Nothing Will Ever Change That
Chapter 66: A Single Gift
A/N- With this chapter, I break 100,000 words! Thanks for sticking with me this far, I appreciate it. I hope you like this chapter; I know I enjoyed writing it! Now on with the story!
Mall – 3:00 PM – Same Day
I was in the shopping mall getting Asuka her 'necessities'. I have been outside of Victoria Secret for about ten minutes now, just contemplating how exactly I'm going to ask for it. I knew I was going to need help finding it – I wasn't exactly experienced in finding bras – so I had to think on what I was going to say… or not.
"Ah screw it!" with a sudden burst of courage, I walk inside.
"Uh… may I help you young man?" I see a woman walk up to me with a sarcastic look on her face, "Or are you just in here to drool at the pictures?"
"I… uh… I need a… look, before I make myself look even stupider, I am not some kind of pervert. What I'm getting is for my fiancé," did I just say that? It just hit me… Asuka was my fiancé!
"Okay, so you're looking for something a little sexy?" I swear, my face felt like it was on fire.
"No! I… I just need a… bra…" God this was embarrassing!
"Okay, sure, what size? We got A small and large, B small and large, C small and large, and D," she sure knew her stuff, huh?
"C… large…" she laughed a little.
"Okay, one more thing, what color?" was she trying to torture me! How the hell was I supposed to know!
"I really don't know… white?" I just said the first thing that came to mind. With that, she walks off to get it. I was left in this store by myself… and I was sixteen… no, that didn't look odd at all. While I waited for her to come back, a certain silk 'dress' caught my eye. It was a tiny black night-dress which ended at the mid-thigh. It also had spaghetti straps and a low-cut V collar.
"Okay, I'm back… you want that too?" the woman stood there with the bra in her hands and looking at me. Actually, I was thinking of getting it. Why not?
"Yeah, thanks," with a small chuckle, she takes one of the night-dresses off of the shelf after getting Asuka's size. She walked over to the cash register and rang me up.
"Okay, that'll be 4000 Yen," Damn! That much? Hey, as long as I got out of here as soon as possible, I was fine. After giving her the money, I basically run out of the store. Now I had to make my way through the mall with my purchase in hand… crap. Needless to say I got more then a few stares. When I finally get to my car, I shove the items under my seat and rush off.
"Asuka, you'd better be right about the size!" I yell into the air as I drive. By the time I get to Asuka's room, my blush has subsided and I was back to normal… well… as normal as I can get.
"Oh, you're back. Did you get it?" I nod as I hold the bag behind my back, "Well then let me have it!"
"Okay, here's the bra, but I also got you something else…" I hand her the bag, "hope you like it," she opens the bag and gasps.
"You… bought this?" she took out the silk dress and held it up, "Not bad… you have good taste… wanna see it?" hello!
"But… Dietlinde… we can't do anything in front of her," she waves a hand in the air.
"I could get Akagi to watch her for awhile tonight. So we have a date?" I guess we could use some relaxation time. A few hours with just me and Asuka, that sounded pretty nice.
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Shinji's Room – 8:00 PM
I was in my room getting ready for our time together tonight. I really didn't have much to do other then shower and shave. Now I just had to wait for Asuka's phone call. Just then, my phone began to ring; speak of the devil! I answer and she doesn't even give me a chance to say hello.
"Shin… ji!" she sang into the phone, "Come on in to see a surprise…" then she hung up. I literally went running out of my room and to hers, but of course I knock first. "Come in!" slowly I open the door to see a dimly lit room with candles here and there. The room had the sweet aroma of flowers, but it wasn't too strong or too weak, so it made quite the impression. My eyes eventually make their way to her bed, where I saw that she was wearing the dress and was laying on her side with an arm loosely draped on her body. The silk hugged her perfectly, and the sheen was beautiful. it was definitely worth the money! "You like?"
"Yeah, I do…" she invites me over by patting on the bed.
"Well come on then, you know I hate to be teased," SHE hated to be teased? Who was the one wearing the sexy silk dress right now? Like I was complaining! I slowly walk over to the bed and crawled in. Just like when we were on vacation, she positioned herself over me and began to softly kiss me, eventually making her way up into a full passionate embrace. When she pulled back, I spoke up.
"You sure like to be in control, huh?" she chuckled a little as she swung her hair out of the way.
"Yeah, I do… why do you ask?" like she didn't know.
"Well, for one, you always are the one to start these things. And two… you're always on top…" a little awkward, but true.
"Aw, is my little Shinji feeling defenseless? It doesn't matter anyway," something was coming, and I didn't like it, "we can't have sex anytime soon. Ritsuko told me I couldn't. Now, where were we?" that wasn't at all what I was getting at, I was just curious to know why she did this. Asuka leaned back in for another long kiss. It was then that I realized something… she thought I was aiming for sex! I pull back – not an easy task seeing as I had my head on a pillowless bed – and rephrase my statement.
"Whoa, hold on! I bought you this just as a gift; I wasn't trying to get anything in return! Sorry if it came across that way, I didn't mean to…" she put a finger on my mouth.
"I was kidding! And another thing, stop saying sorry in situations like this, I really hate it," with that, she leaned in again and embraced me. This position lasted for what seemed like hours... that is until a knocking came at the door. "Coming!" She crawls off of me and walks to the door.
"Whoa! Asuka, you can't answer the door like that!" I grab her wrist. What if it was Gendo or Akagi? They would kill us!
"Why? I don't care what they think!" she yanks her arm away and walks to the door. I'm so screwed! She opens it to reveal Gahiji… perfect. I'd rather it be an angel then him!
"A-Asuka...? You're…" I swear, he began to drool at this point.
"Hey! Quit staring at her!" I leap out of bed and chase him down. Truthfully, I didn't like him at all. I always see him gawking at Asuka even though he knows damn well we are engaged.
"Whoa! Calm dow- ah crap!" he jetted to his room when he saw me chasing after him.
"Asshole!" Asuka yells at him as he turns the corner, "Once again, you were right Shinji… now, let's get back in bed, huh?"
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Half An Hour Later
For about twenty minutes now, we've just been laying back relaxing. Asuka had her head resting on my chest, rhythmically rocking up and down with each of my breaths, and with a leg around mine. One of my arms was resting on her bare shoulder while the other loosely hung off the side of the king sized bed. All of the candles have burnt out, leaving the room pitch black aside from a small stream of light gleaming from the small crack at the bottom of the door. In the past couple of months we have become so familiar with each other's bodies that it didn't affect how we acted to this envelope of darkness. Even in this darkness, I was still able to recognize every sound made. A soft sigh here, a cracking bone there, I knew my surroundings perfectly. Her beautiful red hair draped loosely on my chest and neck, giving me more then a small smell of her fruit shampoo. Even after giving birth and taking care of Dietlinde for the whole day, she still managed to find time to work on her body. Not a single feature was out of place; even minute details such as giving her skin an ample amount of lotion to soften it to the point of it feeling like silk were taken care of. I could honestly say that I wasn't able to find a single feature unappealing. Many women take care of their bodies by dieting, surgeries, even to go as far as to paying hundreds of thousands of Yen on a dress that will only be worn once. Asuka was different though, she was able to make an outfit look just as good for an amount of money that would be considered chump-change – not to say she didn't like to splurge now and then. She just had the body for it; the constant training sessions for our Evas had shaped her body perfectly muscular wise.
While lying there, we both had tried to start a conversation, but they were soon shot down simply out of being tired. I could have easily gone to sleep right then; with the combined forces of feeling her near me, the black room and her breath on my chest were like tranquilizers. Truthfully, being in this position was ten times better then simply making out. I always did like to relax with people, but that normally meant dealing with having to speak on trivial matters. This was nice, the quiet, the serenity, the unknowing of it all. Apparently, she felt the same. A soft, cute snoring was escaping from her. I wanted nothing more then to just close my eyes and join her in that heaven. I knew that Gendo had an eye on her room, so I couldn't spend the night, and plus, we – or rather, I – had to pick up Dietlinde pretty soon. Neither of us wanted to go though; I was just fine with sharing the warmth of her body and I'm sure she felt the same. I had to go get Dietlinde though, it was getting late. I grab a pillow and as I slide out of the bed, I slide the pillow under her head, not wanting to wake her up. I slowly creep over to the door and slide out. I walk towards Ritsuko's office, where she said she would be until late. I knock on the door and was met with a reply.
"Come in!" I open the door to see Akagi buried neck deep in papers with Dietlinde's crib next to her desk, "Oh, hey Shinji, how'd you like your time alone with Asuka? I take it that it went well, huh?" I instantly knew what she was talking about. Please tell me Asuka didn't wear lipstick!
"Um… yeah…" I rub my lips and feel nothing there. Then I look down to see my shirt wrinkled all to hell. I guess that was proof enough of what went on, "Look before you say anything we didn't have…" she cut me off.
"Oh, don't worry, I know you didn't. Asuka wouldn't have been physically able to. So you guys just kissed for awhile, it doesn't matter. That's normal for kids your age," right then, I realized that talking about this with her wasn't embarrassing at all. In a weak sense, I guess I was starting to see her as a guardian, "You here to pick up Dietlinde? I think she's asleep right now, but the crib has wheels, you can just roll her out." I look into the crib to see Dietlinde snuggling up to the bear we had gotten for her. She was apparently asleep, so I say my goodbyes with a wave and roll her out of the room. The small metal wheels had absolutely no shocks, so ever bump rattled the crib. I tried to walk slow as I could, but she eventually woke up. Instead of crying like most babies would, she just relaxed and looked up at me as I walked.
"We're almost there, you can go back to sleep soon," I whisper into her crib. As if to answer, she shut her eyes. When I got back into Asuka's room, I saw that it was still pitch black, and she was still on the pillow. Before I close the door, I put the crib in place. When I shut the door again, darkness once again enveloped the room. I felt my way over to the bed and slid Asuka's head back onto my chest. Akagi said herself that nothing could happen, so what could Gendo do? Once again, she swings her leg around mine. Now I was actually able to go to sleep without worry. I put an arm on hers and close my eyes. This was truly heaven for me; Asuka laying on me, Dietlinde on the other side of the room, and the pure darkness made this moment one that I will never forget.
A/N- There you go! I know that it was a filler, but I like it all the same. Not much to say about this chapter, but the next one will be pretty good. Will Gendo get mad at them? What would he do? Find out in the next chapter; First Day, until then, keep on keepin' on!