The Dreams of Shinji and Rei I
By: Yume
The Characters in this aren't my own and are the property of GAINAX.
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It was late and I woke up startled out of sleep. I looked around at the familiar room. Then slowly my senses came online and I realized where I was. "Man that was an odd dream." I muttered.
I was sitting at my desk waiting for another long pointless lecture on the resilience of the human race after Second Impact to begin. I was thinking about how much my arm still hurt (This is after the 400% synch ratio was achieved and I was recovered.) when I looked around the room and saw Asuka just sitting there giving me a nasty look. Why she hates me so much is beyond me. Then I turned to see what Rei was doing. I was shocked to see that she was doing the same thing and was staring at me. We blushed and averted our gazes. I thought that it was weird, "Rei was staring at me. But..... No, she must have been looking at someone else and I just got in her way." was what I though at the time. I started to look around the room again to see what my other friends were doing. Kensuke was at his laptop playing a video game he just made using the info he had hacked about the Evas. I just shook my head and said, "Kensuke you know that piloting isn't anything like that. You can feel the Eva's pain." Kensuke was to engrossed in the game to hear what I had just said. He only responded with an, "Uh huh. Ooh take that angel." I just shook my head and moved on. I looked and saw that Touji was back and sporting the newest in artificial limb technology. I still have nightmares about what I had done to my best friend. But I saw something very strange, next to his good arm (or should I say hanging on it) was the Class Rep. Hikari with a happy far away look on her face, Touji shared a similar look. I shook my head and looked again to make sure I wasn't losing my mind. "Nope they are still there and they are still together guess this isn't a hallucination." I muttered. Then I felt a slight pain in my knuckles and looked to see that I was making a fist. I let my hand relax and thought about why I was mad. "Hmm could it be that I am jealous? I mean Hikari is very pretty and she is always nice to me. But........ Nah that couldn't be it. .............. Could it?" I tried to erase that last thought from my mind but it remained. I just looked down and decided to try to sleep. But sleep wouldn't come.
The class ended and I made my way home while Asuka decided to go over and talk with Hikari. Then I thought about something and turned and headed towards Nerv Headquarters. I swiped my card and then I walked around. Just as I turned a corner I bumped into Maya. Causing her to fall and inadvertently flash me. "Oh I-I'm s-s-s-sorry m-ma'am I wasn't watching where I was going." I helped Maya to her feet, while trying to conceal my blush. "That's okay Shinji just watch where you are going next time. Some other people aren't as forgiving as I am." She said giving me a playful wink. I knew that fact all too well, the last time I did a similar thing to Asuka she had given me a black eye not to mention a long list of other painful things but luckily Kaji stepped in just in time to spare me from the full wrath of the horrible Asuka Langley Soryu. That reminds me of my reason for coming to Headquarters. I turned and called to Maya, "Excuse me ma'am." She turned seeming agitated "Could you stop calling me ma'am? It makes me feel old." I nodded "Umm... do you know where Kaji is?" She thought for a moment "Hmmm last I saw him he was saying something about having to visit his kids." "Oh he did? Thank you ma...miss." I smiled and ran down the hall. With that Maya continued on her way to the Command Center.
I found Kaji just where I thought he would be after talking to Maya. I walked up to him and his melon patch "Hello Mr. Kaji. Could I umm.......... ask you something?" "Sure. But drop the 'Mister' stuff we're friends." Kaji replied. I looked down in embarrassment. "I'm sorry" "That to. Stop apologizing for things you don't need to apologize for, be a little more confident." I only nodded. "So..............what can I help you with?" "Oh yeah. I wanted to ask you about uh.... err..... ummm ..............love." Kaji got a smirk on his face, I was sure he had the wrong idea, he eyed me, and said, "Heh heh. So trying to get Misato in bed. Or maybe Asuka, or cute little Rei?" I almost lost it now I knew he had the wrong idea, "Ahhh! N-n-n-no n-n-not like that. I m-m-m-mean the feeling one has for the other. Not the 'making love' kind" Kaji looked at me and thought for a second. "Ohh that kind. Hmmm................ Well let's see....." With that Kaji went into a long discussion on the subject.
(@@@Author's Note: There is no need to go into this I don't want to have people getting bored with my stories before I really start writing.^-^)
I lied in my bed with my SDAT playing in my ear. Kaji had given me a lot to think about so for now I just lied there and tried to grasp it all. After a while I relaxed and drifted off to sleep.
(Dream Sequence) I looked around, I was by the lake I had passed while trying to run away after the defeat of the Fourth Angel. But I wasn't running away I just seemed to be sitting there almost like I was......... waiting for someone. I heard a noise behind me, I looked back and saw nothing. I called out, "Hello? Anyone there?" I heard another sound only this time it was closer and in front of me. I turned and saw a dark shadowed figure before me. But something was very familiar about the figure but I couldn't place what or for that matter WHO it was. I looked closer and saw that it was Rei she was bandaged up the way she looked the first time we had met. I tried to stand but I wasn't in control of my body. She walked towards me and looked at me with something that I couldn't place in her eyes and then I said, "Rei your hurt again! What happened? Are you okay?" (I noted that I still had control over my mouth.) She only nodded. then she stepped closer to me. I tried to back away more out of surprise than out of fear of her. She stepped closer again and sat next to me and leaned up against me and whispered into my ear, "Shinji you are so nice for sparing my life. Then you saved me after the battle with the Fifth Angel. I want thank you for what you've done." I looked at her and all I could do was what my instincts told me to do. I took Rei in my arms, held her, (noting I had control of my body again) and said, "I am just happy to know you are okay." Rei opened her mouth to say something but her voice was different but still familiar. Rei started to fade away into the darkness and then scenery disappeared with her.
I woke up to face an angry yelling Asuka, "Shinji get up, I'm hungry and it's your turn to cook you idiot." With that she turned and started to leave but she added while walking out the door, "And stop having 'those' dreams about beautiful and intelligent me, you pervert." She said pointing to the tent I had "erected" in my sleep. I jumped and tried desperately to cover myself up. I screamed, "I-I-It's n-not w-what y-y-you think! I have to err.... ummm take a whiz or something. I don't know, just not that." I said blushing as Asuka laughed at my discomfort.
(To Be Continued)