[Episode 31655] [Episode 31655]"Shall I wash your back for you, Husband?" offered Michiru.
"Uhh, umm, okay... Sure, I guess," Ranma replied nervously. And with good reason. All the previous times he'd been in a bathing room with a girl (or more), he had been hit with several blunt objects. Even if it had been an accident. It's not like he meant to see them naked! He had only been trying to keep Happosai from running loose on the girl's side of the bathhouse. Or there hadn't been an 'OCCUPIED' sign on the bathroom door. Or he'd gotten smashed through the roof and into the bathroom. It wasn't his fault, damnit!
"Feeling a bit tense, aren't you?" said Michiru, as she lathered soap all over Ranma's back. Her fingers dug in, as she kneaded the strained muscles. "Relax."
Bit by bit, Ranma let go of the stress. The older girl was quite good with her hands. The other times he'd been this relaxed in the bath were whenever his mother talked him into being babied and pampered. She would wash his hair with herbal shampoos, lather him up with scented soap, cut his nails while soaking in the furo, then she'd send him off to bed with a massage to help him sleep. Ranma had really liked it when his mother stayed for a while in the Tendo home. But now she had gotten a new house, and he only got to visit her two weekends per month, whenever he didn't have school on a Saturday.
"Alright, my turn."
Breaking out of his reminiscing, Ranma turned around, facing Michiru, to return the favor. Picking up a wash cloth and soap, he started lathering her back.
"Now that we're married, Darling, there's a couple of things I'd like to know about you," said Michiru.
"Umm, like what?" asked Ranma. His hands were working on the other girl's shoulders.
"Mmmm, that's heavenly," mumbled Michiru, before continuing. "As I was saying, as your wife, there's a few things I should know about my husband." She interrupted herself again.
"Oh! A little lower, please. There!" She paused to enjoy the backrub then continued. "Where was I? Oh, yes. For example, why do you change between a boy and a girl?"
"Oh, that. That's a curse I got from China when me and the old man were training over there. Pops had heard about this legendary training ground, but the idiot didn't know it was legendary for its curses. So me and him got stuck with cursed bodies."
"So your father is cursed to turn into a panda, I see," mused Michiru. She turned her head to look over her shoulder. "Well, I wouldn't exactly call that body of yours a curse." She shot Ranma a smouldering look. The smaller girl blushed a bit and stammered.
"Well, uh, it's been useful from time to time, I'll give you that. And I have kinda gotten used to it and all. Still, it's really annoying getting splashed all the time. The curse acts up at the worst times."
After being rinsed off of the last of the soap, Michiru stood up. She then entered the furo and eased her entire body into it. Ranma remained seated on a bath stool, unsure whether or not to join her in the hot water. They may be married and all, but he hardly knew the girl!
"Husband? Aren't you going to join me?" asked Michiru, as she leaned over the edge. Her chin rested over folded arms.
"If you're sure," replied Ranma. When the other girl nodded, he stood up and stepped into the hot water. By the time he sat down in the furo, he had already changed back into his male form. This merited a raised eyebrow from the bath's other occupant before she relaxed in the water once again. The two of them sat at opposite ends.
"Normally, I wouldn't share a bath with a man," Michiru spoke suddenly, "but for you, Darling, I'll make an exception."
"I don't usually take baths with no girls neither," interrupted Ranma, "but I somehow end up doing that sometimes. Even when I don't mean to!"
"Don't you want to take a bath with me, Darling?" asked Michiru in a hurt tone.
"Ahh! Of course, I do! I wasn't implying that I didn't!" Ranma quickly answered. He didn't mean to hurt her feelings! He didn't want to do that! They were married and all!
Michiru started giggling at the expressions Ranma's face were making. The younger boy could be so amusing! He stopped panicking when he saw her smile at him.
"As I was saying, Husband, you are an exception."
"Why do you say that?"
"Because I'm a lesbian."
"Huh?"
"Let me say that in another way: I like girls. I don't have an interest in boys. So I normally wouldn't be interested in taking a bath with a man."
"..."
"But I seem to have a liking of you. Whether it's because of whatever it was that had us get married yesterday, or it's because your cursed form is quite yummy, or both, I don't know. I do know that I like you."
Ranma wasn't sure what to say to that. Michiru had sat up and had crawled towards his end. She was now stradling his thighs and was leaning in to look at him face to face. Her closeness was making him feel nervous and excited at the same time. Kind of like earlier that morning. And kind of like some of what he remembered of last night.
"So, uh, about this, umm, married stuff," the boy tentatively changed the subject to what was suddenly preoccupying his thoughts. "Are we, um, only going to, uh, be doing that, that kind of stuff when I'm a girl?"
Michiru smiled at the nervous boy. He was showing some initiative. It hadn't seemed like he had it in him. Sure, why not. He'd been a good boy.
"Not always, my husband," replied the young woman. Her face was very close to his; their noses almost touched. "Like I said, you are," she whispered before giving him a kiss, "an exception."
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