Salvation Can Lie In A Touch

I never thought I could be so better if I was loved by her.

I never thought she could find in me something to love me.

I a world reconstructing itself, in a foreign land where men and women have but nothing but themselves , I found a reason for existing.

Her.

Her hand holds mine, while we sit together , looking at the stars bright over us.

''Shinji''

She calls me in a almost inaudible whisper, but I'm always alert when it is about her.

I turn to look her, beautiful and priceless in the moonlight.

I know she wants just I look at her, not at the stars, and she likes hearing my name pronounced from her voice, reverberating in the cold air of the night.

I caress her hand.

Her skin is like soft , warm alabaster .

Her eyes are glaring in mines.

I lose myself in them.

They are luminous red pools where I happily drown .

Right now I don't care if mankind survives or not.

I don't care if no one else returns ever from the LCL sea.

I don't care about any pain waits for me in future.

I found her.

I bring her hand to my lips.

I kiss her fingers one by one.

'' I love you , Rei''

And she smiles. All her smiles are for me.

Betrayals, suffering, lies, barriers, sacrifices and fatigues. We'll meet them again.

But I can keep her , and the memories of all the times when she smiled for me.