Ranma CMO Post

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Stupid 90s aesthetic romance central.

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[hououji]

… I don’t have all the answers yet. I have… much to learn.

I’m sorry I can’t give more. I won’t hold you to your oath if this isn’t enough.

[fluidgender]

[She’s quiet for a long moment.

She… moves across the floor, ungracefully. And she reaches up to hold Fuu’s hands.]

It’s a good cause. Managed by a good person with good intent.

…What do you want me to do, for you or your cause?

[hououji]

[ She’s quiet for a long time. And then resolve returns to her eyes. ]

If you’ll stay by my side… make sure I never lose sight of that. Do everything in your power to make sure I never betray that cause.

[fluidgender]

[The resolve and steel behind Ranma’s eyes just. Shatters.]

H-huh? What… are you saying… I’m the one who’s supposed to offer you everything I can to achieve your goal… whatever you do or don’t want to know, I could do it to help your dream come true. I’m supposed to be sacrificing myself here, not keeping you in line…

[hououji]

Oh, Ranma… [ She smiles softly and raises a hand to her cheek. ]

That would be the worst betrayal of the cause. I’d fail right from the start.

[fluidgender]

[She keeps surprising her in all the strangest ways.]

...I can't do both, Fuu. I can serve the cause or I can... I can be your friend. I'm not... I'm not smart enough to do both. They'd conflict...

[hououji]

But why? I don’t need a soldier. I need someone I trust.

[fluidgender]

But if I'm your friend, I... I couldn't stomach hurting you...

[hououji]

You’d rather me ask someone who wants to hurt me?

[fluidgender]

Haven’t I already hurt you enough…?

[hououji]

You’ve done the exact opposite. You saved me yesterday.

[fluidgender]

It ain’t enough. Not for all the ways I’ve failed…

[hououji]

It seems like quite a bit to me. I’m still alive.

[fluidgender]

For how long. With what my house has done- with what I've contributed to...

[hououji]

If you weren’t there I would have died.

If you can forgive my family for the innocents hurt and lost in the attack of the Saotome estate… then from here we must call it even and move on.

[fluidgender]

No one in their right mind could blame your family... they were dismantling a murderous militia and its mad king.

[hououji]

And you were nearly crushed in the rubble because we weren’t careful enough.

I want you to be at my side, as my friend, if you’ll have me. But there should be no more guilt for actions you couldn’t have prevented, even had you tried.

[fluidgender]

[Geez… there’s no fighting that kind of positivity…

She brushes at her hand eyes desperately.] …I don’t gotta like it.

[But. Trying.]

[hououji]

I didn’t realize I was such unpleasant company…

[fluidgender]

You know I didn’t mean it like that…!

[hououji]

[ She giggles, just a little. She was teasing! ]