Akane and the twins were busy trying to piece together a jigsaw puzzle...

  Akane regarded the piece for a second. She then looked back at the jigsaw
piece, and then back toward the box. After several more repetitions of this, she
found the spot where it belonged, the piece fitting in quite lovely.

  "Wow, you're good" Jessie commented...

  "Havin' fun?" Ranma said, stepping into the office. He had several minutes
of breaktime, him having told the class he was teaching to go through several
kata motions...

  Akane's heart skipped a beat, for he was standing behind her. His presence
made her keenly self-conscious.

  "We're almos' finished" Jessie said, placing a piece in the appropriate
location. 

  Ranma tried to smash a couple pieces in place, hammering it with his fist.

  "That looks like it fits" he said, smiling meekly. He knew it didn't fit,
but maybe his girls wouldn't realize.

  "That doesn't fit, Daddy" Jessie said, taking the piece out and placing
it in its proper place "It goes here"

  "Lets see you do better" Ranma joked, realizing that Akane was laughing
at him. Although she was laughing at him, he still liked hearing her laugh.

  Akane accepted his challenge, taking hold of a piece, studying the box
cover. After several moments, she found the right place and placed the piece
in it.

  "You were lucky" he said, taking a piece, placing it on the puzzle,
smashing it in with his fist again. It didn't fit. The piece had three
prongs, and he was trying to squeeze it into a place with two prongs.

  "That don't fit there" Meggie said, silent until now.

  "Looks like they're finished" Ranma said, noticing that everyone was now
waiting patiently for him to come back out of the office. They were all in
their seiza, proper sitting, position "Bye, honey"

  Akane bit her lip upon hearing those words. She actually thought he was
referring to her and not his daughters. She actually thought he had called
her 'honey'. She just sat there, mesmerized by that one word, even if it
wasn't meant for her.

  Ranma walked back up to the front of the dojo, where everybody was waiting
patiently for further instructions. A thought crossed his mind, causing him
to wonder if Akane thought he was using the word 'honey' for her.

  Nah, he thought. She wouldn't even think twice that it was for her, even
though it was. He had accidentally let that slip. He was about to say 'Bye,
girls' but when he looked at Akane for a split second, the word 'honey' came
out for no reason. He kind of wished he could call her that for real, and
he wished she wanted to be called that.

  Smiling inwardly, Ranma continued on teaching the class.


-OneShot
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