Disclaimer: see previous chapters
AN: I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while....the original writer of this story died....and I'm carrying on this story in her place.....since I was one of her only close friends and the one she asked to continue posting this story.....I couldn't even look at this story until now, but I'll do as she wished and post in her place....she also has a couple others I'll post in their own due time.
Chapter 3:
Ranma placed Kasumi on her bed and tucked her into the bed. He then walked out of the room and silently closed the door after him. He found Akane leaning against the wall across the hall.
"You might want to be careful, Ranma," she said, "our dads are trying to get you engaged to Kasumi, now."
Ranma smiled and shrugged, "Well, that's good news, I guess. Personally, I hope that that one happens."
"How could you say that so calmly? You know they're not gonna give you a choice in it."
"So? Akane, Kasumi-chan has been my friend a long time, and I've learned I've got feelings for her. Right now, I want to make it perfectly clear that she's the one I want to marry. What do I need to do to convince you of that?"
Akane got a hurt look on her face and tried to hide a fierce blush that took over her cheeks. Failure.
Ranma, for once in his life, learned what to say to make a tense moment pass. "So....what do you think happened?"
"Nabiki says she was raped....." Akane blurted, still hurt, but forcing herself to think of this instead of her own pain.
"Raped...? Um....Akane....?"
"Yes, Ranma?"
Ranma looked to the floor, unable to meet her gaze with the embarrassed expression on his face. "What does 'raped' mean?"
Akane couldn't hold back her rage at that comment. "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT RAPE IS?!!!!!" she yelled.
"Um....."
A whisper from within Kasumi's room was heard by both teens. "Raped....."
You could cut the tension in that room with a knife.
Ranma turned to Akane. "Where's the rest of the family?" he asked.
"They're down in the sitting room, eating, and waiting for you. I'll be down there if you need me." Akane winked with the last statement, and then disappeared down the steps.
Ranma blushed lightly and walked into Kasumi's room. She was laying on her back away from the door and was silently sobbing. Ranma walked to the bed and sat down beside her shoulders, facing away from her.
"Never been in here before....nice room Kasumi-chan....." He said.
"....Thank you....." she replied.
I feel the bed shaking Ranma thought, Man, this must really be troubling her.
"I'm sorry if my conversation with Akane outside woke you up, Kasumi- chan."
"....That's okay.....I'm not tired, anyway......" she lied, and very badly, she sounded like a person who just ran a marathon and started crying for no apparent reason at all......like a blonde track runner.
Ranma stayed over the covers, but lay down beside Kasumi, snuggling close and wrapping an arm around her stomach. At first she breathed in sharply, but then she relaxed when it struck her that what he had done and what she thought he was going to do were two different things.
"Kasumi-chan, you need some rest. Don't worry, I'm here. I'll watch over you while you sleep and nothing bad will happen....I promise." He whispered in her ear gently.
She felt her drowsiness take over and slowly allowed herself to go to sleep. Her last thought in consciousness was Why do I feel....so safe?
Ranma waited for her to sleep and then he lightly released her and walked downstairs to get some food. He found the whole establishment missing except for Mr. Tendo and his father.
"Where's Akane and Nabiki?" he asked.
"School." Came the combined responses of the two men.
"Ok....what's up?" he asked, taking his seat and finding that, in fact, Kasumi's cooking was just as good cold as they were fresh. She's a really good cook he thought to himself.
"Well, Ranma, we'd like you to stay here and watch over Kasumi....she's really down right now and we'd like you to do as you did in the dojo earlier and keep her calm. Don't worry about food, we'll order out until Kasumi's feeling better." Mr. Tendo seemed to say the entire thing in just one breath, and Ranma knew he'd been rehearsing it.
Ranma looked up from his food, "Does this have anything to do with the fact that you want me to marry her?" he asked.
Both men looked as though they just bit into something sour. How did he know? they thought in unison.
"Look," Ranma began, taking control of their obvious disarray, "I have every intention of marrying Kasumi-chan.....I've wanted to for a while. And besides, even if I didn't, I'd STILL look over her, whether you wanted me to or not. I promised her I would. Now, I'm going to eat this, and then I'm going to her room, is that clear?"
The two men nodded and ran out of the house like dumb bastards and Ranma did as he said he would. Finishing his breakfast, he took a chair up to Kasumi's room and sat in it to watch her sleep. He watched her slow breathing make her body rhythmically rise and drop.
Watching this made him sleepy and he fell asleep in the chair.
AN: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, the next one will be posted in one week.....or if you're reading this later, on 6/25/04
AN: I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while....the original writer of this story died....and I'm carrying on this story in her place.....since I was one of her only close friends and the one she asked to continue posting this story.....I couldn't even look at this story until now, but I'll do as she wished and post in her place....she also has a couple others I'll post in their own due time.
Chapter 3:
Ranma placed Kasumi on her bed and tucked her into the bed. He then walked out of the room and silently closed the door after him. He found Akane leaning against the wall across the hall.
"You might want to be careful, Ranma," she said, "our dads are trying to get you engaged to Kasumi, now."
Ranma smiled and shrugged, "Well, that's good news, I guess. Personally, I hope that that one happens."
"How could you say that so calmly? You know they're not gonna give you a choice in it."
"So? Akane, Kasumi-chan has been my friend a long time, and I've learned I've got feelings for her. Right now, I want to make it perfectly clear that she's the one I want to marry. What do I need to do to convince you of that?"
Akane got a hurt look on her face and tried to hide a fierce blush that took over her cheeks. Failure.
Ranma, for once in his life, learned what to say to make a tense moment pass. "So....what do you think happened?"
"Nabiki says she was raped....." Akane blurted, still hurt, but forcing herself to think of this instead of her own pain.
"Raped...? Um....Akane....?"
"Yes, Ranma?"
Ranma looked to the floor, unable to meet her gaze with the embarrassed expression on his face. "What does 'raped' mean?"
Akane couldn't hold back her rage at that comment. "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT RAPE IS?!!!!!" she yelled.
"Um....."
A whisper from within Kasumi's room was heard by both teens. "Raped....."
You could cut the tension in that room with a knife.
Ranma turned to Akane. "Where's the rest of the family?" he asked.
"They're down in the sitting room, eating, and waiting for you. I'll be down there if you need me." Akane winked with the last statement, and then disappeared down the steps.
Ranma blushed lightly and walked into Kasumi's room. She was laying on her back away from the door and was silently sobbing. Ranma walked to the bed and sat down beside her shoulders, facing away from her.
"Never been in here before....nice room Kasumi-chan....." He said.
"....Thank you....." she replied.
I feel the bed shaking Ranma thought, Man, this must really be troubling her.
"I'm sorry if my conversation with Akane outside woke you up, Kasumi- chan."
"....That's okay.....I'm not tired, anyway......" she lied, and very badly, she sounded like a person who just ran a marathon and started crying for no apparent reason at all......like a blonde track runner.
Ranma stayed over the covers, but lay down beside Kasumi, snuggling close and wrapping an arm around her stomach. At first she breathed in sharply, but then she relaxed when it struck her that what he had done and what she thought he was going to do were two different things.
"Kasumi-chan, you need some rest. Don't worry, I'm here. I'll watch over you while you sleep and nothing bad will happen....I promise." He whispered in her ear gently.
She felt her drowsiness take over and slowly allowed herself to go to sleep. Her last thought in consciousness was Why do I feel....so safe?
Ranma waited for her to sleep and then he lightly released her and walked downstairs to get some food. He found the whole establishment missing except for Mr. Tendo and his father.
"Where's Akane and Nabiki?" he asked.
"School." Came the combined responses of the two men.
"Ok....what's up?" he asked, taking his seat and finding that, in fact, Kasumi's cooking was just as good cold as they were fresh. She's a really good cook he thought to himself.
"Well, Ranma, we'd like you to stay here and watch over Kasumi....she's really down right now and we'd like you to do as you did in the dojo earlier and keep her calm. Don't worry about food, we'll order out until Kasumi's feeling better." Mr. Tendo seemed to say the entire thing in just one breath, and Ranma knew he'd been rehearsing it.
Ranma looked up from his food, "Does this have anything to do with the fact that you want me to marry her?" he asked.
Both men looked as though they just bit into something sour. How did he know? they thought in unison.
"Look," Ranma began, taking control of their obvious disarray, "I have every intention of marrying Kasumi-chan.....I've wanted to for a while. And besides, even if I didn't, I'd STILL look over her, whether you wanted me to or not. I promised her I would. Now, I'm going to eat this, and then I'm going to her room, is that clear?"
The two men nodded and ran out of the house like dumb bastards and Ranma did as he said he would. Finishing his breakfast, he took a chair up to Kasumi's room and sat in it to watch her sleep. He watched her slow breathing make her body rhythmically rise and drop.
Watching this made him sleepy and he fell asleep in the chair.
AN: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, the next one will be posted in one week.....or if you're reading this later, on 6/25/04