Chapter 2

A/N: Yep, here it is.

After talking for a while, Shinji and Asuka fell asleep. But then later Asuka woke up, a bit pink in the face, she looked at the sleeping Shinji, he was softly breathing on her.

"Shinji…" she said to herself looking into his eyes.

She turned red and thought to herself, 'He's so cute like this. I wonder if he has the same feelings towards me as I do him. Being the Baka he is, he probably thinks we're just friends. But, I want something more…'

She continued to stare at him. But then he woke up and turned red when he saw Asuka looking at him. She smiled a sweet smile and he yawned.

"Asuka?" he said smiling at her.

"Yeah."

"Why are you still awake?"

"Just thinking."

"About what?"

She looked down a bit pink.

"Hmm?"

"Shinji, do you like me?"

The question made him stutter and blush, "Yeah, of course I do, you're my friend."

She sighed in disappointment.

'Oh, she must of meant something else,' he thought blushing.

"Do you hate me?"

"Of course not!"

"Ok then."

"Why are you asking?"

"N-nothing Baka, they're just questions."

"Hmm…"

As he was about to go back to sleep, Asuka quickly kissed him on the cheek.

"Goodnight," she said to a flushed Shinji.

She then fell asleep and he looked at her with his hand on his cheek. 'Wow…'

The next day they started school again. Shinji and Asuka walked together to school.

"Asuka?"

"Yes Baka?"

"About last night…"

"It's ok, lets just go to school, race you again!"

He nodded and they quickly ran towards the school.

Thanks to their little race, they mad it there early so they stayed there waiting for the others.

"Shinji, do you like me?" she asked again breaking their period of silence.

Shinji got a little uneasy, but he answered the same way he did last night, "Like I said before, of course because you're my friend."

She sighed again, "BAKA! Why won't you truly answer my question?"

"Eh…"

"Shinji no baka! Answer me! I, I want to know…" she demanded looking down.

"But nAsuka…"

"No buts mister! Just answer the damn question!"

He walked up to her and touched her shoulder, "Asuka, its just that…"

"What! Am I not worthy to be more than a friend! Or do you just hate me deep inside?" tears began to come out and Shinji didn't know what to do.

'She's complicating things…Why is she doing this? Why is she asking me such a question…Does she…Does she…' but his thought was interrupted as Asuka hid away her tears and waved hello nto her friend Hikari.

Touji and Kensuke also appeared, with barely a scratch as if nothing ever happened.

"Yo, Shin-man, nice to see ya, let's go to class before the class rep there yells at us," Touji suggested.

"I heard that!" Hikari yelled at him as they dashed to cloass. She then turned to Asuka.

"Let's get going," she then noticed that Asuka's eyes were a tad red, "What happened?"

Asuka put on a fake smile, "Nothing Hikari."

"Don't hide things from me Asuka!"

Asuka just frowned and she ran off towards class.

"Asuka…"

In class, the sensei spoke of the second impact still.

ClassRep: Asuka, tell me what's wrong.

RagingFire: Don't worry Hikari, all is good.

ClassRep: I saw you yelling at Shinji, what is going on!

RagingFire: You saw it?

ClassRep: From afar, you seemed to be crying too.

RagingFire:…

ClassRep: I'm worried Asuka, please tell me!

RagingFire: Umm…

YouSuck: Hey class rep and devil.

PilotW2B: Hey Touji, and the others.

RagingFire: Others?

ClassRep: Touji your name is not nice.

YouSuck: Who cares, I'm inviting Shinji.

SilentWind: Hey everyone.

YouSuck: Yo Shinji!

RagingFire: Hey Baka.

SilentWind: Uh…Hey Asuka.

Touji and Kensuke turned to Shinji's desk to see that he was a bit red and that his hands were moving a lot.

PilotW2B: What's wrong Shinji?

SilentWind: ajsdbygrebihgxcvibdl

ClassRep: Whoa Shinji, I think you should go to the infirmiry.

Shinji then started to twitch and fainted. Touji and Kensuke quickly got up and picked up Shinji.

Hikari worriedly looked at him, and told Touji and Kensuke to be careful. Asuka stared at the fainted Shinji, 'Shinji-kun…'

Asuka quickly got up and followed the stooges.

"Please be fine Shinji."

When she arrived she saw the two stooges standing next to Shinji.

"Is he ok?"

They didn't talk.

She got angry and pushed them aside.

"Shinji!" she yelled and saw him lying in bed.

The nurse came and had a thermometer in her hand, "He's just had a high fever. Just let him rest."

She sat next to him on the bed and held his hand, 'Damn, he feels so hot.'

A tear went down her face and she began to weep a bit. Touji and Kensuke took a shock to this.

"The devil crying?"

"I never thought that it was possible!"

Asuka turned to them and glared, "Beat it you two!"

They frowned and yelled out, "Hope you get better!" even though he probably couldn't hear it.

Shinji slowly woke up to see a crying Asuka, "What happened? I feel so cold…"

"You fainted during class, the two stooges brought you here," she hugged him when he sat up, "I was so scared for a moment!"

He wrapped his arms around her, "I'm fine," he said, "I just don't feel too well…"

She let him rest again, "Ok then."

"Get better please…" she said as she began to walk out.

"Of course," he stared at her, "I don't want to worry you for too long."

She walked out and pushed her hair back, "He'll be fine… I Hope."

That night they told everything to Misato and they are going to take a test tomorrow.

"Are we going to pilot them again?" Asuka asked.

"I don't know," Misato replied and sent them off to sleep.

Asuka again went to Shinji's room crying.

He welcomed her and they slept in each others' arms.

But this night, Asuka woke up feeling a lot of body heat coming from Shinji, he was shaking a lot too.

"Shinji?"

He opened his eyes, he was crying a bit, "Yes?"

"What's wrong?"

"N-nothing, I'm fine…"

She moved away from him giving him space. He began to move more, but then he stopped and he fell asleep.

"I wonder what's wrong with him…"