sweettooth_gaius | Dinner Date for Two

Dinner Date for Two

Gaius didn't usually go out of his way to try to impress people... actually he probably had never gone out of his way to impress anyone because he didn't think it was worth the effort. That wasn't to say he was lazy, though he was fairly lazy, no it was just that there were very few people he actually cared enough about. Oh he liked a lot of the people in his life plenty well enough... but Asuka... Asuka was quite different. What he saw was not merely a girl who stood up for herself, but one who was practically craving a love that was missing in her life. More than anything he wanted to be that love in her life.

So he was cleaned up, shaved, well dressed, and he even had a bouquet of long stemmed roses squirreled away in his cape to surprise her with. He made reservations at a fancy restaurant, using a few of the connections he had from ordering their pastries which were some of the finest in the cosmos. Yes, when it came to feeding his sugar addiction he made connections that spread across worlds to find the sweetest and tastiest confections known to mankind. Tonight though was more about dinner than desert... though he was certainly hoping that Asuka would be willing to have desert... ~~Or be desert~~...

He cleared his mind of the dirty thoughts, ~~Like Asuka covered in whipped cream and begging him to have a tas- no, no, he had to stop!~~ and knocked on her door. He was still wearing what he normally did, but it was much cleaner, fresher, and he even cleaned out all the old syrup, sugar, and jelly stains from it. He'd told her she could wear just about anything she liked since that's exactly what he was doing, but he did drop mention of the fact that he would take her to a fancy place because he thought she deserved to be spoiled a bit more. So he was curious as to how she might look when she greeted him at the door, mentally preparing himself for the absolute worst, but hoping to see that gorgeous smile on her face again.

What was the worst case scenario? Asuka looking like she just came out of a blast zone with her hair lit on fire, her clothes covered in mud, her having a hangover from hell that made her look like a zombie that wanted to claw his brains out, and her carrying around the severed head of Shinji. Yes, he shuddered at the very idea of it, but even if things were at their worst, he'd at least try to get her cleaned up, bury the body, hide the evidence, have her skip town, and give her a raincheck on that date. Wow... if he was willing to go that far, he really was smitten wasn't he? He needed to get out of his head and stop being so damn nervous about this date... he had to be more cool and collected or else she'd eat him for breakfast. He was hoping to wait for the second date for that. Yup here he was, ex-con chuckling over a joke inside his own damn head and waiting for the girl of his dreams to answer the door on their first date.

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--I mean yes I will marry you. So..

[ She lets out a sigh of relief. She finally just said it.]

So don't look so upset.

[To hell with formality, or appearances, or anything! Gaius stands up, wraps his arms around Asuka, and kisses her on the lips right there and then. He doesn't care if she beats him up for it, or even if the waiter comes back and sees them, or if a damn dragon came in the room and started breathing fire everywhere, she said YES! He was kissing her with all the passion and intensity he felt in that moment, too overcome with love, and joy, and sheer bliss to hold back any longer! She was his now, fully and completely, and no matter what happened he was going to love her the rest of his life, even if he had to climb mountaintops with his teeth!]

Oh Asuka...

[He barely breathed out the words, not wanting to stop kissing her, his lips heatedly caressing hers, not going so over the top since they were still in a public place, but still with the same heated intensity of his earlier kisses. He was ready to just... throw her over his shoulder and carry her off into the sunset with him, or carry her off like a princess to a faraway castle. He just couldn't help but to hold onto her tightly in his arms as if she might slip away. The only thing that did finally get him to stop was a polite 'ahem' as the waiter had indeed returned with his cheesecake.]

[ When he embraced her, she had been taken a little by surprise, seeing as how one moment he was sitting down, and the next he had her pressed against his body while their lips were pressed together in a way that felt completely different from before. It was a good different, though. There were little claps and smiles from the tables that were a few feet away, congratulating the two of them. Asuka slid her arms around his neck, pulling into the kiss a little more. But she blushed after she noticed the waited standing behind them with their cake.. So, she sat back down across from him with the warmest smile she'd had all night and watched as the waiter set down the cake in front of them and left. ]

[Gaius scooped a little bit of the cake onto a fork and offered it to her, letting her have the first taste while his other hand reached back into his cloak to discreetly slip the ring back on the table, so that she hopefully wouldn't notice it was ever gone. Sometimes he was glad he was good at sleight of hand, but in this case he was just over the moon happy.]

Well Asuka, I guess this means we have the rest of our lives together. The only question remaining after this is, your place or mine? Or... somewhere else entirely?

[Of course, the second she opened her mouth to speak he'd push that little forkful of cake into her mouth with a cheeky little grin.]

[ Opening her mouth, she took the little piece of cake and practically swooned at the taste. There was a fuzzy feeling in her stomach already, and cake probably wouldn't help.. But it was good and there was a sort of vibe in the air that just made the cake taste so much better. Once she had swallowed, she spoke, her voice still a little shaken from nerves and excitement. ]

Anywhere is fine with me.

[ Although she had to pilot Eva, if he really wanted to, she wouldn't mind too much if they went to his home or stayed here or went somewhere completely new. Eva was all she knew. The only thing she'd ever had. And it'd caused her some damage in the past. But, she would probably be able to fight better than ever now that she had him. She didn't have anything to worry about. But if he didn't want to live there, she wouldn't mind that either. They could find someone else to pilot 02, right? ~~Even though unit 02 was her baby, and the thought of someone else piloting it made her sick.~~ ]

Whatever you want. I'll go wherever you decide.

Edited 2014-11-05 22:25 (UTC)

In that case...

[Gaius scooped a fork-full for himself, toes curling in his boots at the exquisite flavor mixed with the fact that he'd just had the fork in Asuka's mouth which was kind of fun in and of itself. He still had to think though, because up and abandoning everyone in his world wasn't exactly all that nice of him, since there was no telling if Chrom might need him. He was still sort of fighting for his cause after all but...]

In that case, I'll tail around with you. You still have a world to save anyways, even if you don't care much for some of the people in it. Maybe this will give you a chance to rub their face in it a little that you found someone who appreciates everything that you are, and I can try to set up a place for you and I to live on our own there. Maybe once your world is saved, you can come with me to my own.

[Of course he hadn't mentioned yet that... well he'd probably have to leave from time to time if duty called, but he expected she'd very likely have to do the exact same thing so where was the harm? Besides, maybe he could help improve Shinji by giving him a few life pointers so he wasn't as intolerable a eva pilot partner to work with.]

Sooo that's that then. I'll go with you.

..Are you sure?

[ Because he had said that there were a couple people from his world that he cared about. Meanwhile she didn't care about anyone from her world. ]

I don't want you to give up everything you had for me.

[ Because it was improbable that the world would ever be saved for good. She understood that when she began piloting.

But going back to his world sounded just as nice.]

Well I see it like this. Given enough time in your world, either they'll find someone you're okay enough with replacing you in the Eva project, or my friends and I will be used to me being over there enough, that they'll understand I'm your husband now and I plan to stay with you no matter what it takes. So they'll probably try to find someone able to fill my shoes. Either way, I love you too much to uproot you from everything you know right away.

[He scooped up another rather large piece of cake circling it around as if he couldn't decide whether or not to give it to her or him, before just plopping it in his own mouth with a wink.]

Do you get any vacation time by any chance? Perhaps we can visit my world during that time, and you can come to decide if you'd prefer to stay there with me more. So either way I have absolute faith that it'll work out. Or if neither world strikes your fancy, I can always bring you to a different outrealm through the gate in my world. Life with me can be a continuous adventure if you so wish it, never settling down, always chasing the next horizon to see what more there is out there for us.

[ She takes her own fork and takes a scoop of cake for herself. ]

We don't really get vacations. We fight when the Angels attack and then.. We do what we can when they don't attack. Sometimes they can go a while without attacking and then suddenly show up. But during those time's we usually have to train. Y'know.. Make sure we're still fit to be pilots and all that.

[ Husband. She liked that word. She really liked that word. ]

But maybe I'll leave for a while.. Maybe someone else can pilot for me..

[ As much as she hates to admit it, the only one she trusts even remotely to pilot it properly is Rei, because despite everything, Asuka knows and acknowlages that Rei is an excellent pilot. And the only one who wouldn't completely destroy her unit.

But she doesn't want Rei anywhere near unit 02 at the same time.

On the other hand, they were engaged now, right? Right. So she would most likely want to go to his world and meet all the people in his life. People he knew before he knew Asuka. ]

Well I fortunately have some contacts of my own in my own world that can get a hold of me if they really need me. Otherwise I suppose I'll just have to stick with you. Your work is your life, much like the way sweets are my own. I wouldn't want to ask you to give it up, nor would I want you to make me give up sweets.

[He'd rather she asked that he shattered his kneecaps and walked naked across a field of tacks than to give up sweets for the rest of his life... but uh... she didn't need to know that bit.]

So don't sweat it... like I said, I'm pretty flexible, so I'll do whatever it takes to make you happy. Hell, I'll even learn to fight these damn angels with my bare hands if I have to.

[Wouldn't that be a sight? 40 story angel versus a maybe 6ft man with a knife. Hell he's fought dragons and undead before, why not?]

One step at a time, right Fraulein? Who knows what life may throw at us, but I'll stick by you no matter what it takes.

[Gaius popped another forkful into his mouth, having been taking rather large forkfulls he decided he'd leave what was left for her... or maybe he'd playfully fork duel her for the last bit of it, one of those.]

[ Curse you for being so good with words and making her knees feel like jelly, even when she wasn't standing up.

She giggled a little to herself as she quickly stabbed her fork into the last bit of cake left, before he could choose to fork battle her or not. This was her piece. All hers.]

Hehe.. You can't call me Fraulein anymore, Süßer.

[ Sticking the last bit of cake in her mouth, she placed the fork down, looking fairly smug about the fact that she took the last bit of cake. ]

Oh yeah? Well you haven't had the ceremony yet Fraulein. Now get over here.

[What the heck was he doing? Well since he was denied his chance to fork duel her there was only one chance left! He didn't care if it was in public darn it, when it came to sweets all was fair in love and war! He kissed her tongue expertly swirling into her mouth to steal the chocolatey goodness right off her teeth if he had to. He just hoped Asuka wasn't a biter, other wise this could end badly for him. Still the secret behind could kiss candy theft was to be good enough with the kissing that the receiver of the kiss didn't mind losing the sweets.

Gaius lips hungrily pressed into hers, softly applying pressure and brushing across the smooth silky length of her lips with each little twist of his sticky tongue. He was embracing her so that it would be uncomfortable for her to swallow just in case she had tried to do so the minute he made his move, and was expertly toying his tongue around her to try to get her to let down her defenses so he could steal a quick bit of the cake for himself. The heat and humidity of the kiss was incredibly intense since it was practically a battle of wills between their two mouths in this particular kiss.

Oh he didn't mind letting her have the piece, it was pretty much her piece after all, but the fact that she thought she'd won without him even putting up a fight? Totally unacceptable. If she wanted to keep her chocolate cake she's have to work for it though! The question was, which way did she plan to approach the scenario? Even he couldn't figure out if she would use violence, seduction, surrendering it to him, guilt tripping him, or some other tactic he hadn't even anticipated. That was half the fun of it.]

[ For now her tactic was to play keep away with the piece of cake for now. She might've bitten him if she didn't care about his well-being ~~or the fact that it would be hard to kiss him for a while if she did that~~.

This was her cake and there is no way you're going to have it, no matter how much you kiss her like that. This was a battle, and Asuka doesn't lose.

But she might cup your face a little while she defends her cake.]

[Aww, someone didn't want to play from what he could tell. No matter how he advanced she seemed to just keep on keeping it teasingly out of his reach. So he settled for running his tongue along her molars, praying she wouldn't chomp down as he discreetly licked a bit off her teeth, slipped a tiny bit under her tongue for a happy little hum, and withdrew, knowing when he was beat.]

Seems as though you liked your cake more than I'd anticipated Asuka. I'll have to remember that next time we're here.

[Because you know... he could order an entire cake or something and then have to run twenty miles to work off all the calories and- you know what, she was probably good for him to keep him from eating too much sweets at once.]

I might get you back for that later though.

[Like waking her up really early in the morning ~~but he'd at least do it sexily.~~]

Shall I deal with the check and have us on our way?

Why? So you can have it all to yourself? I don't think so. Next time I won't let you take all of it.

[ ~~This is a challenge.~~

Having become victorious, she held her head high, mentally giving herself a pat on the back for winning. She swallowed her cake and nodded, standing up from her seat and stretching her arms out. ]

Yeah okay. I'm good to go.

Maybe~ Maybe I'm also thinking about for when your sweet sixteen comes around, you never know.

[He playfully winks at her, and slips the ring still on the table on her finger before he starts heading towards their waiter, still waiting for him.]

Alright then, wait here a moment and I'll go settle it with our waiter over yonder.

[He went into his cloak fetching a bag of something, which the waiter seemed quite pleased to receive, beaming and shaking his hand, even winking at Asuka as if to wish her good luck and happy life with this man, before Gaius made his way back to her table chuckling.]

Fun thing about inter-planar commerce? I'm pretty sure gold is a bit rarer in your world than mine, because the owners of this establishment were more than happy to work with me for your romantic evening when I passed them a couple dozen of these.

[He idly played with a gold piece between his fingers, letting it twirl around in between like the coin was on some sort of acrobatic trip. The coin itself was larger than even a quarter or half dollar coin, and almost just as thick.]

I was half tempted to hire the orchestra, but I figured that be a little overboard for a first date, don't you?

[ Asuka's cheeks were a light shade of pink as she looked down at the ring wrapped around her finger. She had been lost in thought when he came back and spoke to her, making her jump a little. ]

Y-yeah.. Haha. That probably would've been a little much.

[ She rocked back and forth on her heels, before stepping towards him and taking his hand in her own instead of linking arms this time. It felt more appropriate for the moment. Squeezing his hand lightly, she stood on her toes to give him a quick peck on the cheek. ]

Should we go, then?

[Gaius blinked a few times in surprise before smiling with a slight blush on his cheeks. He could definitely get used to this.]

As you wish my love.

[There was almost a skip in his step as he walked hand in hand out the door, and back to their limo and it was then it occurred to Gaius that he ought to speak up about what they were doing next and where they were going.]

Now as I recall you're still living with Misato, Shinji and Rei right?

[He was pretty sure he got that all right anyways.]

Now as much as I'd love to go to your place to spend the night, I very much doubt any of them would very much approve of me. So as far as I see it there are a number of options before us. One, we can go to your place and call it a night and I'll give you a kiss that will make you probably pass out from the passion and intensity of it. Two, we go to my place which would involve you stepping through the outrealm gate and visiting my little corner of the multiverse. Three, I have made reservations at a hotel just down the street from here... just in case things did happen to go quite well for us. Or four, you may choose somewhere completely different and I'll do whatever you like! What do you say Fraulein?

Well, if you've already made reservations, then I'd say we should go there.

[ She got into the limo, moving over to make room for him as she had before.

Asuka reaches over to grab that bottle of wine from before and refill her glass. It was sweet, and she quite liked the taste. So she helped herself. It was there for the two of them to enjoy, so why waste it?]

[Gaius blinks as if he's surprised she'd have been so rational about it, and you know... so forward about going to a hotel alone with him, but hey she agreed to marry him so at this point, why not? He went in after her and chuckled when he saw that she already had her hands on the wine. He couldn't blame her if the laws of the land prohibited drinking for those of her age, because that meant it was a rare treat if nothing else.]

Your practicality is only matched by your beauty and charm Asuka. Well actually I suppose I could go on for days about your good characteristics that you have in abundance, but those are the ones that stick out the most to me in this instance.

[He passes her his empty glass so that she can fill it while he takes the moment to sprawl out over a few seats for a trip that would likely be much shorter than their first one.]

So I'm curious... and you can shush me up if you think this crass of me, but do you think about what you like when it comes to your sexual preferences much?

[Yup, he was prepared to dodge anything from a kick, to a spit-take at that question he'd posed to her. Hey, she'd taken him by surprise a few times this evening, he had every right to do the same.]

[ She had started to fill his glass when he asked. Which ended up in her spilling a drop or two on her lap by accident. She normally would drop kick someone for asking such a question but instead she just frowned. Mostly because she hadn't ever really thought about because she had never had sex before. ]

Not.. Really. I've never-

[ Asuka cut herself off there. That seemed incredibly lame for her to say. Especially around Gaius, who probably knew much more about that sort of thing than her. She clears her throat, filling his glass up and handing it to him. ]

I've never thought about it..

Oh yeah?

[She had taken that surprisingly well, but then again he'd been pretty much the perfect gentleman the whole night so probably a lot could be forgiven by that as a result. Still he waved his hand trying to apologize for again what he himself had called rather crass.]

My apologies, I didn't mean to jump you with that question... well I sort of did, but I at least feel guilty about it? Truth be told my experience in that area has been... less than optimal.

[Yeah... he wasn't going to go into the details on that if he could avoid it.]

I do however have a small confession to make before this night is officially over, so if you'd like to hear it now, I wouldn't mind sharing it with you.

Don't worry about it. It's alright.

[ Bringing her wine to her lips, she crossed her legs and leaned back in her seat, raising an eyebrow. ]

Hmm? What would that be?

[He lets out a heavy sigh, kicking back even further.]

I saw you talking with that cat lady back when we first met... I didn't want to say anything but she was right. I was... and still a little am a thief. I work for the crown now... or the throne or... whatever you want to call it. The point is that there was a point in my life where I was a criminal, and I did some things I'm not exactly proud of. I like to think the past is the past, but sometimes things like that can come back to haunt you.

[Gaius lowered a piece of cloth he always kept tied to his arm, revealing a black X tatooed to his arm.]

They branded me a criminal and locked me away, and I was content to spend my time for doing the crime. However... some corrupt nobles wanted me to help them with a frame job if they let me out early, asking me to say I broke into the royal treasury at some Duke's behest. I didn't care one whit about getting someone else involved for something I did, so I told them where they could shove that deal of theirs. I wish that's where the story ended but... they were talking about killing that dukes daughter as they were walking out of the room so I told them I was just trying to get them to sweeten the deal and to come back. I part of me still hates what I did, and this damn mark reminds me of it on a constant basis, but I figure it was the best choice in a whooole lot of bad ones.

[Gaius tossed the gold coin he'd been playing with earlier into the air catching it absentmindedly each time by just listening for it.]

Long story short, I framed an innocent man so his daughter would live... but I heard that the duke's name got cleared, and I had sent a letter to try to help clear his name so they wouldn't give him the hangman's noose. So that's probably all my dirty secrets right out there in the open. I am a thief, no I have no intentions of robbing anyone you know, or from this world for that matter, and no I have no ulterior motives for trying to win your heart. Does that satisfy you?

[ Oh yeah. She almost forgot that she ever had that conversation in the first place. She had been so swept off her feet by the events of tonight, that conversation had slipped her mind completely. She listened to him talk about his past, what he had done. And somehow she wasn't in the least bit concerned or worried that he'd try anything. Not in the slightest. ]

That sounds awful. And I don't think negatively of you at all, if thats what you're thinking.

[ She sighs and puts her glass down, pink already rising in her cheeks, due to the fact that because she's never drank, shes a bit of a lightweight. ]

I've done some stuff I'm not proud of either.

[ Theres a slight pause, and a quiet hiccup. But it was just once. So maybe that didn't mean anything. ]

My mom was kinda crazy. She wasn't always that way, though. She was pretty smart.. And then, from what I hear, she test piloted unit 02 and something went really wrong. She got all messed up, and she always called this doll 'Asuka'. She never once looked at me, or was a real mom to me, after that. And then.. And then she hung herself.

[ There was a pause. ]

My dad re-married a German doctor. She was nice, but she didn't like me every much. She said I was too independant. Too rough. At my mom's funeral, my grandma told me I was very strong. But if I needed to cry, I could. I swore I would never ever cry again. I wouldn't depend on anyone else, like I depended on my mom. And so I started piloting Eva, earnin' respect.

I did some pretty shitty stuff. And I guess you could say some people ended up hating me for it. But you gotta take risks to go far, right?

[ By now shes reached over to pour another glass, after spilling her guts out. ]

So.. People do bad things. I guess its what makes us human.

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