Suddenly, it became very imperative that she do something, but she couldn't come up with any ideas. All she could do was to keep on going over the knowledge that if even a little mistake was made, she'd become the slave of someone in a moment. Knowing how things went, it'd be only a matter of time before that happened, and she was certain that she wanted to avoid it.
The problem was that she wasn't exactly brimming with chances to fix it.
Nightmares of joking that she'd agree to sell herself to someone and winding up finding out that it was close enough ran through her head. She imagined boys trying to hit on her and finding out that because of it, they owned her. Or, worst of all, if someone found out that she had the tattoo, and then decided to dominate her to the point where their name showed up on her ass, there would be no turning back. As far as it seemed now, if any of those, or any other possibility, happened, she'd be stuck being just what she was trying to avoid.
And her situation with Ranma and Akane was not helping matters. Sure, she found the guy to be physically attractive, strong, and basically good hearted, but that did not automatically mean that she wanted to have him telling her what to do. Yet, Nodoka had gotten him and her sister thinking that just might be the case, and that it might be good for her! Now they were trying to test out that stupid little hypothesis, and so were doing things that might just set off that little time bomb on her rear. They might just be trying to see if she'd want to be a slave girl, and actually make her one. And much as the idea of getting hot lusty sex with the guy might be nice, it was not reason enough for anyone to think that she wanted to be his property. It was not her at all.
Still, thinking about how this little situation could be resolving itself to have her as kneeling submissively and naked before him was making her brain throb with stress that she knew would go away if she let someone else take charge. Of course that made her more frustrated, since if she let go and just relaxed, that would be giving up. She didn't give up, even if she could even think of enjoying herself that way.
With so much resting on her immediate actions, and with her gut churning on the simple cyclical nature of her thoughts, she did the only thing that she could do.
"ARGH!" she growled, and brought the hand fisting around her chopsticks down to slam on the table.
Nodoka blinked at the sudden action and frowned in concern. "Is something the matter, dear?"
"Wha... huh? Oh, sorry. I was kind of caught up in my thoughts..."
"Oh... Is everything alright?"
"Yeah, just dandy," the middle Tendo daughter replied with a strained smile.
"I see. I'm sure that things are okay. But you should find some way to relax. You really seem to be overly stressed..."
'You have no idea...'
"But at least you can have support. And things are working out so nicely that I hope that your problems will be handled quickly and painlessly."
"I'm sure you do..."
"That's good to hear..." the Saotome Matriarch said, and glanced at each of those at the table. "I just want you all to be happy."
Absently, Nabiki nodded, and then looked to see that Kasumi was topless again without moving from her seat, Ranma was definitely appreciative of the view, and Akane seemed to be trying to be a proper little slave.
That just brought home how things were not exactly making her own resolutions simple, while:
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