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Want Anything, Asuka?
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"Want anything, Asuka?" I asked, just like I do every morning.
"Shinji-kun." She whispered in her most seductive voice. "I WANT YOU!"
I blink, once or twice. Did I hear her right? Her following actions eliminated my doubts. "Mmmph!!" I think I manage to let out as Asuka planted her lips onto mine; her tongue exploring the roof of my mouth.
That's about the time that my senses finally hit home. Oh my God. She wanted me, and by the looks of her aggressiveness, holy shit, she wanted me badly! The redheaded goddess that I've adored for so long was engaging in sexual activities with me! Before I knew it, she was ripping my clothes off as if they were made of flimsy paper. To my surprise, my hands were also busy as they explored the insides of her T-shirt. After a few seconds of groping, we found ourselves completely lacking of clothes. I began to thrust myself inside her, forcing slight moans to escape her lips.
"Nuugh." I grunt as I began to reach my climax. Finally, I couldn't hold it in anymore. I screamed as I released the thick fluid from my manhood.
That was, of course, when my eyes opened for real.
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"Ugh." I yawned as I got up from my bed. Another wet dream, how embarrassing.
No, this was not my first, not by far. To tell you the truth, ever since I've developed feelings for my roommate, Asuka Langley Soryu, I've had a wet dream about once every two weeks, all of which she was the basis of. So what if I can't get her out of my mind? If you had lived with her for as long as I have, you wouldn't be able to stop thinking about her either. Especially since she beats it into you if you don't give her the attention she requires.
Speaking of which, I should make breakfast soon if I am to avoid the wrath of an unfed redhead. The sun was already up, which means I should hurry before the others wake. I set a beer on the table, knowing that Misato would need one to get her day started. As for breakfast, that would require a bit more time setting.
I had thought about making bacon, but last time I did, Asuka complained that there was too much fat on the bacon sides. So I would have to trim the fats off the bacon, just enough to make it bearable yet leaving the flavor in at the same time. Doing just that would require time that I didn't have. So instead I fried some eggs along with the few seasonings that Asuka liked. I placed a few slices of cheese in the eggs to create an omelet. Asuka likes those.
Asuka likes this. Asuka likes that. Asuka, Asuka, Asuka. I know I'm whipped, but that doesn't matter. What disgusts me though is that I don't care about being whipped. In fact, I'm comfortable with it. But I think about it now and then and I realize that I'm a sick person. Being slaved to a girl that slaps me around just to be near her, and not giving a damn about it.
Crap, I realize that I've wasted too much time as I hear Asuka's door sliding open. Just a matter of time now before—
"Ohayo, Shinji."
There it is. The reason for me to get up every morning.
"Ohayo." I reply just as she steps out of the bathroom. "Want anything, Asuka?" My daily morning question.
"Breakfast, of course." She grumbles. Judging by her droopy eyes, she didn't sleep well.
"Omelets sound good?" I ask. Please say yes.
"Sure." She mutters after rubbing her eyes a bit. There I go again, gazing into her ocean blue eyes. So beautiful, even after a sleepless night. It takes me a while to snap back into reality. I hurry to the stove to prepare the omelet dish.
"Want anything else?" I ask.
"I want you."
I blink as my cheeks glow red. Okay, this time I know I'm awake. "Huh?"
"What, are you stupid AND deaf now?" She snaps at me. "I said I wanted some tea."
Alright, maybe I wasn't as awake as I thought I was. I didn't exactly get a long good night's sleep either. It was mainly Misato's fault. She had decided to get drunk in a bar and stay that way until 2 o'clock in the morning. Asuka and I were asleep at that time only to be woken up by a call from Misato requesting that we drag her home. Of course, when we got to the bar, we couldn't get in due to being underage, so Asuka had to find a way to "distract" the doorman while I sneaked in a dragged Misato out. By the time we got home, it was almost 4 o'clock.
Stupid "distraction" of Asuka's was probably the cause of my goddamn dream.
"Here's your tea." I say as I placed the cup in front of her. "No sleep, eh?" A desperate attempt at a conversation.
"Stupid Misato." Asuka mumbles as she sips her tea. "What the hell is she thinking, making us wake up in the middle of the night to drag her drunken ass home?"
"Heh." I chuckle. "Yeah, well when Misato's drunk, you know she doesn't do much thinking." A sad attempt at a joke that Asuka pays no attention to. "Yesterday was a school night too."
"Which is why you need to hurry up." Asuka says as she gets up from her finished breakfast. Holy shit, that was fast. I guess there is some merit to the reason why she always says I'm slow. "If I'm late one more time because of you, you're really going to regret it, Baka-Shinji." She emphasizes her threat with a fist.
Why she demands that we walk to school together is beyond me, especially since she's always complaining that I'm too slow. It's not that I don't like walking with Asuka, I greatly enjoy spending time with her. It's just that when she's willing to spend time walking to school with me, it raises this small hope inside me that maybe, just maybe, she cares for me too.
But that's not possible, is it?
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School. Every time I think that the sensei is about to run out of material on the second impact, he manages to bring up something completely new yet still incredibly boring to tell us about. Not that I spend class time actually listening to him. No, my attention is focused to another person in the classroom. Guess who.
That's right: Asuka.
I'm not a peeping hentai or anything. But when you have a sensei that drones on and on about something that I'm sure the students couldn't care less about, your eyes tend to search around for something more interesting to focus on. Asuka was definitely more interesting than the old man. Sometimes she sleeps in class due to her short attention span, and she just looks so damn peaceful. I don't know how long I've been starting at her, but I don't think I can ever get bored of doing so.
Suddenly, she shifts her head towards my direction, and our eyes meet. I must say that her eyes are by far the most fascinating aspect of her goddess-like face. It takes me a second to realize that she's going to kick my ass if she realizes that I'm staring at her. I quickly shift my eyes to someplace else and turn my head as if I was merely looking around the room to relieve my boredom. Good old reliable Fake Coincidence Head-Shift Maneuver.
I don't believe it really works, but it's a lot better than just letting Asuka know that I've been staring at her for the entire class period. However, that time I was lucky enough not to get caught. As I take a small glance at Asuka I realize that she too was also bored and merely looking around the classroom.
After a few more minutes of boredom, my laptop receives a message.
"You bored too?" My laptop displays. I look at around the room as my eyes fall on Asuka. She was indeed typing on her keyboard, sending additional messages to me.
"Well? Reply already, Baka-Shinji." She types.
"I'm surprised that you're not asleep yet." I reply. That's the way to go, start the conversation with a light-mood sentence.
"I might as well be. I'm not learning anything anyways." She says. "But if I go to sleep, then I become vulnerable to you or your hentai stooges staring at my glorious body without the fear of me beating the crap out of you guys." Funny how close that came to what I actually do in class.
I'm sure my cheeks are somewhat red by now. "I'm not a hentai. And who in their right mind would risk getting beaten to death by you anyways?" I would.
"I do instill fear, don't I? :-) "
"Heh. To Kensuke, maybe." I type. "Toji, however, only obeys Hikari." Yes, I know how Toji feels about Hikari. I am not so dense as to not seeing the obvious feelings they share for each other. Hell, the only person that doesn't see it is probably Toji and Hikari themselves, and maybe Kensuke.
"They have it in for each other so badly and they don't see it. It's kind of sad, isn't it?"
See? Everyone knows. "One of them should make the first move. I bet that's exactly what both of them are hoping and waiting for the other to do. I just don't see the point in not making a move, there's no harm in doing so." I'm such a hypocrite. Hoping and waiting is exactly what I've been doing all along with Asuka.
"I completely agree." A message enters coming from an unknown source. "I thought you two might have been talking to each other. You should take your own advice, Shinji."
There was only one hacker in the whole class. "Kensuke?" I type, hoping to deter the subject from me taking my own advice.
"Baka!" Asuka messages. "How dare you enter our conversation you stooge!"
"He's not the only one!" messages another eavesdropper. It was obviously Toji; no one else had any interest in my conversations with Asuka. "So what have you two newlyweds been plotting eh?" The damn newlyweds comment again.
That pretty much ended my "private" conversation with Asuka. The rest of the messages consisted of Toji and Kensuke making more offending jokes on Asuka and me while Asuka mainly made threats to castrate my two best friends. Sometimes I wish that they would not interrupt my conversations, especially since they are so rare with Asuka. I really don't understand what kind of grudge they have against her. But then again, they don't live with her. If only they knew Asuka as well as I did, then they would see what a great person she is.
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"You're drunk." I point out. I guess it was okay for Asuka to be drinking since it was New Years, but I think that she might have went too far.
"No I'm not." She defends right before she went into a giggling fit. "You're the one that's drunk." I haven't even touched the sake.
I don't drink, not even on New Years. After months of seeing Misato drunk nearly every morning, I don't think I'll ever touch alcohol in my life. Speaking of Misato, she's spending her New Years at a party that was held at Kaji's apartment. Asuka desperately begged Misato to let her go to Kaji's New Years party, but Misato pointed out that the party was strictly for adults only. Before leaving, Misato left us a large bottle of sake, saying that it was okay to drink on this occasion, partially trying to tempt me to drink. Then she left me and Asuka alone.
Make that me and a very drunk Asuka alone.
I know what you're thinking; it's the same thing my hormones are telling me right now: "Go for it, Shinji. There isn't a more perfect time and place to make your move. Come on, Shinji. Look at her, she's so drunk she's practically asking for it."
Well, at least the second part of that was true. Asuka was drunk off her ass, even more so than Misato's usual drunkenness.
"Asuka." I say as I kneel down to her level, praying that I would be able to summon enough guts to just go for it.
"Yes?" she asks, still giggling.
"I…" I begin to stammer. "I-I… uhh… that is… I…"
"What?" Asuka asks as she sticks her face closer to mine. She holds an angelic smile below her dazzling eyes. My god, her lips are so close. Damn it, just say it.
"I-I-I…" Something blanks out in my stomach as I turn my blush-red face around and grab the sake bottle. "I really think you should stop drinking!" Stupid, cowardly Shinji. I'm going to kick myself in the nuts so bad after this.
"Hmph." She scoffs. "You're no fun at all." I'd have to concur.
Her mouth forms into a soft grin as she slowly crawls towards me. My breathing stops as I see her approaching me. I can swear that my heart skipped a beat or two. As she crawls closer, I feel my body move backwards, my temperature still rising. I stumbling on something and fall on my back. Holy shit, she's on top of me right now, her hair is drooping right on my face as we stare at each other.
Don't think, Shinji. Don't even think about it. There's plenty of stuff to think about other than this. Like, think about how Misato's doing right now. Or think about your sync-ratio and how to improve them. Or think
Sex.
Damn it, stupid hormones. Stupid little-Shinji can't think about anything else but the position that I'm stuck in right now. Stupid little-Shinji is getting too exited right now.
"Do you care about me, Shinji?" Asuka asks. The question hits me like a hit-and-run truck. "Do you like me?"
I nod. I'm in no position to do anything else, seeing as how she's pinning me down at the wrists.
"Say it." Asuka softly demands. "Tell me in words."
I gulp, knowing it couldn't be avoided anymore. "I like you Asuka, more than you can imagine. I've always cared about you; I liked you ever since we first met. That's the truth."
A smile grew on Asuka's face. A genuine smile. "I like you too." She said with a bit of drunkenness. "I mean, I really REALLY like you!"
She likes me? My God, Asuka likes me! "You really do?" I manage to ask.
"Yes, I do." She admits. "You're mine, okay? You'll always be my Baka-Shinji forevers and evers and evers. You'd never leave me would you?"
"Of course not." I answer. Words were just spewing out of my mouth now. "I'll never leave you. I'll stay with you forever."
"Promise me." She says, her eyes growing a bit teary.
"I promise that I'll never leave you." I promise. "No matter what happens, I'll always be by your side."
"Then kiss me." She whispers as her face leans towards mine.
Do it, I tell myself. She's telling you to do it. Just press your lips onto "Mmph!"
Oh my God. She's kissing me, and I'm wide awake! No, I'm sure this isn't a dream. 100% sure. Dear Kami-sama she really does want me! I allow myself to enjoy to moment. This once in a million lifetimes drunken moment. I start to kiss her back, it takes me awhile but I finally return the passion she's giving me. The kiss seemed to last for hours in my mind; time seemed to have dropped, leaving my attached to Asuka's forever. It was heaven.
It takes me a while to realize that Asuka had fallen asleep.
Heh, what a moment. I slowly slide my drunken roommate off of me. I didn't want to lift her up and place her in her bed, in fear of what she'd do if she woke up when I'm still in her room, so I place a pillow under her head and cover her body with a blanket. It was getting pretty late, and I feel pretty tired. I head off to my bedroom, leaving Asuka to sleep peacefully in the living room.
She likes me. I'll be lucky if I get a wink of sleep tonight.
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It's early. I should wake up and make breakfast before the others awaken. I get up and quickly throw a few ingredients together for a quick breakfast as I start to reminisce about what happened on New Years day. Then I start to recall what happened between me and Asuka.
She likes me.
I'm glad that nobody's looking at me right now because I probably have the stupidest grin stuck on my face. She admitted that she likes me.
Then something that never occurred to me before struck my mind. What would happen if we became a couple? How long would we last together? There might be a chance that she would get bored of me or something, and leave me for someone else. After all, I'm just Baka-Shinji.
I guess I wouldn't know the answer to those questions if I didn't make the first move. Yes, today is the day when Shinji Ikari shall ask to have the honor of becoming Asuka Langley Soryu's boyfriend. I walk over to the living room, wondering if Asuka was still sleeping on the floor. I would have to wake her up, and ask what was to become of us.
To my surprise, Asuka was already awake, sitting on the living room couch with her head buried underneath her hands.
"Ohayo." I say, not knowing how else to greet her.
"Ohayo." She casually replies, clutching her head tighter.
"Are you feeling okay?" I ask. Perhaps it was not the best time to bring up the boyfriend question.
"Does it look like I'm okay, Baka-Shinji?" Asuka snaps. "I got a headache so big it feels like I'm turning into a stooge!"
That wasn't surprising. "Well, you did drink nearly a full bottle of Misato's sake last night. You're probably getting a hangover." I remind her.
"Is that what I did last night?" She asks.
Huh? What did she mean? "Of course you did. The bottle didn't just empty itself."
"I don't remember." She says with a hint of frustration. "I don't remember anything that happened last night."
"…" I couldn't say anything. I was speechless.
She didn't remember. My heart felt like it was slashed in two. The words she said to me, the kiss we shared, the promise, she didn't remember any of it. Tears began to form, slightly blurring my vision. If I wasn't so weak, I would have then and there committed suicide.
"I didn't do anything stupid, did I?" Asuka asks. "Nothing happened right?"
I wipe my tears away and showed a smile. "No, Asuka. Nothing happened." I lied.
"Good." She says, returning my smile. "For your sake I hope nothing hentai happened yesterday. If I find out you did something hentai to me, you're going to fear even being in the same room as me." I nod, acknowledging her threat.
I actually felt relieved now. The truth is that I didn't have to be Asuka's boyfriend to be close to her. We were already close to each other all along, and we were both comfortable with it. We both like each other, so we can stay this way forever. Just like I promised, I'll never leave her. I'll be by her side for all eternity.
I start to walk towards the kitchen, knowing that Asuka would probably like some ice for her headache. "Breakfast is almost ready." I inform her. "Want anything, Asuka?"
"Breakfast, of course." She replies. All is right with the world.
THE END
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Backstage Bonus: My anger is my pain
TheForthMan: Thanks for spending your time in this fanfic, Asuka.
Asuka: No problem, I needed some work to do while waiting for Gainax's next Evangelion project anyways.
Rei: Do you know if they're even going to have a next Evangelion project?
TheForthMan: You mean you guys haven't heard?
Asuka/Rei: Heard what?
TheForthMan: Gainax is retelling the Evangelion series in a movie form in America.
Asuka: Cool, I wonder how much we're getting paid for this.
Rei: Interesting, why haven't we been sent the scripts yet?
TheForthMan (sweating now): Oh… umm… because… there's something you guys should know…
Asuka/Rei: Yes?
TheForthMan (sweating more): I don't know how to tell you guys this…
Asuka/Rei: What?
TheForthMan: And you guys need to know the most important thing is to stay calm, no matter what…
Asuka/Rei: What do you mean?
TheForthMan: And you guys might even find this a little funny…
Asuka/Rei: Go on.
TheForthMan: They haven't sent you scripts because it's a live-action Evangelion movie and they're using live actors to play you guys.
Asuka: ……
Rei: ……
TheForthMan (seriously sweating now): ……
Asuka/Rei (breaking out into uncontrollable laughter): hehehehaHAHAHAHAHAH!!!
TheForthMan (a bit relieved): See? Heh, pretty funny eh? Heh heh, live actors. What were they thinking eh?
Asuka/Rei (Still laughing uncontrollably): HAHAHA live action? What are they on? Crack? HAHAHAHA!!!
TheForthMan (joining the laughter): HAHAHA yeah! It gets better too! They changed Rei's name to Ray spelled R-A-Y! HAHAHAHA!!!
Asuka (laughing even harder now): HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Rei (laughing toned down to a mere chuckle): HAHaheh heh…
TheForthMan: HAHAHA!!! And her hair isn't even blue, it's black! HAHAHAHAHA!!!
Asuka (laughing as hard as possible): HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Rei (stops laughing): ……
TheForthMan (still laughing hard): HAHAHA that's not all! It gets funnier! HAHA, Asuka's name gets changed to Kate Rose! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Asuka (suddenly stops): ……
Rei: ……
TheForthMan (slowly noticing he's the only one laughing): HAHAHAhaheh heh heh… can you believe it? Blue-haired Ray? Kate Rose? Heh heh heh…
Asuka (eyes dimming): ……
TheForthMan (starting to sweat again): Funny huh? The whole thing takes place in New York too. Isn't that unbelievable? …Isn't it?
Asuka (smiling slightly): Heh heh.
Rei (matching Asuka's smile): Heh heh.
Asuka/Rei (starts laughing again): Hahahahahaha!!!
TheForthMan (insecurely joining the laughter): Heh. Funny, huh? Hahahahahah!!!
Asuka/Rei (starts forming fists while still laughing): HAHAHAHAHAHA WE'RE GOING TO KILL YOU HAHAHAHA!!!
TheForthMan (turning his laugh into a sob): HAHAHA I KNOW… heh heh… waaaahhhh!!!
(A bunch of CRACK and SMASH noises can be heard from the backstage)
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(After two hours, the beating still continues)
Shinji (sighing): That's like the hundredth author they've beaten up in fanfiction.net.
Toji: Two hours with this one… isn't that a little excessive?
Shinji (shaking his head): When will these authors learn to not piss off Asuka and Rei?
Want Anything, Asuka?
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"Want anything, Asuka?" I asked, just like I do every morning.
"Shinji-kun." She whispered in her most seductive voice. "I WANT YOU!"
I blink, once or twice. Did I hear her right? Her following actions eliminated my doubts. "Mmmph!!" I think I manage to let out as Asuka planted her lips onto mine; her tongue exploring the roof of my mouth.
That's about the time that my senses finally hit home. Oh my God. She wanted me, and by the looks of her aggressiveness, holy shit, she wanted me badly! The redheaded goddess that I've adored for so long was engaging in sexual activities with me! Before I knew it, she was ripping my clothes off as if they were made of flimsy paper. To my surprise, my hands were also busy as they explored the insides of her T-shirt. After a few seconds of groping, we found ourselves completely lacking of clothes. I began to thrust myself inside her, forcing slight moans to escape her lips.
"Nuugh." I grunt as I began to reach my climax. Finally, I couldn't hold it in anymore. I screamed as I released the thick fluid from my manhood.
That was, of course, when my eyes opened for real.
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"Ugh." I yawned as I got up from my bed. Another wet dream, how embarrassing.
No, this was not my first, not by far. To tell you the truth, ever since I've developed feelings for my roommate, Asuka Langley Soryu, I've had a wet dream about once every two weeks, all of which she was the basis of. So what if I can't get her out of my mind? If you had lived with her for as long as I have, you wouldn't be able to stop thinking about her either. Especially since she beats it into you if you don't give her the attention she requires.
Speaking of which, I should make breakfast soon if I am to avoid the wrath of an unfed redhead. The sun was already up, which means I should hurry before the others wake. I set a beer on the table, knowing that Misato would need one to get her day started. As for breakfast, that would require a bit more time setting.
I had thought about making bacon, but last time I did, Asuka complained that there was too much fat on the bacon sides. So I would have to trim the fats off the bacon, just enough to make it bearable yet leaving the flavor in at the same time. Doing just that would require time that I didn't have. So instead I fried some eggs along with the few seasonings that Asuka liked. I placed a few slices of cheese in the eggs to create an omelet. Asuka likes those.
Asuka likes this. Asuka likes that. Asuka, Asuka, Asuka. I know I'm whipped, but that doesn't matter. What disgusts me though is that I don't care about being whipped. In fact, I'm comfortable with it. But I think about it now and then and I realize that I'm a sick person. Being slaved to a girl that slaps me around just to be near her, and not giving a damn about it.
Crap, I realize that I've wasted too much time as I hear Asuka's door sliding open. Just a matter of time now before—
"Ohayo, Shinji."
There it is. The reason for me to get up every morning.
"Ohayo." I reply just as she steps out of the bathroom. "Want anything, Asuka?" My daily morning question.
"Breakfast, of course." She grumbles. Judging by her droopy eyes, she didn't sleep well.
"Omelets sound good?" I ask. Please say yes.
"Sure." She mutters after rubbing her eyes a bit. There I go again, gazing into her ocean blue eyes. So beautiful, even after a sleepless night. It takes me a while to snap back into reality. I hurry to the stove to prepare the omelet dish.
"Want anything else?" I ask.
"I want you."
I blink as my cheeks glow red. Okay, this time I know I'm awake. "Huh?"
"What, are you stupid AND deaf now?" She snaps at me. "I said I wanted some tea."
Alright, maybe I wasn't as awake as I thought I was. I didn't exactly get a long good night's sleep either. It was mainly Misato's fault. She had decided to get drunk in a bar and stay that way until 2 o'clock in the morning. Asuka and I were asleep at that time only to be woken up by a call from Misato requesting that we drag her home. Of course, when we got to the bar, we couldn't get in due to being underage, so Asuka had to find a way to "distract" the doorman while I sneaked in a dragged Misato out. By the time we got home, it was almost 4 o'clock.
Stupid "distraction" of Asuka's was probably the cause of my goddamn dream.
"Here's your tea." I say as I placed the cup in front of her. "No sleep, eh?" A desperate attempt at a conversation.
"Stupid Misato." Asuka mumbles as she sips her tea. "What the hell is she thinking, making us wake up in the middle of the night to drag her drunken ass home?"
"Heh." I chuckle. "Yeah, well when Misato's drunk, you know she doesn't do much thinking." A sad attempt at a joke that Asuka pays no attention to. "Yesterday was a school night too."
"Which is why you need to hurry up." Asuka says as she gets up from her finished breakfast. Holy shit, that was fast. I guess there is some merit to the reason why she always says I'm slow. "If I'm late one more time because of you, you're really going to regret it, Baka-Shinji." She emphasizes her threat with a fist.
Why she demands that we walk to school together is beyond me, especially since she's always complaining that I'm too slow. It's not that I don't like walking with Asuka, I greatly enjoy spending time with her. It's just that when she's willing to spend time walking to school with me, it raises this small hope inside me that maybe, just maybe, she cares for me too.
But that's not possible, is it?
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School. Every time I think that the sensei is about to run out of material on the second impact, he manages to bring up something completely new yet still incredibly boring to tell us about. Not that I spend class time actually listening to him. No, my attention is focused to another person in the classroom. Guess who.
That's right: Asuka.
I'm not a peeping hentai or anything. But when you have a sensei that drones on and on about something that I'm sure the students couldn't care less about, your eyes tend to search around for something more interesting to focus on. Asuka was definitely more interesting than the old man. Sometimes she sleeps in class due to her short attention span, and she just looks so damn peaceful. I don't know how long I've been starting at her, but I don't think I can ever get bored of doing so.
Suddenly, she shifts her head towards my direction, and our eyes meet. I must say that her eyes are by far the most fascinating aspect of her goddess-like face. It takes me a second to realize that she's going to kick my ass if she realizes that I'm staring at her. I quickly shift my eyes to someplace else and turn my head as if I was merely looking around the room to relieve my boredom. Good old reliable Fake Coincidence Head-Shift Maneuver.
I don't believe it really works, but it's a lot better than just letting Asuka know that I've been staring at her for the entire class period. However, that time I was lucky enough not to get caught. As I take a small glance at Asuka I realize that she too was also bored and merely looking around the classroom.
After a few more minutes of boredom, my laptop receives a message.
"You bored too?" My laptop displays. I look at around the room as my eyes fall on Asuka. She was indeed typing on her keyboard, sending additional messages to me.
"Well? Reply already, Baka-Shinji." She types.
"I'm surprised that you're not asleep yet." I reply. That's the way to go, start the conversation with a light-mood sentence.
"I might as well be. I'm not learning anything anyways." She says. "But if I go to sleep, then I become vulnerable to you or your hentai stooges staring at my glorious body without the fear of me beating the crap out of you guys." Funny how close that came to what I actually do in class.
I'm sure my cheeks are somewhat red by now. "I'm not a hentai. And who in their right mind would risk getting beaten to death by you anyways?" I would.
"I do instill fear, don't I? :-) "
"Heh. To Kensuke, maybe." I type. "Toji, however, only obeys Hikari." Yes, I know how Toji feels about Hikari. I am not so dense as to not seeing the obvious feelings they share for each other. Hell, the only person that doesn't see it is probably Toji and Hikari themselves, and maybe Kensuke.
"They have it in for each other so badly and they don't see it. It's kind of sad, isn't it?"
See? Everyone knows. "One of them should make the first move. I bet that's exactly what both of them are hoping and waiting for the other to do. I just don't see the point in not making a move, there's no harm in doing so." I'm such a hypocrite. Hoping and waiting is exactly what I've been doing all along with Asuka.
"I completely agree." A message enters coming from an unknown source. "I thought you two might have been talking to each other. You should take your own advice, Shinji."
There was only one hacker in the whole class. "Kensuke?" I type, hoping to deter the subject from me taking my own advice.
"Baka!" Asuka messages. "How dare you enter our conversation you stooge!"
"He's not the only one!" messages another eavesdropper. It was obviously Toji; no one else had any interest in my conversations with Asuka. "So what have you two newlyweds been plotting eh?" The damn newlyweds comment again.
That pretty much ended my "private" conversation with Asuka. The rest of the messages consisted of Toji and Kensuke making more offending jokes on Asuka and me while Asuka mainly made threats to castrate my two best friends. Sometimes I wish that they would not interrupt my conversations, especially since they are so rare with Asuka. I really don't understand what kind of grudge they have against her. But then again, they don't live with her. If only they knew Asuka as well as I did, then they would see what a great person she is.
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"You're drunk." I point out. I guess it was okay for Asuka to be drinking since it was New Years, but I think that she might have went too far.
"No I'm not." She defends right before she went into a giggling fit. "You're the one that's drunk." I haven't even touched the sake.
I don't drink, not even on New Years. After months of seeing Misato drunk nearly every morning, I don't think I'll ever touch alcohol in my life. Speaking of Misato, she's spending her New Years at a party that was held at Kaji's apartment. Asuka desperately begged Misato to let her go to Kaji's New Years party, but Misato pointed out that the party was strictly for adults only. Before leaving, Misato left us a large bottle of sake, saying that it was okay to drink on this occasion, partially trying to tempt me to drink. Then she left me and Asuka alone.
Make that me and a very drunk Asuka alone.
I know what you're thinking; it's the same thing my hormones are telling me right now: "Go for it, Shinji. There isn't a more perfect time and place to make your move. Come on, Shinji. Look at her, she's so drunk she's practically asking for it."
Well, at least the second part of that was true. Asuka was drunk off her ass, even more so than Misato's usual drunkenness.
"Asuka." I say as I kneel down to her level, praying that I would be able to summon enough guts to just go for it.
"Yes?" she asks, still giggling.
"I…" I begin to stammer. "I-I… uhh… that is… I…"
"What?" Asuka asks as she sticks her face closer to mine. She holds an angelic smile below her dazzling eyes. My god, her lips are so close. Damn it, just say it.
"I-I-I…" Something blanks out in my stomach as I turn my blush-red face around and grab the sake bottle. "I really think you should stop drinking!" Stupid, cowardly Shinji. I'm going to kick myself in the nuts so bad after this.
"Hmph." She scoffs. "You're no fun at all." I'd have to concur.
Her mouth forms into a soft grin as she slowly crawls towards me. My breathing stops as I see her approaching me. I can swear that my heart skipped a beat or two. As she crawls closer, I feel my body move backwards, my temperature still rising. I stumbling on something and fall on my back. Holy shit, she's on top of me right now, her hair is drooping right on my face as we stare at each other.
Don't think, Shinji. Don't even think about it. There's plenty of stuff to think about other than this. Like, think about how Misato's doing right now. Or think about your sync-ratio and how to improve them. Or think
Sex.
Damn it, stupid hormones. Stupid little-Shinji can't think about anything else but the position that I'm stuck in right now. Stupid little-Shinji is getting too exited right now.
"Do you care about me, Shinji?" Asuka asks. The question hits me like a hit-and-run truck. "Do you like me?"
I nod. I'm in no position to do anything else, seeing as how she's pinning me down at the wrists.
"Say it." Asuka softly demands. "Tell me in words."
I gulp, knowing it couldn't be avoided anymore. "I like you Asuka, more than you can imagine. I've always cared about you; I liked you ever since we first met. That's the truth."
A smile grew on Asuka's face. A genuine smile. "I like you too." She said with a bit of drunkenness. "I mean, I really REALLY like you!"
She likes me? My God, Asuka likes me! "You really do?" I manage to ask.
"Yes, I do." She admits. "You're mine, okay? You'll always be my Baka-Shinji forevers and evers and evers. You'd never leave me would you?"
"Of course not." I answer. Words were just spewing out of my mouth now. "I'll never leave you. I'll stay with you forever."
"Promise me." She says, her eyes growing a bit teary.
"I promise that I'll never leave you." I promise. "No matter what happens, I'll always be by your side."
"Then kiss me." She whispers as her face leans towards mine.
Do it, I tell myself. She's telling you to do it. Just press your lips onto "Mmph!"
Oh my God. She's kissing me, and I'm wide awake! No, I'm sure this isn't a dream. 100% sure. Dear Kami-sama she really does want me! I allow myself to enjoy to moment. This once in a million lifetimes drunken moment. I start to kiss her back, it takes me awhile but I finally return the passion she's giving me. The kiss seemed to last for hours in my mind; time seemed to have dropped, leaving my attached to Asuka's forever. It was heaven.
It takes me a while to realize that Asuka had fallen asleep.
Heh, what a moment. I slowly slide my drunken roommate off of me. I didn't want to lift her up and place her in her bed, in fear of what she'd do if she woke up when I'm still in her room, so I place a pillow under her head and cover her body with a blanket. It was getting pretty late, and I feel pretty tired. I head off to my bedroom, leaving Asuka to sleep peacefully in the living room.
She likes me. I'll be lucky if I get a wink of sleep tonight.
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It's early. I should wake up and make breakfast before the others awaken. I get up and quickly throw a few ingredients together for a quick breakfast as I start to reminisce about what happened on New Years day. Then I start to recall what happened between me and Asuka.
She likes me.
I'm glad that nobody's looking at me right now because I probably have the stupidest grin stuck on my face. She admitted that she likes me.
Then something that never occurred to me before struck my mind. What would happen if we became a couple? How long would we last together? There might be a chance that she would get bored of me or something, and leave me for someone else. After all, I'm just Baka-Shinji.
I guess I wouldn't know the answer to those questions if I didn't make the first move. Yes, today is the day when Shinji Ikari shall ask to have the honor of becoming Asuka Langley Soryu's boyfriend. I walk over to the living room, wondering if Asuka was still sleeping on the floor. I would have to wake her up, and ask what was to become of us.
To my surprise, Asuka was already awake, sitting on the living room couch with her head buried underneath her hands.
"Ohayo." I say, not knowing how else to greet her.
"Ohayo." She casually replies, clutching her head tighter.
"Are you feeling okay?" I ask. Perhaps it was not the best time to bring up the boyfriend question.
"Does it look like I'm okay, Baka-Shinji?" Asuka snaps. "I got a headache so big it feels like I'm turning into a stooge!"
That wasn't surprising. "Well, you did drink nearly a full bottle of Misato's sake last night. You're probably getting a hangover." I remind her.
"Is that what I did last night?" She asks.
Huh? What did she mean? "Of course you did. The bottle didn't just empty itself."
"I don't remember." She says with a hint of frustration. "I don't remember anything that happened last night."
"…" I couldn't say anything. I was speechless.
She didn't remember. My heart felt like it was slashed in two. The words she said to me, the kiss we shared, the promise, she didn't remember any of it. Tears began to form, slightly blurring my vision. If I wasn't so weak, I would have then and there committed suicide.
"I didn't do anything stupid, did I?" Asuka asks. "Nothing happened right?"
I wipe my tears away and showed a smile. "No, Asuka. Nothing happened." I lied.
"Good." She says, returning my smile. "For your sake I hope nothing hentai happened yesterday. If I find out you did something hentai to me, you're going to fear even being in the same room as me." I nod, acknowledging her threat.
I actually felt relieved now. The truth is that I didn't have to be Asuka's boyfriend to be close to her. We were already close to each other all along, and we were both comfortable with it. We both like each other, so we can stay this way forever. Just like I promised, I'll never leave her. I'll be by her side for all eternity.
I start to walk towards the kitchen, knowing that Asuka would probably like some ice for her headache. "Breakfast is almost ready." I inform her. "Want anything, Asuka?"
"Breakfast, of course." She replies. All is right with the world.
THE END
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Backstage Bonus: My anger is my pain
TheForthMan: Thanks for spending your time in this fanfic, Asuka.
Asuka: No problem, I needed some work to do while waiting for Gainax's next Evangelion project anyways.
Rei: Do you know if they're even going to have a next Evangelion project?
TheForthMan: You mean you guys haven't heard?
Asuka/Rei: Heard what?
TheForthMan: Gainax is retelling the Evangelion series in a movie form in America.
Asuka: Cool, I wonder how much we're getting paid for this.
Rei: Interesting, why haven't we been sent the scripts yet?
TheForthMan (sweating now): Oh… umm… because… there's something you guys should know…
Asuka/Rei: Yes?
TheForthMan (sweating more): I don't know how to tell you guys this…
Asuka/Rei: What?
TheForthMan: And you guys need to know the most important thing is to stay calm, no matter what…
Asuka/Rei: What do you mean?
TheForthMan: And you guys might even find this a little funny…
Asuka/Rei: Go on.
TheForthMan: They haven't sent you scripts because it's a live-action Evangelion movie and they're using live actors to play you guys.
Asuka: ……
Rei: ……
TheForthMan (seriously sweating now): ……
Asuka/Rei (breaking out into uncontrollable laughter): hehehehaHAHAHAHAHAH!!!
TheForthMan (a bit relieved): See? Heh, pretty funny eh? Heh heh, live actors. What were they thinking eh?
Asuka/Rei (Still laughing uncontrollably): HAHAHA live action? What are they on? Crack? HAHAHAHA!!!
TheForthMan (joining the laughter): HAHAHA yeah! It gets better too! They changed Rei's name to Ray spelled R-A-Y! HAHAHAHA!!!
Asuka (laughing even harder now): HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Rei (laughing toned down to a mere chuckle): HAHaheh heh…
TheForthMan: HAHAHA!!! And her hair isn't even blue, it's black! HAHAHAHAHA!!!
Asuka (laughing as hard as possible): HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Rei (stops laughing): ……
TheForthMan (still laughing hard): HAHAHA that's not all! It gets funnier! HAHA, Asuka's name gets changed to Kate Rose! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Asuka (suddenly stops): ……
Rei: ……
TheForthMan (slowly noticing he's the only one laughing): HAHAHAhaheh heh heh… can you believe it? Blue-haired Ray? Kate Rose? Heh heh heh…
Asuka (eyes dimming): ……
TheForthMan (starting to sweat again): Funny huh? The whole thing takes place in New York too. Isn't that unbelievable? …Isn't it?
Asuka (smiling slightly): Heh heh.
Rei (matching Asuka's smile): Heh heh.
Asuka/Rei (starts laughing again): Hahahahahaha!!!
TheForthMan (insecurely joining the laughter): Heh. Funny, huh? Hahahahahah!!!
Asuka/Rei (starts forming fists while still laughing): HAHAHAHAHAHA WE'RE GOING TO KILL YOU HAHAHAHA!!!
TheForthMan (turning his laugh into a sob): HAHAHA I KNOW… heh heh… waaaahhhh!!!
(A bunch of CRACK and SMASH noises can be heard from the backstage)
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(After two hours, the beating still continues)
Shinji (sighing): That's like the hundredth author they've beaten up in fanfiction.net.
Toji: Two hours with this one… isn't that a little excessive?
Shinji (shaking his head): When will these authors learn to not piss off Asuka and Rei?