"Kaworu Nagisa, his past is gone, just like Rei." Makoto Hyuga and Misato Katsuragi were sitting in her car discussing the fifth child.
"Yeah…the one thing we know for sure is that his birthday coincides with second impact." Misato has been worried about the fifth child ever since she heard that SEELE was sending him to them personally.
"While researching the fifth I found some very interesting data, as in where Ritsuko is being held, and this…" Makoto handed Misato a folder and she opened it. Her eyes skimmed through it pretty quickly.
"Is this data, accurate?" Misato pulled the folder down from in front of her face and looked at Makoto with concern.
"Yes, this means that the final angel is…" Makoto looked at Misato as she shook her head.
"Is this correct?" Fuyutsuki was looking at the screen full of data for the syncro test.
"Yes, sir…this data means that Kaworu has an average Sync with Unit 2 even without us changing the core to suit his character." Makoto was shocked by the signs of the data.
"Well I guess that is good, we won't have to change the core, he will act as Shinji's back-up with Rei acting as emergency." Fuyutsuki looked at the data and still did not believe that the fifth child could sync without even replacing the core.
"Shinji, how do you think I did on the sync test today?" Kaworu and Shinji were in the locker room changing out of their plug suits.
"Well, I can't read someone's sync ratio just by looking at them but you looked calm and very relaxed so I'm sure you synced up very nicely" Shinji pushed the button on his left wrist and released the pressure in his suit allowing him to take it off. He threw the blue and white suit on the floor and put his pants on, followed by his shirt.
"Shinji…?" Kaworu looked puzzled at what Shinji was doing. "…we still have to shower first don't we?"
Shinji looked over at Kaworu and said "yeah we do, but I don't like showering here so I'm gonna shower when I get home." Shinji buttoned up the last button on his shirt and left leaving Kaworu a wave as a good-bye gesture.
Rei Ayanami walked out of the girl's locker room nearly bumping into Kaworu. She looked him over once and continued to walk off when he spoke up.
"First Child, Rei Ayanami…why not say hello?" Kaworu was very polite in his greeting.
"Do you have some business with me or the commander?" Rei didn't even look too far in his direction.
"That hurts that you wouldn't want to speak with someone who is the same as you." Kaworu frowned for just a moment and then smiled a large smile full of playfulness "I mean we are all humans here, aren't we?" Rei walked off after he said this and continued down the hall to go see the commander.
"Madam Katsuragi, Asuka's condition is the same." Maya Ibuki reported from her seat in Central Dogma.
"Thank you, please keep me posted if her condition changes." Misato walked over to Makoto and leaned into his ear "I want you to keep an eye on everyone, tell me if they do anything suspicious."
"Heh, in Nerv nothing is suspicious" Makoto laughed but shook his head letting Misato know he would keep her well informed.
"SHINJI!" Kaworu had ran and caught up to Shinji on his way home.
"Hello, Kaworu isn't your house in the other direction?" Shinji smiled pleasantly and stopped walking.
"Yeah, but I wanted to talk to you some more." Kaworu was out of breath from running all the way from Nerv headquarters.
"Okay, you can come over to my house and we can hang out there." Shinji started to walk with Kaworu right next to him. "You know it is kind of funny, but out of all the friends I have made since coming to Tokyo 3, you are the first to actually enjoy my company right off the bat for no reason."
Kaworu stopped walking and looked down at his feet "Shinji…umm, I know the reason for that…I...I, should let you know…I am Bisexual"
"What is so bad about that, many people these days are Bi and or homosexual." Shinji was not shocked in the least.
"Well, my sexuality isn't what the problem is…I think I'm falling for you." Kaworu looked up from his feet and caught Shinji's gaze. Shinji looked a little shocked but after a moment he continued to walk.
"That is fine by me, but you should know that I am not Bi…come on, we are still hanging out right?" Shinji waved Kaworu to come over without even looking back to see the teary-eyed smile on Kaworu's face.
"Thank you, thank you for accepting me for who I am Shinji." Kaworu spook so quietly that Shinji didn't hear him, but he ran to catch up to Shinji nonetheless.
Two Hours Later
"GAAHHH!!!! You beat me AGAIN!!!" Shinji sat there with the controller in his hand and a shocked look on his face.
"Yeah, I like video games, thank you for borrowing this from Kensuke for us to have something to do" Kaworu put his controller down and grabbed a soda that was sitting right next to him.
"No problem, he doesn't use this system anymore, anyway" Shinji stood up and walked towards the fridge. "You wanna stay for dinner, I am making curry and rice today.
"Sure, that would be nice" Kaworu stood up and placed his empty soda can in the garbage can. Shinji walked back into the living room with a smile.
"Cool, I'm gonna start as soon as Misato comes home from visiting Asuka in the hospital." Shinji's gaze seemed to darken when he mentioned Asuka.
"Hey, do you want to go visit Asuka in the hospital…you seem upset every time you mention her, I bet you have a crush on her." Shinji blushed as Kaworu giggled.
"It isn't polite to say things like that so blatantly." Shinji was a little mad but started to smile "But, visiting her would be nice…how about tomorrow after work, you and I go?" Kaworu smiled and nodded.
"What is wrong with you…" Misato was sitting in a chair next to Asuka thinking "…why won't you awaken, the doctors say there is nothing wrong with you…why?"
"Who is to say I am the one who is asleep?" Asuka's head moved to look directly at Misato "Why not just realize that you are the sleeping one?"
Misato jumped out of her dream and nearly screamed, she then stood up and wiped a tear from her eye. As she made her way through the door thoughts of Kaji filled her mind, which only served to upset her more.
"SHINJI!!!" Misato walked through the front door, wasted "I'm hungry, is dinner ready?"
"Not yet Misato, and please be respectful, we have company" Shinji called from the kitchen as Misato turned into the kitchen and saw Kaworu sitting at the table.
"Hello captain Katsuragi, nice day isn't it?" Kaworu gave a polite greeting and a brief smile.
"Hello to you too, and yes it is a good day I guess, outside at least" Misato's face darkened.
"The second is on your mind isn't she?" Kaworu watched as Misato sat down and slumped over.
"yeah, the doctors say there is nothing wrong with her but, she still hasn't awoken…by all logic she should be awake" All traces of Misato's drunkenness have gone out of her face and speech.
"Misato, I know you are concerned for Asuka but you should not let it affect your home life…she will be fine, do not doubt yourself." Kaworu looked Misato dead in the eyes as he spoke with her. "If you doubt yourself you will never be able to do the things you have to do." Misato's face returned from the depressed look and went to one of understanding.
"Thank you Kaworu your words speak only truth, and while they do not bring Asuka out of her coma they do calm me down…you are very wise for someone your age." Misato got up and hugged Kaworu who just smiled in return.
A/N: I know this chapter took forever...but as I said in a chapter update crap thingy...my ex is in a coma so I have alot on my mind...please enjoy my newest chapter...and leave any feedback...good or bad, I can learn from your opinions =D