Chapter 37
Embarrassing Moments
As the morning came I slowly opened my eyes looking at the clock noticing it was 7AM I verbally groaned at my internal alarm clock to wake me up early. I looked at Amarante who I thought was sleeping peacefully but turned out she was watching me. She snuggled into me more as she continued looking at me with a peaceful smile placed on her heavenly face. I smiled in return giving her a good morning kiss.
"How long have you been up for?" I asked
"Since six thirty." She replied
"You've been watching me this entire time?" I asked
"Some of it, I was also enjoying your warmth with my eyes closed." She replied happily
"Must have been boring." I said chuckling a bit
"Nope! I enjoy watching you sleep and I always think about things, so it's never boring." She replied giving me her sweet smile
"Oh?" I said curiousness evident in my voice but I didn't ask what she would think about since it was private as Amarante just cocked her to the side like she usually does signifying she didn't understand why I said what I said.
"No worries. I'm glad you enjoy watching me." I said smiling kissing her forehead as she returned the gesture by capturing my lips while I adjusted us to where I was laying on my back with her laying on top of me. I was always amazed on how small she was to me but it was very nice. Our lips parted after a few minutes.
"So how long you want to stay like this?" I asked grinning a little
"Until they come bug us to get up." She said sounding content with our position.
"Works for me." I said as I closed my eyes slowly drifting back to sleep when Amarante poked my chest as I opened my eyes again looking at her she had this curious expression on her face then pointed down. It took me a moment to realize what she was pointing to then it hit me.
"Oh, is it uncomfortable? I can adjust us again if you'd like." I said
"No not really I wasn't sure if it was uncomfortable for you." She said blushing a bit as I just shrugged
"I'm comfortable as we are and don't worry it'll go down in a minute or two." I said closing my eyes while feeling a bit embarrassed about it, sure enough in about a minute it went away as Amarante closed her eyes again while the red tinge on her cheeks remained. We eventually dosed off again enjoying each others warmth.
Meanwhile in the kitchen everyone was up and eating breakfast.
"Those two really like to sleep in." Dominic stated
"Do you blame them? They just went through a lot since Amarante was unconscious." Anemone defended us
"I agree with Anemone, Dominic." Eureka said as Renton just remained silent
"You have a point." Dominic said being easily defeated by those two girls while everyone chuckled at how the girls would always do that to him.
"So what do we have left to do for the party and dance?" Renton asked
"We have to get some more food for it and then put some white table cloths over the tables then add some candles onto the tables. I believe we also need some plastic cups, plates and silverware." Anemone stated as the other three nodded
"Enjoying this you four?" Talho asked
"Yep!" The girls replied as Talho chuckled at their enthusiasm. 'It's nice to see them so enthusiastic about things.' Talho thought
"I look forward to the dance." Gidget said looking over at Moondoggie as he was eating being totally clueless like always while Gidget just shook her head thinking men in a sarcastic tone.
Back in my room, Amarante and I decided to finally get up, dressed and walked to the kitchen area. We walked in as everyone looked at us and started laughing at us. I couldn't understand why they were until they pointed to both of our hair. We walked over to the mirror that was in the kitchen and started laughing as well.
"That's the best fuck hair I've seen." I said while I continued laughing then everyone stared at us.
"WAIT WHAT!" Talho yelled
"Figure of speak Talho. No we didn't have sex yet." I stated as Talho calmed down
"Quite the bold statement saying yet." Anemone said as I just shook my head as Amarante remained silent with a little red tinge on her cheeks.
"It's a fact. It'll happen eventually, Anemone." I said as we walked over as we sat down on the last two open couch cushions. I noticed Amarante was ignoring the entire conversation that was going on but I could tell she was embarrassed due to her red cheeks.
"So how'd you two sleep?" Eureka asked
"We slept really good." Amarante said quietly sounding very happy while she was still blushing a little bit.
"How'd you all sleep?" Amarante asked
"We slept like we always do." Anemone said shrugging her shoulders
"I slept really good." Eureka said
"I bet you did." Anemone said winking at Eureka while she blushed and threw a small piece of toast at Anemone while Anemone dodged easily
"Very funny, Amemone." Eureka said sticking her tongue out at her while I started chuckling a bit.
"Yes it was funny." Anemone said grinning as Eureka just huffed then went back to eating.
"Hey guys I was thinking about the party. Let's setup the Nirvash, TheEnd and Michiko." I said
"Why?" Dominic asked
"Well those LFO's are like our friends and I know they would appreciate being included in our party. Even if they can't participate by moving around, I'm sure they would enjoy being with us." I explained as everyone looked at each other thinking for a moment then nodded their heads.
"That's a great idea shawn!" Anemone said
"I agree!" Eureka said sounding the most happiest about my suggestion since she can communicate with machines and the Nirvash meant a lot to her.
"Alright it's settled then." I said smiling as I grabbed some toast and eggs while grabbing Amarante a plate as well. Sitting back down handing the plate to her.
"Thank you shawn." Amarante said happily as her and I began eating.
"So anything new besides the party?" I asked
"The only thing is we're on standby till they find Dewey then we're to launch to intercept him once he is found." Talho said
"Oh okay, so basically we're on like a mini short vacation." I said as Talho nodded
"That works." I said
"Talho, can we have permission to take our LFO's into town to pick up some more food and essentials for the party?" Dominic asked as Talho thought for a moment then nodded her head
"Thank You. So when do you all want to go?" Dominic asked
"I suppose we could go right now once Amarante and I fix our hair and eat." I said as Dominic nodded
"I'm ready to go whenever." Renton said
"Same here." Eureka piped in.
"Talho one other thing. Do you mind if we bring Kamin and Rya with us?" I asked as Talho thought for a moment.
"You do realize you'll be responsible for those two, and only you." Talho stated as I nodded
"Very well, you may bring them with." Talho stated.
So after Amarante and I finished eating and washing our plates we headed to the wash room to fix our hair then we prepped the LFO's to head out to the nearest town which was only about a 10 minutes flight from the Tresor research base. It was the town of Tresor.
I climbed down and ran off to Kamin and Rya's room. When I arrived I noticed they were the only ones in there. Kamin was reading something while Rya was listening to music. As I was about to knock on the on the opened door their heads looked up. The moment they realize it was me, Rya stopped the music and Kamin put her book down.
"What brings you here, Shawn?" Rya asked curiously
"The gang and I are heading into town. Want to come along?" I asked
"Is it safe for us there?" Kamin asked
"Why do you ask? But yes it is safe." I stated
"Because some of your memories show people angry at you because you're a coralian." Kamin stated
"Ah you saw that. Well I will if anyone tries hurting either of you I'll take care of them." I stated sounding very confident.
"Okay let's hurry then." Kamin and Rya said sounding a little hyped about their trip away from the base.
We all walked quickly back to the LFO's. The two climbed into Michiko sitting in the section behind the cockpit where passengers could ride just like how the Nirvash has the spot in the back for their kids. Once they were all situated, everyone drove off the Gekko Go then launched into the air tranforming into their mech forms.
"Shawn can you put on some of that music?" Renton radioed over to me
"Dominic turn on your radio to the frequency that was deemed ours." Renton said as Dominic did what he was told.
"Sure thing." I said as I put on Owl City then cranked it up I could everyone was enjoying it due to how they were lifting and the way they moved was with the music's beat. I noticed Amarante was enjoying it greatly too as she closed her eyes tapping the beat while I was dancing in my seat. We reached the town landing in this restaurants parking lot that looked similar to where Talho got drunk that one time. A few people noticed us stopping in their tracks to see who we were. Our cockpits opened up as we climbed out landing the ground as Amarante and the two coralians were right behind me. We walked over to Renton's LFO as they climbed out and down to the ground. Dominic and Anemone did the same. I could hear a bit of commotion going on behind us so I glanced behind us noticed there was about 15 people gathered there looking at us, talking about something. They didn't seem to pose any threat and didn't seem to be muttering anything bad due to their facial expressions were quite pleasant.
"Seems like we got some fans gang." I said as the rest of them looked where I had looked.
"Oh great." Dominic said sounding dreadful that we might be bombarded with people
"We'll be fine everyone." Eureka said as Kamin and Rya tried their best hiding behind me. Despite their cold apperenaces at times they were quite skiddish when it came to humans they didn't know.
"Anyways want to walk around as a group since we have time to kill and don't worry you two I won't let anything happen. You can relax a little" I said as everyone thought for a few seconds then nodded agreeing that walking around together would be better.
"Alright lets get going then!" I said enthusiastically raising my fist up in their air as everyone just shook their head while Amarante giggled a bit.
We turned about and started walking towards the town as a few boys and girls ran up to us. I could tell they were all eyeing our wings. The parents walked up behind the kids. The kids looked to be ranging from 10 to 16 years old.
"Do you mind if our kids touch your wings?" The parents asked
"I don't mind." I said kneeling down then putting my back to them as they walked up and began feeling my wings.
"They feel warm and rubbery." One of the kids said
"Yep that's because they're attached to me. They're living just like how my skin is living." I said smiling
"Do all the wings feel similar?" Another kid asked
"I think the girl's wings feel different but that's just me." I said as the kids reached out their other hand feeling Amarante's wings.
"He's right! Hers feel softer then his." The boy said as Amarante just smiled after they were finished investigating our wings then they checked out Eureka's wings as well then they ran off with really big smiles.
"Thank you and good luck with this war. Everyone really appreciates what you're doing for the Coralians and humans." This woman looking about 50 said to me as she opened one of her eyes as I lightly gasped out of surprised as she continued on her way. So she was a coralian living amongst the people.
"What's wrong Shawn? I didn't see what she did." Anemone said but Amarante saw her eyes as well.
"It's nothing worth mentioning." I said shrugging it off as I started walking towards the shops as this earned everyone's interest. The woman waved at me as I smiled bowing my head a bit then continued on. The rest of the gang didn't pester me about the woman which surprised me.
"She was a coralian." Amarante whispered
"She was and she seemed to find a nice husband too." I whispered back
"Just like how I found you." Amarante whispered back gently tightening her grip on my hand then relaxing earning a smile from me.
"Yep and we're quite happy." I whispered.
Everyone finally caught up to us as we were walking side by side. The first store we headed to was the grocery store picking up some food, drinks, utensils, plastic plates and cups for the party. Eureka was nice enough to explain to the children what a grocery store is. We spent about an hour in there then coming out the Anemone and Eureka decided on checking out the clothing stores this is where things got very interesting.
"Let's go in there!" Anemone said dragging Eureka into this clothing store followed by Amarante then the guys followed as I was the last one.
"Amarante and Kamin we need to get you some more panties, bras and cloths." Anemone said instantly catching my attention. They walked towards the woman's section then to the undergarments as the guys got embarrassed I just stood there looking bored.
"Shawn how can you be act so normal?" Dominic asked
"Because I've gone into a lingerie store by myself to purchase something for my ex-girlfriend and ex-wire before. At different times in my life, of course." I stated earning glances from everyone
"Lingerie?" Dominic asked
"Sexy looking women's panties and night gowns." I stated sounding it was no big deal
"I underestimated you Shawn." Anemone yelled over from a few aisles.
"Most do besides it's nothing to get embarrassed about." I yelled back as everyone glanced over while I ignored them but Dominic and Renton eventually walked away as they brough Rya with them over into the guys section of clothes looking to get him some cloths he liked.
"Shawn come over here I want a guy's opinion." Anemone said as I just shook my head walking over to where the girls were.
"What do you think of these?" Anemone asked in all seriousness.
"Hm, The black color with the designs are something I think Dominic would enjoy seeing those on you, they're quite sexy. The cyan colored ones are you Eureka and Renton I know will go nuts over them. As for this pair…." I paused looking at Anemone like she was crazy
"You really want Amarante to wear something so fancy?" I asked as Anemone nodded while I just shook my head
"Do you not like those?" Amarante asked not understanding why I was acting how I was.
"I like those, a lot but you realize you're going to be enticing me to do sexual things." I said
"Well I won't undress until the lights are off then or I won't wear these until…." Amarante said trailing off as her face became quite flushed.
"Alright, you don't need to go into detail. Get what you like, you look beautiful in anything." I said smiling
"Smooth talker you." Anemone said nudging me with her elbow
"I swear Anemone. Anyways you girls enjoy your time. Oh and one last thing. Those lingerie gowns over there look very enticing and I know the guys will like them too." I said pointing over at the other clothing hanging rack. The girls flocked over to that and decided to try them on as I just chuckled. I noticed Kamin and Amarante were quite confused as to why Anemone and Eureka were acting like this. So the two experienced women explained to them why and after that a light clicked in Amarante's head and she quickly joined into picking out a nice night gown as well.
'We are lucky guys. Thank you Gonzy.' I thought as I put my head phones in hitting play on my ipod as I leaned myself against the wall tapping the beat against the wall while bobbing my head as I closed my eyes. A few songs later the girls came around the corner seeing me there they decided to push Amarante against me for fun. My eyes shot opened when I felt someone pressing against me to realize it was just Amarante as I removed my head phones.
"Hey love. All done?" I asked
"I think so." Amarante said looking back at the other girls
"Yes we're done with finding ourselves cloths but now it's time for you." Anemone said grinning evilly.
"I can shop for myself since I have a distinct style that I like." I said as Anemone looked a bit annoyed by my comment and huffed at me.
"Alright then let's head over to the guys section." I said we headed there to find Renton and Dominic pawing through the clothes in this area as Rya was standing there looking bored out of his mind. Eureka and Anemone ran over to their boyfriends to tease them about what they bought while I started browsing through the shirts and jeans. A good forty minutes later I decided on three clothing sets. One of the shirts said Lifter for Life on the back with a cool looking lifting board on the back and on the front it had a small board on the top right of the shirt it was colored brown. The next shirt was black that had some really cool looking blue wings on the back of the shirt that came to the top front of the shirt with two small pockets on the front and it was a button up shirt I bought a white shirt to wear underneath it so I can keep the black one unbuttoned. The last shirt was white, another button up with abstract designs in gray color along with a black colored plain shirt. As for the jeans I had bought one black & one blue jean shorts then long blue jeans. I decided on wearing the white shirt unbuttoned with the black one underneath and black jean shorts out the door after we paid.
"You do have good taste." Anemone said
"Told ya, I get it from my dad." I said chuckling a bit
"Cocky aren't we." Anemone teased
"As always but everyone loves it." I said winking as Anemone busted out laughing
"Glad, I'm a good entertainer." I said bowing a bit to the non-existent audience causing Anemone to continue laughing having to use a building to hold herself up.
"Phew. I needed that." Anemone said regaining her composure.
"Glad I could assist. Anyways I'm getting quite hungry and seeing as it 5 pm. I think we should eat at one of these restaurants." I said glancing around at the different places to eat. Something caught my eye. It looked to be similar to an Italian restaurant.
"Can I make a suggestion?" I asked
"Sure." Everyone said
"Can we eat at that place. Called Tresor's Finest." I said pointing to the restaurant
"That looks like a nice place. I don't mind." Eureka said as the rest agreed
"Awesome!" I said as we walked into the restaurant. A waiter seated us giving us menus and a glass of water.
"Let me know when you're ready to order." The waiter said then walked off
"This is a nice place. It reminds me of the restaurants in Hawaii." I said
"It must have been a very nice place." Amarante said
"It was but it was expensive to live or visit there but very relaxing and the temperature was just right. Since I'm sure the islands exist underneath this world if we ever get access to it again we can fly the LFO's to the islands since I have the GPS coordinates which I'm sure correlate to this world's coordinates too." I said
"That'd be a good vacation." Anemone said looking all dreamy as she began imagining the trip
"Well next time Gonzy brings me into his world I'll ask him if it's possible." I said
"Really!" Anemone said all excited
"Yep, just so you know it wouldn't be habited by anybody so we'd have to work for our food by hunting, fishing and setting up camp. Though the temperatures there we wouldn't freeze but it can get quite wet during certain seasons." I explained
"You know a lot about Hawaii." Amarante said
"Yep because I was thinking about moving there or traveling around being a dive instructor and a dive instructor is someone who teaches people scuba diving or does underwater tours in tropical places similar to Hawaii." I explained
"Is that what you wanted to do for the rest of your life?" Amarante asked
"Yep, I love water in general that if someone could give me gills to breath underwater I'd so take the offer." I said sounding quite happy about it.
"I see, well maybe we could live on these islands once we're done with the military." Amarante suggested as my eyes literally lit up.
"If you're serious then I'll take that offer!" I said happily
"We'd be coming too!" Anemone said looking over at Dominic
"I wouldn't mind." Dominic said who looked over at Renton
"We do have the kids and a house already." Renton stated
"We can always come back if we don't like it but if we do then we could sell everything off to get materials to build a new home there." Eureka said
"Hm… We could but we'll see how things go first." Renton said
"I'm ready to order." Anemone said interrupting us and signaling for the waiter. He arrived taking everyone's orders then left giving our orders to the cook.
"So Shawn if you were given the choice to go to your world now would you?" Dominic asked
"That's an odd question for our current situation." I stated as Dominic just shrugged
"Just curious is all." Dominic defended
"Well, if I could bring all of you to show you my world and still be able to come back to this one then yes. If I couldn't then I would stay here even if there were some things I would want to bring from my world to this one." I stated as this brought a smile to everyone's faces especially Amarante's as she leaned over quickly kissing my cheek then lead back. I sat there a bit shocked but then smiled.
"Glad to hear it." Dominic stated
"What were you expecting me to say? I would go regardless, kinda heartless ya think." I said shaking my head as Dominic felt a bit stupid now for asking the question. A few minutes later our food finally arrived.
"Anything else?" The waiter asked
"Nope. Thank you for the excellent service." I said as everyone else nodded their heads.
"My pleasure." He replied then walked off to help other customers as I started eating.
A good half an hour later we finished eating then paid for the bill leaving a tip for the waiter then started heading back to our LFO's when I noticed something in one of the shops.
"Hey guys I'll be right back." I said as I took off into the shop before anyone could say anything.
I found the item I was looking at and purchased it having the old man wrap it up for me as I thanked him then ran back out heading to the LFO's. I noticed they kept on walking when I went into shop.
"Hey everyone!" I hollered catching up to them as they had already made it back to the LFO's.
"So what did you get Shawn?" Eureka asked curiously
"Oh nothing just a little something I found interesting." I said shrugging like it was no big deal earning the interest of everyone.
"You'll all find out later. Let's hurry and head back to the Tresor facility for finishing the party!" I said excitedly as everyone agreed hoping into the LFO's and started heading back.
"So what did you two think?" I asked
"I really enjoyed it. The people are very interesting." Kamin said
"I didn't understand the clothing thing but other then that it was an interesting experience." Rya said
"Glad you all enjoyed it." I said happily
I started up some more Owl City as we continued our way back to the base. It seemed it was a real hit with them. Once we reached Tresor we unloaded everything setting it up then double checking everything. After everything was double checked we headed back to the Gekko Go to get changed for the party. I decided on still wearing what I was wearing and Amarante decided on wearing another dress to this dance. It was midnight blue with tiny white spots that were supposed to be stars patterned on the dress and the cut made her look really slender. I thought she looked really beautiful in it.
"You look beautiful Amarante!" I exclaimed mezmorized by her figure.
"Thank you." She said shyly blushing a bit at my praise. I extended my arm out as she took it. I radioed Dominic to see if anyone was showing up.
"Yeah Shawn! Now hurry up and get in here!" Dominic said rather loudly over the radio.
"Yeah. Yeah." I radioed back turning it off and leaving it behind.
"Shall we?" I asked
"Let's." Amarante said happily as we walked out of the Gekko Go across the run away and into the hanger the party was being held in.
"There's those two love birds! Everyone thank those two as well for preparing this spectacular party." Morita said over the mic as a spot light came onto Amarante and I while everyone clapped as I could tell we both were feeling embarrassed.
"You're welcome." I said waving at everyone as Amarante remained shy as she just smiled
"Let's get this party started!" Matthieu yelled as he started the music.
"They really know how to embarrass us." I said laughing a bit
"I don't see the big deal honestly." Amarante said as she shook her head still feeling a bit embarrassed.
"Anyways want to go join in the crowd of rampaging people!" I said being overly dramatic getting a good laugh from her.
"I'd love to!" She replied as we ran into the crowd dancing the night away. A few slow songs came on here and there as we danced to them. A good 5 hours went by as the party was coming to a close Matthieu borrowed my Ipod which I had already setup the next few slow songs. He went to the playlist hitting play then let the device do its thing. The songs cycled through as people slowly started leaving for the night leaving only Renton, Eureka, Dominic, Anemone, Talho, Holland, Amarante and I left slow dancing. The last song that came on was one of my personal favorites as I started singing along with the song into Amarante's ear as we danced slowly gently embraced in each other's arms.
I'll be your dream
I'll be your wish
I'll be your fantasy.
I'll be your hope
I'll be your love
Be everything that you need.
I love you more with every breath
Truly madly deeply do.
As Amarante's and Eureka's lit up the room while my wings added our own color to the walls and the surroundings causing some people to stop and watch the light show.
I will be strong I will be faithful
'Cos I'm counting on a new beginning.
A reason for living.
A deeper meaning.
I want to stand with you on a mountain.
I want to bathe with you in the sea.
I want to lay like this forever.
Until the sky falls down on me...
And when the stars are shining brightly
In the velvet sky,
I'll make a wish
Send it to heaven
Then make you want to cry..
The tears of joy
For all the pleasure and the certainty.
That we're surrounded
By the comfort and protection of..
The highest power.
In lonely hours.
The tears devour you..
I want to stand with you on a mountain,
I want to bathe with you in the sea.
I want to lay like this forever,
Until the sky falls down on me...
Bridge
Oh can't you see it baby?
You don't have to close your eyes
'Cos it's standing right before you.
All that you need will surely come...
I'll be your dream
I'll be your wish
I'll be your fantasy.
I'll be your hope
I'll be your love
Be everything that you need.
I'll love you more with every breath
Truly madly deeply do...
As the song came to a close Amarante leaned up gently kissing me.
"Thank you shawn." Amarante whispered
"For what?" I whispered back
"Everything." Amarante replied as I just smiled I noticed everyone had came back and was standing there watching the 8 of us.
"Want to go flying so we get some more privacy." I said as Amarante nodded. I grabbed her hand then began running past everyone as they all looked at us curiously but Eureka knew exactly what I was doing. She grabbed Renton's board that was in the corner tossing it to him as she began running following by renton. Amarante and my wings caught the trapar causing us to lift off the ground and into the air. We gained altitude really fast right behind us Renton and Eureka caught up to us.
"Some night." I yelled
"Yeah! It's the best." Renton and Eureka yelled back
"It's the best." Amarante yelled
As we soared through the sky enjoying the moon and all the stars sparkling in the night sky. We remained up there for a good hour enjoying the wind whipping through our hair and wings. The feeling was the best in the world to feel this free. We eventually landed outside the Gekko Go still chatting about random things walking into the Gekko Go. We slowly made our way to our rooms.
"Shawn can we go swimming tomorrow?" Amarante asked out of the blue.
"Sure, any reason?" I asked
"Nope, I just want some time for just us." Amarante said showing me this really cute smile
"Alright, it's a date then! I'll go inform Holland now so we can just leave in the morning before everyone wakes up. Since it's supposed to be a nice temperature in the morning." I said happily
"Okay. I'll get ready for bed then." Amarante said as I nodded walking out of the room headed for the bridge while Amarante undressed hoping into bed. As I reached the bridge I noticed Holland was sitting in his usual seat reading a book.
"What brings you here?" Holland asked not bothering to look over
"Mind if Amarante and I go swimming tomorrow?" I asked as Holland began thinking then shrugged.
"I don't see why not. You've busted your ass plenty of times so enjoy." Holland stated as I bowed
"Thanks." I said as Holland just waved his hand as I headed back to my room. I walked in as Amarante opened her eyes.
"He said we can go." I said happily as Amarante smiled happily. I undressed myself leaving my boxers on climbing into bed. Amarante moved me onto my back climbing on top as she looked at me. I leaned forward capturing her lips in a kiss, thinking that's what she wanted and I was right. She kissed me back full force as she parted her lip while my tongue gently went into her mouth massaging her tongue with mine earning a pleasurable moan. We continued for a little longer until we both had to stop before we took it too far.
"I love you Shawn." Amarante said sounding a bit out of breath
"I love you too." I said kissing her forehead as both of us slowly fell asleep in each other's arms.
A/N: You don't get a lemon yet *snickers*. I bet I'm torturing all of you who've been wanting one but I won't disappoint when I give you one *wink*.