A Different way of talking
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Chapter 2: Misunderstanding…
Shinji smiled on his way back to Misato's apartment with the groceries he had just purchased. He knew it should feel wrong, but he had actually enjoyed the last Angel battle. Okay, maybe not the fact that his life had been in peril and the world was counting on him to prevent worldwide devastation, but…piloting an Eva with the Second Child, Asuka, was the best thing to ever happen to him.
She was really…well, unique. He had never met anyone like her…and he secretly hoped to see her again. She was really interesting, although, maybe a little violent too.
[Flashback, just over a week ago…]
'A-alarms! Is it an Angel attack?' asked a concerned Shinji.
Asuka looked at him with a small grin of excitement at the thought of her first fight and nodded. Shinji gulped and tried to think what they could do to stop it, but Asuka had already decided on the best course of action. Grabbing the indecisive boy, she dragged him to the storage containers that held her plug suits and nerve clips.
'Where are we going?' Shinji asked, but of course he received no reply, leaving him puzzled.
Asuka stopped dragging him and opened the containers retrieving two plug suits and four A-10 nerve clips. She handed one suit and a pair of clips to Shinji, who looked at the tight and feminine suit with horrified eyes, 'y-you want me to-to…'
Asuka nodded in reply, making Shinji grimace, 'b-but it'll be too tight in um…uh, w-well you know'
Asuka blushed slightly and punched his arm, hoping he got the message to not be so perverted at times like this. She stabbed a finger at the suit and then at the boy, telling him wordlessly to put it on or else.
Shinji received the message, mostly. Leaving Asuka satisfied that she could now go and change in the stairwell.
The embarrassed boy put the plug suit on, not daring to pressurize it. He feared he may lose someone important to him in an agonising, crushing way if he did.
He decided that if he was finished getting dressed then Asuka was most likely dressed as well by this time, it was a logical conclusion. Unfortunately, it turned out to be the wrong one.
Shinji opened the door to the stairwell and popped his head around the corner, 'Soryu-san, are you…'
Shinji had several seconds to take in Asuka's naked back before having the door swing into him, painfully forcing him to back out of the room by the power of an embarrassed redheads kick.
Asuka's face blushed a deep crimson at the boy's intrusion; at least he didn't see anything. She quickly finished putting the suit on, knowing the perverted boy would probably try to peek again. She pressurized it, and then grimaced when she remembered that the plug suit didn't actually hide anything. His perverted mind would have a field day with this.
She yanked the door open and pulled the boy, who was spouting out as many apologies as he could, silly pervert. Asuka stopped walking when she noticed that Shinji hadn't pressurized the suit, and her mouth turned into a cruel smile. She could get the boy back for not knocking before entering.
Shinji was too busy apologising for not knocking before entering that he never noticed the Germans hand on the suits pressure button, well, he did notice it after the suit pressurized.
'ARRGH!' he screamed in pain as certain parts of his male body were...in an undesirable place.
A bit later, the two teens where in Asuka's Eva, standing on top of the battleship, waiting to strike the angel.
Asuka was trying to get Shinji to think in German, but he didn't get what she was saying. She rolled her eyes and manually changed the Eva's language setting to Japanese.
The two did their best against the seaborne Angel and struggled to keep its mouth from crushing the crimson titan, while simultaneously trying to stab its core with enough force to kill it. Shinji had been controlling the left arm, keeping the Angels mouth open, while Asuka was using the right arm to push the prog knife further into the Angels core, but with one hand it was proving difficult. Shinji noticed that Asuka was having trouble, so he reached out to help her control.
Asuka blushed when she felt Shinji's hand on hers, as he helped her focus on ending the Angel.
[End of Flashback]
Shinji was so deep in thought that he never noticed the piles of boxes on the outside of the apartment, until he entered it.
'Hey Misato I…huh?' Shinji looked around the apartment in confusion. Boxes of…stuff were everywhere, and none of them indicated their origin.
'Misato, are you moving or something?' Shinji asked, not sure what to think.
He opened one of the boxes and his face went red, his nose nearly gushed blood. There was a lot of underwear in there…and it wasn't Misato's, but it was definitely female.
Shinji stared at the contents in disbelief and wonder, but a tap on his shoulder made him slam the box shut and spin around to face…Asuka?
'Uh, um…hello Soryu-san, I was…I was' Shinji couldn't think of an excuse under the gaze of the redheaded German, who was looking at him disapprovingly and angrily.
'I'm sorry, I was just curious, I didn't know you where here, I swear!' Shinji said, hoping she wouldn't kill him.
Asuka rolled her eyes at the timid boys excuse, it sounded logical, but still you could never be sure. She punched him on the arm, hoping he remembered the previous time and took the warning properly.
'S-sorry…' Shinji said, rubbing his arm. If he continued to get punched by Asuka he would have to get his arm removed soon due to extensive damage.
She shrugged her shoulders and led him to where his room was.
'Oh…are you staying here now?' Shinji asked quietly, his eyes showing his disappointment in being kicked out the house. Then again, Misato had said that Asuka was really smart and had trained to be an Eva pilot for a long time, since she was four years old, so it was only natural that they would prioritise her over him. Although, it still hurt.
Asuka caught Shinji's sad tone and expression, and she quickly pointed to the centre of the room where a foldout wall lay on the floor.
Shinji looked at it in puzzlement. He was too busy moping to understand what she was trying to get him to understand.
Asuka rolled her eyes again and snapped her fingers in front of his face. She smirked when she realised she had his attention and slowly showed Shinji what she had tried to get him to understand before, by using her hands this time.
'…the room is going to be split up?' Shinji asked after several minutes of deciphering.
Asuka nodded, her hands were tired from the signals. This boy was really slow, but at least he did try to understand her. Not many had done that for her during college and she was, although she wouldn't admit it just yet, touched by his attempts to understand. Maybe somebody did care…
[Two hours later…]
Shinji had helped Asuka move her stuff in, after he had set the wall up, which was a difficult task. Now he was busy making dinner, while Asuka sat and watched TV.
As he worked his incredible skills in the kitchen, his mind wondered onto his newfound favourite topic, the mute German. She was strange and maybe a bit violent if he did something stupid, but…she must also think about others, since she had obviously tried to set up the divider in the room before he got back home. Although, he also wondered why she brought so much stuff with her, she barely had a quarter of what she brought in her room. Anyway, she was a really interesting person.
His eyes widened slightly in surpirse, as he felt a tap on his shoulder, he turned to once again face Asuka, 'uh, y-yes Soryu-san?'
She tapped her wrist and then pointed to the cooking food.
'…how long is it going to take? Erm, well, a few more minutes I guess' Shinji said, 'I didn't really know what to make, so if you don't like just tell…I mean, uh…inform me'
Asuka lifted the pot's lid and smelt the food; she flashed a smile and nodded to Shinji, saying that it was alright. Shinji returned to his cooking beaming with pride at the praise, Misato's praise had been nice, but for some reason getting Asuka's was a lot more rewarding…
A short while later the two where seated at the table eating the food Shinji had prepared. Well, one of them was anyway. While Asuka devoured the expertly made food, Shinji just twiddled his chop sticks, feeling uncomfortable with the situation.
Here he was sitting across from a girl he had only met a week ago and now he was sitting at the same table as her with a plate of food in front of him and he was completely and utterly unsure of how to act. He didn't know if he should start a conversation or if he should just eat. Shinji decided the second option was the best since she didn't speak, although, now that Shinji thought about it, he didn't actually know why she didn't speak. Maybe he should ask her.
As that thought entered his mind he shook his head, feeling stupid. Asking a mute person why they didn't speak, honestly. He started to eat his food. Berating his stupidity in his mind, a tap on the table made him change his focus from his food to the German girl.
'Y-yes, Soryu-san?' Shinji asked, wondering what the girl wanted, he hoped he hadn't done anything visibly stupid in front of her again.
She pointed to one of the other seats and shrugged her shoulders, asking him something.
'Misato?' he thought out loud, receiving a nod as a reply he continued with what he thought she was asking, 'I guess she's still at NERV, she usually gets a lot of paperwork after an Angel battle'
Asuka nodded again, she got up from her seat and picked up her plate, preparing to put her dishes in the sink.
'I-I'll do it, don't worry' Shinji said, getting up from his seat to take the plates.
The mute German held a hand out and put him back down on his seat. Pointing at his food, 'y-you want me to finish?'
The girl smirked and nodded, she then moved to put her dishes in the sink. She was about to make her way back to the couch to recline, but she stopped, seemingly deep in thought. She should thank Shinji for helping her, he was being really nice, but she knew he probably wouldn't understand her if she shook his hand or did something else to show her thanks, he was a bit dense at times.
'Um, are you okay?' Shinji asked, getting up to see if Asuka was alright.
He was puzzled when he heard a soft sigh escape her lips, but this puzzlement was soon replaced with surprise when the German girl gave him a quick hug, a thank you in Asuka's way of "speaking". She let go rather quickly, feeling embarrased at having to go to such a great length to get the baka to understand that she was happy for his help, she felt like hitting him for making her do that, but that would probably make him even more confused, so she decided to just leave it at the hug, she could get him back for it later. She made her way to the TV, blushing a light pink. Shinji remained frozen in place, not quite able to understand that he had just been hugged by the mute German as a way of thanks.
Eventually his mind had restarted, making his face go red. He thanked the Lord that Misato had not seen that, otherwise he would never hear the end of it.
'I see you two are getting along fine' a voice that amazingly sounded like a smirk said.
Shinji sighed and hung his head in disappointment, not needing to turn around to know that Misato was there and had most definitely seen the hug. Why did these embarrasing things always happen to him?
-Chapter 2 End-
Hmm, not too sure how this chapter will be taken, if it was bad then please say so and I will fix it, this is a learning experience. As always ideas, questions and such are encouraged and can be sent by way of review or pm.
