Disclaimer: Check the Prologue.
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AN: This will be passing during the 'Lilliputian Hitcher' episode. However, I won't be putting more than a dozen of lines from the series, due to the cause that this will center the children, not the angel pointedly nor Ritsuko and Magi.
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This is narrative.
"This is a dialogue."
"THIS IS SHOUTING."
'This is a quote/EMPHASIS made either during a dialogue or narrative.'
These are thoughts.
These are mouthed and facial expressions before, during, and after, a dialogue.
This tells where and when the following happens.
(These will be Author Notes)
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"Fourth Rule: Only two guys to a fight."
-Tyler Durden
20:48
NERV HQ, Geofront
"... A shower and changing the underwear isn't enough." Ritsuko's tones left little doubt whether she, and the procedure she wanted from the three pilots, was convincible. That wouldn't either be enough, though, to make Asuka cease her rants.
"All this just for a test of auto-piloting?"
"Time isn't the only thing evolving. EVA technology also evolves! We need new data." She wondered if perhaps it would be a good move to start talking stoically like Ritsuko did all the time... Then again, that would be preferable when she was older. For now, she would keep her good grace and dignity filled with emotions. Those did strike crucial nerves every now and again...
"Well, are you happy? Here I am, showered seventeen times in a row." A small huff of air afterwards pointed the fact that she had no problem with taking their orders, so far.
"Pass the room just like you are and enter the capsules."
"WHAT?" Now this was definitely going too far. As if she would ever pose for the whole of NERV and, to top it all, Shinji.
"Don't worry. The video-feed will be offline. Your intimacy will be protected."
"That has nothing to do with it. It's about how I'll feel." It was true, so what the cameras would be off. That didn't mean Shinji and Wonder Girl wouldn't view her body of perfection. Glancing at her right side, she saw Shinji look at her with a bemused face, he shrugged and exited his spot, revealing his body to the two girls. She had to admit that, ever since he had joined the Fight Club his body was gaining some muscles. And those biceps... Oh, nice looking rear- Blinking several times, and blushing madly, she looked at Rei, and saw that she too was gazing at his backside. She heard Shinji
"What's the matter, girls? Enjoying the view?" Returning her gaze to him, she saw that he had turned just a bit, giving them a chance to see his front. And he wasn't covering his lower regions! Now feeling her blush spreading throughout her body, she screamed
"AS IF THERE WAS ANYTHING GOOD-LOOKING IN YOUR BODY, YOU HENTAI!! – Actually, there were quite several things, but 'that' she would never admit- YOU GO FIRST, AND WONDER GIRL HERE GOES NEXT!" It seemed that Shinji wouldn't be the only one surprising her today, due to Rei's comment
"I see, not only you admired Shinji's physical status, you wish to revel in mine as well."
Sputtering violently, she was about to open the door of her chamber and jump on Rei, when she heard Shinji
"I don't mind posing!" Open-mouthed, she saw him shake his head, and keep walking, passing to the next stage. She then heard a very faint sigh. Turning to Rei, she saw her relax her shoulders with... was that a wishful look in her eyes?!... She then followed him, giving one last lungful sigh.
Grumbling, she too passed on to the next stage, wondering if NERV had ordered Rei to drink some absinthe...
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16 Minutes later
Geofront Lake, Unit 01 Entry Plug
Removing the kit from underneath the seat (1), he opened it and plucked out the, purple with green stripes, life jacket. Keeping it in front of him for a second, he wondered why NERV would colour it the same style than the EVA... Whatever, I've got more to worry about now...
Twisting the safety handles of the Entry Plug, he opened the hatch, and came outside. Congratulating himself about a small correct assumption, he looked around with the emergency binoculars, and confirmed the three of them were in the Geofront' lake. Recognizing Rei's Plug, since he had come to have it engraved in his mind, and hands, due to a past Angel attack, he placed a very small duffel bag strapped around his left shoulder, and jumped to the water, with the life-jacket, sans any suit warming and protecting him from the cold of the water.
Splash Keeping, or trying to, his head above the surface, he sputtered some salt water, before realizing that it really was extremely cold. Then, he started to move his arms and legs, trying to push himself to the nearest Plug, this being Rei's.
Two minutes afterward, he finally reached her Plug. Then something came up he never thought of: how was he supposed to gain entry outside in the water? He didn't even have anything to hold on-to, out here like this. The cold wouldn't give him much time for breathing too, so he improvised: he banged repeatedly on the Plug, hoping against all hope, that Rei would note the noise. A few moments afterward, he saw the Plug's hatch open and, much to his pleasure (2), Rei peeked outside. Seeing him, she lent her right hand, trying to reach him as much as possible, keeping her body as much as possible within her Plug. Darting his numb frozen right arm out of the water, he grabbed her forearm, and tried to lift himself enough to grab the inner Plug.
A few more moments passed, with Rei trying to pull and Shinji trying to rise, before he grabbed the Entry, and raise himself inside. Desperately trying, but finding it especially hard, thanks to the cold, he, somehow due to Rei's effort, managed to enter the Plug.
Immediately, he curled himself in a tight ball, shivering violently, and started to rub with his hands his own legs and shoulders. Hearing the hatch closing, he heard her sit in the Plug's floor right next to him, and try to pull out the bag and life-jacket from him. It wasn't easy, and it must've been straining on her nerves to see him like this and do little to help, she then embraced him, both being bare-naked, her chest against his left arm, her right arm rubbing his back rapidly, her left rubbing his legs, and her breath coming out hot against his neck.
Stuttering, he said
"S-s-s-sor-r-r-r-y ab-b-b-out all t-t-t-t-this Rei... I-I-I did-d-dn't wan-n-n-ted to-to-to-"
Sshhh "It's alright, Shinji. Just relax, keep thinking about something warm..."
Blushing, he replied, murmuring
"I did-d-d-dn't ne-e-e-ed tha-a-a-t, Rei..."
He then felt her detaching herself from him. Feeling hurt by it, he turned only to see her grab his shoulders and say
"Shinji, listen to me. Come to the seat. Come..."
Blinking and nodding, he got up, with her helping him, and sits down. He was about to curl himself again, when he saw something that, though it was as arousing as a succubus promising him a night of carnal festivities of all sorts, it warmed his heart exponentially: she placed herself in front of him, between him and the controls of the Plug, pulled his legs apart, and sit down, torso and pelvis leaning against each other, nipples touching something very soft and firm, her legs staying 'fallen', but wrapping his around her rear, hugging him with her left arm covering his lower back, and her right arm encircling his left shoulder and neck, therefore causing his forehead to touch her right shoulder as well as their right cheeks to touch each other.
Feeling now warming a lot faster, considering he was sitting down on her seat, as well as having her body covering, and touching, his as much as possible, his heart was really affected by all this, so, lifting his head from her shoulder, he gave her cheek a light kiss, which only lasted a fraction of a second in the material world, but within, in the spiritual world, in the denizen of emotions of them both, it lasted all but a lifetime. He then said, still stuttering, though less
"T-t-hank you, Rei, f-f-for this-s-s... At a-a-a tim-m-e like th-i-i-is, I agr-r-ree with... with a p-p-part of NERV's m-m-m-otto, 'An-n-nd all is r-r-right wit-th the w-w-world-d.'"...
Both blushing quite heavily, they relaxed their bodies, and simply rested in each other's warmth...
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Two hours later, around 22:00
Unit 00 Entry Plug
Blinking, Shinji lifted his head from a warm, soft, and comfortable, place, and looked around for a moment. Then it crashed down on him, as his brain started the OS: he had swim to Rei's Plug and she embraced him, in order to warm him up and prevent hypothermia. He blinked again, and noticed that her chest was leaning completely against his, thus providing him with an excellent feel of... Blushing, he also noticed that his right arm was leaning to her left leg, which in turn was leaning against his entire right side, and his right hand was on her left buttock. He raised his hand from there, which was quite warm, almost as much as other crucial parts of his body, and letting it covering her lower back. Looking at her face, which was resting in his right shoulder, sideways, with a perfect satisfied smile, he copied her, in terms of facial expression, and leaned his head back, and took a deep breath.
Praying that when she woke up, wouldn't notice his arousal, as if it was possible not to be in a situation like this, he darted his sight to his right, finding the internal clock, and reading '22:18:23'. Wondering what was taking NERV so much to come and retrieve them, he heard his own stomach grumble for a few moments, cutely expressing his lack of nutrition. Swallowing dry, he spent a few minutes trying to figure out a way to move her, in order for him to check the survival kit for nutrition bars, all this without waking her up.
Finding none, he proceeded to Plan B: wake her up. Clearing his throat, he, with his right hand in her back, gave her a few pushes, to see if she would wake up.
Alas, 'tis couldst not be so easy. Biting his lower lip, and desperately praying that, worse than Rei be insulted by his arousal, his father didn't found out about their current situation, he lifted his left hand from her right knee, and caresses her right cheek, while murmuring her name. Several moments passed like this, with Shinji really not deciding whether this was the most close he could ever get to a peaceful moment or a nerve-wracking experience to a kid, until Rei, slowly, opened her eyes, never losing her contented smile. Blinking, and yawning, she too raised her head from his right shoulder and, asides the mournful feeling caused by the partial loss of warmth, intimacy, and confidence, both felt, she looked around herself, spending only an extra moment gazing at the internal clock. She then looked at him, gave a very faint smile, and asked
"Is there something wrong, Shinji? Are you feeling ill?" She then placed her left hand in his forehead and cheek.
Swallowing dryly, and trying to get rid of the blush, since by now it was a waste of time to try and 'lower' the temperature of certain physical parts, he said
"Rei, do you think you could move off of me? So that I could check your survival kit for something to eat or drink." She spent a moment just gazing at his eyes, and so it was difficult for him to keep his gaze on hers, before she leaned her head towards his front neck and... took a very deep breath. Did she smell him??
Blinking, he saw her straighten her body, causing him an inner struggle fighting for decency and respect, and keep his eyes away from any parts of her body below her neck. Then she got out of the seat, letting his chest breathe some fresh air, as such was possible within the capsule, and walked to the back of the seat, where she removed a blue case from a compact area. She opened it and removed a bottle with a transparent liquid within. She plucked opened the cap, and drank a bit of the liquid, all this with her leaning her head backwards and the bottle up. She then gave him the bottle, though it took him a few moments to realize it, because his sight and mind were transfixed on her lips and neck.
Licking his own lips, he too drank a bit, before lowering it, and asking
"So... now what?"
She replied, in a stoic, though warmer than a few months ago, tone
"We stay here. We're too far from the coast to reach it swimming without any clothing or bathing suit." She then approached the seat. Seeing this, he moved to the extreme right of the seat, leaving her the extreme left.
Ohh "Well... So, tell me, where were you born?"
She looked at him quickly, too quickly, as though she was surprised... or terrified of such a question. She kept a few more moments looking downward, before asking him, without raising her gaze
"If... if I disclose to you the truth, do you promise to remain as my... friend?"
Shinji, mystified, nodded. Several minutes passed without her saying anything, so Shinji placed his left hand on her left cheek, caressing it slowly, and said
"Yes, Rei. Regardless of what you tell me, I promise to be your friend. Now and always!"
She turned a quizzical gaze to him, so he answered her unspoken question
"You've saved my life twice, Rei. First, by duty, now by friendship. I owe you much, and such is a small way to repay you." He removed his hand from her cheek, and grabbed and squeezed her right hand, with his left. She talked then, and started by telling him that she was born in Terminal Dogma, in a small laboratory. She told him of her sires, of her mother being the same woman as his, and her father being the father of Angels. Before she knew it, she was revealing all she knew, all the Commander had told her, and all she reflected and concluded on her own. All the hidden truths, all the deceives, all the illusions man-and-angel made, everything. In the end, she was hugging him strongly, almost babbling and stuttering, not crying, but not speaking stoically, her words full of emotions of all type.
Shinji couldn't believe it... so many wrongdoings, sins practiced as common and casual as taking breakfast... And this girl in his arms... She was... his half-sister, but... also half-angel. Noticing that Rei had ceased talking, he swallowed and whispered
"Give me some time to think..." And so he did, he spent over fifteen minutes considering everything she told him. He asked
"What does fath- the Commander wants with all this? To change Mankind to something else?"
She replied, speaking low, against his upper torso
"No... He wants to reunite with Yui, our mother, his wife..."
Shaking his head a couple of times, and trying to get rid of the incoming migraine, he said to her
"Listen Rei, thank you for telling me all this. I thought that... that I only had father and an uncle as family but... Now you've presented me with something even better: You! I have you and a far-away uncle. Father, to me, died ten years ago. We're... half-siblings. And you're becoming someone I trust evermore. I'm not leaving you on your own Rei. Never!"
And so he hugged her, as strongly and as much as he could, shedding some tears, for the long-deceased father, and, more importantly, for his newfound friend, comrade, and sister in many things...
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TBC
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1- I'm just assuming that each EVA has a survival/first-aid kit somewhere in the plug, as well as going with the standard location for such underneath the seat.
2- Not that kind of pleasure!
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AN: Yes, I realize this may seem quite the definition of an RxS, however, it isn't... Not yet, at least... At this time, the possibilities for SxAxRx(?) are quite open, and a matching, if one at all, remains undefined. Well, to me, sharing body warmth is an excellent way to fight hypothermia...
I was going to place here something more, a joke seen a lot of times, but that's going to appear in the next chapter, opening it up...
No beta-reader has proof-read this chapter.