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Chapter 1 – A Kiss
"Baka!"
Then there was the sound of flesh hitting flesh.
The boy pulled his hand up to his cheek. He had a red hand print that faded away after a few seconds.
"And don't say that you are sorry! I am going to my room." The girl then whipped around and walked to her room as her flaming red mane sailed behind her.
"But I ju…" he softly said as he let his hand fall. The girl was no where in the room. He walked to his room and laid down on his bed. Listening to his SDAT player his thoughts roamed to what had happened just moments before.
--- Flashback ---
Shinji was making dinner as per usual. Nothing special, but better than what Misato would have cooked. Asuka had walked in from Hikari's. She was over there studying for the test tomorrow. Asuka was in a grumpy mood all day. Shinji could not really figure out why.
"Uh…Hello Asuka."
"What do you want Third-Child," Asuka snapped back.
"Uh…n…n…nothing, gomen."
"Grrr…Haven't I told you not to say sorry all the time! You sound like a complete wimp!"
"Gomen."
"Ahh!" growled Asuka as she threw her hands up in the air. "I give up! I'm going to my room." Asuka started to walk to her room.
"Aren't you going out tonight?"
Asuka stopped in her tracks…. "What did you say?!?" she asked as she turned to face him.
"A…aren't you going out tonight? I mean you had so many guys after you after school. I…I thought that you would have had a date."
"Why would I want to date any of those jerks, they would not know how to appreciate a beauty like me! Besides this March 14th shit is stupid. Just one day, to express your feelings is good enough for me! Not two!"
"W…well…February 14th is for the girls to show who they like, and March 14th is for the guys to reciprocate."
"I know that!! This is just all stupid and pointless."
Asuka started to turn to her room, when Shinji grabbed her arm. Asuka turned back, her eyes ablaze with venom. Shinji gasped and dropped his hand.
"Don't touch me!"
"Gomen…I…I…I just wanted to ask if…if you wanted to go for a w…w…walk after dinner."
"Me! Go with you! Ha ha, you have got to be kidding!"
Shinji then did something totally unthinkable that he would do. He grabbed Asuka by the arms and placed a kiss on her lips. Asuka tensed, shocked that Shinji did this.
'Shinji…can't be…he wouldn't dare!' She thought. Asuka started to relax into the kiss but then pushed him away.
"Baka!"
--- Present ---
"Gomen Asuka," Shinji softly said as he rolled over and fell to sleep.
* * *
Dinner continued to cook on the stove. Fortunately, Misato came home before anything could be burned. She turned off the stove and sat down to eat with a 6-pack of beer near her.
'Where is Shinji and Asuka? I can't believe that they left this cooking on the stove…this place could have burned down.' She thought as she downed her first can.
"Whooooaaaaaa!"
Misato then noticed that the doors to Asuka and Shinji's rooms were closed.
'Hmm…I wonder if they had another fight.' Misato wondered, 'It seems that anytime they fight they shut themselves away and forget about anything else. Could they?'…."Nah," she mumbled as she shook her head and continued to work on her cans of beer.
* * *
'I can't believe he kissed me! Out of all the guys…including Kaji, it had to be him…again.' Asuka pondered as she laid on her bed. To her the kiss was much better than the one they had shared before; where her lack of experience had caused Shinji to change colors due to her holding his nose. 'But he is a pervert and a wimp; he couldn't have had the courage to do that….Why? Why?' echoed in Asuka's thoughts as she fell asleep.
"Mama…Mama…look at me! They choose me…I am an elite." Little Asuka said as she ran. "Mama…Mama! Look at me!"
"Come Asuka…Come die with me…Let's move to a better place"
"No! I don't want to die! NO!"
The door opened, the smell caught the girl's attention first; the smell of death, urine, decaying flesh. The creaking of a swinging rope reached the girl's ears. She turned to the sound…a figure was hanging from the rafters by a length of rope.
"Mama?...No! Mama!"
A flash of red on the floor caught the attention of the girl next. It was a doll; that bore a resemblance to Asuaka. However it had its head ripped off.
"NO!!"
At the funeral, Asuka was wearing a solid black dress. Everybody was sad and some were crying. Asuka just stood there with a straight face.
"It is alright to cry little one." Someone said to her.
"I won't cry anymore. I can take care of myself. I am a big girl. I don't need anyone!" retorted Asuka.
Flashes of the Nerv Branch in Germany…the synchronization tests…the years of college at a very young age whipped through Asuka's mind.
Then there he was…in a white button down shirt and black pants standing in front of her on the deck of "Over The Rainbow."
Shinji Ikari
The feel of him near/on her in the cockpit of Eva 02 fighting that underwater angel. The time of synchronizing and the feel of his breath on her face in the middle of the night. The sight of Eva 01 preventing her from a fiery death. The feel of his lips as he struggled to breathe. The feel of his lips on hers tonight…the closeness of his body…the arousal of her body's response.
Asuka woke with a start. "Shinji," she whispered as her hand lightly touched her lips.
Author Notes
Here you guys go, a slightly modified version of Chapter 1. I am working on revising chapter 2. Nothing too special in this one…few grammar/spelling errors found and a few actions added. Enjoy!