Neon Genesis Evangelion
Fifty Moments Between Mistakes and Eternity
By BrokenChosenofEva

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Title: Searching for Destiny
Prompt: set 50-C / prompts 021-030
Word Count: 900+
Rating: T
Summary: Fifty words, fifty memories. Fifty moments between Hikari and Kensuke. Following the two through the original series and my "Returned" AU, other AUs possible.

Disclaimer: I do not own Neon Genesis Evangelion

Notes: Check the notes at the bottom

Part 3 of 5 for "Fifty Moments Between Horaki and Aida"

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021. Searching
Kensuke scrambled, searching through the pockets of his uniform for the illusive ring box, as he spotted Hikari walk into the bridge here in Central Dogma and look around; though she'd visited before to share a lunch when he couldn't leave his paperwork up on the Commander's Loft she'd never really had a reason to be down near the crew stations like now, and spotting him she arched a delicate eyebrow and made straight for him.

022. Hands of Fate
Kensuke had always thought that people who used "Fate" as the reason things happened were simply under-educated or looking for an excuse or something to blame, but as he watched Hikari hold their newborn in her tired arms while staring at the little baby with awe in her eyes, he wondered for the first time if maybe there was something more to it after all.

023. Irresistable
Hikari couldn't stop the giggle as she watched Kensuke nervously walk out of their bathroom in his new trunks and looking so embarrassed, more than when they'd been children on the beach at Okinawa, and decided as a blush flooded her cheeks that her husband looked almost irresistably handsome.

024. Easy
He thought the planning for everything was easy, as NERV's Sub-Commander planning was what he did, but as he placed the ring on her finger he knew that this was the easiest decision he'd ever made.

025. Breathing
When their first child grew old and they remained ageless Hikari started what became tradition for her, when one of their children was on their death-bed she would be by their side if she could, and when they exhaled their last she would take in that breath, accepting -in her mind, and later the minds of the rest of their family- the essence of their life back into herself, silently promising to always remember them.

026. Stumble
As he slammed the front door and heard an echoing slam from inside the house that must have been their bedroom door, Kensuke sighed in frustration and regret, he hated fighting with Hikari, all the more because they rarely had real arguments, but they both knew it was the stumbling of new "legs" as they learned to walk together, and what was important was that they got back up and kept walking.

027. Fighting
Hikari hated fighting, it never sat right with her despite or because of her aggressive "Class Leader" persona, but as she threw her EVA forward to help her friend fend off the MP-EVAs she thought she knew a little better why Asuka and Touji enjoyed the rush it gave to hit something.

028. Closing In
Kensuke didn't think he'd ever been more scared in his entire life to this point as the rumbles reverberated through the shelter and gradually grew louder, the idea of being trapped in the concrete bunker far worse than the time Unit-One's fingers had landed on either side of him and Touji when he had convinced his Jock friend to help him get outside to watch Shinji fight one of the Angels.

029. Involved
Hikari felt like her whole body turned red the first time Misato asked her if she was involved with the Sub-Commander, Kensuke Aida, shortly after Shinji returned to them, and it must have been an amusing reaction if the older woman's laughter was anything to go by, though to be fair the way she had asked sounded so full of sexual innuendos she almost couldn't stop her nearly instinctive denial of any inappropriate behavior.

030. Destiny
"Do you think this is what we were meant to do?" Kensuke turned at his wife's voice, watching Hikari hold their most recent addition, the little baby boy squirming in her arms as he tried to look around, "A thousand years, Hikari, wandering the planet and now the stars," she watched him as he spoke, seeing the smile on his lips reach his eyes, "I don't believe in destiny, not really, but I'd not change our fate for anything."

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A/N: Okay, I wanted to address Reviewer "Nathaniel Sommerfield" and his question "Are they Immortal?". In short, all the Eva Pilots as well as the few people Shinji was close too are immortal. They will not die from age, but are otherwise normal humans. I'll only follow Hikari and Kensuke for that AU, obviously, but other might show up.

Prompt 25. Breathing was the easiest of these, I knew I wanted to expand on the Immortality AU properly introduced in chapter 2, and this was the perfect prompt.

I'm actually considering writing a story about Hikari and Kensuke being immortal, no purpose other than to follow them through the centuries, probably include visits with Asuka and Shinji. If you've read "Returned", you know Touji died a few years after Third Impact. While I'd love to use Asuka and Touji, my favorite non-canon couple, but I'm using "Returned" as the seed.