Legal Note: N/A
Chapter Fifteen: Akane
"Please, don't run now." Idiot. Akane please don't look for a way out already. "Not yet." She actually stops. Thank Kami that she actually listens for once to me. "Look, you don't have to say anything."
"Why do you still follow me Ranma?"
What doesn't she get? I told her why I chase her. I told her that I love her. "Akane, I told you, the reason I ran after you. I messed up, I love you."
"Ranma, you're a liar. How can I know if-"
"I do." For awhile I've been conflicted with this. Whether I loved her. Then I thought that I was. I explored that now. At the beach and all. I came back from the beach with only trying to woo her being my ambition. Not to be the man among men I'm to be. Not to live up to my reputation. Just to win Akane over. "I wanted to love you Akane. I'm sure I did. That's when I found out I love you. I've been thinking about you and me for the longest time it seems." How long now has it been? "At least, since the beach." I kissed her there. That's when I really started thinking about being with her.
"Ranma, why did you want to, to, to love me?"
Sounds like a stupid question. But, I really have no answer for it. She's just better than the other girls in some way. "You're the only girl I know that seems appealing in that way." This is horrible not knowing what to say to her. I mean "I don't know, I just did."
"Ranma, I, it's just that you, I don't think, maybe we, what do you," Just stop running Akane. I love her. I hug her and yet, there's no response really. She's so confused isn't she?
"Just, say you love me." That's all I need now. I've told her what I know. Did all I can. She needs to respond without running away.
"Ranma, I-" Silence. That's the worst response of all. "I just want to go home." She cries. What does that mean? Does that mean she loves me? That it's all over? Or, that we're back to square one? "It's, I need some sleep. Tomorrow, tomorrow maybe, if you can wait."
"I can."
"Take me home." Why is it that I can tell her easily now that I love her, but she can only tell me to take her home? She can't say that she loves me? It's easy once you admit it.