Still, even as he groaned his way to wakefullness, he realized that he wasn't all that sure that he wanted to face reality. It had been nice to be snuggled into his nice warm futon, but the real draw was that he didn't have to remember certain 'problems' while asleep. After all, he'd been embarrassed right along with the Tendo sisters as the two fathers had gotten drunk the previous night. Both old men had celebrated a bit too much, and the fact of the matter was that he hadn't been all that bothered when they'd wound up passed out, drunk and snoring.
By what he could tell, it was clear that the two of them would likely be passed out for straight into late afternoon, which didn't bother him one bit.
Rather, he merely slid out from under the covers and got up to walk out of the room. He had 'personal business' to take care of, and that would not be something that he wanted to do in the room that he shared with his father. Rather, he padded down the hall and stairs, and sleepily walked over to the bathroom, which was perfectly understandable.
He was a bit more awake later though, even if he wasn't aiming to jump around. Relaxing seemed to be the thing to do, and so he lazily looked around, taking in the calm and relaxed air of the house. Normally it might have been loud and full of life, but now it was like a warm blanket that comforted and protected the energetic people who lived within it.
Rubbing at his eyes, he glanced around and saw the door that would take him to where they'd put the tree this year. Deciding that he should do something that seemed to be part of a 'traditional Christmas', he headed that way. Despite having no particular urge to rush into doing it, he didn't hesitate at all, and strolled right over to where the tree stood.
And that was when he had to really rub at his eyes to make certain that he wasn't seeing things, and that there was a real girl there.
However, his gaze turned out to be spot on, as the image of the girl there wasn't fading. Instead, he could see that she was not only there, but was not simply someone who had fallen asleep next to the tree. She was clearly made up to look like a present, which he found to be rather absurd, even if it didn't change the facts. Taking notice of the fact that she was set up to look rather sexy, a part of him wondered why he was paying much mind to that when it was clear that she was giving herself away in some way, shape, or form.
Oddly enough, what seemed to fit somehow was the fact that he was actually seeing a gift tag that said, 'To Ranma', on:
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