An invitation to Gensokyo

Chapter 5: I'll make it

Ran and Chen struggled to get him onto his bed, but they managed it. Ran sighed. "He's certainly heavier than he looks. Now, first things first. His clothes are soaking wet, so we have to... remove... them." Ran blushed when she realized what she had to do. "It's fine... right? As long as you don't have strange intentions and I don't have strange intentions... then, there's nothing indecent about this. Right?" Ran began to sweat a little, and Chen looked up at her, worriedly. "Um, lady Ran? Now YOU'RE the one getting all sweaty..." Ran's entire face turned bright red. "I-I'm fine Chen! L-let's start with his s-shirt..." Ryusashi laid unconscious as Ran slid her thumbs underneath his shirt, her heart starting to beat faster. Badum... badum... badum... "There's nothing indecent about this. There's nothing indecent about this." Ran thought to herself as she continued to slide his shirt upward, revealing his midriff. Badum, badum, badum, badum, badum. She stopped for a moment, Chen looked up at her. "Lady Ran, why'd you stop?" Ran didn't even notice she had stopped. "Eh? N-no reason! Sorry... we're a-almost there... Ran's breathing got heavy as she continues sliding the shirt up revealing more of his torso. BADUM BADUM BADUM BADUM BADUM. Her heart pounded in her chest and she began hyperventilating. Right before she made it to his nipples, she squealed, covering her face with her hands and turning away from him. "I CAN'T DO IT! IT'S TOO INDECENT!" Chen pat Ran's back. "But we have to lady Ran..." Ran shook her head. "But I can't... I just can't!" Ryusashi sat up, Ran's yelling had woken him and he sighed. "Look Ran, if you needed me to take my shirt off, all you had to do was ask." Ran and Chen turned around to see Ryusashi had already gotten his shirt off. He wasn't the most fit person ever but he wasn't really chubby either, and had a rather average build. Stomach was flat for the most part, but it was still more than enough to make Ran extremely flustered. Considering that Gensokyo's population has mostly women (out of the actual characters), Ran didn't interact with men very often. And considering the situation she found herself in, she didn't know how to act. Chen handed him the cloth she was holding onto. "Here, lady Ran was going to use this to wipe the sweat off you, but I don't think she can do it." Ryusashi smiled and took the cloth from Chen, patting her head. "Thank you, Chen. I hope you were good for Ran while I was away." Chen nodded rapidly, while Ran shivered in the corner with embarrassment. "Honestly Ran, I don't see what the problem is. As long as you're not looking at me like Yukari was this morning..." Ran sprung up. "W-well, why don't I draw a bath for you? Lady Yukari said you can't eat at the table smelling the way you do." Ryusashi frowned. "Is it that bad?" He put his nose under his arm and recoiled at the smell. "Alright, you're right. Thanks Ran." Ran grabbed Chen and quickly went out the door. "T-then if you'll excuse us!" Chen squealed. "L-lady Ran! Don't grab me like- UWAAAH!" She said before Ran slammed the door shut. Ryusashi stared at the door for a little bit, wiping himself off with the cloth and shrugged. "What was her problem anyway?"

After about ten minutes, Ran knocked on Ryusashi's door. "The bath is ready for you, may I come in?" Ryusashi turned to face the door. "You can come in, but I still don't have any clean clothes to wear." He said and Ran blushed. "Oh dear... that's a problem..." Yukari popped into the hall, sitting on her gap. "Hmmm... indeed it is." Ran turned to face her. "I don't suppose you have any spare clothing for a man, do you lady Yukari?" Yukari sighed, opening her fan. "Unfortunately, I can't say that I do... but I know who would." She said as she opened another gap. Ran tilted her head in confusion and her ears flopped to the side. "And who might that be, lady Yukari?" Meanwhile, a small general store was empty as usual, the shelves and items beginning to collect dust. A lone shopkeep sat behind a counter, tapping his fingers on the wood. "Good grief, looks like another day without any business." He said, bored. Although, something in the corner of his eye caught his attention, a gap with a hand sticking out of it had took a few different robes into the gap. He sprung up and started running over. "Hey! You've got to pay for those!" By the time he had arrived to intervene, the hand had already slipped back into the gap, and it had closed behind it. "DAAAAAAMN YOOOOOOOOOUUU!" The shopkeep screamed. Yukari handed the robes to Ran who looked at her with scepticism. "Lady Yukari... did you steal these from Mr. Kourindou?" Yukari gasped. "How could you think I would do such a thing? You're breaking my heart, Ran..." Ran rolled her eyes and sighed. "Ryusashi, these should suffice. I'm going to slide them through the door." Ryusashi came up to the door and took them from Ran. "Thank you." He said to Yukari who giggled a little. "Don't worry about it."