Warning: Don't read this if you enjoy my actual story. You might get pissed off at one point or another...
Neon Genesis Evangelion
~Picking up Pieces~
The blue-haired girl sat silently by the window. She did not know what she should feel. She was not good at emotions. The news came like a dream. She touched the glass of the window and sighed.
"Give that to me!" a voice interrupted her reverie. She turned, and saw the brown-haired boy scowling at the red-hair.
"No. No way!" Asuka shouted back, as she dangled Shinji's SDAT in the air.
"Give ME!!!" Shinji tried to snatch his belonging back.
"Silence, please," Rei said quietly. As usual, of course, none of those two paid any attention to her.
"Give me!" he jumped towards Asuka, who promptly screamed, and dropped the SDAT onto the ground. The SDAT landed with a crash, and broke into pieces. Shinji stared at his beloved belonging with gaping mouth. "My..."
"You broke it!!" he pointed at Asuka. "Give me back!!"
"It's on the ground," Asuka said coolly. "You can take it anytime."
Rei slid out of her seat by the window and walked past the cat and the dog.
"Well, buy me another one!"
"Are you an idiot??!! I don't have any money!"
"You shouldn't have broken it!"
"Well, you shouldn't have been careless! Idiot!"
"I hate you!"
"Well, I hate YOU too!!!"
Asuka and Shinji stalked off in different directions to where their rooms are.
"You fight so much, you might as well marry," Rei muttered under her breath. She took a quick look at her surroundings. The small square sitting room had two corridors. One corridor led to the kitchen, toilet and Shinji's bedroom, the other led to Asuka's and her bedroom. Besides the pieces of plastics that used to be Shinji's SDAT on the floor, the quarters they shared was relatively clean.
Rei crouched and picked up the pieces together, and her mind wandered back to the day they were
discharged from the hospital. They went out holding hands together. Yes, even Shinji and Asuka held hands. But within a week, they returned to their normal self. It was much to impossible to have any bliss.
She carried the pieces and lay them on the table. She then took a letter out from her pocket. She read it for the third time...
~o~
Asuka was truly sorry.
Really.
But she wouldn't admit it. No way. It was Shinji's fault to start with in the first place. His own fault anyway! She didn't mean to sneak into his room. She only wanted to view the room in the first place. She had knocked on the door, and seeing that no one had answered, she concluded that Shinji was in the toilet. Since he had not openly forbade her to go into his room, she took the liberty of going in. The room had been decorated in a similar manner as hers, with a bed on one side of the wall, a cupboard on the other, and a table under the window. Except for a fact that the walls of her room were decorated by posters of her favourite singers in Germany, their two bedrooms were completely the same.
It was when she was going out when she spotted Shinji's SDAT. Her fingers itched and she stretched out to touch the thing that Shinji, on other occasions, was inseparable from. As she looked at it, Shinji was suddenly at the doorway, screaming at her.
And the rest of the story follows.
Asuka pummeled her pillow. She didn't mean to break the SDAT. And she didn't really mean to shout that she hated him. Of course she disliked the wonder boy once. But that was when he was piloting that eva. Now that the evas were destroyed, he was no more better than her than she was from him.
Then, she made up her mind to apologise to him. It hurt a lot of her pride as she walked out of her room. With every step she took, her energy seemed to be drained from her body.
"Really, Rei?" Asuka heard Shinji's voice.
"Since when did he call Ayanami as Rei?" Asuka thought furiously and a bit jealously as well. Rei's reply to him was muffled and later, "Come here," said Shinji.
In her mind's eye, Asuka could already visualise the two of them doing something together and leaving her out of it. Something only one boy and one girl could do at the same time...
"SHINJI!!!!" Asuka screamed and stomped into his room.
"What are you doing..." Shinji stood up immediately from his chair. Before he could continue, however, Asuka had already slapped him, really hard, across his face.
"You are despicable!!" Asuka screamed. "How could both of you be doing..." She looked around and then she saw Rei standing behind her, looking surprised. She turned back again and saw Shinji looking very puzzled, with his slapped cheek turning bright red with her palm imprinted on it.
"Why are you in my room, Asuka?" Shinji said coldly.
Asuka looked ashamed and refused to have any eye contact with him. "To make sure both of you are not doing anything ILLEGAL," she became her fiery self again. "Why are YOU in his room?" she glared at Rei.
"Why can't she?" Shinji defended Rei. "You ARE in my room and without my permission, furthermore."
"You two are lovers!" Asuka accused them.
"What's it to you?" Shinji challenged her.
"I knew it. You two are lovers!"
"Stop it," Rei said and stepped between them.
"Give me that!" Asuka snatched a letter that Rei was holding. "I bet the letter says that you're pregnant!"
"Asuka!" Shinji called her angrily. "How could you!"
Asuka ignored him and read the letter. Her face went pale and her lips trembled. Her fingers clutched at the letter. "How..." She dropped the letter on the floor. Her knees gave way and she dropped onto the floor.
Shinji picked the letter off the floor and gave it back to Rei. "Next time, think first before you start accusing people," he retorted. Asuka stood up slowly and looked at Shinji. "Did you know about this before?"
"Right before you barged into my room and slapped me for no reason."
Asuka turned to Rei.
"Yesterday. The letter came yesterday," Rei replied to Asuka's unspoken question.
"Another survivor of the explosion..." Shinji whispered. "Who?"
Rei nodded. So many hopes...so many whom they know...so many familiar faces they knew and only one survived. Only another one other than them, survived the Tokyo-3 explosion. Who might it be?
Shinji went out of his room to switch on the news, and the two girls trailed after him mutely.
"The thirty-second day of the salvage has not turned out any more bodies. The toll has now reached to a total of a thousand and twenty five deaths and only four survivors," the reported said seriously into the camera. Hundreds of people have flocked to Tokyo-2 crematarium but only a few bodies have been claimed. Many bodies are burnt beyond recognition. The origin of this sad tragedy has yet to be known..."
Asuka switched off the television. "It's useless waiting for the reported to say anything about the fourth survivor. I'm going to check out the hospital right this instant."
"The letter said the fourth survivor has been released from the hospital," Rei said.
"I'm not waiting around to find out who the survivor is."
The doorbell rang.
"Looks like you won't need to," Shinji said. He went to open the door...
-----To be Continued-----
Neon Genesis Evangelion
~Picking up Pieces~
The blue-haired girl sat silently by the window. She did not know what she should feel. She was not good at emotions. The news came like a dream. She touched the glass of the window and sighed.
"Give that to me!" a voice interrupted her reverie. She turned, and saw the brown-haired boy scowling at the red-hair.
"No. No way!" Asuka shouted back, as she dangled Shinji's SDAT in the air.
"Give ME!!!" Shinji tried to snatch his belonging back.
"Silence, please," Rei said quietly. As usual, of course, none of those two paid any attention to her.
"Give me!" he jumped towards Asuka, who promptly screamed, and dropped the SDAT onto the ground. The SDAT landed with a crash, and broke into pieces. Shinji stared at his beloved belonging with gaping mouth. "My..."
"You broke it!!" he pointed at Asuka. "Give me back!!"
"It's on the ground," Asuka said coolly. "You can take it anytime."
Rei slid out of her seat by the window and walked past the cat and the dog.
"Well, buy me another one!"
"Are you an idiot??!! I don't have any money!"
"You shouldn't have broken it!"
"Well, you shouldn't have been careless! Idiot!"
"I hate you!"
"Well, I hate YOU too!!!"
Asuka and Shinji stalked off in different directions to where their rooms are.
"You fight so much, you might as well marry," Rei muttered under her breath. She took a quick look at her surroundings. The small square sitting room had two corridors. One corridor led to the kitchen, toilet and Shinji's bedroom, the other led to Asuka's and her bedroom. Besides the pieces of plastics that used to be Shinji's SDAT on the floor, the quarters they shared was relatively clean.
Rei crouched and picked up the pieces together, and her mind wandered back to the day they were
discharged from the hospital. They went out holding hands together. Yes, even Shinji and Asuka held hands. But within a week, they returned to their normal self. It was much to impossible to have any bliss.
She carried the pieces and lay them on the table. She then took a letter out from her pocket. She read it for the third time...
~o~
Asuka was truly sorry.
Really.
But she wouldn't admit it. No way. It was Shinji's fault to start with in the first place. His own fault anyway! She didn't mean to sneak into his room. She only wanted to view the room in the first place. She had knocked on the door, and seeing that no one had answered, she concluded that Shinji was in the toilet. Since he had not openly forbade her to go into his room, she took the liberty of going in. The room had been decorated in a similar manner as hers, with a bed on one side of the wall, a cupboard on the other, and a table under the window. Except for a fact that the walls of her room were decorated by posters of her favourite singers in Germany, their two bedrooms were completely the same.
It was when she was going out when she spotted Shinji's SDAT. Her fingers itched and she stretched out to touch the thing that Shinji, on other occasions, was inseparable from. As she looked at it, Shinji was suddenly at the doorway, screaming at her.
And the rest of the story follows.
Asuka pummeled her pillow. She didn't mean to break the SDAT. And she didn't really mean to shout that she hated him. Of course she disliked the wonder boy once. But that was when he was piloting that eva. Now that the evas were destroyed, he was no more better than her than she was from him.
Then, she made up her mind to apologise to him. It hurt a lot of her pride as she walked out of her room. With every step she took, her energy seemed to be drained from her body.
"Really, Rei?" Asuka heard Shinji's voice.
"Since when did he call Ayanami as Rei?" Asuka thought furiously and a bit jealously as well. Rei's reply to him was muffled and later, "Come here," said Shinji.
In her mind's eye, Asuka could already visualise the two of them doing something together and leaving her out of it. Something only one boy and one girl could do at the same time...
"SHINJI!!!!" Asuka screamed and stomped into his room.
"What are you doing..." Shinji stood up immediately from his chair. Before he could continue, however, Asuka had already slapped him, really hard, across his face.
"You are despicable!!" Asuka screamed. "How could both of you be doing..." She looked around and then she saw Rei standing behind her, looking surprised. She turned back again and saw Shinji looking very puzzled, with his slapped cheek turning bright red with her palm imprinted on it.
"Why are you in my room, Asuka?" Shinji said coldly.
Asuka looked ashamed and refused to have any eye contact with him. "To make sure both of you are not doing anything ILLEGAL," she became her fiery self again. "Why are YOU in his room?" she glared at Rei.
"Why can't she?" Shinji defended Rei. "You ARE in my room and without my permission, furthermore."
"You two are lovers!" Asuka accused them.
"What's it to you?" Shinji challenged her.
"I knew it. You two are lovers!"
"Stop it," Rei said and stepped between them.
"Give me that!" Asuka snatched a letter that Rei was holding. "I bet the letter says that you're pregnant!"
"Asuka!" Shinji called her angrily. "How could you!"
Asuka ignored him and read the letter. Her face went pale and her lips trembled. Her fingers clutched at the letter. "How..." She dropped the letter on the floor. Her knees gave way and she dropped onto the floor.
Shinji picked the letter off the floor and gave it back to Rei. "Next time, think first before you start accusing people," he retorted. Asuka stood up slowly and looked at Shinji. "Did you know about this before?"
"Right before you barged into my room and slapped me for no reason."
Asuka turned to Rei.
"Yesterday. The letter came yesterday," Rei replied to Asuka's unspoken question.
"Another survivor of the explosion..." Shinji whispered. "Who?"
Rei nodded. So many hopes...so many whom they know...so many familiar faces they knew and only one survived. Only another one other than them, survived the Tokyo-3 explosion. Who might it be?
Shinji went out of his room to switch on the news, and the two girls trailed after him mutely.
"The thirty-second day of the salvage has not turned out any more bodies. The toll has now reached to a total of a thousand and twenty five deaths and only four survivors," the reported said seriously into the camera. Hundreds of people have flocked to Tokyo-2 crematarium but only a few bodies have been claimed. Many bodies are burnt beyond recognition. The origin of this sad tragedy has yet to be known..."
Asuka switched off the television. "It's useless waiting for the reported to say anything about the fourth survivor. I'm going to check out the hospital right this instant."
"The letter said the fourth survivor has been released from the hospital," Rei said.
"I'm not waiting around to find out who the survivor is."
The doorbell rang.
"Looks like you won't need to," Shinji said. He went to open the door...
-----To be Continued-----