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Blind Date	By : PurseMonger Category: +M to R > Ranma ½ Views: 8563 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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It took a while, partly due to and because of the Saotome siblings teasing, but eventually Akane got over her mortification. She wished they would stop teasing her about the book, but she knew they weren't doing it to be mean but because they were comfortable with her, which actually made her feel better.

After the incident with Shampoo, the trio hung out at the cafe until Akane and Ranko needed to go to her lecture. Ranma chose to stay there instead of going to her class, he hated attending his own much less someone else's. After the lecture, which Ranko found interesting albeit boring, they headed back to the cafe to grab Ranma and they all walked to the main food court together.

"If you decide to stay in the dorms next year, the price of housing includes a meal package. Each dormitory has its own cafeteria but you can go to any of the ones on campus, if one is closer to your class. Points are added to your ID card, which you swipe for each meal. The cafeterias are set up buffet style, where you can order whatever you want and eat as much as you want."

"That's good for her," Ranma said, gesturing to his sister, "because she eats like a pig."

"Oh, like you're one to talk," she replied, elbowing him in the stomach. "Both you and dad have been kicked out of buffets."

Akane giggled at that. "Now, if you don't want to eat at the cafeterias, you have the option to eat at the food court here. They have a few fast food chain restaurants as well as a couple of restaurants provided by the school. The meals cost more but you can still pay with your meal points."

"That's pretty cool, my school only allows you to eat at the dorm cafeteria on the meal plan. We have a small food court but we have to pay for it ourselves," Ranma said, impressed with the system they had there.

"So what happens if I run out of points?" Ranko asked.

"Then you can load more money onto your card or pay for food yourself, but I wouldn't worry too much about it. I never ran out of points while I lived on campus. The meal plan was created for students who live on campus full time so it includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the entire week. Since you live nearby you'll probably go home some weekends to eat and out with friends some nights. "

They reached the cafeteria then and Ranma said, "Lunch is on me today."

His parents had specifically asked him to treat Akane to lunch to repay her for her kindness but he would have done it anyway.

"You don't have to do that," the blue-haired girl replied.

"I insist."

"Well, if you insist," she said with a smile.

They walked into the food court and looked around at the different options.

"So what are you in the mood for?" the pigtailed man asked.

"Those burgers look pretty good," Ranko said, eyeing a table near them. "How about you guys?"

"Fried chicken," came two simultaneous responses.

Ranma and Akane looked at each other for a moment before the former spoke. "So how about we go get your burger and then we can go get the fried chicken?"

"That'd be such a waste of time. I'll just meet you after we get our food."

"Are you sure you don't want me to come with you?"

"No, I think I can handle it,” she said with an eye roll. “You're worse than Mom! I think I can handle getting food all by myself without being assaulted. But if the tray gets too heavy, I'll be sure to ask some nice strong man to help me. Maybe I should have him help me pay for the food, too. I don't know if my tiny female brain will be able to do all that complicated math," she snarked before walking off.

Ranma raised his eyebrow at that. “I wonder what that’s about,” he muttered more to himself than anything.

“You really have no idea?” Akane asked skeptically.

“No.”

Akane thought for a moment, trying to decide the best way to tell him.

“I haven’t known Ranko for long but she’s really independent, right?”

Ranma nodded in confirmation.

“Well, you offering to help her with something as simple as getting her lunch probably makes her feel like you’re treating her like a child.”

“What? That’s not what I meant to do.”

“I know. But think of it from her point of view, this morning your parents wouldn’t let her come unless you accompany her, and with your offer of help, it probably makes her feel like you see her as helpless.”

“But I don’t. I know she’s capable of taking care of herself. It’s just that…” he trailed off, not knowing how to explain.

“When you look at her, you can’t help but see your baby sister, and not a grown woman. You’re protective of her.”

“Yes, exactly,” he said, glad that she understood.

“It’s normal. But from experience, I know how hard it is to be the youngest. Everyone always wanting to treat you like a ‘baby’ when you’re trying to grow up. She’s practically an adult and she just needs to feel like your family sees her like one. Especially you.”

“Why me?”

“Because she looks up to you and respects you.”

“So what do I do?”

“Nothing.”

“Nothing?”

“That’s right, nothing. Just be there for her. Give her space to fail and be there to give her advice when she needs it.”

He didn’t know if he liked the sound of that. “I don’t know if I like the sound of that but I can try.”

Akane smiled at him. Family meant a lot to her and it only raised her opinion of him that he was concerned about his relationship with Ranko.

“You’re a good brother, not everyone would take an entire day out of their schedule to come here with their sister.”

Ranma smiled at her comment, finding himself feeling better about the situation. Maybe because she had such a low opinion of him until now, but her genuine praise of him felt good.

"What can I get you?" the cashier asked when they reached the front of the line.

"The number three, please," Akane said.

"Can you make that two?" Ranma added.

"Sure, what do you want for your sides?"

"Mashed potatoes and corn on the cob," came the simultaneous responses.

"And your drink?"

"Dr. Pepper," they both answered slowly as they eyed each other. Ranma's lips quirked up in a small smile.

"Your total is 1611 yen."

Ranma paid for the food, grabbed the tray, and they went in search of his sister. It didn't take long as her red hair made her easy to spot in a crowd. She was making her way towards them, but he frowned when he noticed that walking next to her was a rather tall preppy looking guy wearing a white collared shirt with a sweater vest, slacks, and dress shoes who happened to be carrying a tray loaded with hamburger, fries, and a drink while his sister wasn't carrying anything. He groaned to himself when he realized that she had decided to make a point and was using that poor schmuck to do it. He was surprised, however, when it was Akane who issued the expletive.

"Shit."

He looked at her oddly as he reached an empty table and put the tray down. "What's going on?"

She only shook her head and said, "You'll see."

Ranko walked up to the table and said "You were right, I did need help. The tray was sooo heavy. Luckily though, I found someone to help me."

She batted her eyelashes at the unknown man as he set her food down, though he didn’t notice as his eyes seemed to be locked on Akane.

"It must be fate! My sudden desire to assist this beautiful damsel in distress has led me to my true heart's desire. Beautiful Akane Tendo, how I have missed thee," he said giving her a low bow and then surprising the two Saotomes by reaching out and giving her a kiss on the back of her hand.

"Hello, Tatewaki," the blue-haired woman said tiredly when she got her hand back and resisted the urge to wipe the back of her hand against her pants.

"You know each other?" Ranma asked with a raised eyebrow.

From her response when seeing the kendoist, to the normally friendly woman’s perfunctory greeting of him, and the way she held herself, this was obviously not someone she wanted to see. And with the way Kuno had greeted her, it seemed like Akane too had herself a stalker.

"You there!"

"What?" Ranma replied when the other man pointed at his face.

"You are being quite familiar with Akane! Who are you?"

"Tell him, 'Kane," Ranma said, giving her the chance to use their ‘relationship’ as a way to get rid of the increasingly annoying man.

"Tell him what?" she asked in confusion.

"Who are you, boor? Ah! But it is the custom to give one's own name first! Fine then! Mine I shall give!"

"If you want..."

"My name is Tatewaki Kuno, Kendo National Champion, age 22."

"Uhh..." Ranma said, not knowing what to make of the man's introduction. "I'm Ranma Saotome, Akane's boyfriend." The pigtailed man had decided to take matters into his own hands. He put his arm around the blue-haired girl's waist and pulled her close to him, once again placing a kiss on the side of her head.

"What?!” Kuno shrieked and grasped at his chest. “You scoundrel, hounding Akane, eh? I, Tatewaki Kuno, shall bring you to justice."

"Who's hounding who here?"

"Silence!"

"Ranma is my boyfriend, he's not hounding me," Akane spoke up, putting her hands up and interrupting the pair as she finally understood what the pigtailed man was hinting at. She was grateful for his help and glad he thought of continuing their charade to help her get rid of Kuno.

"No! I will not accept that you are dating such a scoundrel. Nothing you can say will make me believe that. I forbid it!"

"Okay then,” Akane said and turned to face Ranma. She looked up at him and noticed his face was full of annoyance. His face softened slightly when he looked down at her questioningly.

"Sorry about this," she said softly so only he could hear.

Before he could ask what she meant, she reached up and clasped his cheeks with both her hands, pulled his face down, and pressed her mouth firmly against his. His eyes widened in surprise but it took him less than a second to register what was happening before he closed his eyes. He knew he was attracted to her but he was surprised at the spark that shot through him. Her lips were so soft and warm against his and he couldn’t help but draw her closer.

When she would have pulled away, Akane felt a strong arm wrap around her waist and a hand suddenly pressed to the back of her head as Ranma pulled her to him. His mouth moved against hers softly, un-demandingly but she couldn’t help but respond to him. When his tongue ran lazily against her bottom lip, she yielded to him instantly, opening herself to him in invitation. When his wet appendage touched hers, it sent a shiver down her spine and she hummed lowly in her throat. He set a slow and sensual pace, drawing her in until her mind was hazy.

Ranma had only wanted a taste of her - had thought this was probably his only chance to ever kiss her - and was surprised she was receptive to him. Her tongue danced with his slowly, intoxicatingly, and he found himself getting lost in her. The taste of her and the feel of her pressed against him. He wanted to run his hands all over her tiny but curvy body, but settled for running his hand through her soft hair.

He didn't want to stop, his senses were so full of her, but in the back of his mind, he knew he needed to. He pulled away and placed one last soft kiss on her lips, now pink and plump from their activity. He smiled, somewhat smug, at the dazed look on her face.

Akane stood there dazedly and blinked her eyes as she tried to process…anything. She glanced around and noticed vaguely that they had drawn quite a bit of attention to themselves and her face began to heat as she realized that several people were clapping at them. Including one spunky redhead.

Eyebrow raised, Ranko watched her brother and her new friend in interest. She knew that there was some sort of chemistry between them, even when they didn't get along there was a spark when they interacted that was hard to miss. It would be interesting to see how this changed their dynamic.

"Yeah, they're dating and obviously really into each other," she piped in, gesturing to the pair. "Right, Akane?"

"Huh?” She shook her head as she tried to get her brain working, it felt completely fried in the very best way. “Right. Boyfriend," she said, nodding her head as she figured out what was going on. Her mind still didn't seem to want to form actual words.

Kuno finally snapped his mouth closed. How could his sweet Akane kiss that degenerate? How could she allow that other man’s lips to touch hers when she had denied him so many times? This cretin was her boyfriend? It was unthinkable.

It made sense, that she had only denied him because she had been bewitched by that foul sorcerer because why else would she have said no to someone as great as Tatewaki Kuno? Deep down she must have been fighting the spell she was under, for she had not mentioned the boyfriend before. She must have secretly wanted him to not lose all hope. So he would leave her to deal with it. For now.

"While my heart tells me this could not be possible, my eyes can see the truth. I must bid farewell to you, my love. If only temporarily," he sighed dramatically his hands over his eyes. In a sudden change of mood, he dropped his hand and smiled brightly at the redhead. "My sweet pigtailed girl, please date with me."

"What?" Ranma growled in anger. Was this douchebag seriously treating his sister like a consolation prize?

Next to him, Ranko touched her hair. Pigtail? I have my hair down, she thought in confusion.

Ignoring Ranma, Kuno said, "You are so very lovely and with that fiery red hair, as beautiful as an autumn sunset. Will you have dinner with me?"

She could only blink at his audacity to hit on her right after declaring himself to her friend. What an asshole. "I can't go."

"Why not?"

Because I don't want to, she thought. "Because he won't let me," she said instead, gesturing to her brother.

"And what sway does he have over you?"

"He's my brother."

"I see. I too have a younger sister and I only wish that she would acquiesce to my opinions like you do to his.”

"Well, he's probably going to say no, right Ranma? Ranma?" she asked again, when she didn't get a response.

He leaned over and whispered in her ear, "So now you want me to act like an over-protective brother?"

"Don't pretend like you aren't dying to come to the rescue. Would you rather I went out with him?" she whispered back.

"It'd teach you a lesson about talking to strange guys."

"Okay then I will go on a date with him. If everything works out, you could be calling him your brother-in-law. Think of all the family dinners you'll have to look forward to then. Look, I'll owe you one, okay?"

Ranma rolled his eyes at her and straightened up.

"She's not allowed to date you," he declared firmly, crossing his arms over his chest.

"And why not?"

"I just don't like you," he bluntly responded.

"Sorry," Ranko said with a shrug, "I have to do whatever he says."

"Can I get that in writing?" Ranma asked just loud enough for her to hear.

"Don't push your luck," she said lowly through unmoving lips, still smiling stiffly.

Tatewaki blinked at the blatant rejection but there was nothing he could say to that. At heart he was traditional and had to respect the decision of her closest male relative.

"Oh curse the fates, to have one man be bound body,” he said pointing to Ranko, “and soul,” he said pointing to Akane, “to two such lovely women. But I shall not give up! My heart will hold out hope for both of you!" he declared, his arms gesturing widely as he spoke. “Farewell my loves!” He shouted before walking away dramatically.

"Ex-boyfriend of yours?" Ranma asked curiously.

"Bite your tongue,” Akane hissed and shuddered at the thought. “My parents set me up with him and since he ‘had my father’s approval’ he thought I was just playing hard to get. He didn't get the hint that I wasn't interested."

"Seems like a day for stalkers. You two don't have any others that we should worry about, right?" the redhead asked them both.

"No." Ranma said and Akane just shook her head.

Ranko smirked though when they both glanced around as if to make sure that there was indeed no one lurking around the corner.

"So, how about we eat? I'm starving," the redhead said with a smile.

"Sure." Ranma was just about to sit down to eat when he realized he didn't have any utensils. "I'll be right back. They forgot to give us sporks."

When he walked away, Ranko turned to Akane with a smirk on her face that the blue-haired girl quickly learned meant trouble.

"First you hand Ranma the Kama Sutra and then you kiss him. If I didn't know any better, I would think you were interested in him. That or you're just a tease."

"I told you that I grabbed that book by accident!"

"And the kiss? That definitely wasn't accidental."

"I--he--...um...I was just trying to make a point."

"Oh, you made one, alright."

"Just...just eat your burger," she said unable to defend herself, her face turning pink in embarrassment.

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"You kissed him? The guy that took you on the worst date you've ever been on?"

"Yes."

"Hnh," Ukyo grunted as she processed the surprising information. Though, she had to admit that she understood the appeal. Ranma was a really good- looking guy. A grin spread over her face as she realized there was one important detail she hadn't gotten from the story. "How was it?"

"Huh?"

"The kiss, was it good?"

"Umm, it was…nice."

"Really? Just nice?"

"Yup."

"Then why is your face so red?"

"Fine, fine! It was the hottest kiss I've ever had, alright? He blew my socks off," Akane exclaimed with a groan as she buried her face into the pillow on her lap.

The childhood friends were in Ukyo's small apartment above the restaurant where she worked part time. It had been a couple of days since the incident and the pair was meeting for their weekly gab session. Since they both went to different schools - Ukyo attended a culinary institute - and their other activities kept them busy, they set aside Wednesday of every week to catch up.

"So, now what?"

"Nuffin," Akane’s muffled voice came through the pillow.

Ukyo yanked the pillow away. "Why?"

"We are friends, Ukyo, and just that. Nothing more."

"I repeat, why, Sugar? It sounds like you've two got a lot of chemistry."

"He's made it quite clear how he felt about me on the first date. He's not attracted to me that way. He only did it to help me get rid of Tatewaki, which I appreciate, but that was it."

Akane sighed as she ran a hand down her face. This was her best friend and if she couldn't be honest with her, she couldn't be honest with anyone.

"I don't think he felt the same spark I did. The kiss didn't seem to faze him at all. There I was all flustered, not even able to think straight, and he was just standing there as cool as a cucumber. After we had lunch, we spent the next hour touring the dorms and he acted like kissing girls like that was a normal everyday occurrence for him! What? What's that face for?"

"I don't know if I should tell you."

"Come on."

Ukyo was torn. She had never seen her friend flustered over or attracted to a guy before, and wanted her to pursue it. In her mind, Akane needed some passion in her life. But at the same time, she didn’t want to see her friend get hurt. Ultimately, she decided to tell her friend what she’d learned.

“After the incident in the club I talked to Ryoga about Ranma and I got some interesting information. It seems he's not really the settle down type."

"Are you implying he sleeps around a lot?"

". To be honest, I don’t know. Ryoga didn’t tell me much but I got the impression that he dates a lot but that the relationships never get serious."

"Oh…I see. Okay, then it's a good thing..."

"But at the same time,” Ukyo added quickly interrupting her friend when she saw her frown, “Ryoga says he's a really good guy and you said he's really close to his family, so maybe he's not so bad.” The chef did not want her friend to give up completely on Ranma, the first man in a long time that sparked her interest.

"It doesn't matter. I just don't think it's a good idea. We're friends and that's it. That's all we're going to be," she said resolutely, ignoring the slightly disappointed feeling in her chest. "Now, onto more important things, how's everything with Ryoga?"

"Good. He's a little awkward at times but he's really sweet. He keeps bringin’ me random snacks he thinks I'll like. He has absolutely no sense of direction, so he's always late. The other day he was over here and looking for the bathroom and I swear he walked out the front door by mistake," she said with an affectionate laugh.

Akane smiled and looked around the small one room apartment. There was no way anyone would get lost here and she was sure her friend was embellishing but it was so nice to see her so happy. She hadn't been this excited over a boy since she broke up with her boyfriend Tsubasa, who turned out to be a cross-dresser, which Ukyo didn't have a problem with. He also turned out to be bi-sexual, something the chef could have come to terms with had she not found out by catching him kissing another guy. The whole incident had dealt a serious blow to her self-esteem.

"Have you guys slept together yet?"

"Yeah," she said in a rather dreamy voice.

"And?"

"It was amazing. You should see his body, he's so cut he could be carved out of stone. His abs are insane and he even has an Adonis belt," she gushed, while moving her fingers in the air as if she were touching him.

Grabbing a bowl of popcorn, Akane made herself comfortable. "I want to hear all about it and don't you dare leave out any details."

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Ranma punched, jabbed, and then sent a back kick towards Ryoga, who blocked the moves successfully. Then the fanged man went on attack with a leg sweep and upper cut punch. The pigtailed man avoided both maneuvers by hand springing backwards twice.

The fight was too close for Ranma’s taste and he knew he needed something to distract his friend if he wanted to win.

"You know Ukyo's friend, Akane?" he said off handedly while they battled each other.

"Yeah," Ryoga grunted. "The one you bombed with."

The fanged man then aimed a roundhouse kick at his opponent’s head, who ducked under it quickly before grabbing the outstretched leg and throwing the fighter over his shoulder and into the ground. Getting up quickly, they faced each other as they readied for their next attacks.

"I kissed her."

"W-what?" Ryoga stuttered in surprise.

Using the momentary confusion to his advantage, the pigtailed man put the heels of his hands together, quickly creating a ki ball of energy, and sent if flying at his opponent, hitting him squarely in the chest. Ranma threw his hands up in the air in celebration of winning the match.

Through clenched teeth, Ryoga growled, "You distracted me on purpose!"

"Yeah but a wins a win, right?" Ranma said with a grin.

The fanged man tossed his PS3 controller on the coffee table and took a swig of his beer. The two were playing the newest Street Fighter game and Ranma, as usual, had picked Ryu as his game character while Ryoga had chosen Ken.

"So did you really kiss her or were you just messing with me?"

"I kissed her," the pigtailed man said as he got up to get two more beers. The two were hanging out in Ranma's one bedroom apartment since Ryoga still lived with his parents. He came back from the small kitchen, handing the beer to his friend and sat down before he began his tale.

"Only you can be such a dick during a date and then still end up kissing the chick," Ryoga said after hearing all the details.

"It's not like that."

"What, was it was bad? Like kissing a dead fish?"

"No, the opposite."

What he would say was that it was explosive. He'd kissed a lot of girls and there hadn't been one that he wanted to get lost in so badly. He would have too, had they not been in a very public area, with his sister around no less. So he had forced himself to pull back when all his instincts told him to press forward.

"Then what's the problem?"

Ranma had thought about the kiss a lot after the incident, and at the time he thought she was flustered by the kiss, but then during lunch and the tour of the dorms she acted like the kiss never happened. She didn’t respond to any of his subtle flirting. If she was interested, wouldn't she have tried to flirt back? He finally settled on the idea that her reaction had all been an act to sell the story, she was a drama student after all. He just had no idea of how good an actor she really was.

"She only did it to get rid of the creeper.” Not wanting to talk about it anymore, or admit that he was disappointed that he had no chance, he decided to change the topic. “How ‘bout you? How're things with you and..." Damn it. He still couldn't remember her name.

"Ukyo? Good," the fanged man said with the goofiest smile on his face.

"So you bang her yet?"

Ryoga would have taken offense had anyone else asked that about the chef in such a manner, but he knew Ranma well enough to know that he didn't mean to be an asshole, he just couldn't keep his foot outta his mouth.

"Yeah, we slept together."

"And?"

"It was good. Really, really good."

Ranma only nodded in response. He was glad to see his friend happy. Ryoga hadn't been the same since he broke up with his high school sweetheart Akari when she moved back to her family farm right after they graduated high school. Ryoga had spent several weeks completely heartbroken, but as much as he loved her, he couldn't give up the chance of going to college to follow her and go to work on her farm with her. The fanged man loved to travel and hoped one day to be a travel writer and couldn’t imagine spending the rest of his life tied to the farm.

"Want to play again or are ya sick of losing?” the pigtailed man asked.

"I’m gonna so kick your ass," Ryoga said as he picked up his remote control.

The pair spent the rest of the night gaming as Ranma tried to keep his mind of a certain blue-haired beauty. But try as he might, he could not forget the way her body felt pressed against him or the way her lips tasted on his.

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A/N: I bet you didn't think their first kiss was going to go that way, huh? I just like throwing curve balls at them. I know that PDA in Japan is frowned upon, just work with me here, okay? We'll see how this just being friends thing is going to work out for them.

Kuno is slightly less delusional in this AU but still a misogynist.

Shout out to smashman42 for predicting two chapters in a row. Dude is inside my head!

As always, thanks to alwaysZutarian for her beta reading and support!
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