Chapter 4

The walk trough the tunnels connecting the dock to the city continued to be a quiet one, Link leading the way, and Neo and Trinity walking slowly after them. Everyone was eager and happy to be home, and was looking forward to the 2 days rest- it was well needed amongst them all.

Morpheus had stayed behind for a while to make sure that the Neb would be proper tended to, although everyone knew it would be. He was protective of his ship, but after the whole ordeal it had went through they could all understand him… as much as Zion would always be home for them all, the Neb was a place they called home for a much longer time than they usually called Zion.

Neo looked around himself when they arrived out from the tunnels, and the coast seemed to be clear. Trinity caught him looking; and smiled as she said,

" Don't worry, he's not here." Neo looked at her as they continued to walk, and wished he could smile, too.

" I'm glad for that…" and he trailed away as they entered the spot where the city was finally beginning, and all the side walks connected to the ever expanding city, spiralling down and upwards in a long tower-like escapade.

Neo had to stop and marvel at the sight, and Trinity only noticed he had stopped a few steps after, and stopped as well. Link noticed them lagging, but was eager to get home to Zee, so he turned to them. " I'll see you guys later… have fun on our 2 days of leave! "

And as he began to walk away he chuckled to himself, shaking his head, " … like I need to encourage those two."

Dismissing him, Trinity walked up by Neo's side, marvelling herself at the sight before them. It was so hard to believe sometimes, spending weeks on a cold ship in the vast land of the Real World, that so many people lived here, and kept the purpose for them all to stay strong in the struggle. It was truly beautiful, and all the sidewalks connecting the city, all its apartments, its small school and other medical places as well as everything else seemed to matter more now than ever.

" I never get tired of this, " Neo suddenly said, sighing a content sigh. Trinity briefly touched his arm, and he looked at her, but she was too looking at the sight before them. " Reminds us why we're fighting, " she answered and he nodded.

After a while, he looked down at her and she met his gaze. No words were needed, both knew that they would be taking the elevator to her, their, shared room and unpack and then… they would see what happened. Both of them were very tired, but knew that they could sleep as long as they wanted in the morning, and the very thought brought comfort.

The elevator ride was quiet. There were many other people in it, but Trinity took the opportunity of having to stand tight together to lean onto Neo who was hiding from the people in the corner, and he supported her.

Like he always did.

Soon, the elevator reached their floor and they both walked out together, being the only ones who were walking on that floor. As they walked off both could hear some recognizing gasps in the closing elevator as they recognized the One, glimps of their hero, and Neo and Trinity had found that getting off a level before and then using the emergency stairs which Trinity had found on a previous visit usually did the trick, and Neo would not have to meet all his fans awaiting…

The ones who brought him gifts and other things he had learned to handle, even though he still found it difficult and was un-comfortable with the attention. But the ones who were now huddling outside the elevator on their floor were most likely what Trinity amused referred to as his ' die hard fans and fangirls'; people who looked up to him as a hero as well as many girls who looked up to him for entirely different reasons…

… and Neo knew, that even though Trinity would never admit it, she was a tad jealous when all the girls and women approached him, offering him all kinds of services.

They walked up the stairs, Neo behind Trinity. He suddenly chuckled as he remembered something as they reached the end, and Trinity turned to look at him.

" What's funny?" Neo looked at her as he opened the door, shaking his head. " Well, it's not really funny. I once heard that many stairs symbolize the individuals climb to higher places within themselves…" Trinity raised and eyebrow amused, and looked at him as they walked side by side, their shared room only feet away.

" And you came to think of that why? Because we were walking in some stairs?" Neo shook his head, looking at her as they stopped by the door, Trinity looking through her backpack for the small key.

" No. Because I came to think of how I always feel like I'm in a higher place when I'm with you."

She forgot the task of opening the door and looked at him, seeing the honesty that shone in his eyes.

Things like this was what made her sure that sometimes she truly did not deserve him; a man who respected and honoured his loved one so much, to the brink of telling clichés, but never doing so, always talking out of the heart. Things like this, which made her so sure that she truly did love him, that if she was to spend the rest of her life in his arms she would be more than content…

… it would be all she ever wanted and needed.

Instead of answering him, knowing that she would never find the proper words she walked over to him, placed her arms around his neck and roughly pulled him down for a kiss, clinging to him as if he were a lifeline to be precioused. And he was…

He answered the kiss with the same intensity and Trinity could feel him grabbing the key out of her hand, backing them up against the door, still kissing, un-locking and opening the door, and leading them into the room, managing to close the door with his one foot.

And inside the room of two, two content heart and souls smiled.

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And about the length, or rather the lack thereof, of my chapters, I promise to try to work on that. I should probably say, though, that there's some chapters coming up that are longer, and some are more like the previous ones in length. I'll try to make up for it by posting more often when they're not quite as long...