From Cold to Warm Chapter 8
Rei Ayanami, the pilot of Eva unit 00 and Shinji Ikari's girlfriend walked into the classroom of Class A, Year 2, holding hands with the Third Child. She was holding on to Shinji's hand rather tightly, but she had no idea why. They were the only two people in the class, or so she thought. But when she scanned the class room again she noticed that there was someone in her seat. She let go of Shinji's hand and walked over to her desk.
"Excuse me, that is my desk," she said, looking at the person.
No answer
"Excuse me," she said again, tapping the person on the shoulder.
Rei jumped as the person turned around the meet her. The girl sitting in her seat looked exactly like her, right down to the red eyes.
"Who are you?" she asked.
"I am Rei Ayanami," the figure responded.
"No you are not. I am Rei Ayanami," Rei said.
"Liar. You do not act as Rei Ayanami has acted," the girl said, standing up.
"I have changed," Rei responded, not moving an inch.
"For him," it said, pointing to Shinji, who was sitting at his desk as if nothing was happening.
"Yes," Rei replied.
"Do you like him?" the figure asked.
"Yes," Rei said.
"Do you love him?" the figure asked again.
"Yes," Rei responded.
"YET YOU LIE TO HIM, THE ONE YOU LOVE!" the figure shouted.
Rei was silent.
"YOU WOULD HURT THE ONE YOU LOVE!" the figure continued.
"No," Rei said.
"YET YOU LIE TO HIM, ABOUT YOUR ORIGINS, YOUR PURPOSE!" The figure screamed.
"I don't want him to leave me" Rei whispered.
"SO YOU'D BE WILLING TO HURT HIM IN ORDER TO KEEP WHAT YOU WANT!" the figure continued.
Before Rei could respond the figure disappeared, and the classroom vanished. The next thing Rei knew, she was lying on top of Shinji. Normally, this situation was not unusual to her, but now her hands were wrapped around his neck and squeezing hard.
"NO!" Rei gasped as she tried to remove her hands, but no matter how much she tried she could not release her grip, and her fingers just tightened around his throat.
"R- Rei… please… d-… don't" Shinji wheezed, fighting for breath
"SHINJI!" Rei called out, trying with all her might to stop, but she could not. She had no control over her body.
Soon, Shinji stopped moving. He was dead.
Suddenly, the thing that looked like Rei was standing beside her. "You would have killed him anyway, once you initiated Third Impact," it said.
"No. I no longer wish to do that," she responded.
"You are willing to go against your purpose?" The figure asked
"Yes," Rei answered.
"You are willing to go against the commanders wishes?" the figure asked.
"Yes," Rei responded
"All for him?" the figure asked, pointing to the now lifeless body of Shinji Ikari.
"YES!" Rei shouted.
Rei Ayanami shot up into a sitting position in her bed. Her face and hair was damp with the sweat and tears she had shed in her sleep. This was the first dream she could ever recall having, and it scared her to her core. She quickly jumped out of bed and ran to Shinji's 'Lovely Suite', silently cursing Misato for making them sleep in separate rooms. The First Child yanked the door open, but his bed was empty. After frantically searching the room for a bit, she did not find him. She started to fear that what she had witnessed in her dream had actually happened… but then she smelled food, the scent coming from down the hall. She practically sprinted into the kitchen.
Rei was relieved when she saw Shinji standing at the stove, making eggs. She ran over to him and embracing him tightly as she sobbed tears of joy at seeing that he was still alive.
"Rei, what's the matter?" Shinji asked, moving the pan to a burner that was not hot before turning around to embrace her as well.
She did not respond, and only held him tighter as she continued to cry. He kept holding her gently, and after a little while she calmed down. Shinji tried talking to her again.
"Rei, what's wrong?" he asked, running his hands through her hair.
"I had a nightmare," the blue-haired girl responded. Even though she had stopped crying, she still maintained a death grip on her love.
"Would you like to talk about it?" he asked.
"…No" Rei whispered, but she started thinking about what the figure in her dream had said, that she should tell him of her origins, and her purpose. She could only hope that he would still love her.
"Shinji… you would still love me no matter what, right?" Rei asked quietly.
"Of course, Rei," he responded.
Rei took a deep breath and then slowly she told him everything, from her origins to the purpose for which she had been created. Once she was done she saw that he was shocked.
"You're a clone of my mother?" Shinji asked, confused.
"No, they only used her genes to alter my appearance to look like her. I am not a clone. I am Rei Ayanami," she replied, but she could no longer look him in the face.
After a minute of silence Rei broke down again, sobbing quietly, and she was surprised when Shinji pulled her into his arms.
"Rei, I don't care what you are. You being an Angel doesn't bother me at all… okay, so it bothers me a little, but you're still the person I fell in love with," Shinji said.
Rei looked up into his eyes and saw that he spoke the truth. She continued to cry, but now her tears were ones of relief and joy. She moved her lips to his and kissed him passionately. After several seconds, the need for air became too strong, so the two parted lips.
"I should finish breakfast," Shinji said, pulling away.
"I will take a shower, then," she replied, stepping back as well.
Now that Shinji got a good look at her, his face turned bright crimson. and he averted his eyes before turning around quickly. Rei was puzzled with his reaction… until she realized that she was completely nude, since she had been too upset after waking up to get dressed. The First Child smiled.
"I have my Shinji," she said to herself as she headed towards the bathroom.
Authors Note:
Alright guys I still not sure how many more chapters I will be doing, I have every intention of finishing this story though. One of my favorite replies asked if I was going to do a lemon in this story. And the answer is yes, but I will probably be the last chapter or one of the last ones. So you guys have to put up with my terrible lemon writing skills!! Just kidding. Special thanks to my pre-reader Zeroasalimit.
