Kigo

In the Middle by StarvingLunatic 18

18: Peach Pit

"So, you're going to tell her, right?" Bonnie asked in a whisper, speaking to Shego. They were in their pajamas in the living room, staring at the sofa. Well, more staring at the bodies on the sofa than anything else.

"I'm going to tell her? Why do I have to be the bad guy?" Shego countered in a low hiss, pointing to herself.

They made sure to keep their voices as low as possible. They were not sure if their girlfriend was awake or not and they were not looking to wake her if she was asleep. They were not looking to chance her hearing their conversation if she was not sleeping.

"Because you were the one that swore she was only keeping that cat for the night. That was a few nights ago," Bonnie pointed out rather smugly yet making sure to keep an even tone. She nudged Shego a little with her elbow, hoping that would get the older woman to move forward.

Frowning, Shego dug in, not moving an inch. "But, you don't like the cat as much as me. Why don't you tell her?" She folded her arms across her chest. She frowned a bit as if that solidified her stance on the matter... not that she seemed to clearly state her stance in the first place.

Bonnie sighed and shook her head. How could she say anything to Kim about the cat when it was clear how happy Kim was to have the feline around? The redhead carried around the feline almost as if it was her baby, rubbing her belly when the cat was in her arms, always making sure there was food in the cat's bowl, giving the cat bottled spring water to drink, and making sure Cali had tuna every night since she seemed so in love with the fish.

"I was the one that stopped her from buying all of the cat stuff. You need to do your part," Bonnie pointed out. She had not really stopped Kim. She had just managed to hold her off, saying they should research the best products. She had hoped by then Shego would lie down the hammer and the cat would be gone.

Shego scoffed. "Oh, please. Don't try to act like you did so much when all you did was delay the whole process."

"I still did more than you."

Shego sucked her teeth. "It's not a competition," she sneered. She had to know how ridiculous she sounded saying that.

"Why are you being so cranky about this, sweetness? I thought you were the bad girl of the group," Bonnie teased, obviously trying to push Shego into taking the task that neither of them seemed to want.

Shego scowled deeply. Her face and neck tensed a bit because of her expression. Bonnie was certain if she looked close enough, she would be able to see Shego's pulse beating in her neck.

Any other time, Shego would have rightfully and proudly declared herself the bad girl of their trio, but not now. Now, she was just as Bonnie called her: sweetness. She could not see herself walking over to Kim and reminding her that the cat was supposed to have gone days ago. She could already picture the heartbroken expression that would slide onto Kim's face. She could see tears in those olive eyes and she could practically feel that damned puppy-dog pout. She could not bring herself to inflict that sort of pain on the redhead.

"Come on, Duchess. Let's leave her be for now," Shego replied, turning to walk into the game room.

Bonnie lingered for a moment, considering if Shego had a point. She did like that Kim was happy, but they really had not discussed having a pet. She was not sure if she liked having a cat around the house either, even though Cali seemed to be quite the clean feline. She was not totally sure what she had against the cat, or maybe it was pets in general, but she decided not to dwell on it.

"Let's see how this works out. I mean, if Kimmie's happy then I don't have a real problem with it," Bonnie commented under her breath while turning to go into the kitchen. She figured that as long as Kim was happy, it was good enough, because her mission in life was to make her lovers happy.