A/N: Not how I originally intended this chapter to go but I like this one better. Smut to entail.
Also when you see * i was listening to a song while writing that part and it just felt so perfect for it the song is Everybody Talks by Neon Trees so feel free to give a listen for maximum awesome lol hope you enjoy. And hopefully you will find some humor in the conversations. I also wanted to portray a lighter silly side of Aela.
They had three days left of shore leave and Kaidan wasn't too happy about it. His week 'playing house' with her, as she called it, had been one of the best weeks of his life. They had to stay in the first day because of a rain storm, which wasn't actually that big of a bummer for them since they both needed a nice down day to just do nothing but watch movies and eat crap. But after that day, it was almost always sunny and decent weather. They spent a day at the beach, walked around a fair that was in town, and rode some crappy rides, she had taught him some of her native language, and showed him her vast knowledge of plants, berries, and wild life, which she had learned from her people. They had a few intimate nights he wouldn't soon forget as well. All in all it was a damn good shore leave but he just wasn't ready for it to be over. To have to go back to pretending he didn't love her because of some damn regs. He had seriously considered transferring but he just couldn't do it. The idea of being away from her for even a day pissed him off.
He stood on the deck leaning over the railing watching her chase the rabbits in the backyard. She said she was going to cook him an authentic Native American meal and needed to catch a rabbit. Even now, watching her he wasn't sure if she was kidding or serious, since she had boasted about what a good hunter she had been 'even for a girl' she said mimicking the way the elders had said it to her, he assumed. He was pretty sure she was doing it just for fun now. His omni-tool vibrated and he opened the incoming call for Garrus.
"Hey Garrus what's up?" He answered heading back inside to the kitchen. "How's Palaven?"
"It's good, nice to be home again even for a little while, right?"
"Yea I hear ya." Kaidan couldn't agree more, he could get use to this.
"Hey you're with Shepard right?" Garrus asked
"What? No! Why would you think that?" He said nervously trying to keep his cool.
"Probably because I heard you change your shuttle ticket at the last minute and because I see her in the background, what the hell is she doing assaulting the grass?" Garrus said straining to see what she was doing in the background. Kaidan turned so his back to the kitchen so he wasn't able to see her anymore.
"Hhhhhaa," he exhaled being caught but he knew Garrus wouldn't say anything or at least he hoped he wouldn't. "Alight fine I am, and no she is chasing rabbits."
"What's a rabbit?" A bewildered look crossed his face. Kaidan sighed and attempted to explain.
"It's an animal with long ears and a furry tail, they hop and don't get more than two feet long."
"Why is she chasing them?"
"Because she wants to eat it, was there a reason you called me and not her?" He said with agitation
"Oh right. What did you get her for her birthday?"
"Umm what?" Kaidan was lost.
"Her birthday, you know the day she was born. A day you should never forget because it's the reason she's in your life now." Garrus teased
"When is it?" Panic crossed his face. Garrus had to stifle his joy. He loved torturing Kaidan, all in good fun of course.
"You mean you don't know? It's the eleventh. Her birthday is the eleventh."
"Shit that's today!" Kaidan groaned and dragged his right hand down his face.
"And you didn't know or get her anything, oh man you're so screwed." Garrus teased unable to hold his smile back any longer.
"Thanks a lot Garrus I thought you were my friend why didn't you tell me" Kaidan's frustration starting to cause a migraine. He rubbed his temples
"Ugh, I'm sorry, I assumed since you know what her tonsil's taste like you would know."
"Do you even know what tonsil's are?" Kaidan asked in exasperation
"No, but that's was what joker said and I assumed it meant something pertaining to the personal parts on you humans" Garrus said.
"No tonsils are….UGH, never mind I don't time to explain, I have to go."
"Have fun, see you soon." Garrus said poking fun at him. Don't remind me. Kaidan thought as he switched his omni-tool off. He didn't hate Garrus in fact they had become pretty close friends, he just didn't want to think about leave being over so soon. Or the fact that he had not known it was her birthday.
He put his face in his hand. I am so screwed. He took a reassuring breath and headed back out to her.
"Alright time to get serious" he heard her say as he stepped onto the deck and realized that whole time she was just chasing them for fun. He saw her sink low to the ground almost getting lost in the tall grass she moved so slowly and with expert precision you could have sworn you were watching a wild animal hunt its prey. He lost her for a few minutes she was so quiet and the grass went unmoving. He strained to see her but still didn't see anything in the grass.
"Aela?" he called softly to make sure she was there. There was a quick rustle of grass and a small squeak was heard, then silence. She stood up straight and came over to him. She smiled and held up the rabbit still squirming in her left hand.
"Oh dear god I thought you were kidding." He said hanging his head. He walked over to her and took the rabbit from her hand, then let it go. He had never seen a rabbit hall ass that fast before in his life.
"Why did you do that?" she protested.
"Because I can't watch you kill a rabbit, I just can't, I'm sure you do a damn good job at it but I just can't" He said taking her into his arms, her frustration washed away from her face. He gave her a long deep kiss, and placed his forehead to hers. He said staring into her eyes.
"Happy birthday, sorry I didn't get you anything. Of course I dropped the ball on that one since I didn't remember." She pulled her head back and gave him suspicious look.
"You don't remember because I didn't tell you." She said slowly. Ooops. Maybe she didn't want me to know.
"Ugh yea, Garrus just told me." He said nervously. Her brows knitted in confusion
"How did he know?"
"Ughhh I .. don't know. I assumed you told him since you two are close." She shook her head no.
"Did you not want me to know?" He asked shyly. Her expression softened.
"It's not that. It's just, in the tribe we don't celebrate birthdays. It's seen as selfish and distracting from the whole. Everyone else's needs must come before yours. If you have something someone else needs it's expected of you to give it to them." Now that he thought about it he had never once seen her act in selfishness. She put on a brave face masking her pain to serve the Alliance, and though her methods were crude if not downright evil sometimes, it was always for the good of others. She may have bitched at first, but she always helped. She reluctantly helps the girl in Chora's den, Jenna. She helped the consort, and Samesh Bhatia get his wife's body back. Of course she threatened the poor guy's life till he agreed to hand it over. All things she could have just not bothered with and no one would have thought differently about her for it.
"So you have never celebrated you're birthday?" He asked She shook her head slowly form side to side.
"Well we need to change that, why don't you do get all dress up , hair, make up the whole nine yards, and will hit the town." She gave him a look that told him she wasn't too sure about this.
"I don't own a dress." She admitted.
"Why does that not surprise me? Why don't you go shopping then and then we'll go out later." She gave a dismayed tsk then sighed
"I might know someone who can help actually." She gave smiled and headed inside pulling up her omni-tool and making a call to Ciara.
She sat on the bed holding her head in frustration starting to get a headache, staring at Ciara holding up dresses giddy with excitement. Ciara had been waiting for this day for years and literally dropped everything to come over with bags of dresses she had bought for Aela over the years. She was always trying to girly Aela up. Aela hadn't known Ciara was stationed on earth, she had only meant to call for advice, but then Ciara insisted she come to her to help and Aela need all the help she could get.
Aela shook her head at yet another disaster Ciara held up. It was red and pooffy and just NO.
"Alright Ella, you got to level with me here, you can't hate everything I show you." Ciara sighed in frustration.
"I will stop hating everything when I see something I actually like." Aela groaned her agitation.
"Well what are you looking for?"
"I don't know I don't wear dresses!"
Well if you're willing to wear a dress for tall, dark and handsome down stairs he must be something." She looked Aela over as color warmed her cheeks. "So let's give him something he won't be able to resist." Ciara purred and Aela knew she was up to no good. Ciara dug through a few bags then pulled out a sexy little black number that even Aela agreed was a good choice.
"Yea this is the one." Ciara said, seeing Aela's face actually brighten up.
Kaidan had been reluctant at first to let Lieutenant Commander Ciara Bronze come over for obvious reasons, but Aela assured him she wouldn't say anything. He had recognized her the moment he opened the door to let her in, The brown haired green eyed girl from the bar where he first saw Aela. That night seemed like so long ago. He had to shake off the feeling he got when he answered the door, she had looked him up and down like he was a tall class of water in the middle of a desert.
Ciara made him nervous, she reminded him of a Chihuahua small, skinny, shaky, and yappy. Nothing like Aela. Well Opposites do attract. He thought sitting at the bar in the kitchen. He checked the time on his Omni-tool. Shit, they have almost been at this a whole hour. What did I do?" he groaned to himself and poured another glass of whisky. He took a long drink, then sat back and rolled the sleeve of his black dress shirt up over his forearms neatly. He ran his hands through his hair trying to be patient. Hell, she admitted she does own a dress she's probably having a panic attack at all the crap LC brought. He smirked at the thought. He heard soft foot falls coming down the stairs and turned to see Ciara coming down bags in hand. She gave him a look and nodded her head like you're welcome, and winked then looked up to the top of the stair.
Kaidan got up from the bar and walked to the living room and turned his head to look up the stairs. He was surprised when he didn't hear the sound of his jaw hit on the floor he could have sworn it fell off. She was wearing a strapless dressed that hugged all her curves, and came just above her knees showing of her legs. The 'top' of it lined her chest and dipped slightly giving ample view to her cleavage. He barely heard Ciara close the door behind her as she left, as Aela stepped off the bottom step and stood in front of him. The heels she wore brought her eyes almost to his eye level. She looked at the floor blushing from his lustful stare at her.
"I look like a fool, don't I?" She said starting to feel embarrassed when he said nothing.
"N-,' He started to say but his voice was hoarse and his mouth dry. He cleared his throat and tried again. "No you look…." He trailed off devouring her with his eyes. She looked up at him and knew that look well. OH he wanted her so bad. She looked down at his pants, SOOO bad. *She sauntered over to him putting a little more sway in her hips, as her confidence grew. He swallowed hard and cleared his throat again.
"Do you wann- wanna go?" he choked out. She raised her left hand to his chest and ran her finger tips gently over his collar bone. She bit her lower lip and said seductively.
"Are you asking me what I want to do?" He nodded his head rapidly like a little kid begging for candy.
"Hmmm. What . Do. I. Want. To. Do." She said each word slowly, moving her body close enough to touch his. He couldn't contain himself any longer; he grabbed her in his arms and smashed his lips against hers. Their teeth clicked and tongues wrestling for supremacy. Her fingers unbuttoning his shirt to feel the bare skin of his lean chest and stomach on her, His embrace holding her too him was so tight she thought their bodies might fuse as one, and hoped they would. She felt how much he wanted her on her right thigh, and that sparked her own desire. She started to fumble with his belt and he took a few steps back pulling her with him till he hit the couch, then spun her around and perched her on the back of it, pulling her legs up onto his hips. He violently pulled at the bottom of her dress till it slid up over her hips, around the same time she had freed him from his pants. His hands were up around her hips searching for the rim of her lace panties. He found them and quickly discarded them to the floor. He quickly found how much she reciprocated his feelings of need for her, and slid home in one fluid movement. Her mouth released his as she threw her head back and gasped as he filled her. His lips searched down the skin of her neck as if to give him an answer to a lifelong question, his teeth scrapped gently along as he traveled back up her neck and returned to her lips, as his hips set a demanding pace. She bucked her hips into his and slipped from the couch but he caught her and lifted her up then spun them around and pushed her up against the wall to give him leverage. His hands planted firmly on her backside supporting her, as her pants and moans were wild and full of ecstasy, his forehead was up against the wall, mouth by hear ear as his own grunts and moans of joy made their way into her ear. He could feel her clenching around him causing him to speed up and was sent over the edge as his name left her lips like a prayer along with a long vid worthy moan as her release met his.* They stayed this way a few moments then he planted a gentle kiss to her neck as their breathing returned to normal and he helped her find her footing back to the floor. She replaced her lace panties around her hips and slid her dress back down. She gave him a big beaming smile letting him know she approved of the spontaneous session. She walked over to the down stairs bathroom to fix her hair and he returned himself to his pants and was buckling them when he felt himself become aroused again at the site of her in that dress. Damn that dress. He moaned internally. She was leaning against the skin looking in the mirror, and he saw the way her dress hugged over her body form a new angle.
"Ok, did LC leave any other dresses because you need to change if we are ever going to leave this house." He half pleaded. She looked at him confused till she saw the reason in his lap. Damn I must look good if he is already to go again. She gloated.
"Or we could just stay in." she said mischievously. She saw the wheels in his mind start turning through his eyes at the proposition, then shook his head trying to clear his thought.
"No, I promised I'd take you out." A jealous looked passed over his eyes as he took her in in that dress again. Guys are literally gonna snap their necks looking at her. He thought. Even his inner thought sounded jealous.
"It is my birthday." She purred. A devilish look crossed her face as she looked up at him and said. "Well if you insist." Her right hand bent behind her back and he heard the zipper as it rolled down. She returned her right hand to the front and the thumbs of both hands tucked into the sides of the dress and she slid it down her body then stepped out of it. Leaving her in a lace strapless bra and matching panties. He shot an eyebrow up and decided he'd rather stay in if that's what she wanted. He walked over to her and lifted her up over his shoulder.
"What my baby wants, my baby gets" He said giving her a playful smack on her ass. She pushed her hands against his lower back to bring her head up.
"I would protest but I have an excellent view of your ass so I won't complain." She said she he made his way up the stairs with her.
three hours later…
Kaidan lay thoroughly exhausted from all their fun, covered in sweat staring at the ceiling. Oh my god I think I'm having a heart attack. Aela purred like a kitten well satisfied next to him. He lifted his head to look at her over his left arm. She lay on her side facing him with a smile on her face, eyes closed. Damn, I am good. He couldn't help but boast to himself. He took a few deep breaths steadying his heart beat back to normal. He knew he had to get up because he didn't want to die of dehydration but the idea of moving was unpleasant. Alright on 3, he mentally coached. 1….2…3. He sat up with a groan of pain. He breathed and coached himself to stand and walked over to the drawers and procured a pair of underwear and black shorts. He slipped them on and headed down stairs to find some water.
"Where are you going?" she asked breathlessly. He stopped at the door way and almost lost his footing, he reach out and supported himself on the door frame.
"I need water, why?" Panic swept across him and he begged. "Oh god, don't say you want more, he hurts babe."
She made a soundless laugh and shook her head.
"No will you bring me some water, I can't move." She sighed contently
"Yea sure." He nodded mentally high five-ing himself. He made his way down stairs on weak legs, opened the fridge and shivered as the cold air nipped at his damp skin. He grabbed the liter bottle of water in the door, took a sip that then turned into him chugging it. Sweet nectar of the gods, He thought as the chilled liquid passed through him leaving a cool feeling inside him down to his stomach. The bottle was empty but he was still thirsty he grabbed another one and proceeded to chug it but only got a quarter of the way down before he felt satisfied. He grabbed another bottle and headed back up. She hadn't moved. He walked over to her side of the bed and placed the water on her night stand. She was out.
"Hey" he tapped her softly. A soft hmmmm was all she was able to produce. "Water's on the night stand for you."
"Mmhhmm" she acknowledged, and was out again. He looked in her ear and saw her hearing aid was still in. He took his pinky and tried to scoop it to gently without waking her, much to his success. He looked past the little device on his finger and saw the large scar on her left shoulder blade that he had mistaken for a tattoo the first time he saw it in the bar, and swooped down to plant a soft kiss on it. Upon standing up completely he looked around the room for his pocket knife and spotted it on the dresser. He opened it up and used the tip to press the small button on the side of the device to turn it off, and then place it on the night stand next to her. He turned the light off then climbed into bed next to her and placed the blanket over them. He turned the TV on and flipped through the channels and landed on the results from a Biotiball game from earlier. She sighed and whispered
"Nayeli Kaidan." In her sleep. He closed his eyes trying to remember what she taught him, but the harder he searched the more he realized she had never said that one before.
Nayeli- I love you
