Shinji Ikari emerged from the bathroom after partaking in his nightly shower, making his way to the sleeping chambers of his beloved girlfriend, Misato Katsuragi. Misato took quick notice of the young boy-shaped silhouette standing at the foot of her bed.

"Ready for bed, Shinji?" Misato asked in a near whisper, with a hint of tiredness in her soft voice from the extremely trying day she had at NERV. On that particularly tragic day, one NERV employee, a Mr. Kokori Shirokawa, had been fed up with his life's bullshit and ended up committing murder-suicide, killing his former friend/co-worker, who was raw-dogging Kokori's girlfriend without his knowledge or permission, leaving Misato to deal with all of the paperwork, insurance claims, etc. It was quite a lot of paperwork, but at least Misato knew she'd always have her extremely supportive boyfriend to back her up when things got rough for her.

"Yes, Misato-san," Shinji replied.

"Did you remember to brush your teeth?" She asked, in a rather sad voice.

"I did, Misato, right after I had showered, you can check my toothbrush if you want."

"No, no, it's okay, Shinji. I believe you. I know you would never lie about your personal hygiene, it just wouldn't be like you to do something like that, unlike some of the other douches I dated when I was younger."

"Well, Misato, I'm awfully sorry you had to go through that. I-"

"No, Shinji. Don't be sorry. It's not even your fault anyways. it's more my fault for having such shit taste in men. Maybe it's just that I'm such a terrible person, that I attract such steaming piles of shit as dates."

Shinji noticed tears forming under Misato's eyes, watching them fall onto her cheeks, glistening in the soft yet bright moonlight, a light just as soft and bright as her pure, soft, smooth skin.

"No, Misato, don't say that, please. You're nowhere near being a bad person, by all means. In fact, in my opinion, you're one of, if not, THE most beautiful, kindest, funniest, most caring person I've ever met, and if those pig-headed idiots couldn't see that beyond your astonishing looks, then they probably weren't even worth giving the time of day. You've done so much for both me and NERV, that I truly do believe you deserve to feel genuine happiness."

"Y-you really think so, Shinji?"

"I know so, Misato."

"Even a person like me, despite everything I've ever done, deserves to be happy?"

"Yes. I promise to be here for you for as long as I can, I promise to protect you from any danger that might cross our path, and I promise I will make you happy for as long as I can. Do you wanna know why?"

"Why, Shinji?"

"Because... I love you, Misato Katsuragi. I love you more than anything in the entire world."

"Those 3 words hit Misato like a 12-gauge to the stomach. Of course, Misato had heard Shinji confess his true feelings to her a long while ago, before they started dating, but this felt... different. Like it was the setup to a bad joke, and the punchline was mere seconds away.

"Which is why, Misato, I have a very important question I want to ask you..."

Oh my god, Misato thought. Is this real? Is he...? Will he...? deep into his pajama pants pocket, Shinji pulled out a small black box.

Holy fucking shit, it's happening, it's happening, it's fucking happening! Red alert, red alert, this is not a drill, repeat, this is not a drill, fasten your fucking seatbelts, there's no turning back on this one! were the thoughts swirling around Misato's head, swirling so fast, she started to feel a bit light headed.

"Misato Katsuragi..." Shinji started, as Misato's heart was literally beating out of her chest, dried tears being replaced by moist sweat, running down her forehead. At this point, Misato was absolutely convinced that she would end up losing consciousness as this kept going any longer and Shinji could see this in her eyes, so she had to make a move, for her own sake. In exchange, Shinji worked up the guts to finally spit out the words that had been backed up in his throat from the first time he laid eyes on her.

"Will you marry m-"

Shinji stopped as his promise of matrimony eternal until death to the one person he loved more than anything in the entire world (his exact words) was cut short by a sudden kiss upon his soft boy lips. Upon separating from his true love's grasp, Shinji said, "I'll take that as a yes, my love."

"You bet your cute lil' ass it's a yes, Shinji-kun."

THE END