3rd Person POV (Takes place after "Secret of Dos Santos")
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"You're back? How was Mexico?"
Kevin asked, not looking up from whatever he was doing with his car.
"Fine, I guess," Ben shrugged. "Though I can't help but think I should've paid more attention in Spanish class."
"Qué triste."
"Huh?"
"Just something I learned from some Hispanic guys I met during my black market days."
Ben blew Kevin off in both jest and jealousy, then paced towards the wall and leaned against it.
"That Skurd guy is awfully quiet."
"Hey!" the aforementioned creature shouted.
"My bad. You were saying, Ben?"
"So, Paradox showed up."
"Uh-huh."
"They lost an important artifact," Skurd interjected, "again."
"Sorry to hear that," Kevin still didn't look up from his car. "What else?"
"I can't remember the name, but there was this movie with a guy holding a bag of sand, and another guy behind h-"
"Raiders of the Lost Ark," Kevin answered. "What about it?"
Skurd asked Ben in a hushed voice, "Should I tell him?"
"Tell me what?"
Ben was understandably reluctant to "kiss and tell," which is why Skurd was so eager to let Kevin know.
He sighed, "I, uh, got to first base with Kai."
Kevin looked up at Ben from whatever he was doing with his car and stared in relative disbelief.
"For real?"
Ben nodded, with no clear sign of emotion on his face.
Kevin chuckled, "And I thought my relationship was weird. Didn't that Spanner dude say something about you guys getting married?"
"Kai thinks he's out of his mind."
"So, she says that she'll never get into anything serious with you, and yet she kissed you?"
"People are weird like that, aren't they?" Skurd remarked.
Kevin closed the hood of his car and looked at Ben with a smirk on his mouth.
"You guys are totally gonna hook up."
"What?!" Ben hoped Kevin was teasing.
"Remember when I first introduced myself to Gwen's dad, and then he turned to her and asked, 'Who's this? Your boyfriend?'"
"Yeah, and you guys w-"
A lightbulb went off in Ben's head.
"I'm screwed, aren't I?"
"I didn't say that was a bad thing. Matter of fact, the way I see it, she's a lot more stable than Elena or Jennifer."
"Right," Skurd remarked, his tone of voice emanating skepticism. "She's totally stable."
"Can't be any worse than Gwen."
"So, am I supposed to say something to Kai or what?"
"Aside from learning to speak better Spanish and keep better track of important things," admitted Kevin, "I don't care what you do."
One thing's for sure, Ben thought to himself . . .
Whatever I do, it'll be in Japan.
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A/N: If this chapter seems shoddily written, then you'll understand how I'm starting to feel about how the Omniverse writers are handling Kai.
