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Children
Part 5
He said, she said
By Random1377
My heart was racing a mile a minute, "Kiss me, Ikari..." Rei whispered, leaning close to me, "I need it..."
We were in my room, and it was late at night. How we got there, I honestly could not remember - nor did I truly care as her red eyes drifted closer to me. "Ayanami..." I breathed, "I... I need it, too..." I reached out and put my hands on the sides of her face, pulling her closer.
Just before her lips met mine... my face met the floor. "Damn," I whispered, "what a time to wake up!"
Of course it was a dream - what did you think? Like I could get Rei... whatever...
I shook myself fully awake. "Shinji? Are you ok?" Misato's voice (sounding slightly slurred) came through my door.
-She's started early today...- I thought with a frown. "Yeah," I said, getting off the floor and untangling my blankets, "I'm fine... just... slipped."
I thought I heard Asuka chuckle, and I rolled my eyes, mumbling, "Glad I can offer some level of entertainment for you..."
I pulled my school clothes on and went into the kitchen, opening the cabinets and gathering things to make lunch with. "Don't make me one," Asuka said, munching on a piece of toast (one of the few things either of them could - or would - cook if I was not awake), "I'm staying home today."
I blinked, "How come?" I asked. I should have kept my mouth shut.
"It's 'that time'," Misato said, a bit crankily, "for both of us."
I swallowed, "I... see..." Now unless you've been around two women that share the same cycle every month - one of them carrying a gun... and the other being Asuka - you cannot appreciate the terror that seized me at that moment.
"What's that supposed to mean!?" Asuka said, annoyed, "I swear, Third Child, you have no tact - NONE!"
I nodded quickly, "You're right..." I said, "I... I'll just get lunch at school... bye!"
I ran out the door before either could (kill) stop me.
The walk to school without Asuka was odd. It was quiet (which I like) but lonely (which I don't) and it just felt... wrong. Things brightened as I caught sight of Kensuke and Touji rounding the corner about a block ahead of me, "Hey!" I called, "Wait up!!"
As I ran up to them, Kensuke said, "Get a load of this!" In a most disapproving voice, "Mister Casanova here says he got a feel off of Miho!"
I looked at Touji, who was smiling broadly. "Whatever..." I said dismissively, "that's about as likely as YOU getting a feel, 'suke."
"Hey!!" He said indignantly, "That's just mean!" Touji just kept on smiling.
I frowned at him, "You really did..." I said softly, noting that he wasn't saying anything - a sure, smug sign that he was not kidding.
He nodded, smiling broader, "Yup... last night." I looked at Kensuke, who had obviously discarded the notion that this could be truth as quickly as I had, and quickly pressed for details.
Touji grinned broadly, "We were at her place," he began, warming to the tale, "and we're making out on the couch... when suddenly she reaches down and pulls my hand up on puts it here," he grabbed Kensuke's chest, twisting sharply to the side.
"Hey!!" The injured party exclaimed, slapping the offending hand away and rubbing his soon-to-be-bruised pectoral, "That hurt!!"
Touji laughed, obviously still riding high, "Of course I didn't twist HERS," he said, stretching his hands up over his head, "but get what she told me..." we both leaned closer, Kensuke's flesh wound forgotten, "she said, 'Come over on Saturday and I'll lose the shirt.' No shit."
I closed my eyes, remembering how Rei's breast had felt when I had fallen on her, wishing (not for the first time) that that moment had lasted just a little bit longer.
"Lucky bastard..." Kensuke muttered enviously.
"Maybe Shinobu will let you," Touji said, punching him in the shoulder and adding another bruise to the bespeckled boy's collection, "you guys are going out this weekend, right?"
Kensuke moved around so I was between them, rubbing his shoulder, "Yeah, but she's... not that kind of girl..." he said with a small frown, "she's really shy. I called her after Shinji asked her out for me... and we 'talked' for about ten minutes." He frowned deeper, "I think she said five words."
-Sounds like Rei...- I thought as we reached the school, little realizing just how much Rei could say if she was motivated to.
**
I found out exactly how verbose the First Child can be as the last bell rang. Usually, she stays at her desk, staring out the window until everyone had left. She surprised me as she stood quietly and walked to my desk. "Ikari," she said quietly, "there is something that I must ask you."
I nodded, -Damn....- I thought, -I hoped she would forget about that 'I care for you' business...- I should keep my thoughts quiet... because it's always FAR worse than I think it's going to be.
"What is 'doing it'?" Rei said calmly, ignoring the fact that ALL conversation around us stopped abruptly and every eye snapped in our direction... then she dropped an even bigger bomb, "And why was I not aware that we are 'doing it'?"
Oddly, there was no eruption of laughter as I thought there MUST be... instead there was dead silence as I became the center of attention.
I swallowed.
"Rei?" I asked, "It's... not something people usually talk about in... in public." I swallowed again, looking around. I wanted to talk to her about it in private (actually, I didn't want to talk to her about THIS at all... and I would have paid anything not to have to do it there), but I knew that I had to stop this before it got further out of control.
I sighed, trying my best to meet her eyes, "It means having sex, Rei..." I said softly.
Rei tilted her head to the side, "We have not united yet," she said, sending a small shiver down my spin (it wasn't so much the word 'yet' as the way she spoke it... as if it was always a possibility), "I do not understand why the students are saying that we are."
My mouth went dry and my eyes shot to Touji, fixing him with a glare. He raised his hands and said, "Hey, don't look at me! I didn't blow your secret!"
I flushed, "There's NO SECRET!" I yelled, noticing that Rei blinked slightly in surprise.
I put my head in my hands, wishing that the earth would swallow me up. "Ikari?" She said quietly.
"Yes, Ayanami?" I replied, refusing to look up at her.
Her silence forced me to raise my head. Once my eyes met hers she said softly, "I would not tell... if we did..."
There was a collective gasp as she nodded slightly, just a bare incline of her head to show that she was serious, and walked coolly from the room.
I took advantage of the stunned quiet to gather my things and beat a hasty retreat, my one saving grace being that Asuka had not been present... though that just meant that her finding out about this would be delayed until one of our 'well meaning' classmate got to a phone.
As I walked out of the school, I heard Touji being called to the principal's office. "Good!" I mumbled, "Boob... serves him right for spreading rumors."
I wouldn't find out until the next week exactly how wrong I was.
**
When I got home, Asuka was waiting for me... of course.
"Hello, Third Child," she said, surprisingly calmly, "I heard that you and the First had a little talk today..."
"Y-yeah..." I said softly, not able to meet her eyes, "Sorry..."
She grinned broadly, "Sorry?" She repeated, "For what?" She shook her head, continuing before I had a chance to reply, "Come on, did you think anyone honestly believed that you and her were doing it? I mean, REALLY?"
"W-what do you mean?" I asked, now entirely confused.
"Puh-lease," she said, "the First Child has about as much sexual drive as a migrating sea sponge..." she laughed as my jaw dropped, "which leaves YOU to initiate it - and I think we both know the likely hood of THAT. Not that I would care if you did..."
I flushed, trying to defend myself, "I... what if I did?"
She laughed again, "You kill me, Shinji, you know that? You... hitting on Wondergirl... her... sleeping with you... oh, that's rich!!" She stepped closer to me, "Almost as rich as your little stooge friend thinking that he had anything at all to do with getting that Miho tramp to go out with him."
I blinked, "Well..." I said, "I don't think she's THAT bad..."
"Shinji," she said with a frown, "they call her the Black Widow."
"Why?" I asked, confused, "Because she has black hair?"
Asuka slapped me in the back of the head, "No, you idiot!" she yelled, "because of what she does to men! She uses them, then throws them away ...moron. Now, go clean my room!"
"Go... what??" I asked, rubbing my head.
"You heard me, slave..." she said with a wicked smile, "your first task is to clean my room - and don't go touching my underwear! ...pervert."
I sighed, "Yes, ma'am..."
She followed me into her room and flopped down on the bed with a contented sigh, "Just get to work," she said as I looked at her with a small frown, "did you think I was going to leave you alone in here??" She closed her eyes and put her hands behind her head.
"Yes, ma'am..." I said again. For some reason, I knew that I would be saying that a lot for the next week.
I cleaned her room... though it wasn't really that dirty. As I was finishing up, Asuka said, "You missed behind the bed."
I stared at her closed eyes, waiting for her to move. When she didn't, I mumbled, "Fine..." and leaned over her to reach behind her bed.
In that second, something... changed. Her breathing got short, and I looked up to find her eyes open and a faint blush on her cheeks. "Shinji..." she said softly, raising up on her elbows.
I swallowed as I met her eyes, "Yes, Asuka?"
I really don't know what would have happened, then, if Misato had not yelled, "I'm home!" at that precise second.
What did happen is that Asuka's eyes widened and she suddenly leaned forward and shoved me backwards... hard.
"Wha!" I cried, landing on a pile of her clothes and looking up with a dazed expression.
Misato poked her head into the room, "What the hell was that??" She said, looking from me to Asuka and back again.
"Shinji tripped again," Asuka said coolly, her hands once more behind her head, "he IS clumsy you know..."
She looked at my gaping mouth skeptically, "Why was he in here in the first place?" She said with an arched eyebrow, "Something I should know?"
Asuka was still flushed, "No..." she said firmly, her eyes meeting mine, "nothing at all..."
I closed my mouth and averted my eyes as I got the unspoken message to shut up loud and clear.
"I see..." Misato said softly, seeming to try and decide of a joke was warranted.
I didn't give her the chance. "Asuka's right..." I said quietly, "I am clumsy..." I stood up and walked to the door, whispering as I left, "I guess I should know by now to watch my step around here..."
I went to my room and closed the door... and tried to forget about Asuka Langley Souryu.
Continued...
Thanks to 20eva, Rhine, and Lord Deathscythe for pre reading on this chapter.
Feedback is always welcome at random1377@yahoo.com
Children
Part 5
He said, she said
By Random1377
My heart was racing a mile a minute, "Kiss me, Ikari..." Rei whispered, leaning close to me, "I need it..."
We were in my room, and it was late at night. How we got there, I honestly could not remember - nor did I truly care as her red eyes drifted closer to me. "Ayanami..." I breathed, "I... I need it, too..." I reached out and put my hands on the sides of her face, pulling her closer.
Just before her lips met mine... my face met the floor. "Damn," I whispered, "what a time to wake up!"
Of course it was a dream - what did you think? Like I could get Rei... whatever...
I shook myself fully awake. "Shinji? Are you ok?" Misato's voice (sounding slightly slurred) came through my door.
-She's started early today...- I thought with a frown. "Yeah," I said, getting off the floor and untangling my blankets, "I'm fine... just... slipped."
I thought I heard Asuka chuckle, and I rolled my eyes, mumbling, "Glad I can offer some level of entertainment for you..."
I pulled my school clothes on and went into the kitchen, opening the cabinets and gathering things to make lunch with. "Don't make me one," Asuka said, munching on a piece of toast (one of the few things either of them could - or would - cook if I was not awake), "I'm staying home today."
I blinked, "How come?" I asked. I should have kept my mouth shut.
"It's 'that time'," Misato said, a bit crankily, "for both of us."
I swallowed, "I... see..." Now unless you've been around two women that share the same cycle every month - one of them carrying a gun... and the other being Asuka - you cannot appreciate the terror that seized me at that moment.
"What's that supposed to mean!?" Asuka said, annoyed, "I swear, Third Child, you have no tact - NONE!"
I nodded quickly, "You're right..." I said, "I... I'll just get lunch at school... bye!"
I ran out the door before either could (kill) stop me.
The walk to school without Asuka was odd. It was quiet (which I like) but lonely (which I don't) and it just felt... wrong. Things brightened as I caught sight of Kensuke and Touji rounding the corner about a block ahead of me, "Hey!" I called, "Wait up!!"
As I ran up to them, Kensuke said, "Get a load of this!" In a most disapproving voice, "Mister Casanova here says he got a feel off of Miho!"
I looked at Touji, who was smiling broadly. "Whatever..." I said dismissively, "that's about as likely as YOU getting a feel, 'suke."
"Hey!!" He said indignantly, "That's just mean!" Touji just kept on smiling.
I frowned at him, "You really did..." I said softly, noting that he wasn't saying anything - a sure, smug sign that he was not kidding.
He nodded, smiling broader, "Yup... last night." I looked at Kensuke, who had obviously discarded the notion that this could be truth as quickly as I had, and quickly pressed for details.
Touji grinned broadly, "We were at her place," he began, warming to the tale, "and we're making out on the couch... when suddenly she reaches down and pulls my hand up on puts it here," he grabbed Kensuke's chest, twisting sharply to the side.
"Hey!!" The injured party exclaimed, slapping the offending hand away and rubbing his soon-to-be-bruised pectoral, "That hurt!!"
Touji laughed, obviously still riding high, "Of course I didn't twist HERS," he said, stretching his hands up over his head, "but get what she told me..." we both leaned closer, Kensuke's flesh wound forgotten, "she said, 'Come over on Saturday and I'll lose the shirt.' No shit."
I closed my eyes, remembering how Rei's breast had felt when I had fallen on her, wishing (not for the first time) that that moment had lasted just a little bit longer.
"Lucky bastard..." Kensuke muttered enviously.
"Maybe Shinobu will let you," Touji said, punching him in the shoulder and adding another bruise to the bespeckled boy's collection, "you guys are going out this weekend, right?"
Kensuke moved around so I was between them, rubbing his shoulder, "Yeah, but she's... not that kind of girl..." he said with a small frown, "she's really shy. I called her after Shinji asked her out for me... and we 'talked' for about ten minutes." He frowned deeper, "I think she said five words."
-Sounds like Rei...- I thought as we reached the school, little realizing just how much Rei could say if she was motivated to.
**
I found out exactly how verbose the First Child can be as the last bell rang. Usually, she stays at her desk, staring out the window until everyone had left. She surprised me as she stood quietly and walked to my desk. "Ikari," she said quietly, "there is something that I must ask you."
I nodded, -Damn....- I thought, -I hoped she would forget about that 'I care for you' business...- I should keep my thoughts quiet... because it's always FAR worse than I think it's going to be.
"What is 'doing it'?" Rei said calmly, ignoring the fact that ALL conversation around us stopped abruptly and every eye snapped in our direction... then she dropped an even bigger bomb, "And why was I not aware that we are 'doing it'?"
Oddly, there was no eruption of laughter as I thought there MUST be... instead there was dead silence as I became the center of attention.
I swallowed.
"Rei?" I asked, "It's... not something people usually talk about in... in public." I swallowed again, looking around. I wanted to talk to her about it in private (actually, I didn't want to talk to her about THIS at all... and I would have paid anything not to have to do it there), but I knew that I had to stop this before it got further out of control.
I sighed, trying my best to meet her eyes, "It means having sex, Rei..." I said softly.
Rei tilted her head to the side, "We have not united yet," she said, sending a small shiver down my spin (it wasn't so much the word 'yet' as the way she spoke it... as if it was always a possibility), "I do not understand why the students are saying that we are."
My mouth went dry and my eyes shot to Touji, fixing him with a glare. He raised his hands and said, "Hey, don't look at me! I didn't blow your secret!"
I flushed, "There's NO SECRET!" I yelled, noticing that Rei blinked slightly in surprise.
I put my head in my hands, wishing that the earth would swallow me up. "Ikari?" She said quietly.
"Yes, Ayanami?" I replied, refusing to look up at her.
Her silence forced me to raise my head. Once my eyes met hers she said softly, "I would not tell... if we did..."
There was a collective gasp as she nodded slightly, just a bare incline of her head to show that she was serious, and walked coolly from the room.
I took advantage of the stunned quiet to gather my things and beat a hasty retreat, my one saving grace being that Asuka had not been present... though that just meant that her finding out about this would be delayed until one of our 'well meaning' classmate got to a phone.
As I walked out of the school, I heard Touji being called to the principal's office. "Good!" I mumbled, "Boob... serves him right for spreading rumors."
I wouldn't find out until the next week exactly how wrong I was.
**
When I got home, Asuka was waiting for me... of course.
"Hello, Third Child," she said, surprisingly calmly, "I heard that you and the First had a little talk today..."
"Y-yeah..." I said softly, not able to meet her eyes, "Sorry..."
She grinned broadly, "Sorry?" She repeated, "For what?" She shook her head, continuing before I had a chance to reply, "Come on, did you think anyone honestly believed that you and her were doing it? I mean, REALLY?"
"W-what do you mean?" I asked, now entirely confused.
"Puh-lease," she said, "the First Child has about as much sexual drive as a migrating sea sponge..." she laughed as my jaw dropped, "which leaves YOU to initiate it - and I think we both know the likely hood of THAT. Not that I would care if you did..."
I flushed, trying to defend myself, "I... what if I did?"
She laughed again, "You kill me, Shinji, you know that? You... hitting on Wondergirl... her... sleeping with you... oh, that's rich!!" She stepped closer to me, "Almost as rich as your little stooge friend thinking that he had anything at all to do with getting that Miho tramp to go out with him."
I blinked, "Well..." I said, "I don't think she's THAT bad..."
"Shinji," she said with a frown, "they call her the Black Widow."
"Why?" I asked, confused, "Because she has black hair?"
Asuka slapped me in the back of the head, "No, you idiot!" she yelled, "because of what she does to men! She uses them, then throws them away ...moron. Now, go clean my room!"
"Go... what??" I asked, rubbing my head.
"You heard me, slave..." she said with a wicked smile, "your first task is to clean my room - and don't go touching my underwear! ...pervert."
I sighed, "Yes, ma'am..."
She followed me into her room and flopped down on the bed with a contented sigh, "Just get to work," she said as I looked at her with a small frown, "did you think I was going to leave you alone in here??" She closed her eyes and put her hands behind her head.
"Yes, ma'am..." I said again. For some reason, I knew that I would be saying that a lot for the next week.
I cleaned her room... though it wasn't really that dirty. As I was finishing up, Asuka said, "You missed behind the bed."
I stared at her closed eyes, waiting for her to move. When she didn't, I mumbled, "Fine..." and leaned over her to reach behind her bed.
In that second, something... changed. Her breathing got short, and I looked up to find her eyes open and a faint blush on her cheeks. "Shinji..." she said softly, raising up on her elbows.
I swallowed as I met her eyes, "Yes, Asuka?"
I really don't know what would have happened, then, if Misato had not yelled, "I'm home!" at that precise second.
What did happen is that Asuka's eyes widened and she suddenly leaned forward and shoved me backwards... hard.
"Wha!" I cried, landing on a pile of her clothes and looking up with a dazed expression.
Misato poked her head into the room, "What the hell was that??" She said, looking from me to Asuka and back again.
"Shinji tripped again," Asuka said coolly, her hands once more behind her head, "he IS clumsy you know..."
She looked at my gaping mouth skeptically, "Why was he in here in the first place?" She said with an arched eyebrow, "Something I should know?"
Asuka was still flushed, "No..." she said firmly, her eyes meeting mine, "nothing at all..."
I closed my mouth and averted my eyes as I got the unspoken message to shut up loud and clear.
"I see..." Misato said softly, seeming to try and decide of a joke was warranted.
I didn't give her the chance. "Asuka's right..." I said quietly, "I am clumsy..." I stood up and walked to the door, whispering as I left, "I guess I should know by now to watch my step around here..."
I went to my room and closed the door... and tried to forget about Asuka Langley Souryu.
Continued...
Thanks to 20eva, Rhine, and Lord Deathscythe for pre reading on this chapter.
Feedback is always welcome at random1377@yahoo.com