Disclaimer: Still don't own Eva, but my birthday is around the corner.

Shinji woke up as the sun light shone through the porthole. Lifting his head off the pillow, he turned his head and looked around the room. Looking at the wind-up clock on the wall across from the bed, he saw that it was late in the afternoon and that he missed breakfast. He sighed and lay back down on the pillow. He was starving and was now regretting skipping dinner. However, he knew that Asuka needed it more than him.

Asuka was currently curled up against him, still asleep. Shinji figured that she had not woken up since she collapsed in exhaustion on top of him after their mutual releases. When she was done, Asuka always curled up against him. However, if she were to awaken during the night when he was asleep, she would move as far away from him on the bed as she could.

Not wanting to awaken her, Shinji carefully got up and sat on the edge of the bed. Rubbing his eyes and yawning a little louder than he wanted. He turned back to Asuka to see if he had woken her up. Seeing no activity, he sighed in relief. Though she had changed in her behavior somewhat since they left Tokyo 03 several weeks ago, Asuka still made a scene when she got angry.

Standing up, Shinji stretched his legs and looked about the room in search of his clothes. Noticing his boxers underneath a pair of Asuka's white panties, he picked up both articles of clothing. Keeping a hold of the panties as he slipped on his boxers, he gazed at them and found it funny that his face no longer got red at the sight of the undergarment.

'I guess all the sex with Asuka has made me immune to those kinds of feelings' thought the boy as he tossed the panties to the ground.

After yawning once again, Shinji went into the very small bathroom in order to relieve himself. After he was finished, he walked out of the bathroom only to find Asuka awake and sitting up in the bed. She was naked and her breasts were exposed to the cabin air. However, she no longer cared about him viewing her body in its naked state.

"How do you feel?" asked Shinji.

"I am fine," answered Asuka, pulling away the covers and standing up. She strode past Shinji to the bathroom and closed the door.

Shinji picks up his gray t-shirt off the ground and puts it on. Bending down, he picked up his blue pants and put them on as well. Sitting on the bed, Shinji begins to slip on his shoes when the bathroom door opens and Asuka walked out still naked. The boy watched her as she slipped on the panties that were thrown to the floor earlier and a yellow sundress that she pulled out of the suitcase next to the bed.

"We have an hour until lunch is served; do you want to take a walk" asked Shinji after finishing tying his shoelaces.

Asuka turns and gives him a blank stare. After a few minutes, she replies "sure" and slips on a pair of brown sandals.

Opening the door, Shinji made a gesture with his hand motioning for Asuka to go first. She walked outside and Shinji followed her, shutting the door behind them.

It was another nice day as the sun shown brightly in the sky. There was a slight breeze but all it did was keep the air cool. As Shinji and Asuka walked on the deck of the ship, they passed numerous sailors who were busy mopping and other chores on the ship; the couple was just ignored by the sailors. The couple themselves was also apart, each person trying to be as apart from the other as possible but still together.

As they neared the stern of the ship, Asuka suddenly stopped and turned towards the ocean. Shinji stopped as well and both teens leaned against the guard rail, staring out into the horizon. There was silence between the two for a while as they continued their staring. After a full ten minutes of either of them saying a word, it was Asuka who broke the silence.

"Why my name?" asked Asuka, continuing to watch the ocean.

"Huh?" said Shinji, confused.

"I heard you speak to the sailor when we were boarding the ship. Why did you pick Langley as the name for us? Why not Ikari?" asked Asuka.

After a minute of thinking, Shinji finally answered "Because I don't want to be an Ikari anymore."

"I understand that, but why use my name?" asked the girl, turning and looking at him.

"Several reasons I guess; family tradition, a pathetic attempt in concealment, because it sounded good at the time," said Shinji, not taking his eyes off the ocean.

"I see," said Asuka, turning her head back towards the ocean. There was silence once again between the two.

"Do you want to be Mrs. Langley?" asked Shinji, quite suddenly.

"It works I suppose. It is better than 'Ikari'" answered Asuka, a small smile coming to her face.

"I agree. The name 'Langley' is much better than 'Ikari'" said Shinji in agreement.

Asuka raised an eyebrow. "You should take pride in your name Shinji" said the red-head.

"Why? It's not a name that is well liked at the moment" said the boy.

"Because of your Father, but it was your mother's name and from what I understand she was a good person" said Asuka, not giving up on the matter.

"If my mother was such a good person, she would never had given her life to Eva and left me to my father" said Shinji with a small amount of bitterness in his voice.

Asuka turned at him and looked surprised. After a minute of thinking, she said "You have me there. I guess we had horrible parents, didn't we?"

"Yes we did" said Shinji.

"I wonder if our child will have this problem?" asked Asuka, her voice lacking any emotion.

"No, we made that promise in the hospital when we found out about the child; remember?" said Shinji with the exact tone of voice.

"I do. I wish our child could have more though" said the girl with a slight tone of sadness.

"We do care about one another, you and I. However, our personalities are a damper in our relationship" answered Shinji.

"Very true; do you think that we will ever learn to be open with one another?" asked Asuka, agreeing with the teen.

"We have to; for our child's sake" said Shinji with hope.

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Flashback

Shinji stares at Asuka's comatose form as it lay on the hospital bed. It was less than twenty-four hours since the death of Kaworu Nagisa, the seventeenth Angel.

"I am afraid of Ayanami and Misato. Help me! Hey, help me Asuka! Make a fool of me like you always do!" asks Shinji franticly.

He begins to shake Asuka, waiting for a response. Asuka, who was lying on her side, falls on her back. Shinji is surprised when he sees Asuka's breasts now revealed to him. He turns and walks to the door, there he locks it and walks back to the bed. In the next few minutes, a deep breathing sound can be heard in the room which is soon followed by a small cry from Shinji.

As he is turned away from the bed, Shinji looks at his hand which is covered by a white substance. "I am so fucked up" says the boy as he heads to the door.

However, before he can unlock the door and open it, he is suddenly grabbed by the shoulder and spun around to face Asuka who had a blank expression on her face. Before the boy could even say a word, Shinji is thrown onto the bed. Asuka, who is still wearing nothing but her panties, jumped onto the bed and straddled his waist. He stared up at the girl with a shocked expression, but it is Asuka who starts talking.

"Don't think you can be the only one who receives pleasure today, Third Child"

Author's Note: Here's chapter 2 of Finding Home and I hope it is well liked. There will be more info on what happened to Shinji and Asuka regarding the child and their leaving Tokyo 03 in a series of short flashbacks as the story progresses. Also there will be more on what is going on in the world when Shinji and Asuka make port in the next chapter. This fic is an AU which takes place after the Seventeenth Angel and not after 3rd Impact. So the children are still 14 or 15 years of age. I know that is a little young for a pregnancy, but it has been done before. I will explain more on the child as I said in future chapters.

Please R&R and a Huge Thanks to my pre-reader Sideris.