Rain
Ryouga Yagami
Two months had passed. Ranma got home after being caught by the rain and changed to his female form. He looked for a kettle and warmed some water. He would ask Akane to do that, but he thought that maybe she would spoil it someway. He didn't know how she couldn't hot some water, but when you put Akane in a kitchen everything could happen.
'Talking about the devil', he thought as she sensed her entering in the kitchen. They looked at each other for a moment and then she left. Ranma sighed. Married life wasn't so good as he thought it would be. In his mind, after marrying Akane everything would get better, they wouldn't fight so much, at least.
But he couldn't stop thinking that maybe the fault was his. He tried, but was already used to tease her and sometimes he didn't respect the limits.
Nerima was calmer too. After an initial chaos because of their marriage, things were... boring. He knew this state wouldn't last forever, probably the others were planning to break them up. Being married didn't mean much for Nerima crew. Girls and boys were drying their tears and getting ready to attack again. And fighting with Akane would not get him anywhere. It would only give courage to people to try breaking them up.
Back to his male form he went to the room he and Akane were sharing. She was there, on the bed, reading a book and pretending he was not there. It would make him happy to hear her scream to him, hit him with her mallet, anything. But being ignored was worse, it was like he didn't exist to her.
He confessed to himself, he was paranoic. He was waiting an attack at any moment. Some of his ex-fiances coming to hurt Akane or Ryoga and Kuno challenging him to a fight. He sighed again and sat on the bed, causing Akane to close her book and go to the window. He laid down and watched her back. Then he looked at the ceiling and then at her to make sure she was all right. This was another signal that he was really getting paranoic. Outside, the rain was weaker and Akane watched it stop silently.
Then, her face changed. Ranma was going to ask what happened when she turned to him first.
"Come here, Ranma. Look at that"
Ranma went there, "Where?"
"There", she pointed. A couple walking under an umbrella. Wouldn't be something to remark, if it weren't Ryoga and Ukyo under the umbrella. Laughing, having a good time. She was carrying a bag and he was holding the umbrella and though they couldn't hear what they were saying, Ranma could see they were enjoying the moment. Akane was smiling. Maybe she wouldn't be angry if he... and then he hold her close. She was surprised, but soon she rested her head on his shoulder.
And then, they were back on terms without saying a word. This was good, because Ranma couldn't spoil the moment if he didn't need to talk. And he was happy that Ryoga and Ukyo wouldn't, at least it seemed, be a problem.
But as a bolt of lighting, something broke the roof frightening them. "Maniac violent girl away from airen!"
'Too soon to be happy', Ranma thought.