No Need for 'Okay'

Sasami: Well....o-ok. But you have to promise you wont' laugh at them!

Ryoko, mock-hurt: What?! I-i would never dream of laughing at your heartfelt poetry! thinking 'specially if i'm depending on it. out loud So? Lessee!!

Sasami shyly hands Ryoko what she'd written. Ryoko looked over them carefully. I'd tell you what she wrote, but i'm not that good a poet.

Ryoko, thinking: Wow. I think I kinda love Sasami now. Just like i thought, she's good. Really good! Now i really am glad she's a kid still. If she laid this kinda stuff on Tenchi with an adult body, he'd be putty in her hands. Which of course, she'd know exactly what to do with, li'l know-it-all she is. I gotta get Tenchi before she grows up. out loud Wow. These are pretty good. Where'd you learn to write like this?

Sasami: You think so? I just wrote what i felt, that's all. Are they really good?

Ryoko: Yeah. Uh...just out of curiosity, Ayeka can't write like this, can she?

Sasami: Hm-mm.

Ryoko: Whew.

Sasami: No, Ayeka is much better at poetry than i am.

Ryoko: I'm screwed!

Sasami: What?

Ryoko: N-nothing, nothing. thinking It's ok, i'm still sexier than she is.

Sasami: So...if Tenchi does...i mean, if what i wrote does melt his heart, then he'll be your valentine, right?

Ryoko: Mm-hmm!

Sasami: What about me?

Ryoko: Uh....thinking I didn't count on Sasami saying that, it's against her nature. It's not like i can offer her sloppy seconds, either. out loud Well, he won't just be my valentine! He'll be my...CO-valentine! He'll be your's too, of course!

Sasami: Co-valentine?

Ryoko: Yeah! We'll share him!

Sasami: D-does that mean he'll kiss us both?

Ryoko: What!? Oh, uh, i mean, sure, why not?

Sasami: Are you sure? You looked really mad for a second there.

Ryoko: Oh, just a reflex to someone mentioning kissing Tenchi. For you though, i'll make an exception!

Sasami: But...who would he kiss first?

Ryoko: It's up to him.

Sasami: But....but then what if he kisses me first and then he doesn't wanna kiss you?

Ryoko, becoming annoyed: Oh, he'll wanna kiss me, don't worry about that.

Sasami: What if he wants....more....

Ryoko: Then that's great!

Sasami: ...with me?

Ryoko, annoyed again: He won't. That's the reason i'm going, because 'more' with you is illegal. And why are you thinking about you and Tenchi doing 'more', anyway?!

Sasami: But....but what if Tenchi breaks the law to do....

Ryoko: WILL YOU STOP ASKING SO MANY DAMN QUESTIONS!!!!? ahem Look, Sasami. We both know Tenchi likes you, but i'm POSITIVE he doesn't want to do that kind of thing with you. On Earth that's considered sick and wrong, and we know Tenchi's a good guy, right?

Sasami: Yeah. He really is!

Ryoko: Alright then. If Tenchi wants to do 'more', that's when i come in. I'll even let ya know what it's like, ok?

Sasami: Ok. Then what do i get for it?

Ryoko: You make Tenchi happy. Isn't that enough?

Sasami: sigh It feels like i'm getting the bad end of this, but ok. If it's for Tenchi!

Ryoko, scruffing Sasami's hair: Thanks, kid.

Ryoko took Sasami's work and passed through the wall with it, chuckling to herself. Sasami sat on the now clean floor, looking depressed. She knew Ryoko was cheating her, but she said nothing. She just sighed. Ryo-Oh-Ki passed through her door.

Ryo-Oh-Ki: Meow! Meow?

Sasami: Oh, Ryo-Oh-Ki, it's you.

Ryo-Oh-Ki: Meow?

Sasami: It's Ryoko. I've been writing Valentine's cards for Tenchi, and i gave them to Ryoko. Now she's gonna be his valentine instead of me.

Ryo-Oh-Ki: Meow-meow-MEOW?

Sasami: Because she's a grown-up and i'm still just a kid.

Ryo-Oh-Ki: Meow-meow?

Sasami: Hey, you're right! If i could look like Tsunami, i could date Tenchi! Thanks, Ryo-Oh-Ki!