"Kaoru's Palms"
Neon Genesis: Evangelion
Fan-Fiction
On a calm, eerily calm night, the phone that never rings rang.
"Yes?"
"It's a beautiful night, isn't it? … very beautiful indeed."
"Kaoru?"
"Yes, come meet me by the spot where we first met."
"Sure." I got up and got dressed. I didn't know why, but I wanted to see him. It was easy to sneak out, Missato slept like a stone. I walked along the now deserted streets of Tokyo 3. The only noise to be heard was a faint humming sound off in the distance. I stopped and looked at my feet, then my hand. I miss Pen^2, I thought. I continued on.
Then I saw him, the faint humming had become louder, "Ode to Joy." It came from the boy I saw, the boy I wanted to see, the one who felt empathy towards me, the one who loved me, truly. There he was, sitting on a piece of rubble off the shore.
"Why are you always humming that song?"
"A beautiful night, a beautiful song…" replied Kaoru with a grin.
"Wh-"
"Don't talk, you'll ruin the moment."
We sat in the silence and darkness for some time. Kaoru stared at the moon's reflection in the new lake. I looked at my feet.
"You know, I've… I've never seen your palms."
"I don't think I understand?"
"Your palms."
"Heheheh… Shinji, I think I was born to meet you!"
"Huh?"
"That's enough talk." He then put his hand on my shoulder. I immediately jumped up.
"Woah! I already told you! I'm not like that!" I sat down slowly. "I'm sorry for yelling, it's just… Pen^2… and Asuka… everyone's gone."
"I'm here. And I pitied the second child. She did not love her Eva, she treated it like a toy. That is why she did not protect her from Aeriel."
"Who?"
"The 15th Angel."
"Oh."
"Now, no more talk… please?"
About an hour went by.
"I need to get some sleep, we need to go in in the morning."
"Stay, just a little longer. This may be our last time to see each other." There was a pause. A long pause.
"That time, in the shower… you grabbed my hand… I felt something odd."
"Love?"
"No! Something strange… about your hand… I don't know. Maybe I was imagining it." I got up and began to walk home.
"Goodbye… my friend." Kaoru seemed to be greatly saddened by me leaving. I now only wish I'd stayed…
Neon Genesis: Evangelion
Fan-Fiction
On a calm, eerily calm night, the phone that never rings rang.
"Yes?"
"It's a beautiful night, isn't it? … very beautiful indeed."
"Kaoru?"
"Yes, come meet me by the spot where we first met."
"Sure." I got up and got dressed. I didn't know why, but I wanted to see him. It was easy to sneak out, Missato slept like a stone. I walked along the now deserted streets of Tokyo 3. The only noise to be heard was a faint humming sound off in the distance. I stopped and looked at my feet, then my hand. I miss Pen^2, I thought. I continued on.
Then I saw him, the faint humming had become louder, "Ode to Joy." It came from the boy I saw, the boy I wanted to see, the one who felt empathy towards me, the one who loved me, truly. There he was, sitting on a piece of rubble off the shore.
"Why are you always humming that song?"
"A beautiful night, a beautiful song…" replied Kaoru with a grin.
"Wh-"
"Don't talk, you'll ruin the moment."
We sat in the silence and darkness for some time. Kaoru stared at the moon's reflection in the new lake. I looked at my feet.
"You know, I've… I've never seen your palms."
"I don't think I understand?"
"Your palms."
"Heheheh… Shinji, I think I was born to meet you!"
"Huh?"
"That's enough talk." He then put his hand on my shoulder. I immediately jumped up.
"Woah! I already told you! I'm not like that!" I sat down slowly. "I'm sorry for yelling, it's just… Pen^2… and Asuka… everyone's gone."
"I'm here. And I pitied the second child. She did not love her Eva, she treated it like a toy. That is why she did not protect her from Aeriel."
"Who?"
"The 15th Angel."
"Oh."
"Now, no more talk… please?"
About an hour went by.
"I need to get some sleep, we need to go in in the morning."
"Stay, just a little longer. This may be our last time to see each other." There was a pause. A long pause.
"That time, in the shower… you grabbed my hand… I felt something odd."
"Love?"
"No! Something strange… about your hand… I don't know. Maybe I was imagining it." I got up and began to walk home.
"Goodbye… my friend." Kaoru seemed to be greatly saddened by me leaving. I now only wish I'd stayed…