Well, four choices, but standing there naked was not an option she preferred. It was too cold.
Grabbing a robe -terry cloth because she couldn't find her silk one- she covered up and made her way to Hotaru's room.
"Who IS that!?"
"That's Ranma."
"Who is THAT!?"
"Auntie Nodoka's son."
"WHO is THAT!?"
"A friend of Michiru-mama's parents."
"Who. Is. That!?"
"She's the one Michiru-mama's parents asked to look in on Michiru-mama every once in a while as long as her parents are traveling."
"WHY is THAT!?"
"She's a family friend who helped them arrange to buy this house, here, so Michiru-mama could go to the Mugen Academy and have a place to stay, locally."
"How do YOU know THAT!?"
"I asked." Hotaru seemed bewildered that Haruka would ask such an obviously answered question.
"WHEN!?" Haruka's exasperation was showing more and more.
"About seven months ago. You were driving in a Grand Prix race. I think it was France or Monaco."
"WHY haven't I met her, then!?"
"Maybe it's because she's only invited Auntie Nodoka over when she gets lonely while you're out of town or at international races and she can't go with you?"
"Does she KNOW!?"
"About you and Michiru-mama? I never asked. It never came up."
"Why is THAT!?"
"Because they usually talk about Ranma. He just got back from China about, oh, ten or eleven months ago? And again about a month ago. He's been living in Nerima the whole time until a few of the..."
"Wait a minute. You said Nerima?"
"Yeah, we went to his wedding, Saturday, since you were at the German Grand Prix this weekend."
"His WEDDING!?" Haruka was dumfounded. If he (she... whatever) was married, what was he doing in bed with Michiru?
"Well, failed attempted wedding. His... associates... disagreed about whom he was supposed to marry."
"Nerima? Associates? You don't mean to say that that's Ranma SAOTOME, do you!?"
"Uh Huh. Ringleader, or victim, of the Nerima Wrecking Crew. Depends on who you ask."
"Why did you go to HIS wedding!?"
"You mean besides being invited?" Haruka gave Hotaru a sidelong look. "Ranma-papa and Michiru-mama used to play together when they both lived on Hokkaido until he was six. Then he went on a ten year long training trip with Uncle Baka."
"Uncle Baka?"
"Well, Uncle Genma. But Uncle Baka describes him a whole lot better."
"I don't think I want to know," Haruka muttered as she shook her head. "So, why is Ranma here?"
"Auntie Nodoka thought it was a good idea for him to get out of Nerima for a while."
"Why HERE?"
"Michiru-mama invited him."
"WHY?"
"So Auntie Nodoka could say he's visiting some friends from Hokkaido. And not really be lying, 'cause Michiru-mama is from Hokkaido. She's just not there right now."
"Yeargh!" Haruka grunted inarticulately out of frustration. Trying to get useful answers out of Hotaru tonight was like trying to pull teeth - with a stick of chewing gum. "Why did Michiru invite him to stay HERE?"
"Well, there are a few reasons."
Since Hotaru didn't elaborate, Haruka tried to keep herself from throttling her beloved adopted daughter and asked, "And what would THEY be?"
"Let's see. Setsuna-mama said it would be fine if he stayed for less than two months..."
Haruka boggled at that statement. "I don't believe this," she muttered.
"... and Michiru-mama will definitely be pregnant, like she wants to be, by the time he leaves, Setsuna-mama said. Auntie Nodoka really, really wants to be a grandmother..."
The Senshi of Uranus froze and stared at the diminutive Saturn Senshi, who unconcernedly continued with her end of the conversation, unaware of Haruka's state of mind.
"... she has these really weird views on sex. She's the one who taught them how to play 'house' and 'mommy and daddy' and 'doctor' from the time they were four until they were six and Uncle Baka took him on that training trip. Michiru-mama said to me that Ranma's the only man who is ever going to get into her panties. And if I can get him to promise to do it, he'll be the first one in mine. Maybe the only one, like Michiru-mama.
"Anyway, he can't sleep with the sisters he's been staying with anymore. The youngest one is angry with him and the two older ones are afraid she'll find out he was sleeping with them and take her anger out on them, instead of the on three girls in the neighborhood the youngest always accuses him of sleeping with.
"Kasumi, the eldest, says he's a lot better in bed than the older men she used to sleep with. Nabiki, the middle sister, says he really knows what to do to a girl's body to make a girl feel fantastic.
"So, while he was still knocked unconscious from the explosives everyone was throwing around, Auntie Nodoka suggested Michiru-mama, uh, 'renew their acquaintance' for a while until things cool down a bit."
Finally noticing Haruka had not moved for a few minutes, Hotaru waved a hand in front of Haruka's eyes. Receiving no response, Hotaru shrugged and snuggled herself back under the covers of her bed and drifted off into a wonderful dream.
Featuring Ranma, naturally.
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