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Chapter 4 Baby Blue
The next day at school, Shinji and Asuka decided they would tell everyone else the news as well, before rumors started flying or people started noticing Asuka's swelling stomach. They planned to do it in an amusing way, because I mean, how many times in your life are you pregnant? (or in Shinji's case, get someone pregnant.)
So it was after lunch when Shinji's message appeared on Asuka's screen. "Now"
She barely had time to respond before Shinji got up and walked to Asuka's desk. She stood up and faced him. They stood there for a moment, when Shinji pulled Asuka into a very passionate kiss. They stood there kissing until they were sure everyone had realized. The effect was as hoped. Almost everyone in their class had either fainted on the floor or had their jaws dropped in utter surprise, not noticing how red their faces were. As you can imagine, something like this was not easy for Shinji to do, especially in front of his entire class.
Both Asuka and Shinji were doing a good job at their act. They readied themselves further for the next step in their scheme.
"So how's the baby doing?" Shinji said casually, just loud enough for everyone to hear (face still burning).
"Well, it seems to be fine." Asuka said, smiling and rubbing her stomach at the same time.
Several others, Kensuke and Toji included, were on the ground, seeming to twitch helplessly. Shinji could have sworn he saw Kensuke lift his head up, and then pass out again.
"WHHHAAAAAAAAAAAT!" Toji finally managed, Kensuke still lifeless on the ground.
"Oh, didn't you know, Asuka's pregnant." Shinji said, almost too naturally, he really had butterflies that we was currently trying to suppress in his stomach.
"YOU MEAN. YOU TWO. NO WAY, FUKANO NA!!" (impossible) Toji shouted.
Shinji and Asuka both took their seats again, as if nothing had happened. They were both smiling at each other from across the room.
As if to stretch the fun, Shinji raised his hand and said "SENSEI?" loudly enough for him to snap the sensei out of his disbelief. "May I request that I have a seat next to Asuka, just in case she needs me?"
"Uhhhhhh. Hai." The sensei murmured as Shinji switched seats with a terrified girl sitting next to Asuka.
Asuka was beaming, he had never seen her smile like that. It made her 100. no 1000 time more beautiful then she already was. He sat transfixed by her for a moment or two before being RUDELY interrupted by Toji poking his shoulder.
"You fooling around?" he whispered angrily.
"No, man, she really is." He said.
"You mean. you." Toji said, a smile creeping across his face.
"Hai, Toji." Shinji said, rolling his eyes sounding very annoyed.
"Wow dude, I envy you. Good luck!" he crept back in his seat with a dazed expression on his face.
The rest of the day was far from normal, there were weird glances, stares and whispers all around school. Everyone knew by the end of the day. Shinji however, was too busy noticing something. or someone else to really notice. He could feel a nosebleed coming on, so he decided they'd better go home as soon as possible.
When Shinji got home, he went immediately into his room, very confused. HE suddenly had to have a few moments to himself to think.
'I am going to be a father.' Shinji thought. 'Am I doing the right thing? Do I really love her'
As Asuka's quick tap at Shinji's door startled him out of his thoughts, he realized he needed to talk to Asuka about something very important.
"Come in." he whispered, just loud enough for Asuka to hear. She sipped in and slid the door closed behind her. Setting herself gracefully onto his bed.
"Asuka." Shinji started looking down at his feet. "I need to talk to you."
Her happy expression changed immediately. "About what?" she said, a very strong hint of worry and distress in her voice.
"About that night, in the hospital." He said, hoping she would know what he was talking about.
She did, and her expression changed to pure wonder.
"What really happened that night?" Shinji asked.
"I don't know, but it's like you came into my mind, to help me see something. Something that was there, that I hadn't seen before." She whispered.
"Yeah, I had the same feeling, I talked to you in my dream. But you seemed different." He trailed off for a moment before beginnaing again. "It's like you were a whole different person."
"Maybe I am.Maybe I just needed someone to show me that."
"But what I don't get, it how we had the same dream. That night. I felt like there was light in my heart for once. I felt like someone had opened the box of my heart and let light in, and that light was you." Shinji said, still staring at his feet.
Asuka turned her head up and looked at the young man sitting on the futon next to her.
"Shinji, I have always loved boxes, haven't you?" She said seriously.
"Uhh. yeah, I guess I really have. I always thought it was weird."
"Maybe there is a connection. Maybe our souls are different from other people because we keep them in boxes, carefully protecting them from anything threatening. Like withdrawing ourselves from the world." Asuka said.
"Ayanami too, it must have something to do with why we are all here, piloting evas. There must be something about wanting to keep everything inside." Shinji said thoughtfully, finally looking up from his feet.
"Then maybe, this was all meant to happen. Maybe someone that night led you into my heart to show you the truth." Asuka said.
"Yes," Shinji said suddenly. "We are quite a lot similar then anyone else I have ever met. We both have pushed everyone away to the point that we couldn't stand it anymore. and then all of the sudden there you were. I saw it in your eyes ever since I met you."
"Me too." Asuka said, blushing a little as Shinji moved himself a little closer to her.
"Asuka." Shinji whispered as their lips met.
The moon shone into Shinji's lonely window as it gazed at the two lovers. A small bird played a low, sorrow note in the distance as the ever-chirping cicadas did not cease. The sky was smiling at them; with it's last bit of light disappearing and leaving Tokyo-3 to an eerie artificial glow.
Had the children heard the major come in, they would have noticed a hunched shadow behind the shoji screen. Misato had heard the whole thing and was disgusted at how close to the truth they were. She wanted to kill Gendo, she wanted to strangle him with her bare hands. She could imagine him falling from her deathly grasp, gasping for his last breath. She got up slowly, wiping away the tears that had formed and headed to her room.
Hey, may take a while for the next update, but I am going to try and make it a little more IN cuz I have been doing LOADS of OOC lately and I am starting to annoy myself. Next chap should be pretty good. And hey, sorry for grammatical errors, my pre-reader seems to not be online anymore. anyway. He sez I should change the rating to PG-13, review on this please!
JA!
Chapter 4 Baby Blue
The next day at school, Shinji and Asuka decided they would tell everyone else the news as well, before rumors started flying or people started noticing Asuka's swelling stomach. They planned to do it in an amusing way, because I mean, how many times in your life are you pregnant? (or in Shinji's case, get someone pregnant.)
So it was after lunch when Shinji's message appeared on Asuka's screen. "Now"
She barely had time to respond before Shinji got up and walked to Asuka's desk. She stood up and faced him. They stood there for a moment, when Shinji pulled Asuka into a very passionate kiss. They stood there kissing until they were sure everyone had realized. The effect was as hoped. Almost everyone in their class had either fainted on the floor or had their jaws dropped in utter surprise, not noticing how red their faces were. As you can imagine, something like this was not easy for Shinji to do, especially in front of his entire class.
Both Asuka and Shinji were doing a good job at their act. They readied themselves further for the next step in their scheme.
"So how's the baby doing?" Shinji said casually, just loud enough for everyone to hear (face still burning).
"Well, it seems to be fine." Asuka said, smiling and rubbing her stomach at the same time.
Several others, Kensuke and Toji included, were on the ground, seeming to twitch helplessly. Shinji could have sworn he saw Kensuke lift his head up, and then pass out again.
"WHHHAAAAAAAAAAAT!" Toji finally managed, Kensuke still lifeless on the ground.
"Oh, didn't you know, Asuka's pregnant." Shinji said, almost too naturally, he really had butterflies that we was currently trying to suppress in his stomach.
"YOU MEAN. YOU TWO. NO WAY, FUKANO NA!!" (impossible) Toji shouted.
Shinji and Asuka both took their seats again, as if nothing had happened. They were both smiling at each other from across the room.
As if to stretch the fun, Shinji raised his hand and said "SENSEI?" loudly enough for him to snap the sensei out of his disbelief. "May I request that I have a seat next to Asuka, just in case she needs me?"
"Uhhhhhh. Hai." The sensei murmured as Shinji switched seats with a terrified girl sitting next to Asuka.
Asuka was beaming, he had never seen her smile like that. It made her 100. no 1000 time more beautiful then she already was. He sat transfixed by her for a moment or two before being RUDELY interrupted by Toji poking his shoulder.
"You fooling around?" he whispered angrily.
"No, man, she really is." He said.
"You mean. you." Toji said, a smile creeping across his face.
"Hai, Toji." Shinji said, rolling his eyes sounding very annoyed.
"Wow dude, I envy you. Good luck!" he crept back in his seat with a dazed expression on his face.
The rest of the day was far from normal, there were weird glances, stares and whispers all around school. Everyone knew by the end of the day. Shinji however, was too busy noticing something. or someone else to really notice. He could feel a nosebleed coming on, so he decided they'd better go home as soon as possible.
When Shinji got home, he went immediately into his room, very confused. HE suddenly had to have a few moments to himself to think.
'I am going to be a father.' Shinji thought. 'Am I doing the right thing? Do I really love her'
As Asuka's quick tap at Shinji's door startled him out of his thoughts, he realized he needed to talk to Asuka about something very important.
"Come in." he whispered, just loud enough for Asuka to hear. She sipped in and slid the door closed behind her. Setting herself gracefully onto his bed.
"Asuka." Shinji started looking down at his feet. "I need to talk to you."
Her happy expression changed immediately. "About what?" she said, a very strong hint of worry and distress in her voice.
"About that night, in the hospital." He said, hoping she would know what he was talking about.
She did, and her expression changed to pure wonder.
"What really happened that night?" Shinji asked.
"I don't know, but it's like you came into my mind, to help me see something. Something that was there, that I hadn't seen before." She whispered.
"Yeah, I had the same feeling, I talked to you in my dream. But you seemed different." He trailed off for a moment before beginnaing again. "It's like you were a whole different person."
"Maybe I am.Maybe I just needed someone to show me that."
"But what I don't get, it how we had the same dream. That night. I felt like there was light in my heart for once. I felt like someone had opened the box of my heart and let light in, and that light was you." Shinji said, still staring at his feet.
Asuka turned her head up and looked at the young man sitting on the futon next to her.
"Shinji, I have always loved boxes, haven't you?" She said seriously.
"Uhh. yeah, I guess I really have. I always thought it was weird."
"Maybe there is a connection. Maybe our souls are different from other people because we keep them in boxes, carefully protecting them from anything threatening. Like withdrawing ourselves from the world." Asuka said.
"Ayanami too, it must have something to do with why we are all here, piloting evas. There must be something about wanting to keep everything inside." Shinji said thoughtfully, finally looking up from his feet.
"Then maybe, this was all meant to happen. Maybe someone that night led you into my heart to show you the truth." Asuka said.
"Yes," Shinji said suddenly. "We are quite a lot similar then anyone else I have ever met. We both have pushed everyone away to the point that we couldn't stand it anymore. and then all of the sudden there you were. I saw it in your eyes ever since I met you."
"Me too." Asuka said, blushing a little as Shinji moved himself a little closer to her.
"Asuka." Shinji whispered as their lips met.
The moon shone into Shinji's lonely window as it gazed at the two lovers. A small bird played a low, sorrow note in the distance as the ever-chirping cicadas did not cease. The sky was smiling at them; with it's last bit of light disappearing and leaving Tokyo-3 to an eerie artificial glow.
Had the children heard the major come in, they would have noticed a hunched shadow behind the shoji screen. Misato had heard the whole thing and was disgusted at how close to the truth they were. She wanted to kill Gendo, she wanted to strangle him with her bare hands. She could imagine him falling from her deathly grasp, gasping for his last breath. She got up slowly, wiping away the tears that had formed and headed to her room.
Hey, may take a while for the next update, but I am going to try and make it a little more IN cuz I have been doing LOADS of OOC lately and I am starting to annoy myself. Next chap should be pretty good. And hey, sorry for grammatical errors, my pre-reader seems to not be online anymore. anyway. He sez I should change the rating to PG-13, review on this please!
JA!