Her husband stared at her. "You do?"
"Yes, I do. They can go right now, in fact."
"But what about what's supposed to be going on here now."
"You don't have any problem with your son getting to spend some time with your friend's daughters, now do you?" the redheaded matriarch asked idly. "Now, do you?"
"To tell the truth, no...."
"Then it's settled. Come along children. It's time for you all to go out and enjoy yourselves together," the Saotome Matriarch told the teenagers, ushering them out of their seated positions.
"Nodoka...."
"We'll have plenty of time to talk later, husband. Just you, your friend, and me."
Genma actually gulped at her cool tone.
"As for you dears, I do expect you back at a reasonable time."
"Auntie, this does sound like a nice idea...." Kasumi began, wringing her hands a bit.
"Doesn't it though?"
"Yes, it does, but I wouldn't be a proper hostess if I abandoned my guests...."
Nodoka put a hand on the eldest Tendo girl's shoulder. "Don't worry, dear. We'll be fine, and you're not 'abandoning' anyone. This is a meeting between between us parents, and you have a responsibility to go."
"I do?"
"Sure do," Nabiki drawled, leaning in towards her elder sister. "Ranma and Haruka are our guests, right? Well, if someone comes to visit from another area, you take them out to enjoy your neighborhood, don't you?"
"Exactly," the Saotome Matriarch agreed.
The eldest of the sisters pursed her lips thoughtfully for a moment. "I didn't think of it that way. I do suppose that you're right about that. Just let me get my purse, and we can go."
"Good choice, Kasumi-chan."
"Why, thank you. So, go then," Nodoka murmured as she sent a quelling look towards Soun, who looked like he was about to protest the situation. As he subsided, she herded the teenagers towards the door, and gently pushed them outside once it was open. "Have fun, each of you."
"We will, Auntie!" Akane promised with a bright smile.
"I know that you will. And don't worry. I'll handle the fathers for the time being. We do have a lot to discuss."
"Really?"
"Really. Oh, and Ranma?"
"Yes, Mom?" the named boy responded.
"Take good care of Haruka-chan while you're out, will you?"
"'Course I will. As much as she needs it."
"That's a good boy. You make your mother proud," his mother replied as she leaned out to give him a peck on the top of the head.
"Mom...."
"I know, I know. You're all grown up. But you're still my boy, and I want you to be happy. That said, have fun, each of you," Nodoka told them, and closed the door.
Haruka looked at the shut door, and sighed in relief. "Much as I love seeing her again, and enjoy yanking on that pain in the ass' strings, it's good to be out of there."
"Don't you like our home?" Nabiki asked slyly.
"Sure, I like your house. I just don't miss having to keep everything down, you know. There is something that I've been wanting to do, and I haven't been able to do it."
"Me too," her husband revealed.
"You have something that you want to do?"
"Yeah."
"And that is?"
"This," he answered, visibly stiffening his resolve as he pulled her into his arms and pressed a passionate kiss to her lips.
For a moment, she seemed to be too surprised to react, but once what was happening registered with her, her arms went around him, and she started returning his kiss. Their eyes closed, and their mouths came together in a deep show of the feelings between them.
And when they pulled back, she was panting a little. "Whoa...."
"Ya can say that again," Ranma murmured, pulling back just enough so that he could see her entire face. "I've been waitin' for that for a long time."
"You've been waiting for that since we saw each other again?"
"Nope. Ever since the last time that I saw ya."
A hint of color hit the blonde's cheeks, and she smiled at her husband as they stood, still holding each other. "That is a long time. No wonder it was that good."
"Was it? 'Good', I mean?"
"It sure was. And I can let you see how good it was, later."
"Why 'later'?"
"Privacy."
The pigtailed boy blinked in confusion at her words... until it hit him what she'd meant. "Ya wanna?"
"I'd been thinking that we could start with simple snuggling, and that's best done when a couple's alone, don't you think.
Her husband flushed a deep red, ducking his head in a bit of embarrassment, with Kasumi reddening a bit, and Akane shaking her head.
Nabiki snickered at his reaction, and glance between the married couple. "If you two are finished flirting, I'd think that we might go now. That is unless you want us to go back inside, and leave you two to go off to enjoy yourselves. I wouldn't mind doing so, but we are supposed to be going to hang out together...."
"We'll go, we'll go," Haruka told her as she and Ranma moved apart so that they could walk.
"That's good to hear. Ranma gets the front passenger seat though."
"Since when do you decide who gets to sit where?" her younger sister asked.
"I only said that since that would be the seat where Ranma and Haruka could sit next to each other, as she is the one driving."
"Oh. Right...."
"You're such a romantic, Nabiki," Kasumi put in, letting a pleased smile stretch across her face.
"Heaven forbid," the middle Tendo daughter muttered, though she had the look of one trying to look more firm on a subject than they were.
Kasumi patted Nabiki's arm on her way to open the gate, not saying a word.
"You guys are murder on a girl's reputation...."
"Yes, and it's fun," Haruka cheerfully stated as she led the group out of the Tendo family's front yard, with her husband at her side, on their way to her car, while:
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