Okay! Here we go, chapter 2. Hope you like the revision so far and continue to read ^^ A bit more dramatic than we started, but I hope you can pick up the humor I threw in, even if it may be a tad dark haha~
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After running off as far as her legs could carry her, she realized that she hadn't headed in the direction of home, but as she slowed down, she realized she didn't really feel like heading straight home just yet either.
She instead found a park bench and tried to make sense of the odd, jumbled mess that the day had presented her with.
Her cheeks were tinted red from her sprint but also from anger that had yet to be headed. 'That blind fool kissed me, I can't believe he kissed me!'
Besides the anger was a deep upset.
This would mark the second time she was kissed against her will and general against her general consent, and not even kissed because she was who they wanted to kiss.
Her first kiss with Ranma wasn't so bad. They had almost kissed and nearly kissed a handful of times, but the one time he did kiss her...
... he was under Cat-Fu...
Besides being unexpected, he didn't even seem to remember it, and the kiss wasn't because he wanted to kiss her. More of a light pressing of lips, but she couldn't really say what did and didn't qualify as an actual kiss.
Now her second kiss, taken from a boy who thought she was someone else entirely. It hurt to think that she was never the person truly intended for the kiss, both forced on her in states of confusion but in different contexts.
Akane didn't know what was worse, the fact she was more upset that the only kisses she was ever given were ones that weren't actually meant for her or the fact that Mousse thought it'd be okay to just force someone to kiss him.
She scrubbed at her mouth with the back of her hand as the incident flashed in her mind's eye.
'UGH!'
Now she was certain...
..she was more peeved at Mousse then just over the kiss.
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...Akane wasn't the only one currently feeling pissed off at Mousse...
Ranma who had finally had enough of Shampoo's grabby hands, his temper at its limit, thought to distract her with a reminder that she still had a delivery to do.
With that she was moving in a rush, muttering about how her grandmother would scold her when she got back.
With her finally gone, Akane out of sight and long gone, and duck boy nowhere in sight. He let out some of his tension by punching a wall, in his ire forgetting to hold back some, and split a fresh new hole into the bricks.
Aghast, he made a quick getaway, assuring himself that now was the perfect time to find Mousse...
And with that thought, he was on his way.
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Mousse was trying and failing to reassure himself that he didn't make the biggest possible mistake ever out of his entire life.
It was going pretty badly...
All the facts seemed to point to Akane, his memory was just a tad fuzzy from all the throws, so there was a slim,slim,sliiiiiimmmmm chance that he was mistaken, but it was so slim that it wasn't worth considering, but he was definitely considered it anyway because the consequence of being right was too terrifying to consider.
He took a deep breath and decided to list off the facts from the events of the day.
Whoever he had grabbed was definitely female, and her waist was definitely smaller than Shampoo's waist unless Shampoo had lost weight?
She also smelt more of vanilla, but all of Shampoo's perfumes that came from china had a heady thick scent to them.
But Shampoo could've totally tried something new, right? Right?
He let out a loud groan, rubbing his eyes, things were not looking good for his future.
Perking up a tad, there was a third possible option to consider! That being, the person he kissed in a giant awful twist was really Ranma who had somehow been splashed with water and was female when Mousse made his move. It was a very disturbing third option, but again it would make a better reality than the one in which he had accidentally kissed Akane, and not Shampoo, igniting the wrath and terror that Ranma Saotome could be when pushed.
That was definitely the safer option.
He briefly wondered if it were too late to pray, and if not if praying to every God known to man would save him from the wrath of Saotome, or if not save him but at least let him make it out ALIVE!...
He sighed and gave up, beginning the search on his body for perhaps the third time that day for another pair of glasses. Thanking the Gods for the teeniest bit of luck, he found one of his older and slightly damaged pair of glasses and headed to Cat Café to play out the rest of the evening, and just hope with all of his being that he wouldn't run into anyone or anything else to catapult his day right into hell.
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Arriving at the Cat Café late, he tried sneaking in through the backdoor but the old crone spotted him and whipped his bottom with her stick.
Stopping himself from grumbling,he headed straight towards the kitchen where he spotted Shampoo. Rushing over to her, grabbing her shoulders, he asked, "...uM...Odd question, were you the one I kissed today?"
Shampoo responded with a smile and continued to smile as she sharply pinched his hand and threw it away from her shoulder.
"You & Akane make to, too too cute couple, congratulations!"
At any other time, he would've wondered if she was jealous, but his brain was currently busy crashing and burning as he physically tried to stop himself from letting out a cry, while his brain switched gears and entered 'what's the best possible escape route from Nerima' mode.
But while he was remembering things, he also remembered the fact that it didn't matter where he ran to, because Ranma would catch him and that would be that.
'Well...I guess this is how I'll go...'
And yes he had the upper hand when it came to lithe and stealth, but that would do him no real good in hand to hand, not to mention he remembered the strength and sheer power Ranma had when fighting for Akane, or any fight that had anything to do with Akane!
He knew Ranma.
They weren't friends, nor completely enemies, possibly on the line of friendly rivals? Whatever they were, it didn't take much to understand the other.
Ranma was one of the very few words when it came to any emotion besides straight up anger and even then he could be tight lipped. Only really mouthing off when he got annoyingly cocky, but Mousse certainly didn't need him to tell him how he felt about Akane.
Even if she didn't see it, or Ranma himself, or even all the female suitors who would deny it with everything they had. They all could see it, see that he cared deeply for the girl.
And he respected him for that, because, no matter what the two said to each other or how much they fought, they were always there for each other.
He understood why Ranma would be mad, he understood that he didn't have half a chance against him.
He understood all of it and understood it was futile, but he hoped that just this once he could be wrong! Just this once, he would bow down and thank all Gods for being wrong, just this one time!
And while Mousse mourned how futile all escape plans were, Shampoo sneaked out the kitchen calling someone over.
"Rann~maaa~ Duck boy is here."
Mousse's brain skidded to a stop as her words register..., 'She wouldn't...'
As Ranma appeared in the doorway, a dark smirk on his face, Mousse realized, she definitely would...
It was as if time froze, they just stared each other down, Mousse wouldn't let himself be so easily cowed he told himself even as a drop of sweat swept down his brow.
Even as he unconsciously began to move backwards, step by step and Ranma moved closer, step by step.
He continued to tell himself that he totally wasn't scared, even as he turned tail and made a quick getaway from the Cat Café, he was merely giving himself time to form a plan...
Yeah....a plan...that was it...
It would seem, that overall Mousse understood many a thing, one of which was that he wasn't going to make it out of this without a scratch...
Poor, poor, Mousse...
Hey, guys! hope you liked this chapter, please, please let me know if formatting is weird, I've been worried about it since it changes a bit every time I move it from doc to ffn. Next chapter coming soon~