Ficlet Four: Another Conquest

There were many times when Nagamasa wanted to find out where Oichi was sitting for lunch, because he would have rather sit with her, alone or with her brother, instead of sitting with Saika Magoichi, Hashiba Hideyoshi, and occasionally Tachibana Ginchiyo, when she wasn't in the gym's weight room. Seldom were there times when Magoichi wasn't talking about his latest conquests, and instead, was smitten with the thought of a new girl. It was one of those days.

"So, there's this girl that sits in front of me in my math class. She's like, one of the sweetest, prettiest creatures I've ever seen. Not to mention very smart—and you know how I like those smart girls. She's always got her hair in a half-ponytail with a pink ribbon…" His voice trailed off and he rested his head on the palm of his hand, as if he were daydreaming about her.

"But Mago, you have a new girlfriend every month, aren't you still going after that Ranmaru-chick?" Hideyoshi snickered at the thought of his friend again head-over-heels in infatuation with the girl he believed was the most beautiful in the world. As of late, his most recent conquest was the beautiful Mori Ranmaru, who, unfortunately, was also the most deceiving creature, as Ranmaru was actually Nobunaga's office boy, not a young, energetic, first-year girl Magoichi believed her to be.

"No, well, yeah—I really like Mori-san, but I'm just saying. She's really pretty, this girl. And she makes the cutest face when she's amused. Too bad she's Nobu-nii-chan's little sister." As Magoichi's voice rattled on about this beauty that had captured his attention for the moment, Nagamasa was all too absorbed in the lunch that Oichi had made him and given to him in their first period today.

"So Nags, what about you? You don't hang out with us afterschool anymore, so I'm guessing you're out with a girl or something. You should tell us about it, I'm pretty sure she's cool if you ditched us to spend time with her." Hideyoshi nudged his hungry friend, and Nagamasa could only nod, as his mouth was stuffed with the first (and last) bite of one of the onigiri packed in the box.

"Well, there's this girl whose in my English class, and she makes me flash cards and helps me study because I'm really bad at it. Mainly, she helps me study, but sometimes, she finds the time to make me lunches, or we go out to see a movie." He smiled innocently, and wiped away a few stray rice grains from his face. "But her brother hasn't warmed up to me yet, though it's better than when I first started going over to her house." He popped some of the sausages into his mouth, a sort of conclusion to his short answer.

With good timing, Oichi strolled over casually to Nagamasa, his hat on her head and a matching lunch box in her hand. Magoichi, without realizing who she was really headed for, winked with subtlety at the younger girl, and smirked wolfishly. "Looking just as beautiful as ever, Oda-chan. Why don't you take the seat next to me and join our fabulous conversation?" With realization that Magoichi had been talking about Oichi the entire time, Hideyoshi could only snicker, which received a well-deserved glare from Oichi.

"No, I'm only here to talk to Nagamasa-kun, Saika-senpai." She leaned over the boy and kissed his cheek and grabbed the emptied lunch box from his hands before putting a bag of cookies in front of him. "I forgot to give you these during English. Enjoy~!" She walked off towards the teachers' lounge, where her lunch awaited.

Magoichi took a moment to take it all in. Nagamasa hadn't said a single word when he spoke of the girl that just walked over, so why…? Taking a second look at Nagamasa, he realized that the boy was more focused on figuring out how to untie the ribbon that was between him and the vanilla thins than the conversation taking place.

"Magoichi, do you know how to undo a double knot?" Nagamasa asked innocently, as if the scene before hadn't had any effect on their table at all, though the normally loquacious Hideyoshi and Magoichi had stopped talking. Without any further reaction, Magoichi grabbed the bag and undid the knot, then put his face in his hands and let out a long, long sigh.

"Just shut up, Nagamasa."

A/N—Heehee, so we just had this stupid idea, and LOL~ Magoichi likes Ranmaru. I'll do another filler on that. :3 Again, thanks for reading, and I got this done a lot faster than expected. R&R pleaseee~