Nothing Will Ever Change That
Chapter 87: He's Back
A/N- This chapter was proof-read by Frost-Eva-04. Thanks for the help man!
A/A/N- I read some pretty interesting theories. I really thought that people would know right away, but apparently I was wrong. I'll tell you that I don't think I actually said his/her name in this chapter, but you'll catch on.
Same Place
"You can thank me later Shinji!" I look back up to see the guy with a beard holding a gun, aiming down at him, "By the way, congrats on finally getting married to Asuka! It took you long enough!" that voice… I know that voice…
"Don't you ever scare me like that again!" Asuka walks up to my side and slaps me in the shoulder, "You could have been killed!"
"I'm fine, aren't I?" I look over and see Akagi walking over too us with a panicked look face. I look back up to him… I know him…
"And who the hell are you!" now she was in the guy's face.
"Asuka… you look beautiful…" she gave him a weird look, "Your child looks exactly like you, should have seen that coming, no?" she still looked at him weird, "Oh come on! Are you going to tell me you forgot about me already?" her eyes went wide as he spoke German to her. I knew it… "There ya go, we'll talk later. For now, how about you and Shinji get going, huh? I doubt you want to stick around here, am I right?" he gave her a wide smile. What the hell were they talking about?
"Okay… uh… I hate to say this, but we have to evacuate the beach… sorry…" another man came over the speakers. People start to uneasily go to their cars and drive off, eventually leaving me, Asuka and Akagi… that man disappeared among the scramble.
"Y-You kids ready to go home?" she had reason to be uneasy. With a nod, we head to her car and drive off to NERV. Sam promised to take care of Dietlinde through the night, so we were alone… finally. The car ride was silent aside from a few smiles between me and Asuka. By the time we reached the NERV gates, our fingers were laced. We damn near run to her room, knowing of the feast that awaits us. She opens the door and shows exactly what I wanted it to show; two steaks, two salads and a wine bottle… what? We were old enough to drink! The room was lit by the small amount of light coming through the curtains and two candelabras on the table.
"Wow… not bad…" I pull out her chair and let her sit down, "You really out did yourself Mr. Ikari!" I didn't do it, I just bought it.
"Thanks," might as well take credit if she's handing it out! As we started to eat, I kept on glancing at her left hand, and the ring. We were finally married… after all this time, we're married. It was as if I had gotten a hunk of diamond, but didn't know what to do with it. What were we supposed to do now? Seriously, after the honeymoon, I really don't see any changes that would happen.
"Why are you so quiet, huh? Still soaking in that fact that you married me?" yeah, basically.
"Well, I wouldn't say soaking… more like taking in the fact." She took the last bite of her steak and pushed the plate aside, "That was quick!" she gives a small grin.
"Akagi told me not to eat dinner yesterday; I might not fit in my dress, so I was starving. You know, she was right, this thing is already feeling tight…" I damn near swallow whole what's left of my steak, "You sure don't want to waste time now do you?" she stood up and walked behind me, "Well neither do I…" with a smile, I stand up and meet her eyes.
"Then why wait?" we were just about to kiss when I heard a knocking at the door… damn it, "Ugh, hold on!" I open the door and see Ritsuko with her panicked face on.
"Listen, I'm sorry for interrupting you two, but we need to talk. That man, he was-" I put a finger o her mouth and nod.
"We know… we'll talk about this later, okay?" with a slight nod, I closed the door. I walk back to a waiting Asuka and once again take her in my arms, "Now, where were we?" she grins as out lips meet again. We stumble over to the bed, all the whole kissing, and eventually crawl in. Just as things were starting to start up, yet ANOTHER knocking at the door, "What… the… hell…" I slug out form under her and answer the door, "Room closed, can't you read the si-" it was him standing at the doorway, "Oh…"
"Is that all I get? I haven't seen you two in forever and all I get is an 'oh'?" he looks over my shoulder and sees Asuka on the bed, "Oh… okay, I'll leave now," he walks out of the doorway and down the hall.
"Good plan," I turn back to Asuka, "How about I just lock this, no one comes in, no one goes out. Sound good?" I turn the lock and walk back over to her.
"You know, you could show a little bit of a fight with this… don't just follow what I say," true, but this was easier. I crawl back in bed next to her and she once again crawls on top of me.
"I could… but I like this better," our lips once again lock in a tight embrace. After only five seconds, she leans back.
"You know what?" she gets off of me and lays on my side, "I want you to be in control this time. That'll be a nice change of pace, no?" yeah well, she WAS always in control with this.
"If you want to," she reached behind her and undid the zipper, making her spaghetti straps fall loose.
"Quit wasting time…" she pulls me on top of her as we kiss again. Within two minutes, we were de-robed and under the sheets.
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Fifteen Minutes Later (I'm not skipping over the day!)
"You know, no matter what happens, we always end up like this," as always, she was laying her head on my chest with a leg swung around me. This was – by far – the most comfortable position for both of us.
"I'm okay with it," I hear her chuckle.
"Hey, I'm not complaining! I have to admit though, when I told you to take control, damn, you did just that! Never thought that you were so… what's the word… let's say confident." For once, I was actually on top!
"You told me to…" she looks up at me and smiles, "What?"
"You're such a romantic, you know that?" why hello blush, it's been what, ten minutes? "Seriously! I'm not teasing you here, candle lit dinner, holding my chair, you know. Plus, this," she held up her left hand, "I'm pretty sure this could be counted as romantic." I hold up my hand next to hers and look at both of our rings, "See what I mean? Look at you!" was I? I never really saw that.
"Well I'm happy!" she laughs.
"Me too, but… never mind… I just think it's cute," she crawls out of bed and walks over to the table, "You know, we never drank this wine… you want to? I've never tasted wine before," neither have I, actually. Akagi was the one the recommended it, hell, she picked it out!
"Sure, do you want me to get them ready?" she waved a hand in the air and I took that as a no.
"You've done everything today, at least let me do this," she grabbed two wine glasses and poured the wine in them. When she was done, she hurried back to the bed and handed me one as she crawled in, "Damn its cold!" she crawled under the sheets, taking care not to spill the wine. I just realized… she did all of that naked! I look over at her putting her nose to the glass, "It kinda smells weird…" her face cringed as she smelled the drink.
"Well, you're supposed to drink it, not inhale it," I knew I was about to be yelled at.
"I know that asshole! I'm just saying…" I knew it!
"Well, here," I put my glass in front of her face, "just take a small sip and see if you like it," she put her lips to the glass and I tilted it to her. She took a small taste and pulled back.
"Okay, that's just nasty!" there goes 7000 Yen, "Seriously! I told you it smelled weird!" I took a small taste and cringed at the bitterness, "Did you not just hear me?" even I had to admit, that was just wrong.
"Okay, forget the wine," I take her glass and set it on the nightstand along with mine. She laid on her back and stared up at the ceiling, "You okay?" she suddenly had a blank look on her face.
"Yeah… I just don't want today to end. This has been the best day of my life, and I can see it slipping away from me." I put an arm around her shoulders and hold her tight, "What are you doing?"
"Enjoying the moment…" I see her smile. She leans over and whispers in my ear.
"You wanna go again?" bo-ya! Hell yeah!
"Already?" friggen moron… "It's only been a couple of minutes," STOP TALKING! Just shut the hell up!
"So? Why not? We have all day…" she circles a finger on my chest, "Plus, I'm in the mood…" she climbs on top of me like before. Looks like she's going to be in control again, not that I cared.
"You're right, why not? We're here to relax," not that this was exactly relaxing, but whatever.
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That Night – 7:00 PM
"Are you two done yet?" I hear a knocking on Asuka's door and go to answer it to see him again.
"Well… yeah. We've just been talking for awhile now." In fact, we got dressed right after our second round and we've just been relaxing ever sense.
"Okay, can we talk now? I really need to talk with both of you," I let him in as he takes off his hat, "Okay, you already know who I am, and I'm sure you have questions. Lets get that out of the way first," well hell yeah we had questions!
A/N- If you don't know who he is yet, you have no grasp of logics.
"For one, where the hell have you been? Why did you play dead for this long?" Asuka walks up to him and stares him in the eye, "Do you have any idea what you did to Sam? She was sobbing over you!" he just stood there staring at the floor.
"I'm sorry… but I had my reasons… how's she doing? Can I see her?" Asuka slapped him across the face.
"You come in after all this time and now you act like it's nothing! The least you could have done was call her!" That he could have. He was kinda acting like a jerk about this.
"No I couldn't have! I have been running from those damn British for months now, and I had just a little bit of trouble getting to a fucking phone! For once in your life Asuka, look past your own nose!" he was met with yet another slap. He deserved that in my eyes.
"Don't you dare insult me after what you did! I don't care what the hell happened to you, you should have found a way! You said that you loved her! Look at Shinji, he has one hand, a daughter, and more on his back then you could ever have and yet he STILL found a way to get to me! You're making excuses to the wrong bitch!" oh… that had to hurt. She hasn't been this angry in a long time – not counting the whole 'I'm gonna shoot you!' thing.
"What do you want me to do, huh? I already said sorry, that's all I CAN do! You should be happy I'm even alive!" this was getting a little too deep. I walked in between them and faced him.
"Look, just go into Asuka's bathroom and get a shave, you can use my razor. Sam is still in your old room," with a glare at Asuka, he did as he was told, "Asuka, ease up on him. He's been through a lot," she was about to cut me off, but I didn't stop, "AND I know that you're pissed at him. Just let him see Sam, then you can beat on him," she rolled her eyes and sat on her bed.
"Fine, but only because you asked me to. After that, he's mine!" she was being a little harsh on him. he just got back after all that, and he instantly gets hit.
"Okay, I'm going to see her," he walked back out of the bathroom, now actually looking like Cass. He had large bags under his blood-shot eyes. I could tell that he hasn't gotten sleep in awhile.
"Okay… good luck," he needed it. She was going to freak out when she hears him again. Just out of curiosity, I follow behind him, trying to keep quiet. For some reason, Asuka didn't follow. She probably knew that she would have butt in. He took in a long, deep sigh before finally knocking on the door.
"Coming!" she opens the door and simply stands there, waiting for a response, "Okay, Shinji or Asuka?" I hear him chuckle a little.
"Close, but I'm a little older then them…" she raised an eyebrow.
"O… kay… and who exactly are you?" I was fairly surprised she didn't recognize his voice.
"I'll give you a few hints; I was your first kiss, you were mine, and I'm eighteen now. You know who I am yet?" Sam immediately slapped him. Cass was just everyone's personal punching bag today, huh?
"What the fuck is your problem! Do you think this is a joke? Got to hell!" she slammed the door, but Cass put his foot in the doorway.
"Sam, it's me!" she opened the door and looked up at him, "I'm Cass! Don't you recognize my voice?" she just stood there, anger in her face.
"Fine, if you're Cass, then how did I go blind?" didn't everyone know that?
"In the fight against Gluttony you were nearly eaten alive, but you ejected. Your plug raised the PSI and destroyed your eyes. I spoon fed you when I saw you again, remember?" okay, that last part, not so much.
"How did you die?" was she still quizzing him?
"For one, I'm not dead, and two, from a missile fired at my convoy by the UK. Any more hard questions Samantha Simmons?" she whipped open her eyes in surprise, "Oh, did I finally get through my dear?" his normal cocky smile is on.
"Y-You…" she put a hand on his face and ran her fingers over his features. I saw a small tear form in her eye, "Cass?" he put his hands on her shoulders.
"There ya go…" she lunged at him and hugged him tight. Looks like she finally believed him. I heard a slight whimpering coming form her as Cass held her. 'Life is finally going back to normal' I thought to myself as I saw this. Cass is with Sam, I'm with Asuka and Dietlinde, and I'm married… okay, not so normal. Maybe the word was happy.
"Where were you…?" she cried into his shirt.
"Oh, around, you know. Anything interesting happen when I was gone?" a baby, a marriage, my hand being lost, Asuka being kidnapped, Karsten making an appearance, me killing seven men, Gahiji joining us, the discovery of a new Eva, and Gendo's death… no, you didn't miss much. I heard Sam chuckle over her tears.
"You have no idea… come with me," she took his wrist and began to drag him towards Asuka's room… and to me! I ran as fast as I could back to Asuka's room and see her still on the bed.
"Oh, you're back," I hear the door open as soon as I shut it to show Sam and Cass, "Oh crap…"
"Guys! Cass is back!" she still has tears on her cheeks.
"We know," that was stupid thing to say! Why the hell did she say that?
"You knew? Why didn't you tell me!" told ya.
"We just found out ourselves! Did Cass tell you what happened?" I think I saved it right there… hopefully. I knew that he didn't, but I needed to change the subject right now!
"Actually, no…" she looked back up at him.
"Well, I survived the blast and after a few months of running, I finally got to a plane. That's about the gist of it." He had his old smile on. I forgot how much I missed that smile, "So Asuka, how did the birth go? Boy or girl?" how did the birth go? How do you think it went?
"A girl, and it was two months premature, but she's okay. As for giving birth… it hurt… A LOT." Asuka seemed to have changed her attitude to him, "Try pushing a watermelon out of the smallest hole in your body and see how you feel!" was she always going to bring that up?
"Can… I see her?" come to think of it, I would like to see her too.
"Sam has her… SAM! You left her alone!" Sam ran back out of the room, "Damn! Hurry up!" that's it; I'm taking Dietlinde with me wherever I go. We're leaving her alone too much. Sam comes back in the room a couple seconds later holding a smiling Dietlinde.
"I'm so sorry! I just forgot!" Dietlinde raised her arms in my direction, asking to be held. With a smile, I take her from Sam's arms.
"So, this is the little girl, huh? She… looks like Asuka…" she stared down at her. Dietlinde looked up at him with a confused look, as if asking who he was, "Looks like we're going to have a young Asuka running around pretty soon! So Shinji, how does it feel to have a real family now? Dietlinde Ikari and Asuka Langley Ikari… I like the sound of that!" I saw Asuka shudder a little at her name.
"Asuka? Do you not want to take my name? I really don't care if you don't," maybe I should've waited to ask, this wasn't really the time.
"No, I'm okay with it, it's just weird. Now back to the zombie here," looks like Cass has a new nickname, "you have no idea what you've missed around here. For one, Gendo's gone."
"Thank God! That asshole's finally gone!" wrong thing to say to either of us right now.
"Shut the hell up! That man gave his life for mine! Don't you ever insult him in my presents again!" damn! She took that seriously, huh? "You want to know what else you missed asshole?Sam finally found out about her parents, and you weren't there to help her through it! How can you claim to love her when you obviously don't even care about her?" we all knew that that wasn't true.
"Enough of the fucking insults! I'm sick of it! I screwed up. Is that what you want to hear? Is that what you were aiming for? To make me feel like shit? You know, I really thought that you would have grown up by now!" he was met with his fourth slap of the day, "See what I mean? You can't even handle your problems like an adult! You have a child now Asuka, try and stop acting like one!" Dietlinde started to cry from the yelling. I start to cradle her, trying to calm the infant.
"Shhhh… it's okay," Asuka once again gave Cass a glare after looking at me.
"See what you do?" she was whispering now, "You have done nothing but cause pain for all of us. Why don't you just go back to Germany an get yourself killed?" damn… that was just wrong…
"Asuka!" Sam finally spoke up, "What the hell is your problem?" uh oh… I smell a cat fight… "You may not care that he's alive, but I am! He went there defending YOUR country, and almost got killed because of it! Why don't YOU go back, huh? You're always bragging about how great Germany is, so go back!" oh shit! This is NOT going to end well!
"Sam! He left you without a fight, never called you or sent a letter, and now after all this time he comes back. You're not the least bit mad at him?" wow… she wasn't mad at Sam?
"No, not at all. I'm just happy to see that he's alive. I don't care what he did, as long as he came back." Sam looked over at me, "And you know what? At least he's not a killer! He got to me without killing seven men!" how did this turn into an attack on me?
"Shut the hell up! Shinji did what he could to get to me! Don't you remember when we first met Cass? He said that he killed over four people just training!" this was seriously getting bad.
"Listen to me you German bitch, I'm sick of your attitude. All you do is criticize, and you never help anyone. You seem so fucking proud of your daughter, well guess what? You're a teenage mother, and you know what else? You're married to a man that has killed cold blooded seven times! How do you think Dietlinde is going to grow up? She's being raised by a criminal and a slut! So you can take your perfect husband, your beautiful daughter, and your fucking ring and shove it!" what the hell just happened?
"Why don't you go and have fun with your dumbass lover? That's all you American sluts are good for!" Sam took Cass's wrist and started to walk out with anger in her face, "You wanna know something that me and Shinji share that you'll never have? At least I can see him!" the door slams shut, sending a few pictures falling to the floor. Dietlinde was still crying in my arms, and I was still cradling her. "Damnit!"
A/N- Hello! Some serious things were said, huh? Insulting lovers, insulting personality, hell, even insulting family! How do you think this is going to affect them? Will Asuka take this a step further? She's Asuka… what do you think? Find out in the next chapter; Revenge, until then, keep on keepin' on!
A/A/N- Okay, I've been having a lot of these lately, so I'm going to have a 'deleted scene' section and see how it goes. Remember that this is not how the chapter is ending, but how it COULD have ended. It picked up right after the last word in this chapter;
She punched at the door, leaving quite the dent, "I swear to God, that asshole comes back and she falls right back into it! He's already cheated on her once, he'll do it again!" I knew that to have some truth to it. We have seen him do that before.
"Just calm down, I know you're upset, but just relax." She pulled out a chair from the table and took a seat, "Do you need something to drink? You're sweating…"
"No… I'm fine…" she seemed like she was having trouble catching her breath, "I just… need a second…" she started to grip her stomach in what seemed like pain, "God… I think I'm gonna be sick…" in an instant, she kneeled over and vomited onto the carpet. The first thing I noticed was that it seemed to be made up entirely of blood…