Author: essenceofthedark
Pairing: Ranma/Ryoga
Author's note: Ryoga is just too cute for his own good sometimes, eh? Oh and Ranma too of course, but Ryoga especially .! (guess who's my fave:P) Oh yeah, and I am aware of the slight ooc-ness in this chapter, but I think it suits them somewhat…
Err.. yeah, gomen ne for using so long time to update, but I've been busy with school work and so has my good grammar fairy, we both apologise very much for the delay! REMEMBER TO REVIEW OR I WON'T UPDATE AGAIN IN A LONG TIME!
Music I listened to: Slipknot, Wig Wam and the Celtic Circle (Pretty varied, I know).
Chapter three: Bandana-"trouble"
Ryoga's view
I stormed down the streets of Nerima, tears leaking from my eyes. I hadn't been that embarrassed before in my entire life. Well, that was not true, but it was close, and I certainly hadn't been so embarrassed in front of him before. Him? Why was I thinking of him? Shouldn't I be embarrassed because Kasumi had almost seen me in the nude? I pushed that thought into the back of my head; I just wanted to get out of there before I could embarrass myself even more. This was not the time to dwell on things like that.
Running as fast as I could I barely missed a voice that came from behind me. "Ryoga, matte yoo" No, I couldn't stop now; it would only embarrass me further. Suddenly I felt a hand that gripped my wrist but I just continued to run. "Ry-yo-ga" a voice behind me grunted in pain, I stopped and turned around to se what was the matter. I almost gasped at the sight; Ranma had obviously followed me and forgotten that he was weak now so he had grabbed my arm in an attempt to stop me. Of course that meant that I had dragged him after me when I was running.
"Oio, Ranma, what are you doing?" I said as I helped him up on his feet again. "Ite, ite, ite" was the only answer I got as he was inspecting some bruises he had gotten. I felt bad about it; I should have stopped when he had told me to wait. "You okay?" something's gotta be wrong with me, I'm actually being nice to him, asking if he's okay, and I've actually been like that all day! I guess I only treat him 'nicely' because he's weak.
"Haio" he smiled weakly as he dusted himself off. Then a confused look appeared shortly on his face before he spoke gruffly. "Why do you care, anyway?" Taking a protective stance at the aggressive tone I glared daggers at him. So this was what I got for being nice.
"I don't" was my simple answer to his question before I turned to leave, my embarrassment all gone, replaced with anger at his ingratitude.
"Oi, oi! Matte." Ignoring his indignant shout I started to walk, he was obviously just playing around so why should I listen to him? Baka yaro!
"Oi, P-chan. Baka, you forgot something" at this I turned to face him, fuming with anger.
"Who are you calling P-chan" I shouted and remembered that I was not supposed to hit him before it was almost too late. My fist stopped barely one centimetre from his face. I could have sworn I saw something resembling fear in his eyes for a short second while he still thought I were going to hit him and then it was gone. I shook the thought away, Ranma, scared? Yeah right and I'm a smurf!
He cocked his head and looked up at me with those huge adorable blue eyes of his. Yes, adorable, it wasn't another word for it, even though I resent calling anything about him adorable, it's true. I felt my mouth suddenly go dry and I swallowed and licked my dry lips nervously. Why was I feeling nervous all of a sudden? I had been angry only three seconds ago, it seemed like my emotions had decided to go on a roller coaster trip today.
The silence between us was everything else than comfortable and it made me squirm a little, hoping he would say something soon, just to end this silence. A small smile appeared on his lips, it seemed like it wasn't only my emotions that were on that stupid roller coaster. Then he spoke up suddenly.
"You forgot your bandana" he said softly while dangling the yellow and black cloth in his hand. He had come after me and almost been beaten to concussion because of that? That baka. He knew that I would come back for it later, as well for my backpack, so why had he come after me?
Before I got the chance to react and reach out for my bandana started he to fasten it around my head. I felt paralysed while I let him put it on. He held his arms around my neck and his head were just beside mine so he could see what he was doing. It must have looked like we were hugging quite intimately. Swallowing again I fought the blush that threatened to cover my face in a colour that surely would remind anyone of a tomato. He was so close! I could feel heat radiate from his body and his breath that gently brushed my ear made me shiver. If I thought my mouth had been dry before it now felt like the Sahara desert.
When he was finished tying it behind my head he let his mouth remain for a couple of seconds right beside my ear while he whispered:
"Gomen for calling you P-chan, I shouldn't have" and then he had pulled away from me entirely, a sad smile gracing his lips before he ran back to the Tendo dojo, leaving me to stare after him, actually missing the closeness.
He had apologised to me for calling me P-chan, something he had never done before. This would have to become a red-letter day1. Suddenly realising that I were staring stupidly into empty air in the direction he had gone I turned around and started to walk thoughtful and confused by my own thoughts in the other direction.
Ranma's view
I jumped up on the roof over my bedroom and laid down so I could look up at the almost cloud-free sky over me. The blue and white sight made me relax a bit, but my mind turned today's events over and over in my head. This had decidedly been the strangest day in my life, and the way I had acted back there… I blushed just by thinking of it, what had spurred me to tie the bandana to his head instead of just give it to him? I had no idea. And my behaviour… if I hadn't known better I would have said that I was… in love with him?
No. No way, I am not in love with another boy. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! No, I mean NO, NO! I am not into guys, no way! Am I? I sighed and shrugged, probably not; it was most probably just some weird subconscious action because of our weird behaviour today. Yeah, that was probably it. Happy with the solution I closed my eyes and let my mind relax.
Ryoga's view
"Hiiiiyahh" a loud crack heard as I crushed someone's wall, not caring for the expenses for the owner of it. Drying the sweat on my brow I paid no heed to everyone that was staring at me with various expressions of fear and anger. What had that been all about? Why was Ranma acting so strange all of a sudden, and why was I affected so badly by it? The answers stood unanswered, I couldn't say why my stomach began fluttering every time I was close to him, or why I got this warm feeling in the pit of my belly every time he smiled or was nice to me.
"Haaaaaa" another wall was crushed and now I was breathing a bit heavily. I knew that I was working all my frustration out on walls that belonged to people that had nothing to do with it, but I didn't care much. It was better to do it this way than to beat anyone into a pulp, though for the moment I almost wanted someone to blame, and someone to beat up.
I sighed. But the one to blame was one of those I wouldn't harm, at least for the moment. Not as long as he was as weak as he was now. Dammit! He was even weaker than a child, and even how badly I wanted to take my frustration out on him, I couldn't let myself do it.
/Perhaps it is time for me to take some kind of vacation/ I thought. Taking a deep breath I prepared myself to sneak back into the Tendo-dojo unseen to get my backpack.
To Be Continued
o Word list: matte (yo) – wait up, oi – hey, ite/itai – ouch, hai – yes, gomen – sorry,
1 I'm not sure if this is the correct term, but it was the only thing that my (ever so precious) dictionary would have it to be so my only choice is to put my trust in it, so as the old saying goes; don't blame me, blame my dictionary!
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So… our boys are getting closer to sorting out their feelings, eh? . especially Ranma… just some denial left… hehe oh and I'm sorry if the grammar etc are worse than in the two other chappies of mine, this has only been correctd by me (Kichan (or the good grammar fairy) has been busy...).
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