Chapter 7
Walks and Talks
Shinji lay there, weeping, for a good 20 minutes before he finally got up. Touji and
Kensuke both had left long ago, but Hikari and Misato was still there. Hikari came up to him
first, and put a hand on his back, and when he looked up, he noticed that they both had the
black bags underneath their eyes.
"Shinji...what's wrong? Why are you crying? I thought you would be happy...that she
left." She said, her mouth shaking a few loose tears.
"I...I think I may have loved her Hikari...but...I...I still...I still felt that
hole...the one that came when...when my mother...Yui...died. I just...I...I don't know what to
do anymore!" He said, turning his head, the tears flying out at an incredible pace.
Hikari was amazed. This wasn't the third stooge, like she had always seen...he was a
loving, caring person who just wanted someone to love him. Asuka said so many things about
him that just...just aren't anywhere close to true. She stared at him, the feeling he had she
knew. Her...her brother died, but he was old enough to be her young father, and treated her
like his own daughter. But Third Impact had paralyzed him, so she always knew him...as a good
man, but he just...he slowly died.
She slowly took her other hand, and slipped it around him, trying to comfort him. He
took it gratuitously, and reached his around her. Then, he whispered in her ear, forgetting
that time was an objective, "I...I need to go...to Touji's. I'm staying there until either
Asuka or...or Misato come back."
"Let me...let me make sure you make it to his house. Its...it's the least I can do to
help you out." She said, smiling, trying to be reassuring.
"Ok...that's fine..." he said, smiling back to her, and started walking.
The two thought of each other for a long time, before one of them finally spoke.
"Shinji...are you sure you wanna stay at Touji's? Because...even though with all my
sisters...we have a bed...and...well, he doesn't...and its pretty noisy over there..." she
said, blushing as red as Asuka's hair.
"Well...I'll see how it is at Touji's...and I...I may...I may go with you..." He said,
blushing just as much as her. As they neared the suburban area, she smiled to Shinji, and
pointed towards a house high on the hill. "That's our house, so come whenever you need anything.
Touji's is just another block up." She said, still walking with him."
"How did you know that I didn't know where he lived?" He said, out of wanting something
to say.
"You kept looking around, as if trying to remember something, so I just assumed it.
There's Kensuke's house." She said, pointing to another house. Shinji smiled, and said in a
flattering tone, "Hey...you might wanna take care of Koutsu. They are gonna be bringing her to
Touji's, but I think you may do a better job of being a mom than me and Touji as dads."
"Who's Koutsu? Some kind of baby?" she asked, curiosity filling her face.
"Yes...was just on our doorstep one day, so we took it and tried to care for it." He
said, blushing at the thought of trying to be a dad with Asuka as his wife.
"Well...sure I guess....just bring her over, ok?"
"Sure."
"We're here."
Shinji looked up, to see a house that looked just like Kensuke's. A light rain started
before he got to the door, and continued to pour into a real storm. Shinji waved her goodbye,
she waved back, and he walked inside, and closed the door.
Hikari felt something she had never felt before.
Walks and Talks
Shinji lay there, weeping, for a good 20 minutes before he finally got up. Touji and
Kensuke both had left long ago, but Hikari and Misato was still there. Hikari came up to him
first, and put a hand on his back, and when he looked up, he noticed that they both had the
black bags underneath their eyes.
"Shinji...what's wrong? Why are you crying? I thought you would be happy...that she
left." She said, her mouth shaking a few loose tears.
"I...I think I may have loved her Hikari...but...I...I still...I still felt that
hole...the one that came when...when my mother...Yui...died. I just...I...I don't know what to
do anymore!" He said, turning his head, the tears flying out at an incredible pace.
Hikari was amazed. This wasn't the third stooge, like she had always seen...he was a
loving, caring person who just wanted someone to love him. Asuka said so many things about
him that just...just aren't anywhere close to true. She stared at him, the feeling he had she
knew. Her...her brother died, but he was old enough to be her young father, and treated her
like his own daughter. But Third Impact had paralyzed him, so she always knew him...as a good
man, but he just...he slowly died.
She slowly took her other hand, and slipped it around him, trying to comfort him. He
took it gratuitously, and reached his around her. Then, he whispered in her ear, forgetting
that time was an objective, "I...I need to go...to Touji's. I'm staying there until either
Asuka or...or Misato come back."
"Let me...let me make sure you make it to his house. Its...it's the least I can do to
help you out." She said, smiling, trying to be reassuring.
"Ok...that's fine..." he said, smiling back to her, and started walking.
The two thought of each other for a long time, before one of them finally spoke.
"Shinji...are you sure you wanna stay at Touji's? Because...even though with all my
sisters...we have a bed...and...well, he doesn't...and its pretty noisy over there..." she
said, blushing as red as Asuka's hair.
"Well...I'll see how it is at Touji's...and I...I may...I may go with you..." He said,
blushing just as much as her. As they neared the suburban area, she smiled to Shinji, and
pointed towards a house high on the hill. "That's our house, so come whenever you need anything.
Touji's is just another block up." She said, still walking with him."
"How did you know that I didn't know where he lived?" He said, out of wanting something
to say.
"You kept looking around, as if trying to remember something, so I just assumed it.
There's Kensuke's house." She said, pointing to another house. Shinji smiled, and said in a
flattering tone, "Hey...you might wanna take care of Koutsu. They are gonna be bringing her to
Touji's, but I think you may do a better job of being a mom than me and Touji as dads."
"Who's Koutsu? Some kind of baby?" she asked, curiosity filling her face.
"Yes...was just on our doorstep one day, so we took it and tried to care for it." He
said, blushing at the thought of trying to be a dad with Asuka as his wife.
"Well...sure I guess....just bring her over, ok?"
"Sure."
"We're here."
Shinji looked up, to see a house that looked just like Kensuke's. A light rain started
before he got to the door, and continued to pour into a real storm. Shinji waved her goodbye,
she waved back, and he walked inside, and closed the door.
Hikari felt something she had never felt before.
