richh@valis.worldgate.edmonton.ab.ca (Richard Hempsey)

                               Ranma 1/1

        Ranma tapped lightly on Akane's bedroom window.  "Akane? Akane!"

        "Shh!  Ranma, you know better!" whispered Akane, sliding open
her window.

        "If the window was open, I wouldn't have had to knock!" Ranma
argued, jumping in.

	"Well, excuse me!" Akane retorted.

        Hearing the window closing behind him, Ranma spun around,
putting his arms around Akane from behind.  "You're excused, love," he
whispered into her ear.  "Now forget that window."

        Akane had jumped at Ranma's grab, but at the feel of his body
pressed into hers, relaxed into his arms.  She sighed.  "Ranma, why are
we doing this?  Sneaking around, I mean.  Hiding from our families."

	"Akane... I love you..."

	She smiled.  "I love you too.  But what--"

        Ranma interrupted her.  "Up until just recently, everything I've
done has been because of my dad.  My training.  My  accident  in China.
Hiding from my mom, always on the move.  It's the same with you.  Your
dad trying to control your life, your sisters, Kunou always getting in
your way.  Our families even planned our marriage.  But this is _our_
decision.  It's _our_ lives.  We love each other in _spite_ of what
they've done, not _because_ of them. So it will be my choice when I
ask... will you marry me?"

        Akane spun around, surprised beyond words.  She stared into his
face, seeing both honesty and embarassment.  She threw her arms around
him.  "Of course, you big jerk!  Only..."  Akane hesitated.

        "Not yet?"  Ranma interrupted again.  He felt Akane nod.  "I
didn't think so.  How about after graduation then?  Sound good?"

        Akane didn't answer, but Ranma felt her pushing him.  He
shuffled backwards until he fell backwards onto her bed, Akane on top of
him.

	"Nnnngg!"  He barely stifled a scream.

	"Ranma!  What's wrong?"

        "Get... get off!"  He pushed Akane off, and quickly sat up,
hunched over himself.

	Akane knelt beside Ranma.  "Ranma!  What's wrong?" she repeated.

	"Your leg... hit me..." Ranma groaned.

        "Oh, Ranma, I'm so sorry."  Akane's voice turned from apologetic
to seductive.  "Don't worry though.  I'll make it feel better."

        Ranma looked up, intrigued despite his pain.  "Oh?  And just how
do you plan to do that?" he asked rhetorically.

	"I'm sure something will... come up."

	Ranma groaned more at the pun than at his pain.


        Ranma uncurled from his hunched-over position to push Akane onto
her back and started unbuttoning her pyjama top.

	"Quick recovery..." Akane commented.

        Ranma bent down to kiss her.  "I'd have to be dead for you not
to excite me," he whispered.

        "Flattery," she whispered back, "will get you anything you
want."

        Ranma kissed his way down her body, pausing only to pull off her
pyjama bottoms and panties.

        Akane broke in.  "Hey, I was supposed to be making you feel
better."

	"I dunno... I'm feeling better by the minute!"

        Akane pulled a face at that.  "Oh, funny!  Still, this will make
you feel really good."  She felt Ranma freeze as she began undoing his
pants.

        She started stroking the erection that had practically popped
out in front of her.  "How are you now?" she asked Ranma.  A groan was
his only answer.

        Ranma stopped Akane after only a few minutes of sucking. "Akane,
stop, or I'm going to..."

	She smirked at him.  "Oh no, we can't have that!"

        He turned around and kissed her.  "I would _love_ for you to
finish what you were doing.  I'd rather finish with you, though."

        "Thank you," she replied, kissing him back.  "But you need to
get ready first."

        Ranma nodded and started removing the rest of his clothes as
Akane went to her desk.

        Opening a small package retrieved from it's hiding place, Akane
turned to Ranma in alarm.  "Ranma, there's only one left!"

        He smiled back at Akane.  "Well, we'll just have to make the
most of it!"


        Akane smoothed the condom over him.  "Come here, lover," she
said, laying back on her bed and pulling on Ranma's shoulders.

	"With pleasure, love!" he replied, moving over her.

        Akane moaned and wrapped her arms and legs around Ranma as he
entered her.

        They moved together for a while, but Akane's earlier attentions
left Ranma closer to the edge and he came first, Akane quickly
following.


        Ranma had fallen to one side but continued to hold Akane as they
rested.

	"I really wish I could stay the night, but..." he trailed off.

        "It would look really suspicious?" she finished.  "Yes, I wish
you could, too.  Just stay for a little while longer please?"

	"Of course," he said, before they both fell asleep.


        Kasumi sighed as she leafed through a cookbook.  _How long are
those two going to keep this up?_ she thought.  _I really do need a full
night's rest._


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Richard Hempsey
rich@knoware.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (preferred)
richh@worldgate.edmonton.ab.ca