A/N: Thanks for the reviews guys. I'm suprised you actually liked it. Anyways here's the next installment.
I woke up this morning while it was still dark outside. I slowly got up and took in what all has happened these past few days. I looked over my right shoulder and spotted a sound asleep Asuka. I then remembered her coming in last night. 'I better get out of here before she wakes up.' I slowly creeped down the stairs and into the kitchen, careful not to wake her up. Once I got into the kitchen I thought I'd fix some breakfast. I pulled out some bacon, eggs, and hashbrowns from the fridge.
"We really were lucky when we found this beach house still intact and with all the food good," I said to myself.
The stove was old, you know one of the ones where you have to light the igniter. I searched for a lighter, found one, and lit the stove. I started to cook the food. 'Maybe this will put Asuka in a good mood,' I hoped. When it was finished I put the food onto two plates. I set mine down on the table and walked upstairs to wake up Asuka and give her the plate. I walked into the room and found her sitting on the bed, evidently she just woke up.
"Uhhh," I was a little surprised she was up, "Good Morning Asuka."
"Good Morning…" She said rather drowsily.
"Here," I smiled and handed her the food, "I made you breakfast."
"Good!" She said with a slight smile, which was so quick you could barely see it, and took the plate.
"Well I better go eat too," I said and started to go down the stairs.
"Wait," she said with her mouth full of food, "I'll come with you."
So we walked down the stairs and sat down in the kitchen to eat breakfast. She actually complemented me on how well it tasted. I figured she was just saying that because I was nice, but either way it made me feel good inside. After we were finished eating I washed the dishes and put them in a dishwasher.
"Hey look!" Asuka exclaimed.
"What is it?" I questioned.
"The sunset, it's coming up." She told me, "Lets go watch it on the beach, okay?"
"Okay," I said as I finished the dishes.
We left outside and walked out a few and sat down on the sand. We watched the sun rise up over the orange sea and red sky. It truly was a beautiful sunrise, well except for the fact that half of Rei's giant head was still right there. We watched it for a few minutes until I noticed something down on the beach. I could've sworn it was a ghostly image of Rei again. I turned to Asuka to see if she noticed it, but didn't say anything.
"Look!" She said and pointed down to the sand. I followed her finger and it was the same spot where I had just seen the image of Rei. Now there was a blackish blue thing lying there on the sand.
"Wha…. What do you think it is?" I asked Asuka.
"I don't k now," She retorted, "idiot."
"Well…we uhhh better go check it out," I studdered.
We walked down the sand and as we got closer and closer I came to realize what the object was. At first I didn't know, but then I came to realize it was a person, and then I started to run and leave Asuka behind. I knew this wasn't just any person. It was Misato. I could tell by her bright red jacket and her purple hair.
"Hold on Shinji," Asuka yelled running after me. "I'm hurt you know!"
I ignored her and kept running until I finally stood upon her. She looked beat up, probably from Third Impact.
"Misato!" I exclaimed as I shook her to see if she was alive.
She coughed a few times and then opened her eyes. "Sh…Shinji?"
"Misato!" I said again and hugged her tightly. I guess that was a bad idea because she winced in pain and gave a yell.
"I'm sorry!" I apologized. At this time Asuka was already there.
"It's Misato," She said not too happily, but then all of the sudden she hugged Misato. And yet again she winced and yelled, but she had tears rolling down her face, tears of joy. Well I hope they were tears of joy.
"A…Asuka," she smiled, "It's okay."
Asuka and me helped her up and carried her over to the beach house, which wasn't too far away. When we got there we took her upstairs and set her down on the bed.
"I'm glad you're okay Misato," I said as a tear rolled down my cheek.
"Me too," Asuka chimed in.
"Well," She coughed, "I'm glad to be alive again…and I see you two are fighting."
I blushed, Asuka didn't of course, but I figured she was hurt. "Are you hurt Misato?"
"Yeah…." She smiled, "I think I still have a little bit of the bullet wound." She lifted up the back of her shirt for us to check it. 'It's bandaged just like Asuka was when she came back….'
"So…How does it look?" She asked.
"It seems fine, I'm sure it hurts Misato, but luckily it's already bandaged. I don't know how really, maybe it was…. Rei." I whispered the last word.
"It was what?" She asked.
"Oh nothing," I smiled. "I'll go fix you something to eat. I'm sure your hungry and you need your energy."
I walked down the stairs and into the kitchen. Asuka decided to stay and talk to Misato. I pulled some instant ramen out and started to cook it.
"Asuka," Misato said.
"Yeah?" Asuka replied.
"I'm really sorry the way were never got along." Misato apologized, "I wish we would've been more like a regular family."
"It's not your fault Misato," Asuka said, "It was mostly me. I should be the one saying sorry not you."
"It looks like you and Shinji have been getting along," Misato teased, "Is there anything I don't know about?"
"What!" Asuka exclaimed, "No, no it's not like that."
"Then what's it like?" Misato questioned.
"Well I mean he's a nice and caring person…." Asuka blushed and immediately changed her attitude, "But he's an idiot, a spineless wimp, and a pervert!"
"Alright," Misato said. 'Well I think Shinji might have some luck with the girl of his dreams' Misato thought.
I was walking up the stairs with a hot bowl of ramen. I walked through the door and stepped into the room. Both of the girls looked suspicious, but I thought it better to not know.
"Here's some ramen, Misato." I smiled.
"Just the way you used to make it," Asuka added. We all laughed at this.
"Mmmmmm" Misato ate the ramen; "I don't suppose you have any curry to put on this?"
I frowned, "No I'm sorry, but I'm glad to see that you're still the same old Misato."
We talked with Misato, while she was in bed, for a while. We talked about the old days, before Third Impact. We talked about how we should've been a better family, how we'll do better this time, all the mistakes we made in the past, and shared things about our pasts. We talked for hours and when we were done it was about six o' clock. I was the one to get up and stop our happy chat.
"I should probably fix dinner, I'm sure you're both hungry and we did skip lunch." I stated.
"I'll help you," Misato offered.
"Me too," Asuka added.
"Err…. Okay," I smiled. 'This has certainly never happened before,' I was glad though.
We went downstairs into the kitchen and pulled out some stuff from the fridge. We had rice, pork, eggs, chicken, and a few other things. I decided that we should make some teriyaki chicken and fried rice for dinner. We agreed that that'd be good to eat.
Our time in the kitchen was spent by me doing a lot of the work and Misato and Asuka either not knowing what to do or goofing off. Eventually we were able to finish, or I was able to finish, dinner. We sat down and ate dinner. Mostly Asuka and Misato were talking, I was just taking in the happy moment. I did say 'yes' or 'no' to whatever they asked me though.
When we were done eating dinner, we went outside to watch the sunset. We sat there and watched the sun gleam a bright red as it fell over the maroon horizon.
"The sunset's are beautiful though," Misato said. We both agreed with her.
"Well," Misato started, "It's a little chilly outside, why don't we go back inside?"
"Yeah," Asuka said. I agreed and followed them.
We walked back inside and yet again went back to talking about the past and the present, I guess we'd rather not know what the future has in store from us. SEELE taught us that valuable lesson.
Asuka yawned and soon followed Misato. "Maybe we should go to bed." Misato suggested.
We went inside and Misato went to her room, while me and Asuka stayed up a bit longer.
"Well Third Child," Asuka smiled.
"Umm…. What?" I stuttered, "Asuka…. Can you please not call me the 'Third Child?"
"Okay then," She smiled, "I guess you really did grow a spine."
"Well…." I looked down.
"I'm tired," Asuka interrupted. 'Not like I was going to say anything anyways.' I thought. "Take me to bed."
"Wha…what?" I blushed not believing my ears.
"You're still so easy though," She smiled and got up and went to bed.
I walked around the house and turned everything off. I walked up the stairs and into my bedroom. I plopped down onto my bed. I decided to pull out my journal and write about what happened today…
Three Days After Third Impact
Today was a good day. I think Asuka and I am actually starting to become friends, it's really cool. Someone really special to me came back to me from the LCL Ocean, Misato. She has always been like a mother to me, I think that's why she came back. I missed her, because she was the first person, other than my mom, to actually care about me and take me in. She took me into her home when I first arrived at Tokyo-3. We talked, and talked, and talked. That's all we did! My jaw is tired, but I bet Misato's and Asuka's jaws hurt even more. I'm glad she's back.
Today I gave Asuka her breakfast in bed I saw someone do that on television once, on one of Asuka's soap operas. I think it worked, because she's been nice to me all day. Everyone was saying how beautiful the sunset was, but (Don't tell anyone) but I was actually looking at Asuka smiling the whole time. I don't think she saw me. She's always on my mind, I just can't tell her anything. I think I might be in love with her, but it may just be infatuation. Still I wish I could tell her what I really feel…I might tell her tomorrow, that is if I can build up enough courage.
A/N: That's all for now. Chapter 4 will be up soon. I'm already done with it, I just need to put it up. Thanks guys.
