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AKANE - CHAPTER 05
They watched Yoshi playing with the other children for a while, then Akane broke the silence that had built between them.
"How come you know Ukyo, anyway?"
"She was a really good friend of mine when I was a little boy. We played together but I never realized she was a girl untill I was leaving for a training trip with my dad." he looked away embarassed.
"You didn't know she was a girl?"
"She always dressed like a boy, played with the boys...she did a very good job in playing the part." he looked at her, frustrated.
"Well...how did you find out her true gender?"
"As I told you I was leaving for a very long trip with my dad and I stopped at her house to say goodbye. She came closer and kissed me on the cheek. I said 'Ehw! Boys don't kiss boys!' and she answered 'But I'm a girl! And I want to be your girlfriend when you come back.'"
"How long haven't you seen each other?" she was really interested right now.
"More or less?" he seemed thoughtfull.
"More or less." she gestured him to answer.
"I haven't seen her untill today."
"What?!?"
"Don't look at me that way! I could I know she was still living in Nerima?"
Akane rolled her eyes.
"Maybe you can fulfill the promise now, and start seeing each other." she suggested with a whisper.
"So many things had changed since then."
Akane looked in Yoshi's direction and he saw the tenderness in her eyes while she looked at her son.
"I'll go get Yoshi, so we can eat, I'm starving!" he voluntereed standing up.
When he came back with Yoshi he was blushing furiously while an over- excited Yoshi ran towards his mother.
"Mom! I want you to do it! Please, do it for me!"
"What is it?" she asked looking between Yoshi and Ranma.
"The other children..." Ranma gestured to the other side of the pool "...told Yoshi there is this game...where parents win prizes for their children."
"Oh. Sounds fun." was Akane's reply.
"The girls told Ranma he was a beautiful father." smiled Yoshi.
"You are really an heartbreaker, Ranma. But they are too young for you!" mused Akane.
"Yeah, whatever...It's a game for couple so we have to play together." explained a very nervous Ranma fidgeting.
"Oh." Akane looked surprised "What do we have to do?"
"Nothing serious. The three legs walk. One of my leg chained with one of your." he was a little surprised that she was willing to play anyway.
"Please, mom!" pleaded Yoshi.
She thought about it for a moment, then she looked at Ranma: "What do you think? Do we have some chances?"
Ranma felt confidence running back trough his veins: "Consider the prize in your hands."
"Yeah!" squealed Yoshi excited running towards his new friends to tell them the news.
"Thank you. It seemed important for Yoshi."
"No problem. I love your kid." he said scratching the back of his head "And I never refuse a challenge."
Ranma felt his senses short-circuit while Akane neared him. He felt really perverted, too. They have been really close in the last few days, but that was just mental closeness, now it was totally different, because he was gonna touch Akane and he found himself wanting the touch more than it was convenient.
*Stop thinking that way!* he mentally kicked himself *It's just a race!*
"Are you ready?" she asked embarassed "It's your last chance to say no." she added meekly.
"I'm ready and I have no intentions to loose this race." he answered smiling. She seemed grateful.
He put his arm around her waist and she did the same. He ignored the feelings this simple contact was having on him and concentrated. The race started and as time passed by Ranma found himself more and more involved into it. They moved sinconously through the circuit and they found the right pace and won the race quiet easily. Everything went smoothlyexcept for an overexcited Yoshi running towards them right after they passed the finish line, and bounced in his mother's arms. They crumbled to the floor, Yoshi on his mother and Akane on Ranma. They started giggling incontrollably and they were still giggling when the staff's chief gave them Yoshi's prize: an inflatable dolphin. Ranma was not happy about the prize, expecially because he had to inflate it himself, but he was so glad to see Yoshi's lips bloom into a smile. The kid stayed with them the time necessary to inhale a sandwich and then he ran to his friends to show off his prize. After an hour and an half Ranma was bored, bored from head to toe. Yoshi was playing with his friends while Akane had produced a book from her bag right after lunch and was still reading. He had nothing to do.
"Aehm..." he started "Akane?"
"Hmm?" she answered without paying too much attention.
"Do you wanna take a bath?" he asked tentatively.
She forgot her book for a moment and looked at him with a perplexed face: "You mean..."
"The pool." he indicated the big pool on his left.
"Oh. Right. The pool." she took a breath, relieved.
"Yes. It's so hot and..." he looked at her, comprehension dawning on his face "And you call me a pervert!" he stated, a smile plastered on his face.
They came back home late that evening, for dinner they had stopped in a fast food for Yoshi's happiness. Akane was carrying the basket she had used for the picnic at the pool while Ranma had a slepping Yoshi in his arms. She opened the gate and then the door, put the basket on the side and then turned towards Ranma that had followed her inside.
"Thanks for carrying him. He was really tired." she thanked him taking her son in her arms.
"No problem. I'll take care of the basket." he answered looking at her.
She looked at him straight in the eyes, then a shadow passed in her features and for a moment she seemed unsure. He had seen her that way only late at night, when her son slept and she could let her defenses down.
"I..." she started, then stopped. She looked away and even if they hadn't turned on the lights he was sure that a blush was colouring her cheeks.
"I wanted to thank you. Once more."
It was his turn to look away, embarassed. "There is no need to." he answered looking at the floor and spying her movements without moving his head.
"Maybe you don't realize how much you're doing for Yoshi, but I do. And I appreciate it" her voice betrayed the intensity of her feelings and trembled a little.
"I told you that I love Yoshi and I meant it."
"It's not just Yoshi..." she stopped struggling to find the words but finding none. She exhaled flustered at her inability to voice her feelings and then she moved to kiss him on the cheek. Ranma chose that moment to lift his head to see what was taking her so long and their lips met taking him totally by surprise. The kiss ended before he evn realized it had started.
"S-sorry!" she stuttered covering her mouth with her free hand.
"N-nothing! I mean..." he can't say that he had actually enjoyed the kiss.
"I was...I was..." she tried to justify herself.
"Let's just go to sleep...ok?" he offered.
She looked defeated "Ok." She turned to leave but he called after her.
"Akane?"
"Yes?" she looked at him, allarmed.
"Goodnight."
"Goodnight, Ranma." she smiled "Don't forget to pick your sister and mother up at the station, tomorrow."
"Thanks." it was his turn to smile "By the way..."
"What?" she adjusted Yoshi's position on her arms.
"Nothing." he waved at her.
"Right...nothing." and she left, Yoshi hanging slightly on her left side.
END CHAPTER 05
AKANE - CHAPTER 05
They watched Yoshi playing with the other children for a while, then Akane broke the silence that had built between them.
"How come you know Ukyo, anyway?"
"She was a really good friend of mine when I was a little boy. We played together but I never realized she was a girl untill I was leaving for a training trip with my dad." he looked away embarassed.
"You didn't know she was a girl?"
"She always dressed like a boy, played with the boys...she did a very good job in playing the part." he looked at her, frustrated.
"Well...how did you find out her true gender?"
"As I told you I was leaving for a very long trip with my dad and I stopped at her house to say goodbye. She came closer and kissed me on the cheek. I said 'Ehw! Boys don't kiss boys!' and she answered 'But I'm a girl! And I want to be your girlfriend when you come back.'"
"How long haven't you seen each other?" she was really interested right now.
"More or less?" he seemed thoughtfull.
"More or less." she gestured him to answer.
"I haven't seen her untill today."
"What?!?"
"Don't look at me that way! I could I know she was still living in Nerima?"
Akane rolled her eyes.
"Maybe you can fulfill the promise now, and start seeing each other." she suggested with a whisper.
"So many things had changed since then."
Akane looked in Yoshi's direction and he saw the tenderness in her eyes while she looked at her son.
"I'll go get Yoshi, so we can eat, I'm starving!" he voluntereed standing up.
When he came back with Yoshi he was blushing furiously while an over- excited Yoshi ran towards his mother.
"Mom! I want you to do it! Please, do it for me!"
"What is it?" she asked looking between Yoshi and Ranma.
"The other children..." Ranma gestured to the other side of the pool "...told Yoshi there is this game...where parents win prizes for their children."
"Oh. Sounds fun." was Akane's reply.
"The girls told Ranma he was a beautiful father." smiled Yoshi.
"You are really an heartbreaker, Ranma. But they are too young for you!" mused Akane.
"Yeah, whatever...It's a game for couple so we have to play together." explained a very nervous Ranma fidgeting.
"Oh." Akane looked surprised "What do we have to do?"
"Nothing serious. The three legs walk. One of my leg chained with one of your." he was a little surprised that she was willing to play anyway.
"Please, mom!" pleaded Yoshi.
She thought about it for a moment, then she looked at Ranma: "What do you think? Do we have some chances?"
Ranma felt confidence running back trough his veins: "Consider the prize in your hands."
"Yeah!" squealed Yoshi excited running towards his new friends to tell them the news.
"Thank you. It seemed important for Yoshi."
"No problem. I love your kid." he said scratching the back of his head "And I never refuse a challenge."
Ranma felt his senses short-circuit while Akane neared him. He felt really perverted, too. They have been really close in the last few days, but that was just mental closeness, now it was totally different, because he was gonna touch Akane and he found himself wanting the touch more than it was convenient.
*Stop thinking that way!* he mentally kicked himself *It's just a race!*
"Are you ready?" she asked embarassed "It's your last chance to say no." she added meekly.
"I'm ready and I have no intentions to loose this race." he answered smiling. She seemed grateful.
He put his arm around her waist and she did the same. He ignored the feelings this simple contact was having on him and concentrated. The race started and as time passed by Ranma found himself more and more involved into it. They moved sinconously through the circuit and they found the right pace and won the race quiet easily. Everything went smoothlyexcept for an overexcited Yoshi running towards them right after they passed the finish line, and bounced in his mother's arms. They crumbled to the floor, Yoshi on his mother and Akane on Ranma. They started giggling incontrollably and they were still giggling when the staff's chief gave them Yoshi's prize: an inflatable dolphin. Ranma was not happy about the prize, expecially because he had to inflate it himself, but he was so glad to see Yoshi's lips bloom into a smile. The kid stayed with them the time necessary to inhale a sandwich and then he ran to his friends to show off his prize. After an hour and an half Ranma was bored, bored from head to toe. Yoshi was playing with his friends while Akane had produced a book from her bag right after lunch and was still reading. He had nothing to do.
"Aehm..." he started "Akane?"
"Hmm?" she answered without paying too much attention.
"Do you wanna take a bath?" he asked tentatively.
She forgot her book for a moment and looked at him with a perplexed face: "You mean..."
"The pool." he indicated the big pool on his left.
"Oh. Right. The pool." she took a breath, relieved.
"Yes. It's so hot and..." he looked at her, comprehension dawning on his face "And you call me a pervert!" he stated, a smile plastered on his face.
They came back home late that evening, for dinner they had stopped in a fast food for Yoshi's happiness. Akane was carrying the basket she had used for the picnic at the pool while Ranma had a slepping Yoshi in his arms. She opened the gate and then the door, put the basket on the side and then turned towards Ranma that had followed her inside.
"Thanks for carrying him. He was really tired." she thanked him taking her son in her arms.
"No problem. I'll take care of the basket." he answered looking at her.
She looked at him straight in the eyes, then a shadow passed in her features and for a moment she seemed unsure. He had seen her that way only late at night, when her son slept and she could let her defenses down.
"I..." she started, then stopped. She looked away and even if they hadn't turned on the lights he was sure that a blush was colouring her cheeks.
"I wanted to thank you. Once more."
It was his turn to look away, embarassed. "There is no need to." he answered looking at the floor and spying her movements without moving his head.
"Maybe you don't realize how much you're doing for Yoshi, but I do. And I appreciate it" her voice betrayed the intensity of her feelings and trembled a little.
"I told you that I love Yoshi and I meant it."
"It's not just Yoshi..." she stopped struggling to find the words but finding none. She exhaled flustered at her inability to voice her feelings and then she moved to kiss him on the cheek. Ranma chose that moment to lift his head to see what was taking her so long and their lips met taking him totally by surprise. The kiss ended before he evn realized it had started.
"S-sorry!" she stuttered covering her mouth with her free hand.
"N-nothing! I mean..." he can't say that he had actually enjoyed the kiss.
"I was...I was..." she tried to justify herself.
"Let's just go to sleep...ok?" he offered.
She looked defeated "Ok." She turned to leave but he called after her.
"Akane?"
"Yes?" she looked at him, allarmed.
"Goodnight."
"Goodnight, Ranma." she smiled "Don't forget to pick your sister and mother up at the station, tomorrow."
"Thanks." it was his turn to smile "By the way..."
"What?" she adjusted Yoshi's position on her arms.
"Nothing." he waved at her.
"Right...nothing." and she left, Yoshi hanging slightly on her left side.
END CHAPTER 05