Hello everyone, this is my second attempt at writing a fan fic, my first one being in 2004. I've always loved Evangelion, so I'm going to do my best to portray a story in the best way I can. I can't tell you the pairings yet, or if there will end up being any pairings…because I don't even know my self. I'm basically making it up as I go along. You should be able to pick up when this takes place, because I'm too lazy to go find out my self. Well, here it goes…and please…be brutally honest.

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' '-Thoughts

9:26

There he slept, the third child. For him, 9:30 was late for waking up in the morning. Usually he would be the first one to wake, at around 7:00. But, he had trouble getting to sleep the previous night due to his constant thinking. He always seemed to run in circles the way he thought, he could never give him self a straight response. He was never clear in his actions, hell; he constantly wondered why he put his life at stake day in and day out, for people that probably would never do the same for him.

He sighed, slowly creeping open one eye to see the time. He then sat up, yawned and scratched the back of his neck. He brought him self to his feet, and slowly inched his way to the door. He was prepared for what was next…terror…he knew what happened when he slept late. He made it to the door, and grabbed the door handle. His eyes closed tightly, and he felt his heart beat begin to increase. "One….two…."

WHAM!

Before he had a chance to pull the doorknob, the door slammed open, smashing Shinji directly in the nose. His eyes widened, as he fell back on his rear holding his nose. At the other end of the door stood Asuka, the woman that haunted Shinji in his dreams, and in basically everything else.

"Idiot! I have patiently been waiting!" Asuka then pointed to the clock.

"As you should obviously know, it is your turn to cook today, and you have been keeping me waiting for one hour! Mein Gott! It's a project just to get food served on the table on time in this damned place you call home!" She then slammed the door closed, and made her way to the couch, and preceded to sit down, releasing a sigh of relief.

Shinji grunted, lifting himself to his feet. He found it amazing how self centered Asuka could be at times, she didn't even notice the damage she had done to his nose. He re-opened his door, making his way to the kitchen where he discovered Misato, still in her pajama attire.

"Morning, Shinji!" A rather peppy Misato exclaimed. "Someone overslept a little bit, hmm?" She teased, "I understand though, you must have just been dreaming about the most responsible, beautiful, and thoughtful guardian this side of Japan's ever introduced." She smiled, sipping from a can of beer.

He raised an eyebrow at her; he knew she couldn't possibly be talking about her self. Number one, she certainly wasn't responsible, unless it came to commanding the evangelion units. Number two; her idea of thoughtful was going out with Kaji for a night of drinking. And number three, well, she was a beautiful woman…but Shinji never really thought of her in any way besides a guardian. "Uhm…who would that be, Misato?"

He noticed her eye twitch in a bit of anger, but she quickly calmed her self down, "Forget it Shinji, just make us some breakfast, I'm starved! Oh, and before I forget, I need to you to bring this to Rei's once you're done with breakfast, okay?" She laid out some documents labeled "NERV" on the front of them.

Shinji simply nodded, and began making breakfast. He was by far the best cook in the house. Misato was absolutely horrible, and Asuka was barely decent. Shinji always seemed to put a bit more in his cooking. He finished up, and the three sat down. But, something seemed to be missing.

Just then, as if on cue, out came the greatly loved warm water penguin, Pen Pen. He stood next to the table, letting out some sort of a sound, and food was delivered to him. He waddled over to his food, and happily began eating it.

The meal went on in silence, no one really caring to say a word to one another at this point. Shinji was the first to finish, and he brought his dishes to the sink. He then grabbed the documents and headed to the door.

"And where exactly are you heading, Third?" asked Asuka.

Misato then butted in, "He's heading over to Rei's, probably going to try and take advantage of her in her sleep, right Shinji?"

Shinji blushed at the comment, "No! I-I wouldn't!"

Misato laughed, and Asuka just rolled her eyes. "Calm down Shinji, I was just kidding around, go on." Misato then turned her attention back to her food.

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There was then the sound of a door shutting, as Shinji made his way over to Rei's apartment. He looked down at the documents he held in his hand, a bit curious to see what they were. They were probably just useless documents about Unit 00, and it wasn't his business to look anyway.

He arrived at her door, and knocked twice. Usually Rei would never answer her door, which was also the case this time. He then grabbed the doorknob, always feeling awkward just opening someone else's door. He remembered the last time he visited here; he had ended up with a nude Rei. He blushed at the thought, and called out her name when the door was opened.

"Uhm…Ayanami? It's me, Shinji. I'm just here to bring you some things from NERV" He did not hear any response, as usual, so he proceeded into the room. He then closed his eyes, just in case, and called her name once more, "Ayanami? Hmm…maybe she's not here…" He opened his eyes, to see Rei just inches away from him, which made his heart jump a bit. "Ah!…Oh…uhm…it's just you."

She stared at him, blankly, waiting for him to get to the point, "Yes, Ikari?"

"Oh, yeah, I brought you these documents." He held them up, and then handed them to her. "Okay, well, I guess I'll be going now."

He then took a step away from her, swallowing some saliva.

"Why?" Rei just blurted out.

Shinji gave a confused look at her, "Why what? Did I bring you these documents?"

"No. Why are you always so nervous? Are you afraid I will harm you?"

He recalled getting a slap on the face when they spoke of his father, but that was the only time she had actually ever harmed him. "No…I just, well, I don't know." He brought his eyes up to meet hers, and began to get lost in them. Her eyes were so unique, so different, and in some way they were seductive.

He blushed, taking another step back. "I guess I'll be…going t-" Before he could finish his statement he forgot there was a step where he had placed his foot. Clumsily, he fell backwards, slamming his head down on the ground. And then he blacked out.

Well, there it is. The first chapter. Tell me what you think. And remember! Brutally Honest. I'm not sure where this story will go, so give me some ideas of what you'd like. I'm open to anything. Think of this as just…an introduction of sorts…me testing my self in a way. If things work out, then I'll continue this and hopefully get a good story going.