Before I begin this chapter I want to give thanks to all the people who support my ideas and
aren't too critical on the little errors I make in character description or story time line. It helps to
see good reviews, it made me want to start the new chapter as soon as I read them. To Ice Trax
oh my God, if that wasn't a professional sounding review, you must have error checked it like a
thousand times. Like I told a friend of mine a while back "Im the writer, no ones gonna tell me
what I can and can't write about, if I want a giant meteor made of cotton candy and peanuts to
land in the crack of Shinji's ass, that's what's gonna happen. If I want Asuka to get beat up, run
over, and thrown out of a plane, that's what's gonna happen." end quote. With that I start the
new chapter.
Chapter 6. Get the Girl
When Shinji entered Rei's room, what he saw hurt him deeply. She was sitting very close to the
door as if she couldn't make it any further before she broke down and began to cry. She was
kneeling on the ground with her face in her hands sobbing quietly. Shinji opening the door
startled her because she shrieked and stared up at him with her adorable face and gorgeous
crimson eyes that had sparkling tears in them. Her face was growing red and her cheeks had
little streams of tears running down them. When Rei saw Shinji she tried to regain her
emotionless face and monotone voice, but with little success. "Ikari, please leave." she managed
between sobs. This was an extremely large blow to his courage. However, he decided he wasn't
going to leave her apartment until she knew exactly how he felt.
Seeing that the young man wasn't leaving she lost her composer and began to sob loudly. Shinji
couldn't stand this. He ran to the young girl and tried to console her. He tried putting his arms
around her but she wouldn't let him, she weakly pushed him away. Shinji grabbed her by the
shoulders and made him face her. When she looked away her gently pushed her chin so she now
faced him. Rei was extremely close to his face, he almost couldn't resist the urge to kiss her, he
also feared her reaction if the kiss wasn't welcome. He wrapped his arms around her tightly,
again she tried pushing him away but he held on this time. Shinji could see that it took a lot of
courage on Rei's part to even ask him a question like that, he could also see she was deeply hurt
by the way he answered her. He tried soothing her by rocking with her back and forth but it
didn't seem to work. "Rei, I'm sorry for the way I acted back there, I really am." Shinji gently
said. He then took his index finger and wiped the streams of tears off her shining face. "Rei,
with all my heart, I love you. You are the one person I could always trust, the one person who
always understood me, the only person that could see the real me."
What Shinji said stopped Rei's sobbing a great deal. She then looked up at him and gave him
one of those once in two lifetime smiles that only Rei could give. She then began to weep again.
Shinji, thinking he had done something horribly wrong begged Rei "What's wrong? What did I
do? Why are you still sad?" "I...I do not know why I cry" Rei managed. "I do know that I am no
longer unhappy." "You mean you're crying because you're happy?" Shinji offered. Rei, eyes
sparkling smiled at Shinji and said "I believe so." She then put her arms around him and
embraced him. This was the moment they had both waited so long for, they had gone through so
much pain, but now, nothing could go wrong, they were both in a perfect world. Shinji then did
something Rei would never forget, he pulled her close to him so that their faces were only
inches apart, Rei, sensing what was about to happen immediately began blushing, he then kissed
her. Rei felt a rush of heat go through her chest, at that moment one thought entered her mind *I
wish to be one with Ikari*. She then placed her arms around his neck and put all her weight on
him. Shinji was kneeling beside Rei in an unbalanced position so when Rei put her weight on
him it toppled him over. He landed on his back and Rei gently laid herself on top of him. She
laid her head on his chest and they both just laid there for the longest time just happy to be in
each other's arms.
Shinji remembering what happened between him and Asuka earlier that day said "I think I better
be heading home now." He desperately wanted to stay, but he felt the longer he stayed the more
trouble he'd be in when he got home. Rei didn't want Shinji to leave her either, she lovingly
pulled him closer so he couldn't get up. This made him smile, he gently moved Rei from on top
of him. He then got up and walked slowly toward the door. He turned around and Rei was still
sitting in the floor with her head down. There was nothing wrong with her, she was just trying to
get Shinji to stay longer by playing sad. At first he thought something was wrong, but he say the
little smile on Rei face. "Rei, I really think I should be leaving now." Shinji unhappily said. She
got up off the ground and walked slowly over to him and put her arms around his waist. She
then kissed him one last time. With that Shinji began to walk out of her room, he was almost
out the door when he turned around and looked around her dreary and what he considered
lonely room. "Rei, I really don't like you staying her all alone." Shinji thoughtfully said. "I will
be fine." Rei happily said with a small smile on her face. "Yeah, but still, I don't like you being
alone so much." Shinji said. Rei just smiled as Shinji turned around and walked down the steps.
That's how it began, with a simple kiss, two lives are forever changed.
Chapter 7. Dating Ayanami
Rei had never been anyone's girlfriend before and she was a little unsure of how she should act
around Ikari now that he was her boyfriend. *What should I do differently now?* *Will Ikari act
differently around me?* Rei happily thought as she was getting dressed for school. She couldn't
wait to get to school and experience this new state of being with Shinji. When Rei opened the
door to head to school she was a little startled to see someone waiting for her. She then smiled
when she saw who it was.
Shinji was standing in front of Rei's door with a goofy expression on his face holding a fairly
large bouquet of flowers. "What are these?" Rei curiously asked. "They're flowers." Shinji
happily said with a large smile on his face. "Yes, I can see that, but why are they here?" Rei
innocently said, who honestly didn't understand why Shinji had brought these to her. Shinji,
who was still half asleep from waking up two hours early to catch Rei before she went to school
said "Rei, these flowers are for you, just consider them a gift okay?" Rei smiled happily as she
began to understand what the flowers meant. "Put them in some water, okay?" Rei then nodded
and turned around and headed into her apartment to look for something to put the gift in. Shinji
thought it was kind of humorous to see Rei rummaging through her cupboards. She pulled out
ten blue plastic cups, three plates, and five coffee mugs all with the Nerv insignia on them. She
then found a large jug, filled it with water and placed the flowers in it. She then walked to
Shinji who was standing in the doorway and said with a small smile "Thank you Shinji. Are you
ready to go to school now?" "Aren't you going to put all things back?" Shinji exclaimed. Rei
glanced at her watch and said "Shinji, I do not wish to arrive late at school." He sighed and
walked into her apartment and started to put all the cups away. Rei stood in the doorway
watching him. "Shinji, we need to be leaving soon." Shinji, who knew they had at least an hour
before they were due at school just smiled and shook his head.
As they were walking to school Shinji told Rei about how his parents weren't as angry as he
thought they would be. However they did ground him from going anywhere for a while. "That's
why I had to sneak out this morning." Shinji explained. Rei frowned and said "I am sorry you
had to get in trouble because of me." He laughed and happily said "It was defiantly worth it."
Rei smiled. Shinji said "I do hate that I'm banned from school for two days though."
He waited with her at school until everyone started to show up, he then gave her a hug and
started walking home. The two days Shinji had to spend at home went bye rather quickly. Every
morning he would sneak out of the house and walk Rei to school and every afternoon he would
make up an excuse to leave to meet Rei at school and walk her home.
Shinji's parent's knew exactly what was going on, however they didn't say a word. They were
secretly proud that Shinji stood up to Asuka and protected Rei. They still felt they needed to let
him know it wasn't right to push Asuka down, so they had to at least make him feel like he was
being punished.
Everyone at school was floored to see Rei walking into school holding someone's hand, and
even more surprised to see that she was holding Shinji's hand. No one, except those that
witnessed what happened a few days ago knew Shinji had it in him to ask a girl out. Rei blushed
as everyone watched them enter their home room. Shinji sat a few seats behind Rei and opened
up his books to get ready for class.
They were the first ones in class but many soon entered, a Toji and Kensuke who were wide
eyed with amazement promptly went over to Shinji's desk and asked her how she was in bed.
"We're not like that yet!" Shinji exclaimed. "Sure, I bet yah's been bangin fer weeks!" Even a
few courageous souls went over to Rei's desk to see what was up with her and Shinji. The class
rep, Hikari bashfully asked Rei "So, Ayanami, a..are you and Shinji g..going out?" It's not hard
to imagine why the class rep was so nervous, Rei didn't even look at her while she was asked the
question. Rei then turned her head and said, "Going out?" Rei was very unfamiliar with all the
terms teens have for being boyfriend and girlfriend. "You know, a couple, boyfriend and
girlfriend." Hikari explained. "Yes" Rei dully said.
"Wow, well you say it with such enthusiasm, he must be great in bed." A tall red remarked. Rei
looked behind her and saw Asuka standing right behind her desk. Rei didn't like the remark at
all she thought about what Shinji had said *You shouldn't let Asuka pick on you.*. Rei was
about to say something back to Asuka but just then Shinji walked up and happily asked with a
smile on his face "Everything okay Rei?" Rei smiled and said "Everything's fine Shinji. All the
people who were watching jumped back a foot when they saw the most sullen girl in all of
Tokyo 3 smile at Shinji. "Great" Shinji happily said, he then turned his head to face Asuka, his
smile quickly changed into a scowl. Asuka gave him the finger and walked away. The teacher
then entered the classroom and began a long boring lecture on the publicized version of the
Second Impact.
When the lunch bell rang everyone breathed a sigh of relief except the old teacher who thought it
was a fire drill. After explaining to the aging teacher that it was the lunch bell the class left the
room and headed for the cafeteria. Rei and Shinji walked out and got their food they then went
outside to sit under the tree Rei always sat under. She enjoyed having someone to sit next to her
at lunch. She would get more than she bargained for though, as Kensuke and Toji walked up
and sat beside Shinji. Hikari soon followed and even Asuka, seeing the small group formed
around the couple came over and sat beside Hikari. Rei wasn't used to this at all but Shinji was
having a good time. Shinji whispered to Rei "You should really try and not look so serious all
the time, you have a really nice smile, you should try showing it to more people than just me.
Rei smiled at Shinji and started to blush. Asuka, seeing Shinji and Rei whispering to each other
decided to butt in "So, Rei how's it hanging?" Shinji turned his attention away from Rei and
glared at Asuka. Seeing that Shinji was about to get upset she put her arm around him and
smiled. He stopped glaring and started talking to Rei again. Asuka saw that Rei's lightest touch
made all of Shinji's angry feelings wash right away. "Hmph, Rei's got her own personal guard
dog. The only time Ikari gets a backbone is when someone's picking on poor little Rei" Asuka
said under her breath. She couldn't help but get a little jealous thought. *I wish someone would
do that for me.* she thought.
I hope you liked this chapter, the one regret I have about the entire story is maybe I made Rei and Shinji getting together a little too easy. I am running out of ideas to continue this story with. I might start on a new Rei/Shinji fic. But if you have any ideas to continue this story, let me know.
