Chapter 7

Eva sat silently outside as a sudden drizzle came down from the heavens. She looked down at her feet as the tiny raindrops fell on her black and purple running shoes, but she wasn't exactly sure if they were raindrops or the tears that had silently made their way to the surface. She had always felt very protective of Ari, even to the point of thinking of herself as a surrogate mother. But that was wrong, she knew better than to think of herself as Ari's mother and the younger girl had hated it when she did that anyways. It was more like Eva was a guardian than an actual mother but sometimes the line between the two got blurred. Ari was the one of the two to throw her life into dangerous matters and to find relationships with some dangerous people, in other words she was reckless; reckless, irresponsible, thoughtless, uncontrolled, careless. The list went on when it came to Ari and Eva was the only one to keep her in line.

"you'll catch a cold out here." Said a voice and Eva lifted her head to see Tseng standing in front of her. He held a black umbrella over his head. Eva looked at him and then dropped her gaze back down to the ground. In the silence, she could hear the soft thud of Tseng's shoes on the ground as he walked up to hold the umbrella over Eva's head. slowly, he squatted down to Eva's level and tilted the younger girl's head up. Eva looked up at Tseng, his eyes looking warmer than they had been when the two had first met. Instead of being their usual dark onyx color, Eva could see the warm brown highlights that shone in the rays of the streetlight. The leader of the Turks smiled lightly and brought his fingers towards Eva's face, pulling the soaked strands of hair away from her skin and tucking them behind her head. "You're still the cold little fox I found that day. A little healthier but still the same fox." He said softly and Eva blushed.

"I only have you to thank for that. if not for you then Ari and I would be dead." Eva said lightly and then reached forward, ever so slightly, and put her head on Tseng's shoulder. the older man balked faintly and then chuckled softly. Eva scooted closer to the edge of the bench she was sitting on and pressed herself closer to Tseng as the older man wrapped his one free arm around the girl's waist.

"I'll take you to your apartment." He said and the two began to walk back inside. As they walked up to the front doors, there was the sound of laughing behind them. Eva turned slowly to see her favorite red head chasing Ari through the forming puddles. Ari let out a squeak as the red Turk grabbed her by the waist and hoisted her into the air. the two laughed and spun around in the rain. Eva and Tseng watched on as Ari wrapped her legs around Reno's waist and grabbed the side of his face, placing her lips forcefully of his. Eva could tell, even at a distance, that the kiss was hard enough to bruise and was full of nothing but teeth and tongue. Eva felt a bit disgusted at first and then sad that her position was being taken over by that red headed ass. She moved closer to Tseng and the older man looked down at the depressed girl then looked back at his two workers as they had gotten a bit more passionate with their kissing. He smiled lightly as leaned down to Eva and placed his lips gently on his favorite workers cheek as she watched her friend. Eva let out a startled noise as her body tensed and when Tseng's lips left her skin, she reached up and lightly brushed the spot that had just been occupied by the warmest and softest lips she had felt in her life, besides the ones that belong to her mother…or what she remembered of her. She turned slightly to her boss and watched as he smiled with warm eyes and opened the front door.

"you don't have to watch over me." said Eva as she shook her hair loose, sending water everywhere. Tseng smiled lightly and watched from the doorway as Eva combed her hair with her fingers.

"I know but…I would rather stay here." Tseng said softly and strode over to Eva, who was staring at him in disbelief. His smirk grew into a smile as he came face to face with Eva, then he lifted his hand and gently cupped her face. Eva let out a small breath and then nuzzled her face into the warm hand, like a cat seeking affection, and closed her eyes, basking in the warmth and scent of the older man's hand. Tseng's soft skin smelt of white orchids and coconut, and calmed Eva to no extent. Slowly, she could feel Tseng run his thumb over her bottom lip and while she opened her eyes, Eva flicked her tongue to graze over the pad of Tseng's digit. She swore she heard Tseng purr while she drew the digit into her mouth and began to nibble on the soft underside of his thumb. After a few seconds, Tseng withdrew his finger a slight bit and traced over Eva's lips with the now wet skin of his thumb, the rapidly growing fire in his body slowly causing his eyes to take on a smoldering look. He watched Eva as she lifted her hands up and undid the white elastic that kept his hair in a neat ponytail, and then she slowly brushed her fingers through the silky, raven black strands. Tseng felt his eyes start to close as the younger girl combed her fingers delicately through his hair, a small smile graced his features as he opened his eyes and leaned down, capturing Eva's mouth with his. Eva's eyes widened before she smiled against Tseng's lips and wrapped her arms around his neck, bringing her closer to the Wutainese man. It was a sweet rapture as Eva kissed Tseng back, both of their mouths pecking small kisses on each other. Every few kisses, Tseng's hands would lightly graze the wet cloth that clung to Eva's torso and her hands would reciprocate back and lightly tug at the collar of his suit. Finally, they pulled away from each other, their chests rising and falling to catch the breath that they had been holding. Eva glanced up at Tseng who looked down at her, his eyes two burning orbs that were filled with desire but also with a certain need to be gentle. Eva could tell that even though Tseng wanted to go further, he didn't want to push her to fast, and she appreciated that, more than the older man would know. The two stared into each other's eyes for a few moments, warm, chocolate brown searching deep into icy blue orbs and vice versa. Tseng could see the hurt and pain from Eva's past life in her eyes, which had usually remained cold and distant and he found himself wanting to take all the loneliness and suffering away from her. He knew how the fire of pain grew into an inferno of anguish and he wanted to stomp out the fire that had started in Eva. With that thought in mind, the Turk leaned down and hooked his arm behind Eva's knees, her soaked jeans dampening his suit as he proceeded to lift the, surprisingly, light bodied girl into his arms. Eva let out a squeak as she was lifted and threw her arms around Tseng' neck. When Tseng stood up, he felt Eva burry her face into the nook of his shoulder and he smiled lightly. Even though Eva was a fully grown woman, she had times were she acted like nothing more than a scared teenage girl. Slowly, he walked to her bedroom and placed the shivering girl down on the purple covered bed. She slowly looked up at him as he stood in front of her, his eyes watching her softly.

"Tseng, I…" Eva started but looked down at her feet, obviously embarrassed by something.

"we don't have to go any further than this. I won't force you to do anything against your own volition." He stated tenderly causing Eva's mouth to form a taut line across her face. Tseng could tell that she was having conflicting emotions, and he guessed she was stuck between choosing passion over protection. Eva had always been a girl that had walls upon walls built up to protect her true self and different personalities when it came to different people. Ari had been the only one to date to break down some of these walls, but Tseng was hoping that by showing his feeling for Eva, that he could demolish a few more. He smiled lightly before unbuttoning his jacket and slipping it off his lithe body and neatly put it on the chair that sat to his side. He watched Eva as her eyes looked over his body while his fingers busied themselves with the buttons on the white shirt he was wearing. Soon enough, the white shirt fell off of Tseng's torso and he put it to hang with his jacket. Eva looked at Tseng as he waited for her to move and, surely enough, Eva got up off the bed and stood in front of Tseng. Her eyes were much softer now and a faint smile adorned her face. She reached up on her toes and pressed her lips to Tseng's, showing the older man that she had made her choice. Tseng smiled as he kissed Eva back and gently hooked his fingers under the black shirt that she was wearing, his fingers brushing the lily white skin underneath. He could feel Eva suck in a breath as he gradually lifted the shirt over her head. Eva blushed madly as her torso was exposed and she fought the urge to cover herself up. Tseng smiled but noticed that Eva wasn't trying to cover up her front but trying to hide something on her back. Tseng had a faint inkling of what it might have been and unhurriedly, he spun Eva around and looked at the two folded black wings that rested against her skin. The ends were tucked into the top of her pants but were slowly starting to come out. Tseng could visibly see Eva shaking and he felt his chest tighten. Little by little, he lifted his hands and placed them on Eva's quivering shoulders. Her skin was cold against his, cold and damp as he lovingly trailed his hands over her shoulder blades, feeling the muscles tense as his fingers made their way closer and closer to where the two gossamer black wings connected to her back. Eva let out a whimper as Tseng touched her most shamed fault. He softly hushed her and coaxed her into stretching out the left wing. His eyes mapped over the impressively large wing and his fingers delicately touched the smooth black feathers.

"they're beautiful…" Tseng mumbled and Eva stopped shaking. She looked back over her shoulder at Tseng who was still admiring her wing, "truly a work of art, like something out of a dream." He said and then glanced at Eva with his head still turned to the wing. " ever since I was little I dreamed of having wings." He stated softly, blushing at the naivety of his childhood. Eva looked away.

"wings are for monsters." She said quietly and it caused Tseng to chuckle.

"I would have to disagree with you," he said and Eva gave him a questioning look, "Cissnei once said that wings symbolize freedom." He said softly and then wrapped his arms around Eva's waist, bringing their skin flush together. He leaned down so that his mouth was next to her ear, "freedom for those who have none." He whispered and Eva's eyes widened before she smiled sadly.

"Freedom is the one thing that we don't have enough of in this world." She muttered quietly before curling her wings up again and turned to face Tseng who had let out a small sigh.

"not in this company, no." he agreed and cupped Eva's face again. Eva closed her eyes with a soft smile and then leaned forward to rest her head on Tseng's chest. She listened as the dull thud of Tseng's heart sounded in her ears, calming her racing a heart a bit. It was just like Tseng to remain calm when the people around him were in a near panicked frenzy. Softly, she could feel Tseng's hands ride up and down her back. She looked up at him and placed another kiss on his lips, hoping it would cause the fire in him to kindle and grow. Her hopes were right as she felt Tseng kiss her back forcefully, his tongue slipping past her lips and fighting with hers. The two wet muscles fought for dominance but Eva's was quickly over come, but that was fine to her; she didn't put up much of a fight anyway. Eva basked in the sensation of Tseng's lips on hers and his hands gracing over her skin, tracing small and intricate circles across her skin with his fingertips. Her back was attacked with constant tiny shivers as Tseng's fingertips found all the places that made the hairs on her body raise. She could feel Tseng's mouth twitch as he tilted his head slightly to the left, forcing hers to the right, deepening their kiss. Their kiss wasn't anything like what Ari and Reno had; it was deeper, more bonding whereas Reno and Ari's was more passionate and lustful. Considering the closed off and detached personalities that Eva and Tseng shared, their kiss was more like a way to better understand each other; there wasn't anything sexual about it. Eva lifted her hands up and laid them flat against Tseng's stomach, feeling the iron like muscles move underneath as he breathed. She began to move her hands slowly upwards and stopped as she noticed that Tseng was copying her with his hands on her body. Shyly, she looked down while still kissing Tseng and seen that both of their hands had stopped right on each other's ribs, hers being below Tseng's pectoral muscles and Tseng's hands being below her breasts. There was a sudden rising panic inside Eva that was slowly smothered by the overwhelming need to move her hands up more, knowing that Tseng would mimic the movements of her hands. Leisurely, Eva moved her hands up bit by bit, trembling as she felt Tseng's hands move again as well. Something inside her was relieved as Tseng's hands had finally made their way to fully grope her breasts.

"Are you ok with this?" Tseng asked quietly as he pulled away from Eva, feeling her heart racing beneath her skin. Eva bit her lip and grinned up at Tseng as the playful side in her came out. She reached up and pecked Tseng on the lips as her hand slipped south and lightly fondled the growing bulge in Tseng's black suit pants. The older man let out a small moan and closed his eyes as Eva's finger danced over the fabric that concealed his hardness that ached for her and her touch. Tseng smiled down at her and tightened his grip on her breasts lightly, wanting to get a bit of revenge. Eva let out a gasp and her eyes rolled back as Tseng's hands opened and closed slowly and softly around the two mounds on her chest.

"I didn't know you had a playful side, Tseng." She whispered softly as she rested her head on his shoulder and licked a small trail from his collarbone up to his ear.

"I used to have one in my old life." he whispered back and nibbled lightly on Eva's shoulder. he smiled against her skin as her fingers began to toy with the zipper to his pants. For some reason, it was like she abandoned her protective nature and adopted a more playful and shameless demeanor as her one hand still lingered over his zipper while the other caressed his hair again. Gradually, Tseng could feel his pants become less and less strained as Eva slid his zipper down and undid the button of his pants. He let out a small sigh as some of the pressure against his hardened member was released a bit, but was still confined by the black boxers he wore, and he looked down as Eva slowly slid down his body until she kneeled in front of him, her breath cascading over the black boxers that were resting tightly on his hips. She glared teasingly up at him from under her lashes while her fingertips crept under the waistband of his boxers and slipped the thin material, along with his pants, down to his ankles. Tseng's eyes nearly closed in relief as all the pressure was taken off of his arousal as it was freed from its confinement. Tseng waited a bit nervously as he stood in front of Eva, his member standing as well. The young recruit looked at what was in front of her, then with a lick of her lips, she kissed the head; chastely and softly. Her slow teasing was enough to drive Tseng insane as she let the tip of her tongue ride smoothly across the skin of the head before circling her way downward to the underside of his shaft. Eva pressed the full length of her tongue against the large vein situated along the bottom of Tseng's arousal, then moved forward so that her tongue could run along the base of the large appendage where it connected with the skin of Tseng's pelvic area. The man above her was now letting out soft moans and grunts as she took him deeper into her mouth, his warm brown eyes closing and his soft lips parted to let out the heavy gasps of air.

"Eva. Enough." Tseng said as he stepped away from her. Eva looked up in shock. Had she done something wrong? Tseng smiled down at her while stepping out of the heap of cloth that was pooled around his feet and lifted Eva until she was standing. Slowly, he leaned down and kissed her again, then gave her a little shove so that she was sent backwards to sprawl out across the dark purple covers of her bed. She watched Tseng from propped elbows as the lithe man began to crawl on top of her, their eye contact never breaking. As Tseng positioned himself over top of her, he noticed that she was faintly trembling. His chest tightened again and he lifted his hand to cup her cheek. Eva looked at him and gave a half hearted smile before wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him forcefully on the lips. Eva wanted nothing more than to stay in this moment for the rest of her life, it was like a dream, a fairytale; it was like heaven. As their tongues swirled together again, Tseng's hands coasted down Eva's sides until her reached the top of her jeans. His fingers moved deftly over the course fabric, undoing the button and pulling the zipper down, and he slowly shimmied her jeans down to her ankles where they were kicked off and flung haphazardly to the other side of the room. Eva broke away from Tseng and pulled him closer as his hands returned to her breasts, continuing their slow torture. He rubbed his thumbs flatly over her piqued nipples as he kissed and bit her neck, his teeth seeking to mark her as his own. Eva moaned at the overwhelming feeling of Tseng's slow paced torture. She could feel herself getting aroused with every second of his playful teasing and it was driving her crazy. She sighed in disappointment as Tseng's one hand abandoned her left breast and traveled south. Eva sucked in a quick breath as she felt Tseng's hand ghost over her heated flesh and she longed for that hand to bury itself inside her. As if he read her mind, Tseng smiled lightly as he pressed his first finger against Eva's scorching folds and he found himself craving to her Eva moan as she repeatedly whispered his name with every small movement his fingers made. The way her chest rose and fell along with her face plastered with ecstasy made Tseng wild and he could more of his blood rush south to his rising member. The older Turk buried his face in the side of Eva's neck and attacked her soft skin with kisses and bites while his fingers worked their way into a thrusting frenzy. Eva became a moaning mess as her superior began to pump his fingers faster, driving her closer and closer to the edge. She could feel a slow burning sensation coil up in her stomach while her thighs began to shake. Tseng could feel as Eva's breath became ragged as she gripped the sheets of her bed tighter and tighter.

"Tseng…" she panted, "I'm gonna…" Eva mumbled but stopped, her words getting caught in her throat as the tight coil in her stomach finally sprung loose, setting her body on fire and causing her to throw her head back in pleasure. Tseng waited patiently with his teeth still nibbling at Eva's neck as she used his fingers to ride out her orgasm. Soon her body began to relax and her arched back fell on to the sheets once again. Her breath came out in long gasps as her hands slowly reached up to wrap around Tseng's neck. after a few moments of embracing, Tseng leisurely reared up on to his knees and held Eva's gaze with his own as he proceeded to lick away the cooling liquid from his fingers. Eva's eyes widened as her face became a bright red and she turned her face away from Tseng who smiled and leaned down to Eva once again. His large hand came up and turned Eva's face towards him. He glanced over her blushing face, bit his bottom lip then captured Eva's parted lips with his. As the two Turks basked in their sweet embrace, a quiet ringing came from the pocket of Tseng's jacket. Immediately, the superior Turk bolted upright and reached over the retrieve a small silver cellphone from his jacket.

"This is Tseng." He said calmly. There was a brief silence before Tseng's eyes closed and he nodded, "understood." He said and flipped the phone shut. Eva looked at him longingly but knew exactly what the phone call meant.

"The President?" she asked breathlessly and Tseng nodded with a quick sigh. Eva let out a small groan of disappointment as the warmth from Tseng disappeared as he rose from the bed and proceeded to redress himself. Eva sat up and watched as Tseng slipped his jacket over his slender shoulders. He turned slowly as walked to the side of Eva's bed. He ran his fingers over the side of her face and planted a chaste kiss on her forehead.

"I'm sorry." he whispered as he pulled away and looked in Eva's eyes. She smiled in an understanding way and shrugged.

"I guess you'll have to take a rain check for your repayment." She joked and Tseng closed his eyes and smirked.

"I guess so," he said and stood up straight with a concerned look to the younger Turk, " now get some rest." He said and quickly left Eva's apartment. Eva sighed as she flopped back on her bed. 'Leave it to President ShinRa to interrupt something important' she thought to herself, but Tseng was right; her body was exhausted and needed rest even though her mind was racing with vivid and happy images of what just happened. She shook her head with a smile before crawling under her covers and switching off the light.