Under the Rug -Dirt Blast From the Past-
by the Guy on the Couch
Disclaimer: I don't own Eva, Gainax does and we all know that. So in the words of Lister from Red Dwarf "Smeg it! Lets get some beer and curry!" (You can tell where they got Misato's character from ;-) )
Chapter 3: Open the Night
"You gotta a great car, yeah what's wrong with it today, I used to have one too maybe I'll come and have a look, I really love your hair do yeah, I'm glad you like mine too, see we're lookin' pretty cool gotcha!... So what do you do? Oh yeah I wait tables too, no I haven't heard your band 'cause you guys are pretty new, but if you dig, I'm big in food, well come over to my work I'll have them cook you something that you'll really love, 'Cause I'm like you, yeah I'm like you, and I'm feeling so bohemian like you, yeah I'm like you, yeah I'm like you and I feel woho.. woo! Woho hoo!..." the radio blared away throughout the house. As soon as Misato had gotten home it had been switched on and instructed not to be touched under the punishment of she would cook all her favourite instant dishes.
"Hey I kind of like this..." Asuka was surprised to hear herself say that she actually liked something so old. But then again there was Kaji. She continued her preparation for that evening with Hikari a few other friends. "Maybe something a little bit more... teasing... no... casual, thats it!" she thought as she rummaged through her small mountain of clothes she had accumulated in the name of fashion. Most of which she thought was style but had gotten confused between style and fashion quite easily it would seem. On the other hand Shinji didn't have much in the way of social clothing. But he managed to dig out a dull green collared shirt and some pants that actually weren't designed for school use. He pocketed his phone and wallet and went to head down stairs to wait for Kensuke and Touji. On his way out he noticed Misato restocking the fridge with beer and knew what the night held for her.
"Ahh... Bye Misato, I'm leaving now, OK?" He said as if she was already half drunk.
"Well if your on your way out could you take this out to the trash?" asked Misato as she gestured towards the overly full bin.
"Alright." he said unobjectionably as he hoisted the bag of rubbish up and knotted it.
"See you.." he said as he left feeling very unsure of the night.
Misato continued to stack her beer away in the fridge and was almost done when Asuka emerged from her room 'prepared' for the night ahead.
"Well you took your time, you know..." Misato's words fell away when she turned to see what Asuka was wearing.
"What?" asked Asuka coyly.
"That's what your going out in tonight?" Misato said looking at Asuka's light blue, tight, sleeveless, low cut top and short denim skirt.
"Yeah, I wasn't sure about the shoes but they're comfortable enough." Asuka mused openly.
"It's a good Outfit, is it something you threw together? It brings out your legs well" Misato asked as she looked at the denim skirt and opened a beer.
"Yeah, I've been wanting to show them off some how." said Asuka lazily.
"You know Shinji would be having a nose bleed by now if he was here." Misato teased.
"Just keep drinking Misato." Asuka shot back in retalliation to the amusement of Misato.
"Good evening Asuka." teased Misato as Asuka left the apartment.
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Shinji was still waiting for Kensuke and Touji when Asuka appeared through the front door of the apartment block. It was one of those moments that you'd think came from a bad teen movie like She's All That. If Sixpence None the Richer had been playing then the scene would have been complete. As soon as Shinji turned his head to see who was coming out of the door he turned it right back around. He could feel the red in his face flush from hot to a cold sweat.
"So how do like my outfit Shinji?" she said as she struck half a teasing pose. Shinji looked over and squeamed nervously.
"Uhh, you look, good." he managed to squeak.
"Oh come on Shinji, your getting a free peek and that's all you can say." she teased in her seductress voice.
"You look wonderful then." Shinji tried to recover weakly.
"Well now, see. That wasn't so hard was it?" she teased again.
Shinji Turned to see his friends approaching and thanked the gods for their arrival. Asuka groaned to see the rest of the stooger trio turn up and started cursing Hikari for being late.
"Well look who's out tonight as well." Touji made a point of acknowledging Asuka who simply brushed off the comment with a stingy remark.
"I do hope there's enough police patrolling tonight, you never what's hanging around just waiting to cause trouble." she said as she folded her arms and crossed her legs as she sat on the end of the hand rail of the steps.
"See you later Asuka.." said Shinji in order to kill off the beginnings of a classic verbal punch up. The trio set off for the main Business District, The mall district basically. And center to all that is sociality when there's no known parties.
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"Next Stop Tokyo 3, all passengers for Tokyo 3, repeat next stop." The PA buzzed over the train.
"Huh.. What?" O'Davis awoke to here something irritating his sleep. "Oh well, best stay awake now.." he thought feeling quite groggy and made an effort wake himself up.
**Slap... SLAP!**
"Ah! There we go!" O'Davis said as he slapped the side of his face then really slapped the side of his face. He rubbed his jaw and cheek in realisation that it hurt. He spent the next couple of minutes checking his duffel bag's contents and making sure his pockets contained the objects that they should. Then he felt the train slow down slightly so he emerged from his seat and looked about the oddly empty cabin.
"Tokyo 3." The PA voice stated as the train came to a halt. The doors slid open and O'Davis stepped out on to the platform feeling like an astronaut encompassing the unknown vastness of space. Not knowing what to do at first he headed down the steps of the station to the administration office.
"Excuse me? But would you have lockers of some sort to hire?" he asked the lady on the other side of the counter sounding very unsure.
"Yes we do, just sign this form and fill out these details and we'll give you your key." she said pleasantly.
"Alright.." he said as he began the task. When he had completed it he handed the form back.
"And how will you be paying for that?" she asked in the same pleasant tone. He considered replying "in pebbles thanks" but digressed.
"Cash definitely." he replied and handed it over in exchange for the key. He stashed his duffel bag away in locker 42 for safe keeping and began looking for a phone. He called the taxi number that was on the phone wall and waited out on a bench for it arrive. When the taxi turned up he jumped inside and realised he didn't really know where he was going.
"Uhh.. I'm not from around here, could you just take me to the Central Business District or where ever the pubs are most condensed?" he asked politely.
"Yeah, no problem." the driver replied.
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"OK Shinji, welcome to the social life. Get it?" Kensuke punned quite badly. Shinji smiled slightly in acknowledgment but kept his head down as he felt his stomach churning. As they walked round the corner into one of the main streets Kensuke was taken back slightly by the number of people he didn't anticipate.
"Lets go into the mall for a bite." Touji suggested. Kensuke agreed but Shinji didn't really respond. They walked into a quite a sizable complex and Touji began leading the way to the food of his desired opinion was the best on offer.
"Oh that's a nice one right there." Kensuke pointed out.
"Look at those hips sway..." Touji Drooled. "And how about her, the one in the pink... thing."he nodded towards the source of his attention and confusion.
"Yeah... What is that she's wearing?" Kensuke replied in the same state of confusion.
"It's a holster top, I think." Shinji added. The other two stooges looked at him and began laughing. Shinji couldn't help but feel he was the butt of some joke he didn't get.
"See I told you man, you can't help but look and It's OK too." Touji reassured him.
"Hey, I think it's... It might be..." Kensuke stammered. Touji followed his line of sight as did Shinji but he couldn't work out what they were looking at.
"Yeah it is, lets go." Touji said confidently and Kensuke nodded. Shinji just followed in curiosity. They walked across one side of the mall and straight up the other until they reached a pair odd looking dudes standing against the side of a Kebab shop.
"Hey Red!" Touji said to the one with grungy looking hair and a large jacket on. "Bill, what's going on?" he greeted the other slightly porkish, bearded one with a backwards cap on.
"Hey Toad Fish, what's happening man?" Red greeted Touji. "Ken dude, sup funk yo?" he said to Kensuke. Bill acknowledged them both with an understood wave and a nod.
"Not much hey." Kensuke replied.
"Yeah, we know what you mean, we're just after some good punda, you know some of this." Red said as he made a few obscene gestures with his hands and hips. Bill simply nodded in agreement and began rolling a 'cigarette'.
"Oh yeah, this is Shinji." Touji said as he moved to display Shinji to the odd characters. Shinji slightly amused by their open use of language both body and verbal gave a small bow in recognition. Red then grabbed his handed and performed some sort of crazy street wise hand shake that ended with him tapping his closed fist on the top and botton of his hand which confused Shinji greatly.
"Yo sup man, I'm Red and this is my companion in arms Quiet Bill." Bill acknowledged Shinji with a nod.
"Yeah we're just window shopping you know." Touji said lazily.
"That's cool man, I've never seen Slick here before. What, are you showing him 'round?" Red asked inquisitively as he gestured towards Shinji.
"Yeah basically." Kensuke said.
"Hope all of you have good luck and make sure Slick has a good time. But for now we gotta burn one down. Catch you dudes later." Red said as the odd pair fair welled the trio.
"Who were those guys?" Shinji asked as they continued towards an eatery.
"Just a couple of mall rats Slick." Touji replied with a smile.
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Idiot's/Authour's Notes: This one was a bit shorter to play down possibly of me going over overboard due to the fact I started with juggling 2 separate story lines and one of them has now broken into 2 lines itself so now I have 3 story lines which must intertwine and must make enough sense to not suck. I'm going to pump out the next chapter as best and as quick as I can though.
Thanks to the readers out there that are giving their time to review this.
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