I just couldn't resist c&cing this ^_^
"Well, because I've seen you naked..." *blush* "...I'd
heard all the secrets you'd confided to me when you thought
me no more than a dumb beast, and I...never-came-forward...to
tell-you-the-truth about who I was!", Ryouga concluded in a final
burst of anxiety as his voice speeded and slowed by turns.
(nod nod) Yes... that's quite the very reason why most Ranma 1/2 fics have resorted to various ways of Akane _not_ knowing about the P-chan curse... to just plain dumb luck, to avoiding the issue, to _Nabiki_...
The smile that had come onto Akane's lips from the moment he
had emerged from the alley fled abruptly as she saw Ryouga's very
distress. She reached across the table and took his hand as
though to stay him from running away. "All right!", she said,
"Let's take this in order...
You've seen me naked? So has Ranma. *You* never called me
uncute.
Point taken...
It's true that when I thought you nonsentient I told you the
secrets I would never have wanted *anyone* to know. You kept them
safe.
Touche'
As for not coming forward to tell me that you were P-chan...My
father, as I recall went 16 years without bothering to tell me
of a marriage contract he'd made on my behalf. I've a sister who
never bothered to inform me of the cottage industry that she'd built
out of selling pinups of me to the local samurai drool-boy. I've
a future father-in-law who never bothered to let me know that he got
his notions of marriage and marriage contracts from the pre-Shogunate
period when polygany was legal and that by this contract I'd just
been inducted into the Legion of Co-wives. Oh, and speaking of
co-wives, did you notice that I've a fiance who neglects to mention
such minor little details as the acquisition of an Amazon bride
while on his training journey? *And you expect me to be mad at you
because you've kept your secrets as well as mine?* SHEESH, TAKE A
NUMBER AND STAND IN LINE ^_^;!
I dunno... it's rare for me to see ^_^ in fics... these sort of things I see in informal buddy email... though, I have to admit, you have applied a style of your own in expressing that. ^_^ To his his own, I guess...
If I went around killing everybody
who'd kept secrets from me I'd be a kinless, friendless orphan by
now. So no, as far as I'm concerned Ry-chan, _you_are_not_in_trouble_!"
Ahhh... what a refreshing look at the Ryoga-Pchan-Akane thing... if it were ever resolved in such a way! I have to tell ya... so many authors for so long a time have been practically avoiding this issue bec. of the cliche' wrath of the gorilla-strong fiancee... but, c'mon! The resolution here is quite sound and realistic... though what about canon Akane? Er, what abt her? ^^; Who's to say that Akane wouldn't actually have that kind of common sense... what is canon Ranma anyway? Er, before anyone answers that I'll be in wherever. ^^;
Basically, what I'm trying to say is nice fic, refreshing change from the dready sledge of Ranmafics nowadays. _Though_ the ending seemed a bit Akane-chan-goes-waaaay-OOC-to-get-Ryo-chan-aaahhh-heck-this-is-the-point-of-the-fic, it was a nice read, only just to see the above lines I've read. Thank you for making my day w/ that. ^_^
Peace and Love,
Jules