Shego was ordering henchmen around in Drakken's new lab. Thankfully Drakken had another one near Middleton, although it was underwater in a lake. This was new for her but an interesting change of pace. She did NOT want another stupid ice lab, or a lab in a rainforest crawling with mosquitoes. After they were done installing the computers and Drakken's "design table" (usually redesigning tech he stole) she decided to call it a day. Dr. D wouldn't have anything big cooking for a couple of weeks at least.

When Shego got home she saw the box just sitting there, waiting for her. When she opened it his words began ringing in her head.

"I love what I see, you're perfect."

Why would he say that? It had to be a coincidence, right? How would the buffoon figure any of this out? He couldn't even keep his pants up on missions. He would have to know more than Global Justice, and then be willing to lie to his precious little Kimmie. Was he just playing me?

"I have to know"

Shego grabbed the necklace and hopped on the hovercraft, tonight she got answers.

She was at Stoppable's house a few minutes later due to the speed of the hovercraft. Shego cloaked it after parking it and tried to find a way in. There was a window, slightly ajar. Perfect. She slowly slid it open and jumped through. She didn't have an exact plan, maybe searching his room, scaring him into talking, whatever came to mind at the time. Wouldn't take much to scare him given how he normally acts on missions.

"Hey shego, you're kinda late."

Shego turned around and saw Ron waiting in the shadows for her. Not an ounce of fear, again. This was getting strange.

"How did you know I would be here?" She said, taking up a slightly defensive stance. The buffoon was throwing her off with the way he was acting today.

"You're not stupid like Drakken. I figured you would connect the dots and come looking for answers."

She let out a little laugh, that was funny. Still, how could she know this wasn't a trap?

"Alright sidekick, why did you say those words to me earlier? Don't play dumb." Shego lit up her hands a little but he seemed unfazed

Ron smirked "I'm under the effects of the truth ray. I have to be honest with you. You hit me this morning instead of Kim."

Shego thought for a second, Stoppable would not have had the courage to say that to her unless he had to. "Well, next question…."

Ron interrupted her before she could finish "Before we play twenty questions can we eat? I made us dinner."

Shego was astounded. He actually had the stones to ask the most dangerous woman on earth out? Her instincts were telling her to back away and never speak of this again, her stomach had other things in mind. She needed a lot of calories to maintain her muscle due to her comet powers. That energy didn't just come out of nowhere.

"Is it poisoned or drugged?" She said, instantly regretting it when she saw the offense on his face

"No." Ron said dryly

He lead her to the kitchen. He had only fixed what he called a "simple dinner" in case she left as soon as she saw him, or simply didn't show up. He had made oven roasted Wagyu steaks, with sides of creamed spinach and mashed potatoes seasoned with herbs, and a tiny bit of salt.

She sat down and waited, this was making her paranoid but her stomach, mouth, and nose were not listening. She had barely eaten anything all day and this food smelled heavenly. Usually you had to travel halfway around the world for food like this and pay a fortune and he was just giving it to her, for free. One of his enemies.

Her thought's continued until he broke out the wine glasses. A second later he was pouring Cabernet into her glass. That's it. This has to be a trick.

"What's your game Stoppable?" Shego's face was returning to a frown. No one treated her like this. She was just a freak. An exotic.

"It's a date. There's no game" Ron said. A little sad he couldn't make too many sarcastic remarks or jokes because of the truth ray.

After he gave her a plate she waited to make sure he ate his first. Ron noticed but decided trust probably wasn't big in the villainy business. She became less tense after that and took her first bite.

Shego felt like she was experiencing a new world for the first time. The rumors of his culinary skill were not overblown. She ate slowly to savor every bite, but also to give herself time to think. The truth ray isn't infallible. If he worded things correctly he could not be lying but not tell her the entire truth either. When she felt secure in her questions she began to pester him. Using some of her feminine wiles to make him drop his guard a little more, hopefully.

"So,Stoppable," she said, while brushing her long luscious hair over her shoulder "how did you find my house to begin your little covert operation of love?" Shego smirked at that, if his feelings were real the least she could get out of this besides the food was some teasing

"I saw you around town in one of your holographic disguises, you still looked like you just with different skin. No one else looks that perfect. I just followed you most of the way home. When I saw how secluded it was I knew it was you for sure. You wouldn't want anyone to find you." She didn't ask the next question, but he decided to tack on the answer anyway "I don't know why I decided to follow you exactly, I always thought you were beautiful and wondered what you would be like not….working. So far I'm happy."

Shego blushed a bit, she noticed every time he talked about her it was perfect this, beautiful that. He can't lie right now but she still almost wanted to ask if he was serious.

"Why do you keep calling me perfect? I'm a freak. I don't see any green models." She said

"There are so many things to say I don't even know where to start. You're probably dealing with some internal struggles which is why you turned bad, but you still don't hurt people. Unless they deserve it anyway. I know for a fact you could have seriously injured me a few times but you didn't. Your self control and kindness really should be admired." He blurted out, he wasn't done however.

Shego's eyes narrowed, he's a little too observant. Especially for a buffoon. She wanted to question him on that but before she could he continued.

"You have a body every woman wishes they had. Your pale green skin just makes you more beautiful. The eyes are unique just to you, no one else even competes. Not even an emerald could. I could go on that for a while, but the brains on you. Kim and I listen in sometimes before we jump down, if Drakken listened to you his plans wouldn't be completely terrible. If you set your mind to something we would be in trouble. Your sharp witted humor, your jokes, your cute little "evil" laugh, your elegance in combat. Everything about you is unreal. I'm actually glad you're green, it shows how special you are." Ron was finally done. He took a deep breath. The truth ray has positive and negative sides.

Shego didn't know what to say. She never really received comments like that, he didn't seem concerned about getting in her pants at all. It was how he really felt.

Ron was a little nervous, it was the moment of truth. She no longer looked angry or distrusting of him but still. How would she feel with all this information?Shego began unbuttoning/unzipping her jumpsuit at the neck. Ron wasn't ready. His eyes got wide before he covered them up. Nope, not yet. "Shego you don't have to do that, I want to get to know you, not just your body."

Shego started laughing. The buffoon is still there, sometimes. She only slid it below her neck so she could get the necklace out. If this ever did go anywhere teasing him would be fun forever.

"How, and why did you get me this." She jiggled the necklace to let him know she wasn't naked and really wanted him to look. He kept looking between the necklace and her face, the smile on his face growing wider each time.

"I got it for you for a moment like this, it's the only thing that could begin to represent how I feel every time I look at you, and what you deserve. As for how, I still get naco checks, enough to be comfortable but not rich. You all didn't think when you stole the one massive check that I'd never get anything again did you? That's not how it works at all." Ron stated

Shego was really trying to comprehend his thought pattern here "So you spent what is probably around ten to twenty percent more or less of what you get in a year, on this, for me?"

"Yes."

"Because you think I'm perfect, intelligent, and beautiful?" She asked

"Yes." He responded again, inwardly he found it a bit funny. She's acting like this never happened before.

"Because you think I deserve better from life and want to make me happy?"

At this point he just rolled his eyes and groaned "Yes. What's so weird about that?"

"I…..need to process." Shego stood up, luckily she had time to complete her plate. This was downright weird at this point. He was being way too sweet.

"Shego, can you come back sometime?" Ron said nervously.

"I will Stoppable, I just need time to think. I haven't had anyone show legitimate concern for me in years." "and that was my family" she thought.

There wasn't any point in jumping out through the window again so she just went for the back door. She had one foot out and made the mistake, she turned back around. His face. He looked nervous, sad, and concerned. About her? Really?

Shego groaned and stepped towards him quickly, surprising him. "Come here Stoppable." Then she planted one on him. It was just a kiss, it didn't mean anything. Or so she thought anyway. The longer she kissed him the more right it felt. Like a glove she'd been missing her entire life, she felt...loved. He snaked his arms around her waist like letting her go was a crime right now, she grinned while continuing the kiss.

Ron's thoughts mainly consisted of booyah, and how lucky he was. He couldn't get enough of her taste, her scent. He never really noticed because she was always blasting holes around him, but she smelled like vanilla. If he could describe the beauty of dozens of shooting stars zipping across the sky and put it into a physical sensation, it would be this.

Shego kept enjoying the moment, but the more loved and cared about she felt, the more thoughts crept into her mind.

"You don't deserve this"

"You're terrible"

"You don't get to be happy"

"You're a freak"

It was hard and took all her strength, but she pushed him away.

"You can do better than a freak like me Stoppable." Before he could say anything more she hopped on her hovercraft and left. She hoped he didn't see the tears forming in her eyes as she spoke.

I'm really enjoying writing the KP fics right now, all the love, all the support. It makes me want to keep writing. If anyone is curious, I'm thinking Ron is around late 17 or 18 because of starting school late in this fic and shego is 23-25. Wasn't exactly sure where, how, or if I needed to fit that in.