Just the Way it is Chapter 3, an evangelion fanfic

Disclaimer : I do not own Evangelion or any of it's characters. Hideaki Anno does and that's it.

A/N : So here's chapter three.

"Just the way it is"

By: Shinigamixyz012

Third Chapter : New Comers.

"Good morning Asuka." , it's Hikari Horaki , the class representative and Asuka's best friend beside Shinji. She's just your average type of girl. Asuka and Hikari get along pretty well. They're sitting side by side in the classroom , 5 minutes earlier before the first bell rings.

"Hey! Zup ---"

"HUSH !! Asuka! lower your voice , someone might hear you." Asuka just giggled while Hikari was scanning around , eyeing if someone's behind them. "No one's in here Miss Horaki."

"Anyway , where's Shinji ? It's not natural for you to go to school without him. I wonder why he's not with you."

"ooohh , trying to change the subject aren't we?" , Asuka teased.

"Seriously.." , her friend answered.

"You're no fun Hikari."

"Fever , he has fever." , she added using a gloomy tone.

"It's ok Asuka , Shinji would be okay." , Hiraki answered , followed by a mild tap in Asuka's shoulders.

"Yep ! I know.. Hehe. It's not like he's dying Hikari , you silly." suddenly students started to enter the room , and after a minute or two , the first bell rang.

"I wonder what she's doing right now."

Lying in his bed , arms behind his head and looking intently out of the window , Shinji's in deep thoughts again. His parents were both out , he's alone in the apartment , with a fever , feeling weak and bored. "I wanna go out.. Fever sucks." he whispered before he turned around , covered himself with his thick blanket.

"Good morning class! Isn't it a wonderful day to start our new lesson? Hihi." , the students growned. Misato Katsuragi , the cheerful school adviser of the class. She's 30 years old but not that obvious. Tall , pretty and sexy.

"But before that , I want to introduce your new classmate. YEAH !! that's right! You're going to have a new classmate. Now , isn't that great!?" , all boys cheered , whispering stuffs like , 'I hope she's a girl..' , 'I wonder if it's another hot momma'. "Ok, Ok, Boys, SHUT THE HELL UP!! --- oops , just kiddin'. Well , sorry to disappoint you boys , He's a HE 'kay?" , all the boys booed in frustration.

"Eh? Zip it guys. Now, Kaworu , could you please come in?"

"Kaworu? The name seems familiar." , Hikari suddenly heard Asuka whispered.

"Do you know him?" , a guy with ruby eyes , pale skin and quite tall was standing in front of the class. Asuka shooked her head before saying , "Nope. Maybe just heard the same name."

"Hi. I'm Kaworu Nagisa , 16 years old and a transfer student from Okinawa. Nice to meet you all." , after bowing for a while , he gave Asuka a glanced. Which everyone caught including her.

"What the--.. What was the for?" , leaving Asuka bewildered , Kaworu occupied an empty seat 2 chairs behind the redhead. Students were changing whispers like , 'Does he know her?' , 'Good thing Shinji's not in here.' , 'Gosh , he's cute..'. And it was cut when Misato started to talk about the new lesson. "So here's our new lesson class. Just continue to blab later ok? Get your books and we'll start."

12:30pm

"Eh? I fell asleep." , while rubbing his right eye , Shinji eyed his clock , it says 12:30pm and it's time for lunch. Sad to say , he doesn't know how to cook and there's no leftover inside the fridge. "God , what am I going to do. * Sigh. Time to go to the market I guess." , he changed clothes , fixed his bedroom , left the apartment and now on his way to the market.

Lurking in the streets of Tokyo-3 , Shinji's not in his senses , so he never noticed a girl , not too far , running fast and heading towards his direction.

"MOVE !!!!"

"Eh?" , too late , the inevitable happened. They bumped into each other. Not just an ordinary bump of course.

12:40pm : School Grounds

"Uhm , Miss ?"

Asuka turned around to see who's the owner of the voice. Kaworu who's smiling was leaning against a tree staring at her. She pointed her finger at herself. "Yes , you." She looked around to check if it was really her he's speaking with. Hikari's not yet there as well.

"What do you need from me?" , she used a cold tone and was wearing a serious expression.

"Nothing. I just want to call your attention. You alone?" , moving away from the tree where he was leaning just a while ago. He was now standing inches away from the redhead.

"The hell you care if I am." , not moving even an inch away , Asuka's now looking at him straight in the eyes. Crimson eyes against crystalline blue. Kaworu was going to say something when someone called Asuka's name.

"Asuka!" , it was her best friend. Holding two bentos , waving at her. Confusion strikes her when she suddenly noticed that the new student was with her best friend. Asuka , leaving Kaworu behind , went to where Hikari is.

"Is there any problem? You look serious." , Asuka just turned her head facing her back where Kaworu was standing. He just smirked at her , then made his way inside the building. "He's weird." , Hikari added. Asuka's still silent and Hikari's wondering why as she looked at her. "Asuka..."

Meanwhile

"OUCH ! That hurts! Hey you! I said move ok!? Didn't you hear it. Tsk. Dumb." , a teenage girl about Shinji's age stood up fixing her short skirt before rubbing her hurt butt. "Argh , it still hurts and thanks to you.... Eh? Hello!? Are you with me?" , still receiving no reply from the man , she decided to check up on him. Looking at him , she began to kneeled down to see if he's okay. He was lying on the floor , eyes closed and with a frown on his face.

"Hey mister? Are you okay? You should get up now. This is not your room you know. Hmpf." , she was about to slap him when her knee made contact with his arm. "Kinda hot.. Hey.. Is he..?". She then put a hand in his forehead. "Oh my gosh ! You're burning hot! Whoa , what should I do ? Waaaaa .. There's no need to panic. Whooooh. Ok Ok Ok. WHAT THE HECK! YOU SHOULDN'T BE LEAVING YOUR HOUSE IF YOU'RE SICK!! What an idiot!" , People who were just walking around set all eyes on her. "Oops. Hehe. Sorry." "Now what am I going to do?"

Classes' over and Asuka went straight back home. After changing from her uniform , she immidiately went to check Shinji's condition.

"Shinji?"

*Ding Dong

"Shinji-kuuuuun?"

*Ding Dong

"*Sigh. Is he sleeping?"

She entered the room and headed where she expects Shinji to be resting , but to her surprise.. "What!? He's not here?" She scanned every part of the Ikari apartment , but Shinji's nowhere. "Where did you go Shinji? You asshole!"

Inside a dark room. Shinji woke up lying in a normal-sized bed. Sitting up to scan the whole area , thanks to the moonlight at least he could see a bit part of the room.

"Where am I?" , the lights went on and a girl was standing behind the closed door.

"In my room." , she's pale , average height , blue haired and crimson eyed.

"Hi , i'm Rei , Rei Ayanami. You ?" , she declared with a smile.

Shinji doesn't know what's happening and why he's in there. He doesn't know her either. He's just staring at her with this weird expression not realizing that it's already 7:00pm and that someone was already looking for him.

"Shinji , where are you? *Sigh.."

To be continued..

A/N : Longer than the other two chapters right? Hihi. But still , kind ov short. Well , it's just the way it is.(: Hope you liked it , loved it and enjoyed it. Stay tuned for more updates , thanks , have a nice day and Godbless. So long! ^^