Chapter 7: Guest and guest

Akane was still lying on Ranma's lap.

"Okay! Ranma, this time, I promise I will listen to you."

"Alright…well about other fiancées… you know I don't want to put you in danger so I think I will have to talk with each of them alone and explain them that now we are a couple and that we want to live our relationship quietly… A-KA-NE, are you listening to me?"

"Hmm yes, you want to talk to them alone, I understand…"

"So what are you doing?"

"Hmm nothing, just wanted to know if your hand was a lot bigger than mine…", she looked at him with a guilty look.

"Okay, today you are really not in the wood for a talk…. Ahh women…"

"Heyy Ranma, would you stop, macho man!"

"Me! A macho! Ah ah ah…. My little Akane, you don't see how lucky you are, I treat you as a princess, look I laid you down on me for your on comfort…"

"Okay, okay, now it's your turn…" She sat, "well what are you waiting for? My lap is opened for your head"

"Well that seems a good idea…"

He was about to lie down on her lap when they heard someone's whispering: "Oh! So cute…"

"Yusuke!! What are you doing here??" Akane got up to welcome him and heard a big Thumb behind her: "Oh sorry Ranma!! I got up while you were going to my lap… are you alright?"

"Hmm yes! No problem!!"

"So Yusuke…."

"Ah yes, I came to see you my dear Akane about the wedding, Kasumi told me she wanted to tell Ranma and Nabiki about it. But you haven't presented me to Ranma correctly yet."

Ranma was fuming, 'this man! This man! He called her 'my dear Akane', I will kill him!!'

Then Akane spoke: "Ranma? Ranma!!"

Ranma got up and went to face Yusuke.

"Nice to meet you Ranma… I've heard a lot about you…"

"Nice to meet you too Yusuke…" He looked him in the eyes 'If you touch her, I kill you'

"Oh, but Akane, maybe I disturbed you?"

"No! No! We were just talking"

'Pfff talking… Hey! I wanted to lie down on her lap! Damn him!! When it's not my fiancées, it's him!'

"Well Yusuke, I think Kasumi prepared some tea for us, so let's get back home"

Ranma was still brooding over and he didn't hear Akane.

"Ranma?? Ranma! It's the second time in 3 minutes that I must wake you… are you coming?"

"Ah yes Akane! Of course!" 'Where??'

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When they entered the sitting room, Akane told them she wanted to change.

"Ranma, can you come with me? I need help for hmm"

"For….."

Every one in the room was looking at him bemused.

'Ranma! You really need to learn a lot of things about women' Yusuke was thinking.

Akane was eyeing Ranma intensively.

"Okay! I'm coming"

They went into Akane's room.

"Hmm Akane, I don't understand why you need me."

"Ranma Saotome! Sometimes you are really a baka! Try to remember that when I ask you to come with me, you don't argue and you come! Of course, I don't need you for changing my clothes." She was now blushing.

"Ahmm euh yes, if you say so…so you….."

"So that means I want to talk to you!"

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, this gets clearer second by second… and you want to talk about?"

"About Yusuke of course!"

Ranma frowned. "Oh Ranma, don't play with me, I know when you are jealous…"

"Me! Jealous! Ah ah ah, never!!"

"I remember you that few days ago you thought I would marry him…"

"Yes, but now it's clear…"

"Okay, so why did you give him the killer look????"

"Me!! No, I would never threaten him…"

"Ranma, tell what you want, I know you; so I just wanted you to know that if Yusuke calls me 'my dear Akane' it's because I know him for a long time, and to me, he is more like a big brother than anything, so please, be cool with him…please Ranma…". She was almost in his embrace.

"That's not fair! I can't say no if you are looking at me that way and if you threw yourself in my arms!"

They stayed like this for what it seems an eternity. He was approaching her lips when they heard someone calling for them: "Akane! Ranma! Tea is ready!"

"No! No! No! I'm going to kiss you even if everyone is yelling at the same time, even if the door or the window opened…"

"Well Ranma! I never saw you so determined…"

Ranma took her face in his hands for a sweet kiss but couldn't help moving his hands in her back. Akane had put her arms around his neck and Ranma deepened the kiss, and when their tongues met it was at first surprising but they eased. Akane couldn't remember when she had felt so well and when she had been so weak at the same time, if he was not holding her, she couldn't stand.

When the kiss ended, they needed to breathe. 'Wouh! For a first real kiss, it's not bad… well and her, what did she think?'

"Hmm Ranma…" 'Oh no, I'm blushing' "… I like your determination!"

"Thanks…" 'Oh no, I'm blushing too' "… well I think we should go back down, for tea…"

"Ah yes! I almost forgot!! But remember, I must change my clothes so… I let you go first."

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When everybody was sitting around the table, Soun talked: "Well Yusuke! It has been a while since I saw you the last time. Why are you in town?"

"Ah well… I had to come to see my brother for business…"

"How long have you left Nerima? Maybe 10 years??"

"Yes, I had to leave for my study… my brother has chosen the same way as me but, him, in a traditional way, and me, at hospital."

"Yes, you are now a great surgeon! What a nice job!"

"Thank you Soun, I'm really happy to be back in Nerima for a while… your daughters have become very beautiful."

"Ah ah ah! You are right Yusuke! Oh Yusuke have you met the fiancé of Akane, Ranma, and his father, Genma?"

Ranma was quiet and was listening to the talk with a great attention. With all these details on Yusuke, he had made his idea about the wedding. But, of course, he had also noticed that he was nothing less but a surgeon and that he found Akane beautiful…

Yusuke talked again: "Yes, I had the pleasure to meet Ranma; he seems to take care of Akane!"

Soun: "Ah yes! That's new but Genma and I are very happy about this and their future wedding."

Akane tried to interrupt his talk: "Dad! Please! I don't want to talk about a wedding, don't you remember the disaster it was?"

Genma interfered: "Ranma, please say something! I hope you are more sensed than your fiancée, you know that the schools have to be united…"

"Yes Dad! I know this for what seems an eternity… but, tonight, we are having a guest so I don't think it's time to deal with wedding."

Akane was really impressed, since when Ranma was so smart??? She smiled warmly at him.

He smiled back. 'Is it me or are we looking stupid just looking like this in other eyes… ahh that must be love… What love??? No?? Oh shut up, you said you want to marry her so it's as you had said that you loved her….'

Kasumi decided to break the silence: "Hmm Yusuke, you will stay for dinner, ne?"

"Yes, thank you Kasumi, I would be glad eating with you."

Akane: "Ahh Kasumi, may I help you cooking?" She glanced at Ranma who had a bad look.

"What is it Ranma? Remember what I said to you this morning and remember that you said that you don't care if I was cooking for dinner…"

"Okay, okay, you are right… "

Yusuke decided to talk: "Akane! I'm sure you are a good cook!"

"Ah thanks Yusuke, I will do my best!" and she went to the kitchen with Kasumi.

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In the sitting room, it was very tensed between Ranma and Yusuke. Silence…

'Ohh this Yusuke is getting me mad!! I promised Akane I will be cool with him so…'

Yusuke tried to break the ice between them, while Genma and Soun had their usual game.

"You know Ranma, I know you don't like me a lot…"

"Me? Nooo…"

"You are jealous because I know Akane very well and we are informal, it's because I know her for a long time and every time I had come back to Nerima, I went to see her."

"Yeah… I know about the "for a long time" thing".

"She is a nice, smart and beautiful girl and you need to realize it…"

"How dare you speaking to me this way? Of course I know it! 'Keep cool, keep cool' Do you know how many times I fought for her and she did it for me? Do you know I almost lost her, do you know the pain I suffered? I will never let another man touching her, I don't want to lose her another time."

Ranma was now standing behind Yusuke. When Akane and Kasumi entered the room, Akane went to Ranma. "Ranma! What the hell are you just doing??"

"Hmm nothing, we were having a little argument about nothing…"

Yusuke talked: "Hmm yes, but now we agree, ne Ranma?"

Ranma made a forced smile: "Of course, we agree… don't worry Akane…"

The girls placed the food on the table when someone rang at the door. Kasumi went to welcome the other guest.

Kasumi entered the sitting room with Dr Tofu: "Yusuke, since you are having dinner with us, I thought your brother could also eat with us…"

Dr Tofu was, as usual when there was Kasumi with him, acting crazy. He went to Nabiki: "Ah Yusuke, I'm glad you came…"

Kasumi: "Please sit down, we will have dinner".

Yusuke spoke: "So Akane, tell me what you cooked…"

Ranma was fuming, 'This gonna be a long dinner…'

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Hi!!

I'm still going on with the story,

When I started it, I thought I would write 5 chapters maxi but in fact, every time I begin a new chapter, I want to deal with too many things, I want to be as precise as possible, so I hope it's not getting boring!!

Thanks for reading and thanks a lot for the reviews!

See you next chapter!

Célia