From Cold to Warm
Chapter 10
By Chungdoo
Shinji eyes slowly opened back to the normal world. As he always did when he would wake up in the morning Shinji Ikari looked up to the ceiling. Instead of seeing the color of the wall to his room at Misato's apartment, he saw the baby blue ceiling of the public hospital. Shinji never woke up inside the NERV hospital. After the pilots had finished to surgery they would be transferred to the public hospital were they would recover.
Shinji brought his right hand to his head and started rubbing his temples. His head hurt. A lot, but having his mind probed by an Angel could do that to a person. Shinji started to bring his left hand up to rub his other temple when he realized that his left hand was pinned to his arm. Looking down he noticed that a pair of slender, pale arm was wrapped tightly around his trapped arm. He followed the arms to their blue haired owner who was cuddling closely to him. Shinji chuckled to himself. Rei had a death grip on his left arm, as if letting go only a little and he would disappear from the earth.
Shinji wrapped his free arm around her slender body and drew her closer to him, turning to his side. He noticed Rei move slightly and then snuggle in closer to him. Shinji smiled. Rei was a snuggler. She loved to hold onto things in her sleep. Shinji had woken up multiple times in the middle of the night because Rei had a tight death grip on him. Cutting off circulation to the unfortunate body part that happened to be closest to her at the time. So he would always close whatever distance he was from her, pulling her into a hug, run his finger through her hair and kiss her lips lightly. That would always do the trick; she would let go slightly, which would return circulation to the body part. But she would snuggle closer to him. Trapping him in her grasp until morning. But it's not like he was complaining.
Shinji was forced out of his thoughts by the movement of the certain blue haired girl he was just thinking of.
"Shinji…?" she asked sleepily, raising her head to get a better look at him.
" Yes Rei?" Shinji responded, getting a good look at her beautiful face.
In a flash Rei's eyes snapped open and embraced her arms tightly (if that was even possible) around Shinji's chest. And before he could respond her lips met his. The two were wrapped in a open mouth kiss until the two finally parted.
"Rei, how long was I asleep?" Shinji asked looking to his love.
"Shinji it's been…it's been two years since we first retrieved you." Rei said sighing.
"TWO YEARS!!" Shinji snapped sitting up.
"Yes… As a matter of fact, you're not really awake right now. Everything – this room, me – is all a part of a dream. You've just imagined waking up," Rei responded.
"Wha…What!!" Shinji screamed almost panicking.
Suddenly Rei burst out laughing.
"I… I'm sorry Sh… Shinji. I couldn't re… resist," Rei managed to stutter between laughs. "It was t… too easy!"
Shinji quickly got himself together and turned to face his girlfriend. He quickly ran his fingers over her ticklish spots, which in turn caused her laughing fit to increase ten fold. And at the sound of her laughter, Shinji found himself laughing. Once the two had calmed down they settled back into a warming embrace.
"So how long was I REALLY out?" Shinji asked pulling Rei closer to him.
"Only a few days." Rei responded.
"And the angel?" Shinji asked.
"It disappeared a few minutes after we retrieved you."
Shinji noticed that even though Rei was asleep when he woken up but it looked like she had barley gotten any sleep. He was going to ask her about it but was cut off before he even started by the ringing of his girlfriends cell phone. He watched as she quickly answered the phone.
"Ayanami" she said in her emotionless tone she used to address everyone who was not her friend. It sometimes scared him. But he knew it was just a mask.
He watched, as her features seemed to darken. But her voice did not change during the conversation. It wasn't until she closed her phone did her depression make itself shown on her face.
"I…I have to go to NERV for a synch test." Rei said sadly.
"It's alright Rei, I'll be back at the apartment when you get back." He responded. Shinji really REALLY wanted to hang out with his girlfriend, since she was really the only thing on his mind nowadays but he understood that it must have taken a direct order from the commander himself to get Rei to go to NERV, especially since he had just woken up.
He laughed as Rei puffed her lips outward to pout, showing that she did not really want to go either. Shinji, unable to resist the temptation, quickly closed the distance between them and started sucking and nibbling on her lip. Rei smiled and sighed with pleasure, and responded by engaging him in a passionate kiss that lasted a long time. Once the two finally parted, Rei reluctantly got up and grabbed the few things she had brought before heading towards the exit. She was almost out the door when she turned around and gave him one of her brightest smiles. Immediately, Shinji could feel his heart melt.
"I love you," she said smiling at him
"Love you too Rei, I'll see you when you get home." He smiled back at her.
After her synch test Rei quickly made her way back to the changing room; she REALLY wanted to get back to Shinji. She quickly threw off her plug suit and practically flew in and out of the shower. She quickly put on her clothes and was out in the hallways in the same amount of time it took Misato to drive to NERV. And that was saying something.
She rounded the corner of the hallways that led to the elevator with amazing speed and was at the elevator waiting for the door to open so she could go home.
When the door finally opened Rei Ayanami found herself face to face with a boy. He had white hair and the same red eyes and pale skin she had. Even though Rei was sure she had never met this kid in her life, something inside her said that she had. One thing was for sure; she did not feel comfortable around him.
"Hello first child." The boy responded stepping out of the elevator
"…Who are you?" Rei responded
"I am the fifth child Kaworu Nagisa…We are the same."
"No..We are not the same…not anymore" Rei answered a little shaken, she and stepped into the elevator, pushed the button and smiled to herself as the door closed. Remembering exactly who made her special.
Shinji Ikari quickly ran to his room when he got home. Once inside he quickly ran to his desk drawer and opened it to check his secret hiding spot. To his relief he pulled out a little black jewelry box. Upon opening it he breathed a sigh of relief as the gold ring he had saved up most of his NERV salary check for was still in the box. The ring was a one-carrot. Instead of the usual white diamond there was a blue sapphire diamond. He knew that blue was Rei's favorite color. He had their names engraved on the band. Even though the ring was expensive he believed it was worth every penny. He only needed the right time and place to pop the question. But before he popped the question he wanted to talk with Misato, get her blessing. Ever since Shinji had come to Tokyo-3 Misato was like a mother to him. More of a parental figure than his father. And since his real mother was dead Misato was the closest thing he had.
He quickly shut the box and put it back in its secret hiding place. Right when he shut the drawer he heard the door to the apartment open and heard Rei's voice seeking him.
"I'm in my room Rei" Shinji shouted from his room.
As the door to his room opened Shinji was suddenly tackled into his bed by his blue haired girlfriend. Rei quickly snuggled up into his chest and wrapped his arms tightly around his stomach. Shinji in return wrapped his arm around her.
"What's wrong Rei?" Shinji asked.
"Nothing, I just missed you." Rei responded snuggling closer to him.
"I can tell, you put your shirt on backwards." Shinji said laughing.
Rei looked down and saw that, indeed, she had been so rushed about getting home that she had put her shirt on the wrong way. Suddenly, she realized something – this was her chance to do something she'd been thinking about doing for a while now. And now, she finally felt ready. Blushing, she sat up, reached down, and pulled her shirt off slowly. Immediately, Shinji's face turned bright crimson.
She wasn't wearing a bra.
Rei returned to laying beside Shinji, whose body was as stiff as board. She rested her head against his shoulder, and shifted her body so that they laid chest-to-chest. She laid there for a few seconds, her heart racing, and then, hesitantly, she reached out and started to unbutton Shinji's shirt. However, Shinji placed his hands over hers, stopping her.
"Rei… what are you doing?" he asked quietly, his heart racing.
"Your… your shirt is irritating my skin, so… so I'm going to… remove it…" Rei whispered, her voice a little shaky.
"Rei…" Shinji said. He suspected that this was not the real reason… but he still wanted it too. A lot.
"Please Shinji… I… I want to feel your skin against mine," she admitted, her cheeks bright red.
After a moment's pause, Shinji sat up slowly, and undid the rest of the buttons. He shrugged the garment off his shoulders, and laid back down beside her. Both of them shivered as their bare flesh came in contact, sending feelings of excitement racing through them. Shinji was amazed at how good it felt to have her body touching his. He was possessed by a powerful urge to take a further, and he had a feeling that if he insisted, she wouldn't resist… but at the same time, he felt that she wasn't ready, and he loved her too much to make her do anything she wasn't ready for.
As they laid there, savoring the feel of their bodies against one another, Rei suddenly yawned. Shinji smiled, realizing just how tired he was too. They snuggled closer together, and soon, they had fallen asleep in each other's arms.
Authors Note:
Hey guys I really sorry that this took so long to come out. I had written a first version of this chapter but all in all, it sucked!! Badly. So I decided that instead of having you guys read a bunch of crap that was not worth the wait, I rewrote the chapter. I hope you all like it!! And remember don't be afraid to reply!!
P.S. Also I would like to wish all mother's a happy mothers day and I would also like to say good luck to all the AP Student's who have testing this week.