Shawn convinced O5-2 to take care of Sasha for a bit so he can return back to Akumi, much to BULLs protest. Shawn returns back to the quarters and enters the room. Laying down on the bed is Akumi reading a book silently. "I'm back." Shawn tells her. She barely looks up at him, "What the hell was that?" She asks with a stern tone. Shawn is oblivious to what he did wrong and shrugs. "Just as I said you were sexy you kinda just left so you could introduce your new 'friend' or whatever to BULL." Oh shit... Shawn thinks to himself, "Listen I'm sorry I kinda just... shit there's no real way out of this is there?" Akumi huffs, "Well... I can think of one way out of this." Shawn is completely stumped here, "What? Ohhh... you want breakfast dontcha." He walks over to the kitchen and pulls out some bacon and extra pancake batter, "Don't worry I'll whip up something perfe-" There's a warm sensation that reverberates throughout his body as Akumi pushes him against the counter in a deep kiss. Distracted by his prospects for cooking he didn't see Akumi slip out of the bed. "Lets continue from where we left off, m'kay?" She says into his mouth.

Miniature explosions are happening all across his nervous system as Akumi flicks her tongue inside his mouth. Giving into her seduction he firmly grasps her hips and pulls her into him. Akumi slides her hands from his chest up to his shoulders, wrapping them around him. Shawn just now notices she is completely naked from head to toe. He takes advantage of this by lifting her up onto the cold countertop. "Whats your plan for this one, genius?" Akumi breathlessly asks him. Without words Shawn leans over her kissing her neck placing one of his hands right above her womanhood. She moans and brings his head up to her face. Silently shaking her head in protest, trying to make him work for her. Shawn sees through this facade and continues down her body. He gets down to her breasts and lightly presses her nipple. Akumi sighs with satisfaction urging him to go further. He cups one hand around her left breast and goes in with his mouth sucking the right one. "Please ,uhn, keep going. I can't take it." Lapping down her body with his tongue he finds her belly button. He lightly prods it with his finger making her jump from the sensation. Finally he gets down to her area. "May I?" Shawn asks. She nods. With confirmation Shawn goes in for it. His mind has completely been taken over by lust and desire. Desire to make Akumi happy and satisfied. As he goes in with his tongue Akumi wraps her legs around the back of his neck. He is relentless in his endeavors as she screams his name begging him not to stop. He only does when she lets out a guttural moan indicating she has reached the breaking point.

They are both too stunned to speak after that. Akumi has all but shut down from the wave of euphoria and pleasure she has received. Finally Shawn gets up and wraps his arms around her. "You went too far idiot..." Akumi says not looking him in the eye. Gently grabbing her jaw with his fingers forcing her to look at him. "When I tell you that you've never been more beautiful until then, I mean it. But we haven't finished, have we." A statement not a question. Shawn picks her up off the countertop and carries her over to his bed. "My turn." He says.

She responds to him by pouncing on top of him wrapping one of her arms around the back of his neck she lays him down with her on top of him, giving Shawn a deep and sensual kiss. Her other hand remains on his chest, tracing circles around his nipple. "Are you certain about this, Akumi?" She pulls back from his face panting, "Just shut up and accept whats about to happen, m'kay?" He is about to undress until he remembers something, "Call me prudish or whatever, but didn't you make reservations for that japanese place that occurs in like 15 minutes?" She jolts up as if released from hypnosis, "SHIT I COMPLETELY FORGOT!"

Quickly she gets off of him and digs through her drawers for a change of clothes. Shawn sighs out of contempt, "I kinda regret mentioning it now..." She slips on a simple pair of panties and a sports bra, "We have all day. Besides I would say this is more important." She digs through his drawers and pulls out some briefs, "Huh... I pegged you for a boxers kind of guy. No problem with briefs though." Akumi tosses them to him and he slips them on, "You got me all riled up down there, thanks..." Akumi giggles, "It's hard to resist all this y'know, and you're no exception." Shawn slips out of the bed and walks up behind her wrapping his arms around her waist, "Whatcha gonna wear anyways?" Akumi turns around in his arms and grabs him like he did her, "I'm thinking something traditional, I have a kimono in here somewhere." Shawn begins to drool, "Ohh man I can imagine that." Akumi rolls her eyes and lightly pinches his cheeks, "Yeah don't think about it too much, you perv." Shawn rubs his cheek and laughs, instantly filling Akumi with happiness, "Even still, I bet you'll be drop dead gorgeous." Akumi sighs and smiles, "Yeah. Drop dead." Both of them smiling, lean into each other for a small kiss.

Shawn dresses in an all black suit that he keeps for formal occasions. It accentuates his dark skin tone in a very professional manner. Meanwhile Akumi steps out of the bathroom in her kimono. Looking over, his jaw almost drops to the floor. It's a light green color with images of

sparrows and cherry blossoms adorning it. He especially adores the dark blue obi that brings attention to her chest. "Are you done staring or are we ready to go? We have 5 minutes to get there." He has just finished clasping his watch and slipping a small glock-17 in his waistband just for cautions sake. "Yeah lets get goin'." Akumi slips her arm into Shawn's and they both leave the quarters, excited for their first date.

They are walking down the hallway which is a strange sight to behold. By now the ISD and IA agents have all seen the antics that Fireteam Sparrow have been getting up to, and suffice to say they aren't happy about it. A group of IA agents are conversing about them in a corner, "Dear god, how can they even call themselves professional at this point?" One of them says. "I know it's really unfair. If I was to leave Sector-X without facial covering I would be executed on the spot." Another comments. "They make a mockery of the redacted departments. I would kill them if I had the chance." The last one adds in. The couple decides to ignore their rude comments and continue onto their destination.

They exit Sector-X and find their way to the restaurant. It's a fancy place that is staffed by foundation personnel dressed in traditional japanese clothing. The owner is a retired scientist that really hated his job and really loved cooking. Akumi and Shawn make their way to the greeters podium, "Hey, we have reservations for 4:00 PM." The greeter looks down at his list, "Hai, just in time." The greeter and Akumi exchange some words in Japanese that Shawn couldn't keep up with. He did catch the words wife, beautiful, husband, and lucky. He looks over at Akumi, Wife? Husband? WHAT? He's not going to pretend that the thought of marrying Akumi hasn't crossed his mind, but the fact that she didn't openly protest the idea makes him think she isn't opposed to it. Nevertheless they have only been together a few days, but they have already had sex one and a half times, so he doesn't know what to think. But didn't BULL have sex with O5-2 the first day they got together? Nah that was different. BULL had just saved her life and she repaid him the favor. Unlike Shawn and Akumi's situation, they had a reason to fuck like rabbits. Shawn stops thinking too hard into it, this is supposed to be a relaxing day for Akumi and him.

The greeter calls over a waiter and they are led to their seats. Shawn notices the entire restaurant staff is japanese which was really cool for the whole vibe of the restaurant itself. They reach the table which Shawn admits is very luxurious, with it's elegant legs that looked like dragons climbing up to the top of the table which was covered in what seemed like glass with a picture of a tiger baring it's fangs underneath. "Yeesh how expensive is this place, Akumi." Shawn asks. "I think you've forgotten... everything in Site-Delta is free, it didn't cost anything." The waiter motions for them to sit. Then Shawn realizes how small the table was, with pillows on the ground. He leans over to Akumi and whispers, "Is this a children's table?" She pinches his ear, "No you dolt, it's a regular table. Kneel down on the pillows, thats how you sit." He obliges her and sits down on his knees, like he would when he was a child brought to a restaurant. "Jesus this is a strain on my calves, how do you people do this?" Akumi giggles to herself, "Leave it to the sniper to be out of shape, hah!"

The waiter who has been witnessing this adorable interaction leans down, "May I start you off with some drinks?" Akumi skims through the drinks menu. There are too many to choose from and Shawn looks like his brain has exploded from all the choices so she chooses for him, "We'll both have extra strong cherry sake." The waiter bows and walks off. "You wanna get into my pants that badly huh?" Shawn asks in reference to the drink choice. Akumi blushes, "A little liquid courage would help both of us. What? You don't want to rock the sheets?" Shawn looks around embarrassed, "First off don't be so loud when talking about our sex life. Second off I don't think you have any idea how badly I wanna 'rock the sheets', but we don't need alcohol to do it." Making an eep sound, Akumi covers her mouth, her face getting really hot. "I wasn't that loud was I?" Straight faced, Shawn nods slowly.

"Whatever lets talk about something else other than sex. Tell me some stories about some past ops, I wanna know." Shawn thinks hard and lands on one of his favorite stories, "So one time we were in Miami on a mission to assassinate some high ranking cartel member who was running shipments of guns to the Chaos Insurgency. Our second day there we decided to ask around town to see if we could get any info on our guy, we only knew his name, Maurice Colmonez. NOMAD being the weird guy he was led us into a strip club because god knows why, I think he was just horny. He tells me and BULL to stay together and ask around while he does the same. He disappears into the crowd leaving me and BULL together, totally confused as to what we should do. Considering I just turned 18 at the time I have never been in a strip club, trust me i've been invited when I was a member of the Vice Lords, but I never went. Apparently BULL and I looked appealing to one of the dancers roaming the floor and she pulled us into a private room. Of course BULL was completely captivated being the socially inept nerd he is, while I tried to keep my cool while she was flashing her jiblets and stuff. Anyway while we were getting a lap dance against our wills we hear a scream and gunshots come from the main area so we pull out our pistols and check to see what the commotion was about. We exit the back area and see NOMAD atop a table firing at some very shady looking people. He was clearly drunk out of his mind but he was laying down some heat on those guys. BULL and I agreed not to intervene because clearly he didn't need our help. About a minute later and all the guys have either run away or they were dead. The police were called and we were arrested on the spot, but luckily O5-2 pulled some strings and got us out of the mess. Apparently the guys NOMAD was shooting at were some of Colmonez's goons. Thats about the extent of all the interesting things that happened while we were there."

Akumi is trying hard not to bust out laughing but it's a losing battle. Luckily before she explodes the waiter comes back with their sake and she composes herself. He sets down two little bowls and a jug filled with sake. The waiter again bows and walks away. Shawn picks up one of the bowls and inspects it, "What the hell is this? Are we gonna be drinking out of bowls?" Akumi pours the sake into hers, "Yes thats how you drink sake in Japan. It's not that weird." The smell of the cherry sake is giving their general area a very sweet and strong aroma that entices Shawn to pour some of his own. He is about to sip it down before Akumi grabs his hand, "Don't drink yet. You have to say 'Kanpai' before drinking. It means 'bottoms up' or 'cheers'." Shawn sighs and complies with her. They both raise their bowls, "Kanpai!" Both of them say at the same time. The burning sensation in Shawn's throat is almost too much for him. When the sake goes down and his throat settles he gives a pained grunt. Meanwhile Akumi across the table gives out a satisfied, ahh, sound giving every indication she enjoys the sake. "How do you handle this stuff?" Shawn asks through coughs. Akumi grins at him, "It's just the way I am, I've always had a strong stomach for alcohol, especially sake." Again she pours some more of the stuff into her bowl and downs it no problem. Shawn on the other hand is gingerly sipping it.

For a time after that they were just making conversation and enjoying each others company. Reaching his hand across the table, Shawn beckons for her to hold it. Akumi sighs, "I know you don't know, but public displays of affection is looked down upon in Japan. I guess the same would apply here." Feeling dejected, Shawn pulls his hand back in defeat and annoyance. "Remind me to never visit Japan..." He mutters to himself. Akumi notices his look and against her better judgment, leans over the table and brings his face closer with her fingers lightly gripping his jaw. "Wait a sec- mmm." Shawn tries to protest, but Akumi cuts him off with a kiss. She has thrown away her better judgment and tossed it out in the preverbal street. She lightly bites his bottom lip and resumes their public kiss. Right as Shawn was about to offer his tongue she pulls back and gasps. "There. Public affection doesn't mean jack shit to me honestly. In fact you could take me right here on top of this table and I wouldn't care." Shawn looks into her eyes and grins, "Is that an invitation or a challenge?" Her heart rate increases and her face gets flushed, "You decide." Right as Shawn was going to make a snarky remark the waiter comes back asking for their main orders. Shawn orders the shrimp nigiri, even though he hates seafood. Akumi opts for a simple order of chicken fried rice.

Akumi who was clearly overtaken by lust slips under the small table offering little room to move around. "Akumi what the hell are you doing?" He feels her hands grip his inner thighs, going farther up slowly. Shawn shudders when she gets near his member, but thankfully thats not what she was going for. She reaches his chest and finally reveals herself from under the table. Grabbing his shoulders, she heaves herself up onto his lap. To Akumi there is no one else in the restaurant, nay the world except her and Shawn. In her eyes it's only him and her as she begins to rub her front against his. Shawn at this point has been captivated by her and is beginning to slip into a world of his own. Noticing he has begun to drool, Akumi nips at the side of his mouth with her tongue, getting rid of his drool. Shawn grabs the back of her head and lightly guides her mouth towards his, finally connecting. Wasting no time, Akumi jams her tongue into his mouth wrapping it around his. Shawn takes the initiative this time and heaves her higher, grabbing her rear. She uses one hand to push him slowly down onto the floor gasping into his mouth as he rubs her bottom. Finally she pulls back to breath. Shawn takes a deep breath and brings his hand up to cup the side of her face, "Dear god, whenever I think theres no way you could get hotter you go and do something like that. What happened to the girl who refused to even acknowledge my humor?" She lowers her face and gently nuzzles his neck, "I dunno, I guess she finally figured out how much your humor meant to her, how much you meant to her in general, and I guess she disappeared leaving me in her place."

Shawn has no answer to that, instead he traces her spine with his index finger slowly moving down, making her shudder every now and then. He looks her deep into her eyes until he reaches the innermost parts of her soul, "I think I'm falling in love with you. Can I do that?" A single tear rolls down Akumi's face, "Shawn, I give you permission to fall in love with me. May I do the same?" He pulls her face into a kiss whispering into her mouth, "What do you think my answer will be?" At this point tears are streaming down her cheeks. Their noses are touching as Akumi cups both sides of his face in her hands, "I love you."

Those words echo into Shawn's ears. True he has had other girls in his life say the same words, but none of them resonated just as far into his soul as Akumi's had. It feels like an additional consciousness has entered him, lingering there peacefully. "Akumi." He says dramatically. "Will you marry me?" Akumi takes no time to think about her answer as she has already made up her mind a while ago. The moment she woke up beside him in his bed. The moment they made love with each other for the first time. The moment they attended NOMADs funeral together. The moment he was by her side in Brazil. The moment she met him she knew, This was the man I wanted to marry. This was the man who she wanted to spend the rest of her life with. "Yes Shawn, I would like nothing better than to marry you." Around them the restaurant suddenly has erupted in cheers and clapping. This seems to snap them out of their own little world they found themselves trapped in. But their feelings remain the same. I am going to marry this person in front of me. Akumi kisses him on the lips. It's not like the other times, this one wasn't intimate or steamy or lustful. This one was a sealing kiss, a promise for as long as they live she will never leave his side. She gets up and wobbles over to her side of the table. She sits down smiling, content with how this night has gone.