Chapter 8
Psyche
Shinji continued in the house, to find Touji eating in the Kitchen. Touji looked up,
and put a smirk on his face.
"Saw you out there with my girl. Well, you can have 'er Shinji. She's just a mean old
bitch anyway." He said, with absolutely no emotion. Shinji stared at him, amazed. They had
actually thought, and now because he happened to walk home with her, he gets caught in the
middle.
"I...I don't like her...she's just a friend Touji." He said, obviously lying.
"Yeah sure, and I fell in love with Auburn." Touji remarked, his words almost smacking
Shinji hard.
"Don't talk about her like that! Asuka was...nicer than I thought..." Shinji continued,
obviously pissed. "She was nice, and she was the first one to understand my pain! The first day
I met you, you punched me! I bet you still blame me for your sister! Touji, just...just think
before you talk, damnit." Shinji said, a tear running down his face that blended in with the
raindrops.
"Well, you may be right Shinji, but she treated me bad all the same. So get over it."
He said, his tone still expressionless. He was so much like...
Ding, Dong! The doorbell. Shinji turned opened it, and found...Rei. Holding Koutsu.
"Ikari, they asked me to bring the infant to you. Please take it." She said, just like
Touji minutes before.
"What? A baby?" Touji said, walking up, startled. "You and Asuka...you didn't have a kid
now, did you?!" he said, almost yelling. "And anyway, we can't take care of a baby! My dad'll
be pissed!"
"Don't worry, I am taking care of her." He took the baby with caring hands, staring at
her, her face so...small, yet nice.
"Well...ok. Hey Rei," Touji said, finally noticing her.
"Hello Suzahara." She said, a small bit of pain noted in her voice. She turned, and
walked away.
Touji watched her walk off, and closed the door. "Man, she scares me...jeez." He said,
small points being taken in his voice.
Shinji put the baby's head up, and asked, "Where is my room?"
Touji pointed at the door all the way to the end, and Shinji followed the finger, to
find a room with absolutely nothing in it but a blanket. Shinji smiled. "How quaint."
He said, the smile fading.
He closed the door behind him, and finding it late, he put the baby down, under the
blankets, and got under them with it, holding it to make sure it wouldn't move. He noticed
there was a new diaper on it. Rei probably did that. Koutsu shifted, and started crying, and
Shinji already knew why. First of all, it was cold. Even under the small blanket it was just
as cold outside of it. Two, you could hear screaming from the nearest house, as if someone
was being tortured. Shinji lay there, trying to sleep, for hours. Finally, he dozed off.
* * *
Shinji had the baby in his arms, in a dark, dark room. He started running, as the screams
still echoed in his dreams. He continued running, until he fell, the baby flying from his
arms, and onto a cold, unseen floor. Slowly, a small pool of blood came around it, and
Shinji walked up to where it lay. A huge gash lay in her head.
Touji ran up to him, and screamed. "You killed a baby! Somebody call 911! Someone,
help the baby! He killed it!" Police suddenly appeared, and punched Shinji.
Shinji tried to get away, but he couldn't. So many people came and insulted him, and
just kept on. Finally, when they were all gone, Asuka and Hikari walked up, and Asuka
looked at him. She gave him her cold, menacing stare, and just pierced through his eyes,
to his heart. He then looked to Hikari, who was smiling, unusually, as Asuka walked away.
She picked up the baby, and the screaming stopped. She slowly walked away, Koutsu in her
arms.
* * *
He got up with the baby, and left. He knew.
Psyche
Shinji continued in the house, to find Touji eating in the Kitchen. Touji looked up,
and put a smirk on his face.
"Saw you out there with my girl. Well, you can have 'er Shinji. She's just a mean old
bitch anyway." He said, with absolutely no emotion. Shinji stared at him, amazed. They had
actually thought, and now because he happened to walk home with her, he gets caught in the
middle.
"I...I don't like her...she's just a friend Touji." He said, obviously lying.
"Yeah sure, and I fell in love with Auburn." Touji remarked, his words almost smacking
Shinji hard.
"Don't talk about her like that! Asuka was...nicer than I thought..." Shinji continued,
obviously pissed. "She was nice, and she was the first one to understand my pain! The first day
I met you, you punched me! I bet you still blame me for your sister! Touji, just...just think
before you talk, damnit." Shinji said, a tear running down his face that blended in with the
raindrops.
"Well, you may be right Shinji, but she treated me bad all the same. So get over it."
He said, his tone still expressionless. He was so much like...
Ding, Dong! The doorbell. Shinji turned opened it, and found...Rei. Holding Koutsu.
"Ikari, they asked me to bring the infant to you. Please take it." She said, just like
Touji minutes before.
"What? A baby?" Touji said, walking up, startled. "You and Asuka...you didn't have a kid
now, did you?!" he said, almost yelling. "And anyway, we can't take care of a baby! My dad'll
be pissed!"
"Don't worry, I am taking care of her." He took the baby with caring hands, staring at
her, her face so...small, yet nice.
"Well...ok. Hey Rei," Touji said, finally noticing her.
"Hello Suzahara." She said, a small bit of pain noted in her voice. She turned, and
walked away.
Touji watched her walk off, and closed the door. "Man, she scares me...jeez." He said,
small points being taken in his voice.
Shinji put the baby's head up, and asked, "Where is my room?"
Touji pointed at the door all the way to the end, and Shinji followed the finger, to
find a room with absolutely nothing in it but a blanket. Shinji smiled. "How quaint."
He said, the smile fading.
He closed the door behind him, and finding it late, he put the baby down, under the
blankets, and got under them with it, holding it to make sure it wouldn't move. He noticed
there was a new diaper on it. Rei probably did that. Koutsu shifted, and started crying, and
Shinji already knew why. First of all, it was cold. Even under the small blanket it was just
as cold outside of it. Two, you could hear screaming from the nearest house, as if someone
was being tortured. Shinji lay there, trying to sleep, for hours. Finally, he dozed off.
* * *
Shinji had the baby in his arms, in a dark, dark room. He started running, as the screams
still echoed in his dreams. He continued running, until he fell, the baby flying from his
arms, and onto a cold, unseen floor. Slowly, a small pool of blood came around it, and
Shinji walked up to where it lay. A huge gash lay in her head.
Touji ran up to him, and screamed. "You killed a baby! Somebody call 911! Someone,
help the baby! He killed it!" Police suddenly appeared, and punched Shinji.
Shinji tried to get away, but he couldn't. So many people came and insulted him, and
just kept on. Finally, when they were all gone, Asuka and Hikari walked up, and Asuka
looked at him. She gave him her cold, menacing stare, and just pierced through his eyes,
to his heart. He then looked to Hikari, who was smiling, unusually, as Asuka walked away.
She picked up the baby, and the screaming stopped. She slowly walked away, Koutsu in her
arms.
* * *
He got up with the baby, and left. He knew.
