Kim was walking to school. She told Josh she wasn't really in the mood for company due to how her mission turned out and he understood. First she hurts Ron to the point that he wouldn't speak to her for a week, then she gets knocked out by Shego. She had no idea what Shego's malfunction was, she destroyed Drakken's machine herself during the mission. Did a boyfriend break up with her or something? She was off her game in the beginning before she became a human nuke.

She knew the comet gave Shego extra powers but she could swear she saw some flesh burning on her arm, she just didn't seem to care. Going on more missions solo to face Shego could be dangerous for both her and Shego. How do you safely fight someone that doesn't care how much they get hurt as long as they hurt you? It had been on her mind for the better part of the night, what could she have done to make Shego that mad? Then if she was that mad why would she go out of her way to drag her from a collapsing building then call wade for her? Wade said she still looked royally pissed so she probably didn't have a last minute change of heart.

Kim let out a loud groan of frustration before she entered the school and went to her locker. She was pretty zoned out still but when she did a passive look around she saw a mess of blonde hair down the hall. She could have sworn it was Ron. She wanted badly to run over and check but she stopped herself. Not only would she blow the cover she gave for Ron if she was wrong, but everyone would also realize she had no idea at all where he was. If it was him she would see him in second period.

It was almost the end of second period and now she was sure Ron was back, except she had no way of gauging his emotional state since he hadn't even looked in her direction. She knew what she did was totally tweaked but him being angry at her would be better than him being completely apathetic. At least she would know he still cared about her. She sighed and looked at the clock, the bell would ring any minute then she could talk to him. Surprisingly Barkin spoke up, usually he said nothing while they were doing in class assignments.

"Don't be late tomorrow, there's an important school assembly. You will get to skip your first class so that should be enough incentive. I know some of you," He made a point of looking at Ron. "tend to skip these, don't."

She was surprised when Ron didn't make a joke or shrink into his chair. Although she had no time to register it since the bell rang. She rushed to grab him as soon as they were outside the classroom door.

"Ron are we….good? You haven't called in a week and you haven't said anything to me all day." She looked at his eyes and felt her mood dampen. They looked cold and dead.

"We're about as good as we can be right now Kim."

"Ouch." "Ron, I know you're probably steaming mad and you have every right to be but can we talk? Or even if you don't want to talk can you at least listen? There's a lot I've been wanting to say since...the accident."

Ron saw her avoiding it and turned slightly annoyed. He held his tongue for now though. He stared at her in a way that conveyed that he expected her to continue talking.

"The ten minutes between class isn't going to be enough time and we don't really have the proper amount of privacy so can I just meet you after school at bueno nacho? Whatever you want I'll pay for it." She looked at the ground and lowered her voice due to her somber mood. "You don't have to stay after twenty minutes if you don't want to."

Kim felt his eyes on her, the seconds spent waiting for an answer felt like an eternity. He simply said "I'll see you later Kim." and walked away.

Bueno Nacho

"I'll see you later Kim." His words hung in her mind. Was it a confirmation of them meeting now or was it him saying he didn't feel like seeing her that soon but would at a later date? She had already been here for fifteen minutes. If this was his form of torturing her she deserved it, and worse. Luckily that didn't seem to be the case since he soon came through the door. She expected him to stop at the counter but he completely disregarded it. His eyes remained trained on her as he took his seat on the booth opposite of her, Judging by his expression he expected her to start talking, soon.

"I wanted to say I'm sorry that….that happened."

Ron tapped a finger loudly on the table which surprised her then spoke. "If you're really serious about this I want you to call it what it is. You almost killed me."

His patience seemed quite limited but that was more than she expected to get after what she did. "I apologize for almost killing you. I shouldn't have thrown you in there to begin with, and I definitely should have checked up on you at some point within the three days that you were likely locked in there. I know there's nothing I can ever do to make up for what I did, but..." She pulled out a techy looking watch. "I can start with this."

"You're hinging your bets on a watch saving our friendship? That's actually kind of insulting."

"It's not just a normal watch."

She turned on the screen and a menu of sorts popped up. "It's a ronnunicator."

That actually surprised him a little. "Why? Wade gives all the new stuff to you. I'm not important enough to get anything."

"We figured if you were angry at me for putting you there, you were probably angry at Wade for not giving you anything that could possibly get you out or let you call for help. This will make sure that doesn't happen again."

Ron looked the watch over and his mood lightened slightly. Very slightly. "That's very thoughtful Kim. Thank you."

She noticed he was still calling her by her name instead of her nickname, which means he was still pissed. "I know its kind of late and probably a slap in the face that you almost had to die for Wade to stop treating you like a child but I don't know what else to do."

"Kim."

His harsh tone caused her to jump and meet his eye. "Yes?"

"You don't get it."

"What don't I get? I tried to think about what I could do to fix this and this was the closest I could get. I feel terrible."

Ron chuckled to himself. "Exactly. You're thinking about how this event made you feel and not how it made me feel. I obviously had a lot of time to think in those three days. Did you ever think about why Wade won't give me anything?"

"Uh, I think he said something about you being clumsy and him working too hard to have his tech end up lost or broken?"

"Perfect example. He sees you as the actual hero and I'm just along for the ride. I'm inconsequential in the long run. You never corrected him on that. Or the media. Or our classmates. A lot of people are convinced you just bring me along for the ride and I don't actually do anything."

Kim reached across the table and grabbed his hand, her eyes were beginning to get watery. "What can I do to fix this Ron? Anything."

"It's nothing dramatic. I just want to be your partner on our missions from now on. This time for real."

"What do you mean?"

"True partners. Full credit, full responsibilities. I'm not a child you have to babysit, I'm supposed to be your best friend."

"Deal."

Ron held out his hand and they shook on it. However he gave her a stern warning. "I want you to think about what a real partner truly is, don't just say it then put things back to normal. Otherwise I'm just going to assume you don't care and we will be done."

"I understand."

A few seconds later Ron was out the door. She didn't really take it too hard since it was his first day back after she almost killed him, she was surprised he didn't drop a piano on her or something. She also noticed he didn't even bother thinking about the one thing he loved most in the world. Nacos. At least things were kinda back to normal.

Shego's Place

Ron was emotionally drained. It took all he had to remain calm and reasonable earlier. It was his hope that Sheila could help calm him down. Although he wasn't sure if she was exactly the comforting type. She mainly seemed to derive please from teasing him with her amazing, curvy, soft, pale. "Damn." Ron accepted his preemptive defeat as he crashed onto her couch.

"You're supposed to say that after you see me idiot." Shego walked in wearing a black nightie, Ron assumed she had another relaxing day.

"Oh, my bad. Damn."

Shego rolled her eyes then kissed his cheek. "Your hearts not in it now. I can guess why you're so stressed though."

"Yea, I knew I'd have to see her today but I thought I was better. I'm with you, I'm the happiest I've ever been and what she did was an accident. When I look at her this red ball of rage bubbles inside of me though."

"You just need time. You just had a close brush with death, it's normal to need some space from her. Things don't magically get better overnight. She has to prove that she's really changed like I'm assuming she said she did."

"Were you spying on me?"

Shego's eyes almost rolled out of her head. "No. It was pretty obvious what she was going to say. Blah blah RonRon I'm so sorry for almost killing you, here's a cookie to make it better, tell me if there's anything I can do. I feel like shit for doing that to my best friend."

"That...actually isn't too far off from how the first half of the conversation went. The second half changed tones though."

"Judging by your mood I'm guessing you're the one that changed it."

"Yea. I told her something along the lines of we can either be real partners or our friendship can fall away."

Shego flipped a leg over his lap and began running a finger lightly, and slowly, up and down his chest. "When did the Ron man grow the stones to tell Kimmie off like that?"

He knew he'd eventually lose, but he had to try to out-tease the master. Ron placed his hand on her behind and with a firm squeeze pulled her just that tiny bit closer. Her face and the little moan she made were both priceless. "He grew the stones when he realized life is too short to waste being someone you don't want to be because of his badical girlfriend."

"What about me made you realize that?"

"You don't take garbage from anyone."

"You're taking garage now? Truth be told I didn't pay much attention to your team dynamic before beyond combat tactics I could try to abuse. "

"Before all this happened I let a lot of things slide because Kim's happiness was all that mattered to me. I didn't care about credit for missions, I didn't mind Wade giving me the shaft when it came to gear, and I just acted happy in public even if I got bullied or insulted. I'm done with that now. All of it."

Shego moved her hand from his chest to his cheek. "While I am happy that you're standing up for yourself, do you even care about the credit and attention from missions?"

"No."

"Then why?"

"It's mainly the principle at this point. I'm her equal not her underling, everyone should know that. If she doesn't correct them she doesn't care. If she doesn't care I have another woman in my life that does."

Sheila leaned forward and whispered into his ear "I wonder who she could be." She began tenderly kissing his neck while also sliding in the occasional lick. She felt his member growing and knew she had once again won this battle. She slid her hand downward and ran her palm along his bulge.

"Why don't we go to the bedroom so I can take care of little ronnie here." the tone of her voice dripped with sensuality. She knew what she wanted and tonight she would get it.

Ron could no longer resist, he knew he was in for a long night.

Kim saw Ron at his locker the next morning. He looked off and was more slouchy than usual.

"I know we aren't cool cool yet but are you ok?"

"Yea I'm fine Kim, got in a couple of hours of exercise and think I overdid it. My back is killing me." "And I wouldn't change a thing about it." He previously thought his heaven would be unlimited nacos. All he needed was him, Sheila, and a bed and he could be happy for an eternity.

"Alright….let me know if you need help. You could have pulled something."

"The only thing I pulled was the best woman on the face of the earth." Ron whispered to himself.

"What?"

"What?"

Kim just figured he was being goofy and didn't bother asking him to repeat it. At least he was acting normal. Ron was glad she didn't overhear that. They decided to be a couple of minutes early to the gym. It seemed as if Barkin was ready to drop some divine wrath upon Ron if he was late or absent today for some reason. Finally the assembly started after the thirty minutes it took to get everyone seated and silent. Mr. Barkin appeared to be in a surprisingly good mood.

"Some of you are probably curious about why you're here today, most of you are just excited that you got to skip a class today and talk to your friends," Some giggles could be heard within the crowd so he made a slight pause, with a smile."There is one student whos exceptionalism needs to be rewarded. Come on up here Stoppable."

A very Bonnie sounding "WHAT!?" could be heard in the crowd but it was ignored. Ron had no idea why he was being called up, some of the murmurs and suggestions he heard on his way to the stage seemed hilariously inaccurate though.

When Ron stopped by his side Barkin placed a hand on his shoulder. "As most of you are aware we engaged in an exchange program the previous year, Ron was one of those students. The yamanouchi school has informed us that it would be a great honor to have him back with them for a period of two months. Everyone give him a round of applause!"

Kim's mouth would not close, Ron felt it internally but tried not to make a fool of himself in front of the cheering students. He had two words to describe how he felt at this moment.

"This tanks."

So, uh. This gained a lot more attention than I thought it would. Last time I checked it only had 56 followers. My bad.

I already have the next hidden affections chapter planned out in my head I just need to type it out. The next chapter of Who are you is also in my brain but I'm more interested in Hidden affections and regaining my princess for right now. Reasonably I would say expect one to two weeks for an update on that one. I wouldn't hate it if you followed my facebook page. It makes communication to you guys easier.