INVISIBLE FRIEND

She could taste the tears falling...

The rain just continued pouring down with an inborn patient, while the wind made it go twirls and move from one place to another like a sigh moves the sand of the beach; with a soft and sweet sound. That improvised lullaby owned its own voice to the little droplets that tired of the long journey, let go a melancholic hum as a last breath when finally dead hit the windowsill. And with such a charming melody the tears that streamed down her face came to a halt and sent her to sleep.

The last school day before Christmas had gone bye in a blur, and everybody had seemed happy to be able to spend Christmas at home with the family. Yuka and Shayuri had been especially pleased as Hiroshi and Daisuke had finally given in and accepted to go out later on to the mall to help them get all presents they still had left. Lights were placed everywhere, carols were being played the whole day in corridors at the same time as people exchanged their gifts from the "invisible friend" game. Something that, despite being a demand of principal Kuno had been well welcomed. The game was simple, inside a hat where the names of the whole class were everybody had to pick a paper from it and buy a present to the student who had been written on the paper…

- "Yeah, I'm simple, so WHAT?" Ranma retorted to Akane's previous outburst

- "How could you screw it? Even Hiroshi and Daisuke have been able to remember it!"

Akane looked apologetically back to the boys that were listening to the new 'love quarrel' of their friends.

- "No offense!" she had said this in a rush.

- "None taken" both boys had commented back at the same time.

- "It was principal Kuno's command! Do you know what will happen to you if he realizes that you haven't gone through with it!"

- "Jeez, no need to get so worked up over it. It's not as if I haven't had it worse…now, don't go get angry with me!"

- "You aren't helping me very much not getting angry at you"

- "So, SUE ME! Besides why would I even bother to remember to buy anything to such an Uncute Tomboy like you?"

- "Ranma, you jerk! So you were my….argh!" She didn't bother herself to finish the sentence as she took her mallet out of the chair and sent him flying out of the window.

The common winter cold had highly increased that night, and the streets now wet by the end of the rain, showed some puddles were the mirage of the city could be seen in a haze. The sky still pitch black remembered those of the "black and white" movies, giving the sight a romantic feature. A certain pig tailed martial artist could be witnessed standing by the backyard pond. His face downcast, his handsome features being hidden from view, his deep eyes staring to the water with such concentration one would have thought he was trying to make a hole from the looks of it.

He had decided to be witty and won with that a flight with Akane's airlines. He will never figure her out…couldn't she understand it? He hadn't forgotten it at all; he was just too sheepish about the whole "give it to her in front of everyone". He had wanted it to be perfect, to give it at home, when they couldn't be interrupted and maybe he could have even…k, k.ki..kiss her.

- "I guess we can't always get what we want but it doesn't stop us wanting them" he voiced softly and a long sigh was heard coming from the porch.

The teenager looked up to rest his gaze upon his soon to be sister in law and watched as she walked through the wet grass until they were a few meters apart.

- "Gods, Nabiki! You almost sent me into cardiac arrest!"

- "What's with the forlorn look, Saotome?

- I don't know what you are talking about!

-There's something eating you. Does this have anything to do with my little sister?"

- "Why would I even lose my precious time thinking about her? That uncute, unsexy tomboy…She can go and…"

-"You cannot fool me, Saotome. I've seen how you look at each other when you think no-one is watching…you've the whole 'look into my eyes, soul mate thing'"

- "WHAT?...Did you smoke the cheese packet that was in the fridge?"

- "What about last Christmas? I've got it all recorded… You both looked like some lovely-dovey couple."

-"Jeez…. There's no need to rub it in"

- "You made her mad, so be a man and try to work things out. She's a sweet girl, and I'm sure you've noticed she's also one of the cutest girls at school…sure, she cannot be the cutest as that is already my line!" she trailed off, although Ranma had stopped listening already.

- "I didn't think that 'Akane' and 'sweet' were ever going to be in the same sentence together." He said sarcastically

- " You didn't seem to think that when Ryoga was here…I'd even say that you were a little jealous of PIG-BOY, weren't you?"

- "Jealous!"

Ranma's features showed rage and hatred all of a sudden, his bangs falling to his blue eyes, his lips pressed tight and his knuckles were near to start drawing blood.

- "Something wrong? Come on…Akane needed pig-boy to hug, because you made her cry, there was no need for you to pounce him on the head making my little sister even angrier at you"

- "Why would anything be wrong? Just because Akane and that P-chan of hers were being cozier than two peas in a pod chamber when I entered her room to apologise?"

- "By the way you said it, I'd think it really worries you who she is with" a sly grin forming on her lips as she suppressed her laughter. It was so easy to tease him.

- "It's not like I like her or anything…who would ever like such a Macho chick?...not me, not Saotome…sure not me!. Besides it's her fault she gets all violent and….She's holding a grudge against me because of the stupid 'invisible friend' stuff…"

- "Yeah, that's it, you don't like her! That's why I've been listening to you babble on about her for the past 5 minutes."

- "Whatever you say…this is pointless…"

- "I'm gonna give you and advice and this one goes for free, so as it's not gonna happen again, you better listen carefully. 'you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs'" And she started walking off to the house again

-" And what the hell does that mean?"

- "You'll know when the time comes" and she disappeared

AN: "The invisible friend" it's something we do in Spain in our classes, it's called 2El amigo invisible"mmm, I'm sorry if this exists in English I don't know the word for it, that's why I just translated it from Spanish.

I just thought about writing a one shot x-mas fic… though I'll have it written in 2 chapters!