House Arrest

He stared at all the circuits and chips with his tinted lenses of the extended goggles and found his attachment point. With a spark from his handheld welder, his Universal Controller was made. He put the welder down, placed the lithium battery-pad in, closed the back, flipped his goggles up, and laughed in triumph, "Behold Shego… the Universal Controller is Reborn. With this baby, I can tap into any network and make it my own. Free Wifi! Free Webflix! Free Youtoob without the ads! Our house arrest shall be enjoyable from henceforth!"

"Yaaay." Shego monotonously sang as she flipped a page in her magazine.

Drakken growled and tossed the goggles on his workstation table then approached the villainess with a grump face, "I did this for you… you know. Could you show SOME kind of gratitude?"

Shego looked up at the man only a breath away from her face and stood without so much as a flinch, "Oh. I'm sorry Doc. Let me try that again…" She cleared her throat, but not the sarcasm, "Thank you so much Doctor Drakken for getting us caught again and being babysat by the largest corporation of special agents in the entire world. I'm so glad I can watch the same shitty shows that I didn't watch the first time when they were on television without commercials. It makes this oh so wonderful prison fantastic to be in knowing that I get to spend it with you and free Wifi. Thank you soooOoOoOo much." She booped his nose and kept the strained smile as he frowned deeply. She let the smile fade but added with a fakened sugary song, "Was that better?"

He glared at her as he wiped his nose angrily as she moved towards their small kitchen. He followed her, but kept his distance. He wanted to tell her why he did what he did, but he kept it to himself for good measure. If Shego knew what Betty Director warned what would happen if the villainess didn't start following orders; his own little threat of turning her into a bushel of mindless vines (that got them on house arrest) would've been nothing but a minor issue, "Shego… This is the only way I can apologize to you… since you refused to accept the first 50 sorry's I've given. Just… give me a break!"

She yanked open the fridge and took out a water bottle and slammed it shut as she spun around to snarl at him, "Not until you tell me what you said to GET US on house arrest. The real reason… not this "because we're villains" crap." She moved to be inches from him, something they both seemed to not be able to stop doing to each other in recent events, and whispered to him, "Tell me the truth, Drakken. We don't keep secrets... remember?"

Shego scent was never sweet but never smelled bad. She had the aroma of a fighter. A woman's musk mixed with fire and flowers. He just recently started to notice it since they've gotten closer… but it wasn't until the Lowardian ordeal did it start quickening his pulse when it hit his nose. He swallowed, averted his gaze down and to the side, and licked his lips… then easily gave in, "Betty Director brought me into her office to tell me that if I didn't get better control over your reckless actions… she'd contain you with her Nega-collar and take your powers out of the picture. I reacted by snatching her up with my vine and threatening to mutate her into one of my plants if she thought about touching you."

He dared to glance up at her. He was expecting pure rage, but was utterly confused by the soft look she was giving him, "I know I overreacted, but… the countless times you've saved me and those useless buffoons with your "recklessness" should be accounted for. You're the best thing GJ has ever had… and to treat you like an animal is deplorable!"

He watched her avert her eyes and fidget her hands. He knew she'd have forgiven him, but… he had to make sure, "You… you forgive me, right?"

She opened her bottle of water and took a sip… finally looking up him then cutting her eyes away as a blush glowed green on her cheeks, "No one's ever fought for me, before… Not that I needed the help. So… yeah… I guessIsortakindaforgiveyou."

Drakken grinned, "What was that, Shego? Speak into my good ear." He turned his head and pointed at his right ear and she growled, almost mocking his own, "I forgive you. Ugh… you're so annoying."

He laughed at how awkwardly uncomfortable that made her. She sighed and went back to the fridge to put the bottle back then moved towards him, slowly. She had a strange look that he couldn't read. She licked her lips and spoke with a softened voice, "You are always doing stupid things. You always… you didn't have to fight for me. I can take care of myself, you know?"

He frowned and squared up to her approach, "I know you can, but that doesn't mean you have to fight alone. Kim Possible is one thing, she's… all that, but a blatant threat upon you by some suit wearing philistine, in my presence… that will never be tolerated. You're more than my sidekick, Shego… you know that! You're my friend. We've been through everything together and I just met this Director lady. Bros before Those." He was pretty sure that's how that phrase went. It made Shego smile and shake her head, so he stuck with it.

She took another step closer and they were in awkward closeness territory, again, but her gaze seemed different. It made his insides clench and suddenly the bottom of his throat got heavy. He cleared it to try and relieve the tension. She took in a deep breath through her nose and she spoke, loud enough for just the two of them to hear, "Thank you, Drew."

Hearing his real name, with no ounce of sarcasm, come from her lips made his heart leap. He smiled, but it melted off as he watched her close the distance. When he was for sure she was going in for a kiss, he closed his eyes and reveled in the smooth warmth.

Though it was short, it was the greatest bliss he'd had in a long time. He licked at the small taste she left and couldn't hide the goofy grin on his face. He opened his eyes and watched her lick at her own lips. He suddenly realized his hand was empty as Shego wiggled the Universal Controller in her hand. She put it down on the table behind him and bit on her bottom lip before saying, "You're not gonna need Webflix or Youtoob for a few minutes. I promise."

Drakken's brows connected in confusion for a brief moment before she took his hand and started pulling him towards his bedroom, "What do you mean I won't… Oooooh. Oh! Uh… Umm… Shego…I…" He tried to fight her off but it wasn't too big of a fight. His brain finally gave in and realized it needed to prepare for a different kind of fight. He blushed and smiled as she turned and kissed him deeply before pulling him into the shadows of his bedroom.