It all happened in a moment.
Her life up to it was perfect, especially on the dating front. Dating her BFBF, her clear soulmate. Eyes for him and only him. No one else compared.
Up until that stupidly random no-idea-what-happened action on her part.
It had been another one of Drakken's schemes. Something about draining resources from some car maker by distracting people with hockey? It was pretty incoherent as far as Drakken plots went. Just like all the other ones since the Lorwardians came.
Per the norm her and Ron ended up bound against the wall by their wrists and anklesin electronically-controlled restraints. Ron had been hesitant to use his newfound power mastery to break out. She didn't blame him. If she was being honest, she was as scared of his power as she was in awe of it.
Maybe that had a part to play in the mess? Fearing her BFBF? If it had, it was still the lesser part to a great mystery.
At that moment Drakken has been leaning right into her face, proclaiming his genius even with the ring of petals again popped up around his neck. Soon he would be one of the wealthiest men to carry out schemes as he wished and blah blah blah. Normal everyday Drakken.
Except… Somehow, that day, that moment, was different. There was something that had caught her attention. Made her see him slightly differently.
She'd noticed how he smelled as a start. A strange combination of mint, coffee, some kind of flower, and machine grease. It smelled like a type of exclusive, expensive cologne. Maybe that had been it? Curiosity that something about him seemed to be at odds of who he was?
It could've been the friendliness. Whenever Shego wasn't around, which was increasingly frequent, Drakken simply chatted with Kim. A little with Ron, but mostly Kim. He'd stopped trying to hurt her, let alone kill her, several plans ago. Now he pretty much restrained her and talked with or at her. The villainous equivalent of making a friend. One that she somewhat reciprocated.
Or maybe it was taking in his features. He looked a lot like Ron. She could've been confused at the similarities, even with as obvious as the differences were. He wasn't a pretty boy, but there was a strange kind of ugly yet boyish charm to him.
Maybe it was even his eyes? Deep pools of dark blue that she'd never taken notice of until that moment. They were expressive, bordering on beautiful. Completely at odds to the rest of him.
...she was guessing. Kim had no real idea why she'd done it.
In that moment, with his face in hers, his scent piquing her curiosity and his appearance catching her attention, she did something truly mystifying: she'd found herself leaning forward into his smirking gloating face and kissing him. Not a quick peck… Or was it? It felt like a while that they were kissing.
It felt so right that it took her breath away. All the previous kisses Kim had gotten were nice. Enjoyable to a degree. Ron's lips were familiar to her now in a pleasant way. She looked forward to more from him.
But the one with Drakken? Pure fireworks. An overdone saying, but it was painfully true.
He must have gotten bitten by the same bug, as for a second, he kissed her back. It probably wasn't obvious to anyone else, but she could feel the reciprocity. His lips had been chapped. Somehow it didn't detract from the experience.
The moment had passed.
Drakken had suddenly recoiled. Almost tripped over his own feet trying to back away from her. His face was a bright purple as he sputtered and babbled nonsense, confusion clear as day.
Shego looked revolted. Her face was scrunched in disgust and offense. Kim didn't know what she had to be offended by; she and Drakken weren't a couple. Rumor even said she'd turned him down.
Ron… She hadn't looked directly at him, but she could see in her periphery that his face was contorting in some manner. Outrage, disappointment, whatever. She didn't know.
Everyone froze like statues for a few seconds after initial reactions. Almost like no one could believe what happened.
Then Shego, being her usual snarky self, broke the quiet with a quick quip of, "If you were looking to distract Doctor D, I'd say you succeeded."
She was right. It was obvious she was; the man was now completely oblivious. Muttering to himself, wiping at his lips while his gaze darted every which way but at Kim.
Shego rolled her eyes. "Just a sec, let me reset Doc and then we can get back to the back-and-forth." A smirk crossed her face. "Like your terrible taste in men, Kimmie. I guess the buffoon isn't enough?"
Kim curled into herself slightly at the dig. That was… What had she been thinking? And Ron…
She still couldn't look at him.
Shego was slapping Drakken hard in the face when Wade finally hacked their systems to release the metallic bonds around her and Ron's hands and legs.
Kim stood up from her landing crouch, trying to recover from her impulsive move. Ron had crumpled to the floor and didn't look to be moving anytime soon.
Shego hopped to attention then, taking on a defensive stance as she said with a vicious grin, "Time to teach you a lesson you won't see in school!"
A hand on Shego's shoulder made her smile falter.
"We're leaving."
Shego blinked a few times at Drakken's statement. "What? 'We're leaving'?" She dropped her stance to stare at him. "Why?"
"I'm not… Feeling it anymore," Drakken said lamely, still refusing to look Kim, or anyone, in the face.
The green woman rubbed her temples. "You're really going to let her throw you off that much?"
"I-.. Erm-.. Nnnngh…!" His face twisted into a snarl as he said, "I'm the boss, and I said we're leaving! With or without you!" He pivoted clean on his right heel and began stomping away.
"...ugh." She gave Kim a glare. "You and your freakish idea of a distraction actually worked. Congratulations. Hope it was worth it." The mercenary followed behind Drakken, her shoulders tense and arms stiff against her sides as she also stomped away. "Ta-ta for now, Kimmie."
Kim had taken a loose defensive posture, but let it go when the two began to leave. She was certain she was feeling the same way Drakken was: confused, baffled, no idea what had happened…
She reluctantly and fearfully turned to Ron then, expecting the worst.
He had gotten to his feet. He wasn't looking at her, but his expression had changed to something more confused than whatever it had been before.
"I, ah…" Ron threw a quick glance at her. "That was… One way to take Drakken down…?"
"Ron…" What could she say? 'Sorry for totally cheating and breaking your trust with one little off-the-cuff decision'? She couldn't even explain herself. There was no explanation.
"I, I feel…" he swallowed, then sputtered, "It… It must've been his flower!" Ron's gaze now locked with hers, his face brightening up. Clearly getting into the idea, he continued, "They must have some hypno-whatever thing in the pollen! Got us under some kind of mind control! Getting into both of our heads!" Ron gave her a big hug. "Don't you worry a bit, KP. I'm sure Wade can fix us up in no time flat!"
Kim didn't agree. But she decided to not disagree.
"So…" She kicked at the ground, hands behind her back. She was at a complete loss of what to do. Absolutely no idea beyond standing around trying to find something, anything, to explain her actions.
Ron made the decision for her.
"C'mon, KP! Let's head out." He checked his Ronnicator. "Booyah! If we hurry we can get back before Bueno Nacho closes!"
Simple dependable Ron. Completely glossing over how awful what she did was. Even with his flaws he was awesome.
...but… Well, he was awesome as a person. Not the best boyfri-..
Kim shook herself. Doubting their relationship now? What was wrong with her? Ron was… Was perfect for her! Two pieces of a two-piece puzzle. She just needed to get over it.
Her head bobbed up and down, both in affirmation and to get those thoughts out of her head. "Sure, Ron. Let's go."
Ron skipped on ahead, his eagerness for cheap Mexican food shining like a beacon. And, maybe, he wanted to avoid the conversation a little longer. Kim followed behind him at a lethargic pace.
So. She had kissed Drakken. An actual kiss, right on the lips. It was better than she'd ever expected it would be, which was all kinds of wrong. She had done it right in front of Ron, which was a major slap in his face. Shego saw it too, so the odds of keeping it under wraps was nil.
But...
The worst part…
She didn't regret it in the least.
A/N: A basic simple shipfic. More to come~
Big thanks to Alyndra for betaing this fic!