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Disclaimer: All Kim Possible characters are the copyright of Walt Disney Corporation. I’m just
borrowing them to write up a story with no intention of making any money. This is for fun. All other characters in my stories, that Disney doesn’t own, are mine.

A grand-size naco meal goes to campy for beta/proofreading the chapter for me! Thanks! (big grin)

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A Bond of Honor
Chapter 2 – Reactions
By JuPMod (aka JPMod)

Looking chipper in his red jersey, black shirt, and cargo pants with backpack on his back, Ron entered the school feeling like nothing could go wrong. He had a bon-diggity time yesterday afternoon with Yori, and he knew it was just the beginning. Life felt grand.

Walking down the hallway toward his locker, whistling along the way, he spotted his best female friend, as she was sorting through her books and notes in her locker. Ron walked over and leaned against the locker besides her. “Top to the morning to you, KP,” he greeted with a grin. “Ready to tackle another day of schoolwork and the like? I sure feel like the day will go smooth.”

Kim, in her pink-heart white shirt and pink pants, continued to sort through her stuff like he wasn’t there. Ron’s grin faded when she didn’t responded. “Uh, KP? Hello? You there?” Rufus popped out of his owner’s pants pocket to look up at Kim.

When her face turned to him, he flinched for she was giving him a slight glaring look. “Whoa, KP! What did I do wrong?” His brain was racing on why she was tweaked at him.

Still glaring, Kim answered his question. “How’d your date with Yori go?”

His brown eyes went wide for a moment, and even Rufus was surprised. “You know about my date with Yori? You followed me yesterday?”

“Yes, I did,” the redhead replied before she sighed and dropped her glare. “Ron… I was worried about you for the past several days. You’ve been moping for the past week, and I had wanted yesterday to talk to you about what was bothering you.”

Ron was taken aback, thus he chuckled nervously. “Whoa, KP. I was not moping in the past week.”

She gave her ‘I’m not buying your line!’ face. “Ron, I noticed you spaced out occasionally, like something was on your mind. It’s not like you to do that often.”

He smirked. “Kim… I always space out during classes at times.” Rufus nodded his head in agreement.

Her lips formed a frown. “Not during lunch time, and certainly not at Bueno Nacho.” Her best friend’s smirk went away as he realized she has caught him. Seeing she had all the books for her morning classes, Kim closed her locker before facing Ron again. “You were thinking about Yori all week, weren’t you?”

The blonde boy sighed. This was his best friend since pre-k, and he knew he couldn’t lie to her. “Yeah, I did. I know she likes me and I like her.” His words made her raise her eyebrows in surprise for Ron did notice Yori like-liked him. “Well, on our way to that zoo last week, we confessed that we like each other, so we know we wish to see other more often. That’s why she’s here.”

Kim sighed and frowned again. “Ron, even I know that long-distance relationships rarely work. You live here in Middleton. She lives in Japan. She may be visiting here for few days, but she has to go back.”

Blinking at her words for a moment, Ron’s lips slowly formed a sheepish grin as he started rubbing the back of his neck. “Uh, Kim? She’s now living here in Middleton.”

Her books dropped to the floor as did her jaw. Talk about being given a roundhouse punch. “She’s… living… here?”

Now it was Ron’s turn to frown. “Yeah, we want to be together, but knowing the distance between Japan and Middleton, we needed a better solution.” He shrugged. “Yori made the decision to move here.”

Shaking herself out of her stupor, Kim stared at him incredulously. “But… What about her schooling and training?”

Giving a grin, Ron waved her concerns away. “Oh, no big. Yori said she would be taking the high school equivalence test today. As for her training, she will continue it here in Middleton.” He gave a shrug. “She said she would explain how to me later.” He raised a finger to tap his chin in thought. “She did mention that her guardian would be training her though.”

Kim couldn’t wrap her brain around what she has been told. Yori was now living here in Middleton, and she was going to continue her schooling and training.

Bending down, Ron picked up Kim’s books before rising to give them to her. “Come on, KP,” he said as he handed her books to her, “I have to get to my locker before the homeroom bell rings.”

With that said, the blonde teenage boy walked away, and soon was followed by his redheaded best friend, who still wore a flabbergasted face.

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Walking away from the lunch line with her tray of food in hands, Monique Williams looked around and spotted the two people she considered best friends. She strolled toward the table and greeted her friends with a cheery face. “Hi, guys!” she greeted.

“Hi, Monique!” Ron returned her greeting with a grin. Rufus waved hello before resuming eating a tray full of cheese.

Kim gave a grin. “Hi, Mon,” she said before placing a fork full of salad into her mouth.

Monique placed her food down onto the round table to the left of her best female friend before sitting down, and then she started to eat. “So,” she began, “anything new happening to you two lately?”

“Oh, you mean whether we went on any missions?” Kim grinned slyly which Monique copied. “Nah, things’ve been quiet for a week.”

“Yeah,” Ron added. “Since the mission last week, it’s good to have things settle down for a while.” He took a gulp of soda before letting out a burp. Both Kim and Monique rolled their eyes and shook their heads. Ron was such a pig at such times, yet he wouldn’t be Ron if he weren’t.

After taking a bite of her food, Monique gazed at Middleton High’s cheer squad captain. “Well, least that Yori girl is not here.” She gave a low whistle. “Those legs of hers in that skirt really turned eyes.”

A soft growl escaped Kim’s mouth before she stabbed her salad, and Monique was briefly stunned at her friend. “What’s with you, Kim girl? That Japanese girl is on the other side of the world.”

“She’s not,” the redhead scowled.

This was news to the African-American gossip monger. “What do you mean she’s not?” Her confused expression transfixed onto Ron.

Ron explained with a small grin. “Yori’s now living in Middleton, Monique.”

Her dark eyes went wide. “She’s living here? Since when?”

“Since yesterday,” Kim provided, shaking her head in disbelief before eating more of her salad.

“Actually, KP, she moved in two days ago,” Ron corrected before finishing off his lunch. Kim’s only response was to narrow her eyes at her best male friend before returning to finish her salad.

Seeing the look on Kim’s face, Monique was no fool. “Oh, boy. The green-eyed monster’s eyes are getting greener.” She turned to face Ron. “Well, if she attends school here,” she pointed to down to indicate the entire high school, “heads will be turning and all the boys will be goggling her, especially if she wears that short skirt.”

“Hey, guys!” a new voice entered the fray, and all heads turned to watch Felix Renton, in his cyber-robotic wheelchair, roll over with a tray of food settled over the chair’s arms. He wheeled his chair into a spot between Monique and Ron before placing the tray onto the table.

“Felix, my man!” Ron welcomed, and both high fived each other.

Monique gave a friendly smile at the wheelchaired teenager. “Hi, Felix,” she said. She had only met Ron’s best male friend a few times, yet she could tell Felix was an all-around good guy.

“Hi, Felix,” Kim said with a kind grin, despite her face still somewhat wore a soured look.

Felix easily picked up on Kim’s funk. “Whoa. What brought you down? Bonnie on the war path again?”

Kim only finished off the last of her salad as Monique made clear the sitch. “There’s a new girl in town, Felix.”

The brown-haired man blinked. “Really?” he said before giving a shrug. “So who is she?” he asked before he started consuming his food.

This time Ron took over explaining just as Monique continued eating her lunch. “Remember the girl I told you I met in Japan during my one-week exchange program? Her name is Yori.”

“Oh,” Felix now recalled. “Yeah, you and Kim helped her last week.”

Ron gave a small grin. “Well, she moved to Middleton two days ago.” He took a sip of his soda.

Blue eyes went wide. “Whoa! She’s here?” Ron nodded in affirmative to his best male friend’s inquiry. Yet confusion soon was etched onto Felix’s face. “Okay, so what does she being here have to do –?”

A long wolf-whistle, made by a boy at a nearby table, caught everyone’s attention, and all heads in the cafeteria turned toward the entrance. Standing at the threshold was a short-haired, Japanese girl in a blue outfit with short skirt.

Felix’s jaw dropped to the floor as he stared at the newcomer, particularly her shapely legs. “Wow. She’s hot.”

Monique smirked and rolled her eyes. “As I said, heads will be turning.”

Yori spotted Ron and grinned before walking toward the table. Upon reaching the table, her grin widened. “Ron-san.”

“Hi, Yori,” Ron replied with a look of admiration, while Yori reached over to pet Rufus on the head. The little mole rat grinned up at the girl.

The wheelchaired teen boy recognized the name. “So this is Yori,” he mentally approved. “Ron certainly has a way with beautiful babes.”

Ron indicated the chair on his left, and Yori sat down onto it, placing herself between Ron and Kim. The blonde boy gestured with a hand to Monique. “You’ve met Monique Williams last week, Yori,” he mentioned.

“Hi, Yori,” Monique friendly greeted.

“Williams-san,” Yori replied with a grin, placing her hands together and bowing her head slightly in the Japanese greeting.

Ron’s hand moved to indicate Felix next. “This is my best bud, Felix Renton,” he introduced.

“Yori,” Felix smiled at her, taking in her beauty.

“Renton-san,” Yori said, repeating the Japanese greeting gesture to him.

“And you know Kim,” Ron finished with a grin at his long-time best friend.

Again, Yori bowed. “Possible-san.”

“Hi, Yori,” Kim greeted with a grin that was more forced on her face than naturally placed on. Being a girl, Monique easily picked up on Kim’s tone, yet Felix also identified the tone and still wondered why Kim was tweaked with the new girl.

After the introductions were done, Ron returned to face Yori. “So, Yori, did you take the test?”

Yori nodded. “Hai, I did. Barkin-sama said he will inform me of the results on Monday.”

“Test? What test?” Felix asked eying the pretty Japanese teen. Even Monique was curious, while Kim wasn’t, given this was not news to her.

“The high school equivalence test, Renton-san,” Yori explained. “Now that I’m living in Middleton, I have to take the test to judge my education level.”

Felix blinked for a moment. “Oh,” he said before he grinned. “Well, I’m sure you’ll do okay, Yori. After all, I heard the Japanese education standards are a lot tougher than American, so you should easily pass.”

“Thank you, Renton-san,” Yori grinned. “I believe so as well.” Her head revolved to face Ron. “Is everything ready for tonight, Ron-san?”

Ron gave his confident Ron smile. “Everything’s ready, Yori. I made reservations at Zing Mai’s. Just bring your appetite.” Yori giggled at the joke.

Felix, Monique, and Kim didn’t laugh, for they were bomb shelled. “Are you saying,” Monique began as she pointed to both Ron and Yori, “that you two have a date tonight?”

Turning to face his second-best female friend, Ron nodded with a grin. “Yeah, I promised Yori to take her out for dinner tonight, and tomorrow I’m taking her out shopping at her request.”

Yori enlightened the story further. “I need new clothing, and Ron-san was kind to help me out tomorrow.”

The other three students were floored. They knew Ron didn’t like shopping, especially clothes shopping, so his offer to help Yori was a sign he was willing to do so for her sake.

Breaking out of her stupor, Monique gave a kind grin. “Well, if you happen to stop by Club Banana tomorrow afternoon,” she pointed to Yori, “I don’t mind helping you out with your clothing, Yori. I have the afternoon shift tomorrow at the store, so I’ll be there to help give you my opinion on what clothes will look best on you.”

“Oh?” Yori said, intrigued on the offer. “You know much about fashion, Williams-san?”

Monique waved at the Japanese girl with a grin. “You bet’cha, girl.” She smirked at Ron. “Better me than no-fashion-sense Ron here.”

“Hey!” Ron gave a mock look of indignation while Felix chuckled and Yori giggled. In truth, Ron was glad Monique was going to assist Yori.

Her giggling dying down yet her smile still on her face, Yori placed her hands together and bowed toward the African-American teenager. “Thank you, Williams-san.”

With a huff and grin, Monique waved it away. “No big deal. I’m glad to help out,” she said before pointing to herself. “And you can call me ‘Monique’, Yori.” She huffed again. “Calling me by my last name makes me feel old.”

“And you can call me ‘Felix’,” Felix grinned.

Yori smiled at them. “So be it… Felix-san,” she nodded to the wheelchaired young man, “Monique-san,” she nodded to the young woman.

Just then, the bell rang, and many students gotten up from their tables to head toward the exit, dumping their trash in the garbage can along the way out.

Ron rose from the table with his tray in hands, while Rufus jumped from the table into his owner’s pants pocket. “Come on, Yori. I have to get to my locker before my next class start.” The Japanese girl followed him toward the exit. “Are you staying for anything?”

Yori shook her head. “No. I’m going to return home now. I only stopped by to say hello.”

“Oh,” Ron said as he dumped his trash and returned the lunch tray. He turned to grin at his girlfriend. “Well, how about you walk me to my locker before leaving?”

She giggled. “It’ll be my honor, Ron-san.” With those words, both left the cafeteria side-by-side.

After they left, Kim finally broke out of her trance on the fact Ron was dating Yori outright. She stood up and walked toward the door with a slight glowering face. “Maybe Yori really is working for Monkey Fist,” she muttered before departing the room.

Felix couldn’t believe what he just heard, and he knew now why the redheaded world heroine was in a funk before. He turned to Monique, who stared after her best friend with a frown. “Monique, is it me or is Kim becoming greener than the grass outside the school?”

Monique sighed, still frowning as she focused on the wheelchaired boy. “No, you’re not imagining it. That girl,” she pointed toward the door specifying Kim, “was jealous when Ron spent time with you. She was really green last week when Yori first appeared.” She lowered her hand while she stood from her chair. “And now, she’s so green that I’m afraid she’ll combust and take half the school with her.” Heading toward the exit with her lunch tray in hand, Monique shook her head. “I hope Kim will not do anything she’ll regret.”

With a frown on his face, Felix took his tray and trailed after Monique. He knew Kim and Ron were best friends for a long time, and they had dated other people before. However, given Kim’s attitude, he wondered whether Ron’s relationship with Yori might end up running into a brick wall.

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TBC (End of Chapter 2)

:) (Smile) — Description
Disclaimer: All Kim Possible characters are the copyright of Walt Disney Corporation. I’m just
borrowing them to write up a story with no intention of making any money. This is for fun. All other characters in my stories, that Disney doesn’t own, are mine.

A grand-size naco meal goes to campy for beta/proofreading the chapter for me! Thanks! (big grin)

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A Bond of Honor
Chapter 2 – Reactions
By JuPMod (aka JPMod)

Looking chipper in his red jersey, black shirt, and cargo pants with backpack on his back, Ron entered the school feeling like nothing could go wrong. He had a bon-diggity time yesterday afternoon with Yori, and he knew it was just the beginning. Life felt grand.

Walking down the hallway toward his locker, whistling along the way, he spotted his best female friend, as she was sorting through her books and notes in her locker. Ron walked over and leaned against the locker besides her. “Top to the morning to you, KP,” he greeted with a grin. “Ready to tackle another day of schoolwork and the like? I sure feel like the day will go smooth.”

Kim, in her pink-heart white shirt and pink pants, continued to sort through her stuff like he wasn’t there. Ron’s grin faded when she didn’t responded. “Uh, KP? Hello? You there?” Rufus popped out of his owner’s pants pocket to look up at Kim.

When her face turned to him, he flinched for she was giving him a slight glaring look. “Whoa, KP! What did I do wrong?” His brain was racing on why she was tweaked at him.

Still glaring, Kim answered his question. “How’d your date with Yori go?”

His brown eyes went wide for a moment, and even Rufus was surprised. “You know about my date with Yori? You followed me yesterday?”

“Yes, I did,” the redhead replied before she sighed and dropped her glare. “Ron… I was worried about you for the past several days. You’ve been moping for the past week, and I had wanted yesterday to talk to you about what was bothering you.”

Ron was taken aback, thus he chuckled nervously. “Whoa, KP. I was not moping in the past week.”

She gave her ‘I’m not buying your line!’ face. “Ron, I noticed you spaced out occasionally, like something was on your mind. It’s not like you to do that often.”

He smirked. “Kim… I always space out during classes at times.” Rufus nodded his head in agreement.

Her lips formed a frown. “Not during lunch time, and certainly not at Bueno Nacho.” Her best friend’s smirk went away as he realized she has caught him. Seeing she had all the books for her morning classes, Kim closed her locker before facing Ron again. “You were thinking about Yori all week, weren’t you?”

The blonde boy sighed. This was his best friend since pre-k, and he knew he couldn’t lie to her. “Yeah, I did. I know she likes me and I like her.” His words made her raise her eyebrows in surprise for Ron did notice Yori like-liked him. “Well, on our way to that zoo last week, we confessed that we like each other, so we know we wish to see other more often. That’s why she’s here.”

Kim sighed and frowned again. “Ron, even I know that long-distance relationships rarely work. You live here in Middleton. She lives in Japan. She may be visiting here for few days, but she has to go back.”

Blinking at her words for a moment, Ron’s lips slowly formed a sheepish grin as he started rubbing the back of his neck. “Uh, Kim? She’s now living here in Middleton.”

Her books dropped to the floor as did her jaw. Talk about being given a roundhouse punch. “She’s… living… here?”

Now it was Ron’s turn to frown. “Yeah, we want to be together, but knowing the distance between Japan and Middleton, we needed a better solution.” He shrugged. “Yori made the decision to move here.”

Shaking herself out of her stupor, Kim stared at him incredulously. “But… What about her schooling and training?”

Giving a grin, Ron waved her concerns away. “Oh, no big. Yori said she would be taking the high school equivalence test today. As for her training, she will continue it here in Middleton.” He gave a shrug. “She said she would explain how to me later.” He raised a finger to tap his chin in thought. “She did mention that her guardian would be training her though.”

Kim couldn’t wrap her brain around what she has been told. Yori was now living here in Middleton, and she was going to continue her schooling and training.

Bending down, Ron picked up Kim’s books before rising to give them to her. “Come on, KP,” he said as he handed her books to her, “I have to get to my locker before the homeroom bell rings.”

With that said, the blonde teenage boy walked away, and soon was followed by his redheaded best friend, who still wore a flabbergasted face.

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Walking away from the lunch line with her tray of food in hands, Monique Williams looked around and spotted the two people she considered best friends. She strolled toward the table and greeted her friends with a cheery face. “Hi, guys!” she greeted.

“Hi, Monique!” Ron returned her greeting with a grin. Rufus waved hello before resuming eating a tray full of cheese.

Kim gave a grin. “Hi, Mon,” she said before placing a fork full of salad into her mouth.

Monique placed her food down onto the round table to the left of her best female friend before sitting down, and then she started to eat. “So,” she began, “anything new happening to you two lately?”

“Oh, you mean whether we went on any missions?” Kim grinned slyly which Monique copied. “Nah, things’ve been quiet for a week.”

“Yeah,” Ron added. “Since the mission last week, it’s good to have things settle down for a while.” He took a gulp of soda before letting out a burp. Both Kim and Monique rolled their eyes and shook their heads. Ron was such a pig at such times, yet he wouldn’t be Ron if he weren’t.

After taking a bite of her food, Monique gazed at Middleton High’s cheer squad captain. “Well, least that Yori girl is not here.” She gave a low whistle. “Those legs of hers in that skirt really turned eyes.”

A soft growl escaped Kim’s mouth before she stabbed her salad, and Monique was briefly stunned at her friend. “What’s with you, Kim girl? That Japanese girl is on the other side of the world.”

“She’s not,” the redhead scowled.

This was news to the African-American gossip monger. “What do you mean she’s not?” Her confused expression transfixed onto Ron.

Ron explained with a small grin. “Yori’s now living in Middleton, Monique.”

Her dark eyes went wide. “She’s living here? Since when?”

“Since yesterday,” Kim provided, shaking her head in disbelief before eating more of her salad.

“Actually, KP, she moved in two days ago,” Ron corrected before finishing off his lunch. Kim’s only response was to narrow her eyes at her best male friend before returning to finish her salad.

Seeing the look on Kim’s face, Monique was no fool. “Oh, boy. The green-eyed monster’s eyes are getting greener.” She turned to face Ron. “Well, if she attends school here,” she pointed to down to indicate the entire high school, “heads will be turning and all the boys will be goggling her, especially if she wears that short skirt.”

“Hey, guys!” a new voice entered the fray, and all heads turned to watch Felix Renton, in his cyber-robotic wheelchair, roll over with a tray of food settled over the chair’s arms. He wheeled his chair into a spot between Monique and Ron before placing the tray onto the table.

“Felix, my man!” Ron welcomed, and both high fived each other.

Monique gave a friendly smile at the wheelchaired teenager. “Hi, Felix,” she said. She had only met Ron’s best male friend a few times, yet she could tell Felix was an all-around good guy.

“Hi, Felix,” Kim said with a kind grin, despite her face still somewhat wore a soured look.

Felix easily picked up on Kim’s funk. “Whoa. What brought you down? Bonnie on the war path again?”

Kim only finished off the last of her salad as Monique made clear the sitch. “There’s a new girl in town, Felix.”

The brown-haired man blinked. “Really?” he said before giving a shrug. “So who is she?” he asked before he started consuming his food.

This time Ron took over explaining just as Monique continued eating her lunch. “Remember the girl I told you I met in Japan during my one-week exchange program? Her name is Yori.”

“Oh,” Felix now recalled. “Yeah, you and Kim helped her last week.”

Ron gave a small grin. “Well, she moved to Middleton two days ago.” He took a sip of his soda.

Blue eyes went wide. “Whoa! She’s here?” Ron nodded in affirmative to his best male friend’s inquiry. Yet confusion soon was etched onto Felix’s face. “Okay, so what does she being here have to do –?”

A long wolf-whistle, made by a boy at a nearby table, caught everyone’s attention, and all heads in the cafeteria turned toward the entrance. Standing at the threshold was a short-haired, Japanese girl in a blue outfit with short skirt.

Felix’s jaw dropped to the floor as he stared at the newcomer, particularly her shapely legs. “Wow. She’s hot.”

Monique smirked and rolled her eyes. “As I said, heads will be turning.”

Yori spotted Ron and grinned before walking toward the table. Upon reaching the table, her grin widened. “Ron-san.”

“Hi, Yori,” Ron replied with a look of admiration, while Yori reached over to pet Rufus on the head. The little mole rat grinned up at the girl.

The wheelchaired teen boy recognized the name. “So this is Yori,” he mentally approved. “Ron certainly has a way with beautiful babes.”

Ron indicated the chair on his left, and Yori sat down onto it, placing herself between Ron and Kim. The blonde boy gestured with a hand to Monique. “You’ve met Monique Williams last week, Yori,” he mentioned.

“Hi, Yori,” Monique friendly greeted.

“Williams-san,” Yori replied with a grin, placing her hands together and bowing her head slightly in the Japanese greeting.

Ron’s hand moved to indicate Felix next. “This is my best bud, Felix Renton,” he introduced.

“Yori,” Felix smiled at her, taking in her beauty.

“Renton-san,” Yori said, repeating the Japanese greeting gesture to him.

“And you know Kim,” Ron finished with a grin at his long-time best friend.

Again, Yori bowed. “Possible-san.”

“Hi, Yori,” Kim greeted with a grin that was more forced on her face than naturally placed on. Being a girl, Monique easily picked up on Kim’s tone, yet Felix also identified the tone and still wondered why Kim was tweaked with the new girl.

After the introductions were done, Ron returned to face Yori. “So, Yori, did you take the test?”

Yori nodded. “Hai, I did. Barkin-sama said he will inform me of the results on Monday.”

“Test? What test?” Felix asked eying the pretty Japanese teen. Even Monique was curious, while Kim wasn’t, given this was not news to her.

“The high school equivalence test, Renton-san,” Yori explained. “Now that I’m living in Middleton, I have to take the test to judge my education level.”

Felix blinked for a moment. “Oh,” he said before he grinned. “Well, I’m sure you’ll do okay, Yori. After all, I heard the Japanese education standards are a lot tougher than American, so you should easily pass.”

“Thank you, Renton-san,” Yori grinned. “I believe so as well.” Her head revolved to face Ron. “Is everything ready for tonight, Ron-san?”

Ron gave his confident Ron smile. “Everything’s ready, Yori. I made reservations at Zing Mai’s. Just bring your appetite.” Yori giggled at the joke.

Felix, Monique, and Kim didn’t laugh, for they were bomb shelled. “Are you saying,” Monique began as she pointed to both Ron and Yori, “that you two have a date tonight?”

Turning to face his second-best female friend, Ron nodded with a grin. “Yeah, I promised Yori to take her out for dinner tonight, and tomorrow I’m taking her out shopping at her request.”

Yori enlightened the story further. “I need new clothing, and Ron-san was kind to help me out tomorrow.”

The other three students were floored. They knew Ron didn’t like shopping, especially clothes shopping, so his offer to help Yori was a sign he was willing to do so for her sake.

Breaking out of her stupor, Monique gave a kind grin. “Well, if you happen to stop by Club Banana tomorrow afternoon,” she pointed to Yori, “I don’t mind helping you out with your clothing, Yori. I have the afternoon shift tomorrow at the store, so I’ll be there to help give you my opinion on what clothes will look best on you.”

“Oh?” Yori said, intrigued on the offer. “You know much about fashion, Williams-san?”

Monique waved at the Japanese girl with a grin. “You bet’cha, girl.” She smirked at Ron. “Better me than no-fashion-sense Ron here.”

“Hey!” Ron gave a mock look of indignation while Felix chuckled and Yori giggled. In truth, Ron was glad Monique was going to assist Yori.

Her giggling dying down yet her smile still on her face, Yori placed her hands together and bowed toward the African-American teenager. “Thank you, Williams-san.”

With a huff and grin, Monique waved it away. “No big deal. I’m glad to help out,” she said before pointing to herself. “And you can call me ‘Monique’, Yori.” She huffed again. “Calling me by my last name makes me feel old.”

“And you can call me ‘Felix’,” Felix grinned.

Yori smiled at them. “So be it… Felix-san,” she nodded to the wheelchaired young man, “Monique-san,” she nodded to the young woman.

Just then, the bell rang, and many students gotten up from their tables to head toward the exit, dumping their trash in the garbage can along the way out.

Ron rose from the table with his tray in hands, while Rufus jumped from the table into his owner’s pants pocket. “Come on, Yori. I have to get to my locker before my next class start.” The Japanese girl followed him toward the exit. “Are you staying for anything?”

Yori shook her head. “No. I’m going to return home now. I only stopped by to say hello.”

“Oh,” Ron said as he dumped his trash and returned the lunch tray. He turned to grin at his girlfriend. “Well, how about you walk me to my locker before leaving?”

She giggled. “It’ll be my honor, Ron-san.” With those words, both left the cafeteria side-by-side.

After they left, Kim finally broke out of her trance on the fact Ron was dating Yori outright. She stood up and walked toward the door with a slight glowering face. “Maybe Yori really is working for Monkey Fist,” she muttered before departing the room.

Felix couldn’t believe what he just heard, and he knew now why the redheaded world heroine was in a funk before. He turned to Monique, who stared after her best friend with a frown. “Monique, is it me or is Kim becoming greener than the grass outside the school?”

Monique sighed, still frowning as she focused on the wheelchaired boy. “No, you’re not imagining it. That girl,” she pointed toward the door specifying Kim, “was jealous when Ron spent time with you. She was really green last week when Yori first appeared.” She lowered her hand while she stood from her chair. “And now, she’s so green that I’m afraid she’ll combust and take half the school with her.” Heading toward the exit with her lunch tray in hand, Monique shook her head. “I hope Kim will not do anything she’ll regret.”

With a frown on his face, Felix took his tray and trailed after Monique. He knew Kim and Ron were best friends for a long time, and they had dated other people before. However, given Kim’s attitude, he wondered whether Ron’s relationship with Yori might end up running into a brick wall.

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TBC (End of Chapter 2)