Shinji Grows Up
Disclaimer: i dont own anything and never will
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SATURDAY MORNING
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A light turned on in the hall and a door slightly creaked open. A shadow loomed in and covered
the occupant that was sleeping in the bed.
"Oh Shinji..." came the sweet soft voice of one Asuka Langley Soryu. The occupant in the bed
grunted and threw the covers over his head. Asuka walked closer to the bed and bent down toward the
sleeping boy.
"Wake up... " she said softly as two eyes opened slowly then blinked a few times. Shinji looked up
into Asuka's eyes and let a small smile out. He looked out the window and could see the faintest hint of the
sun outside.
"What's wrong Asuka, why are yo..." Shinji didn't finish as he turned to Asuka then looked below
her face to find no shred of clothing on her. Shinji proceeded to turn beet red and move back slightly in an
almost panicky kind of way.
"What's wrong, Shhinjii, don't you like what I'm wearing?" she said seductively crawling onto the
bed and toward him.
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The Council of Shinji were still recovering from the all nighter a day ago, well right now you
could tell they're more then awake.
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"Uh... Asuka... don't you think you should put more clothes.... on....?" Shinji said looking at the
other direction. He then felt two cool hands on his face and his head being moved to face her.
"I don't like clothes, Shinji, Id rather have you on me"
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Half the council fainted on the spot.
"HOLY SHIT!"
"WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED?"
"... huh... wha?"
"HEY GUYS IM GOING FOR THE LAND SPEED RECORD NOW!"
"SHUT UP, PERVERT" everyone conscience yelled out.
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"I... I... I... Asuka really you should get out of here before Misato or someone comes in... WHAT
ARE YOU DOING!" he squealed the last part out as Asuka got underneath the covers and was pressing her
body against him.
"Shinji I want you to..."
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Every Shinji in the council got a nosebleed, fainted, yelled in a glee of perversion or just stared at
the screen at Asuka's bold statement, actually the last two words she just said.
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Shinji looked at the girl that was pressed up against him and if his hearing wasn't wrong she just
said something that would make most guys the happiest people on the planet. Not Shinji though, he was
shocked that his sweet and innocent Asuka has apparently became a sex driven monster. It also didn't pay
off that she now decided to reach under the covers. Shinji jumped out of the bed and his feet didn't hit the
floor like he expected as he started to fall.
"What the hell?" he said to himself, as he couldn't see Asuka or his bed or his bedroom for that
matter. Instead he was falling and quite fast too.
"WHATS GOING ON?" he yelled as he phased out and into the Eva cages in NERV headquarters.
He looked around and saw that he was on one of the suspension bridges next to his Eva.
"You know... I'm missing the first place I was in..." he said to himself as he looked around.
"Shinji..." a monotone voice broke through the silent area. Almost fearing for his life he turned
around and his mouth hit the floor. There standing a few feet away from him was his father, Gendo Ikari,
wearing the 70s clothing again with the bellbottoms.
"Oh my god, I get it I'm fucking nuts," he said to himself looking at the father that brought fear to
anyone in the world, wearing an outdated fashion and what looks like a small smirk on his face.
"Shinji, my son" he said his usual voice, "come to the dark side of the disco"
Shinji looked at his father with a look that cannot be described but it was in the lines of "what the
fuck" in a facial expression.
"Shinji come"
"Shinji"
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"SHINJI!"
"Huh... what?" he mumbled out from underneath his covers. He slowly opened his eyes and was
greeted by blue eyes looking worriedly at him. His eyes then snapped awake and he slowly got himself in a
sitting position on his bed. He looked at Asuka sitting on the foot of his bed and more importantly she was
wearing clothes. He let out a sigh of relief and disappointment at the same time.
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"IT WAS A DREAM!" one Shinji yelled outraged.
"Ok, the dream department must have been giving us a feed back of his dreams again"
"THOSE BASTARDS!"
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Three Shinji sat at a console, snickering and high fiving each other.
"That's the third time this month" one known as 'Good Dreams' Shinji said chuckling.
"They fell for it again" 'Bad Dream' Shinji said crackling evilly.
"Ok ok, we really need to stop this... do it again next week?" 'Master Control for Shinji's Dream'
or MCSD for short asked.
"Hell yeah!"
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"Shinji are you ok?" Asuka said looking at his perplexed face. He looked up and wrapped his arms
around the girl, hugging her close to him. She felt her face redden as she laid her head against his shoulder.
"Asuka, you're wearing clothing," he said rather enthusiastically.
"Huh?" she said out loud and pushed herself away from him, " what do you mean by that... were
you dreaming of me or something?"
"NO!... I mean no," he said red faced as Asuka was glaring at him.
"What was your dream about" she asked smirking at his uncomfortable ness of the situation.
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The three Shinji's looked at the monitor and saw the whole council glaring at them.
"Thanks to you three, were all going to die!" 'Brain' screamed at them as they lowered their heads.
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"Uh.. it was nothing just something stupid really" he said covering up his mistake and could tell
that Asuka was a little peeved about it now. He then did the most bold move ever as he pulled Asuka to
another hug only this time pull her on top of him as he laid down on his bed.
"What are you doing" Asuka said surprised and blushing furiously.
"I'm still tired" he responded and turned on to his side, taking Asuka with him. Both teens faced
each other as they were laying on their sides on the bed. He felt Asuka relax after awhile and kissed her
forehead.
"Why did you come in? Was I making so much noise?" he felt her stiffen in his embrace as he got
a funny smile on his face "you were checking on me?"
"No, Yes... I dunno" she sighed out as she leaned the side of her head against a pillow and
wrapped her arms around his waist, "I had a bad dream from the movie you made me watch" she declared
glaring at him slightly and pouting.
"I'm sorry," he said chuckling as he glided his hand up and down her back as she humphed and
turned away from him, now with her back facing him. He then wrapped his arm around her waist and
pulled her close to him, both bodies molding into each other. Asuka let out a small smile as she felt Shinji's
breath lightly tickle her neck. He laid his head close to hers and let out a small yawn.
"I'm still tired and I don't see any harm with us sleeping like this do you?"
"No" she responded softly as she took his arm and wrapped it around her as a makeshift blanket to
keep warm. It was a very tender moment.
"Shinji rise and... OH MY GOD!" Misato screamed out after she opened the door.
"What's wrong Ms. Katsur.. OH MY GOD!" Kensuke walked to the side and yelled out after
looking over Misato's shoulder.
"Hey guys let me look... HOLY CRAP!" Touji screamed after he poked his head past Kensuke
and into the room only to be shoved out of the way by Hikari.
"OH MY GOD YOU TWO DID IT!"
"WARK WARK WARK!" Pen Pen yelled as he stood by his master's leg, pointing at the scene in
Shinji's room.
"HOLY CRAP WAY TO GO KID!" everyone's head turned to the man outside the window
hanging on a rope with a bucket full of water and a wash clothe. Then everyone standing in the door way
turned back to see Shinji hiding his face behind Asuka as her left eyebrow twitched considerably.
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Gendo Ikari's eyes shot wide open and he jumped out of his bed.
"Parents sense tingling... fading... fading.... gone..." he then proceeded to get back into bed and fall right asleep.
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"I don't believe you two!" Misato lectured as the two other stooges and Hikari had their arms crossed and nodded their heads in agreement.
"We didn't do anything, Misato" Shinji said calmly as he tried to get up from the chair only to be glared by the people on the other side of the table to sitting down again.
"You two should of at least waited I mean its like a few days since your going out.." Hikari said.
"But we.."
"Yeah really, Shinji, you should of had more control" Kensuke interrupted.
"But I..."
"Yeah that should be expected from me not you" Touji said as everyone around him nodded in agreement behind his back.
Shinji sighed and looked at Asuka as he toned out the ramblings of his friends about the incident earlier. She looked as he did and they both sighed at the same time.
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"Today is the day!" Shigeru Aoba shouted in the middle of the sidewalk, all the people passing by were looking at him weird. He stood in front of a massive building that belonged to a well-known music records place that signed on acts if they were good enough. Today Aoba would audition for a music contract, today his dream of stardom would come true, today when he finally moves to the doors of the building and goes inside.
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Matoko sat in his kitchen reading the comic section of the newspaper while eating a piece of toast.
"My life sucks" he said to himself as he bit into his breakfast.
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"BAD SHINJI, BAD ASUKA, NO MORE SEX!" Misato yelled out as Shinji and Asuka both looked up completely outraged at what she just said. Then they saw the smile on her face as well as the others," I knew you two weren't listening to us"
"DON'T SAY IT LIKE THAT MISATO!" Asuka screamed beet red.
"Sorry Asuka had to get you two to listen to me that's all.. but it was funny"
"For you" both teens said deadpan to their guardian.
"I know, but still I find you two like that again regardless of what happened, you're both too young to sleep in the same bed. Too early to do that too and if this happens again I'll tan your hides understand?"
"Yes" both teens said automatically and walked out of the room with their friends. Asuka and Hikari went to her room while the boys went into the living room. Touji went straight for the couch.
"So why are you guys here?" he asked
"Other then seeing you and Asuka in the same bed and assuming you did her, nothing much man"
Touji said as Shinji sighed heavily.
"You and the demon, I wouldn't of believed it if I didn't see it" Kensuke added as he plopped himself on the couch.
"With friends like you I should of went nuts awhile ago" Shinji said as he sat on the armchair
"Really what's up, have something planned for today?"
"Hit the arcade maybe?" Touji said sitting on the floor.
"Yeah but Ill be busy tonight though"
"With Asuka" both stooges said at the same time.
"Yeah were going to do it all night long" Shinji said deadpan.
"Oh really?" Shinji turned around to see Asuka right behind him with a smiling Hikari.
".... shit..." he said as she loomed closer to him, his friends were already gone from there.
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Shopping is a weapon that is used by most girlfriends against their boyfriends. Shinji Ikari has became a victim of the shopping experience along with Touji and Kensuke, he dragged them along when he caught up to them on the other side of the street. Hikari and Asuka were looking at some jeans while the boys stared at a mannequin of a man wearing pink pants.
"What the fuck?" Touji said as he, Kensuke and Shinji stared at the plastic man with a look that was like monkeys staring back at you at the zoo.
"They're pink..." Kensuke said
"... and a guy is wearing them..." Shinji finished.
"This is a crime against masculinity," Kensuke said as he slowly picked his hand up and touched the pants," they feel like jeans..."
"Lies... they want you to think they're jeans... they are not!" Shinji shouted the last part out in outrage.
"What the fuck!?" Touji screamed finally as the information was processed into his brain.
"What's with the noise?" Asuka said as she and Hikari walked up to see the boys staring daggers at the plastic man. She looked weirdly at them at first as they stood side-by-side and just stared at the guy.
"Don't you think your taking this a little too seriously?" Hikari said as three heads snapped at her and Asuka's direction. Both girls jumped back as they saw the red eyes and what looked like foam coming out of Touji's mouth.
"....PINK...... PANTSSSSS..." they said at the same time then turned back to the plastic man and continued to stare hatred at him. Both girls started to move back very very slowly as all of the guys started to growl, sad part was other guys who were stuck shopping came next to them and started to growl as well.
"Jeez the guys are weird, its just a color" Hikari said after they were in a reasonable distance away
from them.
"I dunno what's with them, guy thing I guess"
"..."
"..."
"So did you two do it today?"
"HIKARI!"
"What?" she asked innocently.
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Maya entered the mall with a small smile on her face. Today was her day off, today she would get a break from the boredom of work, and she would work off her anger and frustration by working off the limit of her credit cards. She was about to enter the first store when she saw that Matoko was sitting in front of a small coffee shop, reading a newspaper and occasionally sipping his cup.
"Hey what are you doing here?" she greeted her fellow coworker.
"Change of scenery..." he said as he took another sip.
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The wind blew Aoba's hair off to the side as he continued to stand in front of the building.
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"Oh... well considering your here how about you go shopping with me, i would like the company"
'Shit... shopping with a girl... but I have nothing better to do... this newspaper sucks and so does this coffee... damn it boredom ruling over proper judgment... ah fuck it...'
"Yeah sure why not" he said as he dropped the newspaper and joined her walking to the first store.
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Shinji, Touji, Kensuke and about forty different guys stood in front of the "pink pant man" growling and barking like dogs waiting to attack.
"Kill Kill Kill" they chanted.
"Um sir" one of the security guys said talking into the walkie talkie, "we have another situation with the pink pants"
"Damn it take care of it"
"Ah crap" he said as he saw that one of the guys tackled the plastic man and everyone was ripping it apart. Soon everyone dispersed to find the people they came with, when the dust-cleared pieces of clothing was everywhere and the mannequin was everything but a mannequin at that point.
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Asuka and Hikari looked up to see the three boys walk up to them with pleased looks on their faces and Touji using a mannequin arm as a back scratcher.
"Get it out of your system?" Asuka asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yup" they all answered
"Good you can carry the stuff we bought then" the guys looked at each other as Hikari dumped a
few bags in front of them then Asuka dumped a few more. A minute has passed as the guys were looking
wide eyed at all that laid before them.
"Shit did you get everything?" Touji asked sarcastically.
"Did you get the whole store?" Shinji asked.
"I remember now why I hate shopping" Kensuke added as he picked up a few bags.
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SATURDAY AFTERNOON
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It was noon much to the boys great joy as they plopped themselves into the seats and dropped all the stuff they were carrying on the floor.
"Hey what if something valuable were in there" Asuka shouted but got three shrugs and grunts as answers. Both girls sighed and sat down.
"ARCADE!!!" Touji yelled suddenly as he literally grabbed Shinji and
Kensuke, threw them over his shoulders and ran to it. The girls looked on to see that Shinji and Kensuke were silently thanking the higher powers for this happening.
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Makoto stood in line at the burger booth of the food court, waiting for his and Mayas order to come. She went off to find them a space and to bring the stuff she bought that day with her.
"Man, what do you do with that much clothes?" he asked himself as he grabbed the food and started to look for his coworker.
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Aoba trudged into the food court of the mall; his head was hung low as he walked around aimlessly until he heard his name being called. He looked up and saw his other two friends from working eating lunch together along with several bags next to Maya. He walked up and sat down in the empty chair.
"You two dating?"
"No we just met here and decided to go shopping around" Maya said stuffing some food into her mouth.
"You must be bored" Aoba said to Makoto
"Oh yeah" he answered.
"Hey how did that audition go?" Maya asked as she saw Aoba give off an essence of depression, anxiety and sulkiness,"oh... it didn't go right"
"Remember when I got that phone call a week or two back"
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"Hello" Aoba answered his phone
"Hi this is Mr. Fleep from Rockstar Records, I'm looking for a Shigeru Aoba..."
"OH MY GOD I GOT AN AUDITION!"
"Actually, sir, I called to tell you that..."
"HAHAHA I DID IT"
"Um, sir, can you calm..."
"WOO HOO WHOS THE MAN!"
"Si..."
"MY DREAMS COMING TRUE"
"YOU WERENT CHOSEN!"
"WOO HOO WOO HOO I WILL BE A LEGEND BWHAHAHA"
"DAMN IT!!"
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"Then they hanged up..." both Makoto and Maya looked at each other then at him.
"How can you not listen to them first?" Maya asked.
"I was excited..."
"But to think you just completely ignored the guy and just thought that... how did you know how to come in to the building then?"
"... uh now that I think about it I don't know" Aoba scratched the back of his head as he laughed completely forgetting he was depressed. His two coworkers sighed and muttered "Idiot".
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"I am House of the Dead god!" Touji shouted as he shot another zombie in the head. Shinji and
Kensuke were racing each other on another machine.
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"Don't you think we should get the boys?"
"Nah let them enjoy freedom for a little while longer" Asuka responded as she could see Touji dancing around like a lunatic and Kensuke doing the same dance as well.
"So what brought about this change in you?" Hikari asked.
"Nothing really, wait what are you talking about?"
"You and Shinji, I mean come on, a few days ago you two were ready to kill each other and now you two are dating"
"Yeah I know but I like being around him, always have but I just never said anything. I don't trust a lot of people you know and he's one of the few I actually trust."
"Don't I know the feeling, wish me and Touji were like that..."
"You two could still be, sure he's a dense jock but still there's a chance"
"How so?" Hikari asked skeptically.
"Well he does stare at you a lot"
"HE DOES?! WHEN!?"
"Now" Asuka said pointing to Touji who in fact was looking at Hikari but quickly looked the other way when she looked.
"Oh my god!" Hikari started to panic.
"Calm down jeez he does that all the time"
"ALL THE TIME!!!"
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"SHE SAW ME FUCK!" the other two stooges looked at him like he was a nutcase.
"Why don't you ask her out already?" Shinji asked
"Yeah it'll be about time"
"I CANT!"
"Ok that's it" Shinji said as he grabbed Touji's arms.
"What are you doing?"
"This is for your own good" Kensuke said as he tripped him and grabbed his legs. Both boys proceeded to lift him up and started to carry him to the food court.
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"What are they doing?" Asuka said as she saw Shinji and Kensuke carry Touji to them, he was screaming colorful language and to let him go. They proceeded to dump him in front of Hikari.
"Ok this is how it is" Shinji said as he pointed to Touji, "he likes you"
Kensuke pointed to Hikari, "and you like him"
"So figure it out yourselves before you drive us over the edge" Kensuke and Shinji said at the same time and left for the arcade. Asuka stood up and walked off after them, leaving Hikari and Touji to themselves.
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"Hey Shinji wait up", Asuka said walking up to them," hey that was nice in a blunt kind of way"
"Those two just don't see it or too afraid to so we both decided to just kill the fear and let them work from there"
"Yeah and Touji was beginning to piss us off anyway" Kensuke said.
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Touji sneezed loudly scaring Hikari out of her daze.
"Uh sorry about that, damn allergies" he said with a small smile.
"Yeah its ok..."
"You want to go for a walk around the place and uh talk about this I guess..."
"Sure... I'd like that" Hikari said smiling to the blushing boy on the ground.
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Shinji and Asuka were both playing a SNK game, Shinji's twitched slightly as Asuka was wiping the floor with him yet again, Kensuke said he'd call it a day and left for home while Touji and Hikari couldn't be found.
"Had enough yet?" Asuka asked smirking as she walked down to the exit of the mall.
"You killing me in games did enough and so are these bags" he said lifting them up slightly.
"Aww poor thing" she said as she leaned against him and pecked his lips.
"That's all I get" Shinji said smiling.
"Mores yet to come" Asuka said walking up ahead and swaying her hips seductively at him.
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The Council of Shinji were crying tears of joy.
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"I think Ill call it a day" Maya said and right behind her were Makato and Shigeru carrying the mother load of bags. They both breathed a sigh of relief.
"Now its time to go to the car, too bad it's all the way at the end of the parking lot"
Two grown men who were carrying a load of bags were seen crying while following a small petite woman.
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"Yo, oh my god did you see that girl there"
"Yeah she got the highest score in that game"
"She beat it three times already"
"Damn she's good as hell" groups of people were crowded around a game watching one Rei Ayanami making mince meat out of hordes of zombies. She held one plastic shotgun in one hand and in the other the regular handgun. She fired at the enemy and when she need to reload the shotgun, she let go of it and grabbed it again, slipping in and out the ammo and threw it up in the air. She then grabbed it in mid air and shot the zombie's head off.
Rei looked at the screen when the final boss came out, with both weapons she fired and reloaded until it finally became nothing more then a mass of dead flesh on the ground.
"Hasta la vista, baby" she said blowing the smoke from the shotgun.
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SATURDAY EVENING
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The soft glow of the television was the only light in the living room as Shinji sat on the couch with his arm around Asuka. She held the remote flipping through the channels; boredom seemed to have set in for the two as she let out a small yawn.
"Remind me again to go shopping with you when I get the feeling back in my legs again" Shinji said with a slight smile.
"Baby" Asuka retorted poking him in the chest.
"Yeah, yeah" he said yawning as well.
"It was fun wasn't it, admit it"
"Yeah it was fun, especially when everyone ripped the guy to shreds"
"Boys..." Asuka humphed as Shinji laughed. Slowly he stopped laughing as he stared at Asuka, feeling something wrong she looks up to see Shinji staring at her. It wasn't any stare she's seen before, it was a type of stare that you don't mind being the receiver of. It gave her a funny feeling inside.
"Is something wrong?" she asked slowly at first not knowing what he was thinking at that moment.
"For someone who looked at the dark side of everything", he lifted his hand up and slowly caressed her cheek, "I cant believe I was blind enough to miss the light right in front me"
All she could do was look up at him; she couldn't believe he had said something with so much meaning so easily. The Shinji she knew couldn't do that at all, the first time they met he was a wimpy, introverted, weak little boy but now she truly saw an essence of something that has always been there but no one could ever see. A side of himself he never showed to anyone at all.
"I.." Asuka couldn't speak.
"You know, I've always wondered what it would be like if we ever decided to get together" he said looking down on the ground for a minute then looking back up," I always thought it was never a possibility, with all the fights we had I thought you hated me and I hated you. Instead I did the opposite, I know the type of life you had and I know how strong of a person you are. You may have a cocky attitude but I can see past that" he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close. Asuka herself couldn't believe this was happening.
(And I'd give up forever to touch you
'Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now)
"Today I was thinking while we were shopping, that somehow I always had feelings for you in someway. I cared about you from the first time I met you, even if you made me wear that ridiculous red plug suit", Asuka let out a laugh at that and leaned her head against his shoulder," During that fight, I wanted to protect you, I didn't want to lose you"
(And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
'Cause sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight)
"Then in the volcano, when you went down under into the earth. It scared me..." Asuka looked up to see a look on his face she's never seen before, "I didn't want to lose you, and when I heard that your cooling lines were damaged, that you were any minute going to plummet... I jumped in without thinking.
The pain I experienced from the hot magma coming in contact with my Eva was nothing compared to the amount of pain I felt when I knew if I didn't make it down there that I would never see you ever again."
(And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am)
Asuka looked at the ground, a few tears slipping from her eyes as she kept on hearing what Shinji was saying.
" The day I learned about your mom was the day when that angel invaded your mind, I felt helpless, I couldn't help you at all... I wanted you help you... I would move heaven and hell for you..."
Asuka couldn't take it anymore as tear after tear fell down her cheeks and she heard a small shutter of breath from Shinji.
"The next day you were laying on your bed alone, I heard you shudder and cry in your sleep... I wanted to help you, comfort you... be with you but I was a coward..."
(And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movies
And you bleed just to know you're alive)
"I'm happy now, more then i ever been in my entire life..."
(And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am)
"... ever since you allowed me to come into your heart..."
(And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am)
"... even though you had mine for years now..."
(And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am)
"...I just wanted to say that I..."
(I just want you to know who I am)
"...love..."
(I just want you to know who I am)
"...you..."
(I just want you to know who I am)
"...Asuka."
For the first time in her life, Asuka cried in front of someone. It wasn't a cry of sadness or loss but of happiness, happiness to finally have the right person in their life, a person who everyone dreams of. A person that may not be the richest in the world, may not be a genius at all, a person who at times is fun to be around or a totally pain in the ass, a person like her and can feel for her, a person to find comfort and strength in, a person who you can truly let your guard down and never get hurt and most importantly a person who can give the most precious and rarest treasure that can not be found everywhere.. a heart filled with loyalty and love.
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To be continued...
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sorry for such a late update and yeah i know i said would of last week updated but i couldnt find the time to
do it, the artist side of me took up most of my time for the past month or so, so writing was hard to do well
until today i guess, again i apologize for the really late update.
Goo Goo Dolls, Iris is not mine and any other things that might be connected to something, if I own it ill
tell you. Fast food not mine either
