Author's Intro: Since I have no reviews to comment on this time, I'm going
to do a simple introduction. I just want to say that this chapter is going
to, perhaps even more so than the last chapter, focus on the journal
entries, and even those will be a bit short, since I'm sort of short on
time right now, plus I can't really think of any way right now to make them
longer. I'm not sure which format next week will be in, but it is going to
have a major event, so it's probably going to be involving a bit more 3rd
person stuff.
July 22nd, 2003:
The perfect wedding dress:
Akane choose Kasumi to go along with her to pick out her dress and kimonos for the wedding, and she thought it was a fairly wise decision. Ranma, of course, couldn't go, and Nabiki isn't exactly into that kind of thing, so Kasumi was the obvious choice. She was also her eldest sister, and the most mother-like.
"Do you think me and Ranma would be good together?" Akane asked.
"Well, it depends on what you think." Kasumi replied.
"If I had the slightest clue I wouldn't be asking you."
"Well you have to figure it out yourself, because I can't tell you."
"Great, I just hate not knowing anything.and my own feelings, to boot. I know I'm not dreading the wedding, but that's not enough! I want to be sure I'm actually in love with this guy, I want to know for sure, beyond a doubt, no question about it, but it's like something's holding me back."
"You'll know when you're ready to know, I'm sure."
"I just hope I'll be ready to know before the wedding, or at least the honeymoon."
"How about this one?"
"Huh?"
"This dress."
"Maybe.but let me have a look at that one over there."
July 22nd, 2003:
Dear Diary,
Well, the whole dress and kimono choosing thing is over, at least, but now with the wedding lingering closer and closer I keep on fearing that it might end up being all wrong, that although we can get along, we really can't have any kind of romance or love or anything. I want to know for sure that I'd want to spend the rest of my life with him, to have and to hold and all that crap. Is that too much to ask? Anyway, the concert is on Thursday, so I'll write about it on Friday. Until then, there isn't much else to say, just no word from Mousse still, and it's making me more and more nervous. All this stuff going on is just stressing me out!! Maybe I'll go down to the dojo and get a little practice in, maybe that'll vent some of it.
Sincerely, Akane Tendo
July 23rd, 2003: Tomorrow's the concert, and Akane's already picked everything out for the wedding, so we're all set for that. I also saw Ryouga today, after he seemed to be not wanting to ruin the wedding again, I asked if he'd want to be my best man. I mean, I don't really have too many people I know well enough for the role. And he'd be the best man just for not taking it beyond Dance Dance Revolution. He agreed to it, anyway, I gave him some money to go buy a suite (the money coming from Soun and my old man, of course). I think that Akane convinced Ukyo to be the maid of honor, since she helped her learn how to cook. The whole thing really set Ukyo's mind at ease about the whole wedding thing. She's also making the cake and doing the whole catering thing which is saving us a bit of money (although she isn't doing the WHOLE thing for free, it is at a discount rate, to say the least). The only thing that worries me now, and Akane even more so, is that I haven't heard anything at all from Mousse. Maybe he's just assuming we'll know he won, or maybe he's "busy" with Shampoo (if you know what I mean).
July 25th, 2003:
Dear Diary,
The concert was great, and a lot of fun, although I didn't get much of a chance to talk to Ranma since the music was so loud. It was just a fun thing for us to do together. We also got a backstage pass, and got a bunch of stuff signed by Ayumi. That was so cool! There really isn't much more to say about it, the lighting and stage setup was great, the music was of course wonderful, and it was just nice having Ranma there, because it was just sharing the moment, you know. Of course, don't assume that I'm any closer to figuring out, well, too much closer to figuring out how I feel about Ranma. Still, it was fun, and I think that counts for something, don't you?
Sincerely, Akane Tendo
July 26th, 2003: Well, the concert was good, we got a backstage pass so we could actually meet Ayumi in person (Nabiki is so incredibly resourceful!). We got a lot of CDs, memorabilia, posters and stuff, signed by her. If we sold all of it, we'd be rice, except it all has sentimental value, which is far greater than what we could sell it all for on E-Bay. In any case, the wedding is about two weeks away already, I hardly noticed that, and I'm beginning to wonder if we should actually go through with it. I mean, I don't know exactly what I feel for Akane right now.and I guess I haven't been really noticing my lack of attention to these feelings until now, or even what the feelings are in the first place. Maybe I should try sorting them out, but I have no idea where to start. Maybe something needs to happen before I can actually know for sure how I feel. I don't know what it would be, but I just have a hunch about it, or something.
Author's conclusion: Yeah, I know, I've not only delayed these two chapters, but I also had the nerve to make them short. Maybe I'm just rushing to Chapter 24, but I've tried to put enough content into these two chapters as I could come up with, although who knows? I might come up with something more to add to these once I go back through and start making what I hope will be the final update for the story. Well, I hope you enjoyed these chapters, anyway, and trust me things are about to get really exciting. ^_-
July 22nd, 2003:
The perfect wedding dress:
Akane choose Kasumi to go along with her to pick out her dress and kimonos for the wedding, and she thought it was a fairly wise decision. Ranma, of course, couldn't go, and Nabiki isn't exactly into that kind of thing, so Kasumi was the obvious choice. She was also her eldest sister, and the most mother-like.
"Do you think me and Ranma would be good together?" Akane asked.
"Well, it depends on what you think." Kasumi replied.
"If I had the slightest clue I wouldn't be asking you."
"Well you have to figure it out yourself, because I can't tell you."
"Great, I just hate not knowing anything.and my own feelings, to boot. I know I'm not dreading the wedding, but that's not enough! I want to be sure I'm actually in love with this guy, I want to know for sure, beyond a doubt, no question about it, but it's like something's holding me back."
"You'll know when you're ready to know, I'm sure."
"I just hope I'll be ready to know before the wedding, or at least the honeymoon."
"How about this one?"
"Huh?"
"This dress."
"Maybe.but let me have a look at that one over there."
July 22nd, 2003:
Dear Diary,
Well, the whole dress and kimono choosing thing is over, at least, but now with the wedding lingering closer and closer I keep on fearing that it might end up being all wrong, that although we can get along, we really can't have any kind of romance or love or anything. I want to know for sure that I'd want to spend the rest of my life with him, to have and to hold and all that crap. Is that too much to ask? Anyway, the concert is on Thursday, so I'll write about it on Friday. Until then, there isn't much else to say, just no word from Mousse still, and it's making me more and more nervous. All this stuff going on is just stressing me out!! Maybe I'll go down to the dojo and get a little practice in, maybe that'll vent some of it.
Sincerely, Akane Tendo
July 23rd, 2003: Tomorrow's the concert, and Akane's already picked everything out for the wedding, so we're all set for that. I also saw Ryouga today, after he seemed to be not wanting to ruin the wedding again, I asked if he'd want to be my best man. I mean, I don't really have too many people I know well enough for the role. And he'd be the best man just for not taking it beyond Dance Dance Revolution. He agreed to it, anyway, I gave him some money to go buy a suite (the money coming from Soun and my old man, of course). I think that Akane convinced Ukyo to be the maid of honor, since she helped her learn how to cook. The whole thing really set Ukyo's mind at ease about the whole wedding thing. She's also making the cake and doing the whole catering thing which is saving us a bit of money (although she isn't doing the WHOLE thing for free, it is at a discount rate, to say the least). The only thing that worries me now, and Akane even more so, is that I haven't heard anything at all from Mousse. Maybe he's just assuming we'll know he won, or maybe he's "busy" with Shampoo (if you know what I mean).
July 25th, 2003:
Dear Diary,
The concert was great, and a lot of fun, although I didn't get much of a chance to talk to Ranma since the music was so loud. It was just a fun thing for us to do together. We also got a backstage pass, and got a bunch of stuff signed by Ayumi. That was so cool! There really isn't much more to say about it, the lighting and stage setup was great, the music was of course wonderful, and it was just nice having Ranma there, because it was just sharing the moment, you know. Of course, don't assume that I'm any closer to figuring out, well, too much closer to figuring out how I feel about Ranma. Still, it was fun, and I think that counts for something, don't you?
Sincerely, Akane Tendo
July 26th, 2003: Well, the concert was good, we got a backstage pass so we could actually meet Ayumi in person (Nabiki is so incredibly resourceful!). We got a lot of CDs, memorabilia, posters and stuff, signed by her. If we sold all of it, we'd be rice, except it all has sentimental value, which is far greater than what we could sell it all for on E-Bay. In any case, the wedding is about two weeks away already, I hardly noticed that, and I'm beginning to wonder if we should actually go through with it. I mean, I don't know exactly what I feel for Akane right now.and I guess I haven't been really noticing my lack of attention to these feelings until now, or even what the feelings are in the first place. Maybe I should try sorting them out, but I have no idea where to start. Maybe something needs to happen before I can actually know for sure how I feel. I don't know what it would be, but I just have a hunch about it, or something.
Author's conclusion: Yeah, I know, I've not only delayed these two chapters, but I also had the nerve to make them short. Maybe I'm just rushing to Chapter 24, but I've tried to put enough content into these two chapters as I could come up with, although who knows? I might come up with something more to add to these once I go back through and start making what I hope will be the final update for the story. Well, I hope you enjoyed these chapters, anyway, and trust me things are about to get really exciting. ^_-