Nothing Will Ever Change That
Chapter 84: Bet Me!
A/N- This chapter was proof-read by Frost-Eva-00, thanks for the help!
A/A/N- This is now my favorite chapter! I can't really say much, but what I can say is that it is – in my opinion – the best chapter I've ever written, whether it be in this fic or my other one. Thanks to supersniper, Asuka Langley Souryu, Rockgirlie05, and slipknot66-6 for some of the inspiration.
Asuka's Room – That Night
"Awww… you're tired, huh? Here," Asuka set Dietlinde back in her crib, where she fell asleep almost instantly. We came home late due to Asuka not using a turn-signal… that was stupid… it was nine at night and WAY past the normal bed-time for Dietlinde.
"I'm tired too…" she turns and looks at me.
"So? Go to bed," I smile back at her.
"Can you put me to bed?" she throws one of Dietlinde's bottles at me as she sarcastically smiles, "Couldn't hurt to ask, right?"
"Actually, it could." She walks over to the bathroom, "Hey, I was thinking," the shower turns on, "we haven't gotten any time alone in awhile. You wanna do something?" no… way… the only thought that crossed my mind was 'Don't screw this up!'
"Sure!" damnit… "I-I mean, sure, if you want to. What, do you just want to see movie or something?" real smooth…
"Yeah I guess. Not outside though, what that guy said creeped me out. Let's just rent one," truthfully, I didn't want to be out there either, "I know! Gahiji has a game system, right? We could get a game too! I bet you I could stomp you in any game!" just like her. Might as well play along
"You're on! What will you be betting, Miss Souryu?" a long pause.
"How about a kiss? If you win, you get a real kiss from me, and I will be serious about it. But if I win you have to be my personal slave for the day!" either one sounded good to me…
"Are you serious? I'll take that bet!" she laughs a little.
"I knew you would… we'll get all the stuff tomorrow. You pick the movie, and I'll pick the game. We'll also grab some snacks. This actually sounds fun!" it did, actually; just some time alone with Asuka, no emotional bonds – as of now – no stress, just some relaxation time with her. I like that.
"Yeah, it does." I just realized something… how the hell was I going to hold the controller? "Asuka… can we just use DDR pads?" now that, I knew would be a challenge for both of us!
"Why? We spent a month doing that, aren't you bored with- oh shit… sorry… yeah…" I could just see her blushing up a storm right now!
"Now THAT will be a challenge!" she laughs a little. It was true; we both knew our way around the DDR pad.
"Yeah…" she still sounded upset, so I changed the subject.
"How will we get Gahiji's system?" he was addicted to that thing, it wouldn't be easy…
"Just leave that to me," she turns off the shower and walks out of the bathroom only wearing a towel, "I have my ways…" she puts a hand on her hip and the other on her head, showing off her body. Maybe this would be easy…
"You sure know how to get what you want, don't you?" I knew that to be true first hand, "Just don't give him a heart attack, okay?" she laughs into the air.
"I could if I wanted to, huh? Actually, let me go get it right now," she starts to walk out of the room.
"Asuka, you're going like that! Don't you think that's a little much?" it was more of a personal issue. Only I've seen that much – and more – and I wanted it to be left that way.
"Well yeah! Have you seen him with that thing? I'll need all I can get!" with that, she shut the door. Within a few minutes, she walked back in holding the system, "Too easy. He took one look at me and practically handed it over. I thought I was going to have to at least seduce him a little. Typical thirteen year old!" she handed me the console and went to go get dressed.
"Not bad, I have to admiiiiIIIT!" she started to get dressed in front of me! She turned around and saw me staring.
"Turn around!" she throws a shoe at me and I whip around.
"Sorry!" it was her fault! She's the one that started to de-robe in front of me! I guess that it was all about habit. Up until the past few days, we were just fine with nudity in front of each other.
"Damn… you can look now… form now on, just turn around when I get to my closet, okay?" I turn around and see her in a loose fitting shirt that went down to her knees.
"Okay… sorry…" she goes over and lies down in her bed while I plop onto the sofa. Nothing more was said, she just flipped off the light and goes to sleep. She left me awake and thinking about tomorrow. I was excited out of my mind about it; this was my chance to finally get back together with her… I had to win that bet. It wasn't even about the bet, but it would help… plus, I haven't kissed her in awhile…
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Next Morning – 8:00 AM
For once, I woke up before Asuka. I took the time to get into the shower it was – after all – what always made me late. I let the warm water wash away any thoughts I may have had, I just relaxed. I heard nothing but the water beating against the tile. I didn't even wash; I just stood there for a good ten minutes. I look down at the shower curtain and rip it open. I turn off the water and get dressed, then walk into the room to see a fully dressed Asuka.
"Oh, you're up," she looks over at me with a smile. Not just a normal smile though, it was one that actually made me warm, it made me calmer just to see her like that. Her eyes had a different shimmer in them… what was this? "What's got you in a good mood?"
"Nothing…" she said in a singing voice. She starts to walk over to the door, "You comin'?" to my dismay; she grabs my keys off the table.
"Y-Yeah…" she turns and looks at me with a wicked smile.
"What, you afraid of my driving? Fine, you drive," she tosses the keys at me. Yes!
"Okay, thanks," actually, I was afraid of her driving. Gendo probably knew what would happen if she got a sports car, so he gave her a van… that man might just have had some wisdom. We walk out to the car together and climb in, and then I remember something… "Crap! We left Dietlinde!" she laughed a little.
"I was waiting for you to say that! Akagi has her. You should have seen your face!" I roll my eyes and start the car, "Oh come on! Have a sense of humor!" I found nothing funny about that.
"Okay… how about this…" time for payback, "When you went to go see Gahiji, more was showing then you thought!" that was a lie, but she took it seriously.
"Are you serious? Crap! No wonder it was so easy!" I just laugh, "Asshole…" she had it coming!
"Sorry… but it was pretty funny…" I drive off, "Anyway, do you know of any good places to rent movies? I only know of a few," she shook her head.
"Nope, just go to the one that you know about," that's the thing, I didn't know too much about any of them. I basically just flipped a coin in my head and went to one of them. Unfortunately, it was the oldest one in the city. I didn't tell her that though…
"Okay, we're here," we get out of the car and walk inside. We both let out a small cough as we enter the smoke filled room, "Damn… what the hell?" It was fire smoke… more like…
"Hey man! Welcome to the party! Oh… it's only a couple of kids… grab somthin' and get out!" friggen junkie. He had a joint in hand with two other guys hitting off the same one.
"Talk about friendly service…" Asuka muttered something as we went into the movie aisle. "Okay, remember, you pick the movie and I pick the game," with a wave, she walked off. As I look at the selection, I see that every single one of them is at least ten years old: Flight Plan, Red Eye, Red Water, Doom, nothing that looks like either of us would like… then fate smiled down on me. I pick up one movie that Toji was talking about awhile back… this'll do fine…
A/N- I don't own nothing…
"Hey Asuka, you got the game yet?" she walks out of the games with two DDR pads in hand, "I'll take that as a yes," I grab one of them from her.
"What do you have there?" I hide the movie from her.
"It's a surprise… just wait…" she smirks in my direction… I hated that.
"What is it, huh?" she tried to look around me to see it, but I slip it under my shirt, "Fine… I'll know soon enough…" we go up to the counter to pay, and all three of them were laughing.
"Oh…oh! Okay, that'll be… what does the price tag say?" man, this guy was higher than a plane.
"Uh… we already paid…" I look over at Asuka smiling. She was about to get us a free movie and game! "Yeah, we paid awhile ago…" he looks at her confused, "Oh my God! Is that your van burning outside!" the guy leaps up.
"No! I told him not to smoke in it! One hundred kilos, man!" he runs outside, and so do we.
"You sneaky liar…" I drive off fairly quickly. The guy was still hovering around his van when I did! "You just lied to get about ten dollars, you know that, right?" she smiles back at me.
"You were going to pay, not me. I just helped you! Be grateful Thir…" she stopped. I knew what she was about to say… out relationship really had died… "S-Stop by a gas station… we need some food for today…" she stared out the window as I did, "I'll be right back," she gets out of the car and walks in alone. A few minutes later she walks back out with a bag full of junk food.
"Did you get what you wanted?" she plants a fake smile on.
"Yeah…" okay, before this ruined the day, I had to fix it.
"Look, forget about it. I really don't care. Don't let this ruin the day," she looked back up at me with a real smile this time, "There ya go. I'm used to it, hell; it WAS my name for a good year." She actually chuckled!
"You know, I'm going to whop you on the game…" there was my Asuka!
"We'll see…"
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Asuka's Room – 7:30 PM
"Asuka… I can't… keep this up…" we put in the game right after we came home, and it had been a perfect tie the whole time. We ended up just putting it on freestyle mode so we didn't have to stop. The scores raised in perfect sync. By now, we were both drenched in sweat.
"What… are you… afraid to… beat me?" after the first hour, we just decided to set a rule; the first one to mess up loses, "Just… try it…" while still keeping up pace, she reached down and presses a button on both of our pads.
"Difficulty: Insane" popped up on the screen.
"You're kidding me!" I yell as twenty moves popped up on the screen. I could barely keep up! She was struggling too.
"Okay… maybe that was a mistake…" do ya think! We wouldn't last much longer, at least, I wouldn't. A few minutes and two thousand moves later, I'm done. One came up where you had to hit four of the pads at once, and I was out.
"Okay! You win! Just… let me rest…" I lie on my back and look over at her doing the same. We were both breathing hard as ever, and we just stayed like that for five minutes, then she gets up.
"I'm going to take a shower… you need it too…" she closes the door and I hear the shower start. I slug up and sit down on the sofa… and realize that it wasn't facing the TV… crap… I force myself up and painfully push the sofa over to the TV. I really wish I would have done that earlier. Just then, Asuka walks out with a towel on, "Okay, you're up. I can smell you from over here!" I look up at her smiling. With dragging feet a get into the shower… no hot water…
"Ah crap!" great, now I had to wash in this! I quickly get clean and jump out of the shower. After getting dressed I walk out to see Asuka picking up the movie and reading the front…
"H-Hostel…?" her eyes went wide.
"What? You don't like horror?" She looked up at me and regained her composure.
"O-Of course I do!" a long pause, "You put it in…" with a smile, I take the movie from her and put it in. I really did think that she liked horror, she just seems like she would. She sat down behind me as I got it ready… on purpose; I turn the volume WAY up. When I press play, a picture of a guy with a chainsaw pops up. She nearly jumped out of her skin! I walk over to the lights and turn them off… can't watch a movie with lights on, can you? I sit down on her left as she stared at the screen.
"It's only a movie…" she just sat there wide eyed. Not much happened in the movie, just people getting tortured. There was a part when a drill went down through a guy's jaw that made Asuka literally scream! She latched onto my right arm and held on tight as if her life depended on it.
"Please… don't do this…" A guy strapped to a chair was begging for his life as the door closed, leaving him in a pitch black room. Then the sound of a drill roars to life and he screams. She squeezes my arm harder as she stares at the screen.
"You took on angels and sins, yet you're scared of this?" actually, I was scared too, but I didn't show it.
"This is different!" a picture of a guys hand being crushed is shown, "Holy shit!" bones crack and she hides her face in my shoulder. Now she just listened to the movie. Soon, the credits began to roll.
"You can look now, it's over," she raises her head and looks at the credits.
"Thank God…" she still held onto my arm tightly. She looked down at my arm and slowly took hers away; "Sorry…" she said as she blushed a little.
"Don't worry about it," I get up and stretch my arms, "I'll go get Dietlinde, it's getting late." I start to walk out of the room and she follows me, "You don't have to come, I'll be right-"
"I want to…" she was scared out of her mind!
"Okay, if you want to," we walk out of the room and into Akagi's office.
"Oh, you're back. Dietlinde's already asleep, so keep it quiet," she handed me my child, "Asuka? Are you okay? You look like you've seen a ghost," we start to walk out of the room.
"Shut up!" she was the last person I would think that would be afraid of a movie. We walk back to her room and set Dietlinde in her crib. She never woke up the whole time, "Now… for our bet… you're my slave for the rest of the night!" crap… I forgot about that.
"Um… okay…" she put her smile back on, "What do I do?" might as well get this over with.
"My neck is stiff… rub my shoulders," sounded easy enough. She lay down on her bed face down. It's not like I haven't done this before, this wasn't actually bad. I begin to follow her order as she closed her eyes, "Not bad…" that was all that was said for while, the she sits up, "Okay, that's good for now…" I look over at the clock… it was already eleven! Were we like that for that long? No way!
"It's getting late… we should go to bed," with a smile, she lays back down.
"Fine… you got off easy," I walk over and turn the light back off, "Good night…" I lay back down on the sofa and just as I was about to fall asleep, she begins to talk to me, "You're still under the bet, right?" a long pause, "Come here," I slug out of the sofa and walk to her bedside.
"Yeah?" only a small amount of light came through the window and shone onto her head. She looked up at me with almost begging eyes.
"Sleep in my bed… please? That damn movie creeped me out…" score!
"Uh… are you sure?" she nods and invites me in. I climb in and lay down facing her.
"Thanks…" she whispers with a smile. She just stayed there staring into my eyes for a few minutes. At this point, there was no way I was getting to sleep.
"Have I ever told you that I love your eyes?" she smiles a little, "Seriously, they're just so full of emotion. Not many people have that as strong as you do."
"You're still my slave for the night… right?" that was random. I knew she was about to ask me for something else, probably another back rub… but I wouldn't mind that at all.
"Yeah, I guess. Why? You need something?" she smiles wide.
"Yeah…" she puts an arm around me, "actually I do," another long, awkward pause, "kiss me…" was she serious? Did she really want me to kiss her? She leans in and pulls me close with her arm. Our faces were only about an inch apart, "kiss me…" she says one more time before leaning into me. Our lips met… just like before. I put and arm around her and close my eyes. I might as well enjoy this while it lasts. She pulled back and looked at me, "now… kiss me for real…" this was a dream, it had to be! She once again leaned in and kissed me, only this time, she opened her mouth. This was a dream… and I hope I never wake up. We lay next to each other kissing like this for a good ten minutes, and I enjoyed every second of it. I haven't been this close to her in so long… too long. She pulled back on last time and looked into my eyes.
"God I missed that…" she smiles at what I said.
"Actually, so did I…" were we back together now? I doubt that she wanted to get married yet, but were we dating again? "Shinji… I want to be with you again… I don't care about being cautious with you; I know that it won't happen again… I know you won't hurt me again…" another long pause, then she raises her left hand to my face, "I want to wear that ring again…" my eyes shoot wide open.
"Are you serious!" she nods with a smile.
"Yeah… Shinji Ikari… I want to marry you…" I couldn't believe what I was hearing! I swear, if this was a joke, I would literally cry. With a shaky hand, I reach into my pocket and pull out the ring. I slide it onto her finger with a smile.
"Thank you…" that was all that came to mind, even though it was a stupid thing to say, it seemed to fit. She leaned over and whispered in my ear.
"Shinji… I want you…" to what?
"Huh?" what was she talking abo- holy crap! She had a seductive smile on as she wrapped her leg around my waist.
"You heard me… I want you… tonight…" this had to be a dream! Things were too perfect! She leaned over and whispered in my ear, "Like I said… we've been apart for too long…" she playfully nibbled at my earlobe.
"Asuka… are you serious?" she leaned back and looked at me.
"I'm far from joking right now…" she pulled me into yet another deep kiss.
A/N- Okay, at first, they were just supposed to get back together, but I decided against it. Are you happy with the relationship? Did you want them to get back together? It doesn't matter if you like it or not… because they are NOT going to split up again. I can't really come up with any teasing questions, so read the next chapter; Two Weeks, until then, keep on keepin' on!