Ryoga looked down at the girl hanging on him. It was really no use to try to shake her off. She had an iron grip. Plus, she was crying. How would it look if he shoved a crying girl?
Ryoga had come into the Saotome room to find some clothes, as he had not too long ago and for various reasons. He opened the door, only to find the girl...Toshi, sitting on the floor, sobbing. She looked up at him, and Ryoga was startled by her eyes. They were so piercing. She sobbed once more, and ran up to Ryoga. And thus, here he was. Naked, with some girl clinging to him...
Wait! Ryoga's mind screamed. This is about to get messy!
"Toshi!" Ryoga cried. " Slow it up!Get off! Let me get some clothes!"
Toshi backed away and looked up at Ryoga. "Oh yeah. Sorry." Toshi smiled slightly through her tears and handed Ryoga some clothes of Ranma's.
"I won't look." She smiled slightly again and turned around, then swiftly turned back around, with a sad look on her face.
"If I turn, you'll leave." She sniffed and another tear rolled down her cheek.
Ryoga sighed. "I won't leave."
"Good thing I trust you." Toshi said quietly and turned around. There was the familiar shuffling of cloth on skin.
"Done." Ryoga said. Toshi turned back around slowly.
"Ryoga, I've had a horrible day at school. It's been horrible." Toshi sobbed once more and ran to attach hersaelf to Ryoga. Ryoga gasped. Toshi mumbled out the rest of her day in gibberish between sobs and gasps for air after sobs.
"And then there's a dance coming up...-sob- And no one likes me... -sobs- And I came too late, so - gibberish- EVERYONE HAS A DATE ALREADY! -sob- It's so hard in normal school!" Toshi cried into Ranma's shirt that Ryoga was wearing.
"Oh yeah, that's right!" A familiar voice called from the doorway. Toshi let go of Ryoga for a second to wave to her brother.
"Hi Ranma." Toshi sniffled. Ranma walked into the room.
"Shi-chan, why cry? I know the perfect answer to your problem! Ryoga can be your date!"
"That could work!" Toshi said and smiled at Ryoga.
"But, I don't even GO to Furinkan!" Ryoga tried to protest.
"No one has to know!" Ranma said, smiling. Ryoga growled curses at Ranma under his breath.
"And you and Akane can go together, Ranmi-chan!" Toshi piped.
Ryoga gasped in surprise, then growled.
"No, no no. I have an EVEN better idea! Why doesn't Ranma go with his sister to introduce her to someone, and I'LL escort Akane! Or Ranma and Toshi can stay home!"
"Hey! You can't just leave me!" Ranma said.
"No, Ryoga, that's not going to work." Everyone looked up only to see Nabiki at the doorway. "And Ranma's plan isn't going to work either."
"Why not?" Toshi asked, her tears gone.
"Because Akane is sick. Something she ate at school, I think.."
"Poor Akane! All this time I can't believe I couldn't see! We walked home together too!" Toshi said.
"Why don't you go visit her?" Ranma asked.
"Ranma! You act like this is a hospital! She's just in her room! C'mon Toshi, I'll take you to her room... 302." Nabiki said and looked back at Ranma. He shrugged.
"You two better have this sorted out when we come back." Nabiki said. Ryoga and Ranma glared at each other as she left the room.
"Ranmi-chan and Ryoga seem to be great friends." Toshi said.
"Friends?" How could you say that?" Nabiki said as they heard the two arguing in the Saotome room.
"They are. I bet Ranma will be Ryoga's best man at our wedding." Toshi said dreamily.
"Only in dreams." Nabiki said, as they entered Akane's room. Nabiki closed the door and locked it.
"Hey guys." Akane said brightly, sitting up in bed, reading a manga.
"I thought you were sick!" Toshi said.
"This is a... special thing. We are trying to get Ryoga to go to the dance with you!" Akane said.
"It'll work!" Nabiki added nodding.
"Sure?" Toshi said.
"Positive." Akane said.
"Now I don't usually do this kind of thing... It's not me at all. But for you," Akane smiled, "I've got a disease."
"That sounds so cheesy." Toshi said smiling, "But I like it."
"Now, next time, I'll charge a fee. You want something like this again, just say so." Nabiki said.
"Next time? Where's your head at?" Akane said. "I will NOT be doing this again."
Toshi giggled. "This seems foolproof."
"Okay, Toshi, let's go back to the room."
"Bye! Akane, feel better!" Toshi called over her shoulder as she and Nabiki exited.
"Get off me!"
"Go with Shi-chan to the dance!"
"-glass shatters-"
"Bwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"
Nabiki and Toshi walked into the room, Toshi with an astounded look on her face, and Nabiki with a satisfied one. The room was a shambles, with various windows broken and ever ything disheveled. Ranma with a panting P-Chan under his foot.
"Ryoga'll go to the dance with you Shi-chan. He had to run, though, but he said he'd see you tomorrow."
"How sweet. What's wrong with P-Chan?" Toshi asked.
"Oh, he's just a little tuckered out, why don't I take him to Akane?" Nabiki offered, and without waiting for an answer, swept P-Chan up into her arms and left.
"So, how's Akane, reading that manga I left her? Tenchi Muyo?"
"Yeah. She said it was good." Toshi said.
"Shi-chan, why bother? I already know. I'm in on it." Ranma smiled. Toshi gasped. Then she hit Ranma.
"Why DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?"
"Only love."
"Shut up!" Toshi said. and stomped off.
"Where are you going?" Ranma asked.
" Don't worry about it."
"Oh. The kitchen." Ranma said smartly.
"Shut up."