Lately, Haruka hadn't quite been getting enough of that 'special time' with her lover. Sitting in bed beside Michiru with her arms crossed in consternation while her lover idly read a book, Haruka stared at the object of her ire.
...or at least the wall on which the two lovebird's bed was thumping rhythmically against.
Then after a slight pause, the pulse of the tempo picked up as the frame of the house started shuddering with each beat. The feminine moans turned into a strangled wail, and then there was a series of thumps as the bed frame audibly tore itself apart, sending the occupied mattress crashing to the floor.
Michiru idly reached over and lifted her lover's jaw into the closed position. "The original Aztec recipe for hot cocoa was an infamous aphrodisiac. Setsuna's version seems to have enough additives to make modern energy drinks pale in comparison. I'm sure you can imagine what a nice athletic young man OD'd on energy drink might be like in bed."
Regaining her composure, Haruka snorted in contempt. "Yeah right, he's already done for. Guys just don't last long enough to matter."
Giving her lover an amused look, Michiru turned back to her book. "Tempting fate and asking for another sleepless are we dear? He certainly didn't sound like he was ready to quit, probably just giving the poor dear a chance to catch her breath...or seeing if they have a spare bed."
Her pride ruffled, Haruka made some indistinct unhappy noises as she muttered under her breath.
After a few minutes, Setsuna's breathless voice drifted through the wall. "Ah... let's rest a moment. I wanted to talk to you about something."
"Huh?, 'bout what?"
"Well, I wanted to let you know I'm not exactly hooked on monogamy. That's when we have no other lovers besides each other. I'm not about to go after any guys, but I wanted to see what you thought if I brought another woman into bed with us?"
"Uhm, okay I guess. I think you'd know best."
"Ah good to hear. I also wanted to let you know, if you find a girl you like, you can be with her too. As long as you're both happy, I don't mind as long as you don't forget about me."
"You really think I'm the kinda guy to go around sleeping with other girls? That all I want is sex?"
"Not at all. I know you like being nice to girls, and I know there are going to be girls that like you. I'm just saying you can do what feels right, all I want is for you to come back to me."
"You see, there's something I need to tell you. You've heard the Legend of the 108 Stars of Destiny, right? The Chinese warriors that reincarnate and live their lives according to the fate of their previous lives? We're like that, we call ourselves the Sailor Senshi. The nine of us girls, and one guy named Mamoru who is fated to be Usagi's lover."
"The problem with our fate is, we can't really find love outside the senshi, and Usagi and Mamoru are the monogamous types. Haruka and Michiru have each other, but that's about it...but then there's you. You're like fate's wild card."
"You see, I can see What May Be, that's sort of my power among the senshi. I saw that you could end up the lover of any of the girls, or more than one girl, even all of the senshi. That possibility made me curious, so I met you and liked what I saw. There are other girls you could get tangled up with too. If you don't believe me, I'll tell you a secret. Your old childhood buddy Ucchan? She's really a girl, and she loves you you still. Without you, she'll live a miserable life, as after what your father did, she thinks you abandoned her."
"I just want you to know, you can make her happy. You can't marry her, but I think she'd settle for being lovers. As for the senshi, they may or may not want something with you. I've already told Makoto she could be with you if she wanted. Plus there's Haruka and Michiru, who might enjoy having either of us in bed, plus you could give one of them a child of their own to raise one day."
"Are you serious?"
"Mhmm, but enough of that for now. How about I show you a new style. This is Reverse Cowboy, now come on stud, for tonight at least you're mine."
Staring at the wall in shock, Haruka glanced over to her companion as the moaning and creaking of floorboards started up again. "Did she just just give Ranma permission to bang all of the Senshi?"
Not looking up from her book, Michiru raised her eyebrows. "I wouldn't put it quite that way dear. I'm afraid however you will have to bear our child."
Staring aghast at her partner, Haruka couldn't believe what she was suggesting, causing her voice to go a touch hysterical. "Me? Why not you?"
Unfazed, Michiru turned the page in her book. "Simple, I'm far to delicate for such a thing. Besides, isn't 'breaking a bed' on your list of things to accomplish in life?"
"Gah!"
Smirking in triumph, Michiru marked her page and snuggled into bed to get some sleep.
Bleary eyed, Haruka stared at the clock reading 3:17 AM. Things had been quiet for all of five minutes so far, so she didn't dare get her hopes up just yet. They'd taken several short breaks through-out the night, only to start up again with renewed vigor.
It wasn't the lack of sleep wearing on her so much as the idea of Ranma making her a mother. With the sounds of that friendly young man making the cold pickle that was Setsuna mewl in delight, it was impossible for her fertile imagination not to wander. Several hours of that coupled with a lack of sleep were starting to wear on her.
Walking downstairs the next morning with all of the energy of a poorly animated zombie, Haruka stared for a moment as she came into the kitchen.
After deciding she wasn't hallucinating, she realized that Ranma was indeed up and looking chipper. "So, Haruka, what cha want for breakfast? Just make it simple okay? I don't know any fancy dishes."
Grumbling something about an omelets, the short haired blond couldn't fathom how he could be awake, much less so energetic this early in the morning. Hotaru and Usa were already up and about, eating what Ranma had cooked for them. Turning a bleary accusing gaze to them for being awake, she demanded, "How the hell did you two sleep?".
Smirking slightly, Usa thumbed over her shoulder towards the living room. "We had a nice sleep over downstairs where it was nice and quiet."
Grumbling some more, Haruka made a half-hearted attempt to glare at the man playing with her eggs. "What the hell are you made out of?"
Shrugging casually, Ranma flipped the eggs out onto a plate, sliding the finished product in front of Haruka. "Eh, just what you get from a lifetime of dedicated training."
Slowly poking at her eggs, a thought percolated in her mind. "Hey, where's that banshee Setsuna at?"
Raising an eyebrow, Ranma scrambled himself another pair of eggs. "Don't call my wife names...and she's still in bed. Said something 'bout it being impolite to wake the dead, so I let her sleep in."
Finishing her omelet, Haruka decided to go have a bit of fun. Passing a cheerful Michiru that had already showered and made herself up, Haruka grumbled as she went up the stairs.
Popping open the door to Setsuna's room, Haruka got a look at the devastation left in the wake of earthquake Ranma. The bed was of course a mess, with only the mattress still being intact. Wall scrolls had fallen off the wall and knickknacks perched on the various items of furniture had been shuffled randomly about by the vibrations.
In the middle of it lay a nude disheveled green haired woman, with only a loose sheet preserving her modesty.
Grinning, Haruka poked the corpse with one toe. "Hehehe, what's the matter? Too old to keep up with your young boy-toy?"
Tossing and turning in bed, Setsuna eventually turned in the intruder's direction, blearily cracking her eyes open slightly.
Then as her mouth quirked into a grin that widened to insidiously evil proportions, the satiated woman sleepily purred, "Why Haruka-chan, I didn't know you wanted to be a mommy. If you insist, I'll ask Ranma-dearest to help."
As Haruka carefully backed out of the room, the green haired woman happily nuzzled back into her pillow with a contented smile.
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