so, i'm very late. real life has been abusing me lately. D: anywaiz, i need y'all's opinion on something. if i put up a writing comm. on el-jay, would you watch/friend/stalk it? it woudn't just be eva stuff, but also kh, spiral, naruto, and whatever else catches my attention. any suggestions for fandom's that i should strike rape /strike adopt, are appreciated. enough of me talking, on to the drabble.

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)(about us)(

On Sunday Asuka decides that they should go to the ice cream parlor. Shinji, as usual, offers no resistance and soon finds himself staring rather glumly at a linoleum countertop, toungue lapping at his plain vanilla cone sporadically. Asuka picks the cherry form the top of her fudge sundae and narrows her eyes.

Shinji shivers. Asuka is unnaturally quiet; this bodes ill. He looks up hesitantly and flinches as he meets her stare.

"Isn't it weird to be normal high-school students, Shinji-kun?" Her voice is sickeningly sweet.

"Yes...I guess it is. But it isn't like I miss piloting an Eva or anything!"

"I do." She smirks as his eyes widen. "It made life so much more," she pauses, twisting the cherry stem in her fingers, "interesting."

"That is one way of saying it, I guess."

"Oh, I forgot." She laughs, high and pretty and so forced that it hurts to listen to. The cherry stem is fraying under her pressure. "You dont' have a college degree like I do. I've already been to high school, you know."

"I know, Asuka-chan." He tries to keep the strain from his voice, but he has heard. He has heard a million times since they were fourteen.

"But even without Eva, this time is still more interesting, since you're here." She blushes and stammers, kunckles going white and the cherry trembling in the air. "I mean, watching you fumble around like the dummkopf you are. It's funny."

"Oh." He looks down and can't think of anything to say to that. You'd think, after two-odd years, that he'd be able to stand up to her, but he can't. He never will.

The stem snaps in her fingers, and the cherry rolls to the floor.

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