Iris
By: Sophie Lavalier

He watched the silver haired boy, silent, waiting, confusing emotions ran through his mind. Kaworu smiled back down at him, softly, his eyes filled almost with a tender loving kindness. He was so confused... but he knew... A tear escaped from his eye, and Shinji clenched his teeth.

"And I give up forever to touch you, cause I know that you feel me some how. You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be, and I don't wanna go home right now."

Kaworu's smile formed a comforting curl in his lips. "Shinji... Why don't you sleep on the bed?"
Silently, and without a word, Shinji stood, Kaworu inched over, and he lay down beside him, pulling the covers up closely around his neck. Kaworu wrapped his arms around Shinji's waist, pulling him closer. Shinji felt the fair skinned boys hand cup his chin, and the warmth of the boys lips as he pressed them to his own.

"And All I can taste is your sweetness, and all I can breath is you life..."

Kaworu withdrew, and Shinji felt himself begin to shake as tears fell from his eyes. He hugged Kaworu tightly, the magnitude of his whole situation finally sinking in.

"...Cause sooner or later it's over, I just don't wanna miss you tonight..."

"Shinji..." Kaworu soothed...
Shinji hugged the boy as close to him as possible, he wanted to feel safe, he wanted to feel comfort... he wanted to stay there, next to this mysterious boy forever. Whole new feelings seemed to replace all the sad and sorrowful ones he knew all to well. This pale, silver haired boy he had met such a short while ago, was the only one who seemed to understand... Everything, all his problems.
"They Don't understand.." he whispered into his chest...

"And I don't want the world to see me, cause I don't think that they'd understand, when everything's made to be broken, I just want you to know who I am..."

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Shinji stood alone, looking down upon the ruins that once were Tokyo 3... He wanted to cry, he wanted to break down and cry, for his mother, for his friends... for that one special night... for Kaworu...

"And you can not fight the tears that ain't coming, or the moment of truth in your lives..."

Was it real? Was this really happening? His whole life had been pain and misery. Then there was Kaworu, a bright light in his dark world... But.... He clenched his teeth... Even you couldn't stay with me, even you had to leave me... What is real anymore... he thoughts raced, and he pulled a small knife from his pocket... Pressing the cold blade the back of his wrist, cutting into his flesh in a sharp stabbing motion.
He bit his lip holding in the pain as the thick crimson blood oozed from the cut.

"When everything feels like the movies, yeah you bleed just to know your alive..."

Still clenching his wound tightly, he fell to his knees throwing back his head, "You were the only one! The only one who understood me, my feelings... my pain..."

"And I don't want the world to see me, cause I don't think that they'd understand, when everything's made to be broken, I just want you to know who I am"