Ch.21

Ron landed on the floor in a fit of laughter after a few moments of Yori's tickling. Getting his breathing under control, he looked from Yori to Shego in the kitchen, who were trying to hide their laughter. Then he noticed Rufus climbing onto Yori's shoulder and squeaking. "Nice one!"

"Cold buddy, cold." Ron shoots a glare at Rufus but quickly breaks into a grin. "He's right, nice one Yori."

"It is my honor, Ron-san." Yori answered reminding Ron of the old joke they had going since they met.

"Morning ladies." Ron greeted. "I'll go get changed, be back in a minute."

"Morning Ron(-san)." Shego/Yori.

Ron quickly went upstairs and changed into something comfortable to run in, before coming back down. Seeing Rufus ready to dive into the fridge, Ron called out. "Hold on buddy."

Rufus turned, tilted his head and asked. "Cooking?"

"Not sure but we might be making a stop for breakfast today." Ron explained and looked to Shego. "There's a high chance that we won't be able to accompany you for breakfast today Shego, so to make it up to you, I'll make whatever you want. You just have to decide by the time we get back from our run."

"Oh, what brought this on?" Shego asked.

"Going to stop by the Possible's today to introduce Yori and I'm sure you don't want to take the unnecessary risk." Ron explained as he began heading towards the door, with both Yori and Shego following him.

"You're right, although I live a dangerous lifestyle, I tend to avoid unnecessary risks." Shego agreed.

Ron looked at Shego with a grin because of her words and noticed her blush, as she realized what he was thinking.

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Shego's blush was lingering but luckily as they were running she was able to pass it on as an after effect of the run. Shego would love to say it was all because she realized that staying at Ron's house was precisely an unnecessary risk but it was more than that. Being around Ron was different, his actions, his reasoning didn't fit into the regular stereotype. Example, just because he was going to introduce Yori to the rest of the Possible's and doubted Shego would take the risk and join them, he offered Shego to make whatever she wanted for breakfast. A small detail showing he is aware of her presence and risks involved, proposing a solution while making sure she has something to eat.

Shego was starting to like the 'Ronshine' Ron naturally provided and thus her lingering blush. She was embarrassed, thief, villain and wanted in eleven countries Shego, was falling for someone and to top it all off, Shego wasn't sure how to handle the situation. Her usual approach would work wonders, if her only interest was sex but what was happening between her and Ron made her avoid doing just that. Shego felt protective of her relationship with Ron...

"Ah!" Shego said aloud realizing what she finally concluded and saw both Ron and Yori turn their heads in concern. Before either could speak, Shego spoke through her blush. "Sorry about that, wasn't paying attention to where I was going and lost my footing for a second."

"Want us to slow down Shego-san?" Yori asked since she was leading the run through the trail the were currently on.

Shaking her head Shego spoke to assure her. "No it's okay, was a momentary distraction."

"Are you sure?" Ron asked looking at Shego with concern. Shego nodded and shortly afterward they were running but she noticed the pace dropped slightly with Ron's subtle lead.

'A relationship with Ron but what does he think of her?' Shego asked herself.

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Yori noticed Ron's desire to slow the pace and acted accordingly. After Ron said that he would be introducing her to the Possible's that morning, her thoughts were out of it and after Shego made a sound she noticed that her pace was the one for when was training alone. Although, thinking on it, both were keeping up without a problem up to that point. Taking time to observe both Ron and Shego, Yori could tell they didn't have a problem keeping up with her.

Focusing on Ron, since she was in charge of his training, Yori couldn't help but want to praise him. Since his time in Yamanouchi, Ron's physical abilities have seen a steady increase overall. His speed is great, his stamina is superb but his strength and flexibility need some work. Compared to the average teen though, he would definitely be classified as an athlete among them.

Already making plans for Ron's future training, Yori decided to end the morning run and head back to the Stoppable household. After arriving, Yori heard Shego ask for an omelette with a side of bacon for breakfast, leaving the specifics to Ron. As Ron headed for the kitchen followed by Shego, Yori headed upstairs to get ready. Since later she was to meet the rest of the Possible's and they were people close to Ron's heart.

It was starting to make her nervous, the coming introduction.

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After speaking with Ron, Ann went about making breakfast while humming a tune but she herself was unaware of it. As she went about the kitchen, Ann didn't notice the twins make their way downstairs. Although they didn't say anything, they left smiling after seeing her in a good mood, they agreed it had been a while.

Not three minutes later, Ann made her way upstairs, taking a moment from her breakfast preparations to go make sure the kids woke up. First stopping by the twins room, she noticed that they had already sneaked out at some point. No surprise there really, they usually didn't sleep in late. Only Kim had to struggle out of bed in the mornings, ironic, considering how much she tends to do throughout her day and much of it being her own choice too.

Ann didn't want to go through the usual back and forth involved with waking Kim. With that thought, Ann had a mischievous smile, it was time for a new approach. Thinking a moment, Ann decided to use a card all women tended to dread. "Kim, are those zits?!"

Upon hearing Ann's words, Kim's eyes shot open and while shouting 'Nooo!', she ran towards her vanity table to look at the mirror. At this point Ann couldn't hold it anymore and started giggling. Turning around Kim yelled. "Mom!"

"Sorry sweetie but it's time to wake up." Ann said turning and heading downstairs to continue making breakfast, a smile still tugging at her lips. "Jim, Tim, breakfast is ready." Calling out to the twins, Ann served their breakfast, it wasn't long before she heard their reply.

"Coming!" Jim/Tim replied.

Just as the twins entered the kitchen, the doorbell rung. Knowing it was Ron, Ann asked the twins to let him in. "Can one of you let Ron in? Don't want this batch to get burned."

"Ron's here...that's awesome!" Jim started while Tim finished the sentence, both already racing towards the door.

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Ron had a smile on his lips as he rang the doorbell. Although, most of the time after letting them know he was coming over, he would enter without doing so since having received permission to do so, but since he was here to introduce Yori, Ron decided for a more formal approach. Still, he had a smile as he heard the twins footsteps rushing towards the door. It was time to play and he was going to defend his title.

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Yori was surprised when she noticed Ron tense. She was going to ask if there was something wrong but the door was flung open before she could get the words out. The instant it did, Ron jumped over the kid that launched out of the door. Looking inside, Yori could see the other twin prepared to catch Ron.

With a smile, Yori understood what was going on and relaxed. It seems Ron had an ongoing game with the twins and from the smile all three shared, they enjoyed it. Following the three inside, Yori closed the door behind her. Slowly following Ron's lead, Yori observed the three jump and run around one another. Just as abruptly as it had started, the three stopped. Ron patted their heads and spoke. "Nice try, you guys are getting faster. What was with that coordination anyway? For a second it looked like you were communicating without words."

"It's a...twin thing." Tim/Jim replied.

"Okay, okay. Guys this is Yori. Yori this are the twins, Jim and Tim." Ron said pointing to one at a time.

"Actually, I'm Jim, he's...Tim." Started Jim with Tim finishing the sentence(?).

'Twins' thought Yori, before beginning to introduce herself with a bow. "Hello I'm Yori, it's nice to meet you, Tim-San, Jim-san."

"Hi Yori." Jim/Tim replied.

"Alright, this way Yori." Ron sailed continuing to lead the rest of the way to the kitchen with the twins running on ahead. "Morning Mrs. Dr. P."

"Morning Ron." Said Ann as she set another pancake onto the pan. Turning she opened her arms and not a second later, Ron went in for a hug. "Missed you around here, what kept you?"

Ron looked sad for a moment before speaking. "Sorry about that but it's complicated."

Ann looked at Ron a while longer before finally nodding. "Okay." Turning Ann began speaking to Yori. "Sorry for ignoring you, I got caught up in the moment."

"That's my fault, sorry Yori." Ron apologizes. "Yori, this is Dr. Ann Possible."

At his words, both Yori and Ann looked at Ron, noticing the key part lacking in his speech, Mrs.

"Ah, Mrs. Dr. P, this is Yori." Ron said blushing with realization.

"An honor to meet you Mrs. Dr. Possible, I'm Yori."