Chapter 4: A good explanation?

Ranma was now walking home. He was shocked, having seen an "almost" wedding of Akane with another guy made him wanted to cry, he was shaking. The thing between Akane and this damn Yusuke were going fast, too fast!

"Akane, how could you do that to me? After all we have been through together… Even if it wasn't clear we were fiancés, and it means a thing, a little thing… well something (I'm a man after all, I don't have to be too sensitive…)".

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At the church

Akane: "Yusuke… I'm sorry I must go, I wanted to make a good repetition but I can't… I'm sorry… Tell them I'm sorry…" And she ran outside.

Yusuke tried to understand and shouted "Akaneeeeeeee" but she was already in the street.

The others people in the church were just watching.

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Ranma was at a corner of a street when he heard someone yelling his name. He knew it was her. 'She is not fast. I thought she would be here before… No, you thought she would finish her repetition but you HOPED she would follow you…ohh just shut up!'

She was still running "Ranmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa waiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitt".

He stopped and waited for her.

When she arrived, she couldn't look him in the eyes. Ranma played a little bit with her: "Hmm yes you want to?".

Of course, Akane knew his game: "Ranma, don't play with me, I know you and you know that I know that you know that…"

Ranma: "hmm could you be a little bit CLEARER!"

Akane was getting a little bit angry: "RAN-MA! YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I WANNA TALK ABOUT!"

Ranma stopped to play with her, 'ahh I prefer when it's not serious but she is right' "Yes, I know, and I think we need to talk. Maybe we can finally make our way to the park…"

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The walk to the park was very very quiet.

'How I will explain that? Why did he have to follow me?'

Ranma was trying to calm himself. 'This entire story is not bad, I will make my way through it, and there will be a solution…'

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They found a bench near the lake.

Akane spoke the first: "Well, Ranma, what you saw… In fact, I don't know what you saw…"

Ranma laughed: "Ah ah ah, you don't know what I saw? Are you kidding me? I saw you in a church with a bunch of red roses, this man, Yusuke and two people… And…"

Akane could see his look was becoming darker…

"And… the last time when I saw you with that man in the street, I will tell you the truth…"

Akane became tensed… "Ranma you must know that…"

Ranma interrupted her: "Please, listen to me; I don't want any excuses or false explanation… In fact, after our little talk after the failed wedding, I wanted to see you on Saturday, just to make sure we were okay. But you had left house, and I went in town to see if I could find you… and…"

Akane felt embarrassed.

"And you were both leaving a wedding shop! I followed you to be sure I was not dreaming and when I saw the look you were sharing, I understand that Yusuke and you were planning a wedding."

Akane didn't know what to tell him: "Ranma, please… don't get it wrong…"

"And today! Today, the church! What do you want me to think; yes I'm enraged, yes I'm angry."

Akane looked at him: "But Ranma, why are you feeling so sad about it?"

Ranma: "You dare asking me why?" 'Damn, she doesn't get it or she wants to hear it clearly…'

Akane didn't understand Ranma at all 'Why is he so angry?'

Akane: "Ranma, there seems to be a misunderstanding between us…"

Ranma looked at her, and she thought a small tear was rolling on his cheek, he became very angry: "Akane, you are playing with me, we are fiancés, does that mean still a thing for you?" he was almost shouting: "I'm leaving Akane, I can't take it anymore! Have a nice life…"

Akane couldn't believe her eyes, Ranma, the Ranma she had known, the insensitive (well except sometimes…) was making her a big scene and she just didn't know why. 'There must be something… Okay just put something in order in your head… But hey he said he was leaving?" Quickly she grabbed him by the arm and was now shouting too:

"RANMA SAOTOME! You are not leaving easily, you sat down and we will make it clear, I really don't get it and I'm not joking… And yes if I am a little embarrassed it's because of the secret… But you don't go anywhere… As you said we are still fiancés, and we will act as adults… So SAT DOWN!"

Ranma looked Akane in the eyes, he had often saw her angry but that time, it was really more than that, more than exasperation. 'And did she just talk about a secret? Maybe listening won't be a bad thing' So he sat down on the bench.

Akane cleared her throat and began to talk. "Okay, let me just 2 minutes to understand what you think:

1 – you saw me and a man in a wedding shop

2 – you told him to take care of me

3 – you saw me with him in a church

4 – you wished me to have a good life"

Ranma was silent, he knew he didn't have the right to talk before she had finished her speak.

But she was laughing! 'Oh no! Now she is just making fun of me for being jealous! Of course, she had a new fiancé, a nice life to live… and now I'm alone…'

Akane stopped laughing when she saw he was really hurt "Hmm sorry Ranma"

"Now you are going to listen to me carefully… You think I'm getting married with Yusuke?"

He nodded but couldn't look her in the eyes; the bench was really interesting…

"Ranma, look at me! What I'm going to tell you, I'm telling you once, but I will because I know you are really hurt." He couldn't move so she took his face in her hands. The feeling of her hands on his face was really nice and by the look she was giving to him, he knew he wasn't going to be hurt, he relaxed a little bit.

'Yeah great girl, so confident but now… how do I say this without saying it clearly?'

Ranma was waiting her to talk, she blushed a little and was getting tensed, 'Okay, she is gonna tell me something very important it seems…'

Akane finally spoke after what seems an eternity: "Ranma, I'm not going to marry Yusuke and (this is not a declaration… this is not a declaration…) I will never marry a man that is not you".

WHAT?

Ranma was trying to think but had she just said that…? 'Calm down...' He sensed the hands on his face were shaking and she was no longer looking him in the eyes, she was just looking at her feet. So he took her hands in his hands and put them on his lap. 'Okay man, this is a declaration, noooooooo, yeeeeesss, nooooo, yeeeeeeeeeeessss'.

Akane was red, 'why? If I only told him about the fact I was not marrying Yusuke… Why?... Why? Because you knew it was right, and that maybe you would never find the courage to tell him in other circumstances. But what if he was not thinking as me?'

Ranma knew he had to say something: "Hmm Akane, I… hmm… I…" 'Oh very good my boy…'

Akane finally looked at him, he seemed so surprised and she looked so scared.

'Wait! Why is she scared?'

Akane managed to whisper: "Please Ranma, say something or do something, I don't know, leave, tell me you..."

'Ahh she wants to be reassured… I'm not able to think… no to speak… Do something, quick!' and he took her in his arms. It was a little bit brusque but it was the only thing he could do. He was shaking and she was shaking.

He rubbed her back "It's okay, Akane, please stop shaking, relax…."

She laughed in his chest: "I'm not the only one shaking!" and she put her arms around in waist. She was now breathing against his chest. In fact, she was used to his chest, but this time it was different and she just couldn't believe it. "I'm taking it as a good choice! Ne?" and she felt his smile 'Well he just can speak!'

Ranma was relaxing too, but something was perturbing him… there was still that wedding, and a secret….

When he was able to speak, well 5 minutes later, he asked her: "Akane, and what about the wedding?"

Akane tensed a little bit, 'what am I going to tell?': "Hmm Ranma, didn't you see two more people in the church and Yusuke doesn't remind you of somebody?"

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To be continued!

Thanks a lot for the reviews (I know the same sentence but it is really great to have reviews!)

For goku90504: yes Akane is perverted, but as a girl, I have the duty to make Akane less perverted than Ranma! lol

For thereviewergirl: I don't know how many chapters I will write… but I will try to make almost 10 chapters because I think there are a lot of things that must happen…

Next chapter: surely stuff around the wedding and of course around our cute "new" couple!

Thanks, thanks again and see you soon!

Célia