A/N: A prompt by dontworryiwillbe on tumblr

Dumpling

"Is it sad that I'm getting used to this stuff," said Shego as she ate the last egg roll, if you could call it that as she and Drakken sat in his office.

"I told you to grab something on the way back from getting the Nuro-Compliance chip from Bartol's lab," said Drakken as he ate his noodles.

"Yeah, about that. Did you just decide to give up on making your own stuff now?" asked Shego with an eye roll.

"Mind control devices aren't easy," said Drakken, "And if you were under a mind control chip, wouldn't you want it to be a top notch one versus something that hasn't been tested yet?"

"First, this hasn't been tested yet," said Shego, nodding her head over to the box in the corner, "Second, that's what henchman are for."

"Interesting," said Drakken, as he slowly ate his noodles in contemplation, "That would be technically in their job description, correct?"

"Obviously, I mean, your working for a mad scientist, what do you expect," said Shego as she made a move for the dumplings.

"So... Hey, those are mine. If you wanted dumplings, you should have got your own," said Drakken, swiping them, Shego narrowed her eyes.

"Come on, I would have had to wait another fifteen minutes for more," said Shego, she clicked her chopsticks at him, "Gimme."

"No," said Drakken, her hands glowed, "I will not be intimidated by your... Hey!"

"There's like, twelve, you can spare six," snapped Shego as his chopsticks burst into flame, he glared at her, "I gave you the last egg roll."

"No you didn't, you ate mine," said Drakken, she clicked her chopsticks, he rolled his eyes and smirked, "Fine... Here you go, dumpling."

"Thank you," said Shego, taking a few out of the package and then slowing down to look at him, "Did you just call me dumpling?"

"Did I?" asked Drakken with a shrug as he went to finish eating his noodles with his fingers.

"I'll let it slide," said Shego holding up her dumplings, "But if you start calling me honey or sweetheart, I'll blast you to the nearest jail."

"Hmm, Babe?" he asked, for the sheer point of annoying her, she put down her dumplings and glared, "I'm joking, I would never."

"That's what I thought," said Shego as she finished her dumplings and looked at box in the corner, "So after we make sure this thing works, we start finding a way to duplicate it and then boom instant obedience?"

"That's the plan," said Drakken, he looked at the box and stopped chewing, "Ethically, should you tell the henchman before you test it on them?"

"I don't think it matters," said Shego with a yawn, she stood up, "After running around for your little whims, I'm beat. Besides, I have to get up early to make sure you don't get side tracked in finding out how to test it."

"I do not need a babysitter," glared Drakken.

"Don't you?" asked Shego, he rolled his eyes, "I'm sure Kimmy will be busting in here any day now that we got that device. Did you make sure the camera's are on this time."

"Yes, I made sure... will you stop nagging me?" barked Drakken, Shego stood and sighed, "I'll double check them."

"I mean, don't I do enough around here?" asked Shego, Drakken smirked, "What?"

"You know if we had just cloned..." Shego glared and Drakken laughed, "Only joking, I know. No cloning, not like it worked out anyways."

"Night Dr. D," said Shego with an eye roll as she patted his shoulder and walked out of the room.

"Night... Dumpling," he smirked as he saw her freeze, but she did nothing but continue walking.

Drakken watched as Shego vanished in the dark and sighed, despite all her sass and sarcasm, he was glad she was back. Even though cloning Shego would in fact make their lives much easier, the system was too flawed and it was the main part of the contract she was avid about. He pondered if a former boss of her's had once tried before. Still, she acted like he asked her to clean the lair and cook or something, he only asked her to do what an Assistant or Henchman would do. He sighed and leaned back in his chair, his mind racing about, and he smirked. He'd gotten away with calling her dumpling with no problem, perhaps there was something there after all. He shook his head, this little crush of his was getting in the way, making him more susceptible to her snarky comments. If he'd get rid of those feelings, her comments wouldn't distract him so much. The alternative being, she could be a little nicer.. maybe a bit more encouraging.. helpful even. His eyes shot to the box, and he grinned. It was easier to change someone else than yourself, wasn't it.

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