Chapter 8

A/N: The moment of truth! They're alone together again on the hill top…

Shinji thought about yesterday's event's as he waited for Asuka on the hilltop.

Asuka was surprised that Shinji invited her to the hilltop, she wondered what's going on…

He smiled as he greeted her to the hilltop. He was a bit nervous, and she was too.

"Hey Asuka," he said as they sat next to each other.

They just sat and looked as the sun set. She rested her head on his shoulder and he smiled, "So how are you Asuka?"

"I'm good, how is your arm?"

"Fine," there was still an uneasy wave of silence.

"So Shinji, do you like me?"

Again she asks the question, she thinks that he'll probably say the same thing, 'We're just friends…' she thought.

He paused, he didn't say anything, Asuka turned to se that he was red and sweaty, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine," he said wiping his forehead, "It's just that this is kind of hard to say."

She blushed, "Really?"

"Yeah, telling your best friend that you love them is really hard you know!" he accidently yelled out.

They both turned red and faced each other.

"So you love me?"

"Yes Asuka," he grabbed her hand, "Of course I do. I love everything about you, your smell, your hair, your smile, your eyes, your warmth, your kindness, even your aggressiveness."

She laughed at the last one and almost melted when she saw that he was staring at her with loving eyes and smile.

She cleared her throat and took in a deep breath, "Shinji-kun I love you too."

They lay down to look at the sky now filled with stars. She rested her head on his chest.

"The stars are beautiful; I wish everything was like this. And I wish the third impact never happened. And I wish we were in some alternate universe where we were always friends and nothing horrible happened so we'd just live a normal life."

"You're right Shinji-kun."

She nearly fell asleep on his chest, they beating of his heart soothed her. He was stroking her hair which made things better. And when it got colder, they snuggled.

"I guess we'll stay together until we both died right?"

The word 'died' hurt her, she knew that he was going to die soon, "Yes."

"We're lucky that that won't happen until like…a lot more years!"

She refused to speak of this topic and told him that they should go.

A/N: Sorry that was so short…