Hi guys, I hope y'all are staying safe from the ongoing virus. This is a separate fic from everything else I have made so far. This is gonna be a two-part series and the 2nd part should be out a day or two after this is uploaded. After this I'll be taking a short break(Just about a day)then I'll be back after that.
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This fanfic is rated T for various reasons.
That's enough rambling time for the actual fanfic.
Between a Rock and a Hardplace
By: Executor25
Tuesday Evening, Shinji's room
Shinji was currently lying in bed, listening to his S-DAT as he attempted to sleep. Even though he was listening to classical music, this was not enough to drown out the fighting that raged on outside his door.
Tuesday Evening, Living room
"ASUKAAA!" Misato yelled, calling out the young redhead from her room, and forgetting the fact that her other charge was trying to sleep.
"What do you want Misato?" Grumbled Asuka, her anger beginning to boil due to her rest being interrupted.
"We Really Need to talk righ-" Before Misato could finish, Asuka had interrupted her asking "Can't we just talk about this tomorrow, I still have school you dummkopf!" Her anger finally boiling over.
"NO, we are going to talk about this right now! While Shinji is sti-" Misato was once again cut off by Asuka who retorted "Ohhhhh, It's about Baka Shinji huh? Well guess what, this just means that we Don't have to talk about the Baka! What makes him so special anyway?!" Asuka fumed then stomped back to her room and slammed the door shut.
"Sigh, She won't get over her feelings for him, will she? Oh well maybe that means I can confess to him…" Misato trailed off and went to the fridge to get a beer in hopes of easing her current headache…
Wednesday Morning, Dining room
Shinji was setting breakfast o the table, considering it was a school day today, he had woken up early and had felt refreshed upon waking. He had prepared several pancakes with toast for the three of them. After setting up the table, he was about to call Asuka when she came out, hair messy and her back slumped over.
"Morning Baka" She mumbled, sitting down at the table and getting a pancake onto her plate.
"Morning Asuka…" Shinji responded, confused as to why the usually fiery redhead seemed to have run out of steam this morning. He then heard another door open, knowing who it was. Greeted her "Good morning Misato" Turning around, I found her in a similar state as Asuka was. She didn't even bother saying good morning and immediately made her way towards to fridge to get a can of beer.
Breakfast was eaten in relative silence as the trio got up to prepare for the day. They went to their respective rooms to change into more suitable clothing.
After several minutes, Shinji and Asuka were going out the door to school, Misato would still take some time to get dressed for work, so the pair opted to go in advance.
Tokyo-3 High School, Wednesday Morning
The school day proceeded as usual, boring lectures, small-talk with friends, and an enraged Asuka for the young Ikari. Lunchtime had since rolled around and Shinji was sitting in his usual spot by himself. He was eating his bento lunch when a shadow began to loom over him and his lunch, knowing what was in store he instinctively braced for an impact…
Which never came…
Instead of receiving quite a yelling session from Asuka about the bento lunch, he had provided and qualities of said lunch. This had the effect of several students turning their heads in response to shouting that was being unloaded by the fiery redhead onto the poor Ikari. When Asuka had finished with her outburst, all Shinji could respond with was a typical "I'm sorry". The German redhead just gave it out an exasperated sigh responding with more hush in her voice with "Of course you are…" She then sat down beside and began to eat her lunch, "At least it's better than food at the cafeteria…" She quietly mused.
Misato's Apartment, Wednesday Afternoon
The pair had recently returned from school to Misato's apartment. Since they weren't required for testing at NERV, the rest of the day was free for them. Shinji had moved off to the living room whilst Asuka went to hers.
Now that Shinji was now by himself and no one to bother him for time being had set up his Cello as for the fact it had been fairly neglected and his mind could not formulate anything else. After setting up the Cello and its accommodations, he got up to the cassette player and put in the tape for Canon in D and hit the play button. When he at what would be the 2-minute mark, he had garnered an audience in the form of Misato who had just gotten back home and was now standing in awe as Shinji continued playing, oblivious to her presence. He had then reached the main part of the piece and had gone into a crescendo. This had now also the effect of Asuka coming out from her room to see what was happening.
"Is that Baka Shin-" She was cut off by Misato had was silently told to just watch quietly. When he finished, he moved onto Die Walkure(Ride of the Valkyries) and after putting in the new tape, began to play once more, both Misato and Asuka were mesmerized once more by the manner of how Shinji was playing on his Cello. After the score had finished he began packing and as he was about to leave the living room, he found both Asuka and Misato staring at him, still shocked and in awe by Shinji's performance.
"Eh, Asuka, Misato? When did you guys get here…How much did you guys hear? Shinji asked, attempting to contain his growing embarrassment. The two females of the house finally recovered and begin to blush as they were caught in the act. "Uhhh, Hi Shinji" Misato was the first to recover, meekly waving her hand at him. Asuka recovered next, still blushing madly, didn't say anything, and made her way back to her room for reconciliation. "How much did you hear Misato?" Shinji asked, internally 'bracing for impact' at what the answer might be. "Everything really and I'll say, it was…" Misato responded, multiple possibilities of what Misato might say…
…Bad, Terrible, Horrendous, Horrible, Disgus-
"AMAZING!, Shinji-Kun" Misato squealed before squeezing the air out the boy's lungs.
"Th-Thanks Misato that re-really means a lot to me but…I ca-can't really br-breath well…" Shinji remarked, still struggling to regain his breath.
"Huh, oh sorry about that…" She quickly disengaged from the hug and gave a sheepish grin.
"But you did mean what right?"
"Of course I did Shinji-Kun, I wouldn't have said in the first place, would I?" Misato smiled at him and this was enough for him to calm down his worries and relax his mind. Now it was his turn to initiate the embrace "Thanks Misato, you're practically the first to hear me play along with Asuka, so it's nice to get something Positive…" Shinji trailed off, not sure want to continue off. Misato chuckled slightly and motioned Shinji back to the living room to talk about something, after some small talk, Misato whispered something and left a madly blushing…
Wednesday Evening, Kitchen
Shinji was currently preparing Dinner which consisted of Pork Katsudon, Rice, and Miso soup. While he was doing this he hadn't noticed a certain creep up behind him…
"Baka-Shinji!, What's for dinner?!" Asuka shouted at him, surprising him and nearly making him stumble in the process.
"Oh Asuka, just some pork with rice and soup, why?" Shinji asked with caution.
"Well Third, I was going to have you make something German but I'm going to give you mercy for once and I'll have you do it tomorrow, understand Third?"
"Ye-yeah sure thing Asuka…" And with that, the redhead went off somewhere to look for something else to do to relieve herself of the stress that came of not getting her German meal and the fact that she heard practically Misato and Shinji's conversation, thus being thoroughly pissed…
Wednesday Evening, Balcony
Shinji was currently at the Balcony, as of why, that's where Misato told him to meet her after dinner, speaking of which was surprisingly quiet as the inhabitants had their food.
Shinji was still locked in thought when he felt a hand on his shoulder and upon turning around found out it was Misato. They smiled at each other and she took her place beside him.
Silence took over for a few minutes until Misato decided to speak up, "Wanna know why I told you to come here?"
"No not really" Shinji quietly responded still not sure as of why he was there.
"Well, I have something to tell you then…Shin-chan, you remember how I took you under my roof after the third angel?"
"Yeah…" He still wasn't sure why he was there, considering he also had school tomorrow.
"Well since the day I took you in, I had begun to have feelings for you…" Misato took a deep breath and continued "You've managed to make my apartment an actual home, your cooking is great and you're a nice and caring person…"
Shinji was flushed, first, he was being complimented about his abilities and second, someone had feelings for him of which was female. His brain could not take this and scrambled to formulate a response: 'System overload, Abort operation, Abort, Abort, Abort' was that he could formulate in overtaxed mind.
Misato just chuckled gently and continued, "I like you Shinji, and I'm pretty sure…" She leaned in closer to him "…I love you"
This had done it for the poor Ikari as he had to fight a developing nosebleed, and an urge to faint as he received those words. The balcony was once again consumed in the quiet of the night as it's two occupants were at a stalemate. Surprisingly after several tantalizing moments, Shinji broke the deadlock "He-hey Misato I think I l-lo-love you too…" His voice was soft and quiet but just enough for Misato who was surprised at the revelation, 'He loves me back?!' She mentally screamed, giddy that her Shin-chan showed her the same affection back. She promptly pulled him into a Kiss which, at first he didn't do anything but eventually returned it as well.
A few moments later, they had broken off the kiss and both were thoroughly flushed by the experience. They exchanged several glances and silently decided for an embrace.
After the ordeal, Misato had asked if Shinji would like to sleep in her room, of which he agreed albeit reluctant. While Shinji entered Misato's room, their actions had been watched and observed by another person, 'Gott Verdamnt, that's how she wants to play huh? Taking Shinji away from ME, we'll see about that…and I was thinking of taking him later' As the form pulled back into its room, she began to sniffle and endured another restless night…
END
Omake: Breakfast Bagels
"BAKA SHINJI!" Was the yell that shook the apartment from its foundation up. The three people and a penguin that inhabited the apartment was having a regular breakfast until Asuka had bolted up to Shinji and began to bombard him (figuratively) without mercilessly. It had all started a while ago when Shinji finished making a batch of Bagels -2 per inhabitant- and laid them on the table Asuka had said that she was going to finish her other Bagel after her bath.
When she did finish bathing and dressing she had found nothing but crumbs of half her breakfast remaining. Thus in true Asuka fashion, went up to Shinji –Who had been quietly doing the dishes- was dragged into an intense interrogation that resulted in quite the battering.
And through all of this, a Lavender-haired woman was watching the whole ordeal go on while enjoying an extra Bagel that she had managed to spirit away, hoping Asuka wouldn't turn around to notice her and the object of interest in her mouth…
END
Hey guys, Hoped you guys enjoyed this chapter, I'm going to be throwing the second chapter by tomorrow or the day after so stand-by for that. I'm also welcome to anything you have to say(be it positive or negative)and I hope to your guy's thoughts on this fic. Also hoped you guys liked the Omake, friend of mine helped out with the thought process. That's all for now ya'll, stay safe and see you next time. : )