Disclaimer: I don't own Evangelion and all rights got to there respective owners. Also all OC's are the creation of JimmyWolk himself.
SPOILER WARNING: This contains spoilers for the fanfic "The 2nd Try" and it's sequel comic Aki-Chan's Life" which is all done by JimmyWolk. So If you haven't read that then you should definitely stop right here and check those out first before continuing.
Sumarry:
Shinji and Asuka, after having done food shopping return to the apartment to find it in a trashed state.
"Sugar Rush"
"You doing ok, Shinji?" Asuka said teasingly.
"Ahh…yeah..I'm..doing..just..fine..Asuka." Said a straggling Shinji who was carrying four big and heavy plastic bags of their grocery shopping.
"Well ok, let me know when your done trying gain some extra muscle, Shinji." Asuka said while giving Shinji a knowing smirk.
Shinji slightly blushed at his wife's teasing. Yeah it was no lie that he was desperately trying to improve himself physically, especially after a comment from Aki a few days ago, who was disappointed that Papa wasn't able to carry her like he used to do anymore.
This had hurt his pride as a father and he also definitely missed the times where he could easily carry his little sunshine without so much as a strain. Obviously the blame was the whole mental time travel thing and it wasn't his fault on how things turned out.
Yet despite this Shinji had been doing more attempts to strengthen himself, by secretly trying to do exercises without letting anyone noticing, even trying to indirectly asks Toji on his exercise regimen. This secrecy unfortunately didn't last as Asuka had caught him red handed trying to do push ups alone in their room which she found both incredibly funny but also really sweet of him, knowing that the main reason he was doing it was due to Aki's off handed comment.
None the less Shinji was determined to gain enough strength to make his little girl happy and Asuka too as even he could tell that his wife was also missing his big and more muscular frame.
The two didn't say anything for the rest of the journey home, other than Shinji struggling with the bags, falling into a comfortable silence as the sun began to set in the horizon. A part of them was tempted to stay out a bit longer and enjoy the evening with just the two of them having a romantic outing, even if it was just laying on the grass watching the stars together.
Ultimately they both decided to be responsible parents and to keep going as Aki would be hungry and waiting for them. Never mind Misato likely to chew them out for making her babysit longer then she already has, which if both teens remembered correctly, had been almost couple of hours since they set out for the shopping.
They soon arrived at the apartment complex and got into the elevator.
"Seriously I can't believe that you bought something this expensive." Asuka complained, making Shinji turn to face Asuka and saw her looking more closely at the only bag she was holding throughout the journey. "Like six thousand yen for a case of glow in the dark colouring pens." Asuka said before giving Shinji a look. "Honestly, you really like to spoil her don't you?"
"But..but Aki has been doing so well at kindergarten and I just thought that she deserved something nice as a reward for being so good…and she really wanted them to." Shinji tried to feebly explain his reasons to his wife. Asuka just sighed in resignation, a soft smile appearing after.
She couldn't really fault her darling idiot husband, knowing too well that it was hard to deny Aki anything. Shinji did remember clearly last week when Aki saw the toy commercial on TV and squealed in delight when the glow in the dark pens were shown. When Aki told him about them and desperately wanted them for herself like any excited child. Shinji at first was wary due to the high price for a pack of colouring pens containing thirty different colours. He only calmed an excited Aki down by telling her that he would buy them if she continued to be good in kindergarten.
Aki did keep her word and did very good in kindergarten that following week, telling both her parents proudly that she had gotten a happy smile gold star for one of her drawings. So as a proud father how could he not reward his little girl.
The two exited the elevator and walked towards the apartment door and just as the door opened, they were already met by their purpled haired guardian, slightly making both former pilots jump.
"OH THANK GOD YOUR BACK!" shouted a hysterical Misato, who looked like she had been put through ringer. Shinji and Asuka saw that Misato's hair was in a mess, her clothes were stained all over the front and the older woman's face looked like it was doodled on by pen marks of different colours.
"Misato, what's wrong? What happened!?" a concerned Shinji asked as he put the grocery bags on the floor.
"Shinji, Asuka, Aki is... Aki is..." Misato said before she quickly wrapped her arms around both of them and to their surprise, the purpled haired woman started to sob.
"Aki!? What happened Misato is she ok!?" Asuka now greatly worried more than before she pushed Misato off of them and grabed her shoulders tightly. "ANSWER ME!?"
Rather than explaining the situation to the two worrying parents, Misato quickly grabbed their arms and pulled them inside, which unfortunately made Shinji drop their shopping, bringing them further into the apartment. Upon arriving to the kitchen area they saw to their surprise and horror that the entire place was trashed.
"Oh mein Gott im Himmel! What the heck happened here!?" Asuka exclaimed in disbelief while Shinji looked on in horror at the state of the whole apartment, colour draining from his face.
The kitchen had all the cupboards opened, the table and chairs where either flipped or knocked down onto their sides, what little food that was in the apartment before they left was all over the floor and walls along with all the kitchen utensils too and that all around Aki's picture drawings and crayon and pen marks where all over place too. The two teen parents also saw PenPen laying next to his freezer looking traumatised as he was slowly rocking back-and-forth and looked like he was crying with doodle arks all over him too.
As they went further in they saw the living room was also in a bad state with all the cushions and the bean bags all having been ripped open leaving feathers and bean bag fillings all over the place, nearly all of Aki's toys that had been in her room were now scattered around the living room, the TV was on its side with nothing but static on the screen and like the kitchen Aki's pictures and coloured crayon and pen draws all over the floor walls…and even the ceiling too!?
Both Shinji and Asuka also took a quick peak down the hallway and bathroom and saw what they had feared that they too were in in complete disarray with again Aki's trademark pictures and drawings on the all over. The bathroom unfortunately looked trashed with what sounded like running water still on and the hallway and a huge buildup of bubbles coming out of there.
"Aki! Where are you!?" Asuka called out to her daughter, seeing that she was nowhere in sight. To her relief she heard footsteps running from one of the bedrooms coming towards them. Misato paled before getting behind both her wards for cover just as Aki reemerged and both parents saw that Aki was naked with doddles drawing all over her body.
Aki seeing her Mama and Papa squealed in delight before running over to them and kept running around them in circles at fast speed.
"Mama, Papa, Mama, Papa, Mama, Papa, you're home you're home you're home, yeeeaaahhh!" Aki rapidly said before she stop running in circles but now was continuously hopping up and down on the spot while looking up at them expectedly.
"Um, Aki, honey, are you ok?" Shinji asked his daughter in concern. He knew Aki was very energetic but the way she was currently acting was beyond anything he or Asuka have ever seen her being.
"YEAH! I'M SUPER, MEGA, ULTRA, HYPER HAPPY PAPA!" Aki shouted out. "I want to run and go play at the park, climb a tree and fly to the moon and play among the stars!" Aki explained loudly of her intentions before quickly tap her hand to her father's leg. "TAG PAPA YOU'RE IT! NOW CATCH ME, CATCH ME, CATCH ME, CATCH ME!" Aki shouted before once again running around them and all over the apartment while giggling madly, never noticing that her Papa wasn't actually moving to try and catch her.
Watching their daughter run around for a moment before turning their eyes to Misato, both Shinji and Asuka once again had to ask her. ""Misato what happened here!?"" they said in sync with a bit of anger in their tone, clearly wanting an explanation.
"I…I don't know what happened!? After you guys left to get groceries, she came to me as I was filling my reports complaining that she was really thirsty so went up to get her a glass of water since we had no juice and when I came back to give it to her I saw her taking a sip of one of my energy drinks I left in my room and after not even a minute she..she just exploded!" Misato explained before taking a deep breath to continue. "She ended up drinking the whole can and now won't stop running around and I've I tried everything I could think of to get her to calm down but nothing is working! She is killing me and...the look at this place! It's completely tra..tra..trashed." Misato whined as she looked around the apartment, seeing the destruction before once again sobbing in her hands.
"Misato, why didn't you call us?" Shinji asked, wondering why they weren't called sooner.
"I tried! The little terror took my flip phone!" Misato exclaimed. "I can't find it in this mess and Aki even disconnected and took the apartment phone too."
Still trying to process everything and still watching Aki run around endlessly, Shinji took the time to ask Misato another question.
"Misato, what exactly was the energy drink she had?"
Misato quickly went to to her room and came back with the now empty can and handed it to Shinji. "It was this. When I gave up beer for obvious reasons I started using these types of drinks as a substitute, though I stopped using these when I figured out I was pregnant. I even forgot that I had this one can in there." Misato explained.
Inspecting the can, Shinji gasped when he read the ingredients listed on it. "Dear God. No wonder Aki is so hyper. The caffeine and sugar levels in this are way too high even for an adult!"
Taking the can from her husband, Asuka also looked at the listing herself and gasped also. "Mein Gott, Misato! We're you trying to get yourself fat and get diabetes with this!?"
"Hey will you get off my back. I said I stopped drinking these when I found out I was pregnant, and I didn't know I had a can left over in my room." Misato tried to defend herself.
"With the way your room always is I'm surprised there isn't a dead animal buried in there as well." Asuka said.
"Oh like your room was any better than mine before you and Shinji started sharing." came the comeback from Misato.
"What was that!?"
"Ah ladies?" Shinji interjected.
""WHAT!?"" Asuka and Misato shouted at the only male in the apartment, making Shinji back away slightly.
"Ah..I think the problem is over now." Shinji told the girls while pointing to Aki. The two women saw that the little girl had now stopped running around endlessly and was wobbling where she stood.
"Aww, now I'm sad..(yawn) and tired." came Aki's tired reply and went over to a still shell shocked and unresponsive PenPen and laid next to him by his fridge before leaning over the penguin, making both fall gently to the side and all three adults watched as Aki fell asleep while using PenPen's whole body as a personal pillow.
Watching this cute and funny display for a moment before all three once again looked at the destruction of the apartment.
"So… about that…"
End.