Perfect Life - Written by John Chalker
Disclaimer see Chapter 1
Chapter Ten
"Speech"
'Thoughts'
"Computer
messages or voice over a Telephone etc"
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Gendo had been sleeping at his desk all morning, When the mail clerk came round and disturbed him he almost shot the clerk out of fright although he would never admit it, But he did scare the clerk anyhow so that was enough to make sure he was never disturbed again. Fuyutsuki walked behind Gendo after making sure he was unarmed
"Gendo" he said
softly into his ear, He stirred a little and groaned
"COMMANDER IKARI!"
Gendo jumped out of his chair ready to attack anything that moved,
Fuyutsuki bursted into laughter and started rolling around on the
floor
"God Dammit Fuyutsuki
did you have to do that!" he screamed sitting back down
"Oh god YES!" he
said laughing more, "Paybacks a bitch Gendo"
He groaned and took out
some more Panadol with a glass of water "Has my son arrived at the
house?"
Fuyutsuki stood up and
straightened himself "Yes he has and Rei is with him"
Gendo flustered a
little when her heard Rei's name "Very well, I'm going home to
greet them"
Fuyutsuki nodded "I
will stay here for awhile and make sure everything goes to plan"
Gendo gave him a side
profile and nodded before standing on a platform and punched in a few
numbers before it started to lower into the floor
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Shinji had turned the Television's volume down enough as not to disturb Rei but loud enough so he could hear, The news spokesman was talking about the 2nd impact and how it had changed the world
He slowly lifted Rei off himself trying his best not to disturb her and walked to the kitchen to get himself something to eat, The Kitchen was Huge, Shinji couldn't get over the shear size of the Bench tops. He walked over to the fridge also noting how large it was and opened the door.
'Beer, Bourbon, Soda, food and more alcohol' he thought 'I wonder if Father and misato are related' he joked to himself before grabbing a can of soda and sitting back down beside Rei
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Gendo was sitting
inside his limo reading a magazine when the driver came over the
speaker
"Sir we seam to be
stuck in some heavy traffic, I'm going to take another route to
your house"
"Very well" he
sounded abit pissed, He really should build some underground roads
for Nerv personal so he for one wouldn't be stuck in traffic 'If
only money grew on tree's'
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Rei opened her eyes and
quickly sat up realising she just fell asleep
"Something a matter
Rei?" Shinji asked abit startled from her sudden awakening
She looked at him "No
Shinji-kun" and relaxed against the couch again
Shinji just shrugged
his shoulders and stood up "Rei im going to organise dinner, Will
you be staying?"
"Yes I will, but I
will help you" She stood up and walked towards the kitchen
Shinji followed her and
grabbed some food from the oversized fridge "You don't have to
help Rei, But I do appreciate it"
She didn't reply but
started to cut up some of the carrots he removed from the fridge
"I wonder when father will be home" He didn't sound to ecstatic about it, Reality was he was kinda scared about the ordeal
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"Stop by the liquor
store" Gendo said over the intercom "I wish to grab something to
drink tonight with my son"
The driver agreed and
they were at the store in no time
After collected some
virous bottles of intoxicating Liquid they continued their way to the
house
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Gendo's car rolled
into the driveway and up to the house, Shinji heard him come into the
front door
Before he could move
Rei already walked off the greet the Commander
"Good afternoon sir"
"Hello Rei, Good to
see you here"
"Thankyou Commander,
Your son and I are preparing Dinner" she said with her arms behind
her back
"nice, So I can taste Shinji's well known Cooking for once, and you helping must make it 10 times even better" He chuckled as he walked into the kitchen and placed the bags in the refrigerator not noticing Rei turn a deep shade of red "Hello Shinji, Glad your home"
He almost jumped out of
his skin "Uhh Hi dad, yeah it is I guess"
Gendo smirked and
grabbed a beer before walking into the living room
Rei came back to
Shinji's side and before long the food was ready and all three were
at the dining room table.
"So Rei, I hear you
have improved your synch ratio's, Well done" The commander spoke
up between bites
"Thankyou sir" Rei
continued eating just pausing to say those two words
"You too Shinji, Well
done"
He looked up at that
and smiled "Thanks dad"
They all finished and
Rei stood up before Shinji and chucked all the plates into the
dishwasher
Gendo had taken 4
glass's into the living room with one of the bags "Rei can you
grab some ice"
She nodded and returned
with a small bucket full
"Shinji sit there,
Fuyutsuki should be here soon as well, Rei you can join him" Gendo
said as he sat on the couch opposite shinji, After so he pulled a
bottle of Wild Turkey from one of the bags and a bottle of Soda from
another.
"Ever drank before shinji?" He asked pouring a mixture into a few glass's
"ah umm… no" Shinji watched the glass as it filled with the mixture, 'Thank god Misato didn't tempt him' Gendo slapped some ice in it and passed it to the young teenager, "Well since you have moved back home I see it as a perfect opportunity for you to try some"
He also gave Rei one
"In normal circumstances I wouldn't but I cant let you sit out"
She nodded and picked up the glass eyeing it a little
Shinji picked his glass
up and smelt the contents, It smelt sweet, he slowly put it to his
lips and took a sip, "It taste's sweet"
"Of course Shinji, it's a nice drop" Gendo poured himself a glass and took a mouthful, "ahh, Come on Fuyutsuki you should be here"
Rei looked at her glass again and took a small sip 'This is sweet' She took a mouthful then drank the whole thing, She placed the glass back on the table and looked at Gendo "I guess you can have another" He poured her another glass which she eagerly took and slowly drank this time savouring the flavour, Shinji just finished his as well as Gendo did, He poured another two and passed one to his son
Rei was sitting on the
edge of the chair already feeling its effects, She took in the last
half of the glass and slid it across to Gendo while looking at him
smiling
He shrugged his
shoulders and gave her another "That's all for a while Rei, I
don't know how your body will take it"
Shinji perked his ears
up and looked at his girlfriend, Just how will she react he thought
to himself "Shinji that's not going to drink itself" "oh
sorry" he grabbed the glass and took a few sips
Rei just finished her
third glass full and was already over the legal limit for a driver,
she slid the glass back along the table and looked at the commander
again expecting a refill
He shook his head no,
she pouted out her bottom lip at him
'God Dammit why does
she have to do that' Just then the doorbell rang 'Saved!' he
thought as he stood up making his way to the door
After he left rei
quickly fetched the bottle and gave herself a refill, She noticed
Shinji's glass was almost finished and filled his up as well.
"umm Rei I don't
think we should do that"
"Nonsense Shinji"
Rei jumped beside him and kissed his cheek causing him to turn a dark
shade of red "I won't tell if you wont"
Shinji looked at her
shocked, He never thought Rei could act that way
After Rei finished her glass she was more then Tipsy and was trying to get shinji to sit on her lap, he kept shaking his head so she jumped into his and wrapped her arms around him "ah… Rei my dad will be back any second"
"So" she said kissing him again
They heard a thump from behind them, Rei looked up and started to giggle, Gendo had fainted from the sight, Fuyutsuki stood with a smile that could rival Kaji's "Good two see you two enjoying you self's" he said stepping over Gendo and rubbing some gel under his nose bringing him back to reality "Oh dear god I thought I saw Rei kissing Shinji" he said standing up
"But I was Gendo"
She giggled again seeing his face fluster. Fuyutsuki helped Gendo
over to the couch and gave him a drink
"Rei have you been
drinking with the boys?" Fuyutsuki asked sitting beside Gendo
"Why yes, How could
you tell?" She grabbed the bottle again before Gendo could stop her
and poured a drink
"because you are
carefree, This is interesting" Fuyutsuki turned to Gendo "it's
a good thing for her, She has never been so open before"
"I Guess your right,
Anyhow lets drink" Gendo poured himself a mix of 70 spirits and
30 soda, 'I'm going to need this' he thought as he held his
nose and downed the whole glass
30 Minutes later
Gendo being over
intoxicated was a understatement, He and Fuyutsuki started into a arm
wrestle competition, Fuyutsuki usually winning
Shinji even beat his
dad a few times, Thanks to the Alcohol in their systems all
nervousness was gone between the father and son.
"You know Fuyutsuki"
Gendo slurred "We should make these two second in command
The party stopped.
Shinji looked shocked at his father who was grinning and Fuyutsuki
almost drowned on his bourbon,
"What do you mean
Gendo" Fuyutsuki coughed setting his glass on the table "3rd
and 4th?"
"Of course, After the
plan it would be perfect"
Rei smiled and hugged
Shinji again. "Who will be what?" She asked
"Well Rei you know
your pretty much the third Commander so we will make Shinji the
fourth"
Shinji stared at the
floor, The alcohol was almost making him smile at the idea but it
involved NERV after all "What do you mean after the plan?" he
asked
Gendo shook his head "I
will have to fill you in the day after tomorrow, But right now you're
the unofficial fourth commander, Lets drink to it"
He reluctantly nodded
and tipped his glass towards his father, Things were sure changing
for this teenager
Gendo soon passed out
on the couch and Shinji decided it was time for bed, He showed
Fuyutsuki back out and him and Rei left the Commander alone on the
couch before heading to Shinji's room
Shinji didn't think anything of it When rei jumped into his bed and snuggled close to him, The alcohol was clouding his sense's as so was hershe knew he was going to have a headache in the morning and decided to let sleep take over him just as Rei kissed him goodnight
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Gendo woke up at 2am and lugged his way to his own sleeping quarters
Just as he passed Shinji's room he took a peek and smiled, His son was home after all and he wasn't to worried about Rei being in his arms, He wouldn't prefer anyone else specially if Shinji takes his job he was offered, Cause then it would mean his spouse would have to know Nerv secrets. So he allowed the relationship between his creation and Son to continue
But Seele would have other plans
TO BE CONTINUED….
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Authors notes:
O my I
have made it to number 10, I never expected to do so in the first
place and I'm not even close to the middle of the story yet. Well
I hope I can update more often
Please
read and review
Cheers
John