**FAN-FICTIONAL WARNING**

The following Friday seemed like a día as any other. However, I walked to school smiling. I don't like school, and I never smiled, but last night made me think about something very important.
If I could only patch the quilt that is my and Ranma's friendship, his and Akane's would unravel.
Today, I felt as though that was a nasty thought, so I ignored it, even as I Akane and Ranma appeared when I turned the corner. I hid, poking my head about. Why am I this devious when it comes to him?

Akane had Ranma's collar in her wicked grasp when she pulled Ranma closer. At first,...