100 Shades of Gray

By Water Fairy a.k.a. Mizu

Disclaimer: I do not own Powerpuff Girls.

Summary: This is a collection of oneshots about the Girls and the Boys using the 100 theme challenge. Length of oneshots will vary. Please read and enjoy!

One: Introduction

"Okay, Boomer. This is Paul," Bubbles said, directing her boyfriend's attention to the mentioned Paul. "Paul, this is Boomer."

Paul merely stared at him. And that stare honestly disturbed the blue ruff. Bubbles stood there, surveying the two before clapping her hands. Reluctantly, Boomer broke eye-contact with Paul and turned to his counterpart. She was beaming brightly at him and it took all he had not to melt at the breathtaking smile of hers.

"Okay. You two play nice," she said, collecting her keys. "I have to get something at the store. I'll be back in a few minutes."

Boomer began to pout. He had only just gotten back from a mission and he really wanted to spend time with Bubbles. Couldn't whatever she needed to get wait? He stared at his girlfriend with his best lost puppy look and he was rewarded with her "awwww" face. Bending down, she planted a kiss on his lips and Boomer literally purred. He reached up to pull her closer, but the nimble puff danced away, breaking the kiss.

"I'll be right back," she said again and disappeared through the door.

Releasing a sigh, Boomer propped his head up and stared forlornly at the door. God, he hadn't seen Bubbles for three long weeks. He had spent the time cooped up in some shabby Turkish apartment with only his brothers for company. And there had been only one bed. The blue ruff shuddered at the memory. He loved his brothers; honestly he did, but being stuck in that small space with them? He had been tempted to strangle himself. He knew that Brick had been tempted. And both of them had been tempted to throttle Butch. He shuddered again, this time in anger. God, Butch had been exceptionally annoying this time around.

A huff broke his concentration and Boomer turned his gaze to the other occupant of the living room. In all honesty, Boomer had forgotten about Paul. He stared at him, taking in his features. Dark eyes, dark hair. Everything about Paul was dark. The ruff frowned, leaning back in his seat. What did Bubbles see in Paul? Boomer couldn't find anything appealing. Paul sneered at him and he frowned.

And they stared at each other.

They stared and stared and stared. Neither broke eye contact and both were soon wearing sneers. Boomer didn't know how long they sat there, glaring at each other, waiting for the other to blink. It had to be an eternity, a lifetime. The blue-eyed man tapped his foot irately, wondering for a moment if this was what Brick went through whenever he and Blossom got into a dominance match. And if it was, then Boomer had no idea how Brick managed it. It was so frustrating! Paul barely blinked and didn't move and he was starting to growl.

Boomer gritted his teeth and hissed angrily, "Look away, you stupid-." At that moment the door opened.

"I'm back!" Bubbles said, smiling.

Paul was the one to break eye-contact. He bounded over Bubbles, greeting her warmly. Boomer frowned, standing from his spot on the couch. Stretching, he wondered how he had gotten so stiff. He then realized that it was because he had been so tense throughout his and Paul's staring match. Shaking his head, the Rowdyruff strode over to Bubbles, taking her package from her. He bent down and pressed his lips to hers briefly, before pulling back and staring into her eyes.

"Paul is annoying," he said, trying to keep the irritation from his voice.

Bubbles blinked before laughing. "He's only protective of me, Boomer!"

Rolling his eyes, Boomer looked at the box in his hands. "Is this…a cake?"

"Yup!" she said, smiling widely. "A welcome back cake! And a cake for your first meeting with Paul!"

Boomer paused in his opening of the box. Turning to his bouncy girlfriend, he stared at her. Glancing down, Paul leered at him and growled. Boomer closed his eyes, took a breath, and then opened them.

"Okay. I can understand you getting me a cake to welcome me back," he began slowly, watching Bubbles' face. "But for my introduction to your dog?"

Bubbles just smiled and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

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Woo! Okay. This is a side project to Storm. I just wanted to do this because…I just did. Yeah. But don't expect this to be updated too quickly; my main focus is Storm at the moment.

Anyway! First theme: Introduction. (Also first Blues, hope I did them okay!) :D There were so many ideas for this, but I decided on this one in the end. I like it. XD It's amusing to me. And how many of you thought Paul was a human?

Please read and review!