lemon warning/severe lime
2. Honesty
Akane woke the next morning, rested and blushing. She had dreamt of Ranma and she was blushing because of what she had dreamt. She shook her head and sighed. She began to pick out clothes for the day and wondered what she would do today. She froze as her mind began to form a picture of Ranma and her. Why would Ranma want to do something with me today? she thought, though she mostly did want to go out and do something with Ranma today. Then she actually thought about that and realized it would be impossible unless they did something out of town, better yet country, which wasn't about to happen… yet. She blushed again, but it immediately subsided as she was angry and disappointed. Stupid Shampoo, stupid Mouse, stupid Ryouga… well maybe not Ryouga, at least not all the time. She sighed and resumed getting ready for the day.
Ranma awoke suddenly and darted to the bathroom, just beating Nabiki there. Nabiki growled slightly but pushed it aside and waited for her turn. She was still curious as to why her sister and Ranma were acting more… well normal, but not normal for those two. She sighed; she was still unable to figure out what's going on.
As Nabiki was waiting for the bathroom, she saw Akane walk by. Nabiki blinked in surprise. Akane was wearing an outfit that seemed more like something she would wear, not Akane. She promptly kept her mouth shut, keeping the flood of remarks coming to her safe in her head. Akane glanced at Nabiki and continued to the table. Nabiki blinked again still watching where Akane descended as Ranma finally exited the bathroom.
"What are you lookin' at?" Ranma asked looking towards the stairs himself.
"Huh? Oh, nothing Ranma, you'll find out soon enough." She said calmly as she entered the bathroom.
Ranma scratched his head, unsure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. He walked into his room. He noticed his pops was up and hunched over something. Ranma set his bath stuff down and walked towards his pop.
"Watcha doin' pops?" he asked trying to see for himself.
"It doesn't concern you, boy." Genma replied folding the paper he was writing on quickly.
Ranma caught one word near the top of the paper, Nodoka, and he walked away. He knew his pops tried to send her regular letters to keep her from visiting and finding out about Ranma's curse. He supposed his father thought he might want to have some say in what the letter says or something and that's why he never let him see them. It didn't bother Ranma much; he didn't know his mother that well. He pushed aside the feelings that were beginning to rise at the thought of his mother. Instead he headed out of the room following the scent of breakfast.
As he walked in to take a seat at the table for breakfast he stopped. He stared at Akane, at what she was wearing, short shorts and a t-shirt that wasn't loose but wasn't tight. He gulped slightly and blushed briefly before finally taking a seat beside Akane, his usual spot. He tried not to look over at her, which was a task in itself. It was hard to keep him from turning to her and grabbing her hands and saying "Akane, I love you." He swallowed again, audibly. Akane looked over at him and he felt his face become warm. He was blushing again and he closed his eyes briefly trying to make it stop.
Akane looked over at Ranma, having heard him gulp. She saw his face become pink. She wondered why and reflexively a voice in her head said he must be thinking perverted thoughts. She forced the voice away and continued to stare at him until Genma sat down across from Ranma a moment later. Kasumi set down breakfast and took a seat herself. Ranma began to eat and Genma began eying his son. Ranma was not trying to steal his food. Genma set down his plate and mildly cleared his throat.
"Is something bothering you, boy?" Genma asked.
Ranma glanced up at his father as if having been distracted in his thoughts. Ranma shifted his gaze to Genma's plate. Genma noticed and quickly grabbed his plate and began shoveling his food in. Ranma stared at his father and hoped he wouldn't turn out like that and continued to eat normally. Ranma was beginning to be embarrassed by his pop's behavior. Akane noticed Ranma was eating normally and wondered herself if he was alright. At the same time she was glad he wasn't being as bad as his father. Genma continued to eye his son curiously for awhile longer. Then he decided that his son must simply be picking up some manners from the Tendos and resumed eating and started talking to Soun.
Akane and Ranma finished at about the same time. Nabiki would have to if she hadn't been further distracted by their odd behavior. Kasumi distracted Nabiki from her gaze on the two.
"Nabiki, if you're not doing anything today, would you come with me to the market? It'd be nice to have some company." Kasumi smiled sweetly.
"Sure thing, Kasumi." Nabiki smiled, though mildly disappointed that she wouldn't be able to tail Ranma and Akane like she wanted, but anything to do with money was always a fair trade for her.
Akane and Ranma had left the table together without realizing it at first. They turned and looked at each other when they reached the stairs. Ranma put his hand behind his head and looked away. He sighed and decided to go to the dojo instead of upstairs.
"I'm going to work out in the dojo." He said softly and headed out, completely aware that he had lied.
He walked to the dojo and once inside walked to the middle and sat down. He put his hands straight, out in front of him, on the floor like the previous night and began to think. He sighed and lay back with his hands behind his head. Akane… he thought and started to close his eyes. Boy, I'm really not acting like myself, am I? he thought idly.
Akane peered in to the dojo having followed him a moment after he left. She saw him laying there in the middle of the room. She wondered why he said he was going to workout and instead appeared to be… napping? No… he was thinking… thinking about what? She crept inside and towards him. He was watching her out of the corner of his eye without her knowing. When she got close to him and kneeled down he opened his eyes fully.
"Ranma," she said looking at him.
He sighed and sat up, turning to face her.
"Ranma…, what were you doing out here?" she asked, unable to say what she truly wanted to.
"Thinking." Ranma replied looking into her eyes after replying.
"Thinking about what?" Akane asked unable to take her eyes away from his.
He grabbed her hands gently with his own and held them.
"Akane..." he began, but simply saying "Akane, I love you" just didn't seem enough. He was somewhat surprised that he wasn't as afraid to say this to her at all, but he remembered the dream he had and knew it had to of had some kind of effect on him. He sighed and decided to try this the best he can and continued to gaze into her eyes. Kirei
"Akane, I wanted to tell you something, but just saying the words themselves don't seem like enough." He continued feeling a slight blush wash over his face.
Akane stared at him as he spoke while gazing in to her eyes. Is he… does he… Is he trying to say… she thought suddenly.
"I…" he didn't know how to say it in a wonderful way, he could only think to just say it; so he did and hoped it would be enough.
"It doesn't seem enough to express my feelings to just say this but it's the only way I can think of to tell you." He continued.
Akane's face blushed and she held her breath lightly. Is he really going to say it… does he actually… she continued to ramble in her head.
"Akane, I love you." He said finally still looking into her eyes and holding her hands.
Akane's thoughts ceased in her head and she felt her eyes moisten, threatening to shed tears. She felt the urgency to reply, to tell him how she feels so he can know he's not alone. That thought made her realize, she had thought he might love her before he said so, she just needed confirmation.
"I love you too, Ranma." She said, her voice starting to quiver with the promise of tears in her eyes.
Ranma smiled and he felt his own eyes glisten as he let out a sigh. Akane leaned forward and hugged Ranma pulling her hands from his and he hugged her back. They pulled apart a moment later and each wiped a hand across their eyes, still smiling. Ranma sighed again looked at her once more locking eyes with hers.
"You're very beautiful, Akane. I never meant it when I said-" he started and was cut off.
"I know you didn't Ranma. I'm sorry for, for…" she was threatening to cry again, this time for a different reason.
"Akane, it's okay, I could have avoided getting hit most of those times if I wanted to, I just thought maybe sometimes I deserved it somehow or if it made you feel better, then it was okay. I guess, mostly I thought I deserved it for saying all those mean things. I'm just used to sayin' stuff like that to throw my opponents off so I can defeat them easier, it's kinda engraved in my head and I speak without thinking, so I'm sorry." He said putting a hand behind his head briefly.
Akane sighed and looked back at him.
"It figures, having had to grow up with Genma like you did… I don't mean to put down your father…" she started and tried to apologize.
"It's okay, I know. He's an embarrassment, but he's still my pops an' all." Ranma replied.
They sat in silence for a few minutes, still sitting within inches of each other, knees touching. Ranma held one of her hands with a smile on his face.
"Ranma…" she said and looked around, suddenly filled with energy, "Will you spar with me?" she stood up and stepped away starting a few simple katas to warm up.
Ranma stood too, unable to not blush at the thought of her sparring in those short shorts, but said nothing. Akane began to attack and Ranma dodged while watching her eyes. She kept at it but he could sense a bit of frustration rising and began to block as well as dodge and she seemed to cool at that and fight harder. He had stopped blushing as the need to focus took over. He barely dodged a kick that grazed his cheek. She noticed and blinked and kept going.
Ranma and Akane went at it for a little while before Ranma dodged right to avoid a kick and saw an opening he couldn't pass on. Akane had been pleased that he was doing more than just dodging; they actually started to have some fun. Suddenly Ranma went in closer to possibly trip her and she turned to block him and stepped forward only to collide with Ranma and come crashing to the ground, his arms wrapped around her. Akane started laughing, having started to have fun in the sparring, though sparring isn't supposed to be fun. They lay on the floor and Akane was laughing a bit as Ranma lay nearly all on top of her blushing fiercely.
His arms were still wrapped around her and she stopped laughing when she saw his blushing face and realized how they were laying. She blushed too and forced a small voice in the back of her head that wanted to hit him and call him a pervert to shut up and go away. She focused her eyes on his so they were locked again. They lay there unmoving, one of Ranma's legs lying between hers and his arms still wrapped tightly around her so he was very close to her face. He leaned forward a little and touched her lips with his, risking his life a part of him thought, while another was overjoyed at being able to finally kiss her.
Akane surprised herself by kissing him back, kissing him back with more strength then his kiss. He responded by kissing a little more passionately, slowly at first and then as her arms encircled him, he let himself be overcome by the kiss. It was a very passionate kiss and turned into a french kiss all to fast. Neither of them knew who had opened their mouth first, but fell into making out too much to care. Ranma, so caught up in kissing the girl he loved, didn't notice what his body had began doing. His leg that was between hers adjusted and his hips began to move, pressing himself against her. They could hear each other's hearts beating and the warmth of their bodies together.
A surge of emotion swept through Akane as she felt his hips begin moving, pressing his manhood against her. Overwhelming sensations were filling her body at his touch. She could feel herself blushing and she almost lost it. She felt like she was losing it. A tiny part of her brain hoped someone would catch them, it was barely registering though as she was being overtaken with another emotion that wanted them to continue undisturbed. She realized through her erotic haze that she liked how she felt and she let herself shiver with pleasure, blushing furiously.
Ranma was vaguely aware of a familiar sensation below through his own haze. He left her mouth and started kissing down her neck, her collarbone, her chest just above her breasts, then started kissing what bit of her breasts were showing. He kissed her now visible nipple through her shirt. He heard her gasp and continued, still moving his hips on hers. He was able to move his arms that were wrapped behind her a little and slid them down. Her hips had begun to move a bit too. He lifted her slightly and began to kiss her from the middle of where her breasts were down to just under her belly button, forced to move his hips away as he moved down.
She let one of her arms from around Ranma and her blush deepened as she touched her own breast and caressed it through her shirt. She looked at Ranma, his eyes glazed, and she wondered if her own were. Serious thought had become impossible at this point, pleasure was winning out. She barely noticed that Ranma had unbuttoned her shorts and was sliding them down, kissing her through her underwear as he did. His own blush darkened as he did so and he lifted her slightly to pull her shorts over her butt and laid her back as he kissed her legs as he slid them all the way off. When he slid back over her she reached out and touched his chest with both hands, feeling the muscle beneath them and moved her hands down, touching all of his torso. He was breathing hard and had somehow removed his pants without her seeing and their hips touch again. They both moved at the touch, rubbing against each other, both aware of Ranma's extreme hardness. Akane's panties were damp from all the grinding and they were kissing again. Ranma's hands roamed, staying above her shirt, caressing her breasts once more and wandering below, grazing her inner thigh and areas that weren't already being touched by his manhood.
Akane let out a soft sound of pleasure so Ranma kept rubbing himself against her like he was. He knew he was going to cum soon, and moved a bit faster, being careful still. Akane moaned softly into his mouth, her hands wrapping themselves around him once more. He had one hand around her again and the other on her face as he kissed her. He suddenly felt release and she arced slightly against him almost simultaneously. He knew from his own private bath experiences in his girl side that she had just come as well. He rolled away from her, embarrassed about his wet boxers. They lay beside each other panting, fighting sleep from their exhaustion.
After awhile they recovered a bit and sat up. Akane put on her shorts and Ranma put on his pants in quiet. They were both still blushing and sweating from the experience. Akane's mind seemed to be screaming Pervert! but it was as if it was a far away whisper. Instead her mind was filling with thoughts of trying that again. They both stood and headed for the house, eager for a change of undergarments and maybe a bath.
As they headed towards the house, they were able to think a little clearer. The same thought briefly crossed their minds, unknown to both of them. I wonder if anyone saw us, oh man.
Akane couldn't get over how she felt. She never thought she'd actually get in to that perverted stuff her classmates sometimes talk about. A thought had crossed her mind a little earlier and she just pushed it aside with the reason that Ranma does turn into a girl sometimes. The word pervert jumped into her mind but she easily pushed it away. She blushed again lightly, realizing her eyes were focused on Ranma, and she was thinking about the fact that she felt his manhood touching her through their underwear moments ago. Oh, Akane, you're such a pervert. she thought to herself and sighed as they entered the house.
They immediately noticed the house was dead quiet. They remembered Kasumi asking Nabiki to go to the store with her and figured they must have left earlier. Ranma figured his pops went to mail out that letter and maybe Soun went with him to get out of the house for awhile and get a drink with him afterwards maybe. He headed upstairs and saw nobody up there. He got his bath stuff and entered the bath before Akane went upstairs. She had checked downstairs to see if anyone was there and to get a drink. She was a bit pleased that they were able to share an intimate moment without anyone around. She headed upstairs and grabbed her bath stuff and headed to the furo. The door did not say occupied and she figured Ranma was still in his room or something.
She walked into the furo and thought she heard a little splash. She shook her head and undressed. She walked over to wash herself before entering the bath and saw Ranma already in the bath. His face turned red and he turned to face the wall. She saw how nervous he was; it mirrored her own except she could see a bit of fear in him. She felt bad again about always hitting him. She sat down on a stool and began to wash herself, pretending she didn't see him. She could see that he was looking back at her, still blushing red. She cleaned herself and sat there for a moment longer, preparing herself to do what she had never done before.
She got up and walked towards the bath and Ranma stiffened and pulled his legs to himself for some reason. She stepped into the water and sat with her back to him. He blinked and relaxed a little bit, still blushing. Akane sighed softly; she was sharing a bath with Ranma. She smiled to herself and relaxed her shoulders enjoying the warm water. Her hand wandered as it often did when she bathed alone, but she was well aware of the boy behind her. She was wondering if she could continue this without him realizing what she was doing. Unfortunately she was getting turned on by the excitement of being near him and trying to hide what she was doing. A sound escaped her lips and Ranma's eyes widened as he watched her back.
"Akane?" he asked cautiously in almost a whisper.
She let out a little moan, hearing his voice turned her on more. You're such a pervert, Akane. she told herself. But it's so good! she thought back. When the only response was a moan Ranma risked putting his hand on her shoulder. She shivered at the touch and he blinked, somewhat confused and more so shocked that she was getting off in front of him, sort of. The realization was sending a shiver of his own, causing feelings to begin below. He swallowed and leaned forward putting both hands on her shoulders and kissed her back. She liked that and let out a sound to show it. Ranma hoped he wouldn't lose himself and do something he'd regret later as he continued to kiss different parts of her back and neck.
He moved his arms to the front of her in an embrace and kissed her cheek. His front was touching her back, his legs bent and spread on either side of her body. Akane was losing herself again, much faster then before she realized. She reached a hand up and held Ranma's head laying over her shoulder. He began to essentially hump her in the water, his manhood sliding beneath her.
"Ohhhhh!" she cried out.
Ranma had one had caressing one of her breasts and the other reaching below rubbing her nub. Akane shifted a hand from touching herself to touching his manhood when it came within reach beneath her.
"Uhhhhh." He cried out when she touched him.
They both were breathing hard and letting out sounds of pleasure. Eventually they came again, Akane coming first this time and Ranma after. Ranma lay back, exhausted, taking Akane with him. If the heater wasn't on, Ranma would have gone girl by now. He was secretly glad of that as he rested with Akane lying against him. She turned in his arms and lay sideways against him. She kissed his chest and nearly fell asleep. They lay there for awhile, resting in each other's arms as Akane had wrapped hers around him.
They exited the bath finally and dressed and went to the kitchen to get something to eat. They had some sandwiches and rice, almost too tired to make it. They sat down and ate their meal. Since it was lunch time and nobody was home yet, they figured the others must have eaten out. After they finished eating, they turned on the tv and watched it together, promptly falling asleep after the first few minutes. Luckily they weren't holding each other as they watched television, because everyone seemed to come home a little after they fell asleep. They regarded the sleeping duo as having a long day of sparring, yelling, and for one of them possible transformations from boy to girl to boy. Kasumi noticed the empty plates and bowls left on the table and cleaned them up, pleased that they made their own lunch. Nabiki watched the two briefly before bringing the bags she was carrying into the kitchen; her arms were killing her. Soun and Genma promptly set up their game and began to play, occasionally bringing up the joining of the schools and how well Akane and Ranma have been behaving lately. Then they quickly got too into their cheating fest to talk much more.