Be my beloved enemy
Don't stare at me
Impulse.
That's what it had it been Ranma reasoned with himself.
An irrational and spontaneous feeling that had impacted within his very subconscious which demanded to be acknowledged.
A numbing shortcut to dull ones mind, claiming to have the power of life where the code word was no other than "survival".
A raw instinctive reaction brought out by fear and uneasiness.
Impulse.
That's what it had been; a disguised controversy of the psyche.
Humans tend to look for explanations, he told himself; it was only natural for him to be searching for one. For the main reason he'd let himself lose control over his feelings. Humans required answers to the unknown not needing them to be truthful but rather comforting and gullible. Sometimes they came out in myths others could be found in science, religion, superstition…Lies.
His trembling hand rushed to his disheveled hair, his fingers tangling in the ivory mass of locks. Lies. He drummed his fingertips against his skull four times, as much as letters the dreaded word carried.
"L-I-E-S" he drawled, his voice affected by the heaviness of the discovery.
They had been created to control and gain, to trick and make believe, to hurt and comfort… That's what they were; a creation of the mind, a contortion of the reality, a way to escape and hide; the solution to his very problem.
But for some weird reason, he couldn't bring himself to do it, he couldn't just pretend it hadn't happened, couldn't lie to himself about it. It hadn't been out of an impulse it had been a growing need that had built in his very being.
Akane's hand had felt so cold and little wrapped in his; he could recall her tear strained face and how his breath had hitched all of a sudden at the sight of her.
"For God's sake!" he cursed loudly.
The train kept going on as the rain kept pouring down; Ranma's gaze turned once more to the now hardly visible Tokyo and sighed. There was a crumbled paper stuffed inside his pants pockets, an answer to all of his nonsensical notes than he had flown to Akane's room. He opened it carefully, recognizing the neat writing immediately.
'I didn't know you cared' it read.
The paper fell on his knees and his eyes travelled to the big city standing far away in the horizon.
"me neither" he whispered at the same time his exhausted eyes closed.
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Ryouga walked back to his quarters after a very long practice; his ivory hair was tousled and beads of sweat still ran down his cheek to his neck. He grabbed a towel and passed it across his forehead as he sat down in-front-of his cousin.
"What's up mate? You missed practice"
"None of your damn business" Ranma hissed.
"Tendo's been giving you trouble again?"
At that the mention of that name Ranma flinched and directed his gaze to the black-haired guy to then drawl.
"You stink, go get lost."
"I thought the reason for you being in my room implied that you needed some advice" Ryoga stated calmly.
Ranma just looked up from where he was sitting looking quite menacing.
"Just go get a damn shower" he hissed
Ryouga could tell there was something troubling Ranma, and not just because of the obvious display he had just put for Genma's suspicions yesterday. Ryouga had observed that his cousin was more aloof than usual, even if that was even possible; he was always in a foul mood but when night came his eyes would sparkle, a hint of anxiety in them. For what? He couldn't quite tell but he could guess it had something to do with the Tendo girl.
"Don't fret; I was just about to" he said, jumping to his feet "you may just work on your parade, you're giving yourself away"
"Sue me!" he snarled back
"I'll be back soon" he said disappearing inside the bathroom.
Ranma just stood where he was wondering what it was that he needed to talk to Ryouga about.
"So, what's with the drama queen act?" Ryoga blurted out as soon as he entered his quarters.
His head was still wet and sitting down he dried it with a towel he had been carrying. Ranma growled at his words choice.
"Ok, maybe it was not the right approach. So, what is it that has you so troubled?" he said sounding concerned.
Ranma seemed to calm down or maybe it was the fatigue coming over him as in fact, he hadn't slept at all that night again.
"I don't know" he said sincerely.
"Well, let me make a wild guess. it is Tendo again, isn't it?"
Instead of answering, Ranma threw a paper at Ryouga's head that he graciously and thanks to his reflexes caught with his hand.
"I didn't know you cared" he read out loud. "What the hell is this?"
"Do you recognize the writing?" Ranma asked.
"Not really. I can just tell it is not yours, probably a girl's writing what with the well defined scripture and all" Ryouga's eyes snapped opened at his cousin's reactions. He'd been right, it was a girl's writing; and not just any girl's but Tendo's.
"You see… I,"
"What have you done?" Ryouga's alarmed voice interrupted.
"If you'd just let me explain, I'd tell you"
"Spill out your guts!"
"I was about to" Ranma said defeated and began the narration.
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Akane held a bunch of folded papers in her hands. She was sitting on her bed, waiting for the nurse to come in and bring her breakfast, she was seriously famished. She counted the papers one by one, letting them rest in her lap, before opening the first out of nine to re-read.
'Disappear' it read.
It was the first note Ranma had sent her. The writing was clear with a hard draft.
She discarded it by the bed table and went to open the next one.
'Why won't you drown yourself?" she actually laughed at that one, seeing as it was thanks to him that she hadn't.
The next one was in blank, and so were the following two. The sixth read 'I hate you' and the seventh 'Bitch'.
By the eighth she acknowledged his hand writing was rushed and unsure. 'Don't get used to me saving your butt'
She held the last paper he had given her in her tiny hands, the ink had been smeared thanks to the paper being soaked but the word could clearly be read.
'Die' and for a moment she really wished she had because it would've been easier than to confront Ranma once more.
She closed her eyes as last night events played in her head as if a movie to behold.
His clothes had been wet and his blue eyes had come to rest against hers. It was such a strange situation. They had just shared a few words as the stormed drummed loudly and she asked him to stay with tears running down her cheek.
Then, as she recalled the moment a shiver ran down her spine as she remember how he'd agreed and held her hand. In a sudden it all became blurry as she awoke to the sight of his worried boyish face.
"You fainted" he stated
"It was the storm" Akane had admitted as a new set of tears placed on her face.
Ranma reached out and brushed a strand one with the pad of his finger.
"The storm is over" he said as he grabbed her very form and placed her on the bed.
Akane's eyes stared at him bewildered at his actions. Her rosy cheeks increasing its colour by the moment as her speeding heart accelerated, she was sure that Ranma could feel it through the layers of clothes that separated them
"This changes nothing" he said sitting beside her on the bed "I'll wait till you fall asleep" he said, his penetrating gaze falling once more on her.
"Don't stare at me" Akane demanded.
"Why? Scared?" he said sarcastically, as his head drew closer to hers.
"You wish" she snapped "Just don't stare, it gives me the creeps"
"Then close your eyes and you'll not see me" he stated, matter of fact.
And as Akane's eyes closed Ranma's head bent down…
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-"…And then, I kissed her" Ranma ended his tale leaving a very shocked Ryouga gaping at him.
'and she kissed back' he added for himself.
A.N: halloooo, thanks to all of you guys that take the time to review.
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