Fortunately for him, Nabiki wouldn't notice it at the moment if he put he put it on a billboard in blazing pink letters. "I'm not tense... I just want what you have. I can never have her to myself, so I have to hide any attempt to check her out."
The pigtailed boy came around behind her, and put his hands on her shoulders as he began to rub them. "Come on, I'm sure that there's got to be some way for you to do it."
"Yeah right. She wants you and you want her. End of story."
"Not really. I mean, if it came down to it, I'd let her go."
"Huh? You would?"
"Sure."
"But... why? I mean, when she had that reversal jewel on, you kept on trying to get her back."
"That?" he said with a chuckle, "It wasn't that I couldn't let her go to someone else exactly..."
"What does that mean?"
"Well, how's a guy to feel when some girl that's come all the way from China ta get him up and decides that she don't want him anymore?"
"Not good, I would think," the middle Tendo said in all honesty.
"'Xactly. And since I figured the only way ta get her back ta normal was ta make her want me so much that it broke the damned thing..."
"You went all out. You're not as stupid as I thought you were Saotome."
"Gee, thanks. Still, ya got ta think. Who's she got?"
"I don't follow."
"If anybody would, it'd be you. She's only got two guys ta chose from. Me and Mousse. And since I ain't about ta let duck-boy get one up on me..."
"So... you're saying that you would mind?"
"Sure, I'd mind... at least a little. It'd mean no more free eats at the Nekohaten for one." She giggled at that one. "But I figure that if she were gonna be with someone else, it'd only be with someone that she really really likes."
"But... what if she doesn't like me?"
"Ya gotta try don't ya? I ain't ever saw you as a quitter. It's like a martial arts challenge. Ya fight and if ya win or ya lose, ya just don't give up. Ya can just try again and again until ya get it right."
"You think so?"
"Heck yeah. Just figure it this way. She says no, then ya know for sure. But if she does like ya... Then ya have all that Amazon girl for yourself. And trust me, I got her jumpin' out at me when I was takin' a bath and it was somethin' I ain't gonna forget." Mainly because having a naked girl jump out of a tub was a rather shocking experience for him, but he wasn't going to tell her that.
"Really..."
"Uh-huh. 'Sides, someone as sneaky as ya are should be able ta figure out some kinda plan ta get her ta notice ya."
"You're right. I've never been one to feel sorry for myself. I'll go and find a way to get her for myself," Nabiki said as she got up. She stopped and stretched a bit. "And thanks for the massage. It feels great."
"No problem," Ranma told her as she ran up to her room. Just as he saw her get out of sight, he let out the breath he had been holding. He didn't know exactly what the hell he'd just babbled at her, but it seemed to work. That, plus the massage seemed to have done the trick. With the pressure points he'd hit, she was supposed to have been more willing to follow his 'suggestions', thinking more... sexually, and ever more confident.
Soon, Nabiki Tendo would be after the Amazon girl in his life, and perhaps he might have a chance at lowering the numbers of girls after him. It'd be a tough thing to do, but this way, he'd possibly make the two girls happy, and he'd help his tab with the mercenary girl. Still, he had things to do, and the first that he felt that he had to do was to:
(Posted Tue, 17 Jun 2003 07:13)
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