Lite Up
Chapter 1: The Addiction
by: shinji_the_assassin
Warning: WAFF ahead, beware, the clowns will come and get you in your sleep.
"Come on, try it." the girl persisted.
"No I don't want to." Shinji simply replied as he stepped
away from her.
"Here, I'll tell you what, you try it and if you don't like it, , I won't bother you again ok?"
"No, I don't want to try it, I got enough problems and I don't need to add to them."
"That's what your worried about, this will make you forget about your problems." she said.
"Really?" Shinji asked doubtfully.
"Yeah, here try it." the girl held the joint in front of Shinji.
"OK, I'll try it," Shinji gave in, "besides only once can't hurt me." and took the joint.
"Remember, you have to hold it in for a while to get the full effect."
"I'll keep that in mind." Shinji said and raised the joint to his lips and took a long drag. He coughed a little but managed to hold it in. He held it in for about thirty-five seconds before he had to let it out. He started feeling a tingling sensation running through his body from the lack of oxygen in his blood.
"So what exactly is this stuff?" Shinji inquired.
"Mary Jane." she laughed.
"What?" Shinji asked again a little confused. "What does Mary have to do this stuff?"
"What, damn your high already." The girl took the joint and took a long drag off of it.
"No I'm not, give me some more."
"Here ya go." She passed it to him.
Shinji took another long drag from it and held it in longer than before getting more of the effect as his eyes began to water and he began to get a little dizzy as if the whole world was spinning. He began to laugh a little at the things going on around him, but not much, more like chuckling or giggling.
"So where do you get this at if I may ask?" he asked.
"I grow it and so do a few others I know but they don't live here." She answered. "Why, you thinking of buying some?"
"Maybe." He took another hit from it.
"Here," the girl reached into her back pocket and pulled out another joint.. "This one is on me, the others you'll have to buy." She said and gave it to him.
"Okay," he said as he took it and placed it in his back pocket.
"its probably going to be gone by tonight. " he laughed.
" I wouldn't doubt it, you smoked most of this one." She said with a laugh. And finished off the rest of the joint throwing the remainder on the ground and stepping on it like she would a cigarette.
"So uh who are you, I mean what's your name?" Shinji asked still laughing. "I've seen ya around and heard bad things about you but I never actually talked to you, not to mention that I don't talk to many people anyways."
"Well, my name is Akane, Akane Kitsao, and I bet every one else says to stay away from me, that I'll get you into trouble and that I'm a bad person, yeah I heard what they say and I don't care." She answered with a laugh.
"Well, I can guess we'll be seeing more of each other, I'm actually glad that we met, I usually don't talk to many people."
"I hope so, oh here, before I forget," she took out a small note book and scribbled down a number. "here my number, call me if you need any or just want to talk." She smiled as she handed him the peace of paper. At that point the bell rang, telling the students that lunchtime was over and that it was time to go back to class. Shinji and Akane made there way out from behind the tree and walked down the hill towards the school building, laughing at every thing that was going on around them as their highness was at its peak. Shinji spotted Kensuke trip and fall over his own two feet and busted out laughing even harder than before, Akane joined him in the laughter as well, seeing the same thing.
"I would like to know what's so funny?" Hikari asked as she approached the two, who were still laughing and laughed even harder as she came up to them.
"What is so damn funny?" Hikari shouted at the two clearly getting pissed.
"Nothing." The two answered at the same time, resulting in another wave of laughter. Hikari then noticed that both Akane and Shinjis eyes were bloodshot.
"What did you guys do at lunch?" she asked, she had only heard stories of what people looked like when they got high but never actually seen some one in that condition so she wasn't sure or not.
"Nothing , Shinji and I just hung out together and talked as we ate our lunch, any trouble in that?" Akane quickly shot back at the class rep.
"We just talked that's all, Hikari, you think I would do anything bad?" Shinji caught on to Akanes plan and helped her along. He knew that Akane didn't want no one else to find out what they did.
"I don't believe you." Hikari said.
"Believe what you want, but right now your keeping us from getting to class." Shinji said in defiance as he walked past her towards the school. Hikari just stood there in disbelief; 'Shinji has never shown any kind of attitude towards anyone, what was going on here' Hikari wondered. Akane soon followed Shinji and the two started laughing again as they discussed their encounter with the class rep. Hikari was still standing in the same spot when the tardy bell rang, bringing her out of her thoughts about her encounter with the two, she realized that she was late and ran straight to the classroom as fast as she could. When she arrived there, she found Shinji and Akane laughing at the teacher as he went on explaining life before the Second Impact, and how the Impact has changed his since. Hikari was clearly upset and assigned them after school chores for a week, again the two laughed.
Rei watched from her desk and wondered why Pilot Ikari was acting so strange. She then made a mental note to inquire about it at a later date and resumed staring out the window.
About an hour later, the effects were almost gone and Shinji was in a drowsy state. He laid his head down on his desk and was beginning to drift off to sleep when his computer beeped.. He looked up and saw that he had a message from desk 23. He clicked on the window to expose the message.
(Akane) Hey Shinji, you there?
(Shinji) Yeah I'm here, what's up?
(Akane) NM, just wanted to know something
(Shinji) Ok, what would you like to know?
(Akane) You want to do "it" again tomorrow?
(Shinji) Sure, same place?
(Akane) Yep, it's the best place to do it at
(Shinji) so shall I save this one?
(Akane) No, I'll bring the goods, I'm over stocked lol
(Shinji) good, I'll probably finish this one tonight
(Akane) that's good, just remember that its out little secrete
(Shinji) yeah, I heard it was illegal before the Second Impact.
(Akane) Still is
(Shinji) cool
(Akane) well, we only have an hour to wait and I am about to go to sleep, see ya later
(Shinji) yeah me too, see ya after class
The two closed their chat windows and laid their heads down and quickly fell asleep as they waited for the last hour of class to go by.
Little did they know that Hikari had monitored their conversation. 'Illegal, what is illegal that their doing?' she though to herself in silence.
An hour later Shinji woke up just as the bell rang. He looked back and saw that Akane was still asleep. He gathered his things and walked back to where she was seated. He then woke her. Soon the two were on their way out of the school.
"So, we meet at the same place tomorrow?" Shinji asked.
"Yep" Akane answered.
"Where do you live actually?"
"I live over near 7th street, you know, all the abandoned low rent apartments."
" Oh really, I know exactly where those are, I know a girl who lives out there."
"Really, who?"
"Umm you know Rei Ayanomi?"
"No, I don't, oh I was meaning to ask you, have you ever tried any alcohol?"
"No why?"
"Cause your going to try some this weekend, then we can have some more fun." She laughed already planning something.
Shinji was about to object but remembered what Kaji had told him about alcohol; 'Alcohol isn't bad, it's a mood enhancer, if your feeling good when you drink it, you'll feel even better, but if your in a bad mood you'll be in a worse one and not easy to get along with.'
"Alright" he agreed.
"Anti-baka, would you wait up for me." Asuka shouted as she tried to catch up to the two.
"Great, here she comes." Shinji said in a low tone, just loud enough for Akane to hear.
"Who's she?" Akane asked
"My room mate and the biggest bitch I know."
"Would she like to try some?" she laughed a little.
"I wouldn't suggest asking her." He told her.
"She's that bad uh?"
"Yep."
"Why did you leave me behind baka?" Asuka asked with an attitude.
"Because he didn't feel like waiting for you, he had more important things to do." Akane jumped between the two.
"Who the fuck are you?" Asuka asked with venom in her voice.
"I'm the best thing that has happened to him since he came to NERV." Shinji could only stand back and laugh at the situation, some one was actually talking back to Asuka other than Misato.
Asuka was a little surprised. She looked over to Shinji with a glare. "You told her?"
"No he didn't tell me, everyone knows that he pilots Evangelion Unit 01 and that you pilot Evangelion Unit 02."
"Well, at least I'm a better pilot then this pathetic wimp." Asuka said with more triumph.
Akane slowly began to walk around Shinji, placing her arm around his shoulder as she did. " That's not what I heard, I hear that Shinji has shattered your scores."
"He was just lucky, nothing more." Asuka said as she crossed her arms.
"Really, he must be very lucky if he could do it time after time."
Asuka couldn't take anymore and knew she had lost this argument, "Come on Shinji, we need to get home."
"Actually, I'm going to walk Akane home." He said.
"Fine go with that bitch, see if I care." Asuka ran off, tears forming in her eyes, but no one else noticed.
Akane and Shinji could only laugh at their encounter as they walked on. Soon they arrived at Akanes apartment, it was in the section of town where they always seem to be doing some construction, because there was always construction vehicles parked along the road.
"So this is where you live?"
"Yeah lovely place uh?" she teased.
"Oh yeah, great" he laughed.
"So Rei lives around her you said?"
"Yeah she lives over in that building; room 214." He said as he pointed to one of the abandoned buildings.
"Cool, hey wanna come in for a minute?" she asked as she opened her front door.
"Sure" he answered.
The two stepped inside the apartment. Akane closed the door behind them as Shinji looked around the room. He noticed the paint on the walls pealing off, the couch old and broken down, propped up by old hardback books. And clothes all over the floor.
"Can I get you something to drink?" Akane asked.
"No that's ok."
"You sure, I got plenty of beer."
"Thought we weren't doing that till this weekend?"
"Its ok if we start a little early." She said as she went into the kitchen and grabbed two bottles of beer and brought them back with her, handing one to Shinji. "Go on try it"
Shinji took the bottle, "Alright" he agreed. He then opened it and took a drink, making a face at the taste of it. " I still cant see how Misato can stand this, it taste awful."
"You'll get used to the taste." Akane said as she took a drink from her own bottle.
"If you say so." He took another drink. About half way through the bottle he ignored the taste. Akane was now closer to him and Shinji didn't seem to mind, she slowly began to move her face closer to his looking into his eyes. Shinji already guessed what she was trying to do but wasn't afraid this time like he was when Asuka wanted to kiss him. Instead he met it straight forward. To Akanes surprise he leaned forward and kissed her on the lips, letting his tongue slip inside her mouth, Akane stiffened as he did this, she didn't expect him to be so bold in this area. She moaned softly into his mouth, both of them enjoying it as their hands began to explore each others body. Shinji brought his hand up to stroke her hair when he noticed the time on his watch.
"Oh shit, I have to go, damn." He said.
"Damn, we'll finish this weekend?" she asked in a flirting voice.
"You can bet on it, see you tomorrow." He said and left.
He slowly made his way back to Misatos apartment. About forty-five minutes later he arrived there, his head still swimming from what he had just done, but he liked it.
"I'm home." he called as he entered.
"Where have you been?" Misato asked as she walked into the living room.
"I met a new friend today and walked her home." He answered.
"Yeah," Misato smiled, " I heard you had a new girl friend." She couldn't resist to tease him.
"I'm guessing Asuka came home and complained about her."
"Actually shes stayed in her room ever since she got home, but I did get a call from Hikari." Misato said
"Oh and what did she have to say." He asked in a nervous voice.
"She said you weren't acting yourself today, that you were more lose than usual."
"Yeah, I let a few things out at lunch."
"Well, I'm glad you found somebody to talk to." She said believing what he said to be true. "Well, I have to go back to the office, I left some instant meals on the table for you two."
"OK." Shinji said and made his way to his room and threw down his books. 'Shit that was close' he thought to himself 'but it was exciting doing something I know I'm not supposed to do'. He reached into his back pocket and pulled out the joint that Akane had given him, along with the book of matches that she had just given him.
"Shinji are you home?" Asuka asked from her room.
"Shit" he said in a low voice, and dumped the two items in his top dresser drawer. "Yeah," he called out.
"Finally you get back, what were you doing, kissing her?" Asuka asked with venom, clearly in a pissed off mood.
"Umm no, we got there and she invited me in for something to drink." He answered.
"Yeah, well I don't like her." She spat.
"And just how many people do you think like you?" Shinji shot at her. This caught her by surprise.
"What?" she asked a little confused.
"How many people do you think actually like you as a friend?" he asked again.
"Lots of people," she came to her arrogant self again, "there's Hikari and....and...."
"She's the only one." He said.
"What about you, you like me don't you?" she asked, with a hurt sound in her voice.
"Asuka, I thought I did when I first saw you, but since then you acted like a grade A bitch towards me so I lost those feelings, and you want me to like you?"
Asuka couldn't take this anymore, she turned and ran into her room slamming her door.
'Oh well' Shinji thought. He then made his way to the kitchen and began to prepare his and Asukas dinner. Figuring that Asuka would be in her room for a good amount of time, he opened the fridge and grabbed one of Misatos beers. He then proceeded to open it and drink. "Now I know why Misato drinks this all the time." He said to himself, and quickly finished off the can as the timer on the oven went off. He disposed of the can and set the two trays on the table along with the silver wear.
"Asuka, dinners done." He called out, not expecting her to come, but to his surprise she did. The two sat and ate their dinner in silence.
"What's going on with you Shinji?" Asuka broke the silence.
"What do you mean?"
"You've changed a lot ever since this morning. Your not acting like yourself."
"I thought you wanted me to change, grow a little back bone."
"Not like this, you totally ignored the stooges today after lunch like they were nothing, you had an attitude with Hikari and you came home late, and its all after you met your new friend."
"Well, she happens to be a very close friend of mine, she makes me feel good about myself."
"How you only knew her since lunch?"
"She has her ways." He smiled. "and she doesn't yell at me or make fun of me."
Asuka fell silent. She slowly ate the rest of her dinner. Shinji finished off his tray and made his way to his room, Asuka soon went to her own room thinking over the discussion they had. Shinji then closed his door and walked over to his dresser and took out the two items he deposited earlier and sat down on his bed. He looked at the joint for awhile before he brought it up to his lips. He then lit it and took a long drag, held it in for awhile and then exhaled. As he smoked it the smoke drifted from his room to the others of the house, finally it fell into Asukas room. She sniffed curiously at the unknown smell. She then got off her bed to see where it was coming from. Water began to fill her eyes as she breathed in more of the smoke. She began to feel a little dizzy and tried to shake it off as her body began to feel numb. She stumbled out of her room and feel against Shinjis door. Shinji heard the thump, and set the joint on his dresser and opened his door to see what it was. Once he opened his door he saw Asuka sitting there, beginning to giggle.
"Asuka?" he asked a little confused while trying to hold in the laughter.
"Shinji? What's going on, I feel so weird, but good."
He reached down to help her up to her feet. She stumbled a little and grabbed hold of him for balance.
"Why is the room spinning?" she asked.
"It's not, here." He decided to try it. He reached back and grabbed the joint and offered it to her.
"Those are drugs Shinji."
"Yeah but it's what's making you feel good."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
She took it and took a small drag from it, Shinji then took it back and finished it off. As he exhaled he noticed the room filled with smoke.
"Ah shit, I forgot to open the windows." He said as he walked over and opened his own, then took off his over shirt, feeling a little warm.
"Did I ever tell you how cute you looked?" Asuka said between giggles as she looked up at him.
"No, but you did tell me how much of an idiot I am, and that you hated me." He said a little confused at what she just said.
"Lies, all lies; I really like you, just couldn't bring myself to tell you.." She admitted.
"You never acted like it."
"I couldn't, because I didn't know how."
"Well, try honesty, it works a little better."
"Hey Shinji, can you get some more of that, it was good,"
Shinji laughed at this . "Yeah, I can. That's what I was going to do in a few minutes.." He then put some of his money in his pocket and walked out the door and called back. "If Misato comes back, tell her I went over to Toujis house."
"Alright." She answered, still lying on Shinjis bed coming off her high.
Disclaimer: Alright as you should know, I do not own Neon Genesis Evangelion, Gainax does. Also none of the events in this fic happened and never will happen. Now that we got that straight lets move on to the authors notes.
Authors notes: Ok, Well that was chapter one, as for a few things in the story, I am not sure how the class room chat is run, but I figured Hikari is a the class rep which would give her access to other students chat, as for the desk setup, I just described how it was in my computer class. OK and later I just put a number for Reis apartment cause I couldn't remember what it was. And one last thing I feel I must say the "Just Say No" speech but I wont, you are smart so if you want to do it, I'm not going to stop you, basiclly I could care less. But I hope you enjoyed my fic, more chapters on the way.
Next chapter: The Passion
Akane and Shinji get a little close to each other, Asuka has said her feelings for Shinji, so this leaves Shinji to decide which one to go for, maybe both. Read to find out.
Chapter 1: The Addiction
by: shinji_the_assassin
Warning: WAFF ahead, beware, the clowns will come and get you in your sleep.
"Come on, try it." the girl persisted.
"No I don't want to." Shinji simply replied as he stepped
away from her.
"Here, I'll tell you what, you try it and if you don't like it, , I won't bother you again ok?"
"No, I don't want to try it, I got enough problems and I don't need to add to them."
"That's what your worried about, this will make you forget about your problems." she said.
"Really?" Shinji asked doubtfully.
"Yeah, here try it." the girl held the joint in front of Shinji.
"OK, I'll try it," Shinji gave in, "besides only once can't hurt me." and took the joint.
"Remember, you have to hold it in for a while to get the full effect."
"I'll keep that in mind." Shinji said and raised the joint to his lips and took a long drag. He coughed a little but managed to hold it in. He held it in for about thirty-five seconds before he had to let it out. He started feeling a tingling sensation running through his body from the lack of oxygen in his blood.
"So what exactly is this stuff?" Shinji inquired.
"Mary Jane." she laughed.
"What?" Shinji asked again a little confused. "What does Mary have to do this stuff?"
"What, damn your high already." The girl took the joint and took a long drag off of it.
"No I'm not, give me some more."
"Here ya go." She passed it to him.
Shinji took another long drag from it and held it in longer than before getting more of the effect as his eyes began to water and he began to get a little dizzy as if the whole world was spinning. He began to laugh a little at the things going on around him, but not much, more like chuckling or giggling.
"So where do you get this at if I may ask?" he asked.
"I grow it and so do a few others I know but they don't live here." She answered. "Why, you thinking of buying some?"
"Maybe." He took another hit from it.
"Here," the girl reached into her back pocket and pulled out another joint.. "This one is on me, the others you'll have to buy." She said and gave it to him.
"Okay," he said as he took it and placed it in his back pocket.
"its probably going to be gone by tonight. " he laughed.
" I wouldn't doubt it, you smoked most of this one." She said with a laugh. And finished off the rest of the joint throwing the remainder on the ground and stepping on it like she would a cigarette.
"So uh who are you, I mean what's your name?" Shinji asked still laughing. "I've seen ya around and heard bad things about you but I never actually talked to you, not to mention that I don't talk to many people anyways."
"Well, my name is Akane, Akane Kitsao, and I bet every one else says to stay away from me, that I'll get you into trouble and that I'm a bad person, yeah I heard what they say and I don't care." She answered with a laugh.
"Well, I can guess we'll be seeing more of each other, I'm actually glad that we met, I usually don't talk to many people."
"I hope so, oh here, before I forget," she took out a small note book and scribbled down a number. "here my number, call me if you need any or just want to talk." She smiled as she handed him the peace of paper. At that point the bell rang, telling the students that lunchtime was over and that it was time to go back to class. Shinji and Akane made there way out from behind the tree and walked down the hill towards the school building, laughing at every thing that was going on around them as their highness was at its peak. Shinji spotted Kensuke trip and fall over his own two feet and busted out laughing even harder than before, Akane joined him in the laughter as well, seeing the same thing.
"I would like to know what's so funny?" Hikari asked as she approached the two, who were still laughing and laughed even harder as she came up to them.
"What is so damn funny?" Hikari shouted at the two clearly getting pissed.
"Nothing." The two answered at the same time, resulting in another wave of laughter. Hikari then noticed that both Akane and Shinjis eyes were bloodshot.
"What did you guys do at lunch?" she asked, she had only heard stories of what people looked like when they got high but never actually seen some one in that condition so she wasn't sure or not.
"Nothing , Shinji and I just hung out together and talked as we ate our lunch, any trouble in that?" Akane quickly shot back at the class rep.
"We just talked that's all, Hikari, you think I would do anything bad?" Shinji caught on to Akanes plan and helped her along. He knew that Akane didn't want no one else to find out what they did.
"I don't believe you." Hikari said.
"Believe what you want, but right now your keeping us from getting to class." Shinji said in defiance as he walked past her towards the school. Hikari just stood there in disbelief; 'Shinji has never shown any kind of attitude towards anyone, what was going on here' Hikari wondered. Akane soon followed Shinji and the two started laughing again as they discussed their encounter with the class rep. Hikari was still standing in the same spot when the tardy bell rang, bringing her out of her thoughts about her encounter with the two, she realized that she was late and ran straight to the classroom as fast as she could. When she arrived there, she found Shinji and Akane laughing at the teacher as he went on explaining life before the Second Impact, and how the Impact has changed his since. Hikari was clearly upset and assigned them after school chores for a week, again the two laughed.
Rei watched from her desk and wondered why Pilot Ikari was acting so strange. She then made a mental note to inquire about it at a later date and resumed staring out the window.
About an hour later, the effects were almost gone and Shinji was in a drowsy state. He laid his head down on his desk and was beginning to drift off to sleep when his computer beeped.. He looked up and saw that he had a message from desk 23. He clicked on the window to expose the message.
(Akane) Hey Shinji, you there?
(Shinji) Yeah I'm here, what's up?
(Akane) NM, just wanted to know something
(Shinji) Ok, what would you like to know?
(Akane) You want to do "it" again tomorrow?
(Shinji) Sure, same place?
(Akane) Yep, it's the best place to do it at
(Shinji) so shall I save this one?
(Akane) No, I'll bring the goods, I'm over stocked lol
(Shinji) good, I'll probably finish this one tonight
(Akane) that's good, just remember that its out little secrete
(Shinji) yeah, I heard it was illegal before the Second Impact.
(Akane) Still is
(Shinji) cool
(Akane) well, we only have an hour to wait and I am about to go to sleep, see ya later
(Shinji) yeah me too, see ya after class
The two closed their chat windows and laid their heads down and quickly fell asleep as they waited for the last hour of class to go by.
Little did they know that Hikari had monitored their conversation. 'Illegal, what is illegal that their doing?' she though to herself in silence.
An hour later Shinji woke up just as the bell rang. He looked back and saw that Akane was still asleep. He gathered his things and walked back to where she was seated. He then woke her. Soon the two were on their way out of the school.
"So, we meet at the same place tomorrow?" Shinji asked.
"Yep" Akane answered.
"Where do you live actually?"
"I live over near 7th street, you know, all the abandoned low rent apartments."
" Oh really, I know exactly where those are, I know a girl who lives out there."
"Really, who?"
"Umm you know Rei Ayanomi?"
"No, I don't, oh I was meaning to ask you, have you ever tried any alcohol?"
"No why?"
"Cause your going to try some this weekend, then we can have some more fun." She laughed already planning something.
Shinji was about to object but remembered what Kaji had told him about alcohol; 'Alcohol isn't bad, it's a mood enhancer, if your feeling good when you drink it, you'll feel even better, but if your in a bad mood you'll be in a worse one and not easy to get along with.'
"Alright" he agreed.
"Anti-baka, would you wait up for me." Asuka shouted as she tried to catch up to the two.
"Great, here she comes." Shinji said in a low tone, just loud enough for Akane to hear.
"Who's she?" Akane asked
"My room mate and the biggest bitch I know."
"Would she like to try some?" she laughed a little.
"I wouldn't suggest asking her." He told her.
"She's that bad uh?"
"Yep."
"Why did you leave me behind baka?" Asuka asked with an attitude.
"Because he didn't feel like waiting for you, he had more important things to do." Akane jumped between the two.
"Who the fuck are you?" Asuka asked with venom in her voice.
"I'm the best thing that has happened to him since he came to NERV." Shinji could only stand back and laugh at the situation, some one was actually talking back to Asuka other than Misato.
Asuka was a little surprised. She looked over to Shinji with a glare. "You told her?"
"No he didn't tell me, everyone knows that he pilots Evangelion Unit 01 and that you pilot Evangelion Unit 02."
"Well, at least I'm a better pilot then this pathetic wimp." Asuka said with more triumph.
Akane slowly began to walk around Shinji, placing her arm around his shoulder as she did. " That's not what I heard, I hear that Shinji has shattered your scores."
"He was just lucky, nothing more." Asuka said as she crossed her arms.
"Really, he must be very lucky if he could do it time after time."
Asuka couldn't take anymore and knew she had lost this argument, "Come on Shinji, we need to get home."
"Actually, I'm going to walk Akane home." He said.
"Fine go with that bitch, see if I care." Asuka ran off, tears forming in her eyes, but no one else noticed.
Akane and Shinji could only laugh at their encounter as they walked on. Soon they arrived at Akanes apartment, it was in the section of town where they always seem to be doing some construction, because there was always construction vehicles parked along the road.
"So this is where you live?"
"Yeah lovely place uh?" she teased.
"Oh yeah, great" he laughed.
"So Rei lives around her you said?"
"Yeah she lives over in that building; room 214." He said as he pointed to one of the abandoned buildings.
"Cool, hey wanna come in for a minute?" she asked as she opened her front door.
"Sure" he answered.
The two stepped inside the apartment. Akane closed the door behind them as Shinji looked around the room. He noticed the paint on the walls pealing off, the couch old and broken down, propped up by old hardback books. And clothes all over the floor.
"Can I get you something to drink?" Akane asked.
"No that's ok."
"You sure, I got plenty of beer."
"Thought we weren't doing that till this weekend?"
"Its ok if we start a little early." She said as she went into the kitchen and grabbed two bottles of beer and brought them back with her, handing one to Shinji. "Go on try it"
Shinji took the bottle, "Alright" he agreed. He then opened it and took a drink, making a face at the taste of it. " I still cant see how Misato can stand this, it taste awful."
"You'll get used to the taste." Akane said as she took a drink from her own bottle.
"If you say so." He took another drink. About half way through the bottle he ignored the taste. Akane was now closer to him and Shinji didn't seem to mind, she slowly began to move her face closer to his looking into his eyes. Shinji already guessed what she was trying to do but wasn't afraid this time like he was when Asuka wanted to kiss him. Instead he met it straight forward. To Akanes surprise he leaned forward and kissed her on the lips, letting his tongue slip inside her mouth, Akane stiffened as he did this, she didn't expect him to be so bold in this area. She moaned softly into his mouth, both of them enjoying it as their hands began to explore each others body. Shinji brought his hand up to stroke her hair when he noticed the time on his watch.
"Oh shit, I have to go, damn." He said.
"Damn, we'll finish this weekend?" she asked in a flirting voice.
"You can bet on it, see you tomorrow." He said and left.
He slowly made his way back to Misatos apartment. About forty-five minutes later he arrived there, his head still swimming from what he had just done, but he liked it.
"I'm home." he called as he entered.
"Where have you been?" Misato asked as she walked into the living room.
"I met a new friend today and walked her home." He answered.
"Yeah," Misato smiled, " I heard you had a new girl friend." She couldn't resist to tease him.
"I'm guessing Asuka came home and complained about her."
"Actually shes stayed in her room ever since she got home, but I did get a call from Hikari." Misato said
"Oh and what did she have to say." He asked in a nervous voice.
"She said you weren't acting yourself today, that you were more lose than usual."
"Yeah, I let a few things out at lunch."
"Well, I'm glad you found somebody to talk to." She said believing what he said to be true. "Well, I have to go back to the office, I left some instant meals on the table for you two."
"OK." Shinji said and made his way to his room and threw down his books. 'Shit that was close' he thought to himself 'but it was exciting doing something I know I'm not supposed to do'. He reached into his back pocket and pulled out the joint that Akane had given him, along with the book of matches that she had just given him.
"Shinji are you home?" Asuka asked from her room.
"Shit" he said in a low voice, and dumped the two items in his top dresser drawer. "Yeah," he called out.
"Finally you get back, what were you doing, kissing her?" Asuka asked with venom, clearly in a pissed off mood.
"Umm no, we got there and she invited me in for something to drink." He answered.
"Yeah, well I don't like her." She spat.
"And just how many people do you think like you?" Shinji shot at her. This caught her by surprise.
"What?" she asked a little confused.
"How many people do you think actually like you as a friend?" he asked again.
"Lots of people," she came to her arrogant self again, "there's Hikari and....and...."
"She's the only one." He said.
"What about you, you like me don't you?" she asked, with a hurt sound in her voice.
"Asuka, I thought I did when I first saw you, but since then you acted like a grade A bitch towards me so I lost those feelings, and you want me to like you?"
Asuka couldn't take this anymore, she turned and ran into her room slamming her door.
'Oh well' Shinji thought. He then made his way to the kitchen and began to prepare his and Asukas dinner. Figuring that Asuka would be in her room for a good amount of time, he opened the fridge and grabbed one of Misatos beers. He then proceeded to open it and drink. "Now I know why Misato drinks this all the time." He said to himself, and quickly finished off the can as the timer on the oven went off. He disposed of the can and set the two trays on the table along with the silver wear.
"Asuka, dinners done." He called out, not expecting her to come, but to his surprise she did. The two sat and ate their dinner in silence.
"What's going on with you Shinji?" Asuka broke the silence.
"What do you mean?"
"You've changed a lot ever since this morning. Your not acting like yourself."
"I thought you wanted me to change, grow a little back bone."
"Not like this, you totally ignored the stooges today after lunch like they were nothing, you had an attitude with Hikari and you came home late, and its all after you met your new friend."
"Well, she happens to be a very close friend of mine, she makes me feel good about myself."
"How you only knew her since lunch?"
"She has her ways." He smiled. "and she doesn't yell at me or make fun of me."
Asuka fell silent. She slowly ate the rest of her dinner. Shinji finished off his tray and made his way to his room, Asuka soon went to her own room thinking over the discussion they had. Shinji then closed his door and walked over to his dresser and took out the two items he deposited earlier and sat down on his bed. He looked at the joint for awhile before he brought it up to his lips. He then lit it and took a long drag, held it in for awhile and then exhaled. As he smoked it the smoke drifted from his room to the others of the house, finally it fell into Asukas room. She sniffed curiously at the unknown smell. She then got off her bed to see where it was coming from. Water began to fill her eyes as she breathed in more of the smoke. She began to feel a little dizzy and tried to shake it off as her body began to feel numb. She stumbled out of her room and feel against Shinjis door. Shinji heard the thump, and set the joint on his dresser and opened his door to see what it was. Once he opened his door he saw Asuka sitting there, beginning to giggle.
"Asuka?" he asked a little confused while trying to hold in the laughter.
"Shinji? What's going on, I feel so weird, but good."
He reached down to help her up to her feet. She stumbled a little and grabbed hold of him for balance.
"Why is the room spinning?" she asked.
"It's not, here." He decided to try it. He reached back and grabbed the joint and offered it to her.
"Those are drugs Shinji."
"Yeah but it's what's making you feel good."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
She took it and took a small drag from it, Shinji then took it back and finished it off. As he exhaled he noticed the room filled with smoke.
"Ah shit, I forgot to open the windows." He said as he walked over and opened his own, then took off his over shirt, feeling a little warm.
"Did I ever tell you how cute you looked?" Asuka said between giggles as she looked up at him.
"No, but you did tell me how much of an idiot I am, and that you hated me." He said a little confused at what she just said.
"Lies, all lies; I really like you, just couldn't bring myself to tell you.." She admitted.
"You never acted like it."
"I couldn't, because I didn't know how."
"Well, try honesty, it works a little better."
"Hey Shinji, can you get some more of that, it was good,"
Shinji laughed at this . "Yeah, I can. That's what I was going to do in a few minutes.." He then put some of his money in his pocket and walked out the door and called back. "If Misato comes back, tell her I went over to Toujis house."
"Alright." She answered, still lying on Shinjis bed coming off her high.
Disclaimer: Alright as you should know, I do not own Neon Genesis Evangelion, Gainax does. Also none of the events in this fic happened and never will happen. Now that we got that straight lets move on to the authors notes.
Authors notes: Ok, Well that was chapter one, as for a few things in the story, I am not sure how the class room chat is run, but I figured Hikari is a the class rep which would give her access to other students chat, as for the desk setup, I just described how it was in my computer class. OK and later I just put a number for Reis apartment cause I couldn't remember what it was. And one last thing I feel I must say the "Just Say No" speech but I wont, you are smart so if you want to do it, I'm not going to stop you, basiclly I could care less. But I hope you enjoyed my fic, more chapters on the way.
Next chapter: The Passion
Akane and Shinji get a little close to each other, Asuka has said her feelings for Shinji, so this leaves Shinji to decide which one to go for, maybe both. Read to find out.