Author's note: I'm so sorry it's taken me so long to update. A lot of stuff has been going on and I haven't had time, but it's back now and hopefully I'll have chapter 12 up in a few days.
Chapter 11: Here comes the sun
The following morning I woke up pressed into Shinji's side with my head on his chest. I pressed my face into his chest and inhaled. I loved his scent. I lifted my head and looked up at him. He looked so peaceful when he slept. I shifted on top of him and straddled his hips, grinding down. His eyes shot open.
"Good morning," he said.
"Good morning, indeed," I said smirking.
Leaning down, I pulled him into a kiss and curled my tongue along the roof of his mouth. He sat up bringing us into a sitting position. He moved to kiss my cheek, then started down my neck. I felt his hand move up my spine to my neck, moving my hair to the side and kissing my shoulder. I kissed his ear. I smiled and pulled back, starting to climb off. He grabbed my hips, stilling me.
"Hey! Come on, you can't leave me like this!" he said. I leaned forward and kissed him again.
"Let me up. I've got school and I have to copy down Kenzo's notes. I said I'd give them back today."
He flopped back on the bed. "Fine, go be studious." I smiled down at him and placed a kiss above his heart before climbing off.
I put on a t-shirt and shorts, then copied the notes before going downstairs to take a shower. By the time I got back to the room, Shinji had fallen back to sleep. I put on my uniform and kissed him on the forehead before leaving.
Over the weeks, my abilities began to improve. Not to where Shinji was going to let me fight, but they had improved.
"I'm not kidding, Rei! I'll have Hachi seal you!" We were in the basement. See the dead horse? Watch us beat it.
"I'll bust out!" Heh. Yeah, right.
He snorted. "I'd like to see you try. I've got news for you, babe. I'm a thousand times stronger than you are and not even I can bust out of that shit." I flipped him off. "Later. Right now we need to work on your defenses. And remember, no using your telekinesis."
"Why the hell not?! It's a defensive weapon!"
"Because I don't feel like being blasted through a boulder."
"Wuss."
Then he was on me and I had a second to block. I blocked him and aimed a knee at his stomach but accidentally caught something lower. That dropped him.
"Oh, god, I'm sorry! I was aiming for your stomach!" I yelled.
"I think we're done for the day. Apparently you have some defensive abilities without the telekinesis," he said in a tight voice.
He stood and I helped him hobble up the stairs to his room. I felt really bad. Here Shinji was trying to help me and I wind up kneeing him. I set him on his bed and tried to straighten him out. He whimpered.
'Good job! You've maimed him,' my dragon hissed.
'He is not maimed! He's just a little non-functional right now,' I said back.
'You could always return him to function,' he said.
'Hardly. He can't uncurl from the fetal position!'
'You could always-'
'No! I'm not taking sex advice from you! In fact, we are so not having this conversation!'
'Ugh. Prude.'
I tuned him out and focused on Shinji. He seemed to have calmed down and relaxed a little. I knelt down beside the bed. "Is there anything I can get you?"
"Well… could you make me some tea? Please?" He looked so pitiful, how could I say no?
"Of course, sweetheart. I'll be back in little bit," I said. I stood up and went to make his tea.
I came back ten minutes later, Shinji had recovered enough to strip and borough under the covers. He peaked out from under the blanket as I carried the tray over.
"I take it you're feeling better?" I asked as I set the tray on the floor.
"I'm still a little sore, but I'm sure you can make me feel better," he said.
I looked at him incredulously. "How's that?"
"Well, massages can do wonders for a body."
"I'm afraid to ask what you want me to massage."
He gave me a lecherous smirk. "Nothing you haven't encountered before. The muscles are really stiff."
I didn't even bat an eye at that. A few weeks ago my face would've been tomato red. But considering some of the things he'd done and said to me since then, there was no room for blushing.
I smiled. "I'm going to the store. I'll pick you up a muscle relaxant. That should take care of the problem." I grabbed my purse and started out the door.
"Come back! I was just kidding!" he yelled.
"I wasn't," I sang back.
I made my way to the supermarket and proceeded to buy what we needed. As I was walking around the produce department, I bumped into someone. It was a man. He was a little over six feet tall with silver hair, closed eyes, and a smiled that trumped Shinji's in terms of creepiness. The man hadn't even said anything and I could already tell he was bad news.
"Oh! Excuse me," I said.
"It's no problem," he said. My skin gave a nervous creep.
"It's not every day I run into a beautiful girl." Cue the gagging.
"Is that right?"
"Yes, my current residence is rather dry and depressing."
"Then I would suggest you move somewhere a little more exotic."
"I would, but I have business there."
"Mores the pity for you then," I said, making my way to the check out. He followed, the smirk getting bigger.
"Indeed. Do you need an escort home? It's getting dark out."
"No. I'm a big girl. I can take care of myself," I said, walking outside. Again, he followed.
"So I see. Well, then I'll be on my way. Be careful on your way home, Reiko-chan."
I stopped and turned to look at him, but he was gone. I hurried the hell home.