Disclaimer- I don't own evangelion or anything that has to do with it. I am just borrowing it to express my ideals of what should have happened.

(A/N- First fic EVER!!!!!!!!!! I know it sucks, just go easy on me)

Shinji approached the huddled girl, stopping right in front of the quarantine tape. Relieved beyond belief that she was alive, but feeling overwhelmingly guilty at the fact that he could not protect her when she needed help the most.

"Asuka..I-I'm really happy your safe-"

"GO AWAY BAKA! I hate this, I hate myself, I hate you, I hate EVERYTHING!!!!!!!

Shinji was very much taken back by this remark. He remembered her screaming for it to get out of her mind. How useless and guilty he felt for not helping her. He realized how much pain she was in and how much he doesn't want her to be like this.

FUCK THE QUARANTINE! He thought to himself as he steeped over the tape and draped his arms around the disturbed German.

"GET OFF OF ME HENTAI!!!! I DON'T NEED YOU PITY" She raved, desperately trying to pry him off of her but he wouldn't give.

"Weather you like it or not, you need someone right now-"

"I NEED NO ONE!!!!!"

"asuka, I don't care what you say, i'm not leaving you, no matter what you say."

"I-I... I don't need you....." she said between sobs

"shhhh, just calm down, I'm here for you." The redhead gave up her struggle and just sobbed on shinji's chest. After a few minutes of silent crying, Shinji realized Asuka was asleep.

Misato came up behind them about to yell at shinji for crossing the quarantine line until she realized shinji was holding a sleeping redheaded German in his arms.

"punish me later Misato, lets just get her home."

"O-ok...." she managed to get out. what happened to his voice?

(A/N- during some episode shinji decided not to pilot any more and his has a very mature sounding voice, not the whinny little bitch voice he has most of the time)

For once, Misato wasn't driving like a maniac as she drove the second and third child back to their filthy apartment. She seemed to have a lot on her mind, and constantly glanced over at the deep in thought third child.

"um shinji?"

"yes misato?"

"whats with the sudden maturity and courage with asuka?"

"She needs me now more than anything right now, me, not the cowardly baka-shinji she knew."

"So your telling me that you just went from slight to full spine in 0.5 seconds?" Shinji laughed a bit at the statement but responded.

"No, but for that instant when I realized how broken she was, o forgot all of my troubles and refused to give up on her.... I truly care about her Misato. I was afraid of caring about someone for fear of them leaving me, but I feel I can trust her."

"I'm glad you can shinji." She sped away, not like her usual mad-woman like but enough to get home quickly. No more words were conversed in the car.

When they arrived at the apartment, Misato mumbled "must have sleep....." before falling onto her bed. Shinji carried asuka to her room and placed her on her bed as softy as he could. She mumbled something in her sleep that shinji couldn't hear. He ignored it and used up the rest of the spine he had and kissed her on the forehead before quietly leaving her room. As the doors closed, a certain second child mumbled the name ".... shinji...."

The next day shinji had overslept for the first time in a while. He got up and curiously checked asukas room to see that she was not in her room. "I wonder were she went" he asked the nothingness in front of him, only to receive a answer from behind him.

"she went to Hikaris house" Shinji jumped after the word she.

"M-Misato, don't do that." He said breathing hard. Misato seemed happy in a way that her little shinji was out of his super spine mode. Seeing this, she changed into her teasing mode. With a teasing smile she giggled and said

"well well, shinji's finally going to reveal his undying love for Asuka!" sighed in a fake swooning tone, she laughed a bit and looked at the blushing boy who quickly stated

"I-Its not like that Misato!,...i just.....kinda.....haa hrrr"

"what was like shinji? you were kind muttering...." she quickly said trying her best to hold back from laughing

"I-I-I said.... I like her...."

"AWWWWW!!!!!! THATS SOOOOOO CUTE!!!!!!!!"

"MISATO!!!!!" She couldn't help it anymore, she busted up laughing.

Elsewhere across town at the Horaki residence, Asuka retold her experience with the angel, replacing the reminding memories of her mother with a excuse of the angle just messing with her head. After Asuka stopped, Hikari was on the verge of tears, the quickly hugged her friend and stated

"OMG i'm sorry asuka, are you all right?"

"Well I am now. I just really needed to talk to someone. I don't think I could tell shinji."

"Shinji? What no baka-shinji?"

"No....I can't bring myself to call him that. Hell, I can't bring myself to see him anymore. Other than talking to you that was my reason for being here."

"Well what happened?"

Asuka retold the story of how he comforted her and how she work up half way on the car ride home to overhear shinji's reasoning for helping her only before falling back asleep and....

"And what?" Hikari seemingly VERY interested in the story.

"I kinda had a......dream....about him."

"awww, that so cute.." Hikari said before being silenced with a shut up-death glare.

"Well i'm not in control of my dreams, how is it my fault that he just happened to do some hentai things in my drea-" She stopped, realizing how much she just gave away. She turned to her friend, and looked at her dropped jaw and said "NO!! NONONONONO! Nothing like that....." She continued very much embarrassed. She felt a hand on her own and looked up at Hikari and she said.

"Its ok asuka, i'm not gonna go tell anyone, i'm your friend remember?" Asuka let out a sigh of relief, but quickly went back to her embarrassed mode when she heard "so what did he do exactly?" Asuka was for lack of a better word flushed as images of her dream swept through her mind.

"I-I-I can't tell you....."