Chapter 32:

Go City:

It had been about a week since Shego had moved into Ayumi's place. The couple had settled in nicely and were decorating the house for Christmas, much to the chagrin of Shego.

"I just don't see why any of this is necessary."

"Don't be such a Scrooge, Ciel. Besides, you love Christmas."

"I used to."

Shego said, eyes downcast.

Ayumi set down the box of ornaments she was holding and walked over to Shego. She then pulled Shego into a warm embrace.

"Do you want to talk about it?"

Shego shook her head then buried her face in Ayumi's chest. Ever since getting kidnapped as a small child, Christmas had always been a difficult time of year for her.

"Alright, well if you want me to take the Christmas decorations down I will."

"No it's okay, they can stay up."

"Are you sure? The last thing I want to do is make you feel uncomfortable."

"You're sweet, but it's okay."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure."

Shego then gave Ayumi a peck on the lips before pulling out of her embrace. She then walked over to the box of ornaments and picked them up.

"Come on, let's finish decorating the tree. Afterwards we can hang the mistletoe."

Giving Ayumi a sly smirk. Ayumi just shook her head and walked over to Shego.

"Oh you're bad."

Ayumi finished helping Shego put up the Christmas decorations.

Within an hour they finished their work and they sat on the couch to admire it.

"Thank god we're finally done."

Ayumi said.

"You know we're gonna have to take it down once the holidays are over, right? That's gonna be exhausting."

"I'm thinking we just keep them up."

Shego turned and looked at Ayumi like she was crazy.

"You want to keep the Christmas decorations up all year round?"

"Sure, why not?"

"What about other holidays, like Halloween."

"Simple, we do a Nightmare Before Christmas theme."

"You're serious about this aren't you?"

"Eh, just a bit. But it would save us the trouble of having to repack everything, then unpack it once the holidays roll around again."

"You do have a point there, but won't people think we're weird?"

"Babe, we're already weird."

"Who's this we you speak of?"

Ayumi just shook her head and gave Shego an amused look.

The two women then fell into a comfortable silence and snuggled close to each other. After a few moments, Ayumi decided to speak.

"Do you miss being at Kim's?"

"No, why?"

"I was just curious. After all, I did hear you moan her name in your sleep last night."

Upon hearing what she had done, Shego's face turned bright red.

"From the sounds of it she must've been doing something you really liked. Care to share what that was?"

Shego felt as if she was going to die of embarrassment.

"I can't believe I did that."

"Don't feel so embarrassed. Everyone has those kinds of dreams at some point in their life."

"True, but it's embarrassing when someone else hears you have them."

"Well it might've been embarrassing for you, but I find it to be very entertaining. So, what's it gonna take for you to have those kinds of dreams about me?"

Ayumi asked, running her hand up Shego's thigh.

Shego was sure by now her whole body was a nice shade of crimson.

"I swear I'm gonna die of embarrassment around you."

Ayumi couldn't help but giggle at Shego's statement.

"Come on, I have an early Christmas present upstairs you can unwrap."

Ayumi said, standing up and walking up the steps with a little extra sway in her hips.

Shego sat and watched her retreating form for a moment, before standing up and following her.

End of chapter 32: