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I've been having a bit of trouble writing lately, I can write but I don't
really feel it, so in result my stuff is lame and cheesy.
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The air was crisp and cool from the earlier shower. The silence was broken by a sharp, cheerful laugh coming from the local park. (A/N: Time to investigate!...heehee...)
Ryoga was sitting cross-legged by the fire. The way he was making his body smaller than it should be showed that he was feeling a little overwhelmed. Not uncomfortably overwhelmed, in fact, he was loving it, he hadn't been in real contact with anyone for so long he had forgotten how good it felt. He quietly added to his previous words and the already giggling girl sitting beside him burst into new laughter, falling backwards so that she was lying back on the ground shaking with laughter, and gripping her sides. Ryoga shrank a little smaller and blushed bright red, smiling wider that he had in a looong time. He even began to chuckle a bit himself.
"Phhahahahaha! H-hey man, haha, where did you grow up? Hahaha, you sound so formal!" Nuriko burst out between fits of giggles.
"Umm, Gomen..."
The girl suddenly sat up and stared him straight in the eyes with an odd yet serious look on her face. Seconds passed in silence....
"There's something wrong isn't there?", she said in a surprisingly calm voice. She was still staring at him and he felt a little attacked.
"Ehehehe, n-no why do you say that?", Ryoga said, quite unconvincingly, with the sweating, his hand being behind his head and the fake smile plastered on his face. Nuriko sweatdropped, "er...right...well I can tell that something is wrong....You know," Nuriko laid back on the grass and looked at the sky, "I've always loved the night. Everything is so dark and calm...daylight is so scrutinizing.", she turned her head to look at Ryoga and smiled, "Get it over with man, fix whatever is bothering you, it can't be that bad."
Ryoga looked at her face for a moment, then sighed and laid back on the grass as well, "What would you do if...if you did something horrible to someone you love and...you didn't know if they could ever forgive you?"
Nuriko returned her gaze to the stars, "Well, you can't really run away and never look back can you? If you do...you would never know what could have happened, the question...it would plague you for the rest of your life, "What could have happened?"
Ryoga turned his head to look at her, *I like this girl, she's different. I feel like I can actually talk to her, and I'm not always stuttering like I am with Akane...I wonder why she's wandering around alone... *, he continued to watch her gazing at the stars for a minute or two then returned his own gaze to the sky.
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There was that sound again, the one that has bothered him with it's ominousness since he had woken from that dream... It sounded like a sheet, or multiple sheets, being moved across another one. He listened harder to try to figure out were it was coming from, but he was pretty groggy, plus the fact that he was presently lying down made directional hearing quite difficult. Ranma got up from his futon and quietly shuffled out to the hall. There he stopped and closed his eyes, concentrating on that sound and the ki of the person making it.
There. Akane's room. Her ki was resonating with fright. *Heh, prolly havin' a bad dream...nothing to worry about*, but it still nagged at him. He thought for a moment *She'll kill me if she find out I was in her room, and Kami knows I have enough bruises from that time back on at the canal..*, then he heard a whimper, not a very loud one, but easily heard in this kind of silence. The kind of whimper someone makes before they're about to start crying. Resolute, he made his way quickly to her door, he paused for a moment, preparing himself for any physical harm that may come his way in the next few minutes.
He gently opened the door and stepped in, Akane was tossing and turning, her blankets askew, some falling off the bed as if fleeing from the damage Akane was inflicting upon them. He moved closer and noticed she was shaking. *She's prolly cold, the heater's broken again, plus the lack of blankets can't be making her any warmer*, Ranma thought as he moved forward with the intent of fixing her blankets. He noticed her cheeks were gleaming slightly, as if they were wet... *She's...she's crying...*
"Don't...no don't....it...it wasn't......", Akane began to mumble, still shaking, but this time with sobs as well, "....NO!", she screamed and began so hiccup. Ranma leaned down beside her and shook her slightly, trying to wake her but he was still afraid of what would happen when she woke up and saw him in her room.
Akane turned over so that was facing Ranma, and her eyes fluttered open. Many emotions crossed her face at that moment, confusion at the sight of Ranma, anger because he was in her room, realization that he was worried about her, and then...well....
"Ranma!", she cried, sitting up and trowing her arms around his neck, "I was..so afraid...Ryoga he...he", everything else after that was incohesive because she was sobbing into his shirt. She burried her face deeper into the crook of his neck in search of warmth. Ranma slowly adjusted to the intimacy of the situation and put his arms around her, trying to calm her down. Akane's sobs slowly subsided and she relaxed in his arms, she began to slump back and Ranma knew she was falling asleep. He held her like that until he was sure she was asleep, then layed her back down on her bed, tucking her sheets neatly around her.
Ranma stood up and walked toward the door, quietly opening it. He stopped and turned around to look at his fiance one more time. *She's so cute like that...maybe sometime soon I'll get around to tellin' her that...or not.* He thought, exiting the room and shutting the door quietly behind him.
He made his way down to the dojo to do some katas, he needed to think and he doubted sleep would come to him after all that had just happened.
,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_, Yay, another chapter done. I'm not sure about why Nuriko is wandering around yet, have any suggestions? Just reminding all who might have forgotten, reviews make me work faster, and pess, please refrain from reviewing more than once.
The air was crisp and cool from the earlier shower. The silence was broken by a sharp, cheerful laugh coming from the local park. (A/N: Time to investigate!...heehee...)
Ryoga was sitting cross-legged by the fire. The way he was making his body smaller than it should be showed that he was feeling a little overwhelmed. Not uncomfortably overwhelmed, in fact, he was loving it, he hadn't been in real contact with anyone for so long he had forgotten how good it felt. He quietly added to his previous words and the already giggling girl sitting beside him burst into new laughter, falling backwards so that she was lying back on the ground shaking with laughter, and gripping her sides. Ryoga shrank a little smaller and blushed bright red, smiling wider that he had in a looong time. He even began to chuckle a bit himself.
"Phhahahahaha! H-hey man, haha, where did you grow up? Hahaha, you sound so formal!" Nuriko burst out between fits of giggles.
"Umm, Gomen..."
The girl suddenly sat up and stared him straight in the eyes with an odd yet serious look on her face. Seconds passed in silence....
"There's something wrong isn't there?", she said in a surprisingly calm voice. She was still staring at him and he felt a little attacked.
"Ehehehe, n-no why do you say that?", Ryoga said, quite unconvincingly, with the sweating, his hand being behind his head and the fake smile plastered on his face. Nuriko sweatdropped, "er...right...well I can tell that something is wrong....You know," Nuriko laid back on the grass and looked at the sky, "I've always loved the night. Everything is so dark and calm...daylight is so scrutinizing.", she turned her head to look at Ryoga and smiled, "Get it over with man, fix whatever is bothering you, it can't be that bad."
Ryoga looked at her face for a moment, then sighed and laid back on the grass as well, "What would you do if...if you did something horrible to someone you love and...you didn't know if they could ever forgive you?"
Nuriko returned her gaze to the stars, "Well, you can't really run away and never look back can you? If you do...you would never know what could have happened, the question...it would plague you for the rest of your life, "What could have happened?"
Ryoga turned his head to look at her, *I like this girl, she's different. I feel like I can actually talk to her, and I'm not always stuttering like I am with Akane...I wonder why she's wandering around alone... *, he continued to watch her gazing at the stars for a minute or two then returned his own gaze to the sky.
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There was that sound again, the one that has bothered him with it's ominousness since he had woken from that dream... It sounded like a sheet, or multiple sheets, being moved across another one. He listened harder to try to figure out were it was coming from, but he was pretty groggy, plus the fact that he was presently lying down made directional hearing quite difficult. Ranma got up from his futon and quietly shuffled out to the hall. There he stopped and closed his eyes, concentrating on that sound and the ki of the person making it.
There. Akane's room. Her ki was resonating with fright. *Heh, prolly havin' a bad dream...nothing to worry about*, but it still nagged at him. He thought for a moment *She'll kill me if she find out I was in her room, and Kami knows I have enough bruises from that time back on at the canal..*, then he heard a whimper, not a very loud one, but easily heard in this kind of silence. The kind of whimper someone makes before they're about to start crying. Resolute, he made his way quickly to her door, he paused for a moment, preparing himself for any physical harm that may come his way in the next few minutes.
He gently opened the door and stepped in, Akane was tossing and turning, her blankets askew, some falling off the bed as if fleeing from the damage Akane was inflicting upon them. He moved closer and noticed she was shaking. *She's prolly cold, the heater's broken again, plus the lack of blankets can't be making her any warmer*, Ranma thought as he moved forward with the intent of fixing her blankets. He noticed her cheeks were gleaming slightly, as if they were wet... *She's...she's crying...*
"Don't...no don't....it...it wasn't......", Akane began to mumble, still shaking, but this time with sobs as well, "....NO!", she screamed and began so hiccup. Ranma leaned down beside her and shook her slightly, trying to wake her but he was still afraid of what would happen when she woke up and saw him in her room.
Akane turned over so that was facing Ranma, and her eyes fluttered open. Many emotions crossed her face at that moment, confusion at the sight of Ranma, anger because he was in her room, realization that he was worried about her, and then...well....
"Ranma!", she cried, sitting up and trowing her arms around his neck, "I was..so afraid...Ryoga he...he", everything else after that was incohesive because she was sobbing into his shirt. She burried her face deeper into the crook of his neck in search of warmth. Ranma slowly adjusted to the intimacy of the situation and put his arms around her, trying to calm her down. Akane's sobs slowly subsided and she relaxed in his arms, she began to slump back and Ranma knew she was falling asleep. He held her like that until he was sure she was asleep, then layed her back down on her bed, tucking her sheets neatly around her.
Ranma stood up and walked toward the door, quietly opening it. He stopped and turned around to look at his fiance one more time. *She's so cute like that...maybe sometime soon I'll get around to tellin' her that...or not.* He thought, exiting the room and shutting the door quietly behind him.
He made his way down to the dojo to do some katas, he needed to think and he doubted sleep would come to him after all that had just happened.
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