Angelic love

By: ninetyninenails

Chapter four: Birthday?

Rei lay in her bed as she dreamed. Her hidden memories came flooding into her and made her heart flutter as she remembered risking her life for Shinji and questioning if she desired to become one with him. The rest of the blurry images in her head pieced together and made sense to her. They connected back together and she could no longer see the blurred pictures, but she also dreamed of other things then just the past. Rei was laying in the grass with Shinji while the sun sat and her head rested on his shoulder and her hand was entwined with his.

"Shinji" she called his name and he looked into her red eyes and she could fell herself blushing and he slowly kissed her ever so tenderly on the lips. That's when she woke up.

She sat up on her bed as sweat trickled down her face and her heart was beating fast and was skipping beats. She felt so happy in her dream and was disappointed that it was a dream.

"Do I love him?" she asked herself.

"What is love?" she wondered. She checked her clock and noticed it was morning so she got up, got dressed and checked her operations book and saw that they had a simulations test today. She got dressed and made her way to Nerv.

Shinji got changed into his plugsuit and entered the entry plug of unit-01. His test began and he was faced with the third angel, he took the angel down with ease but his mind was focused on Rei. All he could think about was talking to her and seeing her smile. He remembered when he was ordered to take her I.D. Card to her and she was nude but he viewed her not in a perverted was but in a more artistic way. She was truly beautiful and the way she usually carried a blank expression made her so mysterious and at times look sad but overall even with the sad, mysterious blank expression she looked so beautiful and delicate.

Delicacy

She always looked so delicate and gentle but she was also strong and independent.

"She shouldn't have to pilot Eva, but that's what she was created to do" thought Shinji. He felt the overwhelming urge to embrace her fragile body course through him but it was suddenly washed away with the pain as an angel attacked and he was greeted by Ritsuko's voice.

"Focus Shinji!" she scolded.

"Right!" he replied and he shot at the angel then made an attempt to lunge at it with his Progressive knife. The angel shook the knife from it's side and threw Shinji to the ground.

"Damn, stupid simulation" thought Shinji as he rolled as he hit the ground and jumped up on his feet and picked up his rifle and shot a volley thus finally killing the simulation. After that he was greeted by the simulation of the sixteenth angel, Armisael. This angel would be the toughest of all to kill. Shinji tried his hard but still ended up getting killed, luckily it was only a simulation.

"At least he was able to stay alive for more than two minutes" said Ritsuko.

"Yeah" said Misato in a sad tone.

"Good job Shinji" said Ritsuko.

"Thanks" replied the third.

"Rei, your up next" said the blond haired doctor. Rei replied with a simple 'Yes, ma'am'.

"Good luck Rei" said Shinji to the red eyed girl.

"Thank you, Shinji" said Rei and she gave him a light smile and proceeded to her Eva.

"Did she just smile?" asked Ritsuko in disbelief.

"Yep, her and Shinji seem to be becoming real close nowadays" said the purple haired woman. They both glanced over at Shinji and saw that he was busy watching Rei as her gun fired in various directions.

She was able to take down most of the angels with minimum difficulty but when she faced Armisael she found herself in the same situation that she was in the first time she had fought the angel. The angel was trying to merge with her all over again, though she felt the pain, she knew it wasn't real and as it tried to merge she was greeted by the memories of when she first fought the angel and she self destructed her Eva just for Shinji...no she sacrificed her life just for Shinji. And for some reason that brought a smile to her face and the simulation ended up winning the fight.

"Looks like Rei couldn't defeat the sixteenth, either" said Misato and Rei got out of her Eva.

"Ha!" came the response from Asuka.

"I can take down that angel, no problem" she added.

Twenty minutes later...

"Verdammt!" cursed the German girl and she continued swearing obscenities in German.

"Looks like Asuka couldn't do it either" said Ritsuko.

"Those damn simulations are stronger than actual angels!" she scorned.

"No, I'm afraid they're the same strength" said the blond haired scientist.

"That's impossible no angel is that strong!" she protested.

"Yeah, they actually are and if more come they will be stronger" said Ritsuko. Asuka went off and continued her swears.

"Hey, Rei why don't we get out of here" said the third.

"Okay" came her quiet reply and they left.

"Have fun you two!" called Misato as they left.

"Would you like to go sit up on the hill?" asked Shinji.

"Since it is a beautiful day and all" he added.

"Yes, that would be pleasant" said the girl with the porcelain like skin. The sun shined bright and the air was cool with the smell of spring and flowers. They walked up the grassy hill and sat down, they could see the whole city from where they sat. The city was always so noisy and filled with metal and buildings there was hardly any grass or plant life around.

They sat down on the cool grass. Shinji had his hands on the ground and his legs stretched out and Rei sat with her legs to her chest and her head resting on her knees.

"Hey Rei, have you ever noticed that our Sensei always talks about the same thing?" he asked.

"Yes, the information he gives us is quit irrelevant" responded the red eyed beauty.

"Rei do you have any other clothes than just your School uniform?" asked Shinji. And there was a moment of uncomfortable silence.

"It's just that I see you always wearing your uniform I was curious if you had any other clothes, I'm sorry if I offended you" he explained.

"I was not offended, I have no other clothes, I did not see a reason to have more clothes" said the first.

"But wouldn't you like to wear something other than your uniform?" he asked.

"I do not know" came her reply.

"I could get you some clothes for your birthday if you would like" said the boy.

"I don't think I have a birthday" she said in her usual tone.

"Well you have a day of creation, that's the same as a birthday" said Shinji.

"Do you know when you we're made?" he asked.

"No, I shall ask the Commander, he will know" said Rei. As the time went by she became more comfortable and stretched her legs out like Shinji and put her hands on the ground, unknowingly she slid one of her hands onto his and that made Shinji jump a little, he looked at her and saw her with a little smile on her face and decided not to say anything. They sat together in a joyful silence.

They watched together as the sun began to set sending the sky into an orange, red and blue color and even some white as the clouds began to move in and the scent of wild onions was faint in the air adding to the spring day.

"It's so beautiful" said Shinji in awe. Rei smiled and replied.

"Yes" was all she could say and they shared an amazing moment of happiness as the sun went down and the beauty filled the sky and it made contact with them, not just emotionally but it felt as if it touched their souls as well. They stayed their even after the sun went down and the moon came. The moon light kissed down upon Rei's body like a blanket.

"...She looks so beautiful in the moon light" thought Shinji but the moment was short lived as Shinji checked his watch and noticed it was getting late and they walked home.

AU: That's the fourth chapter, I hope to make this as long as I can and I was hoping to make some conflict in the next chapter so give me plenty of ideas and suggestions.