Bob Headed Girls and the Rich Boys Who Love Them

Day 4: Unlikely Allies

All four of them couldn't believe that Aime would be as heartless as to let all of them lose. Clearly there had to be a winner. Since then, tension has been even higher. The teens were all avoiding each other.

Even Nabiki didn't have a plan to push Shuutaro and Shinobu closer together.  She was too upset to think about it. She placed around the library where she was sure no one would find her. "What would Akane do..." she wondered aloud.

Akane would probably fight her way out of this, fighting her way to get home. Swim the whole ocean if she had to. Like her, Akane would be too stubborn to admit her romantic feelings. But everyone knew she loved Ranma— who even Nabiki missed as well.

She misses all of them.

At the very least she had Kuno, but at this rate Nabiki would rather be alone. Their loss yesterday put a rift between them. It was looking like they were going to be stuck here together more and more.

Nabiki sighed as she took a seat at a large wooden table.

Elsewhere, in the same library, Shinobu was weighing her options. Should she make a fool of herself once again and confess her feelings? How could she be so sure that Lum was out of the picture?

Fueled with anger Shinobu punched the wall, causing it to crack. "What do I do?!" she shouted.

The sudden noise made Nabiki whip her head around to find the source. She had thought she was alone. Rather than stay put, Nabiki slowly stood up to go find Shinobu.

She found the girl heaving with her fists beared.

Nabiki cleared her throat to announce her presence. "Hey."

Shinobu's eyes softened. Her breathe slowing down. "Hey."

"So..." Nabiki crossed her arms, leaning on a bookcase. Her brain was cooking up all kinds of ideas. The sight of the poor girl gave Nabiki her groove back  "I see you're at a crossroads. I think I could help. Tell me what's up."

Shinobu unclenched her fists, rubbing her arm. She was unsure on whether or not she could trust Nabiki. But it would be nice to have a female friend on her side.

"I love him." Shinobu admits. "But there's this... Girl that he's obsessed with who doesn't even like him back."

Nabiki had to refrain from widening her eyes. Shinobu's situation was eerily similar to hers. "Tell me, does she happen to be your sister or a mysterious red headed girl?"

Shinobu furrowed her brows in confusion. "Um, no. But don't tell me..." Realization was starting to dawn on her.

"Yup." Nabiki threw her hands up into the air. "Kuno-baby's in love with my younger sister and I'm in love with him."

"Then who's the mysterious red headed girl?"

"Long story. Who's the girl Shuu-honey is in love with?"

"An alien."

The two girls stare at each other with their eyebrows raised before bursting out into laughter. Having shared that moment, they could feel an unspoken bond form between them.

"And look at us, two girls hopelessly in love stuck on an island with these boys and we still don't know what to do." Shinobu wiped a tear that formed from her laughter away. "No one is in the way. We're just sitting ducks."

Nabiki closed the distance between them, throwing an arm over Shinobu. "You know... I think I might have an idea."

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Wanting to let off some steam, Kuno takes his bokken to the gym. The gym itself was one of the largest rooms in the resort. It at all sorts of equipment, including kendo gear.