Kigo

In the Middle by StarvingLunatic 3

"Damn it, that's like fourth straight flush she's gotten tonight," Shego groaned, throwing her hands up. She shot Bonnie a glare as she settled. "Are you purposely dealing her these cards?"

Scoffing, Bonnie rolled her eyes. "Oh, yeah, blame the dealer. Didn't you deal her a fucking royal flush not too long ago?" She pointed an accusing finger at Shego.

"This is bullshit. Why are you trying so hard anyway, Princess? The game's no fun if you win all the time," Shego said to Kim.

"So says the person wishing that she was winning," Kim remarked with a cocking smirk.

"Whose idea was this anyway?" Bonnie wondered out loud as she sat back in her chair in a huff with her arms over her chest, which was now bare.

"Shego's," Kim answered with a bright grin.

Bonnie turned to Shego. "Why did you suggest this again?"

"The fuck does it even matter?" Shego sighed, rubbing her head.

"She suggested it because she wanted the prize and we don't have anything better to do anyway. We should just write my name on the prize and call it a day," the redhead teased. To add insult to injury, she rolled her lollipop around in her mouth, knowingly driving them mad.

"To hell with that. You're not winning again," Shego declared, casting a glare at the other martial artist.

"Yeah!" Bonnie concurred.

"So deal the fucking cards," the former thief said to the former hero.

Kim shrugged and proceeded to deal the cards. The routine then started up again. They always had one prize whenever they played a game and there could only be one winner. The outcome was usually decided depending on the game that they played, but Kim won more games than they liked. It was not fair, in their opinions anyway. It was not fair because they were not winning.

Bonnie and Shego were not below cheating to try to win either. It was just that they often caught each other when cheating and neither was about to let the other get away with that. With them, it was not just that they wanted Kim to lose, which would have been a sure thing if they cheated together, but they also wanted to win. So, they were always against each other and that sort of divided their attention. They had to watch Kim and each other, making sure the other did not do anything underhanded. Kim, on the other hand, just had to play straight.

"Holy shit," Shego groaned as she threw her cards on the table in a huff.

"Unbe-fucking-lievable," Bonnie agreed.

Emerald eyes focused on Kim, narrowing on her. "You've got to be cheating. Nobody on the planet is this good in poker."

"Apparently I am because we all know I don't cheat," the redhead replied with an innocent smile and shrug.

"What the hell do you do at those galleries when you go down to show your pictures?" the pale woman teased. "Are you in the backroom hustling people at poker?"

"Are you guys ready to call it quits and just give me my prize?" Kim inquired.

"I'm not quitting until I'm naked," Shego declared defiantly.

"You're not that far from it," Bonnie pointed out.

"But, I'm not it, so I don't quit," the green-skinned woman stated.

"Fine, deal the cards," Kim said.

They sat there for a few more hands before Shego had no choice but to quit because she was stark nude, as was Bonnie. Kim was eating a brand new lollipop and looking back between her two furious lovers. She smiled.