One of the two on the bed stirred and mumbled, hitting the other in the ear with an outflung arm. "... mmm.. 'rry..." it muttered, and then turned over a little, clearly savoring every second asleep.
A moment later the other figure blinked open its eyes, then stared at the other before bolting upright in surprise, looking around the room for a frantic moment and then glaring at the oblivious fian- err, annoyance, next to her.
"Hey! What are you doing in my bed, you pervert!"
Her only answer was another mumble.
"...ve mo mnnts, pops..."
She gave him another glare, and then shoved him out of her bed, hearing him hit the floor with a dull 'thump'.
"What was that for?"
A head popped up over the edge of the bed, then blinked and looked around in confusion.
"Hey, what am I doing in your room?"
"That's what I want to know!"
There was the sound of a door opening, and both looked over to see Nabiki, leaning against the jam and smirking.
"Wouldn't you both like answers?"
Both blinked, in unison, and then nodded dumbly, still in unison.
"How cute. I'll even give you two this as a freebie..."
Ranma winced. Oh, this was going to be bad.
"... now, where is it..."
Nabiki looked around the room for a moment, before plucking a piece of paper off the dresser and holding it up, before putting it back down.
"The doctor DID say you might not remember the last couple days, so perhaps I should let this do the talking. Have fun, you two..."
And with that, she left them, unwholesomely (in Ranma's opinion) amused at whatever predicament her little sister and he were apparently in.
While he was busy trying to think of what it could be, Akane had jumped out of bed and had snatched up the paper Nabiki was waving around. At the sound of a very audible gulp, he turned around to see her shaking a little as she stared at it. Make that really bad. Was someone dead?
He slipped up behind her and peered over her shoulder. Lessee... licence for...
"WHAT??"
Akane jumped, then spun around and whalloped him on reflex, hitting a still-fading bruise on his cheek.
"Damnit Ranma, don't surprise me like that!"
"Sorry..." Ranma rubbed his cheek. She'd managed to hit his injury from the little brawl with the Kuno family at school today... err, a couple days ago? He looked at his... wife?... and saw her staring intently at his cheek.
"What? You didn't hit me that har-"
"Ranma, let me see it."
"Look, it's f-"
"Idiot! That's not what I'm talking about! Let me see it!"
"Fine, fine."
He turned his head so she could see where she'd hit him. What was she so agitated about? It wasn't like it was bleeding or nothing. It'd fade away before evening, anyway.
"You got that bruise from that pineapple, right?"
"Huh? Yeah, you were there. Crazy principal..."
"And Nabiki said that was two days ago, right? And it's still fresh?"
"Errr... yeah. Got Some of those memory problems she was talking about? Don'tcha remember?"
He blinked as her expression twisted into one he was more familiar with than he'd like. What did he do now? Then she turned away and muttered angrily as she pawed through a drawer. That was odd... usually when she was angry with him (for whatever reason) she tended to yell or hit him immediately, not go looking for a weapon. And there was that bokken in the corner, if she was looking for something blunt.
"Aha!"
She held out a small watch with a broken strap, and then looked closely at it.
"I knew it! The little sneak! I'm going to-"
"What? What is it?"
She stomped up to him and then shoved the watch in his face. It was a nice one, with a face in green and silver, with the date in a little... oh. He connected that to the piece of paper, and then to... Hmph. What a cruel practical joke to play. Not that he was fooled or nothing. He'd have figured it out in a moment or two on his own.
Akane looked at his expression with satisfaction, and then nodded.
"So..."
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