Author's Note: Friends will come and go as they please, but family is there forever. Forget about petty arguments and hug loved ones, don't push them away. Read, Review, ENJOY!
Red and Green for Christmas, Blue and Green for Love
By Lil' Slugger24
Chapter Eight
Shego rushed through the streets of the city to get to where she needed to be. All the while she was hoping that Drakken would accept her words before turning her away. She couldn't quite pinpoint why she was going back. She knew in her heart that she loved Drakken. She always had and it just hadn't surfaced until that night when she saw love between anyone was possible. She needed to live life as a normal person to realize the importance of love.
The strange feeling she felt when she learned of Kim and Ron's relationship pushed her into her decision as well. For two as close as they were, it was uncanny to be in love. However, they found a way. And that was enough to convince Shego that love had no limits. Just because they were villains didn't mean they couldn't love.
Shego entered the roads not located on any map. These roads would take her to her destination. The only thing she had to worry for now was if Drakken would take her back.
Drakken sat in the same armchair in which he had previously been sulking to himself in. He was so depressed that he didn't want to move. He was perfectly content with rotting in the very chair he spent most of his time in anyway. He couldn't believe that he opened himself to Shego, something that he hated himself before for not doing, and she turned him away, giving him more hurt than he had felt in a long time.
Drakken looked up when he heard the clock ring that it was midnight. Christmas Day now presented itself to him. He sighed and felt a wave of emotion sweep past him as he sadly celebrated the one-year anniversary without Shego.
The door swung open and Shego ran into the room with a look of both happiness and of depression. She wore her coat and gloves in a clumsy manner because she hastily put them on.
"Drakken!" Shego cried.
Drakken remained silent but stood despite himself. He looked at the face of the one who hurt him so deeply. "What do you want?" he asked with a teary voice.
Shego swallowed and a tear formed in her eye. "Drakken… I love you…"
Drakken sat back down and placed his head in his hands. "No you don't… You're an illusion… This is what I want to believe… It's not real…"
Shego felt tears run down her cheeks. She walked over to the man and took off her coat. She took his hand and placed it on her tear stained cheek. "Feel that? It's me, Shego… Believe it… I do love you… I do…"
Drakken shook his head and stood again, this time he broke off into a run towards his room. "No you don't! Leave me alone!"
Shego watched as the man whom she loved ran away from her. Tears flowed freely down her cheeks, each following the previous tear's path. She figured this would happen but never guessed that she would feel like this.
"Drakken! Come back!" Shego shouted tearfully. She took off after him in hopes of catching him before he was gone from her.
Drakken ducked into his room and closed the door with a loud slam. Shego entered the hallway just as a click indicating the lock had mechanized rang into her ears. She knew Drakken didn't want to see her, but she wanted to see Drakken, and that was the only thing that mattered to her.
"Drakken?" Shego cried through the door. "Drakken? Please? Listen to me…" Shego sank to the floor and sobbed openly. She waited there a long time before the door finally opened and the doctor shadowed her figure.
"I did feel you…" Drakken said quietly. "No mirage in the world feels real… Come in and sit down…"
Shego smiled and wiped her eyes. She stood with the help of the doctor and followed him into the room while holding his hand.
The two of them sat down together and were silent for a while. They didn't even look at the other. The two of them actually tried avoiding the fact that they each knew how the other one felt for them. Finally, Drakken broke the silence.
"Do you mean what you said in the living room?" he asked. He was shy about speaking with Shego about a subject matter such as this, but he really needed to know.
Shego couldn't audible the single syllable that would symbolize the truth and simply nodded her head. "What about what you said?"
Drakken also couldn't say the three letter word that he indicated with a nod of the head. Shego smirked with the loveliest curve in her mouth. She leaned forward slowly as did Drakken and puckered her lips slightly. Drakken met with her at midpoint and the two remained intertwined together for the longest time.
Upon breaking apart, Drakken stared with love at his newest best friend. "So, what made you change your mind?"
Shego smiled seductively at her love. "I guess you could say the least expected thing 'Possible…'"
Drakken didn't quite get the pun, but he didn't care. He leaned in for another kiss and the two laid down on his bed. They spent hours talking to each other and, eventually, Shego nodded off into a peace-like state. Drakken watched her for a few minutes. She was so beautiful that he wanted that moment to be the second that time stood still for all eternity.
Drakken picked his love up from the sideways position on his bed and placed her in the center. He moved her head onto the middle of his pillow. He admired her for a moment longer and then covered her body with his comforter.
He, himself, took a spot on the floor without any blankets or pillows so that Shego would be comfortable. 'Please be there when I wake up…' he thought. 'Don't be a dream… Good night, my love…'
Drakken placed his head onto the floor and smiled as he thought of his love lying no more than a few feet away from him on an elevated level.
Just as Drakken was about to slip into unconsciousness, he heard a sweet voice. "Drakken… Come up here and lay next to me…"
Shego sat up in bed and indicated the spot in which she wanted Drakken to lie. Drakken stood and crawled onto the bed. He tiredly laid in the spot his love had pointed out.
"I love you, Shego." Drakken said.
"I love you, too, Drakken…" Shego said seductively. She slipped into sleep with her arm around the doctor and he held her close for warmth.
'Maybe this is the best Christmas ever…' Drakken thought. 'I got exactly what I wanted… Now all I need is a good night's sleep…'
THE END