A.N.-
Well,
here's the fourth chapter of "Ryoga, honey…" If you guys really hate this story and want to flame, don't
even review this story. Heck, don't
even READ it! I hope minna-sama else
enjoys it.
Disclaimers
– All of
this belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. I
just write fanfics on 'em. So no funny
stuff. ^~
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Knock
knock knock.
Akane turned around from
the TV. She raised an eyebrow on
wondering who it was, then finally stood up and ran to the door.
"Who
is it?" she asked.
"Hey,
it's me and Ryoga, sugar," Ukyou replied from the other side.
Akane
widened her eyes. Why did they want
to come over to her house for? She
slowly opened the door. Sure enough,
both Ryoga and Ukyou were standing there, smiling. Except that Ryoga looked more shy and Ukyou looked more excited.
"Irrashaimase,"
Akane greeted quietly.
"Konnichiwa,
Akane!" Ukyou replied in return.
"Hey! Who's at the door?" Ranma hollered from the
other side of the house. Akane turned
around to see Ranma coming towards them. He saw Ryoga and Ukyou at the door and looked at Akane then back to
them.
"Yo…what's
up, guys?" Ranma asked.
Ukyou
looked at Ranma and sighed silently. He
just looked so dreamy! He was
everything she would hope for. A
handsome face, a smart-aleck person, a great bod, and a terrific martial
artist. Ukyou looked at Akane and
frowned. She might be cute,
smart-aleck, and a good martial artist as well, but she didn't seem to have a
lot of things in common with Ranma. But
yet, they seemed so close. Too close.
"Ran-chan? Akane? Ryoga and I cordially invite you to a double date at a fancy Japanese
cuisine tomorrow," Ukyou said with a smile. Ryoga just stood there letting Ukyou do all the talking like he was
instructed to do recently.
Ranma
and Akane just stared at them dumbfounded. Wasn't this double date suppose to be the other way around? Weren't Ranma and Akane suppose to ask THEM? But they finally came to their senses. Hey, this would make their plan a lot
easier! Both Ranma and Akane then
replied in unison,
"Sure!"
"We'd
LOVE to!"
Ryoga and Ukyou slightly widened their eyes, slightly startled by the reply. They didn't think that they would agree this easy! Ryoga frowned and thought,
Something's
different about them. How come they're
not protesting?
Ukyou
didn't take any notice of this and just smiled with triumph.
"All
righty then, we'll see you guys tomorrow at 5:00 P.M. And wear something appropriate!"
Ukyou heard Ranma groan
and she snickered.
"Okay,
Ukyou. We'll be seeing you tomorrow,
then!" Akane said cheerfully.
"Bye!
C'mon sugar, let's go," Ukyou said tugging on Ryoga's arm.
"Bye,"
Ryoga said quietly.
"Bye,
Ryoga!" Akane said.
"See
ya, P-chan!" Ranma chuckled.
"RANMA! Stop picking on Ryoga!" Akane scolded in the
distance as Ryoga and Ukyou walked away. They continued on their ranting even with the door finally closed.
Ukyou
could feel Ryoga tense angrily with his arms under her hands.
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Ranma and Akane finished their rant now panting in exertion from too much shouting, yelling, hitting, and etc. Now they were in the dojo giving each other dirty looks. But after a moment, Ranma's dirty look changed into a questioningly gaze to Akane as he asked,
"Hey
Akane? Do you have a feeling that
something doesn't add up?"
Akane's
next dirty look faltered all of a sudden as she started to look thoughtful.
"Yeah,
Ranma. You're right," Akane said
looking at the ground.
"How
come they were the ones asking US?"
"To
tell you the truth, Ranma, I have no idea,"
Ranma
sighed. What did he get himself into?
"Oh
well. It can't be all that bad,"
Ranma
just sighed nonchanantly.
"We
need to rent you a tuxedo by the way,"
Ranma's
sighs turned into groans.
"C'mon,
Ranma! Let's go! My treat! You can pay me back later! This
is for Ryoga and Ukyou's sake here!"
Ranma
muttered something incoherently as Akane pulled him on the arm on their way to
go shopping.
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"Here we are!" Akane said cheerfully.
"Aww,
c'mon Akane! Not this place! I couldn't afford to pay for socks here!"
"Ranma,
stop complaining!" Akane chastised, "we need something fancy for you!"
"I'm
soooo happy," Ranma said caustically. Akane just rolled her eyes.
"Let's
go in," Akane said and Ranma followed reluctantly.
The
place was small, yet there were a lot of fancy clothes that were worth a
lot! The display window was placed
professionally, the dressing rooms were abundant, and the store was separated
into two sides. One side was for the
mens' clothes, the other side was for the womens'. The sales cashier came by and asked curiously,
"Irasshaimase
gozaimasu! How may I be of your
service?"
"How
about helpin' me get outta here?" Ranma muttered to himself.
Akane
elbowed Ranma in his ribcage hard and he winced noticeably.
"Actually,
we need a tuxedo for him,"
"Oh!",
she replied then the sales cashier asked as she looked at Ranma, "it's for your
boyfriend here, right?"
They
both blushed a deep red crimson.
"W-well—u--uh...n-no. He's my….fi—fi---fiancee," Akane replied
sheepishly.
"Oh
my! At this age?!" the woman asked
incredulously.
They
just both looked down. Suddenly the
floor just seemed so interesting to look at. The sales cashier just gave them a strange look, and sighed all of a
sudden.
"The
tuxedos are located in the mens wear. Turn left and then when she see an arrow that says, "tuxuedos" then you
turn right. The tuxedos will be in
front of you,"
"Arigatou
gozaimasu," Akane said.
"Have
a good day, miss,"
They
went to the direction as they were told. They saw the plethora of tuxedos there and Akane picked a certain one
on.
"Here,
Ranma. Try this one on,"
Ranma
grimaced and went to the dressing room. After 10 minutes, he finally came out. Akane heard the dressing room door open and turned around to take a look…
and she gasped. She never thought she
would think this, but she thought that Ranma looked really handsome! He looked so dignified in that tuxedo making
Akane blush at other crazy thoughts that just popped into her head.
"Wow
Ranma! You are so totemo kawaii!" Akane
teased. Ranma just growled.
"Turn
around, Ranma so I can see you from the side," Akane instructed.
He
did so. Ranma's masculine curvature was
accented in that position from doing so. Especially his chest. Akane
shook her head in awe.
"Ranma. We're going to rent this one. It's perfect for you!"
He
looked at the price tag and was about to faint.
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"Stop being such a baby, Ryoga! It's just a tuxedo!" Ukyou scolded.
"But
I don't wanna!" Ryoga protested.
"Hey,
it was better than renting one. This
one is mine, but it was too big for me. It's the perfect size for you!"
"Bu—"
"No
buts, Ryoga! You're wearing it and
that's final!"
Ryoga
just pouted. He snatched the tuxedo and
headed for the bathroom.
"Ryoga,
you JACKASS!!! The bathroom's thata'
way!" Ukyou pointed to the opposite side of where Ryoga was walking away from.
"Oh…oops,"
he said sheepishly as and grinned goofily showing off his fangs.
Ukyou
sighed.
This
was going to be one long mission.