A/N So im kinda late for the lovey dovey stuff so i'm gonna go ahead and make this a series, Please ignore plot holes. Disclaimer, I do not own Evangelion regretfully. Like I said This is A love story So i'm gonna do whatever I want with the characters and the plot. Oh yeah and the characters might be a little different.
I would say it's probably 1am and for once it's not hot in Tokyo 3, it's actually a bit chilly. Not like it would really bother me anyway, or at least I won't show it. No I will probably just lay here and listen to my SDAT.
I turn over and look at my clock, 1:37 am, I decide to get up and get a drink.
I walk through the now silent apartment room shuffling through the hall hoping I don't wake Asuka, I don't have to worry about Misato he was out with Kaji all night. I fill a cup with water and turn around to see the living room light on. I walk in and notice it's just a lamp on and Asuka sitting beside it looking at something.
"U-Um Asuka why are you up?" I ask curiously
She quickly hides whatever she is looking at and looks back at me furiously with something hidden in her eyes, "Nothing Third, just couldnt sleep is all." She says.
"Ok um while i'm up would you like a glass of water?" I ask.
"Yeah Third." She says peeking at whatever she has in her hands.
I hand her my cup and leave to fix me one more.
"Hey third?" She says.
"Yes Asuka?" I reply.
"Why don't you spend time with your father?" She says.
"Um well I don't really know him nor like him, that kinda happens when he abandons you mear days after your mother dies." I say a bit angry my father is a bit of a touchy subject.
"Oh." She says, I can practically see the gears in her head grinding.
"I'm sorry if I sounded a bit angry my father is just a touchy subject." I say.
"Stop saying sorry it's not your fault, I understand." She seems a little surprised that the last bit actually came out.
"Oh um ok." I say fidgeting a little at the tension in the air.
"Do you remember your mother?" She asks me.
"I only remember her being a safe place, nothing else." I reply.
She thinks about this for a moment, she has a distant look in her eyes as if she is somewhere else and I notice she is shaking.
"A-Asuka are you ok?" I ask.
She breaks out of her trance, but is still shaking, "Y-yeah Im ok."
"Are you sure you're still shaking." I say sitting on the couch but still giving her space.
Its at this moment that I can see the object she has been hiding, It's a picture of a young Asuka, a person i'm guessing to be her mother having a picnic in a forest setting.
Is that why she is asking me this? Does she not have a good relationship with her parents?
"Yeah just thinking about a life that could have been." She says.
"I haven't thought about what my life could have been like if my mother was still alive." I say as I start thinking.
"I have a lot more lately." She says looking at the picture again.
"What do you remember about your mother?" I ask.
"I remember that she was perfect, until she had to do some stupid experiment with unit 2." She says.
"Huh I lost my mother in an experiment, I was there for it." I say my eyes watering a bit but not crying.
"Was it with the eva?" She asks.
"I don't know, I think it was called The contact experiment maybe?" I say trying to remember that day.
"Yeah that's the one that made my mother go insane." She says looking out the window into the cloudless night.
"Huh." Is all I can say after that.
We sit there in silence for what seems like forever until she asks me another question.
"Do you miss her Third?" She asks.
"I never really knew her, but I do miss that warmth and my life would probably be a lot better than it was." I say pulling my legs up to my face and hugging them, "what about you?"
"I don't miss the person she changed into, but I would do anything to get my old mother back, the one that took me on trips to tour the chocolate factory, the one that took me out to eat after school, the one that laid my clothes out for me every morning." She says.
I notice that her demeanor has changed a lot, throughout this conversation she now seems more sad than angry and a little relieved.
"Thanks Third." She says.
"For what?" I ask.
"For talking to me, I really needed it tonight." She says.
"Oh no problem." I say happy to see I helped her.
"Well we really need some sleep, try to get some." I say looking at her one more time and heading to my room laying down to try and sleep again.
About 10 minutes later I feel my bed sink a bit on one side and look over to see Asukas back.
"Don't think this means anything Third, I just don't want to be alone tonight." She says as I roll back over and fall into a deep comfortable sleep with a warmth I haven't felt in a long time.
Only what Shinji didn't know was that Asuka was smiling and a new shade of red despite the cool night in Tokyo 3.
This is the start of a beautiful story.
I know it's a bit short but hey, all these fluffy stories for valentines day made me want to upload a chapter for this story before it's too late for valentines. Hope you enjoyed and Criticism is welcomed :)