Disclaimer: I do not own Evangelion. I wish I did so I could have Misato all to myself, heh heh heh....



I would like to take this time to discuss a problem that you all seem to have with this fic, that being my pairing of Shinji and Mana. I would like to tell you why it was arranged so. I personally like all the usual pairings in Evangelion fics. Shinji/Rei, Shinji/Asuka, and even Shini/Hikari, but to me the idea of a sexual relationship between Shinji and Rei, considering her origins, in my mind is incest. I have seen one too many Shinji/Asuka fics so I do not feel the need to put them together. Besides, Asuka has spent a good ten years away from Shinji, so there was really no chance for a relationship to develop between them. I have no problem with Shinji and Hikari and I personally think that Shinji and Hikari make the best couple, but for the purposes of this fanfic, she is married to Toji. I have never seen a Shinji/Mana fic and got tired of asking people to write one, so I wrote one myself.

Thank you for reading.





Shinji woke up that morning later than usual, because he had an extra day off. After he awoke, he showered, and after bathing, he dressed and made himself breakfast. He ate and decided that he would go food shopping, as he was low on food. As he left the apartment, the telephone rang.

"Hello?" he asked.

"Hi Shinji. It's me Mana."

"Oh, hi Mana."

"I called you yesterday but you weren't in."

"I was visiting my father at Kyoto."

"Oh really. What did you talk about?"

"I told him I was getting married and I told him that he would not interfere with our lives or the lives of our children."

"You did?" she asked, not believing what he had said.

"Mana, after I said all that to my father, I was so relieved. It was like a huge weight was lifted off my shoulders."

"Wow, Shinji. Congradulations. Now, what was that you said about our children?"

"I told him that he would never interfere with their lives like he did with mine."

"Do you want kids, Shinji?"

"(sigh) Yes I do, Mana. I...I want to be the father that mine never was. I don't want them to go through the same things that I went through."

"Shinji, yesterday, a magazine came out saying that you were the most eligible bachelor in all of Japan. What you just said confirms that." Mana said.

"I guess we'll have to make an announcement that I'm engaged, huh?"

"I guess. We have to decide on a few things though."

"What kind of things?"

"Where we'll live once we're married and things like that."

"Oh. How about you come over for dinner and we'll discuss it then."

"Fine with me, although I might be a little late. I have lots of work to get through today. Is eight good for you?"

"It's fine, Mana. I'll see you tonight."

"Bye, Shinji. I love you."

"I love you too, Mana. Bye."

Shinji hung up the phone and walked out of his apartment, cash card in hand, as he walked to the store. When he arrived at the store, he thought of all the food he would have to buy to last him the week, as well as the food that he would be preparing for diner tonight. He gathered his groceries, paid for them and went home. As he walked home, he passed by a music store. Looking in the window, he noticed that the new album by one of his favorite artists was out. Shinji made a mental note to stop by later and buy the album.

When he entered his apartment, he began to put away his groceries. After he finished with that, he began to clean his apartment, seeing that neither Asuka or Rei bothered to clean up in all the time they were here. He didn't have to clean much because there wasn't that much of a mess made. Shinji looked at the clock. It was five p.m. He'd have to decide on what to make soon. Looking through a cookbook Hikari had given him for his birthday one year, Shinji decided on something traditional. He decided to start making the meal a seven so he would have plenty of time to make the meal.

Eight o'clock rolled around and there was a knock on the door. Shinji went to answer the door. He opened the door, and Mana was there, looking as beautiful as ever.

"You're right on time, Mana."

"I like to be on time."

"Come in." Shinji said steppping aside so she could pass. "You look wonderful tonight, Mana."

"Thank you."

"Dinner will be ready in about 30 minutes, so make your self comfortable."

"Okay." she spoke as she made her way into the living room. "What did you want to discuss, Shinji?"

"One of the things I wanted to talk about was where we should live after we get married. I think we should live at my apartment."

"I agree, Shinji. Your apartment is bigger and there are two extra rooms that we can use. Although the idea that I will be living next to high-ranking NERV personnel dosen't make me feel any better."

"Don't worry," he said sitting next to her, "This building's upper floors are for NERV command staff and Eva pilots only. The rest of the building is just civilian apartments. If anyone tries to blow up the building at night, there are about 157 other families living in this building. I don't think that any kind of anti-NERV group would use a cannon to kill a mosquito."

"I guess you're right, Shinji."

"Another reason is that I have an unlisted phone number. No tele-marketer will ever bother us and only the people you want to will ever be able to reach us."

"Really?"

"Yeah, all Eva pilots have that on their telephone."

"Why is that?"

"How much work would you get done if everyone who claimed to be your biggest was calling you at all hours?"

"Good point, Shinji."

"Dinner should be ready by now." he said and he was right. They had dinner and over the course of the meal they talked about things like how their day was, and other things along those lines. But there was one question Shinji asked that threw Mana for a loop.

"After we're married, do you want to keep your last name or take mine?"

"I think that I will be keeping my last name. I'm not sure that I want to take your name."

"If you want to wait about something like that, I'll wait for as long as you want me to."

At that moment the clock rang 10:30, surprising both Shinji and Mana.

"Woah, I didn't realise what time it was. I'd better head home." she said rising to head for the door.

"Wait," Shinji asked. "You could spend the night here if you wanted to." Shinji said looking at the floor with a very red face.

"Are you asking me to sleep with you?" she asked accusingly.

"Well, if...if you wanted to you could."

She wrapped her arms around him and kissed him.

"I accept your offer, Shinji." she said. Shinji had a smile on his face as they walked back to his bedroom. They got ready for bed, and as they were lying down, Shinji couldn't help but notice how right everything felt. It was as if this was supposed to be. It was at that moment that Shinji realised that he was, for the first time in a long while, truly happy. Mana was thinking along the same lines as long as she was awake. She dreamed of her future with Shinji, and of the children that they would be having.



End pt. 5

There have been some people asking me to write a lemon for this series. I will not write a lemon. I might write a lime chapter that involves their wedding night, but that is as close to a lemon that I will get, so there.