Nothing Will Ever Change That
Chapter 92: Makeup
A/N- This chapter was proof-read by Frost-Eva-04. You know the routine, thanks again!
Same Place
"ADD much? Well actually…" I feel a tapping on my shoulder, "Right now," I feel arms wrap around my neck and embrace me in a tight hug, "Just take it easy Asuka, you're obviously still healing." I turn and meet a smiling Asuka. She seems to be in a fairly good mood seeing as what happened a few hours ago.
"How'd you sleep?" she lost her smile and looked at me blankly.
"I got shot, I still have a bullet hole in my back, I had to sleep on my stomach and it feels like I just got hit by a train… I slept great!" she has a sarcastic smile on. Both Akagi and I were surprised at how she was acting. I give a sweet smile and hug her back, taking care to hurt her back.
"I take it you're feeling better?" Ritsuko had her arms crossed and she was smiling.
"Yeah, thanks…" she suddenly got a concerned look on her face.
"Are you okay?" Akagi lost her casual posture and began to look concerned.
"Where… I don't want to go back to my room… where can we stay…?" ah crap… she's finally in a good mood and this happens! She was right though, I doubt I'll ever take another step into that room.
"Oh… um… well we can assign you a new room…" talk about an awkward moment, "Shinji will be the one to make the decision though. You'll have to sign off on it," damn commander position…
"No problem. How exactly do I do that? Is there a certain paper that I sign or something?" I had to admit… I was really going to miss that place. Almost every one of my memories with Dietlinde laid rest in that room. Hell, most of my good memories with Asuka are in that room. So much love, so many memories, so much passion lies in that room. My first kiss with Asuka… the first time Asuka trusted me enough to let me touch her passionately… our honeymoon… sleeping with Dietlinde in my arms… conceiving our second child… God I was going to miss that room.
"I'll get all the papers together later; for now you two can just stay in room 305, it's been empty for months now. I… take it that you don't want anything from your old room aside from clothes… right?" this is an extremely touchy matter right now.
"Of course I do!" Asuka instantly shot out, making both me and Akagi jump, "Sorry… can someone get Dietlinde's things? I want her crib and stroller…" that was actually a surprise to me. After seeing inside that crib… God… I can't help but shudder when I think of it…
"Um… are you sure? The crib is… you know…" Ritsuko had a worried look on her face.
"Just strip the crib of the sheets and send the frame," I cut in, not wanting Asuka to answer.
"No… keep the sheets in a bag or something… don't throw them out…" Asuka was staring at the floor with a frown.
"Okay…" Akagi was obviously uncomfortable, and so was I. Why did she want to keep the sheets? I know I never want to see them again. With a sigh, Ritsuko took out her cell phone and dialed a number. She was soon talking with someone, "Yeah, it's me. Listen, I need you to go into Asuka Langley Souryu… I mean Asuka Langley Ikari's room," I see Asuka smile faintly, "and get the stroller and crib. Strip the crib of its sheets and put them in a bag, then drop them all off at room 305, got it?" I hear the other person say something, then Akagi hangs up the phone, "Okay, they'll be in there by tomorrow."
"Why so long?" Asuka instantly shot up.
"Because we have to decontaminate them all, we suspect that SEELE might have planted some kind of drug in them. Don't worry about it," it seemed kind of drastic to me, but whatever.
"Oh… thanks."
"No problem. Now, did you want to go to your new room? You should be well enough to leave the hospital." Asuka instantly smiled.
"YES!" she seemed overjoyed about this! She must really hate it in the hospital. Akagi chuckles a little bit and waves her hand as she walked, telling us to follow her.
"Come on, I'll get you the key," it's been awhile sense I've seen Asuka this happy, I like it. I wrap my arm around her shoulders and she rests her head on my shoulder.
"You know," she puts a hand on my chin, "You need a shave…" always with the shaving! It has been awhile though, I had to admit.
"Okay, I'll do that when we get back into our room," one problem though… no razor… "Hey Rits? Can you tell someone to grab all of our stuff out of the bathroom?" All we really needed was the toothbrushes and my razor, that's it. For some reason I doubt Asuka will need anything under the cupboards any time soon…
"Sure, I'll have them sent in a few hours." We finally come to a stop, "Okay, we're here," she opens up the door to show hundreds of keys on a rack, "Let's see… 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, here we go! 305!" she takes the keys off of the rack and hands them to me, "It's down the hall and to the right, just look at the numbers on the door." With a wave, me and Asuka walk down the hall in silence. When we finally get to our room, I open it up and walk inside. It looked exactly the same as our old one… but something was different… I just couldn't put my finger on it.
"I'll be right back," she walks away from me and walks into the bathroom. With a chuckle, I lay back onto the bed, "AAHHH!" I hear a screaming from Asuka. I leap up out of bed and rush into the bathroom to see her huddled in the corner.
"Are you okay?" she points to the bathtub. Reluctantly, I look inside.
"Is this all?" it was just a small rat! Asuka was afraid of rats?
"Get it out of here!" I couldn't help but chuckle. She was able to fight angels, sins, and take on all of SEELE, yet she's afraid of rats! I grab it by the tail and lift it up out of the tub.
"Wonder how this little guy got in here?" I held it out in front of my face and looked into its beady red eyes.
"I don't care! Throw it out the window or something!" with a sigh, I walk over to the window and open it.
"Good luck," I drop him outside and he quickly scurries off into the cold afternoon air. Just as I was closing the window I remember the morning that we found Dietlinde… it was cold in the room…
"Damn I hate those things!" I jet out of the room, "Hey, where are you going!"
"I'll be right back!" I race back to Akagi's office and see her sitting at her desk neck-high in paper work.
"Oh Shinji! Here, I have the-" I cut her off.
"Not now Rits. Has anyone done anything to our old room?"
"Um… well, aside from cleanup, no. They're keeping it in the same condition as that morning for inspection, why?" I race out of her office without a word and head for our old room. I didn't want to go back in there… I'm dreading it actually, but I had to. When I finally get there I jet inside and pause at the door way panting. I glance over at Dietlinde's crib… still bloody… I look over at our bed… still bloody… the only thing changed in here was the fact that they removed Dietlinde's remains. With uneasy legs I walk over to the window to find it open. The room felt exactly like that morning. I look over the window and instantly see a small blood spot on the window sill. I knew it… they came in through the window… but who was small enough to fit through there? I couldn't even fit through it and I wasn't even fully grown! The door swings open once again to reveal Akagi running in.
"Shinji! What are you doing in here!" I feel tears form in my eyes simply because I was in here.
"I… had to check on something… forget it…" with clenched fists I walk out of the room, leaving Akagi alone and confused. The walk back to our new room was a long one. Thoughts of that damn window kept crossing my mind. Who could fit through there without breaking the window? It had to either be a kid or a midget. Somehow I doubt that SEELE would hire a kid, but a midget was an unlikely candidate too. Before I enter our room, I wipe away the tears and try to regain my composure.
"Oh, you're back, where'd you go?" she was sitting on the bed, obviously waiting for me to come back.
"I just had to see Akagi about something, sorry for rushing out like that," I go over and sit down next to her.
"Don't worry about it…" she laid her head on my shoulder, "Listen… I thought about what you said about Dietlinde…" here it comes… "You're right… I don't think that we should forget about her, but we can't morn for the rest of our lives…" even though I knew damn well we both could.
"I'm glad you think that…" very dangerous ground right here. I wrap my arm around her, "So… what about the new baby?" I had to know what she thought about it now.
"I still don't want it, and I still refuse to raise it. I'm sorry, but I just won't do that," I should have seen that coming. Not knowing what to say, I keep quiet. After a few minutes, she leans up and looks at me with a smile, "Anyway, do you know what tomorrow is?" this was about the only time that I loved her sudden change of mood.
"Um… I don't know… what?" she wraps her arms around my neck and softly kisses me on the lips. "I like that, but I still don't know," she smirks.
"It's your birthday…" she once again kisses me softly.
"Really?" come to think of it, it was. I completely forgot about it… again, "So… is this my birthday gift or something?"
"You can think of it like that if you want," I will! "Seems kinda kidish though…" she once again kisses me softly. We really haven't kissed like this in a long time, it's always open mouth. Not that I was complaining, it was just kinda nice to have it like this, "This you can think of as a gift," she leans in once more and kisses me, this time deeply. I knew that the soft pecks wouldn't last for long.
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Two Hours Later
A break from our hectic lives was a nice change of pace. We were simply watching some comedy show on TV. Asuka has changed out of her hospital gown and I finally got a shave. Asuka had her head resting on my shoulder. I haven't gotten a good relaxing sit-down in awhile, and of course, this didn't last long. A knocking at the door interrupted our rest.
"Coming!" Asuka got up before I could and answered the door. I simply watched TV and waited for her to come back, "Oh… hi…" she sounded fairly surprised. I look over my shoulder to see Sam and Cass standing in the door way. Not this again! I get up and walk to Asuka's side.
"Listen, I think we all have something to say here," Cass was staring at the floor beneath his feet. He had quite the bruise on his cheek, "Cass, I think you're the first here." Were they about to apologize? Looks like me and Asuka had to do the same… "Go ahead," Sam sounded like a mother!
"I'm… sorry for what I said. I didn't mean it, I was just upset…" he really was a child at heart. He never looked up as he said that.
"Forget about it… sorry for… well, you know," with a sarcastic smile I point at my cheek. After he looked up I put out my hand, "We okay?" he took it with a smile.
"Yeah, we're cool," he shook my hand firmly. After he let go he looked down at Sam.
"Listen, Sam… sorry about yesterday, I had no right to say that. I know that what I said wasn't true," her head popped up, surprised at what I said, "You just came to help, and I blew up at you. Really, I'm sorry," even Cass looked surprised.
"Um… it's… okay…" why was she so surprised at this? I was a royal jackass yesterday, and I had to make up for it. After a few seconds of silence, Cass nudged Sam, "Oh! Yeah… Asuka?" Asuka crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow, "I'm… sorry for what I said… I shouldn't have ruined your wedding day like that…" she had a slight shade of red on her cheeks.
"Good, just don't let it happen again," I nudge Asuka in the arm and glare at her, "I'm sorry to…" I nudge her again, "And I'm sorry for hitting you Cass," I nudge her again, "What!"
"Nothing, I just like messin' with ya!" she smirked and playfully smacked my shoulder.
"Asshole…" we all got a good laugh out of this.
"So… we're all okay? No grudges? No anger?" Cass was double checking to make sure he doesn't get hit again!
"No, don't worry, we won't kill each other." Of course Asuka had to make that remark, "You guys wanna come in?" Sam smiled.
"No, actually we had something in mind." Now Cass was smiling.
"I'm almost afraid to ask… but what is it?" Asuka still had her raised eyebrow.
"Wanna go on a double date like before? We had so much fun last time, I thought we could do it again," Sam had a slight shade of pink on her cheeks. Any talk of dating always did that to her.
"I don't know…" Asuka seemed to contemplate this for a second, "Not too sure that I wanna keep dating Shinji…" WHAT! "How about we trade boyfriends for awhile?" she finally broke a smirk I wasn't exactly her boyfriend…
"Oh ha ha Asuka. I'm not your boyfriend, remember? We're married!" Sam chuckled.
"Oh yeah… never mind then…" she smirked at me, "I'm just messin with ya! Yeah, that sounds good to me. What about you Shinji?" sure as hell better be kidding around!
"Yeah, that sounds good… but what about your back? Will you be okay?" she pokes my chest with a sarcastic smile.
"And what about your heart, huh? Forget about it, I'll be fine," well… my heart attacks are just a little different then her BULLET WOUND!
"So… how about tomorrow night?" Cass took Sam's hand in his with a smile as he said that.
"Yeah, that's cool with us," Asuka basically answered for me.
"Good. It'll be nice to finally have a date with my Cass!" Cass instantly went red!
"So… you guys wanna come in now?" Asuka once again offered.
"Sure, why not. Shinji can cook for us!" with a laugh Sam and Cass walk in… wait… why did I have to cook?
A/N- Ahhh… once again entering mushy romance… back to normal… I like it! So yeah. Yet another double date is upon us. Come to think of it, this is only Cass and Sam's second date… gotta make it special! So, how will the date go over? That's about the only question there is, so find out what happens in the next chapter; First Time, until then, keep on keepin' on!