Story: Evangelion, The Children of Humanity: Guardian Angel
Chapter 7: Temporary Peace, Bonding of Friends
Disclaimer: I do not in anyway own Evangelion and its characters. All I own are my own characters and the plot. I'm just a fan ok? Not making any profits here so don't sue me!
A/N: Here's chapter seven. Flame me and I'll block you from ever setting foot in any of my fics again.
Hospital room, Nerv HQ. Asuka lies the bed, still out cold. Shinji is in a chair next to the bed and has fallen asleep in it. Slowly, the redhead begins to stir, and she wakes up to find this scene before her.
"Shinji?" she whispered.
He sat up so fast Asuka blinked.
"Asuka! You're awake! How are you feeling? God, you were out for so long, I was so worried." He babbled.
"I'm fine now Shinji, just a little tired." She said, cutting him off. "I want to know if what you said to me before I passed out was true."
Shinji looked at her in the eyes and said with no trace of falsehood in his voice, "Yes, every word. What about you?"
"Me too Shinji, I meant every word." She responded. They looked at each other and embraced. "Never say that you have nothing ever again." She said.
"I told you, I won't. I have so much. And only an idiot like me could have taken this long to realize it." He replied. They stayed like that, in each other's arms and eventually drifted off to sleep.
George arrived at the Nerv hospital early in the morning to visit Asuka and see if Shinji was still there after he left him there with her last night. Everyone had heard the exchange between them before the Angel was destroyed, but only he had notice the little signs that came before that.
'Ah, now I have two, possibly very soon six lovesick teenagers in the house. God knows I'm gonna be no match for their raging hormones.' Sighing, he walked down the hallway carrying boxes of food for the two. 'But this may be a good thing for them, I doubt, that they have had much happiness before this. Yes, if all goes well, this will be very good for them.' He had left the others back at the mansion because he knew that Shinji and Asuka would not want their presence yet. Also because it was Monday, they had school. It didn't matter if George went or not, he was only there to watch over the children anyway. He reached the door and knocked.
"Huh? Who is it?" Shinji's voice came from behind the door.
"Its George." George said. Silence.
"And its only George, and food too." He added.
"Oh, ok come on in." Shinji opened the door.
"Hello Shinji."
"Hello George." Two voices said.
George looked over to the bed, "Asuka! You're up, how're you feeling?"
"I'm good, thanks." She replied. "A little hungry though." George smiled and put the boxes on the bedside table.
"Oh, wow! I love Chinese food!" she exclaimed.
"Thanks a lot George." Shinji said.
"No problem, its good that you're well. How about you Shinji? Get any rest?"
"Yeah, a little, but I'll be fine." He answered.
"Very well, I called the school to explain where you two are, I assume that you would like to keep her company. Well, take it easy guys. Call if you need anything." With that George left. Asuka and Shinji ate in silence. When she finished, Asuka put down her box and looked at Shinji,
"Well, George spared us today from everybody else, but eventually, we'll have to face them." Shinji thought about what she had said.
"Asuka, you...you aren't, ashamed about this relationship are you?" he asked.
"What!? No! But... I would have preferred it if the whole world didn't know. I do have a reputation you know." She said.
He moved closer to her and put a hand on her cheek, "Don't worry Asuka, they'll accept us, and don't focus so much onto building a reputation, it just makes people shy away from you."
At these words Asuka was going to retort that it would keep the perverts of the school, which in her opinion, was pretty much the entire male population, from getting frisky with her. But instead, she wrapped her arms around his neck and said
"Thank you for the advice Shinji-kun, I'll think about it."
"Asuka..." words were not needed, they simply enjoyed each other's company and thanked whatever higher power that brought them together.
It's been three days and Asuka has been released from the hospital and is spending her afternoon with Shinji. George and the others were due back in about an hour, the two had prepared for the onslaught. At last they heard the front door shut from their position in the living room.
"Asuka! You're back!" Hikari was the first one in, also the first one to pounce on Asuka and get her in a tight hug.
"Yep. Back and better than ever!" Asuka said.
The other three and George came in soon and were also happy to see Asuka.
"So Shinji, you lucky bastard you fina-" Toji began a grin on his face. Kensuke nudged him in the ribs and gave him a look of fear. "Oh right! Um...welcome back Asuka. We'll see you at dinner, we got uh...homework!" the two boys ran up the stairs to their rooms.
The remaining four teens were puzzled, but George was trying not to laugh. Hikari led Rei into the kitchen after a little time with Asuka and started to make dinner with Rei's help. Shinji came up next to George.
"So what was that all about?" he asked.
George chuckled, "Well, I know you were dreading the others making fun of you two so I made a little arrangement with Toji and Kensuke. Hikari and Rei I didn't have to worry about though, I knew they wouldn't tease you."
"What kind of 'arrangement'?" Shinji pressed.
"Lets just say that it's a wonder what people will do if you threaten to cut their free time each day by a few hours." George laughed.
"Ah, glad you're on our side." Asuka said.
"There are no sides, we're all family here. I don't think Toji and Kensuke would have taken it too far, even without my intervention." George said.
"I don't know...those two..." Shinji mumbled.
"Have more faith in your friends Shinji." George said. "Asuka, tomorrow is Friday, you and Shinji are going to school now that you've recovered."
"Awww! Come on, just one more day? Please?" she whined.
"Absolutely not, you two were out for four days. You're both going tomorrow." He said.
"Damn." Asuka cursed.
The next morning found the children working in the gym again. Since the others had trained everyday, Asuka and Shinji were behind and had to work twice as hard. At 7:00am they went in for showers and everyone helped make lunches for later. For breakfast, they simply grabbed a Pop-Tart. They arrived on time and Hikari had to run in first to perform some Class-rep duties, Toji went after her and Kensuke followed suit. Rei and George were talking about something that was related to ancient China and the Three Kingdoms. They were so deeply in conversation they just walked in and just kept chatting on. Asuka and Shinji stood outside the door,
"Well?" Shinji asked.
"I'm alright, let's go. Its not likely that they'll know anyway, it's not like they were on the bridge or anything." Asuka said.
They went in and the whole class stopped everything they were doing and stared at them.
Toji came up to them, "Uh...Shinji, I swear I only told one person! I had no idea how it spread to the whole class!" he whispered in an urgent voice.
"Toji, when I get my hands on you...." Asuka and Shinji said in synch.
Trying to ignore the stares, they made their way towards their seats and sat down, at once whispering starts everywhere and people keep glancing at them. Asuka and Shinji's laptops were overloaded by messages after messages. Eventually, Asuka writes up a firewall and blocks all incoming messages and helps Shinji do the same with his laptop. The teacher walks in and the usual procedures are performed then the boring lecture begins. Shinji starts a secure chat room and invited all the pilots.
(George/Unit/U=George, Redbeauty=Asuka, BlueSwimmer=Rei, CelloLover=Shinji, DaMan=Toji, M-16=Kensuke, and CR=Hikari)
CelloLover: Damn you Toji!
Redbeauty: I'm gonna kick you ass stooge boy!
DaMan: Hey! I didn't mean to! I only told one guy!
CR: Idiot! You of all people should know how fast rumors travel in this class! You're so insensitive! What gave you the right to go blabbing around?
DaMan: I'm sorry guys...
M-16: Uh, I think he gets it guys, maybe we should get off his back.
BlueSwimmer: Yes, Suzuhara should have learned his lesson.
George/Unit/Ultimate: Yeah, we'll all friends, he just made a mistake and he apologized. Let the poor boy be.
Redbeauty: Hump! He's gonna have to make it up to us!
DaMan: Uh...ok. How?
Redbeauty||CelloLover: Heheheheheheh!
DaMan: Shit...this can't be good.
CR||M-16||BlueSwimmer||George/Unit/Ultimate: You deserve it Toji!
DaMan: Ohhh.....
CR: *sigh*
M-16: He's hopeless...
BlueSwimmer: ...
George/Unit/Ultimate: Just don't kill him Asuka. ;-)
Redbeauty: He'll live.
Redbeauty: Barely.
George/Unit/Ultimate: So what's he going to be doing?
AsukaLover: We'll tell you later.
Redbeauty||DaMan||CR||M-16||BlueSwimmer||George/Unit/Ultimate: SHINJI!?
AsukaLover: Yeah...?
Redbeauty||DaMan||CR||M-16||BlueSwimmer||George/Unit/Ultimate: WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR SCREEN NAME!?
AsukaLover: Can't you guys read? It means I love Asuka.
Redbeauty: Oh Shinji!
ShinjiLover: I love you too!
DaMan||CR||M-16||BlueSwimmer||George/Unit/Ultimate: ...
DaMan||M-16: GAG!
BlueSwimmer: Let's leave now.
DaMan||CR||M-16 ||George/Unit/Ultimate: Good idea.
DaMan has signed off.
CR has signed off.
M-16 has signed off.
BlueSwimmer has signed off.
George/Unit/Ultimate has signed off.
ShinjiLover: We're alone.
AsukaLover: Heh, they can't take a little WAFF, hahahaha.
ShinjiLover: Well, nothing to do here. Wanna play internet chess?
AsukaLover: Sure.
Lunch was uneventful. Asuka and Shinji flirted, Hikari kept trying to tell Toji that Asuka and Shinji won't work him to death and that torture is illegal in Japan, Rei and Kensuke exchange ideas on various topics while eating. George went off to hunt for some coffee from the teacher's lounge, no one stopped him.
After school, the group left for the Van in the lot nearby. Asuka were to the rear and holding hands, they moved slowly and the group was way ahead of them. Just then a hand grabbed Shinji by the shoulder and twisted him around, another hand flew into his face and he fell backwards. Asuka spun around, there stood Shiro Iyeyasu, a handsome sixteen year-old with a bad attitude from the older class. He was also a scumbag.
"Hey baby, heard that Ikari was bothering you." He grinned "So I took care of him for you. Aren't you going to thank me?"
Asuka looked at him with the same expression one would have when looking at dog shit on their shoes.
"Bastard! You just punched my boyfriend!" She yelled. Then she punched at him but he was expecting it and grabbed her arm.
"Come on, babe, you're just dying to have someone rescue you from that wimp."
"You!" She began.
But Shiro's face suddenly went surprised then fearful, "Best let her go mate, or you won't be doing anything besides screaming in pain for a while." A familiar voice said. Shiro let Asuka go who then ran towards Shinji's unconscious form.
"Shinji! Can you hear me!?" she asked lifting his head up, he was bleeding from the mouth and nose.
"I guess I have you to thank for that." The voice said, it was angry now.
Asuka looked behind her to see what had made Shiro let go. What she saw was a very angry George with his hand on the other boy's neck and was holding him up two feet of the ground.
"You're that new guy! What is he to you!?" Shiro screamed while struggling with little success.
"Shinji and I are as close as brothers, and I'm very pissed at you." George answered. He then took Shiro behind the school wall and there was a loud crunching noise and a scream. George came back to Asuka and looked at Shinji,
"Ouch, looks like he hit the cement pretty hard. But I don't see a wound on his head..." he said.
"A..su..ka?" Shinji mumbled, stirring.
"Yes! Shinji! I'm here!" Asuka.
"Oww...are...you...ok? Did he." Shinji continued to mumble.
"I'm fine baka, its you that's hurt!" she cried.
"Lets get him home, now." George said. Auska nodded and they helped Shinji to the Van.
"By the way, what did you do to that jerk?" Asuka asked.
"He broke my little brother's nose, so I figured breaking his arms was fair game." Was the reply.
"Serves him right." She said.
Shinji more or less recovered that night, he was just in shock from the punch and the fall. Asuka looked after him all night. The others expressed concern and would have stayed up to help but George insisted that they go to bed. So the three were in the living room with Shinji lying on the couch and Asuka kneeling on the floor next to him with a wet towel and a bucket of cold water. George sat on the other couch and watched, they had stopped the bleeding and had wrapped bandages where needed. Now it was just up to Shinji himself. He was conscious but very weak.
"Hang in there Shinji-kun, don't faint again." Asuka said softly while changing the towel.
"Don't worry Asuka-chan, I won't." he answered smiling. In a while Asuka left to use the restroom and Shinji called George over to him.
"Hey man, thanks for coming around to find us." Shinji said.
"No problem man, I won't let anything happen to you or anyone else in this house." George answered.
"Yeah, I suppose we are like one big family." Shinji said. "So can I ask you a favor?"
"What is it? I'll do the best I can." George replied.
"Can you give me help me become stronger?"
"What do you think I've been trying to do?" George said.
"I mean like, give me extra training. You know, teach me some of those moves? Cuss I don't want to have to depend on others all my life, I mean, I can't even protect the person who means most to me." He said, tears coming out.
"Of course Shinji, I'm proud of you for thinking that. Of course I'll help you, just get better than we'll arrange something ok?"
"Yeah, thank you."
George smiled and went to his room when Asuka came back. He sent his daily repot to Nerv and went to sleep, feeling very content that he had been able to at least make Shinji mature a little.
A/N: Chapter 7 is here now, enjoy. Yea, I love romance, especially went it comes to A/S! They're such a cute couple. DIE FLAMERS! DIE! BURN IN THE FLAMES OF HELLLLLLL!!!!!! YOU AND YOUR STUPID FLAMING REVIEWS! BUUUURRRRNNNNN!!!!!!!! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!
Next Chapter: Children are Born to Play
Disclaimer: I do not in anyway own Evangelion and its characters. All I own are my own characters and the plot. I'm just a fan ok? Not making any profits here so don't sue me!
A/N: Here's chapter seven. Flame me and I'll block you from ever setting foot in any of my fics again.
Hospital room, Nerv HQ. Asuka lies the bed, still out cold. Shinji is in a chair next to the bed and has fallen asleep in it. Slowly, the redhead begins to stir, and she wakes up to find this scene before her.
"Shinji?" she whispered.
He sat up so fast Asuka blinked.
"Asuka! You're awake! How are you feeling? God, you were out for so long, I was so worried." He babbled.
"I'm fine now Shinji, just a little tired." She said, cutting him off. "I want to know if what you said to me before I passed out was true."
Shinji looked at her in the eyes and said with no trace of falsehood in his voice, "Yes, every word. What about you?"
"Me too Shinji, I meant every word." She responded. They looked at each other and embraced. "Never say that you have nothing ever again." She said.
"I told you, I won't. I have so much. And only an idiot like me could have taken this long to realize it." He replied. They stayed like that, in each other's arms and eventually drifted off to sleep.
George arrived at the Nerv hospital early in the morning to visit Asuka and see if Shinji was still there after he left him there with her last night. Everyone had heard the exchange between them before the Angel was destroyed, but only he had notice the little signs that came before that.
'Ah, now I have two, possibly very soon six lovesick teenagers in the house. God knows I'm gonna be no match for their raging hormones.' Sighing, he walked down the hallway carrying boxes of food for the two. 'But this may be a good thing for them, I doubt, that they have had much happiness before this. Yes, if all goes well, this will be very good for them.' He had left the others back at the mansion because he knew that Shinji and Asuka would not want their presence yet. Also because it was Monday, they had school. It didn't matter if George went or not, he was only there to watch over the children anyway. He reached the door and knocked.
"Huh? Who is it?" Shinji's voice came from behind the door.
"Its George." George said. Silence.
"And its only George, and food too." He added.
"Oh, ok come on in." Shinji opened the door.
"Hello Shinji."
"Hello George." Two voices said.
George looked over to the bed, "Asuka! You're up, how're you feeling?"
"I'm good, thanks." She replied. "A little hungry though." George smiled and put the boxes on the bedside table.
"Oh, wow! I love Chinese food!" she exclaimed.
"Thanks a lot George." Shinji said.
"No problem, its good that you're well. How about you Shinji? Get any rest?"
"Yeah, a little, but I'll be fine." He answered.
"Very well, I called the school to explain where you two are, I assume that you would like to keep her company. Well, take it easy guys. Call if you need anything." With that George left. Asuka and Shinji ate in silence. When she finished, Asuka put down her box and looked at Shinji,
"Well, George spared us today from everybody else, but eventually, we'll have to face them." Shinji thought about what she had said.
"Asuka, you...you aren't, ashamed about this relationship are you?" he asked.
"What!? No! But... I would have preferred it if the whole world didn't know. I do have a reputation you know." She said.
He moved closer to her and put a hand on her cheek, "Don't worry Asuka, they'll accept us, and don't focus so much onto building a reputation, it just makes people shy away from you."
At these words Asuka was going to retort that it would keep the perverts of the school, which in her opinion, was pretty much the entire male population, from getting frisky with her. But instead, she wrapped her arms around his neck and said
"Thank you for the advice Shinji-kun, I'll think about it."
"Asuka..." words were not needed, they simply enjoyed each other's company and thanked whatever higher power that brought them together.
It's been three days and Asuka has been released from the hospital and is spending her afternoon with Shinji. George and the others were due back in about an hour, the two had prepared for the onslaught. At last they heard the front door shut from their position in the living room.
"Asuka! You're back!" Hikari was the first one in, also the first one to pounce on Asuka and get her in a tight hug.
"Yep. Back and better than ever!" Asuka said.
The other three and George came in soon and were also happy to see Asuka.
"So Shinji, you lucky bastard you fina-" Toji began a grin on his face. Kensuke nudged him in the ribs and gave him a look of fear. "Oh right! Um...welcome back Asuka. We'll see you at dinner, we got uh...homework!" the two boys ran up the stairs to their rooms.
The remaining four teens were puzzled, but George was trying not to laugh. Hikari led Rei into the kitchen after a little time with Asuka and started to make dinner with Rei's help. Shinji came up next to George.
"So what was that all about?" he asked.
George chuckled, "Well, I know you were dreading the others making fun of you two so I made a little arrangement with Toji and Kensuke. Hikari and Rei I didn't have to worry about though, I knew they wouldn't tease you."
"What kind of 'arrangement'?" Shinji pressed.
"Lets just say that it's a wonder what people will do if you threaten to cut their free time each day by a few hours." George laughed.
"Ah, glad you're on our side." Asuka said.
"There are no sides, we're all family here. I don't think Toji and Kensuke would have taken it too far, even without my intervention." George said.
"I don't know...those two..." Shinji mumbled.
"Have more faith in your friends Shinji." George said. "Asuka, tomorrow is Friday, you and Shinji are going to school now that you've recovered."
"Awww! Come on, just one more day? Please?" she whined.
"Absolutely not, you two were out for four days. You're both going tomorrow." He said.
"Damn." Asuka cursed.
The next morning found the children working in the gym again. Since the others had trained everyday, Asuka and Shinji were behind and had to work twice as hard. At 7:00am they went in for showers and everyone helped make lunches for later. For breakfast, they simply grabbed a Pop-Tart. They arrived on time and Hikari had to run in first to perform some Class-rep duties, Toji went after her and Kensuke followed suit. Rei and George were talking about something that was related to ancient China and the Three Kingdoms. They were so deeply in conversation they just walked in and just kept chatting on. Asuka and Shinji stood outside the door,
"Well?" Shinji asked.
"I'm alright, let's go. Its not likely that they'll know anyway, it's not like they were on the bridge or anything." Asuka said.
They went in and the whole class stopped everything they were doing and stared at them.
Toji came up to them, "Uh...Shinji, I swear I only told one person! I had no idea how it spread to the whole class!" he whispered in an urgent voice.
"Toji, when I get my hands on you...." Asuka and Shinji said in synch.
Trying to ignore the stares, they made their way towards their seats and sat down, at once whispering starts everywhere and people keep glancing at them. Asuka and Shinji's laptops were overloaded by messages after messages. Eventually, Asuka writes up a firewall and blocks all incoming messages and helps Shinji do the same with his laptop. The teacher walks in and the usual procedures are performed then the boring lecture begins. Shinji starts a secure chat room and invited all the pilots.
(George/Unit/U=George, Redbeauty=Asuka, BlueSwimmer=Rei, CelloLover=Shinji, DaMan=Toji, M-16=Kensuke, and CR=Hikari)
CelloLover: Damn you Toji!
Redbeauty: I'm gonna kick you ass stooge boy!
DaMan: Hey! I didn't mean to! I only told one guy!
CR: Idiot! You of all people should know how fast rumors travel in this class! You're so insensitive! What gave you the right to go blabbing around?
DaMan: I'm sorry guys...
M-16: Uh, I think he gets it guys, maybe we should get off his back.
BlueSwimmer: Yes, Suzuhara should have learned his lesson.
George/Unit/Ultimate: Yeah, we'll all friends, he just made a mistake and he apologized. Let the poor boy be.
Redbeauty: Hump! He's gonna have to make it up to us!
DaMan: Uh...ok. How?
Redbeauty||CelloLover: Heheheheheheh!
DaMan: Shit...this can't be good.
CR||M-16||BlueSwimmer||George/Unit/Ultimate: You deserve it Toji!
DaMan: Ohhh.....
CR: *sigh*
M-16: He's hopeless...
BlueSwimmer: ...
George/Unit/Ultimate: Just don't kill him Asuka. ;-)
Redbeauty: He'll live.
Redbeauty: Barely.
George/Unit/Ultimate: So what's he going to be doing?
AsukaLover: We'll tell you later.
Redbeauty||DaMan||CR||M-16||BlueSwimmer||George/Unit/Ultimate: SHINJI!?
AsukaLover: Yeah...?
Redbeauty||DaMan||CR||M-16||BlueSwimmer||George/Unit/Ultimate: WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR SCREEN NAME!?
AsukaLover: Can't you guys read? It means I love Asuka.
Redbeauty: Oh Shinji!
ShinjiLover: I love you too!
DaMan||CR||M-16||BlueSwimmer||George/Unit/Ultimate: ...
DaMan||M-16: GAG!
BlueSwimmer: Let's leave now.
DaMan||CR||M-16 ||George/Unit/Ultimate: Good idea.
DaMan has signed off.
CR has signed off.
M-16 has signed off.
BlueSwimmer has signed off.
George/Unit/Ultimate has signed off.
ShinjiLover: We're alone.
AsukaLover: Heh, they can't take a little WAFF, hahahaha.
ShinjiLover: Well, nothing to do here. Wanna play internet chess?
AsukaLover: Sure.
Lunch was uneventful. Asuka and Shinji flirted, Hikari kept trying to tell Toji that Asuka and Shinji won't work him to death and that torture is illegal in Japan, Rei and Kensuke exchange ideas on various topics while eating. George went off to hunt for some coffee from the teacher's lounge, no one stopped him.
After school, the group left for the Van in the lot nearby. Asuka were to the rear and holding hands, they moved slowly and the group was way ahead of them. Just then a hand grabbed Shinji by the shoulder and twisted him around, another hand flew into his face and he fell backwards. Asuka spun around, there stood Shiro Iyeyasu, a handsome sixteen year-old with a bad attitude from the older class. He was also a scumbag.
"Hey baby, heard that Ikari was bothering you." He grinned "So I took care of him for you. Aren't you going to thank me?"
Asuka looked at him with the same expression one would have when looking at dog shit on their shoes.
"Bastard! You just punched my boyfriend!" She yelled. Then she punched at him but he was expecting it and grabbed her arm.
"Come on, babe, you're just dying to have someone rescue you from that wimp."
"You!" She began.
But Shiro's face suddenly went surprised then fearful, "Best let her go mate, or you won't be doing anything besides screaming in pain for a while." A familiar voice said. Shiro let Asuka go who then ran towards Shinji's unconscious form.
"Shinji! Can you hear me!?" she asked lifting his head up, he was bleeding from the mouth and nose.
"I guess I have you to thank for that." The voice said, it was angry now.
Asuka looked behind her to see what had made Shiro let go. What she saw was a very angry George with his hand on the other boy's neck and was holding him up two feet of the ground.
"You're that new guy! What is he to you!?" Shiro screamed while struggling with little success.
"Shinji and I are as close as brothers, and I'm very pissed at you." George answered. He then took Shiro behind the school wall and there was a loud crunching noise and a scream. George came back to Asuka and looked at Shinji,
"Ouch, looks like he hit the cement pretty hard. But I don't see a wound on his head..." he said.
"A..su..ka?" Shinji mumbled, stirring.
"Yes! Shinji! I'm here!" Asuka.
"Oww...are...you...ok? Did he." Shinji continued to mumble.
"I'm fine baka, its you that's hurt!" she cried.
"Lets get him home, now." George said. Auska nodded and they helped Shinji to the Van.
"By the way, what did you do to that jerk?" Asuka asked.
"He broke my little brother's nose, so I figured breaking his arms was fair game." Was the reply.
"Serves him right." She said.
Shinji more or less recovered that night, he was just in shock from the punch and the fall. Asuka looked after him all night. The others expressed concern and would have stayed up to help but George insisted that they go to bed. So the three were in the living room with Shinji lying on the couch and Asuka kneeling on the floor next to him with a wet towel and a bucket of cold water. George sat on the other couch and watched, they had stopped the bleeding and had wrapped bandages where needed. Now it was just up to Shinji himself. He was conscious but very weak.
"Hang in there Shinji-kun, don't faint again." Asuka said softly while changing the towel.
"Don't worry Asuka-chan, I won't." he answered smiling. In a while Asuka left to use the restroom and Shinji called George over to him.
"Hey man, thanks for coming around to find us." Shinji said.
"No problem man, I won't let anything happen to you or anyone else in this house." George answered.
"Yeah, I suppose we are like one big family." Shinji said. "So can I ask you a favor?"
"What is it? I'll do the best I can." George replied.
"Can you give me help me become stronger?"
"What do you think I've been trying to do?" George said.
"I mean like, give me extra training. You know, teach me some of those moves? Cuss I don't want to have to depend on others all my life, I mean, I can't even protect the person who means most to me." He said, tears coming out.
"Of course Shinji, I'm proud of you for thinking that. Of course I'll help you, just get better than we'll arrange something ok?"
"Yeah, thank you."
George smiled and went to his room when Asuka came back. He sent his daily repot to Nerv and went to sleep, feeling very content that he had been able to at least make Shinji mature a little.
A/N: Chapter 7 is here now, enjoy. Yea, I love romance, especially went it comes to A/S! They're such a cute couple. DIE FLAMERS! DIE! BURN IN THE FLAMES OF HELLLLLLL!!!!!! YOU AND YOUR STUPID FLAMING REVIEWS! BUUUURRRRNNNNN!!!!!!!! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!
Next Chapter: Children are Born to Play
