Revised

-Authors Notes-
I am SO off the original plan, the thing is, I only remember bits and pieces of it, I really should have written it down. I was because I didn't write to this fic in such an exceptionally long time. But not as long as Kimberly, but still. I would like to remind you to download "So Happy Together" by her to your hard drive before it is erased due to it's NC-17 Rating, I hope she redoes it to R so it doesn't get erased. As of now, I will write this fic in my free time. I'll decide whether I should update more often or make longer chapters. One day I will possibly be able to right enough to be as big as the best. But that will probably be a long time from now. For those of you that like a little comedy, and to mock anime, in a humorous way, read my first fic ever, "Fanime".
-End Notes-

-Gendo's Office-
"You are going way off schedule"
"I am aware."
"What are your reasons for this?"
"..."
*Gendo interlaces his fingers across his face, and stares into my soul*
gulp "Your mind games don't work on me!" I don't believe I just said that!!
"I am in command, I think it is time for a asymptote in this graph called "Complicated Feelings" plot."
"We will see."
-Exit Gendo's Office-

Complicated Feelings
Chapter 8- Misato's Discovery

There Asuka stood. At the door. The door that Rei and Shinji were exiting. The door that should not have been blocked by one Asuka Langley Soryu. To say she wasn't pleased, was an understatement. Shinji was still stuck in "shocked" mode. Shinji stood with his mouth agape, his jaw hanging, his eyes huge, looking much like a child who was caught doing something that would "catch them a beat down." Of course he was speechless. Rei's good mood, dropped, but it was noticed by Asuka. Asuka eyes had flared towards her when the door opened. Rei had narrowed her eyes, ever so slightly. Secretly, she was somewhat amused by this situation. She felt this was the perfect time to antagonize the second child for causing her so much pain before, with manipulation Shinji and dividing them. She knew she didn't have to though, seeing them exit her apartment was enough.

Asuka, was furious. The spineless boy spent a good chunk of the morning at Rei's from what she gathered. He wasn't at school when she arrived with Hikari, and when she called Misato, she said he had left a while back. Needless to say, he would get his later. For now, she had to deal with the First, and the situation at hand.

This was NOT happening. Of all things to happen, Shinji didn't expect this, even though it was so predictable, but knew this was the worst. How he wished for an angel to attack right then.
-Authors POV-
"Ok, FanFicball, GO! I choose you ANGEL!!"
J/k, heh, would be somewhat humorous.
-End POV-
Shinji did not what to do or say. Someone would have to speak, they couldn't stand there all day.
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Fifteen minutes later, after Asuka took every few minutes to change the receiver of her glare, she spoke.

"Third, why are you with the First?"
"I, um...."
"Spit it out," she commanded.
"Asuka, I"
"Was never with you in the first place, " finished Rei.

Asuka's eyes shot over to Rei. Apparently the girl had the gull to not only interrupt and answer for Shinji, but say THAT.

"What did you say?" Asuka said this calmly, but the underlying rage, was apparently obvious. This did not make Rei flinch in the least.

"I said, he was never with you in the first place."
"Says who?"
"Shinji."
She shot her eyes over to Shinji.
"Well?"
"I...didn't really..that is..."
"Shinji came to the conclusion, with my help."
"With your *Help*?!" What help would that be? Asuka shook THAT thought from her head. Rei must be making him say this.
"Shinji. What do you have to say."
"I...um...Rei said, I mean, I... think that...we aren't...together." There. He got it out. He closed his eyes, waiting for the impending doom.

Asuka knew that Rei had polluted his thoughts with untruths. It did not matter. If Rei wanted Shinji, she would never get him. Shinji wanted Asuka. Her and her alone.

He can have his delusions of wanting another, but I am the one he wants. Always, and forever. Who wouldn't want me?Asuka turned on her heels, and tore off into a run.

"So that's how it is. Fine," she said as she was running down the street. "I'll see you around."

Rei felt a little bad about this, but that feeling soon faded. If anyone deserved happiness, it was she. Maybe she did not deserve anything though. Rei felt a slight pang of something. Rei knew she should say something.

-Authors POV-
"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!! All according to the NEW plan!!!"
-End POV-

"Shinji. Do not worry about Asuka, she is a...stong person. She will survive."
"I suppose so."
Shinji bowed his head for a moment. He truly felt bad. He turned with Rei to walk towards school.
*******

Shinji walked in the classroom, Rei shortly before him. Rei walked over to her desk and assumed the "staring into the abyss that is beyond the glass of the windows" position. In truth, she could somewhat sense what was going on around her, with her ears, and could hear everything that is going on. She did not have to look at the board, because some student would always mutter the question under their breath, and she would hear it with her keen hearing.

Shinji was greeted by Hikari and the other stooges. Hikari did not look happy. Asuka was an inferno of fury if properly started, but Hikara could stand the heat from Asuka due to the fact, she too was a being of the hellish heat. If Asuka was "Dr. Asuka" and she her enemy was "Rei Powers," she would announce her clone in this fashion: "I call her, Chibi-Watashi AKA, Hikari!!." (*Note, Chibi is mini, or small, and watashi is I, or me)

Hikari wanted to ring Shinji's neck for thinking he could get away with playing Asuka. Asuka may have let him off, but she was not going to.

The stooges, Kensuke and Toiji, looked very happy. Shinji could swear they were euphoric, with tears of joy running down their faces.

"Who the hell do you think you are?"
Shinji flinched. HARD.

"Shin-man! you finally dumped the devil!! Did she try to tempt you with that horrible forbidden fruit? When it comes to her, it is INFINATELY GREAT that it is forbidden."
"Yeah man, we don't need her reproducing more she-demons."

Shinji looked between his ecstatic friends, and his fuming Class Rep. He was lost. He thought he could see Hikari glowing with a battle aura, like he saw on TV. After fighting creatures, supposed to be messengers of god, Hikari with a battle aura did not seem too unrealistic.

"Well?" Hikari said.
"Well?" The Stooges said a LITTLE more friendly albeit sounding hungry for details.

Rei across the room heard the commotion. Maybe she should help. She knew how it felt to be him. Even though she had never been in such a situation...

The bell rung.
*******

All of the group, the antagonists and the protagonist himself (Shinji) alike sat down. The antagonists were more reluctant to sit, where as Shinji practically bolted for his seat and let out a huge sigh of relief. Shinji went to the roof for lunch. They normally ate in the courtyard, but he wanted to avoid them at the moment. They would figure out where he was eventually.

Much to Shinji's surprise, he found Rei on the roof. She was sitting there as if waiting for him. He felt like he kind of knew she would be there. He was not bothered by it, even though she was looking right through him when he came through the door, but he was more comforted that she was there, even if it would only cause more trouble.

Rei knew he would come here. She just knew. She liked being around him. They could spend the whole lunch in silence, and she would be happy. Her and Shinji did no need words. Just each other's presence and touch.

Shinji walked over to Rei. Suddenly he was not afraid of her because of her mysterious persona. She was a normal person, he witnessed it, and felt it. Rei turned to look into his eyes. Rei would only do that to select people, or when the situation proved appropriate. She would do that for Shinji. She wanted to see his eyes. It as then she remember he wore contacts.

Shinji looked into Rei's eyes. They were deep crimson. Behind them laid a mysterious girl, with the encased within a calm exterior. Inside, there was turmoil, but you could only see a hint of it. Shinji notice her gaze soften when she looked back, deeper into his eyes. The she blinked in realization

"What is it Rei?"
"I- I just recalled that what I am seeing is not like your real eyes."
"Oh. Do you want me to take them off?"
"..."

Shinji took them out, and put them in the case he kept on him at all times, so that no one would find out he wore them. He put the contacts in the case slowly, admiring the form of Rei's legs in the background. He could see them because he was sitting close to her. He was not admiring in a hentai way, but in a adoring fashion. He then looked into her awaiting eyes.

Rei's heart fluttered, her mind stopped working for that moment. It was disturbing, yet so wonderful that she was looking into someone's eyes who's were just the same as hers. She then pondered that not only was his eyes like her, but his soul too. Just as antagonized. Now not only did they share a mirrored souls, but the very windows to their souls mirrored each other also.

Rei laid her head on Shinji's shoulder. That was what she wanted. Now she wanted contact. She felt content there, for this small insignificant moment in the scheme of things. This was all that mattered.

Shinji almost jumped out of his skin, he did not expect her to lay on him, but he quickly succumbed to the feeling that seemed to encompass them. He smiled. The same smile he gave when he played his cello. It was the smile he gave to a moment that was his. This time, it wasn't his alone. It made him feel less lonely.

Shinji and Rei's eyes opened at the same time as Touji and Kensuke came through the door to the roof.

*******

"Shin-man! what's going on h----e----.r----e.....Oh my god!"
"Kensuke, what's wrong with ya man? Kensuke! Nerv to Kensuke! There is an angel attack! Hey! hello!"
Touji followed Kensuke's gaze. At the end of the gaze, he found Rei, with her head on Shinji. It also seemed that they were holding hands. It was then it hit him. Shinji's eyes weren't red.

Shinji suddenly became aware of the world around him, and what he was doing. He was holding Rei's hand. He. Was. Holding. Rei's. Hand. Rei's. Hand. REI'S HAND! Touji. Was. Watching. WAS WATCHING!!! Oh.My.Dear.Lord. His contacts were out. He was speechless as he returned a gaze that was not in this world, but in his mind, focusing on the repercussions of this.

(Somewhere a man with glasses and gloved hands laced like a bridge in front of his face fell face-flat on his desk in front of a retractable hidden screen.)

Rei was used to being stared at. Rei, however, she did not like an audience when she was in a private moment. She moved her head to the upright position, and off of Shinji's shoulder. She returned the gaze, while reflecting on the situation:

My head was on Shinji's shoulder, and they saw it. Souryu is going to find out because those big mouths. This is going to be hard for Shinji. I will have to help him. Shinji is not wearing his contacts. WHAT THE F*CK? SHINJI'S CONTACTS!!!
(For the briefest of moments, her face flashed with he same look all people get when they think "What the f*ck") Oh My God!!
(Rei takes a moment to look at Shinji.) He has lost all ability to speak. We're in some deep sh*t if I don't say something.

"Ikari did not appear to want to talk to you. I knew he would avoid you. I assumed he would go to the roof. I was correct in my assumption. Shinji decided to show me some red contacts. He did it to compliment how he admired my eyes." (Rei decided not to address the contact she and Shinji just had.)

"And you are to leave Shinji alone about this, and go along your way. You never found us."

Kensuke was a huge fan of secret organizations, army stuff, and conspiracies. He loved movies based on this conspiratorial scene. He has heard that tone before. It was a tone that was not a statement or asking, that was a threat and command. He thought it best to leave. NOW. He did not care to find out what Rei meant with that underlying threat.

Touji watched Kensuke close his mouth and turn to walk back down the stairs off the roof. His eyes followed him.

"So Shin-man, what's going on h......" Kensuke pulled Touji in and shut the door.
Rei smiled to herself. She was raised by Gendo.

Shinji was still gaping. Rei casually laid her head back on Shinji's shoulder. Shinji's mouth eventually closed. He looked down at Rei. She was...smiling. This was a rare event. Shinji decided to pretend the previous events NEVER happened. Right after he put his contacts back on, of course
***********New Scene
Gendo looked away from his monitor. That damned son of his. What was he trying to do? Let the whole scenario out? Gendo hear the loud creak from the huge door to his office opening. He really should oil that.

Ritsuko came walking in with a look that only a distressed and emotionally wrecked woman could. Most men would be afraid. But Gendo wasn't most men. He was more than any normal man. Both in character and ability. Most people just did not know that...yet.

"You...bastard...."

Gendo decided to drop his normal facade and let his cynical humor through.

"Well, now if I had a dime for every time someone called me that. Not that it's very far from the truth. See people just don't understand the practice and pain it takes to become a great bastard like me."

"SHUT UP," Ritsuko screamed. "I'll kill you."

Gendo spat back, "Get in line."

He started to turn his chair away to purposely piss her off by ignoring her. Ritsuko reached into her pocket inside her lab coat and pulled out something shiny. The glint caught Gendo's eye.

"Oh, and what do we have here? Has the young bitch not learned from her mistakes? Maybe I should take a newspaper to her nose again."

"Die Bastard," she said vehement and in a cold low tone.

A sharp hiss through the air was heard, the silencer being on so that no one would hear. She new Gendo's office did not have cameras in fear of someone hacking into them from the outside. There would be no sure evidence of her killing him, and SEELE wanted to replace him anyway. They might promote her to Sub commander.

Then a red light flashed across the air. It flashed in hexagonal waves. Gendo smiled in the most disturbing smile imaginable.

"Well now, did you think it'd be that easy? Ritsu-chan?"

Ritsuko's eyes widened in fright, "How?" Gendo just laughed maniacally.

Ritsuko began shooting madly. She collapsed to the floor in defeat when she emptied her cartridge. She wished she had kept one bullet left for herself. She was so foolish.

"Well, this time, I'll think I'll try something different."

Ritsuko shivered.

*********

The rest of the day went on without a hitch. The stooges suddenly had nothing to say about him and Asuka, and ESPECIALLY him and Rei.

He walked home by himself. It was no surprise to him. Asuka would not want to even so much as see him now probably. Though, it still left the expected encounter at home. He did not know what would happen, or what to say.
***********

He walked into the door, with his head down. He was tempted not to say the traditional "I'm home" but did anyway. Misato popped her head over the couch.

"Hi Shinji-kun. Enjoy your day?"
"Um, sure."
"That's good."

Shinji went into his room, and turned on his music. He needed to relax. He fell asleep instantly. A few hours later Misato decided she had enough alcohol, and should start to sleep it off. She peeked into Shinji's room. He had left his SDAT on again. She wondered what he listened to. She quietly walked over to Shinji, and got on her knees. She pulled on plug from his ear and put it in hers. It was just some classical crap. She was reaching down to pick up the SDAT and put it away, and taking out the remaining earplug, when she noticed something white in the sheets. She picked it up and sat the earplug down. She realized it was a contacts case. Shinji had perfect vision, why would he need contacts? She opened it up and expecting to find some clear or wacky color contacts that Touji or Kensuke convinced him into wearing, and only found ones the same color as his eyes. Why would you get contacts the same color of your eyes? She then moved to get the other earplug, she tried to do so without waking Shinji, but to no such luck.

Shinji felt a tug at his ears. He tried to swat it away, but then the tug came once more. He opened his eyes lazily to see what it was. What he saw was the face of one Misato Katsuragi.

-Author's Notes-
I did some foreshadowing here, and I felt I did some nice detail and stretching this chapter out for more content. I think I am becoming a better writing because I am starting to read books once more.
Note: Misato does not know that Rei's an Angel yet, so she won't make THAT assumption quite yet. On other news....

I feel evil. This chapter makes me feel all dirty for playing with your minds like that. I think becoming an evil author that leaves you on the seat of your chair is just plain natural. Makes for good stories I suppose. I hope you are looking forward to another story. I'm thinking about making a PC game where you can play through the series as a character. The first character I will make the game for is Shinji. It will probably be mostly text and menu's with mild graphics, but very entertaining.
Now for the Omake..what to do..what to do.... I GOT IT!
-End Notes-

*OMAKE*
"Shin-man! what's going on h----e----.r----.e.....Oh my god!"
"Kensuke what's wrong with ya man? Kensuke! Nerv to Kensuke! There is an angel attack! Hey! hello!"
Touji followed Kensuke's gaze. At the end of the gaze, he found Rei, with her head on Shinji. It also seemed that they were holding hands. It was then it hit him. Shinji's eyes weren't red.

Shinji suddenly became aware of the world around him, and what he was doing. He was holding Rei's hand. He. Was. Holding. Rei's. Hand. Rei's. Hand. REI'S HAND! Touji. Was. Watching. WAS WATCHING!!! Oh.My.Dear.Lord. His contacts were out. He was speechless as he returned a gaze that was not in this world, but in his mind, focusing on the repercussions of this.
Rei was used to being stared at. Rei, however, she did not like an audience when she was in a private moment. She moved her head to the upright position, off of Shinji's shoulder. She returned the gaze, while reflecting on the situation:

My head was on Shinji's shoulder, and they saw it. Souryu is going to find out because those big mouths. This is going to be hard for Shinji. I will have to help him. Shinji is not wearing his contacts. WHAT THE F*CK? SHINJI'S CONTACTS!!!
(For the briefest of moments, her face flashed with the same look all people get when they think "What the f*ck") Oh My God!!
(Rei takes a moment to look at Shinji.) He has lost all ability to speak. We're in some deep sh*t if I don't say something.

"Ikari and I were just finishing pleasuring each other with our hands. You interrupted us. We wish for everyone to know our love, and yes, you hentai stooges, Shinji IS good with his hands and he DID touch me there. Shinji is coming over to my place tonight so we can finish what we started. If you wish to watch, you must pay me $29.99 at the door. No touching is allowed. Tell Asuka me and Shinji wouldn't mind her joining. For each person you get to join in on the fun, you get a free visit one night. Now leave us to continue preparing for the night ahead of us."
*END OMAKE*