Becoming Turian

Chapter 5

"Garrus, is this necessary?" She asked while looking down at her dress. Black and skin tight, just the way she remembered the first time she wore it with Kasumi.

"It's been awhile since we had a date of sorts, I just thought since we're official, we should try it,"

She smiled at his attempt to be romantic. It made her happy, but her lack of makeup was making her uneasy, she felt a bit naked in the dress without it. Sadly, her skills with mascara and lip gloss were nothing compared to her ability to snipe an enemy from a long distance.

Kasumi. If anyone was a beast with makeup, it was her. She'd done her hair and makeup on the mission to get the gray box and she surely knew she could do it now, as a favor.

"I'm gonna be down in the crew deck, OK?" She said and he merely nodded from his spot on her leather couch.

Kasumi was making drinks when she stepped into the lounge. It was rare when Shepard saw her drink them, but she usually gave them to members of the crew. She was usually against this type of thing, but now she had no reason to. As of now, they weren't doing anything super important, so she felt as though it was OK to let be a little loose.

"Shepard!" Kasumi called when she noticed her, "You look hot! Take a seat, I have just the drink for you!"

"I'm not really here for drinks," she spoke, but still decided to take a seat.

Kasumi slid a drink across the bar. She could smell it before she even saw it, the smell burned her nostrils and made her grimace. It was that same greenish brown drink that was given to her the night she and Garrus bonded. It was the one that got her drunk enough to forget her own limits.

"Not funny, Kasumi, I'm never drinking one of those again, " she groaned out.

"But drunk Shepard is fun Shepard," she said jokingly, "And the things you did with Garrus, I'm proud to say I saw that!"

"What? My dancing?"

"No, the sex!" She replied happily, almost as if she hadn't said such a strange thing.

Shepard's cheeks flushed at the thought, "So, you saw it all?"

"Yep," she nodded and took a sip of the drink, coughed. Shepard chuckled, she just couldn't handle her liquor, "I'm anyways cloaked and walking behind you when you get drunk. It makes for some of the best laughs."

"I-I didn't….do anything weird right?" She asked, curious as to what actually happened that night.

Kasumi placed a finger up to her lips, "I don't think you're ready to know what really happened."

Shepard was extremely confused by Kasumi's sudden strange behavior, but then again, everything Kasumi did was a bit weird at times.

She stood from the bar stool and left, not even wanting to get her makeup done anymore. She just needed a bit of time to think about what happened. She could barely remember that night, and now that she was thinking about it, she wished that she could. Anything could've happened and she stood oblivious to it the entire time.

"Ready to go Shepard?" The sound of Garrus' voice snapped her back into reality, she was walking aimlessly around the mess hall and she didn't even notice.

She looked back at the male. Tall, strong, funny. He had a smile on his face and he wasn't even wearing his visor or armor for the date. It made her feel a hit special.

"Y-yeah," she stuttered and leaned into him when her wrapped his arm around hers.

They went to a restaurant. Somewhere expensive and beautiful for sure. The lighting was dim which set a good mood for the two.

"It's nice to finally spend some alone time with you, Jane," he whispered, his deep voice sending shivers down her spine.

"I can say the same," her head tilted to the side when she felt him place a talon over her hand. She wasn't used to such sudden gestures.

"Listen, I just have to say it," he held his breath for a moment then spoke again. His eyes locked with hers, "This bonding is the absolute best thing that has ever happened to me and it's because I'm bonded with you, Jane. I've never loved a woman the way that I loved you. I know that everything that happened may seem like something bad now, but I hope that someday you can see that this was an amazing accident, just like I did."

She couldn't speak. All words were caught in her throat. How was she supposed to respond when someone she cared about so much confessed their undying love to her. She admitted that the kiss was rather sudden, but it was the mood. She didn't know what her body was making her do, and now, she sort of felt like she was supposed to do it again.

"Garrus, do you remember everything that happened the night we bonded?"

He nodded, "I was drunk, but not as drunk as you were."

"Then you should remember biting me right? When I showed you the bite you seemed surprised the morning after, but now you're saying you remember everything, "

"Shepard, the Turians are different than the humans when it comes to how memories work," he stated and pulled his hand away from hers.

"Yeah, I suppose," she sighed out, and looked down.

"Kasumi, I want you to tell me everything that you saw the night Garrus bonded with me," she slammed both hands down on the bar and orders out at the confused thief. She'd just left her date with Garrus, ending it off with a light kiss against his mandible.

"What's with the sudden attitude change?" She asked with a chuckle and Shepard sighed out.

"It's been itching at the back of my head for so long now, I need you to tell me exactly what happened. Please Kasumi, " she begged.

Kasumi pulled up her omni-tool with a smirk, "Why tell you, when I can show you?"