Chapter 7

A/N: She only has a short amount of time…Shinji, how is he doing? This is all Shinji in this chapter.

Shinji woke up to see that Asuka wasn't lying next to him, "Aww, I wonder where she went," he missed the smell of her hair, and the warmth she emitted from her body, "She seems so concerned for me lately. And she hasn't asked me if I liked her in a while. Those questions did bug me though…"

He went back to sleep for he felt dizzy once again.

When it was lunch time at school, he wandered around the park.

"I hope the sensei doesn't mind me being late," he said to himself as he paused and sat on a bench.

He took in the fresh air and felt his forehead, "I guess my head is feeling better today."

He sat and sighed and looked out towards the school. He was wondering what Asuka and his friends were up to, "I wonder if they realize I'm gone…"

He looked at his watch, "I guess I have 10 more minutes," and he layed back.

He continued to watch the school and he stared at the roof because he saw Asuka there crying with Hikari, "Oh my, I hope Asuka's okay," he got up, "Oh, I guess I should leave her, she does have Hikari."

He continued to look at the roof, he stared and gazed at Asuka. He instantly turned red when he thought she saw him, "Oh no, I hope she didn't notice me."

He thought about the past days, he's been having a lot of pain, and Asuka has been by his side the whole time, but he saw her cry everytime, which made him feel sad.

"I feel so bad for making her cry almost everyday…I wonder if she still has that nightmare…But I shouldn't worry, it'll go away, im so sorry that she has after affects from te third impact, and all I got was this cut on my arm."

He looked at his arm again which was bleeding a bit, "What the?"

He never thought that it would bleed again, but he just shrugged, "I doesn't hurt that much!"

He thought about Asuka again, flashes of her appeared in his head, "Oh I'm having those flashes again..But they're of Asuka, so they make me feel better," he dreamily sighed, "I just love her…"

He then froze when he said that, he couldn't believe what he just said, "Oh my gosh, I love her don't i…"

He smiled at himself, "I guess I know what to say the next time she asks me that question."

Again he froze, "But, that would be so hard… I don't think I could admit this to Asuka."

He frowned and sighed, "I can't just forget it…I can't just pretend that I still want to be friends…"

"I mean, I still want to be friends, but I want it even more, I love the closeness, she makes me feel better, her concern makes me feel wanted, and that I'll never be alone. It assures me that, we'll be together forever, but in the sense of friends?"

He looked into the sky, "Or as lovers?"

He looked down and took a while to think, he then turned to the side to see that Asuka was running to him, "Hey Baka, lunch times over," the class rep was there too, "Yeah Ikari, it is time for class!"

He nodded and waved to them, he then smiled at Asuka and rushed over to them when the other stooges came to wave at him too.

In class, instead of reading and writing pms and taking notes, or talking to the others, he spent the whole time staring at Asuka.

RagingFire: What are you looking at Baka?

SilentWind: You.

RagingFire: …

SilentWind: Oh gomen nasai, I won't look anymore!

RagingFire: No it's fine.

SilentWind: Really?

RagingFire: Yeah, just don't do it too much, you're embarrassing me, I mean, stop looking or I'l pummel you!

SilentWind: Lol, sorry then to disturb you.

He turned away from her and looked at his computer screen, there was a picture of him and Asuka, and they were holding hands. The heat rushed to his face.

YouSuck: Dude, are you looking at porn?

SilentWind: Of course not!

PilotW2B: Then what? You're face is turning all red.

SilentWind: It's nothing.

He closed the conversation and sighed. He again looked at the picture and smiled.

The next thing he knew, he was writing a pm to Asuka.

Dear Asuka,

I've been noticing you crying a lot lately and I'm really worried about you. Come after school to the hilltop and we can talk there. Just remember, I'll stay with you forever. We're best friends right? And if you're having that nightmare again, please tell me, I am really concerned about you.

He sent it and sighed. He couldn't believe that he was planning to tell her then… Hopefully she won't break his hear or it won't ruin their friendship.

He spent the rest of his time staring at her again, this time no one noticed, and after he looked at her, he looked at old picture of them…

He sat at the hill, and waited for Asuka, "I hope she accepts my love for her, if it ruins things, then I'd be humiliated and sad, but if she really does care for me in the same way I do for her, then she probably loves me too, But whatever happens, it's hard not to think about her. I don't want to be alone."

A/N: Yay, they finally get their chances, can Asuka and Shinji really find the guts to admit what they feel, and if so, what happens next?