Chapter 10: Bedtime
In the dojo
Akane could feel the blade of the katakana on her neck: "Nodoka, what are you talking about??"
"Mum! Please put you saber down, we will discuss quietly, release Akane, mum…"
"No, my son, I must tell you something important…"
"Release Akane first…" He was now very angry and his look was threatening.
Nodoka released Akane who threw herself in Ranma's arms.
Nodoka: "Akane, you don't have the right to touch Ranma!!"
Akane: "What?? I don't understand a thing."
"Ok, I will explain to you, but Ranma, sit down, it will be very hard for you."
"Ok mum…" Ranma and Akane were wondering about what Nodoka could have discovered.
"Well, you know I left you after your failed wedding because I had to come back home. I came back here five days ago but because of what I saw, I couldn't come back to Tendo's house…"
"Mum, tell me what's wrong!!"
"I was walking in town when I saw Akane and a man, older than you; they seemed to know each other very well. I didn't know if she was cheating on you so I followed her until today, and she saw this man almost every day! And they were shopping for a wedding!! Ranma I'm so sorry to tell you this… but Akane you don't deserve my son, he deserves a woman who loves him and above all who is not unfaithful to him… that's why I want you to leave my son, Akane…" and she put the saber in front of Akane another time.
"No, Nodoka, I'm not cheating on Ranma and I will never. Ranma knows who this other man is."
"What Ranma!! You know Akane is cheating on you!! And you tolerate this!! This is not an attitude for a man!!" She pointed her saber on Ranma.
"No, Mum!!! Please calm down, Yusuke is a friend of Akane and I know she is not cheating on me."
"It's true Nodoka! Ranma knows that I must see Yusuke sometimes after school; he helps me with something I have to do. There are still few days left and then, I won't see him anymore. But you must know that Ranma and I agreed about our relationship and that we are now a real couple."
"Is it true Ranma?"
"Yes, mum, all she said was true."
"So Akane and you are together!!! I'm so happy!!!" she went to her son and Akane and held them in her arms. "But when is your wedding?"
"Mum, for the moment we are not talking about our wedding, we are not together for so long, and we will just try to make things clear between us and above all, with the others."
"Ohhh but I hope you will talk quickly about wedding!! And I really want to have grandchildren soon!!!!"
Ranma and Akane blushed, a real red!!
"Mom please…"
"Oh you are so cute!!!!"
"Nodoka, you made me blushed!
"Don't call me Nodoka, call me Mom!!"
Kasumi went to look for them: "Dinner is ready!! Oh!! Nodoka I didn't know you were back!!"
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Dinner was lively. The parents were busied in speaking about Ranma and Akane future wedding.
'What a shame they can't speak about Kasumi's wedding… Pfff Nodoka really scared me to death with her saber… and I couldn't talk with Ranma about the "love" affair' Akane had stopped talking with them because she knew she couldn't have the last word.
Ranma was thinking too 'If mom hadn't arrived, we would have talked… does she finally remember she said that she loved me?'
When the dinner ended, Soun, Genma and Nodoka agreed on something.
Soun talked: "Hmm, Akane, Ranma, we took a great decision, please listen to me, we decided, as you are now official fiancés and you agreed on being together, that you should share the same bedroom!"
Ranma and Akane shouted: "WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!"
Nabiki: "Yes! Great pictures to take!"
Kasumi: "But Dad! There are not married still"
Soun: "Yes, but they will be in few weeks or months!!"
Nodoka: "For the moment, you will share Akane's room, but we will fit out a bigger room for you in a few days."
Kasumi wondered if Nodoka was thinking about the room she wanted to prepare for Ono and her. In fact, they had decided to live at Tendo's the first years of marriage until Ranma and Akane were prepared to manage the dojo.
Akane: "Dad!!! There is no way I'm going to share my room with him!!! No Way!!"
Ranma: "Mum! Dad! Are you gone insane??? We are not going to share a bedroom!!"
Nodoka: "Ranma! You are a man now, and you have a fiancée, you relationship seems to be serious so, now I'm back and with your fiancée under the same roof, there is no way you are not sharing the same bedroom!"
Ranma: "No! no! no!"
Akane: "Dad! No!!! If you pushed him into my room, I promised he is gonna sleep on the floor!"
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That's why few minutes later, we met Akane and Ranma in pyjamas in her room, Ranma with his futon in one hand and a pillow in the other.
Ranma: "Just remember me how did we end up like this!!"
Akane: "Well… when they are not speaking about wedding, they put us in the same room!! Why us???"
Ranma: "Because… I don't know…"
Silence
Akane sat on her bed and Ranma on his futon. 'This gonna be a long night…'
Akane: "You know Ranma when I came in the dojo, I wanted to talk to you but your mother didn't help me!!"
"Yes… you wanna talk…."
"But first, you don't want to come and sit besides me?"
Ranma, 'she wants to kill me???' "Ah euh... yes… why not??" He got up but his legs where shaking. He sat on the bed, two meters at least away from Akane.
"Are you afraid of me Ranma??"
"Ah ah ah!! Of course no!!" 'I'm afraid of myself and of our closeness on a bed!!' He came closer. 'Breathe…'
"Ranma, I think you know what I want to talk about… In fact, I kinda… hmm.. told you… that I loved you… but I just kinda… didn't realize it at the time… I know it's weird and I don't know why…"
"Hmm you don't know why you told me that you loved me??"
"No! no! I don't know why I didn't realize it!! I mean it's not something you usually forget!! Maybe I found this was natural… but my problem is that as I ran off, I... hmm… didn't take the time to hear your answer…" She was looking at her feet, 'Calm down, it's Ranma, you know, the man of your life… Yeah, but I must hear it from him…'
"Ah…. My answer… well…" 'Tell her…' "Hmm Akane… you know…"
"I know…"
"Oh Akane, I… hmm… love….hmm… you…"
"True?"
"Of course…" Ranma was blushing and couldn't look her in the eyes.
"You know Akane, it's really not easy… when I thought you were dead in my arms… I was totally lost and I didn't know how I will find the courage to go on without you… I don't remember if I told you that I loved you loudly… I remember when you opened your eyes, but I couldn't tell you, even before the failed wedding… I was not sure about your feelings… it was really scaring me…"
"I know, we are young and our parents decided for us… don't you think that finally it's better for us to have fallen in love??"
Ranma laughed, "Yeah, of course!... I can't imagine spending my life with somebody I don't love or with a shrew!"
They stood silent for a moment, the night was falling.
"You know Ranma, I'm very impressed in fact. Since we've been together, you've been nice, you've even expressed your feelings even if it's not easy…" She put her hands on his.
"Ah yeah… I'm just trying to act as a boyfriend would do… and in fact, I really don't know if I'm good at this…"
"For the moment, it's really okay. To me, the most important thing is to make sure our feelings stay the same…"
"Yeah you are right…" 'Damn! She looks so cute…'
"Ranma? Are you okay??"
'No… no… don't look at me this way…' "Yes I'm okay…" 'Oh shit!!!'
Ranma, in a rush, took her in his arms and kissed her.
Akane was very surprised, but was really enjoying the kiss! 'Ouh! Ranma can be very passionate when he wants…'
Ranma deepened the kiss and laid Akane down on the bed with him.
Akane was feeling Ranma's body on her, this was very exciting and at the same time very frightening, the passion was growing and she wondered where it gonna stop…
Ranma broke the kiss, breathed hard and looked Akane in the eyes, "Sorry Akane…"
"You are sorry?" She was breathing hard too.
"I couldn't control myself, I'm sorry…"
"Don't worry, I'm a big girl and if you try something I don't agree, you will know it, I promise…"
She kissed him and put her arms around his neck. They rolled on a side. Ranma put one hand under the top of her pyjamas. 'her skin is so smooth…'
Akane felt his hand on her back, 'his hand is warm…'.
Ranma began to kiss her neck and was feeling Akane's body answering to his touch. 'But what the hell am I doing??' He stopped himself and put his head on her neckline and his two arms around her waist, and held her.
Akane didn't know what to think or what to do.
"Akane, I think that we must go to sleep, ne?"
"Hmm… yes, if you want?? What's wrong Ranma??"
"Well, it's the first night we are gonna spend together as a real couple, I'm supposed to sleep on my futon, and the first thing I do is kissing you and touching you and… I know we are lovers and … but what I want is really not correct for tonight, so I will go back to my futon and sleep."
Akane blushed, "Okay, we don't have to hurry anyway… but Ranma, there is no way you are going to sleep on your futon…"
"Akane…."
"No! Ranma, you are in my arms, and I'm not leaving you, plus I think it will be warmer if you stay with me than if you sleep on the floor."
"First, I'm not in your arms, you are in my arms and second… I don't think it's a good idea, you and me in the same bed all night long…"
"Ranma, you are a gentleman and I will do nothing to… well you know what I mean… so you don't move, I put a cover on ourselves and we sleep, okay?"
"Hmm yes, okay…" 'Kami-sama, please help me!!!'
'I'm sure he will sleep as a baby as he is in my embrace and I hope me too….'
They shared a last good night kiss.
"Akane, I would prefer if it's you who sleeps in my embrace…"
"Why??"
"Hmmm… how to tell you… I kinda think that… the promiscuity between my head and your bust is not a good idea…"
"Ah… okay…"
Akane puts a cover on them and Ranma took her in his arms.
"Good night Ranma…"
"Good night 'Kane…"
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To be continued
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