Disclaimer: I do not own Ranma1/2..


A/N: SURPRISE! Another oneshot for you guys :p :)!


"CHEERS FOR HAPPINESS! HAPPY BIRTHDAY AKANE!"

In her dazzled mind Akane cheers with her friends, but still looked doubtfully at the liquor glass in her hand. She gulped with anticipation as she took the glass closer to her nose and smelled it. She wrinkles her nose, it's not like it smells that bad, but it's not something that she would like also.

"Akanei! Don't think too much about it! Just drink it!" Yuka said while finishing her first shot.

"Gulp down the whole liquor at once, Akane! I promise, you will feel much better!" Sayuri said, encouraging her even more.

"But guys! I never tried this before.. And if my dad or Kasumi will find out about me taking this.. They might get really angry at me.." Akane said as she put her glass down on the ground.

"No one will ever find out about it, girl.. I mean, you are staying the night over here, right? So , how could they ever find out about it?" Sayuri said as she filled her glass again.

"But, what if I become tipsy, guys.." Akane again tried to reason with them.

"Don't worry about it.. I am feeling lil tipsy already… But, it's only three of us in this house. So, if we lose it.. We are gonna be the one to witness the madness, no one else will ever find out.." Saying that Sayuri and Yuka started laughing as they shared a high five with each other.

"Akane, NOW GO FOR IT! It's your nineteenth birthday for God's sake! Give your age some respect, woman!" Sayuri said as she went to sit beside Akane and made her take the glass again.

Yuka followed suit, as she also sat beside Akane and laid her arms around her shoulder, then she said with a encouraging tone,

"Still no kiss! Still virgin! Still no boyfriend! Haven't tried any liquor yet! I mean seriously Akane, you should give yourself some break! NOW STOP COMPLAINING AND GULP DOWN!"

They didn't give any more chances to Akane to complain about it and almost forcefully made her drink that at once. Akane wrinkled her face with the toxic taste of it, but soon she got interested and started enjoying herself without any resistance.

'It's my birthday anyways! I should enjoy, right?"

At Tendo resident..

"Oh my! Ranma.."

Ranma looked up from the television screen to Kasumi when he heard her calling him. He gave her a warm smile and asked,

"Yes, Kasumi-onechan, do you need anything?"

"Why are you up so late? I mean you just returned from your trip.. Aren't you feeling tired?"

Ranma sighs as he replied in a whisper tone,

"No.. I am not feeling tired actually.. But, sorry, did I wake you up with the tv sound?"

Kasumi shook her head at him and smiled warmly . She looked at him and tried to read his expression closely, but it was not possible because of this dimly lit room. But she can tell, just by hearing his tone, how sad and hurt he was feeling. Actually, she was feeling so sorry about this whole situation also. Here, her baby sister thought that Ranma had actually forgotten about her birthday and went on his training mission. Akane was so sad that, when her friends asked her to spend the birthday night with them, she immediately agreed. She understood why her baby sister had agreed to it, because she was deeply missing her unwanted fiancé badly, not that she would ever say it out loud to them.

After her imouto went to her friends house, at sharp midnight, Ranma suddenly came back to surprise her sister. But instead, he was the one who became surprised when he saw she was missing and at her friend's house. She still remembers how his face faulted at the mention of it. But, he tried to keep his cool around them, telling them, 'She will come tomorrow anyways, no worries..', but he doesn't know that she could see through him. And she felt so pitiful when she looked at his hurt expression.

"Do you want me to make you something, Ranma?"

"Oh no! It's two in the morning, one-chan. I will go to bed soon, don't worry.." Ranma replied while smiling.

"Okay then. I am going to bed, Ranma. Please, take some rest dear.."

"Yeah, sure thing…"

Kasumi left him alone in the living room. Ranma's happy face instantly came back to his sulking expression. Pulling his knees up together and crossing his arms around it, he started scowling again.

'Damn that tomboy! How could she leave me like this? I mean, yes, she has the right to do so... But, I was only tryin ta surprise her! Damn, she had managed to ruin every plan that I made for today.. I thought.. I thought I would try 'n say something nice to her today. Maybe, I would just .. Say- the-, you know , the L word, maybe. It's not like I am desperate or something. But, I would have tried..' Ranma sighs sadly as he gets angry at himself.

'And why am I moping like this? It's not like she is gone forever! I am a 'MAN AMONGST MEN'! What if my mom sees me like this...' He poked his head out to the side to see if his mom really came and saw him moping. He sighs with relief when he sees the coast was clear. Pouting his lips again, he growled as he started playing with his toes.

'LOOK, NOW! What that tomboy is making me feel! That, baka, baka, baka, baka, baka, Baka, BAKA, BAKA, BAKA, BAKA.."

Ringggg…

Ranma jerked up suddenly when he heard the phone ringing. He puts his palm over his beating heart while his mind proceed what he should do next. Then when the phone stopped and started ringing again. He hastily ran to grab the call,

'At this late hour! Who that might be?'

"Hello, Tendo resident.." Ranma said with a low steady tone and got frightened when he heard some sobbing sound coming from the other side.

"HELLO! Hello! Is it Ranma? Oh Ranma!" Yuka said over the phone, with a relief in her panicky tone.

"Hey, Yuka right!"

"Oh yes! Yesss! I am so glad to hear your voice! Ranma you need to…" She couldn't finish as some loud crying sound started to come from the other side.

"Hey! Isn't it Akane?" Ranma asked, panicking himself.

'Loud crying'.. "Oh Ranma! Please come to my house.."

"Why? What happened to her!"

'Even louder crying', "I can't say that now. I have to help Sayuri calm Akane down. Please, come as quick as you can!"

Ranma didn't have to listen more from her. He hurriedly puts the phone down and starts running towards Yuka's house in urgency. He started breathing hard as he ran as faster as he could. His heart was beating painfully thinking what might have happened to her. The agony filled cry he heard over the phone was making him so nervous about what might have happened to her that she had broken down like this. It was feeling as if the road was not ending for him, as he kept running towards Yuka's house.

'Akane! Akane! Hold on a sec please.. I am comin' ta you.. Oh Kami!'

The disappointed look on her face, that he had witnessed before going for his planned training trip, was coming to his mind again and again. Making his heart pinch with guilt for making such stupidity to leave her the day before her birthday. Smacking himself mentally, he quickens his pace even more and soon reaches Yuka's house. He thumbed at her door and thankfully she opened the door immediately with the brightest relief on her face.

"Yuka! Where is she? What happened to her?"

"Ranma! Oh, I am so glad to see you! Please,come inside quickly!"

Ranma went inside the house and quickly followed Yuka upstairs. He went inside her room and stopped shocked looking at the scenario in the room.

He saw with surprising eyes as Sayuri sat on the bed exhausted as she tiredly looked up at him. And on the ground, Akane sat with her knees up as she hid her face on her crossed arms, sobbing softly. Ranma hastily went beside her in a heartbeat and sat in front of her. In a panicky state, he instantly started to check on her body with his hand to see if she was hurt anywhere.

" 'Kane! You aren't hurt anywhere, right? Aww! Talk to me, TOMBOY!"

In his panic, he snatched her arms and made her look at him. His breath caught on his throat looking at her state, her eyes and nose were puffy red with her crying as she looked at him with pain in her eyes. She averted her eyes from him and pulled her arms away from him as she again hides his face over her arms.

" 'Kane, please tell me what happened.. If ya don't tell me then…"

Suddenly he stopped talking as he noticed something and his eyes went wide with shock.

"WHAT THE! YOU GUYS! DON'T TELL ME AKANE HAD THE ALCOHOL!"

"SO WHAT IF, IF -IF I HAD THE ALCOHOL!" Akane screamed back at his face while pouting.

"YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE DRINK SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER, TOMBOY!"

"WHO ARE YOU TO TELL ME WHAT TO DO OR NOT!"

"THAT'S NOT THE POINT.. THE POINT IS…"

"GUYS, PLEASE STOP IT!" Sayuri said, frustrated.

"Yes, please. I am sure my neighbor's are gonna complain about it to my parents tomorrow. Aww!"

"What is the meaning of all this?!" Ranma said with a stern voice, avoiding Akane's heated glare all the while.

"Ranma, please don't make a big deal out of it." Sayuri said to him tiredly.

"But you shouldn't have made her drink that, she hasn't had it before."

"Yes, we know. That's why we wanted her to try it out on her birthday! And we thought that it would cheer her up a bit as well." Yuka tried to reason with him.

"Cheer her up! But why?"

"Yes Ranma!" Sayuri joined Yuka as she said, "She was really upset that you forgot about her birthday and left her alone."

"NO! I AM NOT UPSET! THIS SELFISH JERK CAN GO WHEREVER HE WANTS TO ! WHO CARES..!" Akane yelled while pouting.

"Keep your mouth shut Tomboy!"

"WHY YOU!"

"Guys, please!" Yuka huffed and began again, "We only tried to cheer her up with this. But the moment she had her fourth drink, she completely lost it. At first she started to curse you and then suddenly she started crying for you like a baby. She said she was missing you and wanted to go find you. We really had a hard time holding her back. That made her even more upset and she started crying even more saying she wanted to see you. That's why I called so that, Kasumi-san or her dad would come here to calm her down, because we tried everything we could…"

"No! I DON'T MISS HIM! HE IS A JERK! NO! No!" Akane said as she started sobbing on her arms again.

Ranma's heart started beating wildly when he heard all this. But looking at Akane's depressed state as she started wiping again, he decided to tease her to make her angry. Because he could gladly handle a furious Akane then a crying one. Ranma chuckle slightly and asked her arrogantly,

"Yo 'Kane. You were cryin for me!" He smirked again seeing as she angrily looked up at him as she turned to glare at her friends as well. She angrily stood up, swaying a little and smacked Ranma's hands away when he tried to help her steady. Then she said with her greeted teeth,

"I won't forgive you guys for this.."

"But Akane!" Sayuri stood up panicking.

"Akane, don't get mad at us please. We are sorry.." Yuka tried to approach her.

"NO! I WON'T TALK TO NO ONE! GOODBYE!"

Saying that, Akane started to walk out of the house in a hurry. Yuka and Sayuri wanted to join her, but Ranma stopped them, saying he will take care of the matter.

Soon they approached the road as Akane was proudly walking by herself, unsteadily, wearing her night yellow pajama. Ranma kept a little distance from her, a warm smile plastered on his handsome face as he observed his tomboy try to act cool in front of him.

'Oh boy! She was missing me this bad? I should have known better..' He stopped his thinking as he saw her stopping in her tracks suddenly as she angrily turned towards him and pointed a finger at him.

Akane growled at him and said, "STOP.. following me, you, you PERVERT!"

Ranma sighs as he said, "I am not following you, tomboy. I happen to stay in the same house as yours."

"Really? You were not following me then?" Akane asked him with a hurt tone.

The miserable way she whispers that to him made him wince as he started stuttering,

"No, I mean to say, yes! I mean no! The thing is.."

"Anyways, why would you follow me?" She said as she lowered her head and started whispering again, "I am an uncute tomboy to you right? And what else? Oh yes..! Flat-chested, built like a brick, my thighs are too thick! I am no good for you.., isn't it? And you have way better choices to be with! Why are you living with me then, huh?" She started sobbing again while saying all that.

"Ow! Ow! Ow! Please, Kane! Please stop crying now.. I didn't say that.."

"BUT YOU ALWAYS SAY THAT TO ME!"

"I do?" He scratched his head as she huffed at him. "Okay, okay, I'm sorry, tomboy.. Now please let's go home.. I am really tired."

"No! I won't go with you! I won't.." Saying that she started walking again and he started following her closely this time.

" 'Kane, 'KANE!"

"You are so mean! You left me on my birthday..!"

"But Akane, listen to me.."

"No! I don't wanna listen to you no more. Things can't go on like this. I have to do something. I have to... YES! I HAVE DECIDED!" She stopped suddenly on her tracks and looked at him with determination on her face.

"You have decided what really!?" Ranma asked her, feeling confused.

"I want a divorce.."

"You want WHAT!"

"I WANT DIVORCE FROM YOU RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW!"

"What! But 'kane I can't.."

"NO MORE EXCUSES!" Akane said as she put her hand in front of her.

"We are not married yet, dummy. How can I divorce you?" Ranma said exhausted as he started to feel nervous about the whole situation.

"We are not married yet!"

"Duh! Of course not!"

"Then, why are you staying at my place then?"

Ranma sweat dropped as he tried to calm his nerves. Then he tried to say to her calmly, but before he could utter anything, she again started saying,

"Then why am I not dating anyone? I should date someone, right? What if all the guys get married and leave me alone? Oh no! Who will marry me then! I will be left all alone!"

" 'Kane, please, I am really tired, let's go home."

"But, Ranma." Ranma came to her side and held her hand tightly with his. Then he started dragging her with him,

"We can talk tomorrow, tomboy."

"No! I wanna settle this now!" She said as she tried to stop him.

Ranma stopped short and looked at her heatedly. He knows Akane is drunk now and talking nonsense. But that doesn't mean she can talk like this. Divorce! How can she even think about separation with him!

"What do you wanna settle, huh?" He asked her harshly.

Hearing his tone, Akane's lower lips started to tremble as fresh tears blinded her vision. Ranma sighs as he tries to calm himself.

"I am sorry, 'kay? But please stop saying all this nonsense.."

"But I can't go on like this, Ranma.. It really hurts..." Akane sniffed as she puts her hand on her eye.

Ranma tried to make her look at him but she slapped his hand away and said,

"Leave me, Ranma. Please choose someone! Please stop dragging me.."

"Akane… I.."

"No, stop! I know you don't have any feelings for me."

"Who said that?"

"You said it yourself, dummy!" She sniffs and continues, "I can't see you leaving me all the time. To have this fear and insecurity, that that, who you took with you on your trip this time.."

"Sheh 'Kane! Why would I take anyone!"

"Because, you are a pervert!" She pouted at him as her lower lip started to tremble again. Then she bits her lips and looked up at him expectantly as she blurted out saying,

"And I also want to have my first kiss too."

"WHAT!" He looked to his left and right to see if anyone was there, then he asked her feeling nervous, "HERE? Now? But Kane..."

"But NOT WITH YOU!"

"What did you just say!" Ranma asked, not believing his ears.

"You already had your first kiss .. Why would I kiss you and waste my first kiss experience?" She said it as a matter of fact, and continued babbling,

" I hafta find someone, who is still a virgin kisser."

"WHAT THE! I didn't kiss no one, they kissed me! So I still am a virgin kisser." 'What the hell am I saying!' He thought to himself, getting frustrated at himself.

"No! You.. You kissed Shampoo twice. I saw it.. First, I will also kiss someone two times then I will let you kiss me, you hear me, Ranma Saotome!"

Ranma huffed as he gripped her shoulder tightly to make her look at him, "You have no idea what you are saying right now, tomboy. Don't say nothing, just come with me."

Saying that though his greeted teeth, he hastily pulled her up bridle style and started carrying her to their house. Akane protested at first, but when she saw nothing was working against it, she huffed defeated and held his neck loosely.

Ranma had to tighten his hold on her, because she was making it difficult for him to carry her.

He had decided to keep quiet about this and not to react to whatever she was saying anymore. But frustratingly, he started to lose this battle as he heard her keep babbling to him,

"Okay, so if we separate… Who will I marry then? Where will I go then? Oh, I know. I can start courting Ryoga. What do you say, Ranma? He is really a nice guy. And doesn't seem to mind my cooking as well. Yes! He will be the perfect choice!"

"Would you mind shutting yar mouth.." Ranma said while growling.

But who listens to him, "You don't like Ryoga then! Awww! Then who will I choose? There is a lots to choose from. Umm.. let me think deeply. OH YEAH! Hiroshi? Daisuke? But they already had their FIRST KISS! Who will I kiss then! Umm, oh yeah! There is Kuno! Ewww! No, I don't wanna kiss him.. Who else.. "

Ranma stiffened hearing her say all this but he kept greeting his teeth and listened to her calmly..

"OH YEAH! I KNOW..! SHANOUSUKE WILL BE PERFECT CHOICE! What say Ranma?" Her face brightened up with the idea, as she missed the low growl coming out from him and continued anyways, "He is not bad at all. He is good looking and strong as well.. I bet he hasn't kissed anyone yet! Yap! That's right! We will have fun sharing our very first kiss with each other! Oh I just can't wait to ahh!"

Akane yelped in surprise when Ranma all of a sudden puts her down and trapped her against a fence. She looked at him and gulped with uneasiness as she sees him looking at her angrily as he breathed heavily over her face.

Ranma closed his eyes to calm himself down when he saw how frightening she had become.

'Damn this woman. Damn..'

How could she talk to him like this? He tried, he tried to ignore all this nonsense talk, but the more she was saying all that, the more images of them doing all that came to his mind. He gripped her shoulder tightly as he tried to regain his breath. Then opening his eyes he looked at her with pleading eyes,

"Ranma!"

" 'Kane, please. Please stop. Damn it." He sighed with a heavy heart and began whispering to her with a soft tone,

"I am sorry. I am really sorry 'kay? You happy now?" He sighed again. "Look, I didn't forget about yar birthday. I just wanted ta surprise you. And I came back to surprise you, didn't I?" He saw her nodding her head slightly, "The problem is, the plan backfired on me. How would I have guessed that you would go to your friends house the moment I move out of the house!"

Akane's eyes tears up hearing all that, she sniffed and whispers to him, "I was missing you so much, Ranma. I was really hurt that you left me on my birthday.." Akane said with a small tone as she bites her lower lips.

Ranma sighs with a heavy heart, he loosened his hold on her as he lays his palm over her cheek. He wiped her tears clean and without any words, he pulled her towards him and hugged her tightly. He buried his face on the crook of her neck and took her smell in. Akane just closed her eyes and hugged him more tightly as she started to sway both of them slightly.

"I am sorry. I won't leave you like this ever.."

"Promise?" Akane murmured over his chest.

"Ya, I promise. And please don't ever say whatever nonsense you just said now.."

Akane just plainly nodded her head as she rubbed her face over his chest. They stood like this for a long moment, savoring each other's closeness and hugging each other with all their might. Then after sometime, he felt her leaning to him more as her body got loose and she almost fall on the ground if Ranma hadn't gripped her tightly. Ranma pulled her upward to stand still and saw that she already fell half asleep standing there. He sighs and carries her again.

They both soon reached Tendo house. Ranma silently opened the door and took her to her room as quietly as possible. He opened her bedroom door and closed it when they entered her room. He carefully puts her down on her bed and pulled the blanket over her body. He smiled looking at her peacefully sleeping state as he slowly caresses her hair and got ready to get up and leave.

As he was pulling his hand out from her, all of a sudden Akane again woke up jerking violently as she gripped his arm and pulled him towards her. Ranma was not ready for that pull and he accidentally hovered on top of her. He gulped with fear when their noses bumped with each other. He clears his voice and whispers to her in panic,

"Akane, let me go.."

"No, I won't. You will leave me again."

"I promised you right, that I won't."

"Please Ranma. Stay with me.."

The way she pleaded to him, it made his heart melt instantly. He sighs and asked her,

"But I know you will call me a pervert when you will wake up in the morning."

"No, I won't. I promise. Please don't leave me.."

He smirked hovering over her, as he saw her struggling to keep her eyes open,

"But you're 'bout ta divorce me.."

"I changed my mind.." She whispers softly.

"Oh really! But why so?" He whispers back as he keeps looking at her unblinking.

"Because I.. I.. I lo.."

Before she could say anymore, she lost her fight with her sleep and fell asleep, holding his arm tightly.

Ranma sighs as he slowly bumped his head with hers. Then he carefully climbed down from the bed and sat on the ground. Akane turned on his side and hugged his arms closely to her chest as she lay her cheek on his open palm. Ranma smiled at this and sat there silently watching over her.

Ranma traces her cheeks with his thumb as he we went closer to her face and kissed her cheeks softly, making her smile in her sleep. He then laid his head on her bad as his eyelids became heavy, but he kept looking at his fiancé sleeping form. The last thing he whispered before drifting to sleep,

"Happy Birthday 'Kane.. I love you too.."


A/N: I was writing the epilogue, but suddenly, this idea came to me and was tickling my mind mercilessly. So I thought, I should take some rest and write it down. Then after I finished writing it, I thought why not post it immediately ;p.. Haha! And the most surprising thing for me, I did all this within 28 hour! Oh my eyes are pinching now! :p

I hope you guys will like this fic as well. Please please let me know, ok? Your sweet reviews always kept motivating me to write more and more.

NEXT, COMING SOON! Soon means really soon :p.. The gleams of the epilogue.. So, wake up RanmaxAkane fans, we have lots to find out about ;p..

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