Authors Note: Sorry about this chapter being short, it was the only good place to end it off though for it'd of gone on way too long if I continued it past there. Sorry about that.

K.O. and Shannon had returned to the park they met up at initially. The two had been quiet during the walk. Night had fallen, and the stars shined brightly in the sky overhead. Shannon took out the disguise device and pressed a few buttons before aiming at her date in front of her.

"And there we go," Shannon hummed. The synthetic mask her date was wearing was gone in seconds. The Level 3 hero held his face as relief washed over him.

"I was worried I'd wind up stuck that way for a good while," he nervously chuckled. Since most of Boxman's inventions had a severe oversight to them, he feared the worst. It was a good thing they both left the party before things got even crazier.

His bright aura faded though when he saw Shannon taking a seat beneath the nearby tree. The aura she gave off was a haze of gloomy blue. "Shannon, what's wrong?" he went over to her. She was looking solemnly at the beautiful night sky. What they had just been through had hurt her badly.

"It's just… because of me, you could have died… I'm sorry," Shannon claimed. Despite taking it out on Percer for their involvement, she blamed herself.

"Well I'm a hero. I'm at risk of dying every day," K.O. shrugged it off. It was just something he got used to as a hero. He guessed the same applied to villains, but not so much to robotic beings. Still, he felt he was at fault for Shannon's friendship with Percer just ending on the spot.

He came over to his date and took a seat beside her. She held her corsage in her hands like she was seeking solace from it. "I had a lot of fun tonight," he blurted out. It shocked his date. Shannon expected him to be upset with how the party had gone.

"You did? I feel like it was a real mess…" Shannon replied. K.O. and his positivism were all she thought was good about the date. But what to do now. For a simple indulging session, everything had gone off the rails.

She felt K.O.'s hand tightly wrapped around hers in a reassuring matter. She looked down to see his bright adorable face looking up to her, their eyes meeting.

"What are you…?" Shannon raised an eyebrow, confused.

"Don't feel bad. For my first date, this was the best! I… I'm sorry if it seemed like I was ignoring your feelings for a while," K.O. was unsure if this proved that possibility that she'd been interested in him for a while. If it was, it made him feel guilty.

"My feelings…?" Shannon murmured. It had been a while since she had heard anyone else actively apologize for making her feel bad. The implication alone made her feel happy. She knew her brothers cared, they just were bad at expressing it.

"You said you felt useless to your family. But to me, you're the energetic, cute and unpredictable Shannon," K.O. was unsure if it helped, but he found that it was good to just speak his mind.

Shannon's eyes began to water. She wrapped her arms around him tightly. K.O. simply returned the embrace, glad to see her happy. "Nobody has ever been this sweet to me before…" she exclaimed. Since the start of this date, K.O. had been doing his best to try and make her feel special. Now, she wanted to keep that feeling for as long as she could.

That tore it then. Shannon vowed to forget about that plan Raymond had given her. She wasn't going to bring herself to break his young heart with a scheme like this, it was clear it would never have worked.

The embrace broke after a moment. K.O. felt his own heart pounding as the two leaned in. At last, their lips touched, and locked. The moonlight shimmered over them as the two shared their passionate kiss.

The two broke apart after a minute, though it felt eternal. K.O. stared in awe with his mouth agape. Never in his life before this date, did he think he would ever get this close to Shannon, but now that he was, he was blazing with joy.

"Th…that was amazing…" K.O. stammered. His date had a blush on her face, her gaze downwards. She almost felt shameful for acting on her emotions.

"Yeah… my first real kiss," Shannon breathed. She felt conflicted, between being joyous at the date going far better than she'd have ever hoped and being in love with a hero.

"Don't wo-worry! It was my first time too!" K.O. tried to reassure, though he guessed she had no memories from her time with Rad.

The robot pulled the Level 3 hero to her side as they sat under the tree, holding him close. Things fell silent between the two. Everything that had just happened on this date was catching up to them.

"Shannon?" he chirped.

"Yeah, K.O.?" Shannon murmured, afraid for what he might say next, despite his obvious cheerfulness to this.

"What does this mean… y'know, for us…?" K.O. meekly wondered. What would happen to them now was uncertain. His little mind could tell that their kiss was a big game changer. Nothing would ever be the same again after this.

"Well… it means we're either in a relationship now… or we aren't and we have to do our best to pretend tonight never happened," Shannon stated the options at hand, trying to ignore her emotional circuit. Her feelings right now confused her to no end.

"Do you want to be in a relationship?" K.O. asked.

"…uh…" Shannon was uncertain. Part of her was screaming at her accept. The other begged to turn him down to avoid an inevitable misery from all the hardships that would come with a villain and a hero dating. "D…Do you?" she gulped, nervous as ever. K.O. rubbed his head, trying think of a reply. She waited for him to answer, while her anxiety rose over the roof.

"Sure! Why not?" K.O. exclaimed happily.

"R…really?" Shannon could not believe her ears. She tried to contain her excitement to hearing him agree.

"Yeah! I've never had a girlfriend before, and I have a lot of fun with you," K.O. claimed. He was glad to treat it as a welcomed new experience. Maybe, if they were lucky, they would not tear each other apart as much in their battles.

"Thank you so much, K.O.! I'm happy to be with someone as sweet as you," Shannon hugged him tightly. K.O. swore he felt some of his bones cracking, but he tried to relax and return the hug, feeling warm from her affection. He could hardly wait to tell his mother about tonight. He had only one thought in mind now.

"Tonight has been, amazing..."