Coming Out
by Minako
Ranma 1/2 belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. I'm kinda using it
without permission, but since I'm not making any cash off it, I'll hope
she doesn't mind. ^_^
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"You jerk... you jerk... why can't you consider my feelings for
once! UGH!" Akane smashed her hand through a few bricks, and Ranma
winced from his vantage point.
This was it. This was the day... he was finally going to tell
Akane the truth. It was something he'd known for a long time, but had
never had the courage to tell her. But still, he was desperately afraid
to tell her, he had been working up the courage to do it for months.
Back in April, he'd decided he'd do it on September ninth, the date was
circled on his calendar.
It had seemed so far away at the time, but the date had come,
and he had a promise to himself to keep, and a real man would never
break his word, even to himself. Gahering his courage, he stepped into
the dojo and approached the short-haired girl.
"Um... Akane?" He said tenatively. She spun around and pinned
him with a glare.
"What do YOU want?" She growled at him. He winced. So maybe
picking a fight with her first thing in the morning had not been the
best of ideas, but he'd been so nervous, it had been hard not to.
Besides, it wasn't his fault she'd picked this day of all days to cook
breakfast. He took a deep breath and gathered his courage.
"Look Akane, I'm really sorry about the breakfast thing, I
didn't mean to make such a big deal about it." Akane blinked rapidly in
confusion, then gave him a worried look.
"What's wrong?" He could feel the confusion spread over his
face.
"Um... nothing..." She shook her head.
"You're never this nice unless you want something from me or
something's wrong. Seeing as I don't think even you are stupid enough
to think I would do ANYTHING for a jerk like you, I'm assuming
something's wrong." Ranma sighed, she certainly wasn't making this easy
on him.
"Look nothing's wrong, and I don't want anything from you...
well, I guess I do." He took a deep breath and tried to settle his
nerves and think straight. "I just want you to listen to me, OK?" Akane
continued to look at him suspiciously for a moment, then nodded.
"I'm listening." He nodded, and was silent for a moment. She sighed. "Look Ranma, I haven't got all day, what do you want?"
"Sorry... this is just really important to me, so I don't want
to screw it up." Akane's glare softened, and she nodded.
"Take your time." He nodded back and closed his eyes. After
taking a deep breath, he opened them again and looked at her, then
quickly at the floor.
"I wanted to tell you something about myself, a secret. One
that I've paid Nabiki an insane amount of money to keep covered, not to
mention a number of favours... I think I'm in her debt forever." He
gave a cockeyed grin, and shook his head. "Anyway, I've only told this
to a couple of people, and I've been working up the courage to tell you
for the longest time. I figure that of all people, you probably deserve
to know the most..." He glanced up at her again, her eyes were wide and
she was looking a bit hopeful. He looked back at the floor. That wasn't
what he was expecting, he was probably giving her the wrong idea...
"What I mean is... I don't know... you're really important to
me... more than just a friend... and I didn't want you to find this out
from someone else... like Nabiki when I finally run out of money." He
sighed again. "I'm not very good at this stuff, am I?" He didn't wait
for an answer, "I've rarely ever had to express my feelings to anyone
like this... I've only told one or two people what I'm trying to tell
you now."
"Ranma..." He shook his head, cutting her off.
"This is hard enough for me as it is... please don't interrupt
me..." He glanced up, and she nodded. He closed his eyes, and and tried
to word what he wanted to say... he gave up... "Aw, to hell with tact."
Gathering his courage and going for it in the brief time before it
failed him, he looked up at her and stared deep into her brown eyes.
"Akane, I'm gay."
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Ehe... this idea came to me in the shower at about six in the
morning today (doesn't everyone just LOVE school) C&C are welcome,
daybreak_impression@yahoo.ca kind crits are ok, but flames will make me cry.
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