[Episode 157568] [Episode 157568]But that weekend, Ranma had no reason to wake early. So, perversely, he found himself the second person to wake up. After having washed and dressed, he entered the kitchen to see Kasumi, the only other person in the house who was awake.
She was preparing breakfast, and couldn't immediately spare attention away from the stove. She did greet Ranma with a cheerful "Good morning." while she kept breakfast from overcooking. She had her normal outfit. But while she did have an apron on, her blouse and skirt were draped over a chair. Besides the apron, all she was wearing were her bra, panties, and socks.
In addition to this, Ranma found the superfluous movements of her hips entrancing. He was pretty sure she didn't know that the way she shifted her weight from foot to foot caused her bottom to move like that. She had been doing it before he walked into the kitchen.
She couldn't realize how it affected him. "Kasumi, why are you dressed like that?"
"I have to have the boring skirt and blouse handy for when my family awakes. I'll have ample time to put those on when I hear them upstairs, but I wouldn't have time if I were wearing something else, or if I was nude. This is one of the few times I can wear whatever I'd like without disturbing my family. As for the apron, only a fool or a masochist would cook totally nude; they might try it once, but only once."
Kasumi finished with the bonito broth and turned to talk with Ranma. "Ranma, I've been thinking about all of the magic floating around this neighborhood, and I'm worried."
Kasumi's hips were still moving even though Ranma wasn't in a position to enjoy it. It was obvious it had been done without conscious intent to affect him. Luckily Ranma was very good at spotting body language, even as he tried to concentrate on her face, and not the beautiful amount of cleavage showing over her apron.
Ranma decided it must have been the way her upper arms pressed the sides of her breasts together that made her cleavage so grand. Either that or the way she crossed her arms under her breasts, pushing them up and out.
Ranma dragged his eyes back to Kasumi's. It was immediately obvious she had seen what he had been staring at, but she ignored it. Ranma didn't know if this meant it was permitted to look or just forgiven so he endeavored to keep his eyes focused on her face, with limited success.
"With all of the magic designed to make people fall in love being flung around, there's a danger. Of course, whenever it happens, someone else will object and break the spell, and a marriage made while under the influence is easily broken despite what our father's wish to believe. In most cases everything can be restored to normal."
Kasumi leaned forward, incidentally providing Ranma a better view as her apron top pulled away and allowed Ranma to look down her top. He had been doing such a good job of pretending she was wearing something shapeless and bland until that point.
"But what if you and a girl had swallowed day-long love pills at the same time and seen each other? If both of you were drugged, there would be a very real chance she could be pregnant, and in that case it couldn't be undone. It might not even have happened to a fiancee, or it might happen to someone you wouldn't want as a wife, like Kodachi."
The view down her top didn't display much more, as her bra covered almost as much as the apron had. But for some reason the view was more compelling. "What do you think I should do?"
"They've invented a birth control pill that works on men. I heard it on the news; it makes a man's sperm swim the wrong way or something. If you weren't fertile, then most of the risks from love potions go away. But you'd need your doctor's help. There are also vasectomies, but they don't have a 100% reversibility rate."
Kasumi noticed Ranma's distraction, and felt a host of conflicting emotions. Slight guilt for arousing Ranma and distracting him from her sister; only slight because she knew in her bones that she couldn't help it, it was just the way she was. Pride in being able to affect Ranma while half clothed more effectively than Shampoo did totally naked. Glad, mischievous, and sad all flitted through her emotional landscape, but since she knew her unearthly sex appeal was out of her control, it was all masked under a blanket of calm, serene acceptance.
Ranma was blushing badly discussing the need for birth control with the half-dressed sister of his fiancee. He was highly aroused, and was sure that even if there was a slim chance he wasn't doing something wrong, there were several things he'd like to do which would be wrong. Plus his imagination was kicking in over the reasons he might need birth control; having sex with a beautiful girl and because of magic it wouldn't be his fault. The idea of having sex without guilt was almost as big a turn on as the slightly dressed sexy woman in front of him.
His system wasn't prepared to deal with all of this. He promised to see Dr. Tofu about it; he might have promised nearly anything at that point, but Kasumi had made a good point before his desires ambushed him, so he made the promise in good faith and without regret. Then he beat a hasty retreat to the bathroom; the only room he was (usually) guaranteed some privacy.
Kasumi tracked Ranma through the house by sound, the same method she had used to guarantee it was safe to leave her blouse and skirt off while in the kitchen. The first few noises from her Father's room indicated she no longer had long to indulge herself.
She made sure the breakfast could survive a few minutes unattended, and slipped on the rest of her clothes. And while her father stumbled for the toilet, she proceeded to the laundry/changing room outside of the bathroom and listened in on the quiet sounds Ranma made.
It was obvious to Kasumi that he had washed up before he had gotten dressed and come down to the kitchen to speak with her. It was also obvious to her what he must be doing in the bathroom from the quiet heartfelt groans.
Kasumi felt somewhat guilty for having had that effect on Ranma. He didn't deserve to have that heaped on top of the frustration he must be experiencing from his fiancees. Kasumi knew she should really try and appear demure and uninteresting, like she did for everyone else. But Ranma was the only one she could currently behave normally around.
She didn't feel she was strong enough to deny herself her only sense of freedom. She would have felt better if she had known that Ranma had told her under hypnotism to act the way she wished in front of him. Ranma may not have expected the results, but he certainly had asked for them.
Kasumi didn't know that, and felt she was piling another burden on Ranma's shoulders. So, with some regret, she proceeded back to the kitchen to finish breakfast and to try to decide what the best course of action would be that didn't involve hiding herself from the one person she could be honest with.
After Ranma finished a vigorous session relieving his sexual tension and concealing all evidence of it before a bleary Soun wanted his morning shower, Ranma contemplated Kasumi's arguments.
She was right. Something needed to be done about his fertility. Everything else could be handled by tears, mallets, swearing, swords, and lawyers; but if someone conceived his child... It's all fun and games until someone looses an egg.
But before he'd agree to guinea pig new medicine or try to figure what his curse would make of having his tubes tied, he'd see what the book had to say on the subject.
Fifteen minutes later, he couldn't believe his luck. Not only was there a method, but it involved shiatsu. He could copy it out and get it vetted by Tofu; and if anyone ever discovered it, they'd assume he learned it from Tofu so his book remained secret.
He copied down everything about it onto school notepaper. All he'd have to do is claim that this was all he remembered from the original source he'd seen. Tofu's a doctor, he'd accept that Ranma didn't want to reveal the source, especially if Ranma's story meant it was no longer available, that was the primary reason Tofu would want to know where it came from.
In retrospect it was hardly surprising that a book designed to let a man screw like rabbits would have a bit on how to avoid breeding like rabbits. And while Ranma was not planning to start bedding girls, and he would have been too embarrassed to discuss contraception in the abstract with Tofu, Kasumi's argument gave him an excuse.
Ranma's case mirrored that of many western female teenagers, who wouldn't have the nerve to ask their doctors for the contraceptive pill just because they might want to have sex in six months time; but asking their doctor to proscribe it due to irregularities or severity of their periods was much less embarrassing.
Eastern cultures weren't as fixated on privation and abstention as the western cultures were; but teenagers preferred to have a more socially acceptable reason for contraceptives. No teenager wanted an adult to be able to infer they were sexually active if they could help it. You couldn't hide it from your gynecologist, but at least you can keep your GP and your pharmacist from certainty.
That morning, Ranma left the house so suddenly that no one had time to follow him. As the volatile people assumed he'd headed for one of the two restaurants, he was undisturbed at the doctors.
He explained Kasumi's argument without ever mentioning its origins once. After all, the argument spoke for itself, and he needed Tofu sane. He reiterated so long and often why a male celibate needed birth protection that Nabiki would have teased him mercilessly and Akane would have pounded him for trying to conceal his true reasons.
Dr. Tofu accepted it at face value. If Ranma had just wanted to screw safely, condoms were readily anonymously available. Ranma hadn't even thought how easy normal contraception would be, so he was making quite clear that this was not just for fooling around.
"... so I'd seen this technique called the Donon Nonson Funun that doesn't have a counter; at least none that I know of, so if I'm possessed I gotta wait for about a year for it ta wear off naturally. And when I really want kids for real, I can let it wear out, but I can't be forced or tricked ta speed it up. ..."
Dr. Tofu looked over the instructions, and pulled a book off of a shelf. He flipped through it while Ranma babbled. "Found it!" he interrupted. "Its real name is the 'Don Juan Non-Son Fun One.' It was invented for less socially acceptable uses than you intended, and as it was probably always administered voluntarily and wears off after a year, I doubt anyone has ever bothered to research a counter. It's nearly a perfect solution to your problem. It does have one side effect, however."
"What Doc?"
"It wasn't just designed to leave you infertile without being impotent. According to my book, it also reduces the post-coital recovery period by as much as 50 percent."
"Huh?"
"While you won't be able to make a woman pregnant, the number of times you could try every night will increase, and the recovery time between attempts will decrease. It was designed for that purpose. It isn't a problem if you're aware of the effects beforehand. There's no indication that it might affect you like an aphrodisiac, or anything like that, so you don't have to worry. When you eventually do make love, you'll be better suited than most men your age."
"So it's nothin' I'll notice 'till then?"
"You may notice it while masturbating." He announced with a frankness that disquieted Ranma. "In fact you should notice the side effect wearing off long before you'll be at risk of impregnating someone. I'd feel better if you'd always perform the shiatsu under my supervision, so I can tell you if you've done it properly, but I'll teach you how to do it to yourself. Is there any reason we shouldn't do it today?"
S.E.
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