Taisuke took off his suit after he was done testing the restored horizon brave with Misato, you have to admit; she isn't that much of a bitch. He sighed after a tiring day at work complete with endless repairs and boring kaiju theories, even drifting with one! He went to his locker and puts away his suit and hangs up his helmet, taped on his locker door is a picture of him and Mari when they first met in their early days. She's hugging him from his back with himself surprised, Asuka took the photo.

When he was a child after San Francisco, he gave up on humanity and accepted defeat already, he knew the kaiju's couldn't be stopped so what was the point of them stopping them? He then met Mari I. Makinami, a new foreigner to his school on the 9th grade, of course she's weird making him believe all British people are weird, still something about her intrigued him, it was the fact she was always peppy and full of optimism. By their early years, they hated each other, especially when in science class. Each time the teacher asks:"How can we defeat the kaiju's?" Taisuke usually says that they are unbeatable and the only solution is to make underground bunkers to hide from the beasts, Mari just gets up and tells him that they need a weapon to tango against them, the two argued nonstop to the point where they find out that class is over. Mari is always the one sitting by herself in the lunch room while Taisuke sits where ever he wants and acts like a ghost. The two often got into fights because of their arguments weather if humanity will win against the kaiju's. Asuka gave him a word lashing while Mari's guardian Mana Kirishima grounds Mari, what made him so different?

He turned on the TV to see the kaiju Karloff rampaging in Vancouver, he's about to leave but then...Brawler Yukon appeared, the mech swiftly kills the humanoid beast. At that moment, he felt like this is the first spark of hope for him.

By the time when he reached school, everyone is going on about the battle, he went up to Mari and asked her if she's seen it, she excitedly said yes. By that time, they talked about the jaeger 24/7 to no end and agreed on each others ideas. They both went to her house for a project they had to do on the jaegers, they picked Coyote tango. The two studied endless hours studying the details of the Japanese techno-tyrant, he flipped on her TV to see Romeo blue beating the hell out of the kaiju hardship. He feels a hand on his, he turns to see Mari getting closer to him, she the sits on his lap with her hands on the sides of his face.

"Can we be friends?" she said.

Taisuke smiled at this memory, they treasured this forever. He went to his room to discover that Mari is awake.

"So how did the test go?" she asked.

"Great, I got Misato to be my co-pilot"
she fell silent.

"Mari,what is it?"

"Its the fact she treated Shinji like an animal alongside with the others..." she gritted angrily.

"I know, but everyone was busy."

He got on his computer and started making plans for a restoration for brawler Yukon, there childhood hero.

"Hey remember this song?" he turns on media player and it begins to play blueberry hill.

"Hey, that song was playing on the radio during the Romeo blue fight, its when I said-"

"Can we be friends?" he smiled as he looked at the computer screen.

His chair spins and Mari gets on his lap "Wanna dance?"

"Sure."

The two got up and started doing a slow dance which seems to be the foxtrot.

I found my thrill on Blueberry Hill
On Blueberry Hill, when I found you
The moon stood still on Blueberry Hill
And lingered until my dreams came true

She looks into his eyes, her partner since childhood. She wants to say it but she can't...She loves him, all those years saying that she was looking at a jaeger part was lie, her eyes are on him.

The wind in the willow played
Love's sweet melody
But all of those vows you made
Were never to be

Though we're apart, you're part of me still
For you were my thrill on Blueberry Hill

The wind in the willow played
Love's sweet melody
But all of those vows we made
Were never to be

Though we're apart, you're part of me still
For you were my thrill on Blueberry Hill

He leaned a little closer to Mari's face and noticed there lips are almost touching one another, they start to get closer...

Only to realize his sister (Rimverse) Asuka along with Rei making a cat-like smile looking at them.

The two let go of each other embrace "Y-yes sis?"

"Kwoon session?" Asuka asked

"Sure."

He walked off with her.

"I get the feeling there more love birds here..." she thought happily to herself as they meet up with Aleksis and hear a loud bang.