A/N: Hello everyone.. For better understanding, this ' ' sign indicates their thoughts and this " " sign shows that they are talking… I can't do much about other grammatical mistakes, as a non-Eng. girl this is the least I could do, but I tried my best to check it... So now enjoy! :)


"Ranma…"

Ranma slowly puts down the big bin bag that he was holding and turns towards Kasumi and asked her politely,

"Yes, One-chan..?"

"Please dear, leave the rest to me, I will clean everything here. Nothing much is left to clean anyways.."

"It's not a big deal, I can always help.."

Kasumi smiled warmly at him and said, "I know you can, dear, you always do. But today is your wedding night! You should not be here in the first place!"

'Well that's the only reason why I wanna be here so badly and help more.' He thought nervously as he started sweating hard in his growing anxiety, then clearing his throat he tells her,

"I- uh.. yeah, I know.. But, LOOK! There is lots of stuff in there, let me fix all those first!" Saying these in a panic state he rushed to do some more work left in a corner.

But before he could go there, Kasumi held his arm and gently started to push him out of the dojo as she said,

"Please don't overdo yourself, Ranma. And go to your room, you need rest.."

Kasumi didn't even let him argue with her anymore as she gave him an encouraging look.

Ranma sighs defeated as he said,

" 'Kay, I am going.. Night Kasumi.."

Kasumi giggled and said with a silly tone,

"Good luck!.."

Ranma grumbled while he made his way towards his room as he started thinking to himself,

'NOW WHAT! Me and that tomboy! We are finally HOOKED! I still can't believe it! And she did it just so I could get the nannichuan to cure myself! Yes, I did get my hand on that water uninterrupted and 'm cured now, but is this the only reason why she married me? Well, it must be the only reason coz I have denied my feelings to her on her face.' Ranma sighs feeling irritated at himself. He was feeling drained as he thought bitterly while climbing up the stairs,

'What do you expect! Huh?! We just returned from a hectic mission all the way from China and soon I found myself wearing a tuxedo for my wedding! How could anyone expect to be cool and calm after seeing... seeing her wearing that.. that things!'

Ranma sighs sadly, his face had a longing look on it as he began to think about her, 'She looked so cute in that dress today... Cute! What am I saying! She looked absolutely beautiful and it certainly took my breath away when my eyes fell on her..! I was actually shocked to my bones! And at my that state of mind, how could she expect me to come clear to her! Well, duh! I could have easily come clear and confess to her! But.. When did my mouth ever listened to my mind?! If it was that easy for me to say what I really think, I wouldn't have acted like a complete jerk towards her all the time! And on top of that she just ACCUSED me of confessing to her loudly that day! But I was SURE AS HELL I didn't say it aloud! But does it even matter?! Damn it! How'd she read my mind in the first place! Well, this is really scary! Can she read my mind now! Oh Kami! Have some mercy on me.. The last thing I want in my life to share my thoughts with her! She is already callin' me a pervert for nothin, but if she ever really hears what I am think of her. Oh God! She is sure gonna smack me every second of my life!'

Ranma sighed defeated as he stood in front of their room and kept thinking to himself, 'I was so stunned to see her in that dress! But I was more happy than stunned to see her looking so lively and beautiful, wearing that wedding dress and standing in front of me with all her glory…Looking like a complete tomboyish type Angel! So beautiful, twinkling so naturally... If things were not as complicated as it is , like ours, I would have just kept staring at her without blinking my eyes and poured my heart out confession by bending down to her knees..….'

Ranma abruptly stopped his thinking and started blinking his eyes in confusion, 'And why did I think that all of a sudden!?'

"Oh boy! Now look! What that tomboy is making me think? Jeez it sounded so cheesy! And what am I doing standing here like a complete idiot? I think Kasumi was right, I really do need rest..."

Saying that annoyingly to no one in particular, he absentmindedly opened his room's door to find his mother making their bed for the night.

Hearing the unexpected opening of their door, they both looked up at Ranma as he looked at them in return. They all became silent after that and kept staring at each other awkwardly. Then Ranma shrugged his shoulders and closed the door behind him, Nodoka came to her senses fully and when Ranma casually began to take off his tuxedo, his mom started asking him,

"Ranma! Why are you here, son?"

"Uhh, mom.. I am feeling tired, so.. I wanna sleep!" Ranma said as a matter of fact as he took off his tuxedo fully and gave his mother a confused stare for even asking something so oblivious.

Her eyes widened in shock as she took a sharp breath of unbelief, but before Nodoka could say anything anymore, to Ranma's surprise, Genma started yelling at him,

"IF YOU WANNA SLEEP SO BADLY SON, THEN WHY DON'T YOU GO TO YOUR WIFE"S ROOM.."

Ranma got angry after hearing that as he also started yelling at him without even thinking about what he was saying anymore,

"WIFE! ARE YOU CRAZY OLD MAN! WHY WOULD I WANNA GO TO THAT UNCUTE TOMBOY FOR? NOW MOVE, I WANNA GET READY FOR BED.."

"Son! So you are saying that you are not interested in going to Akane and... and.. you don't want to do that, with, your, wife?!" Nodoka whispers unbelievably, her eyes wide with shock.

Suddenly hearing her tone of voice and feeling the cold aura surrounding her, Ranma and Genma both turned their nervous eyes towards her, but soon their nervous stares changes to horrifying one when they saw Nodoka's hand going towards her katana.

"Oh my poor child Akane…! And here I thought my Ranma was manly enough! Oh Kami, please forgive me, but I don't think I have any other choice left…"

Hearing the clinging sound as she released the katana from it's binding cloth, both Saotome started sweating hard as they began strutting nonsense to her. Then when they saw her putting a white cloth on her forehead and getting herself ready for performing seppuku, Genma hastily pushed Ranma hard at the direction of the door and ran towards her in panic, then he said to her while trying desperately to comfort her,

"Dear! Our Ranma is the manliest man ever! Trust me he definitely is! Please don't doubt it.. Heh heh!"

Nodoka turned her helpless teary eyes towards her husband as she said to him in a low trembling voice,

"But dear, he doesn't want to go to his newly wedded wife on his wedding night! And there, my Akane must be waiting all alone, heartbroken, for her husband to come to her. Oh Kami! What type of man refuses to fulfil their husbandry duty! He can't be manly enough!" Genma started sweating as he gulped saying,

"Heh, heh! No! I think there is some misunderstanding dear, he must have come here to take his stuffs for him?! It was a surprise wedding after all.. I am sure he is going to leave after he takes what he wants... Right boy?" They turned to look at him for confirmation, but all they saw was an empty place where he was proudly standing seconds before.

Ranma spread his palm over his wildly beating chest as he slipped out of his once 'USED TO BE ROOM' as fast and unnoticed as possible. He leaned his head on the door frame from outside.. He started breathing hard, hot sweat drenched his face as the reality of the situation hits his guts hard, gulping uneasily he slowly asked to no one in particular,

"Oh joy! Where should I go now?!"

But before he could think anymore, he saw Nabiki poking her head out from her room as she came out of there while smirking at his direction. She also landed onto her door frame sideway as she shook her head at him in an unbelievable manner,

"Oh Ranma, Ranma, Ranma! What will I do with you?"

"WHAT Do ya mean..? And why would you do anything with me !? What do ya want anyways!?" He whispers to her harshly, panicking that his mom might hear him if he dares to speak any louder.

Nabiki snickers as she says, "Huh! What do I want! Seriously, Ranma.. Today is your WEDDING NIGHT dummy! How could you even think of sleeping with your parents on this particular day! Grow up big boy! "

"Hey!" Ranma pouted as his face went bright red, then he started sweating hard as he said,

"I.. I. Uh… I know that , okay! You don't need ta rub that on ma face!"

"Oh really! Then what are you doing here, mind tell?"

"None of yar business!"

"Uh huh? Okay then..!" Nabiki said as she blew onto her nails, behaving indifference. Then suddenly her eyes twinkled with mischief and without any warning she slowly came beside him and whispers to him,

"Hey, I almost forgot, I still haven't given you your wedding gift, huh Ranma? Well, it's your special night so this advice would be free for you.. you can take it as your wedding gift brother-in-law.." Ranma blinked his eyes in confusion as he asked her,

"What advice?"

Nabiki smiled sweetly at him and said in a low voice,

"Look Ranma, for this idiotic incident that just happened here right now I am sure your mom is already thinking of you less of a man, well I can't blame her for that… But if you want to wipe off this dumb act of yours.." She slyly smiled at him and landed closer to his ear to whisper her gift, "Make sure my baby sister wiggles a little while walking tomorrow.."

Ranma was staring at her with complete disbelief in his eyes, his mouth opening and closing like a fish out of water, unable to form any kind of word to her.. Then when he found his voice again, without thinking about anything anymore, he started yelling at her,

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YA SAYI…"

"DEAR! I TOLD YOU. RANMA IS STILL HERE! I WAS RIGHT, NOW WHERE IS MY KATANA!"

"Dear , dear, please stop! I am sure your ear just deceived you again, he is sure with Akane right now…"

Ranma got more panic hearing the commotion that was happening behind the door. When he heard the footsteps approaching the door, with a newfound speed, using all his power, he hastily ran out from there, hearing a "good luck" from Nabiki as he flew by her side. Then without even thinking of knocking, he forcefully burst open Akane's bedroom door and upon entering he locked the door in a haste.

Bending his head over the door, panting hard he gave a big sigh of relief,

"Phew! That was close!" As soon as he looked up the door, suddenly a pillow flew to his back and hit him on the back of his head,

"Hey, why did ya do that for!"

"What hey?! Oh honestly, Ranma! Can't you knock before entering?"

While still facing the door side, Ranma started stuttering out,

"I.. I.. Uh… it's not like…umm I have a hand on anything right now.. I.. Umm.. I am not that desperate to come here or 'nothin… I was forced ta come here, anyways.."

Silence filled the room suddenly. Ranma was contemplating whether to turn around or disappear from the spot, but for some reason his feet got glued to the ground and he couldn't even move an inch. Then when he heard some shuffling sound, like she was putting some clothes over the table coming from behind him, he got even more stiff..After some pause, he heard her saying to him in a low trembling voice..

"You… you were forced, Ranma! You.. You didn't want to come here tonight?!"

The way she said those words to him, with such a pained tone, Ranma became even more anxious, he gulped loudly as he asked her with a cracked voice,

"I.. I.. Uh umm.. You.. I mean, Yo.. you wanted me ta ta.. Come here!?"

He heard her sighing sadly as she replied to him with the same sad tone,

"Why won't I, Ranma? Today is our wedding night, after all …"

Akane paused and Ranma's heartbeat stopped, well almost stopped, he then heard her sniffle as she asked him,

"Why are you not facing me, Ranma? Do I.. Do I disgust you this much?"

That made him turn around swiftly towards her while defending loudly,

"HEY! That's not what I meant ta…"

And he stopped, shocked! His eyes wide open, mouth a gap, his whole body started trembling, he held his breath as he looked at his newly wedded wife standing in front of him, wearing a silk dark blue night suit which was clinging to her body like her second skin. Her dress was short, he can actually see her silk matching shorts poking out from under her short dress. His eyes unwavering, he flopped back to the door immediately as he took support from it to stand still because his legs suddenly started trembling like a jelly.

Seeing his typical reaction, Akane shakes her head at him in annoyance and to make things more difficult for him, she began posing like a model in front of him. She puts her one hand behind her head and the other one over her waist as she asked him while innocently batting her eyes at him,

"You like… what you see… Ranma?"

But no sound came out of his open mouth as he kept looking at her with wide panicky eyes.

Giving him an innocent look, Akane smiled sweetly at him and puts both her hands at the edge of her fluttering dress. She moved left and right, showing off her dress to him as if rubbing the fact on his face that she wore this sexy outfit only for him. But, whatever poses she tries he remained in the same position, if it's even possible, he was looking as if he was ready to start crying anytime soon. When she realized nothing was working on him, She dropped her hands at her side with a huff as she asked him, feeling irritated...

"WHAT!? Are you going to stand there like this ? Don't you have anything to say to me, BAKA!"

That familiar tone of her snapped him back to reality, he found some of his courage back and stood back up as he pointed an accusing finger at her, saying,

"WHY ARE YA WEARING THAT… THAT… THAT THING!"

That sudden outburst from him made her even more angry at him as she also started to yelling,

"OH HONESTLY, RANMA! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO SAY HOW I AM LOOKING IN IT! NOT WHY I AM WEARING IT! AND WHY ARE YOU POINTING AT ME LIKE THIS HUH, IDIOT!"

"HAH! HAH! SO NOW I AM THE ONE WHO'S AN IDIOT, HUH! LOOK, WHO IS TALKING HERE! YA ARE CALLN ME AN IDIOT AND LOOK WHO JUST DRESSED LIKE ONE! DRESSING LIKE THIS WON'T CHANGE A TOMBOY, YOU HEAR ME, TOMBOY..!"

"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY!" Akane asked him with angry wide eyes, thumping her one leg forward as if warning him and daring him to repeat his words again.

That made him more excited as he started to get more comfortable, he swiftly shifted his already opened tuxedo at his other arm and got ready to fight her with an arrogant smirk on his face as he started warning her while balling his both fists forward,

"HUH! SO YOU WANNA FIGHT 'BOUT IT, HUH! SUIT YAR SELF, TOMBOY! DONT CRY LATER IF YOUR DRESS GETS RUINED..."

"WHY….! YOU…! RANMA!..." She was ready to accept his challenge but she stopped at the last moment. She stood up straight as her body loosened from the battle posture. She gave him a defeated sigh and looked down at her feet, her bangs hiding her expression from him.

Ranma could sense the gloominess that suddenly surrounded her. He stood up straight and felt guilty for whatever he said to her.

'But, what have I said to her that's making her so upset?' Ranma scratched his hair in confusion as he thought to himself, feeling more and more perplexed as the seconds passed by. Then he hears her sniffing again as she rubbed her one eye with her finger. That scene alone made him even more panicked as he didn't think too much and decided to apologize to her…

" 'Kane, look, I am sorry.. I.." But before he could finish, Akane started saying with a trembling voice,

"No…! It's me who should apologies to you …" Akane wiped her eyes clean as she sniffed while saying, "I should… I should have understood that marrying me is not what you wanted in the first place.. I am sorry.. I thought.. I thought…"

"STOP SAYING NONSENSE THINGS, WILL YA?!" At his sudden outburst, she looked up at him surprised, with tears in her eyes as he looked back at her with an extremely helpless look. He sighs defeated as he lowers his head and looks down..

"So…. So you're saying.. You are okay with all this…?"

Ranma slightly looked up at her from behind his bangs as he replied to her politely,

"I am here, aren't I?"

"But you said you were forced to come in here..!" Akane retorted while pouting at him.

At that he fully looked up at her and said while awkwardly scratching the back of his head with his hand ,

"Well, that's because, I absentmindedly went to my old room instead of coming in here.."

"You did?!" She asked surprised as he nodded. Then suddenly the room got quiet again and they both got more nervous. They both looked down at their fits again as their faces became the brightest shade of red. Akane ballad her fists together in front of her legs as she bits her lower lips in anticipation.

Ranma's whole body became like steel, he became so anxious about the whole atmosphere that he started stretching his head left and right while contemplating whether to flee from the spot now or stay. Then, suddenly, his whole body shook violently, just like some electricity went through his it, when he heard what Akane asked him next…

"So… Umm.. You are okay with what we are going to do tonight?" She asked him while playing with her bangs and giving him a longing stare...

Ranma started sweating again as he again flopped back to the door, instantly melting seeing the smile she was giving him. He tried to answer her bravely, but all it came out was,

"I uh.. Guh I buh..guf ah I…"

Instead of getting annoyed at his reaction, she smiled at him devilishly as she slowly started going towards him, swaying her hips seductively in her every step.

Ranma's eyes instantly dropped to her swinging hips as he gulped as he desperately tried to look at her face and not at any other appealing part of her body, no matter how bad he had to fight with his inner perverted self for it..

"So… Ranma.. You like my dress, right?" She whispers to him while reaching his side..

"That.. I.. Uh..umm ya guf.. guh!"

"Why are you sweating like this, honey?" Upon reaching him Akane slowly started trailing down her finger on his face, making his whole body tremble violently again. He jerked up suddenly at her touch and then started walking backwards while answering her all queries,

" What happend, Ranma? Are you scared?"

"Huh! Who? Me..? Ha ha! What made you think like that!" But he stopped dread on his track when suddenly the chair blocked his path. He immediately took another corner and began walking backwards again while watching her every steps..

"Then.. Why are you backing out from me like this, dear?"

" Well, uhh.. Because you are coming too close to me!?" This time her closet blocked his path and he again turned to walk backwards blindly, not knowing where he was heading to.

Akane slyly smiled at him and said with a seductive tone while following his every path with slow sensual steps,,

"Well, silly.. We need to get more closer now... It's our wedding night, after all.. Or you don't know what happens on wedding night? Huh, dear husband?"

Hearing her say it this boldly, Ranma again shivered violently as he started to put his tuxedo on, on himself while stuttering his reply to her,

"Well.. Duh! Guf ahh.. I ahh KNOW, OKAY?" But unfortunately, at that exact moment the bed interrupted his escape, as he ungracefully flopped down over the bed.

Akane took the opportunity as she also went up to bed and they both started the same game over the bed again, Ranma going backwards and this time Akane seductively crawling towards him.

"Then if you know what we have to do Mr…. Why are you putting your tuxedo on, hmm?"

"Uhh.. Because I… uhh...I...I.. uh… I AM FEELING COLD, OKAY?"

"Oh, really?" Akane asked slyly as she finally backed him towards the wall, to end his escape game fully. She heard him gulping loudly as she went closer to him even more. Then she slowly started to pull down his tuxedo from his steel like body with lingering touches of her soft fingers.. Once done, she hooked her arms around his neck as she whispers to his ears while moaning slightly,

"Oh my poor baby… You are feeling so cold!? Mmm.. Oh no, you are sweating as well…! Awwww.. Come here, l will make you hot within seconds…"

Ranma got panicked after hearing that, he slightly pushed her off of him and backed out at the very last part of the bed rail , he puts his hand in front of him and with wide panicky eyes he asked her,

"HOW? WHY? WHAT YOU GONNA DO? HUH?"

Akane didn't seem to mind his behavior as she again crawled towards him and this time, she sat over his lap while circling her arms around his neck.. Then she whispers over his trembling face,

"Why, Ranma… Don't you know what I am going to do with you now? The thing… we both… should be doing… on our wedding night… silly.."

Saying that she started leaning in closer to his lips as his eyes went wide with fear. Ranma couldn't believe what Akane was doing with him. Yes, he knows she was the first one to agree to go on with their marriage this time, but to act so boldly! So fast! He thought that she won't be ready for all this, THEY won't be ready for this! How can he tell her that HE is still not ready for all this! She would definitely think that he is not manly enough!

'But…. But… we are still so young.. How am I going to…'

Ranma's thinking stopped fully when he felt her breath over his face. He closed his eyes tightly in anticipation of what his tomboy might do to him next,

'But… she was so close ta me.. Why is she taking so much time to. ..'

Ranma's patience broke, he opened his eyes to find that Akane had stopped leaning towards his face and she was biting her lips hard to stop from starting laughing. But when she saw how Ranma was looking back at her, how doubtful he was looking, she couldn't control herself anymore and burst out laughing at his face..

"Oh my God! Hahaha! Look at your face, Ranma! Haha! Oh my!" Akane clutched to her belly tightly and fell from his lap while laughing hard. She started rolling over the bed while laughing hard at him. "Oh God! I just can't believe you fell for it..! Haha!"

Finally, Ranma understood what she meant.

'She was playing with me all this time!'

Ranma growled in frustration but inwardly felt relief for what was happening. But he couldn't shrug off the feeling of rejection as well. So composing himself, he tried to act cool in front of her,

"Huh! Of COURSE, I didn't fall for it mind tell ya… I knew it from the very beginning, YOU SEXLESS TOMBOY!"

Akane abruptly stopped her laughing and looked at him smirking, then pulling herself up in a sitting position she sat face to face with an irked looking Ranma and said playfully to him,

"Aha! You definitely fell for it this time, Mr.. You can't fool me, jerk.. Anyways, don't worry, I wasn't really expecting you to do anything with me today, anyways."

'Is that an insult!' He thought bitterly as he asked her,

"HEY! WHAT DID YA MEAN BY THAT! OF COURSE, you were EXPECTING something to happen. Otherwise, why would you wear.. that.. that.. that..."

"Silky sexy night suit?" Akane finished for him.

"EXACTLY!" Ranma strongly made his point while looking at her face hard, his face flushed.

"Oh honestly, Ranma, believe me or not, it was not my choice either… Guess who visited me before you came here, to give me a wedding night gift..?" She looked at him, expecting him to give her an answer.

Ranma kept looking at her, he blinked his eyes once, twice, then suddenly just like a bulb turned on he understood as he asked her fearfully,

"Please don't tell me it's my Mom…" when he saw her nodding her head, He slapped his face hard.. "Oh damn!"

"She made sure that I wore it perfectly before she left me… I was about to change into my usual pyjamas, when you suddenly burst open my door to come in.." She said while narrowing her eyes at him…

Ranma smiled sheepishly at her, but then, her one word came to his mind and made him worried, so he asked her directly,

"And why were you not expecting anything to happen today, huh?"

Akane was in the middle of yawning when he asked her that,

"Oh that! Well, it's obvious! What would I expect you to do with me anyways?"

"WHAT DID YA MEAN BY THAT? I MAY HAVE PLANNED TA DO.. DO.. DO.. SONETHIN WITH YA!.."

Akane gave him a bored look as she shook her head, saying,

" Oh really! Expecting something from you, huh? What a joke!"

"HEY! Don't JUST PUSH THE MATTER THIS HARD TOMBOY OR I JUST MAY…"

"You just may what?!" She crossed her arms in front of her while daring him to say more.

"I.. I.. May.. I uhh I just may..yeah that is.."

Akane slapped her face, feeling tired,

"Ranma please, I am just so tired right now.. Please let's just go to sleep okay?"

As he was watching her pulling the cover over her body, he snapped out of his dazed stance as he pulled her arms to make her turn towards him as he yelled at her,

"HEY! YOU JUST CAN'T END EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, YOU UNSEXY UNCUTE TOMBOY!"

"SO WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO, YOU INSENSITIVE JERK!"

"I WANT YOU TO EXPECT SOMETHING FROM ME.."

"Huh!" She looked at him confused.

"Don't give me that look..!"

"Oh honestly! You really want me to expect something from you? So, tell me.. What should I ATLEAST expect from you?!"

"Uhh.." Ranma rolled his eyes in thinking then suddenly, it clicked him, "Ya can... at least… expect me ta ta ta give ya a…a… a k-k-k-i-i-iss?"

Akane shook her head at him and said tiredly,

"You can't even say the word properly…"

"Well .. I said it though!"

"Look, Ranma.. Your saying it and doing it, is totally a day-night difference..."

"HEY, but I DID kiss ya at the altar or did ya forget 'bout that already?" He asked her while pouting.

"You call that a kiss! Well, sorry to break the news out like this but trust me, Kuno's poems gave me more chill than that kiss of yours..."

"What the!" He asked her while looking at her with wide unbelievable eyes.. It was as if she had stabbed him directly over his heart as he looked at her with unwavering eyes. Then suddenly, his hurt turned into anger as he said to her heatedly,

"HUH! LOOK WHO'S TALK'N HERE.. I DARED TA KISS YOU IN FRONT OF ALL THOSE PEOPLES.. AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN RESPONDED TO IT!"

"WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE, YOU PULLED OUT SO QUICKLY FOR ME TO DO ANYTHING!"

Now Ranma became happy because he got the counter attack,

"HUH EXCEPT IT TOMBOY! YOU- DON'T - EVEN - KNOW- HOW -TA - KISS! AWW, THAT'S A SHAME! WELL, WHAT TO EXPECT FROM A TOMBOY LIKE YOU? WHO DON'T HAVE ANY SEX APEAL AT ALL ! WHO WOULD WANNA KISS A UNCUTE GIRL LIKE YOU, ANYWAY! LOOK AT ME, I ALREADY HAD KISSED MORE THAN A GIRL! AND LOOK AT YOU, NOBODY HAD DARED TO KISS YA, YOU UNEXPERIENCED TOMBOY! I AM SURE ALL THE GUYS WERE SCARED TA KISS YA BECAUSE THEY FEARED THAT YOU MIGHT BROKE THEIR NOSE OR WORSE BITE THEIR TONGUE HARD! HAHA! AS VIOLENT AS YOU ARE AND THE GORILLA STRENGTH THAT YA HAVE, CAN YA BLAME THEM FOR FEARING YA?! HAHA! YOU SHOULD FEEL LUCKY THAT I AGREED TA MARRY YA! OTHERWISE, YOU ARE SOOO IDIOT AT DOING ANYTHING AND SO SO OVERLY VIOLENT THAT YOU WOULDN'T HAVE FIND ANY HUSBAND AT ALL…."

Akane growled loudly as she furiously turned to him fully and yelled at his face,

"OH YEAH!"

"OH YES!" They both were panting really hard and were nose to nose now. But Ranma wasn't finished with her yet, so he said over her face..

"You are soo uncu.."

He couldn't finish his talking because suddenly, Akane growled loudly and clamped his mouth shut with her mouth. She swiftly pulled his shirt collar and sealed his lips with hers with a long passionate kiss. Well, however, it was only from her side.…. Because, all the while she was kissing him senseless, all he was doing was, 'nothing'...

He became so shocked to get this reaction out from her that he couldn't even move a single muscle and he kept looking at her with wide unbelievable eyes as he saw how beautifully she closed her eyes as she kept kissing him with such passion that made him completely overwhelmed.

As for Akane, she made sure to make this kiss longer enough to give him some time to snap back to reality and kiss her back. But to her dismay, it was feeling as if she was the only one who was enjoying the moment while he became the puppet. So giving him a last long pull, she softly broke their kiss. She was nervous to look up at him to see his reaction, but when she dared to peek at him from under her bangs, all she saw was the way he was still looking at her with wide astonishing eyes… As the time tickled by, they remained at she same position, unmoving, looking at each other, unblinking… After some moment has passed, for some reason, Akane become worried for him as she started shaking his arm to snap him back to reality,

"Hey, Ranma? Ranma you okay?"

That made him snap back to reality fast as he looked at her and said breathlessly,

"Wow!"

That made her blushing red as she bits her lips in embarrassment.. Ranma's eyes followed her lips as she bites on it.. He lost himself fully looking at her lips, then, out of nowhere, something came into his wandering mind...

"Wait a minute! That can't be yar first time doing it! I'm 100℅ SURE! WHO DID YA KISSED BEFORE ME, HUH?!"

Akane couldn't utter any word to him as she stared at him dumbfounded ..

"I AM SURE YOU HAVE KISSED SOMEONE BEFORE! OR ELSE….. OR… OR ELSE… YOU WON'T BE THAT GOOD!"

Hearing him say it like that, she got angry and she snapped at him,

"SHUT UP, RANMA! I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE YOU ACCUSED ME LIKE THAT..! HOW DARE YOU! AND FOR YOUR KIND INFORMATION, I HAVEN'T KISS NO ONE BEFORE, BUT YOU DUMMY!"

" I AM NOT ACCUSING YA! BUT HOW COME YOU MANAGE TO DO IT SO PASSIONATELY?"

That made her stop as she began to think about it for some moment. Then after some time she answered him honestly,

"I don't know! It came out naturally to me, I guess.."

"But how come it came naturally to you and not to me?!" He sounded so heartbroken saying that to Akane that she had to gulp her teasing that she was planning to throw at him.

Ranma's shoulder dropped defeated as he turned from her and faced the wall. He bent his legs up and hugged his legs while pouting to himself.

Akane could sense the black shadow that just surrounded him. She knows him very well, he might be mopping because this particular thing could be a blow to his pride. She sighs at his childlike behaviour, she smiles warmly at his back side and decides to give him some break.

"Hey, Ranma.." No answer came from him as he turned his face to the opposite side, " Ranma! Please turn around!" She pulled him slightly to make him turn to her but he refused to move an inch. "RANMA, LOOK AT ME!" He declined again. "OKAY, I TRIED TO BE NICE HERE…" Saying that with greeted teeth, with her all brute strength this time she finally made him turn around to look at her.

"WHAT DO YA WANT TOMBOY.."

" I WANNA TALK."

"BUT I DON'T WANNA.."

"Please Ranma.."

That made him stop as he sighed miserably and looked down at his hand while pouting.

Akane took his hand at hers and held it tightly, then giving it a firm squeeze she told him gently,

"Ranma, we are still too young to know anything about it.. We both are not experienced at all." She paused for some time thinking, then said bitterly, "Well not me of course, but you already shared few kisses here and there.."

" HEY! It's not like I asked for it…" he said pouting.

She smiled warmly hearing that, "I know and I also know that, we both need time, Ranma. I am so happy that you are cured now. And without any interruption this time.."

He calmed down a bit hearing her say that so gently to him. He cleared his voice and then,

"Is… Is that the only reason why you married me, Kane?" He asked her suddenly, looking at her with hope in his eyes.

The way he was staring at her it made her heart melt instantly as she answers him truthfully,

"Marriage is a big thing, Ranma... I…. I umm.. I wouldn't have said yes, if I didn't want to.."

"Really..!" He whispers breathlessly.

"Umhmm.." She smiled and said while shyly tucking her hair behind her ear, "And besides, I am more concerned for you than myself. Listen to me carefully,Ranma." She sat up straight as she gave him a determined look to make him understand the seriousness of what she was going to say to him. She held his hand tightly and took a deep breath as she began saying,

"Always remember this, never feel that you are bound up with me, okay? I know you have to go with all this because you had no other choice left.. But don't worry, I am never going to force you to do something that you don't want to do! And you know that we are going to graduate soon, so after that, if you want to leave me then or divorce me..," she cleared her voice, "What I want to say is, you can always choose whatever you wish to do, okay? If you don't want this relationship, I can understand that as well... Just stay as you always do... You don't need to worry for me and never feel pressured for anything as well. And you can relax now, your virginity is always safe with me..." That being said, she poked her tongue out at him as she giggled softly noticing how stupefied he had become...

Ranma was silent all the time when she said all this, then after some time he growled loudly at her as he said to her with an angry tone,

"HEY! WHAT THE! YA JUST CAN'T GO AND SEE ANOTHER GUY! YOU ARE MARRIED TA ME NOW!"

Akane rapidly started to blink her eyes at him in confusion as she slapped her face in frustration. Then moaning behind her hand she said to him exhaustedly,

"Oh Kami, please help us! Ranma! I was not talking about myself dummy, I was talking about you…"

"I DON'T CARE WHO YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU ARE HOOKED UP WITH ME NOW. DON'T YA DARE TA THINK ABOUT GOING TO ANOTHER GUY.. I AM NOT LETTING YA GO, YOU HEAR ME, TOMBOY..? AND WHAT IS THIS ABOUT DIVORCE! HAVE YA GONE NUTS OR SOMETHING? DON'T YA.. " He gulped nervously, "Don't ya want this marriage to work? Kane.. Do you.. Do you hate me that much...?"

Akane's heart instantly melted hearing what he asked her. He was looking so heartbroken and so lost as well. She smiled at him warmly as her eyes filled up with unshed tears..

'That dummy, what will I do with him!'

"Honestly, Ranma... You are impossible, you know that…?" saying that with a soft tone, she pulled him towards her and hugged him tightly, burying her face deeply on his chest.

Ranma was shocked when she suddenly hugged him like that, but this time he dared to respond to her as he patted on her back to return her hug. Akane laughed at that and said while still putting her head over his chest,

"We are going to make this work.. Okay? I.. I have faith in you Ranma.."

Ranma gave a big sigh of relief after hearing that, later realizing that he was holding his breath for her answers. He smiled warmly over her head and asked her breathlessly,

"Really?"

She looked up at him smiling as their eyes locked with each other. She smiled at him and said,

"Ummhmm.."

Ranma was so happy and relieved that things have been settled for them today. After all this fight and bickering, now he can rest knowing that their marriage was not forced and they both want things to work between them…And the thing that, she is not pressuring him to do anything to prove his masculinity to her, is making him even more greedy with happiness. Then suddenly all his thinking stopped when he heard her yawing loudly,

"Okay, enough talking for toady. Let's go to sleep, Ranma. I am really really feeling exhausted…"

She didn't wait for his answer, too tired to do anything else. She then flopped down to her side of bed as she pulled the comforter up to cover herself cozily.

Ranma face faulted like a neglected kid as he asked her again,

"But, Kane.. Aren't we doing anything?!"

"Please Ranma.. We have our lifetime to do all this... We have done enough already.. And anyways, first you have to learn lots of things to go to that level.." She said while yawning again.

"But, I haven't kissed you properly.. You are the one who kissed me.. And that's not fair!" He said almost whining.

Akanes' back was towards him as she curled under the cover even more to hide her blush and smile from him. Then with a low voice, she said to him,

"First learn how to hug me properly, then come and kiss me.."

"HEY! I know how to hug.. Wait, I will show ya.."

Saying that, with newfound determination, he flopped down beside her and enveloped her whole body with force.

Akane huffed with the sudden pressure over her body as it almost took her breath away. She tried to move her stubborn husband from over her a bit so that she could breathe again. But he was determined not to move an inch from her to prove to her how good a hugger he is.

"Ranma! Get …. Off.. I- can't - breathe.."

"Now ya are complaining! See I can take your breath away with my hug.."

"Awe! It's not called a hug dummy, it's called ENGULFING! UFFF! RANMA! MOVE!"

"Okay okay! Ya uncute tomboy!"

Saying that with a sad tone he was taking his hand off from around her. But before he could take it off fully, she suddenly laid her hand over his loose hand and pulled him tightly towards her.

He was shocked at first, but when he saw what his tomboy was actually doing, his features softened instantly. He laid comfortably beside her while hugging and pulling her back towards him gently this time. He heard her sighing in satisfaction as the new closeness gave the same warm feeling to him. He made himself more comfortable with her as he rested his head over her head. The days occurrence almost made them both sleep on the spot, well, almost...

His heart was beating so hard for their close proximity but this time this is the only place he wants to be. He could hear her slow breathing as she was slowly drifting to sleep. He was also about to close his eyes but suddenly he remembers something and his eyes snapped open in panic,

" 'Kane! Kane..!"

" Mmmm.. Ranma, please let me sleep.."

"Please I need ta talk, it's urgent.."

That urgent tone of his instantly made her open her eyes, she turned her face slightly towards him as she asked him in a worried tone,

"Hey, what's the matter?"

"I..uh.. umm.. I have a favour ta ask of you.."

Akane scrunched her eyebrows together, "What favour?!"

"Umm, I mean, it always goes like this, right..! You save me and I save ya.. Haha!" He laughed nervously, making no sense of what he was saying anymore..

Akane moaned and said, "What do you want this time? Come clear, dummy.."

"I… uhh.. That is.. Um mm… can ya kind of, you know, pretendtowalkfunnyinfrontofmymomtomorrow?"

Akane blinked her eyes once and twice and then asked him perplexed,

"Wh-what? Come again!.."

Ranma sighed in complete helplessness, he hides his flushed face behind her back and slowly kept banging his head over her shoulder. Then he said to her in a troubled tone..

"I made a mistake, okay? I walked in that room instead of coming in here..! I am doomed now, Kane...! And if she finds out that… that we haven't done nothin today and worse, If she finds out I couldn't even kiss you properly, you are not going to see yar husband tomorrow. So, please… please, can ya." He gulped, " can ya.. pretend ta walk funny in front of her tomorrow…?" He again asked the last part in a haste.

He was getting more nervous by the second, because he was not getting any answer from her. He dared to peek up to look at her and all he saw was her looking back at him with wide astonishing eyes..

Ranma cleared his throat, "Akane?"

"I just can't believe you asked me that..!" Akane whispers harshly.

"But.. But I.."

"DON'T YOU DARE RANMA…! DON'T YOU EVER ASK ME THAT AGAIN..!"

Ranma gave her a puppy dog eyes look as he kept bagging her,

"Please, Kane.. Please…"

Akane turned again and pulled the cover over her head, dismissing any further discussion with him.

"The answer is 'NO'..! NOW stop disturbing my sleep, or else.."

Ranma whined like a kid and again puts his leg over her body in a bear hug as he kept repeating in her ear while swinging them both,

"Oh please, kane.. I promise I will do anything ya want.. I will even take ya to an ice cream parlor.. I will give a shoulder massage, carry yar school bag, wash your clothes… I will even eat whatever food you make for me… Promise.. "

"OWWWHH! SHUT UP! DO YOU WANT ME GET ANGRY!"

Next day,

"Wow, Auntie! You have overdone today!" Kasumi said as she saw all the dishes that Nodoka had prepared for their breakfast.

Nodoka smiled at that and said, "Oh yes, dear. I made sure to make all the favourite dishes for both my kids.. They must be hungry and tired today.."

Kasumi blushed as she giggled, then suddenly they heard someone entering.

"Good morning, Onee-chan, Good morning auntie!" Akane said cheerfully as she slowly started to go towards them. She was trying hard to walk funny in front of them, her cheeks flushed, her face plastered with fake happiness.

"Oh my, Akane! You are glowing today!" Kasumi said blushing even more, noticing how her baby sister was walking as she busied herself to take the food out from the kitchen while ignoring the Saotomies.

Without any warning, Nodoka hastily came forward and hugged Akane tightly. Then when she broke the hug she checked her up and down and when she noticed how flushed Akane was looking, she asked her excitedly,

"Oh my dear, please tell me truthfully, you enjoyed yourself last night, right? Did my Ranma prove his manliness to you?"

Akane laughed nervously hearing that as cold sweat started to tickle down from her forehead.

Her face flushed and for some reason her body started to tremble slightly,

"Oh that.. haha… yeah.. Sure, that is.. "

"Oh look! How much you are blushing, my dear! Oh my Ranma must have fulfilled all his husbandly duties so well.. Oh i am so happy for you, dear" Nodoka sighed happily as her eyes filled with happy tears, then suddenly her eyes fell on someone, "Oh, here he is! Ranma, good morning my son..!" Leaning on the kitchen wall Ranma smiled sheepishly at his mom as he greeted her with a hard tone,

"Morning Mom..!"

Akane's whole body got stiff when she heard Nodoka talking to Ranma. She didn't wanted him to find out that she gave in to his plea after all and did what he asked her to do. That's the only reason she woke up early this morning and came down to the kitchen to meet his mom before he could find out about it. She slowly, fearfully turned to look at him and when she saw him smirking at her and giving her a smug look, she mentally smacked herself for even falling for this idiot request again..

'Aww! I am so screwed now! Why does this have to happen to me! What else this dummy is going to make me do for him! Huh! Aww! He is going to rub this fact in my face now.! Oh Kami!.' Akane pouted at him as she heard him smirking even more..

"Auntie, I have put all the food on the table.." Kasumi said as she entered the kitchen again.

"Oh yes! I almost forgot! Sorry dear, You had to do it all by yourself!"

"Oh nonsense! It's nothing.. Anyways auntie, can you help me take this dessert out please.."

"Oh sure!"

"I will bring the plates.." Akane said as she moved to take the plates with her.

"Please dear, just the plates, don't work any more today.. You need rest today.." Nodoka advised her with a proud sparkling eyes. .

"Yeah… haha.. Sure!" Akane tried to sound polite and not as defeated as she was feeling at that moment..

Nodoka took the last food bowl with her and when she passed Ranma while leaving the kitchen, she slowly whispered to him,

" I am so proud of you my son.."

Ranma smiled a handsome smile at her and nodded at her wisely. Nodoka sighed looking at him as she gave him a nod before leaving them both alone.

"So… you did it anyways, huh tomboy!" Once alone he asked her, smirking.

Akane didn't look at him at all and busied herself talking the dishes as she replied to him,

"Did you leave me any other choice, pervert…" saying that with an irritated tone she started to go towards the exit to bring the plate to the table, but before she could leave, Ranma blocked her path as he stood in front of her. Akane still hasn't dared to look up at him, but when he blocked her escape again, she growled at him and said,

"Ranma, let me go.. I don't want to talk with you right now…"

Ranma didn't said anything at first, after a brief pause he said to her,

"Give those dishes to me.."

"No, I don't need your help, I can take this.."

"Kane, you left some dishes over there, so it's better you give me those and you go grab those on the table.. That will be faster, you know, I can't wait any longer 'I am really hungry right now.."

Akane's heart skipped a bit painfully, she became even more disappointed. She thought maybe Ranma just blocked her path so that he could say thanks to her. But all he wanted was for her to hurry things up so that he could fill up his empty stomach..!

'Anyways, I shouldn't have expected anything from him in the first place!'

Thinking that sadly to herself, she not so gently handed him the dishes. She looked up and saw him smiling smugly at her. She turned to see where she left the other dishes and was surprised to find the table was empty. She turned to Ranma and asked him annoyingly,

"Where are the other dishes you were talking about?"

"There, can't ya see tomboy?" He pointed to her right side to make her look in that direction.

Akane huffed at him and turned her face slightly to see where he was pointing towards…

"HEY! I DON'T SEE ANY…"

And she stopped yelling, shocked to her bones. Because, as soon as she turned her face to look where he was pointing, she felt his soft lips on her revealing cheek. It happened so quickly that she couldn't even had time to blink, because as soon as she felt him kissing her cheek, he fled away from the spot immediately.

Akane puts her fingers over her burning cheek as if she could still feel his lips over there. After some time, when she heard some commotion coming out from the living room, her dazed stance broke and she looked at the spot where Ranma was standing minutes before. A warm smile spread over her flushed face as her face started to glow suddenly… Her heart started to beat rapidly as her heart fluttered with love for her husband,

"That baka..!... My baka.."


A/N: Hello everyone :).. I really enjoyed writing this and I hope you guys will also enjoy reading it as well :).. It was actually hard to write :p.. I hope I did justice to this fic :p…

Anyways, I want to say something to you all, please give some time to read it. English is not my first language and I didn't take any extra classes to learn it properly. English is the only way I can communicate with you guys. I have been reading Ranma fanfic for long 12 years and whatever you are seeing me doing now I learned all from here :) .. To be honest, when the pandemic situation came, I kept waiting and waiting for an English Ranma fic to upload and when it didn't happen, I kept re-reading my fav Ranma fics again and again. But for some reason this year I got out of my comfort zone and started writing my imagination out in the open. Trust me dear, for a non-eng person, it's totally not an easy thing to do.

I thought of taking help from beta readers.. But the thing is, I am very impatience kind of person when it comes to uploading a new fic. I just can't wait to share it as soon as I finish writing it… And that's why I don't wanted to bother anyone with my impatience behaviour. Because people are busy, they just can't check whenever I want them to check, right? People have works to do, they are not workless like I am :p..

Anyways, what I want to say is thanks to you all and your reviews that kept me courageous to continue writing. I am trying my hardest to do better.. Maybe one day! ..

Yes, we who write fics expect some reviews from the readers. And I am sure it's not a crime :) (let me know if it is :p)...! Actually I work really hard writing all this. Putting all my imaginations in English words is not an easy job for me. And your kind reviews work like a reward to me after I get tired of all this writing… Your reviews always put smile on my face, when I see you guys are really enjoying it and I am actually not wasting my time…

I hope you understand what I said.. Thank you for always supporting me and for being so kind to me.. THANK YOU ALL FOR BOTTOM OF MY HEART.. IT REALLY MEANS A LOT,

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