"Sh-she won't b-b-bite me, will she?" Ranma asked with shaking knees while he slowly approached the red-striped cat-girl that was lying on the sofa and played with a ball of yarn Kasumi had given her.
"Not at all, Ranma," his mother assured him. "You just have to give Ranko a chance... Think about how happy she will be when she sees her 'brother'."
"R-r-right..." Ranma continued his approach towards Ranko, all the way mentally chanting: 'She won't bite me, she won't bite me, she's not a real cat...'
Ranko blinked as she saw the approaching form of her 'oniichan' Ranma. "Nyaow?"
Ranma, upon hearing that dreaded sound, almost turned around on his heel and ran away in the opposite direction. Only the cute smile on Ranko's face enabled him to hang on.
He smiled nervously and raised his hand. "H-hello there, R-ranko..."
Ranko beamed at him with a wide smile. "Rrrrowwlrrr! Hello, oniichan!"
'Those teeth, those teeth...' Ranma thought to himself, but somehow, upon hearing the word 'oniichan', his heart seemed to jump towards the pig-tailed tiger-girl.
Standing next to the sofa, he casually folded his hands behind his back and tried to make the impression that everything was fine.
"S-so, um... had any fish today?" Baka, he scolded himself. That was probably the most stupid thing to say.
But to his relief, Ranko began purring. "Nyaaah! Do you like them as much as I do, big brother? They're sooo tasty!" And she began licking her muzzle.
Ranma couldn't help but imagine that she wasn't imagining the fish in-between her teeth, but himself. Well, at least this was a good excuse to get away for a while. "Um... I guess I could go and fetch some, you wanna?"
"Ooooh pleaaase!"
Again with the kitty-cat eyes. But damn, they were effective.
The pig-tailed martial artist turned around... and faced Kasumi, who was handing him a tin of tuna fish. "Here you go, Ranma-kun. I got the impression Ranko-chan would love to eat some fish, so I prepared a little bit for her."
"Right... Thanks, Kasumi..."
The eldest Tendo sister smiled. "You're welcome!"
And after Ranma turned around and handed the tuna to his new 'sister', Ranko could not contain herself: She pounced upon the tuna and gobbled it all down, using just her hands and mouth.
Ranma relaxed visibly after realizing that she wasn't after him, but after the tuna.
"You know, I believe this is a good example of reversed psychology, Auntie," Akane whispered.
"I don't quite know if you can call it that, Akane-chan..." Nodoka whispered back. "But it seems to work."
After having finished her meal, Ranko licked her paws and afterwards, stared adoringly at her new brother.
Ranma gritted his teeth, expecting another of those 'glomps' he had developed a slight dislike for...
But instead, he found Ranko slinking over to him, rubbing his legs with her head, and purring.
Ranma's heart melted even more. How could he be afraid of a creature... no, girl... that looked sooo adorable like Ranko?
Still a little bit nervous, he stretched out his hand to scratch her behind the ears. This seemed to have the desired effect, as Ranko's purring increased in volume.
He smiled. "Glad you liked it... lil' sis."
Nodoka and the Tendo girls all went 'awwww' at the sweet scene before their eyes.
Well, Nabiki didn't, but you could kinda tell that she was moved.
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