"Oh. My. God."
"Kimmie, you shouldn't use the Lord's name in vain," chuckled Shego. "Besides, aren't you agnostic?"
Hana laughed. "I think she's just in shock you made lasagna casserole... Which is awesome, by the way." The young woman stuffed another spoonful into her mouth and watched the redhead recover from shock.
"This is delicious! And yes, I'm agnostic, but how else should I have reacted?" asked Kim as she happily dug in.
"'Oh my gosh?', 'Wow!', and 'Holy crap!' would have sufficed," laughed Shego. "Though, crap is far from being holy..."
Kim lightly punched Shego's arm. "It is really good... You sure know how to make all this Italian food..."
"I love pasta and Italian cuisine, so I tried learning how to make some of the dishes when I started college... But this casserole isn't exactly an authentic Italian dish... I didn't really have lasagna-"
"Same thing," mumbled Hana in-between mouthfuls.
Kim laughed. "Says the chef-in-making..."
"People would call me out on the difference, I'm just saying..."
"Regardless, this is absolutely wonderful. Now you can cook for me!" grinned Kim.
Shego shook her head. "Lazy... I'll just give you the recipe and watch you figure it out, Miss I-Cry-When-I-Chop-Onions... Hey! Argh-"
Kim shushed Shego by stuffing a piece of bread into her girlfriend's mouth, causing Hana to snort out in laughter.
"I thought you had gotten over that, Kim... The last time we were in the kitchen, you had no problems with onions," remarked Hana after she managed to breathe in-between chortles of laughter.
"Sadly, I don't think I did..."
"Hey, Sheegz, let's put Kim through an onion workshop or something."
Shego had just finished swallowing the last of the bread stuffed into her mouth when she raised an eyebrow at Hana's new nickname for her. "Sheegz? That sounds so..."
"Hip and modern!" Hana winked and gave the older woman a thumbs up.
Shego shook her head in amusement and muttered, "Kids these days with their hip lingo and nicknames." She cleared her throat and said, "Yeah, I'd like to see Kim cry a few more times... She's adorable like that when cutting up onions."
"Cheers to that!" Hana raised her soda can in the air and drank as Kim glared at her.
Shego drank too, but then started choking when Kim made that one face she couldn't handle: her Princess was pouting.
Coughing, Shego exclaimed, "Gah! Kim, no, stop... Too cute. Stop it!" Shego closed her eyes and heard Kim laughing.
Opening her eyes slowly, she found Hana looking at her smugly. "Wow, Kim, I didn't your puppy dog pout had that effect on Shego... Maybe you can get her to do your bidding if you keep pouting at her."
Kim grinned at Hana. "Oh, one day it'll happen..."
What cute little minx, Shego thought. Clearing her throat, Shego asked, "Oh? And what would you make me do?"
"Make me more food!"
"Lazy."
"Give me another serving of this casserole?" Kim handed her plate to Shego who obligingly gave the redhead another portion.
"Shego, you just gave into Kim's demand! So much for being the cool, badass bitch..." commented Hana.
"Hana! No swearing at the dinner table!"
"Yes, momma Kim," mumbled Hana. "So, papa Sheegz, what's for dessert?"
"Uh, make your own sundaes? I didn't really prep anything for dessert, but I do have a lot of ice cream in the freezer, and chocolate sauce somewhere in the pantry."
"Yes to ice cream, but no to manufactured chocolate sauce," replied Hana with a look for disgust. "Do you have any chocolate?"
"I think I have a bar or two of dark chocolate. One second." Shego got up to look around in her pantry cupboard as Hana followed her into the kitchen doorway, leaving Kim alone with the lasagna casserole.
Shego reappeared with two bars of 85% cocoa chocolate in hand. "This good enough?"
"Yup. Just leave the rest to me," answered Hana as she took the bars of chocolate and disappeared into the kitchen.
Shego sat back down in her seat and watched Kim devour her portion of the casserole. "Kimmie, you must really like the stuff... You got sauce on your face."
"Hmm?" mumbled Kim as her mouth was full.
"Right over here." Shego lightly tapped Kim's cheek and smiled smugly. "Let me get that for you." Instead of wiping off the sauce with a napkin, the older woman startled the redhead by leaning in close and licking it off.
"Shego!" whispered a reddened Kim. "What are you doing? Did you just lick my face? Ahhh! Hana's still around! Behave!"
Batting her eyelashes innocently, Shego grinned. "I have no idea what you're talking about. I merely just got the sauce off your face."
"Very cute," Kim said dryly. She was then struck by an idea. She took her fork, which was covered in sauce, and smeared sauce on Shego's lips.
"Hey! What are you-mm-mmgh!"
"Hey guys, fresh chocolate sau- GET A ROOM, JEEZ!" Hana put down the bowl of chocolate sauce and put her hands on her hips. "Seriously, you're worse than me when I'm making out with someone!"
Kim released her hold from Shego and grinned at Hana. "What? Shego had sauce all over her mouth..." She then realized what Hana had said and asked sternly, "And who have you been making out with?"
Hana chose to ignore Kim and turned to look at Shego, who looked somewhat... frazzled by what had just happened. "Uh, yeah, had sauce all over..." replied the older woman weakly.
Hana shook her head and said, "All right, kiddies, I made chocolate sauce, so let's make our sundaes while it's still warm, otherwise it'll turn into chocolate again. AND DON'T MAKE OUT WITH MORE SAUCE." She then disappeared back into the kitchen to find the ice cream.
Shego snapped out of her daze and began cleaning up the table. She nudged Kim with her elbow and whispered, "Usually, payback's a bitch, but that was quite enjoyable. Good move though, I didn't expect that at all."
Kim grinned. "Two can play the game, Shego. You've met your match."
"I knew that for a while..." smiled the older woman. "Next time, we'll just make sure Hana's not around before we start anything..." Handing Kim a few plates, she said, "Here, can you take this and leave it in the sink to soak? I'll wash them later."
"Ok," replied the redhead.
"Hey, Kim..."
"What's up?"
"Are you going to stay over at Shego's tonight?"
Kim scrubbed a dish thoughtfully. "No, I'll head back with you... Listen, I'm sorry I haven't been around much. I know how you feel about that and-"
Hana shook her head as Kim passed her a dish to dry. "No, it's ok. I get that you have your own life and I mine now-"
"I should've just told you I was upset with your questions and shouldn't have just walked away. I'm sorry. I'll come back with you to the apartment. I actually have to do laundry tonight..."
"Can't you do it here?"
"The machines here are a bit finicky. It almost ruined one of my shirts when I tried... Shego's been talking to the superintendent to get it fixed. Also, I had only been dropping off dirty clothes and picking up clean ones when I stopped by the apartment during the week... but I really need some of these clothes washed..."
"Ah, ok. Say, Shego's pretty nice... I kind of just dumped stuff on her and she rationalised things out for me..."
"Yeah, that's what I love about her. She's down-to-earth and level-headed, well... Not when she's mad."
"You guys fought?"
"Oh, no, I heard stories about her from her boss about she scared the crap out of their accountant. I wouldn't ever want to get her that angry."
"Haha, I wouldn't either." Hana handed another dish to Kim. "Where'd Shego go after you insisted on doing the dishes?"
"I don't know. Let me check." Kim put down the dish towel and peered out the kitchen doorway. She saw the older woman passed out on the couch. "She's out like a light. Must've been all that ice cream she ate... That chocolate sauce you made sure was good, I would've had four bowls of ice cream too if I could..."
"She's asleep at eight thirty? Wow, only old people sleep that early."
"Hana, what did I say about making fun of our elders?"
"I'm just kidding! Why is she asleep so early? You're the one who had the long day... She had the afternoon off!"
"Guess she's just tired," commented Kim. "And maybe in a self-induced food coma... How is she able to inhale four bowls of ice cream and still look that good?" mumbled Kim.
Quietly laughing, Hana asked, "Should we wake her?"
"No, let her sleep, I'll leave a note." Kim retrieved a blanket from Shego's bedroom, and, at Hana's behest, left a sticky note on Shego's forehead that the two of them had decided to return to Kim's apartment.
"Shouldn't we lock the door? We don't have a key..." asked Hana as they headed out of the suite and into the hallway.
"Good idea. Hang on a sec, let me get the keys from my purse."
"She gave you keys?"
Kim sheepishly smiled. "Yeah."
Author's Notes: Papa Sheegz and Momma Kim = purely random, on my part... In a way, Hana's young and brash, so Kim and Shego do act like parents... but then, there are moments where Hana's more mature than the both of them...
I'd like to be able to eat four bowls of ice cream and look just as good as Shego... alas, that'll never happen...
Chapter title is from "Get It Daddy" by Sleeper Agent.