Flowers in the fall
By Kahlil Noriega

Disclaimer:
All rights belong to Rumiko Takahashi and Viz video

Legend:
[Descriptions/ Events in daydream/ Thoughts]
< Sound effects >

Flowers in the fall (very Rough Draft)


The soft rays of sunlight freely entered through the window as the light
touch of the wind softly lifted the silk like curtains hanging on either
side of it. Letting them float over the study table as it cooled the
interior of Akane's room.

Quietly, lying on the bed, Akane looked up at the ceiling. Arms tucked
underneath her head as she daydreamed...

***
[Ranma walking on the fence and turning around to confront her and his
shocked expression afterwards as he slowly lowered himself, hugging his
knees as he balanced on top of the fence. And his expression as he tried to
regain it when she pushed him off. What happened next was a priceless
image] 

And Akane smiled.

[Ranma in his Romeo costume...< "He's so handsome she thought blushing
slightly" >] 

["Akane..." His image coming into view with those adoring eyes as he gazed
upon hers.]

["Akane!" The desperation he had when he tried to reach out to her...]

Akane partly closes her eyes and parts her lips into a smile as an image
floated into her mind. It was a bit fuzzy yet she still remembered the soft
words spoken...

< "You're really cute, you know..." >

Akane smiles as she turned over to her side, snuggling deeper into the
folds of her bed.

***
{Ranma's room}

The room Ranma sat in was fairly dark, with the windows closed as the only
light came from a lamp, which sat on top of Ranma's study table. 

Ranma sat there, stooped over the study table, trying desperately to
concentrate on the words of the problem.  ["I can do this!"] He thought.
After a few minutes he finally screams out in frustration as he crumpled
the piece of paper and threw it behind him in disgust. Leaning his head in
his palms Ranma sat there thinking...

Images starting to float in his mind�

[Akane turning around smiling at him.]

[Akane walking with some of her friends, the sunlight bouncing off of her
smooth skin and radiant blue black hair.]

[The limp form in his hands and the pain he felt when he though he was
going to lose her. And the first sign of her recovery as she opened her
eyes and looked at him in the eye, as a small smile grew on her lips that
slowly gained a little bit of colour at last.]

[Akane running away and suddenly turning around, poking her tongue out at
him] This last made him smile. < "She really is cute." >

Getting up and off of the table, he slowly opened the door and walked out
of the room.

***
{Akane's room}

Akane lay there on her bed, thinking quietly when she felt a presence from
the window. Rising to her elbows, she looked at the table from her perch on
the bed. There she saw a single stemmed white flower lying on her desk.
Slowly she rose off the bed and walked over to the table and took the
flower in her hand. Then turning around to look at the window behind her,
finding it empty as the curtains lazily fluttered in the breeze.

Smiling she turned away from the window, bringing the flower up to her
chest as she took in its sweet scent and smiled. Biting her lower lip as
she tried to stifle the joy she felt inside her as she tried to hide her
blush under her hand as she smiled again...

***
{Out in the garden}

Ranma leaned back on the trunk of a tree. He felt really happy as he turned
up to look at the bright blue sky and smiled...

-The End

Hope you liked this short story. This was really meant to be a short
glimpse into other peoples lives. I just hope I at least made you smile.

C&C, MST, or even Flames are always welcome.

~ Kahlil Noriega ~

  Author of the fic "Ranma 1/2 A Chinese Ghost Story"

" Frost fills the sky over Ten Mile Lake,
  Silken threads anxious of youth....
  Looking at the moon and feeling lonely...
  Envious of lovers, not of immortality.
  Envious of love, not of immortality. " 

        - Excerpt from the movie " A Chinese Ghost Story "

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