Leon woke up, his entire body filled with hurt.
The wound on his arm was wrapped up in gauze, still throbbing with pain. His shoulder wasn't in much better condition, a dull pressure that would soon fade away to a scar. His muscles screamed in agony, still feeling sore from the mission he had completed... how long ago?
It didn't matter, because it felt like only an hour ago.
The rain had started again, though he hadn't noticed it had stopped. The car came to life with sound as the small pellets of water crashed against its body. It was still dark outside, the kind of darkness he wasn't used to - he had been in the cities for so long, he had nearly forgotten what true darkness was like.
Ada shivered, and only then did Leon notice her presence. She was laying sideways on top of him, the bottom of her body sprawled out in the driver's foot-well. He felt another electric flutter in his stomache, not dissimilar from the one he had experienced only a little while back.
He barely knew the woman, and yet, for some reason he couldn't get her off of his mind. Not for six years.
Despite his muscle's protests, he wrapped his good arm around her, slightly pulling her closer. She must've woken up, for she stiffened, but then quickly relaxed and snuggled closer to him, wrapping her arms under his.
Leon smiled to himself. All of it was dumb, really. He had met her in the middle of an apocalypse - and watched her die the same night. And after six years, she appeared again, providing him with help but ultimately betraying him.
He shouldn'tve been trusting her. With anyone else, he would have lost anything that resembled trust if they pulled the kind of shit she did. Yet, every impulse in him told him that she was okay.
"We'll have to start moving again soon..." Ada whispered, taking Leon out of his thoughts and back into the present moment.
Leon sighed. "I can never rest." He whispered back, although it was more to himself than anyone else. He raised his head up to look at her, barely able to make out her figure. "Ada," he started.
She looked up at him, and he slid his hand up her back, resting on her head. He pulled her in closer. And closer.
Their lips met, and Leon felt his heart speed up as all the thoughts in his mind became a jumbled mess. He felt her body become slightly rigid before sinking deeper into the kiss.
Seconds felt like minutes, and it was an eternity before their lips parted. Ada rested her head on Leon's good shoulder, his hand massaging her head. He could feel her heart beating just as quickly as his. His thoughts came back to him, but he didn't think - it would require too much effort to do so. He closed his eyes again and his breathing became shallow, quickly drifting back into the dream world.
The end.
So, I guess you guy's liked the story, huh? I got lots of messages and stuff from a lot of people in the short time span of four days, asking me to finish the story. In actuality, the story was finished - I had kept it open so it had more of a Resident Evil ending with questions and events unanswered, but I also left it open in case I wanted to add more to the story.
I'm not going to add anything else here - now it's really complete. But the reception from this story was good enough for me to decide that I'm going to post Evolution, another work-in-progess. Thanks for reading, please leave reviews!
-Dead I Rain