Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ Heartaches ❯ Chapter 7: True Confessions ( Chapter 7 )

Chapter 7: True Confessions

While Ranma was off buying flowers, Akane was making some preparations of her own. She decided that she wanted everything to be as calm as possible, so she decided to cook something for Ranma to give him after she told him how she felt. Since it was still a few hours before dinner, Akane ventured into Ranma's room.

"This place is a pig-sty!" she said to herself.

"Snort."

P-chan emerged from under Ranma's bed with something caught on his hind leg.

"You silly, I didn't mean you P-chan! Come here baby, what's that on your leg?"

Ryoga looked back and realized what he had. He hurriedly tried to stuff the object back under the bed but Akane picked him up before he finished the task.

"Now let's see, what do you have here P-chan?" Akane asked as she recovered the black object from under the bed.

"What the…" she said, as the light revealed a certain black and red ninja costume…

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"Oh boy, she'll really like these! Thanks!" Ranma yelled as he sprinted out of the florist. "Nothing like chocolate and flowers to make a girl smile!"

Ranma then smiled himself imagining the look on Akane's face when he told her he loved her and gave her the gifts. It was not a normal look for Akane. He couldn't wait to get home. Running along the rooftops, his heart soared with happiness as he headed towards the dojo for his confession.

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Akane, on the other hand, wasn't looking forward to seeing her fiancée. She stood, holding P-chan under one arm and the costume in the other. When it finally sunk in what happened, you could hear her from a mile away,

"RANMA!!"

P-chan tried desperately to wiggle away but Akane wouldn't let him go. P-chan began to whimper and she finally put him down. He ran back under Ranma's bed and sobbed. Ryoga feared that Akane was lost to him. Even in his pig form Ryoga knew that although she was mad now (what an understatement!!), Akane loved Ranma and this would eventually pass. He also knew what a good time Ranma and Akane had together at the dance even if Akane hadn't known who her mystery admirer was. Well, now she did, but she didn't seem happy. Perhaps this was because Ranma hadn't told her himself? Maybe he still had a chance with Akane!

Until, that is, he saw the flash of a red Chinese shirt and a black pigtail bounce off the roof landing into the yard. Ryoga sat back and prepared for the worst.

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Ranma entered the house and looked around.

"Well, she's not here," he said. "I wonder what she was yelling about…"

Ranma decided to go upstairs to Akane's room, since he didn't hear anything in the dojo he figured she was up there.

He sprinted up the stairs, taking them two at a time. He couldn't wait to talk to Akane! He knew he would feel better about himself (like he needed to!) after he told her. Ranma reached the top of the stairs and turned right into the hallway.

There was Akane's room, the middle door on the left, with the duck bearing her name on the door. Suddenly he stopped short, his door was open. He peered inside, not knowing what to expect. He was a little mad that the door was left open and in response he growled,

"Who's in here?"

"Back off, Baka," replied the shorthaired girl who, when she spun around (aura blazing bright blue), turned out to be Akane.

"Akane, what're you doing in here?" he asked, his voice softening.

"Why didn't you tell me?" she demanded.

"Tell you what…"

She glared at him and brought her hands out from behind her back.

Ranma gasped when he saw what she had. He felt really bad that she had found the costume before he could tell her, but now he felt even worse when he looked up and saw her face.

Akane was doing her best not to cry but her efforts were in vain. The tears were streaming down her face and her eyes were filled with more that were ready to fall. Akane handed him the costume and said,

"Here, take it. I'm leaving and you don't need to lie to me any more."

She wiped her eyes and headed out the door.

"Akane wait! I…" Ranma panicked.

He didn't want to lose her, not after all he'd learned.

"Ranma, I told you. I…"

"Love you," Ranma said, before he chickened out.

Akane spun around, angry once more at him.

"Ranma don't think that by saying that it'll get me to stay here with you!"

Akane would have continued storming on had not a certain small black pig shoved Ranma towards her.

Before they knew what was happening, there faces were only inches apart and their breathing became as one. Akane tried to turn her head away but Ranma wouldn't let her.

"Akane, look at me. I'm not just saying it, I love you and I don't want to lose you."

Akane stared at him in shock.

She had known that he loved her but to hear him say it to her face was, well, it was the sweetest thing she had ever heard in her life.

"Oh Ranma!" she breathed, but then she remembered one small tiny little detail.

"Uh Ranma, one question."

"Mmm?"

"At the dance, why didn't you tell me it was you?"

"Oh Akane, I wanted to. I really did, but once we started dancing it was too late and I didn't want you to get angry. I didn't want anything to ruin the time we had together. I was afraid…"

Ranma cut himself off short.

Sure, this was a time of confessions but he wasn't sure that he wanted Akane to know he was afraid of something other than cats.

"Afraid of what, Ranma?" Akane probed.

He looked away, unable to face her. Akane took his face in her hands and made him look at her. Hesitantly he answered,

"I was afraid that if you knew it was me you wouldn't have talked to me, you might not have dance with me either."

"Oh Ranma," was all she could say to that. "One more thing before I forget, why did you tell me you weren't gonna go to the party?"

"Oh that! Well, you know how Shampoo works. She gave me some kind of magic powder junk that made me do whatever she wanted. Which, of course, was to stay away from you. When it wore off I kicked her halfway back to China and came to the dance."

At the mention of her name, Shampoo popped into the room.

"What Ranma say about Shampoo? Shampoo no like be talked about. Why pervert girl standing there in Ranma bedroom?"

Akane, very upset that Shampoo had "dropped in for a visit", was overcome with a strength that she never knew she had and threw a jump-spin sidekick that could've knocked out a fairly large elephant. Shampoo went flying and hopefully wasn't going to be heard from for a while.

Akane turned back to Ranma and rubbed her hands together.

"Wow Akane, that was some kick!" Ranma said in amazement.

"Aww, it was nothin'. Now, where were we?"

"I believe I was just about to kiss you," Ranma playfully answered.

"Oh you were, were you? Let's see if you can handle this!"

Before he could reply, Akane stepped in and gave Ranma his first real kiss ever (grumpy pandas and hentai figure skaters don't count). P-chan obviously wasn't too happy about this outcome (he could be seen in the back round tearing up the daisies and eating the chocolate that Ranma had brought home).

Ranma moved closer and put his arms around her waist. Akane broke the kiss with a sigh.

"Hey, what'd ya do that for?" Ranma asked.

Akane put a finger on his lips and whispered,

"Ranma, I love you. I don't know why, but I do."

She smiled and leaned her head on his shoulder.

"I think I know why…" Ranma replied.

He took her chin in his hand and raised her lips to his. Their kiss was one of true love, one that no one could best or break.