Neon Genesis Evangelion
Forgive or Forget 5
Disclaimer: I don't own EVA. I wonder how, I wonder why.. Yesterday you told me……
Author's Note: Ok, I don't know if I'll bring Shinji back or not, the same goes for Rei. Just imagine, if Rei comes back, how would they all react? I mean, if they all saw Third Impact happen, would they not remember Rei being the same as Lilith?? But I think I know what I'm gonna do.. I'm just gonna start typing and see what fast thinking brings...
Uuh, End Author's Note..
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"So, you almost got fired?"
I sighed deeply, Toji's always like this.. I say something and he just repeats it again.. Why did I have to go out with him anyway ? I don't have a lot of money right now.. And I'm totally sober.. I don't think I'm gonna like this.. Add to that I'm having a huge headache and Toji's.... waiting for me to answer his question..
"Yeah.. like I said before, I fell asleep on my desk. They were all going home in half an hour.. And, heh, I hadn't done anything the entire day... My boss was pretty pissed off.."
"Ah, don't look gloomy! You're with Toji Suzuhara! And we're gonna dance the entire night, right?"
I groaned... loudly. The fact that I was sober, and didn't have a lot of money meant I would have to dance sober... And I can't even dance right when I'm drunk.. Yep, this is really going
to suck.. Plus, I can't count on Toji to have lots of money either..
"Can't we just go... eat.. somewhere? I really don't feel like going out.."
"What?! How can you NOT feel like going out?! That's absurd !"
Toji paused.. in these kinds of things, ONLY in these kinds of things, he's smart. But then again, you don't have to be smart to figure me out in a situation like this.
"You don't have any money on you, huh ?" Toji said with a deep frown.
I nodded sadly, what else could I do? It's not necessarily to be drunk when partying.... but it's sure as hell convenient !
"No worries my friend!! I've got lots of money !! I'll get you drunk.."
Okay, I took a long pause, widened my eyes, a lot and let out a loud '"HUH?!"'. Toji? With lots of money? It's the same as seeing me with the hottest girl in Tokyo-III! Though I could easily see myself with the hottest..
"Yeah Baby!! It's Tequila all night long !!"
Was I going to meet the biggest hang-over ever...
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Toji's out with Kensuke, I hope they won't get hurt. But knowing Toji, he would start a fight with someone, I'm pitying Kensuke already, for taking all the punches.. Man... how long does Misato expect us to wait ? The shops are already closing in like five hours !! I can see Asuka's getting impatient too.
"Misato !! Hurry up, already !!! The shops are almost closing !!"
Five hours to go.. I think we'll be there in twenty minutes or so. Why does it always have to go like this ? To shop so short... Every Friday we go out on a shopping spree, the three of us. Misato always takes this long... She's been there for over two hours ! Ok, Asuka and I finished ten minutes ago, but still...
"Let's just go, Hikari. Misato will find us there."
Just then, Misato came out of her room. As soon as she was in my sight, I sighed. Why must she always dress so.... vulgar, I guess. It's not like there are men where we go... No man would dare shop with us, or any woman.. on a Friday... I tried to convince Toji once... But he wouldn't budge an inch. Well, here we go...
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"1.....2......3... Go !!!"
There we go.. our second Tequila shot... I bet that if he'd stand up, he would fall down immediately... And we only had 2 shots !! I'm ashamed of his low alcohol tolerance... Well, let's try to build his up..
"Wanna have another one, Suke ?"
He shook his head and pointed somewhere... I don't know where.. but I decide we should go to the dance floor ! Oh yeah !! I put my hand on his back and push toward the dance floor. For some odd reason he was resisting... not that it mattered..
"Toji !! I didn't mean the dance floor !! I meant I had to go the toilet !!"
"Oh... but it's far more relaxing on the dance floor !"
Kensuke just ignored me and fell down as soon as I let go of him. He stood up after a few seconds and stumbled toward the toilets. I shrugged and began to show everyone how a real man dances !!
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"Alright."
Misato grabbed her purse from her bed, took one last look in her mirror and then left her room. As soon as she entered the living room she was facing two very angry-looking females. She changed her face from a worried look to a 'I'm sorry'-look.
"Misato, the shops are already closing in four and a half hour !" Asuka whined, crossing her arms and shooting a awful looking glare toward Misato.
"Asuka's right, Misato. Next time we won't wait for you anymore !" Hikari joined the whining.
Misato smiled a little smile and crossed her arms, while tilting her head to the side. She got warned by the two young women before her before about her 'always being late-ness.' But they were just warnings. They always kept waiting for her. "Fine, fine. I'm sorry, alright ? Let's just go now."
Hikari and Asuka both snorted.
Misato sighed as the three of them walked out of the apartment. 'We're acting pretty good considering what yesterday was. The day when we all came back. And some didn't…'
Misato followed Asuka and Hikari outside and prepared herself for a good shopping spree. 'We're over it. I really believe we're over it.'
Misato frowned, 'Well, I'm not, anyway. But maybe…. Maybe the others are..'
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"Man… This sucks. I'm drunk…. I don't wanna be drunk right now…" Kensuke said out loud, though no one could hear it because of the loud music.
He watched up at the stage and saw Toji dancing right next to another guy. They were occasionally pushing each other, as if they were fighting for a spot on the platform.
Kensuke just continued walking through the crowd, trying to come close to Toji's whereabouts.
'Alrighty.. Everything's still going right. I'm walking a straight line, and I can say the alphabet reversed out loud…. I think…
"Z…. uh.. Never mind.."
Although Kensuke was horribly drunk, he noticed the scream above him and didn't have the energy to try and doge the flailing body heading his way. Thank god the sense of pain is reduced when you're drunk.
As the boy on top of him stepped off of him, he had trouble breathing and tried to stand up, ever so slowly. "Ughh.. I think I need to puke now…"
He looked up and noticed it was Toji who fell on him. He didn't feel like reacting and just started vomiting.
The sounds of screams surrounded Kensuke's sick body. Toji had started another fight…
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'Hmmm, This looks magnificent on me….' Asuka thought to herself as she took a look at herself in the mirror in the store. She winked at herself and giggled as she decided she was gonna buy the dress. She made a small circle, making her long red hair swing around her face, and faced the mirror again. "This is definitely a nice dress. "
"Hey Asuka, what do you think of this dress ?" Hikari asked at the other side of the store.
Asuka stared at Hikari's direction for a split second and took one last glance at the mirror. What she saw, though, was not something she expected.
"Wa-Wonder… Wondergirl ?!"
But the image was just as fast gone as it had appeared. Asuka blinked a few times as she stared the mirror hard down. She was sure she just saw Ayanami Rei's face in the mirror. Asuka took a deep breath, shrugged and turned toward Hikari.
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Whatever you say, Ikari-kun.
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"You sick MOTHER!!!!"
Toji punched a guy square in the face as he kicked another guy in the side who was already face down. Toji looked down and flinched as he noticed he just kicked Kensuke. "Sorry!!"
That little distraction was enough for someone else to sneak up on Toji and punch him hard in the gut.
"Ow ! You idiot !!"
Toji was hit again.
Never talk during a fight.
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"It looks good on you, Asuka." Hikari said as soon as she saw Asuka.
Asuka blushed slightly, "Thanks. You're not looking too bad yourself, Misses Suzuhara."
Hikari smiled, but noticed Asuka was a little 'off.' Being the best girlfriend of the girl can make you notice that.
"What's wrong, Asuka ?"
Asuka frowned, as if she were insulted by the remark, "What do you mean ? Nothing's wrong, everything's ok."
"You're thinking about… about Shinji and Rei ?" Hikari carefully asked.
Asuka flinched at the names, "No. No, not really. Only yesterday, I guess."
"Hey, what do you guys think about this ?"
Asuka and Hikari looked at Misato, who squeezed herself in between them. "Not bad, huh ?"
Hikari and Asuka both shook their heads at the awfully slutty dress Misato was wearing.
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"We're Home !!" Misato screamed, which almost made it seem as if the walls were shaking.
"…… Hi…" Toji responded rather late.
"OH MY GOD !! TOJI !!!" Hikari's voice screeched throughout the apartment.
"Yeah… My fault.." Toji reacted, visibly ashamed.
They all stared at the limp form of one Kensuke Aida. Kensuke was completely battered and covered in tapes, lying on the couch. Toji also had some tape on his face.
"That's it, Suzuhara !! No more going out for you !!" Hikari yelled.
"But.. Hikariiii… It just turned out bad TODAY. It's not like this EVERY day." Toji said, with a very pathetic and pleading tone.
"Oh but it is. You're always picking fights, Toji." Hikari pointed out, looking very strict.
"No, it's not like that. I'm the scapegoat, you see ? They just pick me out to fight with. It's not like I can just walk away, right ?"
"That's actually a smart thing. You should walk away. Look what happened to Aida-kun." Hikari said, shaking her head and pointing at Kensuke.
"I know… But those bastards started! They were just jealous of my dancing style !!" Toji pouted loudly.
Asuka burst out laughing. "Duh-Dancing STYLE !!?? Spare me!! You're nothing but a stiff twig."
"You Shut up !!" Toji immediately responded.
"Uhhnn…" Kensuke groaned. The groan was very muffled, Kensuke was lost in his own bandages.
"Are you alright, Kensuke ?" Misato asked caringly.
Kensuke did react, but it was not very clear. Misato tried to hold back the burning desire to chuckle, "I-I'll take that as a yes, ok ?"
Kensuke responded wildly, as if Misato's statement was wrong, but found himself being ignored.
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During all the wildness in the living room, Asuka sneaked into her room and softly sat on her bed. As she listened to the noise being made in the living room, she grabbed a photo from under her pillow. The picture showed her, Misato, Shinji, Hikari, Toji, Kensuke and even Rei. Makoto made this picture by Misato's command.
She smiled a small smile as she saw Shinji clenching his teeth because she was squeezing Shinji's skin extremely tightly with her nails. It was quite painful, she could imagine. She touched Shinji's face on the picture as her eyes turned watery. "I…. I miss you, Shinji…. "
"Shinji-kun…"
Asuka slowly turned her view from Shinji to Rei. 'I am sure I saw you, Wondergirl…'
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TBC.
Well, by now I think you know what's going to happen in the next chapter. God I hate knowing if you're so horribly predictable. Gotta work on that. Neway, do you mind if I tell here about how far the next chapters of Payback Time and To Start Over are ? These are the only three fics I'm currently working on, actually. Anyway, I haven't started on Payback Time's next chapter -_-' , but To Start Over Chapter 17's almost done.