"How do you pronounce this?" "Bernard" asked Minion, holding up the driver's license he'd found in Bernard's wallet.

"Ishoeihorpwafas?" Minion asked, pronouncing it phonetically, then shrugged. Megamind sighed.

"Grrr..." Megamind growled. Such an awkward last name coupled with such a simple first name! Would Miss Ritchi be displeased with his last name? Would she refuse to take it, or worse, refuse to marry him because of it? But he couldn't make up a name, he was a predetermined person with a predetermined history, or at least birth certificate! If she found something the old Bernard had in his name, she'd know something fishy was going on—she was too smart!

"It'll be fine, Sir," Minion soothed, sensing Megamind's anxiety. "I doubt Miss Ritchi will care what your last name is. Though I am surprised she hasn't asked you before, or discovered who you really are—"

"Minion, shoosh!" Megamind exclaimed, drawing out the u into an oo. For a second he had thought he'd heard something, but quickly realized it was just a brainbot smacking into something. Megamind sighed in releif, and also in agreement. "I sue-pose you're right, Minion," Megamind told his fishy friend. "Maybe I should just relax..."

Megamind was glad Minion was still with him. The day Megamind had defeated Titan, he'd been very badly hurt, and as it turned out, Minion had been watching the whole time via TV. When he'd seen the state his boss had left the fight in, he'd rushed straight to the lair, and after many months... This. Megamind's goal in life now was to make sure Roxanne never figured out who he really was, and to make sure she was safe.

Secretly, of course.

Minion didn't approve of the plan, but he went along with his boss because that was what he was sent with Megamind to do; to take care of him. He disagreed with the plan to be good as much as he had once disagreed with Megamind's decision to be evil.

It was funny how things could change over a course of fifteen+ years.

***Break***

"Ishoeihorpwafas," Bernard stated, greeting Roxanne.

"What?" she asked, sitting down beside him. They were picnicking in the park today.

"My last name. I never had the chance to tell you."

"Your name is Bernard Ishoeihorpwafas?" Roxanne asked, struggling to get the whole thing out. Bernard reached up and scratched the back of his neck, smiling awkwardly.

"I could never pronounce it either," he "admitted." "And you know, if you don't want to take it, it's fine if—" He stopped talking when Roxanne threw her arms around him.

"I like it," she told him. "It's different. Just like you." "Bernard" smiled in surprise and slowly reciprocated the hug. It had always amused Roxanne how much it surprised Bernard, her friend—her boyfriend—No, her fiancé—when she hugged him. He was so sweet and cute and lovable.

"I want to have the wedding soon—as soon as possible," she said, hugging him tighter, and "Bernard" smiled in wonder and delight.

"I love you Roxanne Ritchi," he whispered.

"I love you Bernard," she answered swiftly, not wanting to take the time to sound out his last name. Just then, at that moment, everything was perfect.

And Megamind couldn't believe it was actually happening.

Author Comments:

Awww...

Awkward last name, huh? XDXD, VELVY! She made me do it...XDXD :D