The characters from the game belong to Capcom.
A/N:I'm not english native speaker, so you might find some typos or grammar mistakes, I do apologize for that.
Chris and Evana walked about ten miles talking casually with each other, and those 10 miles definitely appeared to be a lot less and they were at their destination seemingly in a blink of an eye. Even though they took a sweet time with their lunch but still the threat of Stan hadn't subsided, so Evana offered to show Chris a little more around the city.
"I wanted to bring you to this park.", she told him as they stepped inside the small park, "It's my favorite spot in town.", she added as they took a seat on the bench that was overlooking the central fountain, "It's not so much at the time, but it's gets really fascinating during spring with all the flowers in full bloom and green trees."
The place lacked its usual charm because of the winter snow and Evana preferred it on a warm spring or summer day. She had so much good memories associated with that place that it made her feel happy and sad at the same time.
"Yeah I can totally imagine the beauty of this place.", Chris spoke looking around a little, "How long has this place been here?", he asked casually.
"As long as I can remember it...", she replied with a shrug, "My mother always used to bring me here, when I was little."
"Oh, must be nice memories.", he commented with a smile and she gave him a nod, "So your mother lives close by, I would like to pay her a visit too if you'd allow me that is…"
"She is no more...", Evana told him with a slightly forced smile.
"Oh I am sorry...", Chris spoke regrettably.
"It's fine, it was a long time ago...", she understood that he meant no harm. She was a little glad to know that he showed interest in meeting up with her mother, "Besides it's life… it's never a fairytale."
"What about your dad or other family members?", Chris asked her yet again.
"Dad's dead too and I was an only child, so no blood relations…", she answered him, "But Yana is my family, she's my soul sister.", she told him remembering all the times Yana had come to her aid.
"How old were you when your parents…", Chris didn't complete his sentence.
Evana looked away from him and just stared out blankly at a distance, "My father died when I was in High School and mom left my side some 6 years ago."
"I see...", he didn't know how else to respond. Even though she said that it had been long since her mother died but he knew from experience that 6 years wasn't long enough to move on from the death of a loved one.
"Anyways...", she let out a heavy breath, "Enough about me, tell me about yourself. I mean whatever you remember about yourself."
Chris let out a slight laugh at that and looking down, "We are more or less in the same boat...", he told her the truth, "My parents are dead too.", he added shifting his gaze to look back at the woman sitting by his side.
"But you have Claire.", Evana reminded him.
"Yeah I have Claire!", he repeated with one of the most brightest smile that Evana had seen on his face, it was almost full of pride.
"Tell me about her.", she asked him curiously.
"I don't know what to tell you…", he seemed a little clueless as what to tell about the sister that he remembered earlier that morning.
"Whatever you can remember.", Evana encouraged him to speak, "What does she look like? How is she and all that stuff."
"Well she is a redhead...", he spoke remembering his little sister, "I am not sure how much younger she is but I guess she likes bikes a lot. She is a free spirited and strong woman as far as I can remember."
"Do you remember any other siblings?", she asked him
"No.", he shook his head. Her question dawned on him and he couldn't help but feel a little sad about how much of his old life he had forgotten. His friends and family must all be worried, and he can't even remember them, "Claire is the only one I remember for now…", he added somewhat sadly.
"Well one is enough for now...", Evana comforted him by grabbing hold of his hand, "You know you have someone to get back to and I am sure she'll be happy when you get back home."
"I hope so…", it was his turn to let out a heavy sigh.
"Something wrong?", she asked, "You are not in good terms with her?"
"I guess we are on good terms but, like I told you before this is not the first time I ran away…", he expressed his concerns.
"You say that but I am sure when you'll be back you won't think about all this stuff.", Evana spoke trying to cheer him up, "You won't even remember this conversation… or even me…", no sooner than the words had been spoken, she regretted to having been said something like that. Subconsciously she had spoken of one of her deepest fears.
Chris turned his hand in her grip, since she hadn't removed her hand over his, and he grabbed her hand tightly saying, "I won't ever forget you or my times spent with you. I don't remember much of my past life but I am sure even if you include those times, the times I spent with you is the best.", he spoke sincerely staring deep in her icy blue eyes, "I'll always remember you!"
Evana wanted to believe that but she pulled her hand away from his grip, "Easier said than done.", she spoke not looking away from him.
"Why do you say that?", Chris said slightly revolted at the thought.
"Because that's how life is…", she spoke practically, "People come in our lives and go, and most of them we forget. And I know I am a person destined to have that fate."
"No that's wrong!", he opposed it strongly, "You're a great woman, Eva, and you deserve a lot more than you value yourself. You have a good fate ahead of you, you just don't know it yet or you simply don't want to see it.", he smiled brightly at her.
Evana was slightly taken aback by such a reaction. She felt really happy that he thought of her that way and spoke up for her, when she looked down on herself. She wasn't really the dreamer type but what he just told her gave her a new perspective. She felt beautiful when she saw herself through his eyes and that's why she just liked being with him.
She smiled at him and he returned her smile tenfold. They continued to talk about all the trivial things and not so trivial things as well, just enjoying each other's company whilst Evana waited for Yana to give her the green signal. Once she got the green signal, they both headed to the grocery store to finish up what they came out to do in the first place and headed back home.
Chris sat on the bench in front of the lake and enjoyed his evening snack after taking care of whatever quick fix jobs he got that day. He enjoyed the lake view since the time he had been there with Evana and although he wished to visit the park again but it was a little further away from their place, and he just couldn't go there all the time.
He was lost in thoughts of Evana when suddenly he felt a presence behind him and the next moment a curtain of darkness fell over his eyes, as somebody covered his eyes. He felt a strong provocative perfume filling up the evening air, and it would have been completely wrong to say that his manly instincts didn't churned even a little.
"Guess who?", Chris heard a woman purr in his ear and he could feel the warmth of her breath on his earlobe.
"Emma...", he answered with an almost disappointed sigh and she uncovered his eyes.
"Right!", she said cheerfully and rounded off to sit next to him, "Fancy meeting you here… and that too all alone.", she winked at him playfully.
"Yeah...", he responded and continued with staring at the landscape finishing his meal
"You know I haven't bought that resistor for the heater, so I about we go…", her voice got slightly deeper, "I was wondering how about we go together and get it?"
Chris understood what she was hinting at but he didn't really want to take her up on her offer even if every man cell in his body was asking him to take the opportunity, "I am a little occupied right now...", he made an excuse.
"Aww… really?", she faked a disappointed tone, "It would be great if you could come along, there are so many types and I just don't know which one I need."
"But I told you the specific type that you need for your heater!", he tried to politely shrug her off.
"Yeah but there are so many brands and what not…", Emma said in almost a complaining, "It's too hard for me, it would be better if you can come along…", she hooked her arm on his, "And I know you are not busy, so let's go!", she said tugging on it.
"I can't come!", he still tried to deny going along with her.
"Did Evana tell you not to or something?", she asked pulling her arm away from him and crossed it over her chest, expressing her displeasure, "If you don't know, I must tell you that she's already taken. She has a boyfriend named, Stan."
"Evana has nothing to with it, so please keep her out of it.", Chris told her. He knew of the women's rivalry and he couldn't just believe Emma's words out of nothing but he couldn't really discredit her information either. Besides, he would really hate to take part in their rivalry anyway, but still that little info about Evana's possible boyfriend stung his heart a bit.
"If she's okay with it, so let's go then...", she pressed on it.
Chris sighed in defeat; Emma was a stubborn woman and he didn't know how to say no to her, "Alright...", he agreed to go along with her.
They both left the lakeside and went straight to the commercial area where they could buy the said resistors. It was just the evening and so it was slightly crowded, which made Emma grab hold of Chris' arm, telling him that she didn't want to be left behind in the sea of the people.
Chris let her hold his arm, after all it wasn't too much but even after they were inside the shop, Emma didn't let go of his arm. She was practically hugging closed to her chest and he could feel the warmth of her body and softness of her curvy busts.
Buying the resistor was a two minute business and after that they straightaway headed for her home, so that her heater could be fixed right away. It took Chris about 15-20 minutes to fix it.
"It's done.", Chris told her closing the panel.
"Thanks, you're a life saver!", Emma told him with a gorgeous smile.
"It's my job…", he just said courteously.
They walked out to her living room talking casually, "Let me grab us a few drinks.", she suggested.
"I am not really sure…", Chris shook his head, remembering the promise he made with Evana.
"C'mon don't be shy.", Emma said already moving to her mini bar, "It's cold outside and a little whisky would warm you up."
Chris didn't agree to her but when he saw her filling two glasses of alcohol, he got a little thoughtful. He unconsciously checked her out. She had a perfect body and toned legs were showing off her short dress that made him feel tempted. A part of him was reluctant, but another wanted to join her, after all, he was a free man that had decided to not listen to his heart's claims.
Emma walked up to Chris, holding out the two glasses of yellow liquid. Chris watched her movement slowly, the way her curvy chest bounced when she walked up to him. She held out the glass to him and he took it without a single thought, and took note of the way her fingers flirtingly brushed against his own.
They both smiled almost in an understanding, brought their glasses together and clinking them in a celebratory fashion, before drinking from them. It wasn't long that a glass of drink turned into multiple glasses and that they soon downed a whole bottle of whiskey. In addition, the whiskey warmed him up so good that he had to take off his jacket.
With each glass Chris became more sensitive of his surroundings and beauty of his drinking partner. He observed the woman in front of him, as she gulped down the whole glass and smoke her cigarette; and he couldn't stop himself from staring at her cleavage while he gulped down his drink as well while she made most of the trivial talk.
Chris gulped down all of his drink and he still felt thirsty. Emma licked her the droplets of alcohol off her lips and grabbed hold of his glass, but he didn't want to let that go. The brunette smiled at him asking if he would want more of the whiskey and he gave her a slight nod. She took his glass and cat-walked back to the bar leisurely.
Chris couldn't help but follow her as well with his eyes glued to her backside. She bend over to get them another bottle from the bar and Chris felt it as the last straw. He grabbed the woman's arm and pulled her body to himself.
Emma let out a surprised gasp but she was totally expecting the man to act this way. She was experienced enough to spot the needy man in the crowd and she had played her cards well to win herself this game. She smiled at the guy seductively and leaned on to kiss him and unlike before this time the man responded.
Chris led her to the counter near the mini-bar while they kissed. They both broke out into a frisky make out session and Emma couldn't help but let out huge satisfactory moans through the feverish kiss. She wrapped her arms around his body feeling his muscles over his clothes but she couldn't feel it, so started to unbutton his shirt.
She made him lower his hands to grab hold of her butt and lift her dress, while she slid her hands inside his shirt removing it, as she planted kisses from his earlobe down to his neck while she travelled her hands on his broad shoulders, his back and the chest with the tips of her fingers which caused him shivers with the contact of her long red nails on his skin.
Chris didn't hold himself from squeezing and fondling the woman's body. The way she moaned was encouraging him to play with her and that's what he really wanted at the moment. His mind started telling him all the things he could do with her, when all of a sudden an image from his dream flashed before his eyes.
Chris saw Evana and he was reminded of his dream about her, and suddenly the fun he was having with Emma dropped down to zero. He didn't want to do it with Emma. He wanted it to be Evana and Evana only. He pushed the brunette back abruptly and Emma lustily lunged to kiss him back but he held her away by holding her shoulder.
"What's wrong!?", Emma asked impatiently, not really too pleased about the interruption.
"I can't do this!", Chris said pushing her away, already moving to put on his shirt and grab his jacket.
"What the hell?", she screamed out at him, "You can't leave me like this!"
"I am sorry.", he apologized moving to the door, "I lost control."
"What?!", she said in surprise, and grabbed hold of his arm when he was about to step out of her home, "I don't want your sorry… just come here and give me…", she pushed her body against his, trying to seduce him.
"Emma!", Chris almost yelled out in frustration and pushed her away, "I don't want this… I don't want you… I want E…", he composed himself before he said something he would regret, "Let's not meet again!" With those final words Chris head back to his home.
Evana slept more than she was supposed to and walked around her house once, checking stuff on her cell phone at the same time. She couldn't find Chris in the house, so she assumed that he might be out still working and didn't think of it too much. She decided to get ready for her work and grabbed a pair of her clothes and headed straight for the shower.
Chris arrived home and slumped on the couch feeling terrible. It could have been the effect of the booze mixed with the memories with Emma, but the fact was that he wasn't feeling good or proud. He just wanted to get rid of that past one hour somehow and just erase it. He still smelled of Emma's perfume mixed with alcohol and cigarette, but the alcohol and cigarette stench didn't bother him as much as the scent of the brunette. He just wanted to get rid of it immediately and that could only be done by showering.
Chris moved to the bathroom, but unfortunately it was occupied by Evana at the moment and he had no choice but to wait. He walked up to the laundry room and took off his clothes, to get rid of some of that smell and wrapped a towel around his waist, whilst waiting for Evana to exit the shower. It was then he heard a cell phone ring.
Evana heard her cell phone ringing when she finished her shower and not knowing that Chris had returned, she exited the bathroom not even bothering to cover herself with a towel. She realized that she had left her phone in the living room, so she hurried to get it, not thinking too much and mostly concerned about not missing the call.
Chris followed the sounds of Evana's cell phone and heard her hurried footsteps in the corridor leading to the living room and he instinctively followed her. When he stepped in the living room, nothing in his life had prepared for that unexpected view.
Evana grabbed her cell phone on the table, but failed to get the call in time before it ended on its own. She turned around to find Chris standing at the hallway. She let out a feminine scream of surprise and scare, letting go of her cell phone and fruitlessly trying to cover her nakedness with her thin arms.
Chris closed his eyes and turned around to avoid looking at Evana's literally naked beauty, but not before he caught a glimpse of her naked ass and almost all of her frontal assets.
"I am really sorry!", he apologized immediately and kept repeating it again and again.
"It's okay… it happens...", Evana said even though her heart still hadn't recovered from the shock. She quickly grabbed her cell phone parts off the floor, since it came all apart when she dropped it and almost made a run for her bedroom. As she was passing by Chris, she stopped immediately and could help but say, "I can't believe you did this!", she didn't keep the contempt of her tone.
Chris's eyes were closed so he couldn't see her face, but he sensed the disapproval clearly in her tone, "I… I didn't mean to do that… I wasn't peeping or anything…", he spoke nervously in his defense.
"You had alcohol!", she scolded him, "You're clearly stinking of it! Where the hell have you've been to?", she didn't keep her anger back.
Chris turned to face her and the moment he opened his eyes, it widened out in shock. He brought up his hands to cover his eyes, "You're still naked!", he reminded her.
Evana looked down at herself and surprisingly enough it was a small detail to her at the moment. She was a little too pissed to consider about her nakedness, but still she moved to her bedroom to get her clothes, "How can you do this? You broke our promise!", she said loud enough so Chris could hear it in the hallway.
"I know!", Chris said dejectedly feeling ashamed, "I am sorry but I can explain."
"Explain?", Evana walked backed to him and he opened his eyes to look at her dressed in her underwear, "How can you explain breaking the promise?", she asked him angrily leaning close to him, when she caught a whiff of something on him, "You were with Emma!?", she spoke the last sentence, feeling the stab of bitter betrayal.
Within seconds images of what might have happened started to flood her mind and she didn't need any explanations from the man standing in front of her. The man she took to be so different from the rest turned out to be just like them. How could she had wished that he was different and blinded her judgments? She didn't even listen to her sister like friend, just so reality could punch her in the face. She couldn't help but feel that she deserved all of it for not seeing it all through.
Chris couldn't meet Evana's icy blue eyes, which were piercing his soul like blade, telling him that she was disappointed in him. They were going so well for the last few days and he had to ruin it all for him and her as well. She trusted him more than he could wish for and he returned the favor by milling her trust in the worst possible way. They were physically very close, but he could feel a great rift between them. He wanted, almost needed her forgiveness, but Evana didn't give him the opportunity to explain anything and locked herself inside the bedroom. She left it only to leave for work, but she didn't even spare a single word or even a look to the lonely remorseful man present in the living room.
Thank you all for reading my story, favoriting it and for your thoughts. I hope you had a good Christmas Eve :D
I'd like to thank Xaori for the review and a special thanks to my friend JennaWilliams for her help :D
I'd also like to invite you to read my new short story, Tech Love, it was initially built as a one shot, but then I decided to make it a short story divided in specific moments I'd like to work on and I guess it might have just 5 chaps at max. By the way, it's a Chris fic as well.
I hope you have a great week and possibly I will update just next year...I mean, next Sunday xD But stay tuned, I might update earlier just like I did a couple weeks ago, but I won't promise.
Anyways, I'll wish a great New Years Eve and I wish you all the best in your resolutions for 2017! :D