about Ucc-" But Ranma's words were muffled by Akane's lips, as he allowed himself to be pulled into Akane's apartment.
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"I'm late!!!" Ukyou cried as she ran out of her apartment. She overslept a little, and now she was ten minutes late.
"I shouldn't have stayed up all night cooking all those okonomiyakis," Ukyou scolded herself as looked down at the basket of okonomiyakis. 'But then again, Ranchan said that okonomiyakis were his favorite,' she sighed to herself happily as she imagined Ranma's smiling face after he's taken his first bite. 'Seeing him smile makes it all worth it."
Ukyou began to slow her pace down as she saw the park come into view. She saw the outline of a man sitting on a log, "Hey Ranchan!!!" Ukyou called out as she approached him.
"Hey _Ucchan_." Ryouga replied back to a surprised Ukyou.
"Ryouga-kun, what are you doing here? Where's Ranma?" Ukyou sat down next to Ryouga on the log.
"Sorry, but he can't make. He's a little busy right now."
"Oh," Ukyou sadly sighed back. "So, what are you doing here?" Ukyou looked up, and met Ryouga's gaze.
When she turned to look up at him, Ryouga couldn't help but feel strangely... nervous? "I didn't want you to come all the way down to the park and not meet anyone," suddenly Ryouga stood up, and clenched his fist towards the sky. "Ranma that jerk!!!!" Ryouga screamed fiercely. Ukyou looked up at him, totally shocked.
"How dare he ask such a...such a," Ryouga was at a lost of words as he stared back down into Ukyou's honey brown eyes. "Such a sweet girl like you to meet him somewhere, and not come!!! What type of friend is that?!!" By now, Ryouga was huffing with anger. Ukyou stood up, and put an arm around his shoulder.
"Hey there honey, relax. Thank you and everything for caring this much about me, but it's okay," Ukyou's words seemed to calm Ryouga a bit. "Ranma has something else more important to do right now, and it's fine, okay hon?"
Ryouga nodded his head, and allowed Ukyou to pull him back down to sit on the log. "Good," Ukyou smiled. She picked up the basket that she had brought the okonomiyakis in, "Do you want some?"
"Hmm?"
"I made some okonomiyaki for Ranchan and I," she pulled out one for Ryouga and paused as she looked down at the smiley face drawn in sauce. "He told me it was his favorite, so I made it for him to eat," she looked back up at Ryouga. "Since you were so kind as to come and keep me company, please eat some," she held out the dish to Ryouga.
"I can't Ukyou. Ranma said he might be able to come by later. He could eat it then," Ryouga replied back pushing the plate away.
"Oh, okay. Yeah, you probably don't wanna try it anyways," Ukyou began to put it back into the basket, when Ryouga grabbed it back.
"No! Of course I wanna try your cooking," Ryouga popped a piece into his mouth. After a few moments, "Hey this is good!!!" Ryouga nodded his head happily as he bit off a larger piece this time.
"Really?" Ukyou smiled back at him, her eyes beaming with happiness.
"Yeah, you should open a restaurant, Ukyou.".
"You think I'm that good?" Ryouga nodded his head as he swollowed the last bite. "That's what I've wanted to do since I was four. To open up an okonomiyaki restaurant, and be a chef, like my dad."
"Go for it! Poor Ranma, he doesn't know what he's missing," he saw Ukyou smile a little bit at the last part. Ryouga smiled back at this, then added, "hey, can I have another one please?"
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Five hours later
"Great! It's already 10 o'clock. I hope Ucchan's not mad at me for sticking her with Ryouga," Ranma quickly rounded the corner, and saw them. "Hey you guys, sorry I'm late," Ranma said the words slowly due to his surprise of what he saw.
Ukyou was sitting up against a tree, with her legs stretched out in front of her. While Ryouga laid down on the grass with his head on Ukyou's lap. Ryouga was lazily playing with Ukyou's hair, as Ukyou gently caressed Ryouga's chest, and smiled down at him.
After a few moments, they looked up. "Oh hey, Ranchan!" Ukyou greeted him happily.
"So, how was your night Ranma?" Ryouga asked as he sat up.
"It was okay," Ranma answered shortly, as he looked at Ukyou. Ryouga also glanced back at Ukyou, then turned back to Ranma.
"Just okay? Isn't Akane better than that?" Ryouga snickered.
"What are you guys talking about? What do you mean Ryouga?" Ukyou asked puzzled.
"Why don't you ask Ranma?" Ryouga and Ukyou turned to Ranma.
"Ranchan, what's he talking about?" Ranma looked at Ryouga, and mouthed, "I'm going to kill you," then looked back at Ukyou.
"Well, the reason why I couldn't make it was because I was with Akane last night," noticing Ukyou's face sadden, he added, "I'm sorry Ucchan."
After a few moments, Ukyou broke the silence. "Ranchan!" Ukyou said happily. "You don't need to apologize to me! You and Akane are fiancees for crying out loud," Ukyou laughed a little nervously. "Oh, did you want some okonomiyaki? We saved you one."
"Just one?" Ranma asked as his stomach growled with hunger.
"Yeah, sorry Ranma, but Ukyou's okonomiyaki was so good. Probably the best I've ever tasted," Ryouga leaned back against the tree.
"Oh, stop it Ryouga-kun, you're embarrassing me," Ukyou gently slapped Ryouga against his shoulder. "Here you go Ranma, one okonomiyaki special." She handed the plate to him.
"Hey!!! It's smushed," Ranma said sadly as he gazed down at his deformed okonomiyaki.
"Sorry about that Ranchan. Ryouga was using it for a pillow for his for awhile." Ranma shot Ryouga a dirty gaze, then turned back to Ukyou.
"It's okay, Ucchan. As long as I can see the happy face on it," Ranma happily took a bite, as Ukyou smiled with happiness.
'He noticed the happy face!!!'
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Later that night at Ryouga's apartment
"I can't believe you asked me about Akane right in front of Ukyou!" Ranma yelled angrily at Ryouga as he took a sip of his oolong tea.
"Ukyou needs to know that you and Akane are dating. By the way you act, it seems that you like her," Ryouga sat down and put another cup of tea down for Mousse.
"Thanks Ryouga," Mousse gratefully accepted the tea. He was splashed constantly with cold water throughout the day by his dear Shampoo. "Acchhooo!" Mousse sneezed.
"You know Mousse, I don't think Shampoo likes you," Ryouga said as he handed Mousse a box of tissue. "Why don't you go for a girl that won't use your curse against you like that."
"She loves me. I know she does," after noticing the strange looks that Ranma and Ryouga were giving him, he added, "she just doesn't know it yet, that's all."
"Anyways, why do you care about Ucchan so much, Ryouga?" Ranma turned to look his friend directly in the eyes.
"I just don't want to see her hurt. I don't get why you gotta drag Ukyou along. I mean, you're engaged to Akane, and you say that you like her, but why do you have to keep flirting with Ukyou. She likes you Ranma," Ryouga returned Ranma's steady gaze. "And she doesn't deserve to be toyed with."
After a few moments, something dawned on Ranma. "Wait a sec! Do you like Ucchan?"
Ryouga nodded his head slowly, "maybe I do."
Ranma and Mousse stared at him in disbelief.
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Next morning
"Coming!" Ukyou shouted as she slowly got out of bed. 'Who could possibly be up at this hour?' Ukyou lazily rubbed the sleepiness out of her eyes, and put on her white robe.
"Hey Ranchan," Ukyou said surprised at seeing Ranma at her door.
"Sorry if I woke you," Ranma apologized as he noticed how sleepy she still looked.
"No, no. It's okay. Come in!" Ukyou gestured for Ranma to enter. Ranma and Ukyou sat down on the couch.
"So...um, do you want something to drink?" Ukyou offered.
"No, it's okay. I just need to ask you something, then I'll go."
"What's wrong? Did something happen?" Ukyou moved closer to Ranma on the couch.
"No. I just need to know something," Ranma gazed deeply into Ukyou's eyes.
"Well, ask away." 'Why is he staring at me like that?' Ukyou wondered.
"Are we friends?" Ranma asked simply.
"Of course we're friends," Ukyou smiled back at Ranma. "What made you think that we're not?"
"Because you like me." Ranma moved a little closer to Ukyou, "because you love me."
Ukyou stood up, surprised. "What are you talking about Ranma? I like you and everything, but only as a friend." Ukyou stared back at Ranma shocked.
"Are you sure that's all you want to be Ukyou?" Ranma stood up, and took a step towards her.
"Yeah, you're my friend," Ranma took another step towards Ukyou. "You're my partner at the Tendo Dojo," he took another step closer. "You're my friend's boyfriend," Ranma was now standing directly in front of her. "And you're Akane's fiance," Ukyou said at last.
Ranma gently stroked Ukyou's cheek with his hand, and gazed down at her. Ukyou stared back up at him, getting lost in his stormy gray eyes.
"Ranma, we can't..." but her words were hushed as Ranma leaned down and kissed her.
To be continued...
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Author's notes: Hey everyone. If you want this story to continue, please let me know. Thanks.