Bring Me To Life Chapter 2A

By Jintsu

This story will terminate at Chapter 4 for FFN. Chapter 4 and later are too radical for FFN. Chapters 4-10 will be published on AO3.

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Diary of Ikari Shinji

June 6, 2019

Life is good, I guess. At least my restaurant is starting to show a profit. My short-order cooks Kumura and Saitou have most of my recipes memorized. Fujita, Kamida, and Matsuo do an excellent job as waitresses. I never have to come out of the kitchen to seat anyone, anymore. I just wish that my personal life was going as great as the shop.

Oh, I do go next door to Aki Watanabe's bar and do karaoke on the weekends. I'm still a little uncomfortable about singing, but he and Yoshi Tanaka have been working on my shyness. At least it's not as bad as when I was in Middle School. But when you get those two together, and Yoshi's buddies drop in, I always seem to get dragged up on stage! They say it's for my own good, but I honestly think that they are getting too much enjoyment out of my embarrassment. And the never-empty sake glass doesn't help matters, either. I don't think I've ever bought a drink in that place.

I know Aki knows me as 'Kensuke Aida', but Yoshi knows my true name. It was a shock when he took me aside one evening, and explained how he knew of me.

That night he carried me home. I was too drunk to walk or see straight.

Now, Yoshi wants to set me up with a blind date. Someone he knows that he says is a lot like me.

Just what I need: Another introspective loner, one who can't let go of the past. Another person who won't talk because they are afraid of reopening old wounds.

I have to do something, though. Just working and sleeping is no kind of life. The doctors told me that I need human contact; that I need to let go of the past and move on. But it is so hard to do that when I wake up in tears, remembering the last time I saw Misato. Remembering what she told me before the elevator door slid shut and took her from my life.

Why didn't you come back, Misato?

I miss you so much.

Must close for now, Yoshi said this date will be here in about a half hour.

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Diary of Ikari Shinji

Evening, June 6, 2019

I wonder if Rei is playing games with my head? I know she said that she was a normal girl now, but this is almost too much to believe!

Miss Ibuki!

Or rather, Maya.

We had a somewhat shaky start on introductions, as I didn't want to let Yoshi know that I used to know her from NERV. I also wanted her to know why I changed my name. After that, things started rolling.

Until she brought up Asuka.

I had to do some quick fibbing, and I don't think she bought it.

I never could lie well.

Unlike someone I knew. May Lilith rot his soul.

And rot hers too, even though she is still wearing it. Or maybe Asuka never had a soul. At this point, I'm just glad to be well away from her. What she did that night...

Enough living in the past.

Maya Ibuki.

I kind of had a crush on her, before the event. I never mentioned it to anyone, not even Ken or Toji. She was quiet and polite, just the opposite of my roommates. And the way her hair framed her face...

And her cute butt.

Hell, all of her was cute!

But now she's beautiful.

And I asked her if she would like to go on another date!

I actually had it in me to ask her!

And she wants to go out with me next Wednesday!

I've got to talk to Yoshi about her, and try to set this up right.

If this was your doing Rei, THANK YOU!

Glad we had those mutual kissing lessons!

I think this was the best birthday I have ever had!

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