Neon Genesis Evangelion
Sixty Seconds for Asuka and Shinji
By BrokenChosenofEva

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Title: Belong or Good Riddance?
Prompt: set 100-A[first sixty] / prompts 031-040
Word Count: 700+
Rating: T
Summary: Sixty seconds, sixty moments in their lives that remain with them til the end. Mainly in the canon universe, but various AUs are possible.

Disclaimer: I do not own Neon Genesis Evangelion. (And just in case: I do not own the TV show Sixty Seconds.)

Notes: That last set hit really fast, and I hope it was an enjoyable read for all of you. lol

Part 4 of 6 for "Sixty Seconds"

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031. Belong
When Asuka stepped back into the apartment -after spending a week at Hikari buried in her own depression after the fight with Armasael- and smelled Shinji's cooking she had never felt more at home, that she actually belonged somewhere, and immediately moved silently into the kitchen/dining area to watch the boy undisturbed as he hummed softly to himself.

032. Choke
Asuka watched Shinji hang above her, his nimble fingers wrapped around her slim neck, and thought back over her time in Tokyo-3 to all the times she could have let him close, the moments she could have offered peace instead of aggression, the split-second decisions where she could have accepted his open hand but slapped it away, and the only thing she could think to do was raise her hand and lay it gently to his cheek in a silent request for forgiveness.

033. Reach
Shinji watched as Asuka bolted from the apartment after Rei's performance on the dance mat, and didn't even register Hikari's command to go after her as he took off, and upon finding her in the back of the convenience store he simply offered his hand, reaching for her and silently asking her to reach back.

034. Difficult
Seeing Asuka's life laid out before him, just as he knew his own life was set before her, Shinji thought he could begin to understand why she was always so difficult, why she pushed others away and fought so hard to be the best.

035. Heat
The heat and humidity of Japan's summer in Tokyo-3 was stiffling, and many students opted to have lunch out in the courtyard instead of the enclosed classroom, but since their synch-training Asuka always took to the roof and enjoyed the quiet company of Shinji as they ate the bentos he had prepared the evening before.

036. Veneer
Asuka watched as the crews returned her Unit-Two back into its Cage after Shinji's fight with it while it was under the control of Kaworu, soberly eyeing the tarnished veneer as she wished she'd been able to take his place and make the killing blow, wishing she could have taken the burden of killing from him.

037. Fall
The pain in her eye wasn't enough to drown out the feeling of falling as her EVA lost power and fell back, and as she screamed she prayed that Shinji would catch her just one more time.

038. Nightmare
He bolted upright, confused only a moment as he instantly picked up Asuka's whimpers and sobs from beside him in their bed, and turned to pull her into his arms as she pulled herself out of the nightmares that plagued her since Third Impact.

039. Contagious
In the week since Shinji had returned from inside Unit-One Asuka had watched him for any contamination as Misato had asked, keeping her distance in case of contagion, but hearing him humming like always and still no odd signs to show for all her observation made her too frustrated to listen any longer, and so she stood abruptly and spun him around for a kiss she felt was long overdue.

040. Good Riddance
Asuka looked down into the Geofront from her place beside Shinji, spotting the torn-apart remains of her EVA, and with a huff she thought "good riddance" to that painful, torturous part of her life.

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A/N: Well, passed the halfway point and going good. At least I think so. I hope you, my dear readers, are enjoying it so far.