Upon rejoining his gym class, Ranma found they apparently had an interesting way of greeting him prepared.
“Ranma’s here! Let’s begin the trade. Miura for Ranma!”
As some of the other kids laughed at the idea of trading them like sports players, Miura stood up before Ranma with a smirk. She was petite and short haired even for a girl, although she did dress and talk like a boy most of the time.“Haha, you hear that Ranma-chan? You’re getting traded to the girls team now.”
Ranma could see that they seemed to be making a play out of it for fun, but that didn’t dull his mischievous streak in the least. Reaching into his shorts pocket, Ranma pulled out something in a loosely closed fist. “I guess I’ll have to give you this bug I was carrying then, since girls don’t do that.”
Flinching, Miura backed up.
Ranma stepped forward.
Miura backed up again, getting ready to run away.
Ranma shrugged and popped it into his mouth. “Mhmm. Crunchy.”
At the sounds of crunching and chewing, Miura screamed and ran.
Satisfied, Ranma turned to Ena with a slight grin. She was taller, long-haired and tended to dress and act like a girl. She was cool with Ranma however, since Ranma didn’t really care about that stuff. Reaching into his pocket again, Ranma did the same thing to Ena, presenting his lightly closed fist. “Want one?”
Ena stuck out her hand, allowing the transfer as the girls and even some boys stepped back in shock. Taking a glance at what was in her hand, Ena smiled and popped it into her mouth. “Mhmm.”
Panicking, Miura ran up to her friend. “Ah! Ena! Spit it out!”
Smiling happily, Ena stuck out her tongue instead. A purple candy that looked like a shiny glass marble was on it. Satisfied Miura understood the teasing now, Ena closed her mouth and resumed enjoying her candy.
Ranma simply smirked when Miura turned a grumpy face at him. Since it was unfair for him to fight with the other kids, he played tricks instead when they annoyed him. “My Hidden Candy technique is the best.”
As Miura continued to glare at him, Ranma turned to Ena. “So is it cool if I hang out with you girls a bit?”
Ena smiled, always happy to get along with people and have fun. “Sure!”
Without any thing else coming to mind, Ranma decided to address the elephant in the room. “So, have you done the bra shopping thing?”
Although Ena was normally agreeable, this was a topic that bothered her. “What?”
Guessing she assumed it was the normal teasing that guys did, Ranma clarified the issue. “The nurse said I needed to wear something. My shirts are rubbing my nipples raw.”
Anger vanishing in an instant, Ena lit up in understanding. “Oh. I have two older sisters and a mom, so you could come over after school and they could help.”
Miura grinned, sensing something to tease him about in revenge. “Oh, so cool guy Ranma-kun really is a girl now?”
Two flat glares greeted Miura in response, Ena not liking it when she teased people too much.
Ranma reached into his pocket and held out his hand again.
Knowing the prank now, Miura smirked and held out her hand. Ranma grinned and dropped something in her hand. Something that wasn’t candy. Something that was soft and fuzzy, like a fuzzy caterpillar.
Miura flung it away and ran off screaming, the piece of pocket lint drifting lazily in her wake.
Satisfied, Ranma turned back to his new friend. “Sure, I could come over.”
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