Kigo

In the Middle by StarvingLunatic 6

6: Sugary Filling, part 1

Kim was in the mall. She had shown up with Bonnie not too long ago, but they had split as soon as they went in. They would meet up in an hour to compare and contrast items. She figured it was a good time to do something she had been dying to do for the past few days, but knew her lovers would not approve of it. She ducked behind a pillar, as if she were hiding, which she really was because she did not want to chance Bonnie seeing her. Once she was certain she was out of sight, she pulled out her Kimmunicator, which doubled as her phone of course.

She planned to call her parents. She just wanted to talk to them, to try to explain to them again what was going on in her life, and hopefully fix things between them. She just wanted them to accept her and her loves. It was not like her relationship with Bonnie and Shego was anything wrong logically speaking. They were consenting adults and they all had deep feelings for each other. They all loved each other openly; it was not like they were cheating or sneaking around or anything of the sort. They were all fine with the relationship, so she did not see why her parents could not be fine with it. It was not like they were going to do anything offensive when other people were around; well, Shego might say some offensive things if they were all around each other at a gathering or something, but that was just how she was.

She silently prayed her parents had had enough time to think things over and to see there was nothing logically wrong with her relationship. She actually did not see anything wrong with it morally speaking either since they were all be honest with each other. Her parents were smart people and they knew she would never knowingly do something wrong. Surely, they would understand now that they had time to think about things, she convinced herself. And so, she called them.

"Hello?"

Her heart jumped in her chest when someone answered. Yes, surely they understood now. I knew it!

"Hi, Mom," Kim said in a small voice when her mother answered the phone. She spoke low for two reasons – one being the fact that she did not want to attract attention to herself and two being she felt insignificant talking to her parents now and it showed in her voice.

"Kimmie," her mother replied in a rather clipped tone, which only hurt Kim's feelings more so than her parents had already done. It would seem that enough time had not passed.

"Um..." She did not know what to say now. Was there anything to say now?

"Hold on, for a moment," her mother said since Kim hesitated in speaking.

Kim could vaguely make out her mother speaking with her father in the background. The next thing she knew, both of her parents were on the phone. She could only hope her brothers were not around while the conversation was about to happen; it was doubtful that the twins were around since they did not make it a point to be home often, loving college life now. But, she did not want their opinions of her to lower like her parents' had.

"Kimmie, are you calling to tell us that you've finally straightened up and you're going to get out of that crazy thing you were involved in?" her father inquired in a hopeful tone. He knew she would quickly see the error of her ways. Three people being involved in a romantic relationship was just wrong and could not work, would never work. Relationships were supposed to be between two people. He actually thought the best relationships were between men and women, but he would accept two women if they made each other happy.

"Crazy thing?" Kim echoed in a very puzzled tone, twisting up her mouth. Was he referring to her relationship? He could not be because her relationship was far from crazy and it was not a "thing." Those were the women who she loved with all her heart and soul, after all. She already considered she made a mistake in calling her parents only days after they walked out on her. They probably need more time, she told herself. Hell, maybe I need more time.