"On my own… hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm."
"Somewhere to call a place of my own."
"I drift along, singing my song."
"Together with you, I'll be here everyday."
"Hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm."
Shinji sings, as he pets Wuffles. The tiny mini pincher snuggled up to the boy, casually licking his fingers.
Rei hums along with him, smiling her sad smile. They both know that it's irritating the hell out of good old professor Fuyutsuki. They'd giggle. The events of the past few fours had vanished into the midst of their minds.
The future, it is what you make it not something someone decides for you.
He glances at the kids slightly with the back mirror and grins, grinding his teeth slightly. He just doesn't know why the song gets to him.
Finally he just sighs and looks at the road ahead.
"A few more hours kids, and we'll be at Okayama soon."
"Uh huh." They both chorused. Looking at each other, they laughed. Wuffles yips with them too.
"Oh boy," the professor mutters to himself.
And it was like that till they arrived at Okayama.
Okayama
"Great game guys." Kaji shouts, holding up his winnings and patting Ritsuko in the butt. The girl slaps his hands and points to Misato. She didn't seem to mind though.
"She's in deep thought lately." Ritsuko whispered into Kaji's ears.
Weighting the options, Ritsuko gives him the push he needs to walk unto his future wife.
"I'm going, I'm going." He grumbles. Ritsuko gives him a two thumbs up and runs after Vash and Nicholas, who's both sitting at a nearby table sobbing at their loss.
"Can I buy you a drink miss?"
"No thanks, I'm with someone. Oh it's you Kaji, sure you can buy me a drink."
Hesitating for a while, Kaji looks around and slowly puts his hands around her and gives her a slow French kiss.
"Mmm slow down tiger." She purrs into his ears.
He looks into her eyes and tries to find the Misato he loves in them.
"Is something wrong Misato?" he asks slowly stroking her long dark violet hair.
She flicks her hair to the side and sips a little from her servesa negra.
"It's a long story." She touches his arms and rubs it closer to his shoulders then to his neck.
He gives her a simple kiss and nods. "We'll be starting the rest of our lives soon, I'd like to know what there is to know about the woman whom I love with all of my heart."
She frowns a little, then a tear drops from the corner of her eyes, and she stares him straight. Something she seldom does, or when she's angry, but on this special occasion, he knows something's wrong, something has scared his lover.
"You won't get mad?" She asks shyly.
"No I won't my love."
The two of them hug for a while, and then she steadies herself, taking a deep breath and tells him the story of her life.
To be continued.
Note: I'm sorry I had to cut this part off; I'll continue it as soon as I can. ;