Chapter 4

Akane wasn't feeling any better than Ranma. She was naked. And it was starting to get cold. Not that she really felt the freezing wind on her boiling skin (consequence of what had just happened) but still, she had been standing there like an idiot for 5 whole minutes. Why had he broken the kiss anyways ? Her lips were still aching for his. She hadn't had enough kissing, she hadn't had enough of... him.

Ranma was standing still too, his gaze low - so much that Akane wondered if his eyes weren't closed - as if he was... scared. Could that even happen ? For Ranma to be scared ? He always seemed so brave and self-confident... So it only took her naked body for him to lose all his wits ? Akane smile inwardly, proud of the effect she had on him. But a wave of anxiety spread through her mind just as soon. Maybe he wasn't looking at her because he was disappointed ? Maybe he had told her she was beautiful just because he didn't want to hurt her ? But he had kissed her though ! Well, he had responded to her kiss, to be exact...

"Look, if you don't want to... then I can just go and we'll pretend all of this never happened..." she managed to say, her voice weaker than she had expected.

Ranma cast a surprised glance at her face - and tried to stay focused on her face, only her face. Now she was the one looking down. So she was already changing her mind ? "I want to !" Ranma almost yelled, so much that it startled Akane. "I just don't want you to feel like you have to or anything... but I mean, it was your idea in the first place so..."

Akane took this like a slap in the face but didn't flinch. (So now he thought she was being too bold?) Slowly, she reached for the bathrobe at her feet, turned around, and put it back on.

"But it couldn've been mine" Ranma quickly said, confusing himself.

"What do you mean" Akane asked angrily, and to Ranma it sounded like a rock ready to be thrown at his face if he didn't find the right answer.

"I uhm, I want this to happen too" he stammered, unsure.

"What do you mean 'this' ?" she asked, and regretted it just as soon as the words passed her lips. Why did she always have to question everything ? She could swear she saw Ranma's face redden, even though it was pitch black out there.

"I mean... I wanna be with you. I wanna spend this night with you, the last night before I lose you..."

A wave of joy and relief took over Akane's mind. She felt ready, ready to hear the answer to the question she had been wanting to ask her fiancé for a long, long time...

"Ranma... I need to know... do you love me ?"

Ranma's POV

Love. It's only a word.

Only four insignificant letters.

Then why the hell is it so scary ?

"I ... guess" I respond, not willing to repeat the damn word.

"You guess... or you do ?"

"I guess I do"

"Ahhh... just say it then !"

"Why don't you say it ? Do YOU l-love me ?"

HAH. She's the one blushing now.

"Ranma... You saw me naked twice today, doesn't that answer your question ?"

"No, I wanna hear you say it" I'm trying not to grin, but it's hard to resist.

Akane's POV

I never thought I would be the one to say it first. But I've had enough of all these childish games. I'll say it, and if he doesn't accept it... then I'll just get over it.

I will... Right ?

"I love... you, Saotome Ranma"

Wow. It wasn't so hard after all. I'm feeling so weak, so light now... Just as if my head's detached from the rest of my body. I can't look at Ranma, not yet, not before I've heard his response.

I hear a whisper : "Me too"

He clears his throat and says, louder this time : "I l-love you too... TendĂ´ Akane"

He's smiling.

I know I'm smiling too. And then I'm shaking. Not because I'm cold, but because I'm about to burst out laughing. Ranma's doing exactly the same. Why did it take us so long to say that ? Why did it take us so long to admit something that we both already knew ?!

Slowly, we stop laughing and his eyes lock on mine. It's not amusement that I see in them anymore, they're burning with passion, hunger and... desire. I, too, feel that burning and aching feeling of desire throughout my body. I can't think anymore. My head's spinning. My ears feel like they're on fire. All I want is him. Him with me, him near me, him... inside me.

I didn't see him move but he's already holding me, touching me... his hands, his lips... brushing the most sensitive parts of my body.

"Let's go... to your room" Ranma says, his breath ragged and his voice hoarse.

Slowly, he picks me up, putting a hand under my back, and another one under my knees, and the next second, we're getting into my room by the window. He puts me down, but I'm not letting go of him, my hands around his neck, I kiss him here... there... everywhere my lips can reach.

Ranma's POV

Her hair, her skin, her fingers, her smell. She's brushing me, touching me, kissing me, and I'm holding her, my hands clamping her hips, and her legs are wrapped around my waist... her crotch pressed against my...

Man ! Does she know what kind of effect she has on me ??? I'm feeling so hungry, hungry for her, hungry for more... I don't know if I'm gonna be able to hold back...

"Akane !" I cry with a ridiculously high voice. "are you sure you wanna go further... cuz I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to stop once we get... started"

"Yes" she replies almost instantly, and then kisses me "I wasn't lying when I said I wanted you... I really want this to happen"

"Ok"

Gently, I put her down on her bed, and she's already taking off my shirt, almost ripping it cuz she can't bother undoing the buttons. Then she slows down, her small, fragile hands sliding down from my shoulders to my trousers, but she stops right there.

"I-I'll do it..." I whisper in her ear.

"It's alright" she retorts, but her voice is shaking.

Akane's POV

My first thought when I see it :

Oh.

My.

God.

How is something that big ever going to... fit in me ?

Ranma's looking pale all of a sudden, and he murmurs : "You okay ?"

"Yeah, yeah I'm fine"

Am I ? I don't know anymore. I'm afraid, but the dizzying heat within me has doubled in temperature. It's never been so wet between my legs. Apparently, my body knows what to do better than my mind. I move around, freeing myself from the fabric that was still hiding the most intimate parts of my body.

Ranma leans over me and kisses the skin between my breasts. "You're beautiful... you're so beautiful" he repeats.

"Take me" I say, spreading my legs apart.

"Oh... shit" I hear him say.

"Wh-what's wrong ?"

"We forgot... we don't have... a condom" he explains, stammering.

"I'm on the pill... remember ? Your mom..."

It was still embarrassing to think about that day when Ranma's mom had given me "the box", which contained birth control pills and other medicine.

"So... it's safe, right ?" he asks, looking confused.

"Yeah, it's safe" I answer, smiling.

"Alright" He moves a bit, adjusting his position between my legs, and then I feel it.

It , brushing the most sensible part of my anatomy, sliding up and down my wetness... I hear myself moan in pleasure and begging for more. With a thrust of his hips, he drives himself into me, slowly, so slowly... he probably doesn't want to hurt me, but I don't feel any pain. Only pure, electric sparkles of pleasure, multiplying at each inch he gains.

"Yes" I moan, and I arch my back, so that it pushes deeper inside me.

He's almost all the way in, when we both start moving erratically.

Ranma's POV

In and out... in and then out... each time deeper, each time harder. I never thought it would feel so good. It's so wet, so warm inside, I wanna moan, shout and cry my pleasure out but I keep it in, too afraid to wake anybody up. Akane's face is flushed and covered with beads of sweat, and her breasts toss on her chest everytime I drive in her. I wonder what it feels like for her. Not that I've never penetrated my female body... but it's probably something completely different.

Suddenly, it's getting harder to push myself in, it's getting so tight in there... I'm losing control, I won't last another minute.

"Raaaaanmaaaaaaa........! Akane cries, apparently losing control herself.

And then it's too much, I let myself come in her with an ultimate groan. Akane's pushing my back against her chest, her hips wiggling under me, slower now... slower, and then stopping. The sound of our two ragged breaths is resounding in the room like a melody.

Slowly, I pull myself out of her, and lie down next to her. After a few minutes, I turn around to look at her. She's smiling at me, such a radiant and beaming smile that I try hard to carve it in my memory. I wanna look at her all night long. I struggle to keep my eyes open as hers slowly close. But I'm so worn out that it's impossible to fight against my heavy eyelids. I fall asleep with one last smile, and for the first time in my life, I'm a 1000 percent sure I'm gonna have pleasant, very pleasant dreams tonight.

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Wow. I'm sorry it took me so long to write this chapter, but as you see, it's quite long... So here you go... Let me know what you think, and tell me if you think this should be the last chapter, or if it should continue (for at least, another chapter), cuz I'm not sure. I think it's good like this, but I can always write about what happens the next day if you insist. I hope you enjoyed reading my story, and please read the other one called "man up and say it" if you haven't yet ! It's a longer one, it has more action in it, but no sex... well, almost.

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