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Mass Effect 3: Aftermath	By : Royality Category: +M through R > Mass Effect Views: 3529 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Kaidan was curled up around his pillow on the bed wearing only a clean pair of tight-fitting black boxers. The blanket that was on the bed once upon a time was now in a pile off to the side of the mattress. When the light clicked on overhead, his face twisted and buried itself into the white pillowcase. Shepard had just emerged from the bathroom wearing a pair of red boxers with white stripes down the sides. There was also a white towel draped over his head that he pulled down to his shoulders. After walking towards the bed, he climbed carefully up on top of his sleepy lover to whisper in an exposed ear. "Kaidan. Kaidan…,"Shepard cooed lovingly as he nosed the shell. Kaidan only groaned, trying to drown him out.
"Five more minutes…," the Major mumbled as he continued to nuzzle the pillow.
"You've be out for nearly twelve hours now. It's time to get up." At least that was enough to faze Kaidan into at least open his eyes a bit as he turned to look at Shepard.
"Twelve hours? I haven't slept like that in ages…"
"I'll take that as a compliment," Shepard chuckled as he got off the bed to return to the bathroom. Rubbing his face, Kaidan forced himself to sit up. The hand almost immediately moved from rubbing his eyes to holding his lower back as he hissed.
"Argh! Damnit John!" Shepard laughed audibly from the other room before coming out with two glasses of water. He handed one over to the sore man before sitting down on the edge of the bed with his own.
"What? You should be used to that by now," he snickered before snipping with a grin. Kaidan downed half of his glass before speaking again.
"Well, it's been awhile for me alright? You didn't have to be so damn rough."
"You weren't complaining when you were panting underneath me or when you came so hard that you passed out right there."
"I was caught up in the moment!" Kaidan blushed as the hand continued to rub his back. "Speaking of which…when did I put on clothes?"
"I put them on you after I toweled you off."
"What? Where was I?"
"Completely knocked out."
"Huh," Kaidan shrugged as he finished his water. Shepard took the glass from him and got up to go put them both on the coffee table. "Wait, are we still docked on Ilium?" Shepard gave a nod and returned to the bed to snuggle up on the Major's side.
"The crew took a bit of shore leave, but they haven't checked in yet. Should we call them?" Kaidan gave a nod.
"Probably a good idea considering Vega is the commanding officer. Ha, I bet they haven't even left the bar yet."
"Or he bet our shuttle pilot in a poker game and is desperately trying to win him back."
"God, don't even joke about that Shepard," snickered a still visibly sore Kaidan who shifted his weight to lie back against Shepard's chest. The Commander put an arm around him after tapping at his own omni-tool to make a video call to his father. It beeped, and beeped, and beeped some more, but there was no reply. Annoyed, Shepard then called the new Sergeant, but automatically got a disconnection notice.
"The hell?" he said out loud before finally calling Vega himself.
"Hello?" Vega said as his face popped up on the digital monitor. "Oh….hey Commander…"
"Don't 'Hey Commander' me, Lieutenant. Where the hell are you guys?"
"Uh," Vega paused while looking around. "We're on Ilium…still."
"…Yes, I am aware of that, but why?"
"Well, uh…," Vega cleared his throat. There was then noise in the background of a Salarian doctor speaking about triage.
"…Vega. Are you in the hospital?" Shepard asked as Kaidan looked from his resting position and just rolled his eyes.
"Well, I'm not in the hospital. Uh, personally, you know?"
"Uh huh," spoke Shepard in disbelief. "Well then who is? And why isn't my dad answering his comm…?"
"Oh, your old man is fine, Loco. He just…uh…didn't want to be disturbed."
"Vega, I'm going to give you to the count of three to stop dicking around and tell me what's going on. One. Two…Two and a half…" There was silence as Vega's lips pressed together. He then licked them over as if they were dry.
"Maybe I should just show you, yeah? Hold up." There was shuffling as Vega stood up to walk down a hallway and gave a knock on a door. He was yelled at but let himself in anyway. It was a shaky camera but Shepard made out a hospital room with his father sitting on a stool at the Kyo's bedside. "See, Shepard? Your old man is fine…but uh. There was a bit of an accident."
"Accident?" Kaidan interrupted. "What the hell does he mean by…Oh my God!" he then exclaimed as he pointed at Shepard's screen. The Commander squinted to clarify exactly what he was seeing before staring bewildered after he made out what it was. Kyo was definitely in a hospital bed as his father lovingly attended to soldering the Sergeant's new synthetic arm. Vega gave a nervous laugh as he quickly left the room before speaking into the video again.
"So…yeah. That's kind of it."
"WHAT THE FUCK, VEGA?!" Kaidan practically screamed as he sat up now. "You're gone less than a day and the new guy loses a FUCKING ARM?!" Apparently the shock had suddenly made his lower back feel infinitely better.
"Hey! Don't look at me!" Vega yelled back defensively. "That's between him and Shepard's crazy old man!"
"Jesus!" Kaidan sighed as he collapsed back onto the bed. Shepard just groaned a bit as he tried to make sense of the situation.
"Okay, start from the beginning. What exactly happened?" he asked, but Vega only shrugged.
"They aren't talking. Me and Cortez were at the bar when Kyo won this karaoke thing. Next thing I know, the curtain goes up and they're both gone. We spent hours looking only to get caught up in some Batarian smuggling explosion with them smack dab in the middle of it."
"Batarian smuggling? Did they stop something?" Shepard continued as he cocked an eyebrow. Vega just shrugged again.
"I don't know, man. This guy saying that he was Kyo's friend ran up to us saying that the Sarge saved his family or something, but some damn armored truck exploded with them on it!" Vega frowned. "Your dad managed to pull Kyo out the fire, but his arm was messed. I mean, it was fucked, Shepard. Doctors had to remove what was left, so your pops here took this Geth arm and modified it like something I ain't ever seen before. He's got some mad tech skills, it's crazy. Funny thing is, the damn thing works."
"…You're telling me that my dad modified Geth tech to work as a human prosthetic? Where the hell did he even find a Geth arm?"
"Didn't say and he looked like he was about to kill me if I were to keep asking," shrugged Vega again. "I see where you got your crazy from." Shepard remained silent for a moment was he rubbed the space between his eyebrows and nose. He wasn't sure if he was even mad or surprised by this. Kaidan remained silent as well as he pushed himself to sit up properly and attempted to stand but Shepard grabbed his hand before he could walk off.
"Vega, are they discharging the Sergeant anytime soon?"
"Uh," mumbled the Lieutenant. "Hold on, let me ask. Hey! When are you letting my boy out?" asked Vega to an Asari doctor who had walked by.
"Your boy? I'm sorry, are you his father?" she asked obviously confused as she typed into a datapad.
"Uh, no. I mean I'm his friend. Why? Do I look like his father?" Vega then smiled. "Are you into single dads?" The Asari just shot him a nasty look before pulling up the information.
"Ah, yes. He's free to go at any time. Is there anything else?"
"Uh, no…No that's it. Thank you." She nodded to him before taking her leave. Vega watched yet another one get away but turned back to his omni-tool. "Yeah, Shepard? He's free to leave whenever."
"Then get your asses back here for debriefing. That's an order." Vega sighed at that.
"Yes, sir. We're on our way. Vega out." Shepard pulled Kaidan back down to the bed after the call disconnected to curl up against him. The Major laughed a bit, petting the black feathery hair of his distressed lover. A few hours passed before the crew returned to the ship. Dr. Chakwas buzzed up to the captain chamber to inform Shepard and Kaidan, who had never left the bed, that everyone had arrived back to the ship in one piece.
Sort of.
When the pair entered the med bay, only Shiro and Kyo were in room. Shiro sat at Kyo's bedside while the Sergeant sat perfectly still as the Biotic soldered the remaining exposed parts of Kyo's shoulder with a protective metal alloy covering.
"Lift your arm now. Let's see if that helps take the weight off," Shiro ordered and Kyo obeyed, rotating his mechanical arm and wiggled his fingers.
"Yeah, that's a lot better. Just doing the forearm strained my biceps. Thanks," Kyo smiled as the overly-familiar friends blissfully ignored the company they now had. Shepard suddenly became very disturbed at how long their gaze lingered.
"Ahem!" he coughed loudly to interrupt the moment that his father and the young singer shared. This caused both of their faces to look flatly at him. Kaidan, however, was quickly fascinated about the arm and pushed passed Shepard to get a better look. It was Geth for sure; however, there were four fingers and a thumb to look like a human hand. He could hear the mechanisms as Kyo moved it about and was amazed at how smoothly it operated. There were no signs of strain and no cheap jerky movement like he had imagined. The Major couldn't help but poke at it, not sure what to think. He poked a second time trying to get it to react.
"I can't feel a thing, in case you're wondering," Kyo laughed as he poked Kaidan back playfully. The Biotic jumped away uneasily. "It's like wearing heavy armor all the time. I'm actually used to it, so it's not that big of a deal."
"Yeah, but you can't take it off…," said Kaidan wearily as he continued to stare in suspicion. "How the hell…? What exactly happened? I've been in plenty of firefights and explosions, but I never lost a damn limb before." Kyo looked to Shiro, who answered for him instead.
"It's not important," the other Biotic said as he gave a firm look to Shepard. "It's over and done with. It was just an accident and won't interfere with the mission."
"What the hell do you mean, 'It's not important'?" Shepard protested. "You don't get to decide that! I'm in charge here and…"
"Leave it alone, Sol. I said it's not important." Shiro's voice suddenly became very fatherly.
"…I'm going back to my room to rest…," Kyo muttered softly as he slid off the bed in an attempt to escape the situation.
"No, you stay right there and answer…," Shepard began but was once again cut off by his dad.
"That's fine, Kyo. I'll meet you in there."
"What? I said…"
"I said it's fine, Sol."
"That…"
"Solaris Shepard." With his real full name being called like that, Shepard just made a face. There was silence, which was more than enough for Kyo to nod to Shiro and take his leave. Kaidan watched him go before turning his gaze back to a viable standoff between his lover and his potential father-in-law. With Kyo gone, Shepard spoke up again.
"You're not going to continue to undermine me on my own damn ship, dad." Shiro only glared.
"Shepard, I'm over twice your age and changed your piss-drenched sheets for years. I did the best I could with what I had and made a lot of mistakes, but I never taught you to be a bloody arsehole. I'm doing what I can to make up for leaving you like I did, but you're going to have to trust me. Kyo didn't do anything wrong."
"Maybe he's right, Shepard. I'm sure Kyo will tell us when he's ready," Kaidan said as he put a hand on Shepard's shoulder. The Commander turned to look at him, surprised by this. At Kaidan's urging, Shepard just nodded.
"Fine. Fine. Whatever," the Commander finally sighed
"Thank you," Shiro smiled to his son and gave a grateful look to the Major. "Now, if you'll excuse me. I should check on him…so…" Shepard took a step to the side to unblock the doorway and watched his father hurry out of it. In truth, Shiro hated fighting with his son, as there was enough guilt between them already. Still, he was more worried about Kyo right now than the semi-hurt ego of his adult son. Around the corner, Shiro walked into the bunkroom where the lights were turned off and Kyo was lying on the bottom bed they shared with his eyes closed. Quietly, he slipped in and removed a glove so he could touch the metal arm with bare fingertips.
"Hey," Kyo said as he lay topless in just his red undershorts with his eyes still closed. The arm moved to take Shiro's naked hand carefully so that he could hold it. "How'd it go?"
Shiro took a seat with a sigh and Kyo sat up to make room. "You're fine. You don't have to say anything you don't want to talk about." Kyo nodded at that, his metal fingers idly playing with Shiro's.
"Not a lot I can talk about, right?" he laughed in sarcasm before giving Shiro a serious glance. "You could have told me sooner, you know?" The bright green eyes looked away then.
"That's true. If you would have known, then this would have happened. You'd still have your arm and…"
"I have an arm. A new one, thanks to you right?" the Sergeant smiled as his metal hand moved to tickle under Shiro's chin so that he'd look back. It worked, and they started at each other in silence before the bashful Sergeant tried to change the mood. "Well, I like it anyway. I think it's…," but his words were cut off by Shiro's sudden kiss. It startled Kyo to the point where his eyes widened and his body froze. Finally his hands came up to push Shiro away enough so that he could stand. His face was covered in a deep pink blush as his lips tingled uncontrollably. The Singer couldn't even speak at first. He only stood there with his flesh fingers touching his lips in shock. When he finally did say something, it wasn't exactly the reaction that Shiro was looking for.
"How could you?!" Shiro looked surprised by this and moved to stand. His arms instinctually reached out to Kyo, but were avoid as the Sergeant ducked out of the way. "Stop it!" he yelled angrily. Shiro stood still in surprise. "Why would you do that?! Do you really think that you owe me or something? I'm not blackmailing you! I said I wouldn't tell anyone and I won't! You don't have to pay me for my silence or anything…" Distressed, Kyo looked honestly hurt by the idea. Shiro, on the other hand, remained looking confused.
"…What? Blackmail…? Kyo, I never…" He stepped forward while trying to clarify his actions, but Kyo put his hand up.
"I said stop it, alright? You don't owe me anything. Just…Just leave okay? Go cool your jets and let me sleep…" With that, Kyo moved back to the bunk bed, but instead of going back to the bottom rack as usual, he instead climbed to the top and curled up on his side. Shiro watched and turned dejectedly to the door to leave the room. It was in the AI core where Shiro sat upon EDI's hardware alone to sulk.
"Let me guess, you kissed him and he rejected you?" EDI asked.
"You shouldn't spy on people, you know that?" Shiro teased sadly as he leaned back against the wall with a leg propped up. He was still missing one of his gloves.
"I didn't spy, it's written all over your face. I know it's hard to be in a relationship with a human. They do and say some rather unpredictable things." Shiro remained quiet as he was still considering what went wrong, so EDI continued to talk. "For example, when you try to initiate physical contact and it's taken as a form of bribery to keep a secret…"
"You were spying."
Maybe just a little," she giggled.
"When withholding information that may be of value, organics do seem to trade some sort of currency for either revealing or not disclosing said information," added Legion. "It seems that his reaction was the most likely outcome given the circumstance…but I do not need to tell you this."
"You suck the fun out of the room, Legion," EDI remarked in a tone where one could hear her eyes roll. "It was good timing to attempt intimacy. Romantic. Something you wouldn't know anything about."
"The results clearly show that it was not." Shiro had to laugh at the bickering AI's, but at least he had some clarity as to why Kyo reacted so poorly. It needed to be cleared up, but he would give the man some time to think it over before attempting again.
"If you'll excuse me, I need to take a shower."
"Your excessive cleaning habits should be repressed before the rest of the crew become suspicious of your true nature, Shiro," Legion warned before the ex-Agent took his leave. Shiro paused at this, giving a nod.
"True enough. Thank you." With that, he opened the door and exited to the medical bay. There, Dr. Chakwas sat and was surprised to see Shiro pop out.
"Were you in there this entire time? I didn't hear a thing," she asked, seemingly a bit startled.
"Yes, I was just looking at some of EDI's hardware. Sorry to bother you." The Doctor nodded, but looked confused.
"Were you speaking with EDI? I didn't hear her voice…"
"I…was just tweaking a bit, ma'am."
"It's alright, Karen. I gave him permission." Overhead, EDI's voice became audible. "Thank you for the software updates, Shiro." The white haired male nodded and took his leave back towards the bunks, but dipped into the shower room first. He usually stayed in there for a long time, but this one was rather short. He also decided to leave both his body and hair still quite damp as he put his robe on and returned to the bedroom. It was meant to give Kyo a reason to towel him off as usual. Maybe he had calmed down by now. There was a pleasant surprise waiting there at least, as Kyo had returned to the bottom bunk. He had genuinely fallen asleep this time, breathing softly on his back in the dark. Once again, Shiro stroked the metal arm. Kyo flinched at first, but didn't open his eyes until he felt Shiro's body straddle his waist.
"What in the?" the sleepy Sergeant muttered Shiro's wet hair dripped on his chest. His metal arm was taken and the hand was placed upon a cool, brown-skinned cheek. With his eyes now partially open, Kyo saw what was happening to him. Shiro as positioned himself upon the Singer's waist wearing nothing but an opened, damp, white robe with his long wet, white hair hanging down as the Biotic held onto the artificial limb. Apologetic green eyes looked down and caused Kyo's lips to press together in silence.
"I am sorry for this and everything else I've done to you," Shiro said in a hushed voice as he stroked the metal forearm.
"It's not so bad…," Kyo whispered back as he caressed the face that his hand was pressed against. "I can't feel anything with this damn thing except your skin, but I like it so…,"he smiled softly as he brushed a strand of wet hair behind Shiro's ear. "But you don't owe me anything for keeping that a secret. I made a promise and I don't plan on breaking it, so you don't have to…" A finger to his lips stopped Kyo from continuing that line of thought.
"If I wanted to keep you quiet, I'd kill you." The look in those green eyes was completely serious and humbled the man instantly. "So that's not why I kissed you."
"So why did you?"
Leaning forward, Shiro smiled deviously. Their noses touched and breathing increased as Shiro's hands had moved to touch Kyo's blushing face. "I wanted to." The distance closed as Shiro kissed him once again with a greater force and passion than before. It was enough to push the Sergeant down on his back.
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