Neon Genesis Evangelion
Disclaimer: Well, I'll leave the disclaimer as it, so just read the previous chapter if you wanna see it.
A/N: Well, it seemed so empty to just start the story, but, no author's notes, maybe at the end of the chapter. Oh, thanks for the reviews so far!
"….." Speech
'…..' Thoughts
Shinji was still seated by the table. After he made something to eat for Asuka, and she began to ate it, he went back to sitting on the same spot. After a while he got bored and sat in front of the TV, not beside Asuka. She would simply kill him if he even tried. The Soap Asuka was watching was very boring. Shinji watched the first few minutes with real interest. A man walked into a room, where a woman was held hostage by another woman. Strange enough, both woman screamed at the man to get out. The man tried to reason with them, but the one woman with the gun shot him down immediately. With a lot of commotion and drama the man spoke his last words before he died a death. Shinji just couldn't understand why people liked this kind of stuff.
'Even I find this stupid…'
Shinji wondered why Asuka watched this.
'Must be a thing only for girls.'
But Shinji never saw Misato watch soaps, he never saw Misato watch TV at all.
'I wonder what Misato does all the time?'
Of course, that was answered immediately, after a second of thinking.
'I wonder why Misato drinks beer all the time?'
Shinji took a careful glance at Asuka's direction. What he saw, made his eyes widen..
'She's…. asleep?'
Watch And Try To Learn
- By TokehGecko
Shinji watched the form of the red-haired girl on the couch, slouched over the sides. Most of her hair had fallen over her cheek, but her mouth, nose and eyes were still visible. She was breathing silently and her expression was, well, kind of non-existent. There was no happiness, nor sadness present. Shinji watched Asuka's face more carefully, trying to find traces of the girl that so often berates him. But the girl before him seemed so different, so… free..
'Asuka..' Shinji blinked one time, careful and quickly, to capture all that was Asuka, "You really are beautiful.."
Shinji swallowed as he quickly turned back to the TV, afraid that Asuka might catch him staring at her. But the TV was just not as interesting as the young woman. Especially considering what was on now. The remote control was currently placed between Asuka's fingers.
'Great… just great..'
It would almost seem these were signs to tell him to look at Asuka. Shinji shook his head to shake that thought out of his head. Shinji would never dare to look at a girl for a full minute. Not even when she was asleep.
'I wonder… how she does it.. I could never fall asleep like this, especially when I know someone else is in the same room. I even had troubles sleeping in my current room when I had just moved in here. Asuka really is afraid of nothing, isn't she?'
Shinji was in deep thought as he watched the sleeping form on the couch, so he didn't notice when Asuka slowly opened her eyes. The first thing she saw, strangely enough, was Shinji, with a goofy grin plastered on his face.
"You Hentai!! You were thinking of taking advantage of me, weren't you!!?" It wasn't a question… quite the opposite..
Ten minutes later, Shinji stuck a band aid on his cheek.
'I am really a stupid, stupid, boy..'
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Shinji entered the classroom in the same way as he always did. Face down, eyes facing his shoes, occasionally drifting upwards to see where he was going, arms resting beside his body and mouth completely shut. Even when the jock and the war-freak started talking to him, that mouth of him remained shut. He would be walking ahead, while Toji and Kensuke walked behind him, still talking to him. Then he sat down at his desk and he let his shoulder completely lean forward. This much Asuka knew from her roommate and fellow Pilot.
Even though it wouldn't seem that way, Asuka knew everything that she was able to find out about the young Ikari. His movements, his mood-swings during class, his predictable comments or answers if a teacher asked him why he was just… staring. But, Shinji, in his own, was something she still hasn't figured out yet.
'When he's alone… I'll just have to catch him when he's alone…'
Asuka recalled that Shinji often takes walks around Tokyo-III, to be alone. Often after Angel Attacks or Synch tests.
'That's so boring… but intriguing at the same time…' Asuka looked at the boy in question, that had fallen asleep. 'I'll simply follow him.. Tonight we have a Synch Test anyway.'
The rest of the class was even more boring than talking with Rei over the rules of NERV, according to Asuka's opinion.
'Now, it's shopping time!!' Asuka ran over to Hikari as the bell rang.
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"Shinji, concentrate a little harder, you're a few points under your previous score." Ritsuko spoke through the microphone.
Shinji opened his eyes at the time Ritsuko spoke up, listened to her words, nodded as she ended, and closed his eyes again, this time thinking a little less about his life.
'There is just not a right time, when in NERV, to think about anything else than to fight a war..'
As the test had ended, Asuka having the highest score as always, and Shinji catching up to her, Shinji walked toward the changing rooms with his head down. He was a little happy to hear Ritsuko's words of praise, and a little happier to hear Misato's. He flinched as Asuka made a sharp remark, as she compared herself with him, and she called him inferior.
'Oh well, as much could be expected from Asuka.'
Rei was as silent as she ever was. Shinji watched her as she walked in front of him, also toward the changing rooms. Shinji had stopped trying to understand Rei a long time ago. Well, at least, he tried to. Whenever Rei was present, in his view, or the topic of a conversation, Shinji always seemed to wonder about the blue-haired girl. Why she was always so silent, even more silent than him.
'Could she have had an even worse childhood than me? Rei has proven herself to be strong, in some aspects, even stronger than Asuka'
But Rei is very withdrawn, that's how she appears to be to Shinji.
'Withdrawn and very strong… That's all I know about you, Ayanami.'
After taking a shower, and getting in his clothes, Shinji walked toward the exit of NERV. He passed by Hyuga and Shigeru, greeted them, and stumbled into a pile of paper carrying Maya, who he greeted as well, this time with very small smile.
'I'm going home and go to sleep… I'm too tired for anything else.'
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Asuka sighed as she noticed Shinji was heading nowhere else but home. She had followed him all the way back, she could have just walked WITH him, but no, she just couldn't have him find out she was following him.
'Ok, so now I know he doesn't always go for a walk after synch tests. Unpredictable little jerk…'
Asuka shook her head in annoyance as she entered the apartment a few minutes later than Shinji.
'Some day this has been..'
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Shinji pressed a few buttons on his SDAT Player, aggressively, for a change.
'Damn it!! It's not working! Why is it not working!?'
If there is one thing Shinji couldn't stand, it was when his SDAT refused to work. These times were really hard on Shinji, to him, they were really vexing. Sweat began to form on his forehead as he tried to make the thing work. After 15 minutes of trying to fix the thing, occasionally bashing on it, Shinji stopped. He stared hard at the SDAT.
'I don't like you right now…'
Shinji threw himself on the 'bed' on the ground and stared at his ceiling.
'Now…. It's a familiar ceiling..'
Shinji frowned and turned to face the wall to his right
'There's no way I'm getting sleep right now…'
He rose from his feet and went for the door. Stepping outside, he noticed Asuka was watching another one of her soaps. She was completely absorbed into the TV, it seemed. Taking one last glance at her, he stepped out of the apartment.
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"Shinji-kun?"
Shinji looked up from his shoes, to his guardian, who just came out of the elevator.
"Uuhh.. Hi.. Misato-san."
Misato smiled warmly at Shinji's shyness. "Where are you going, Shinji-kun?"
"I'm just….. going for a walk." Shinji said, afraid as if he wasn't supposed to.
Misato regarded him for a moment. "Well… Happy thinking, Shinji-kun."
Shinji watched Misato enter the apartment, and then just walked away.
'Yeah… I'm so obvious… so pitifully obvious.'
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"Hey."
Asuka was just about to get up when Misato came in. She frowned at her and greeted a short "Hi." Back.
Misato read Asuka's movement "You're going somewhere?"
Asuka sighed deeply. "Yeah. I'm gonna go to Hikari for a while."
Misato shrugged as she walked toward the kitchen and grabbed two beer cans. "Well, have fun, I guess."
Asuka simply left, without any reply or goodbye.
'Geez, everyone's gone.' Misato thought. 'I guess I can watch… TV… or…. Lay down on bed.'
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Asuka exited her apartment and soon ran toward the elevator. 'Ok, now let's see what you do when you walk away like that, Shinji.'
Asuka watched and saw one of the elevators was still headed downstairs. She stepped inside an available elevator.
'I don't even know why I'm doing this. Why I even want to understand that idiot. I'm Asuka, known by name throughout the world! Well, soon I'll be.. But why 'I' am following him like this is beyond me. I… guess I just want to know who Shinji really is.'
The elevator reached the floor Asuka wanted to be. Asuka saw Shinji leave the building in a slow pace.
'He's so easy to follow..'
Asuka moved a stray of hair away from her left eye before she left the building as well.
'Asuka Langley Sohryu… has left the building..'
Shinji walked in a very slow pace. And although he was watching how his feet moved during his walking, he still avoided the people walking towards him and Asuka. Asuka, however, had more trouble dodging them, as she followed Shinji.
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'Aah, Finally… Total silence… this is where I want to be..'
Shinji had just walked through a park, climbed a few hills which he had done before, since he didn't get himself dirty. After half and hour of climbing and avoiding big bushes and broad trees, Shinji stopped.
'Here, I can think…'
Shinji's eyes widened as he heard the slightest sound of a leaf being stepped on.
'I've been followed?'
Shinji turned around swiftly.
To be Continued
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A/N: Hehe, I hope you like this chapter! The first two chapters of this story are kind of the intro of Shinji and Asuka and their train of thoughts. But now, the angst will make his appearance, I'm afraid. I like this part of the story..
Oh, next chapter will be first up on my homepage, before I put it up here.
