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Chapter 21: Wedding? (Part 1)
'Ranma! Mom! I'm so happy to see you!' Resha cried, hugging her twin in a deadly embrace.
'Ugh…Can't. Breathe.' Ranma stuttered.
'Opps, sorry.'
Nodoka smiled at them both and gave Resha a warm hug. 'How are you?'
Resha knew she meant her relationship with Kurama. 'Fine' she answered simply.
'Hey Shuichi. How was my sis? Is she a pain in the ass?' Ranma grinned.
Kurama smiled back. 'No, just childish.'
'Yeah, right.' Resha rolled her eyes. The others laughed.
'Aunt Shiori, you did said that someone is coming tonight also, ne? Who is it?' Resha asked, looking at her aunty.
Shiori gave a small blush. 'Oh, you'll see.'
Resha only raised an eyebrow.
DING-DONG!
'I'll get it.' Resha opened the door to find a man and a boy, probably his son. Her gaze lingered on the boy. There was something wrong with his chi…
'Umm… Hello, is this the Minamino's residence?' the man asked suddenly.
'Huh? Oh! Yes. Sorry, do come in.' Resha snapped her thoughts off.
'Oh Takanaka, you are here already. So this is your son, Suuichi? Shiori asked, smiling at the young boy.
The boy smiled. 'Dozo yoroshiku, Mrs. Minamino.'
After that, Shiori introduced everyone and they went to eat dinner.
'You three were best friends in high school?' Ranma asked between mouthfuls.
'Yes. It's good to see the "Tanoshi" back together.' Nodoka beamed.
'Tanoshi?' Ranma questioned.
'Takanaka, Nodoka and Shiori. A nickname. Am I right, mother?' Kurama replied.
'Yes dear.' Shiori beamed.
'Your son is as clever as he was rumored. And very handsome too. You are very lucky, Shiori.' Takanaka smiled. He turned his gaze to Resha, who was eating in silence, quite restless. 'And your future daughter-in-law is genuinely attractive.'
Resha's eyes snapped upwards in surprise. "Had aunt Shiori been tellin' the whole world about their relationship?" she thought.
'Stunning!' Suuichi grinned.
Resha couldn't help smiling at that.
Her aunt looked at her apologetically. 'Minna, I have an announcement to make.' She said in a serious tone.
Resha blinked.
'Takanaka and I… are getting married.' She finished quietly, blushing.
Resha dropped her chopstick in utter shock. 'What…?' she whispered in disbelief. She suddenly got up and excused herself hastily to go to her room.
'I'll… talk to her. Please excuse me.' Kurama murmured.
Resha slipped the dress off and rummage through her drawer for her usual outfit. Damn, the dress was really bugging her, though it wasn't the best time to excuse herself. She sighed. Just as she pulled out the clothes, her bedroom door was suddenly opened.
'Resha, I know…' Kurama stopped in mid-sentence and blushed furiously, snapping his lingering gaze away from her. 'I uh…'
'Pervert! OUT!' she yelled, reddening. She pushed him out of the door and swiftly changed. She then opened the door heatedly and seethed. 'Do you know the manner of knocking before entering somebody's room, es-pe-cial-ly a girl's room?'
'I uh, didn't imagine you were changing. I thought you were mad about my mom's get…' Kurama didn't even finish his sentence.
'Why in seven hells would I bother? She can marry a youkai if she wants to, and I wouldn't care a damn!' she shouted.
Kurama's eyes darken dangerously and he gripped her wrist painfully. 'Watch it Resha. It's my mother we're talking about.' He said in an icy low tone.
Despite her own astonishment, Resha glared back, still enraged beyond words.
'Oh my.' Shiori's voice mumbled from the stairs. The two teens broke their fixed stare in surprise. Nodoka and Ranma were also with her.
'Are you two…fighting?' Nodoka asked quietly. Ranma shifted nervously by her side. He had seen enough to know that it wasn't just a stupid fight he and Akane always got into. This was far worse.
Kurama let go of his clench and Resha swiftly hid her blemished hand away from their view.
'Nothing.' The two mumbled lamely.
'Oh! Well, Takanaka and Suuichi had gone already. I thought we could all watch a movie… please?' Shiori uttered.
'Yes mother' Kurama replied. Resha nodded feebly.
"This is boring." Resha thought, a quarter to the movie. She never liked movies; they have really poor actors, according to her opinion of course. Half a second afterwards, she fell asleep.
Kurama watched in loath. Damn, he despised movies. This was one of the human things he hated the most. He turned around when he felt something soft on his shoulder. Leaning on his shoulder was Resha, fast asleep. Their mother made them sat together, though Ranma sat beside Resha. He noticed even Ranma was in a deep slumber. He returned his gaze to Resha's sleeping face and sighed, relaxed.
"The things she does to me." He thought. Just as he was about to slip his arms around her waist, pulling her closer, she stirred groggily and rested her head on Ranma's shoulder and hugged him. The scene bothered Kurama a great deal, though he didn't know why.
"You are jealous." Youko answered matter-of-factly.
"That's the dumbest thing I ever heard." Kurama denied edgily.
"I still say you're jealous. Oh come on Kurama, they are twins. They are just… connected."
"I bet she loves him only." Kurama uttered bitterly and turned his attention to the television, though he wasn't paying interest. A few minutes later he joined the twins in the dream world.
'Oh dear, Nodoka. They are sound asleep already.' Shiori whispered.
'Already? It's hardly half yet.' Nodoka turned around too. 'Oh well, let us go to sleep also.' She got up and silently shook Ranma up.
Ranma drowsily got up and was about to wake Resha up but his aunt and his mother wouldn't let him. Ranma sighed, feeling defeated and went upstairs. Resha was gonna be mad tomorrow.
Kurama stirred in the middle of the night and looked around him. He blinked. Resha was asleep in his arms on the sofa and in the dark. Had their mothers left them like that? Seriously? He blinked again.
'Go to sleep Kurama.' Resha muttered.
"Is she dreaming?" he thought.
Resha opened her eyes suddenly. 'Just go to sleep, will ya?' she yawned and snuggled closer for heat.
Kurama gave a faint blush. 'Um, aren't you going to sleep upstairs?'
'Lazy.' She answered simply. 'And besides, it's not the first time we slept together.' She added.
Kurama smirked in his head and hugged her back, lying back beside her. "It won't be the last either, love." He promised to himself.
"I'll make you love me, as well as break that stony heart of yours. And I will…make you mine, someday." He vowed softly and went to sleep.
