Author's Notes: ::Sniff:: How rude.... I toil and slave to right 2 new chapters... and I get 2 reviews?! I thought the reviewers in the Eva section were more kind then that! Well here's the 4th installment... although why I should write is beyond me since no one is nice enough to review... that really hurts ya know?
The Word
Chapter 4: Shadows, thunder, love and bojangles oh my!
Asuka stared out into space as the senile sensei of her class was rambling to the potted plant in the corner about second impact. After her second day of listening to the old man drone on, she grew tired of it and decided instead to spend her school time torturing the stooges. Now however, Asuka had nothing to do because of Touji's little announcement earlier today. Yes, good readers.. it's flashback time.
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Touji raised his shaking fist into the air and yelled out in the middle of the first hour of class.
"That's it! I can't take it anymore! I am leaving, and I'm not coming back until I know what bojangles means!"
Kensuke popped up behind him.
"And I'll come with you!"
".....weren't you suffering from an aneurysm last time you were here?"
"Who cares? Let's go!"
And with that, Touji and Kensuke ran out of class on a quest to discover the meaning of bojangles.
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Asuka sighed to herself. Why couldn't the stooges get over it? It was just a word! One freaking word that she had more or less made up. Asuka quickly stole a glance at Shinji. She always did this when she was bored, and in the rare case he saw her, she'd just pass it off as she was cracking her neck and then procede to beat him stupid for thinking she was looking at him. He was sitting at his desk, playing Tetris on his computer. Asuka couldn't help but notice though, the other girls. They all stared at Shinji like he was a handsome movie hero. What right did they have to stare at HER Shinji?! She was half tempted to beat the stuffing out of all the girls that were gawking at him, when another idea came to her. She pulled up her message program and typed up a message to send to Shinji.
'Shinji, I've always wanted to tell you....'
She quickly deleted it; she didn't want to come off as desperate for the baka or anything. In frustration, she let her fingers dance on the keyboard, not really knowing what keys she had hit. When she glanced up at the screen though, she felt a lump form in her throat.
'lfhsdltjgfhaushdkfjhuireag'
What? You were expecting for her to have typed bojangles? Now now... that would be just plain weird :-D. Just as Asuka slowly raised her eyebrow as to what she had written, the power quickly shut off. The entire class quickly woke up from the slumber they were in as Shinji cursed softly over loosing the game of Tetris he had going. The teacher, oblivious as always, continued discussing Second Impact when the principal walked in and announced that classes were cancelled due to a power outage. Asuka gathered her belongings, including baka Shinji, and walked out of the doors of the school.... into a downpour of rain. Asuka and Shinji both quickly shielded themselves as they ran back inside. Asuka quickly made clear how displeased she was.
"MIEN GOTT! How much worse does it get?! We get the day off, but it starts to downpour! ARGH!"
"Well... I guess we should just call Misato and wait.."
"Yeah I suppose.."
Shinji pulled out his phone and dialed Misato's number, only to find that it kept ringing.
Meanwhile, Inside the apartment...
Misato's cell phone sat in a pile of clothes, ringing.
Back to the school now..
"....She's not picking up.."
"Oh that's just PEACHY! That woman probably left it in the apartment!.... well that cinches it! Come on, Shinji! We're going home!"
"But it's raining so hard out!"
"I don't care! I got out early and I'm not spending all that free time trapped in this place!"
Asuka grabbed Shinji by the arm and pulled him along as she ran outside into the storm. The two tried to run the distance, Shinji sometimes stumbling, but managing just the same to keep up with the fast moving fury of red hair ahead of him. Finally, Asuka saw the apartment in the distance and picked up her speed. In no time, the two were under the overhead of the apartment, and heading up the stairs to make it to their floor, since the elevator was out of commission. Both were somewhat out of breath.
"S...see baka... I knew I could make it.."
"Y-yeah...."
When they reached their floor, Shinji walked ahead of her and tried to open the door. It was locked. Shinji only stood there, staring at the door. Asuka, as usual, quickly grew impatient.
"Quick baka, get out your key!"
"I...I.... d-don't have it.."
Here it comes.... 3.... 2.... 1....
"WHAT?! YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR KEY?!?!"
"G-gomen!"
Asuka rested against the wall and slowly slid down it.
"Argh.. we're going to be trapped out here until Misato gets back! This is all your fault BAKA!!"
"I said I was sorry! What more do you want from me?!"
"A way inside the house would be nice, dunkopf!"
"I'm not a magician! I can't just do that!"
"ARGH! Sometimes you can just be so... so.. I can't even say it!"
Shinji didn't feel much like arguing anymore, so instead he had a seat next to Asuka.... not to close mind you. They sat there for what seemed to be an eternity(which was actually only about 10 minutes =D) when Shinji finally heard a slight noise. He looked over to see Asuka shaking slightly.
"A-are you cold Asuka-chan?"
"W-w-what do you think baka?!"
Shinji looked down for a moment at being insulted again, then finally looked back up and began searching through his school bag. After a couple minutes of rummaging, he managed to find the spare shirt he had stuffed into his bag, from when he spent the night at Touji's and thought he might need a change. He handed the white button up shirt to Asuka.
"Here... it's not much, but I think it'll keep you warm."
Asuka looked at the shirt in his hand, and blushed lightly before swiping the shirt from him. She went to remove the wet shirt she was in(mmm... Asuka in a wet shirt..... sounds good to me! ^_^) when she remembered where she was.... and more importantly who she was next to.
"Baka! Turn the other way!"
Shinji turned away and decided not to maybe sneak a peak at all the rustling going on behind him.
"Okay.. you can look now baka.."
Asuka had placed her wet school shirt next to her and was wearing Shinji's shirt. For some reason, it had an intoxicating smell to it that she could only describe as Shinji. She began rubbing her arms to stop the chills, while trying to avoid all eye contact with the baka.
"Thanks baka..even though I wasn't that cold, it was still nice of you.."
She had managed to keep up her usual smug tone as she said this, despite the blatant lie she had thrown in. Who was she kidding? She has been freezing her ass off.
"You're welcome, Asuka-chan."
Asuka smiled before yawning. Despite her best efforts, she could feel her eyelids growing heavy and before she knew it, she was asleep.
Author's Notes: Awwwww... touching ne? Given, I don't think I'm that good a romance writer, but you guys tell me what you think. The next chapter will be a special bonus that I've decided I will add in... The Quests Of Touji and Kensuke! After that though, Rei confronts bojangles? And what of Gendo? How in the name of god did Kensuke recover that damn quick from an aneurysm? This and maybe less in the next not quite so exciting chapter! And remember... review PLEASE! And also... LOVE AND PEACE! LOVE AND PEACE! Now everyone, join along! LOVE AND PEACE!
The Word
Chapter 4: Shadows, thunder, love and bojangles oh my!
Asuka stared out into space as the senile sensei of her class was rambling to the potted plant in the corner about second impact. After her second day of listening to the old man drone on, she grew tired of it and decided instead to spend her school time torturing the stooges. Now however, Asuka had nothing to do because of Touji's little announcement earlier today. Yes, good readers.. it's flashback time.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Touji raised his shaking fist into the air and yelled out in the middle of the first hour of class.
"That's it! I can't take it anymore! I am leaving, and I'm not coming back until I know what bojangles means!"
Kensuke popped up behind him.
"And I'll come with you!"
".....weren't you suffering from an aneurysm last time you were here?"
"Who cares? Let's go!"
And with that, Touji and Kensuke ran out of class on a quest to discover the meaning of bojangles.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Asuka sighed to herself. Why couldn't the stooges get over it? It was just a word! One freaking word that she had more or less made up. Asuka quickly stole a glance at Shinji. She always did this when she was bored, and in the rare case he saw her, she'd just pass it off as she was cracking her neck and then procede to beat him stupid for thinking she was looking at him. He was sitting at his desk, playing Tetris on his computer. Asuka couldn't help but notice though, the other girls. They all stared at Shinji like he was a handsome movie hero. What right did they have to stare at HER Shinji?! She was half tempted to beat the stuffing out of all the girls that were gawking at him, when another idea came to her. She pulled up her message program and typed up a message to send to Shinji.
'Shinji, I've always wanted to tell you....'
She quickly deleted it; she didn't want to come off as desperate for the baka or anything. In frustration, she let her fingers dance on the keyboard, not really knowing what keys she had hit. When she glanced up at the screen though, she felt a lump form in her throat.
'lfhsdltjgfhaushdkfjhuireag'
What? You were expecting for her to have typed bojangles? Now now... that would be just plain weird :-D. Just as Asuka slowly raised her eyebrow as to what she had written, the power quickly shut off. The entire class quickly woke up from the slumber they were in as Shinji cursed softly over loosing the game of Tetris he had going. The teacher, oblivious as always, continued discussing Second Impact when the principal walked in and announced that classes were cancelled due to a power outage. Asuka gathered her belongings, including baka Shinji, and walked out of the doors of the school.... into a downpour of rain. Asuka and Shinji both quickly shielded themselves as they ran back inside. Asuka quickly made clear how displeased she was.
"MIEN GOTT! How much worse does it get?! We get the day off, but it starts to downpour! ARGH!"
"Well... I guess we should just call Misato and wait.."
"Yeah I suppose.."
Shinji pulled out his phone and dialed Misato's number, only to find that it kept ringing.
Meanwhile, Inside the apartment...
Misato's cell phone sat in a pile of clothes, ringing.
Back to the school now..
"....She's not picking up.."
"Oh that's just PEACHY! That woman probably left it in the apartment!.... well that cinches it! Come on, Shinji! We're going home!"
"But it's raining so hard out!"
"I don't care! I got out early and I'm not spending all that free time trapped in this place!"
Asuka grabbed Shinji by the arm and pulled him along as she ran outside into the storm. The two tried to run the distance, Shinji sometimes stumbling, but managing just the same to keep up with the fast moving fury of red hair ahead of him. Finally, Asuka saw the apartment in the distance and picked up her speed. In no time, the two were under the overhead of the apartment, and heading up the stairs to make it to their floor, since the elevator was out of commission. Both were somewhat out of breath.
"S...see baka... I knew I could make it.."
"Y-yeah...."
When they reached their floor, Shinji walked ahead of her and tried to open the door. It was locked. Shinji only stood there, staring at the door. Asuka, as usual, quickly grew impatient.
"Quick baka, get out your key!"
"I...I.... d-don't have it.."
Here it comes.... 3.... 2.... 1....
"WHAT?! YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR KEY?!?!"
"G-gomen!"
Asuka rested against the wall and slowly slid down it.
"Argh.. we're going to be trapped out here until Misato gets back! This is all your fault BAKA!!"
"I said I was sorry! What more do you want from me?!"
"A way inside the house would be nice, dunkopf!"
"I'm not a magician! I can't just do that!"
"ARGH! Sometimes you can just be so... so.. I can't even say it!"
Shinji didn't feel much like arguing anymore, so instead he had a seat next to Asuka.... not to close mind you. They sat there for what seemed to be an eternity(which was actually only about 10 minutes =D) when Shinji finally heard a slight noise. He looked over to see Asuka shaking slightly.
"A-are you cold Asuka-chan?"
"W-w-what do you think baka?!"
Shinji looked down for a moment at being insulted again, then finally looked back up and began searching through his school bag. After a couple minutes of rummaging, he managed to find the spare shirt he had stuffed into his bag, from when he spent the night at Touji's and thought he might need a change. He handed the white button up shirt to Asuka.
"Here... it's not much, but I think it'll keep you warm."
Asuka looked at the shirt in his hand, and blushed lightly before swiping the shirt from him. She went to remove the wet shirt she was in(mmm... Asuka in a wet shirt..... sounds good to me! ^_^) when she remembered where she was.... and more importantly who she was next to.
"Baka! Turn the other way!"
Shinji turned away and decided not to maybe sneak a peak at all the rustling going on behind him.
"Okay.. you can look now baka.."
Asuka had placed her wet school shirt next to her and was wearing Shinji's shirt. For some reason, it had an intoxicating smell to it that she could only describe as Shinji. She began rubbing her arms to stop the chills, while trying to avoid all eye contact with the baka.
"Thanks baka..even though I wasn't that cold, it was still nice of you.."
She had managed to keep up her usual smug tone as she said this, despite the blatant lie she had thrown in. Who was she kidding? She has been freezing her ass off.
"You're welcome, Asuka-chan."
Asuka smiled before yawning. Despite her best efforts, she could feel her eyelids growing heavy and before she knew it, she was asleep.
Author's Notes: Awwwww... touching ne? Given, I don't think I'm that good a romance writer, but you guys tell me what you think. The next chapter will be a special bonus that I've decided I will add in... The Quests Of Touji and Kensuke! After that though, Rei confronts bojangles? And what of Gendo? How in the name of god did Kensuke recover that damn quick from an aneurysm? This and maybe less in the next not quite so exciting chapter! And remember... review PLEASE! And also... LOVE AND PEACE! LOVE AND PEACE! Now everyone, join along! LOVE AND PEACE!