I have been super busy with school and theatre so I apologize for not updating! I love you for reading my mushy gushy love fantasy 3

Chapter 3

A promise was made that Akane would love Ranma even more, and he would in turn do the same. So why wasn't Ranma feeling loved? He looked down from the fence at the short haired girl. She had been ignoring him since school ended and he didn't know why. Noticing the street was empty he Jumped down from the fence, and shyly grabbed her hand. He felt her squeeze his hand slightly before letting go and speeding up.

"'Kane, you alright?" He asked.

She turned to him, confused, "Oh, Ranma, what's the matter?"

Ranma was taken aback. 'What's the matter?' What was the matter with her, he wondered. When a wife gives the cold shoulder to her husband it can't be good right? He thought about everything he had done since he woke up. None of it was bad, but he couldn't say he was a total saint.

"Ranma, I think we should stop somewhere before going home." Akane said. Hoping he would get the hint that she wanted to be far away from her family right now.

"Where to?" Ranma was up to going to anywhere besides home too. He didn't want to spend too much time near Nabiki, and he figured he could get Akane to lighten up her mood.

Akane smiled at his response. She grabbed his hand and began running into town.

Not long after Ranma and Akane stood in front of the store Akane had taken them to. There were clothes and toys in the window, and it made the teens feel extremely uncomfortable. It was just then that they realized Akane was still in her school uniform.

Akane figured they could get away with walking into the store by saying they were looking for a gift of some sort.

Ranma on the other hand felt like they were pushing the possibility of getting caught by someone from school. Or even worse: Shampoo or Ukyo. Which could be nearly impossible since they both had busy jobs, but that never stopped either of them in the past.

"'Everything Babies', huh?" Ranma asked, rubbing the back of his head.

Akane looked to her husband and nodded. She was as uneasy as he was about the store. Taking a deep breath in she stepped inside, and Ranma awkwardly followed.

A short woman greeted them at the door with a smile, "Do you need help looking for anything?" She asked.

Akane shook her head and continued into the store. Ranma, curious as to why they were there, followed. She walked to the toys section and looked through the stuffed animals and learning devices. Ranma looked around the store and saw the expecting parents walking around along with a few children. His eye caught a woman that was nearly eight months pregnant and it showed. He looked to Akane who wasn't even beginning to show. The stranger looked like she was about to burst, but she also looked happy. She radiated with happiness and love. You could tell she was caring and well. She looked like a mother.

Ranma turned back to his wife, the girl that was only a few pounds heavier if that at most. She walked around the store eying different devices that neither of them would even think of buying. She brow showed Ranma that she was worried and nervous, but she smiled throughout her entire adventure through the store. He watched her walk and could tell she was exhausted from the day of dealing with people she didn't care about seeing in her current state. She looked like the same Akane, kind from afar and scary up close. But after watching her go throughout the store Ranma felt like he was falling in love with her all over again.

In his peripheral he caught the bigger woman who held his attention earlier. She grabbed her stomach and winced as if she was in pain. A man who Ranma assumed to be the husband walked up and asked if the baby was kicking. The woman in return smiled and nodded.

Ranma turned back to Akane who was looking at different stuffed animals. In just a few months she would be as big as that lady, and would be experiencing the same thing. It wouldn't be long until she felt movement and the fetus would develop a personality of its own. And plus it had the blood of both of them running through its veins, which probably meant even more trouble and stubbornness in the near future.

Ranma was thrown off thought by Akane calling for him. He made his way to the toy section with her. She showed him a stuffed octopus doll.

"Isn't it cute?" She excitedly asked.

Ranma smiled at her reaction, "So I take it you're getting used to the idea of having this kid?"

Akane looked away for a moment before saying, "You haven't told me if it was cute or not."

The boy stared at the octopus. It was blue with beady eyes and a top hat. It was extremely pointless, but it made his wife smile which he hadn't seen all day. He took the doll into his hands and looked it over.

"I wanted to get it, but wasn't sure if we should wait." Akane told him. She had obviously been there before.

Ranma grabbed for octopus out of her and made his way to the cashier with the toy.

"Ranma, what are you doing?" Akane asked him.

"What does it look like? I'm buying the thing for you." Ranma said as he dug through his pocket for money.

Akane was taken aback. She never thought that he would spend his own money on the first item for their child. And here she was thinking of it again: Their child. The entire idea of it made her blush a little. She no longer was disappointed in herself for getting pregnant as much as she was for getting Ranma to support her.

Ranma payed for the toy and the two walked out hand in hand. The couple was almost home, and Akane hadn't taken her eyes off of the toy. "Why'd you buy it?" She asked.

Ranma felt his heart beat faster. After a whole year how did she still manage to do that to him? "It made you smile," Ranma scratched his cheek.

Akane reached up and kissed his cheek before running to the house. He followed her into the living room where the couple was met by the family. Everyone looked oddly suspicious even for the Tendo- Saotome household.

"Ranma and Akane, Nabiki has brought to our attention that she spotted you two inside a certain store." Akane's father said.

Akane looked at her father then at Ranma. Looking at the doll she said, "Daddy, look at the toy Ranma bought for me." She tried to draw attention away from the situation. Maybe it would lighten the mood.

Her dad looked at the toy and his face brightened, "Oh how nice of my boy to do that for my baby girl!"

"Or mine…" Ranma mumbled under his breath.

"What was that, Ranma?" Soun asked.

Akane sat down next to her father. She wan't even sure of what was happening until she was sitting on her knees. She placed her hand on Soun's arm, "Dad, I'm going to have a baby; Ranma's baby to be exact."

And that is how Akane Saotome made Soun Tendo faint.