But as he huffed and puffed trying to get his breath back, he was happy that he had kept the present from getting damaged. After all that he had gone through, having it get ruined would just put the capper on the day.
"What have you gotten yourself into now Saotome?" asked Nabiki from the table.
"Ranma, you jerk!"
"Ran-chan!"
"Airen!"
"Ranma-darling!"
"Saotome, you cretin!
"Saotome!"
"Ranma, you cad!"
"How are you going to explain this one?" drawled Nabiki.
The pigtailed boy glared at the mercenary Tendo. "Where's Kasumi?"
"Oh my. Did I hear someone say my name?" came the voice of the eldest Tendo daughter as she came into the yard.
"Uh... yeah. Here," Ranma said, and held out the gift to her, "This is for you."
Kasumi took it and blinked. "Why thank you."
"Happy birthday."
"You remembered my birthday."
"Yeah. Open it."
"Okay... It's a medical book."
"Right. That's why I got it for ya."
"You did?"
"Uh-huh. I know how you used ta keep and borrowing the books from Doc Tofu, so I figured that it might be nice for ya ta have one of your own."
"Thank you," she told him and held it to her chest as she gave him a peck on the cheek.
Rubbing the kissed cheek, Ranma blushed. "Seeing on how ya got your present now, I figure that I'm gonna go and take a real long bath right about now."
Everyone watched Ranma leave, and then looked to each other. They all had not figured on what had happened hppening. So, for once, they broke up quietly.
However all of them were thinking about what they had seen, including:
(Posted Sat, 03 May 2003 02:40)
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