Kasumi Tendo smiled as she heard the cries of fun and fancy from the doorway.
"Darn it, Kasumi!" Ranma shouted. "Stop pulling my pigtail!"
“I didn't! I squeezed your butt," Kasumi said back.
Kasumi Tendo couldn't help but blush when she heard that. "Oh my..." She looked at Nabiki. "Ranma certainly fights with her as he did Akane."
Nabiki raised an eyebrow. "Do you really think so, Kasumi?" She asked dryly.
"Yes, Nabiki," Kasumi answered. "She certainly knows how to beat his butt. Just like Akane."
Of course, Kasumi knew Akane said she's always 'kick his butt.' However, she saw kicking and grabbing as two different forms of fighting in this case.
"That's 'kick his ass,' Kasumi-chan," Nabiki said with a sigh and turned to the door just as Ranma entered.
Surprisingly, when Nabiki saw him, Ranma had his pigtailed wrapped around and over his right shoulder for once, rather than his usual style of letting it hang behind him. "Come on, Kasumi... Cut it out..."
"You're the one that won't let the matter drop," Kasumi retorted. "I only groped you once."
Ranma frowned. "I don't care about THAT! That didn't hurt," Ranma said, referring to his ass. "You pulled my hair twelve times today already, and kept trying to pull it the rest of the way when I stopped chasing you."
"The key word is 'tried.' I did promise I wouldn't pull it again, didn't I?" Kasumi asked in amusement. Her so called tries were just reaching for it with her hand.
Just as she was doing now, which made Ranma jump back slightly in a paranoid fashion.
Kasumi giggled. "You don't really think I'd do it, do you? I did promise."
"Well..." Ranma said slowly, unsure of how to answer.
"Oh, Ranma! Kasumi!" The eldest Tendo called out to get their attentions. "Dinner is almost ready."
Kasumi beamed. "Thank you, Kasumi!"
Smiling back, Kasumi answered, "You're quite welcome Kasumi."
Leaning over to Nabiki, Ranma whispered, "That's gonna get old fast, huh?"
Kasumi gave Ranma a smile. "Not for me. I love the name."
Ranma blanched, realizing he'd been caught.
Raising a hand to her lips, the eldest Tendo sibling giggled.
Nabiki smirked in amusement. Ranma was definitely a far cry from subtle.
Shaking her head, Kasumi Tendo stated, "Well, I better get to the kitchen and hurry with dinner." So bowing politely, she quickly returned to get the meal ready to be served.
Nabiki turned to Ranma with her usual smirk whenever she had the upper hand. Which was mostly always. "So, Saotome... Did you have fun today?"
Blushing a bit, Ranma nodded his head slowly. "Yeah. We decided to save Kasumi from the school uniforms. Then we stopped at the arcade. And then we went for ice-cream." Ranma smiled as he thought of all the free ice-cream he got that time.
An eyebrow went up at that, carefully made to appear surprised though she wasn't. "That sounds like a date to me, Saotome."
Kasumi's eyes widened slightly at the older girl's words and she lowered her head to hide a small blush. How could Nabiki manage it with so little effort?
Ranma stood straight as a board. "Aw, come on now, Nabiki... It wasn't like that!" He held up his hands in defense. "I just took her out for a good time around Nerima, is all."
Nabiki pursed her lips and nodded. "Yup. That sounds like a date alright." She gave Ranma a mock-glare. "Are you cheating on my sister?"
Shaking his head quickly, Ranma held his hands up defensively. "No! I'm telling you, I was just trying to show Kasumi around! Honestly! No romance! You can ask Hiroshi and Daisuke!"
Nabiki smirked inwardly. She knew all about what Ranma and Kasumi did today, but it was so fun watching the pigtailed martial artist squirm. "Trusting those two perverts you probably took Kasumi to a motel."
Ranma's face lost all of its color. "Oh, no! Nuh-uh! No way! I did no such thing!"
Kasumi looked pained at the vehement denial. "Oh Ranma! Did it mean so little to you?"
"W-what?" Ranma said, totally caught off-guard.
"I can't believe you! After you said you enjoyed it so much!" Kasumi covered her face with her hands, hiding a grin, and started doing crying noises.
Nabiki felt like puking at the poor performance, but it seemed like Ranma was buying it.
Ranma panicked now, his arms flailing at his sides. "Aw, come on, Kasumi! Don't cry! It wasn't like that!" He tried. "I mean, showing you around was fun and all! Really!"
"But... but you were so angry at me!" Kasumi bawled out.
"I wasn't angry with you!" Ranma tried. He turned to face Nabiki. "Really! I'm not angry with her! I just don't want her pulLLLOWW!!!"
Kasumi giggled as she retrieved her hand. She blushed a little in embarrassment. That pinch on Ranma's butt was a little harder than she intended at first. "Sorry."
Nabiki shook her head in amusement. "Always the ladies' man, Saotome. I don't know how you do it."
Rubbing his posterior, Ranma groaned in annoyance. Why couldn't he win when it came to these teasing games? Lowering his head in defeat, Ranma groaned, "It's not like that..."
Nabiki raised an eyebrow. "Then why don't you tell me how it is?"
Raising his head, Ranma shouted, "I LIKE KASUMI AS A FRIEND! A FRIEND YOU HEAR ME!"
Walking back into the room, the eldest Tendo sibling was carrying a tray. "Oh, Ranma-kun, I like you as a friend, too!"
Ranma then face-faulted onto the floor. Hard!
The newest houseguest giggled at the scene. It was just too funny.
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