Neon Genesis Evangelion
Fifty Moments Frozen in Time
By BrokenChosenofEva
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Title: First Kiss with a Stranger
Prompt: set 50-A / prompts 001-010
Word Count: 1k+
Rating: T
Summary: Fifty thoughts, fifty scenes. Fifty times Hikari and Kensuke remember. Following the two through the original series and my "Returned" AU, other AUs possible.
Disclaimer: I do not own Neon Genesis Evangelion
Notes: I couldn't stop myself, just had to keep following Hikari and Kensuke! This, also, is for you Tasermon's Partner, my Dearest Reader.
Second in the "One Hundred Moments Frozen in Time" series.
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001. First Kiss
Hikari was never sure that Kensuke could remember when they first met in primary school at ten-years-old, and on some level she supposed she didn't want him to, the memory was embarrassing but sweet, and she recalled it not long after she kissed him at the end of their third date; she'd been shy and scared, not knowing anyone at the school, and Kensuke -bookish then instead of an Otaku- had held her hand and lead her around the whole day, ending with an innocent kiss before dashing off to his waiting parents.
002. Final
Exams had been stressful, all the more for the pointed and painful lack of Touji and the need to prod him into studying, and on some level finding out Kensuke had aced the finals was bittersweet, because she knew her only remaining childhood friend would be leaving for NERV Officer School in a couple of weeks and she didn't know if she'd be able to see him after that, but she was proud of him as well knowing he was pursuing his dreams.
003. Numb
Kensuke felt so numb after hearing Touji had died, mind frozen in a painful circle of denial and acceptance, and while he was glad he found Hikari in her recovery room with only minor burns, scraps and bruises, when he stepped up to her and she grabbed him into a hug like he was going to disappear at any moment he broke, tears pouring from his eyes to match her own, and they held each other like the world was ending.
004. Broken Wings
For a while Kensuke had been worried Hikari was just going through the motions, finishing college and working in a café like she'd wanted, but he'd know her long enough to know she was hurting, and it hurt that he could think of nothing he could do to help her, forced to watch her struggle with her broken wings and only able to offer his presence once he returned from Officer School and was stationed at NERV Tokyo-3.
005. Melody
Kensuke sat at the table with his coffee, silently enjoying the sound of Hikari's voice as she waddled around the kitchen six-months pregnant, alternately humming and singing a happy tune they'd heard on the radio when they'd left her check-up last week, the woman unaware of her captive audience.
006. Rules
His military training, even if it wasn't technically considered true military being that NERV was considered a PMC, had instilled the importance of rules and following them, but for Hikari he'd always made an exception, allowing his friend to use Touji's Pilot Access to enter the base to visit him or the Cages to stare at Unit-Three, and the revelation she'd brought one evening when she'd visited Unit-One instead had given them the final piece to retrieving Shinji and made the risk worth it.
007. Chocolate
Kensuke stared at the box of chocolates, blinking in a moment of confusion before snapping out of it and taking them from Hikari's outstretched hands, smiling at her as she took the seat across from him while he sat in a booth at her café, a mix of surprise and happiness at a gesture they hadn't exchanged in decades.
008. Nostalgia
Kensuke didn't drink anymore and Hikari didn't cry, time having turned once painful memories of their lost friend to moments of shared nostalgia, content to sit beside each other at the Over-Look under an ancient oak tree and reminisce.
009. Heartbeat
Hikari felt dampness on her cheeks, the sense of awe and wonder mixing with a joy so powerful that it poured out in her smile and tears, as she and Kensuke listened to the fast little heartbeat picked up by the ultrasound and watched as the first imagines of their child appeared on the screen beside them, the doctor smiling with them as he asked if they wanted the gender to be a surprise.
010. Stranger
Walking through NERV for the first time in centuries, Kensuke couldn't calm the knot in his chest as he encountered new faces around every corner, and looking over the renovated Central Dogma from what had been his desk lifetimes ago he finally let out a shuddering breath as he sat in the Commander's chair and put his face in his hands, remembering again the reason he rarely came here, hating the feeling of being a stranger in what had once been his own home.
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A/N: I honestly couldn't help myself. lol
This and the first Fifty Moments are a 100 Prompts collection I'm calling "One Hundred Moments Frozen in Time", previously called "Fifty Moment Between Horaki and Aida". I hope you enjoy this second leg of the journey.
PMC stands for Private Military Contractor/Corporation, basically civilian agencies that provided well-trained armed personnel for escort and site defense among other services. Search it for more/better info.
The Over-Look is the same spot on the side of a hill/mountain overlooking Tokyo-3 that I've mentioned time and again, an oak tree slightly off to the side and the road behind with an area just large enough for a pair of cars to park and a guard rail at the edge.
