Lite Up
Chapter 3: Burning Bridges
by shinjitheassassin
It was nearly noon before Shinji woke up, he found himself sprawled out over Akanes bed with both Asuka and Akane on each side of him, both of their heads resting comforatble on his shoulders, though this presented a problem for him as both of his arms were numb now. Both of them had a satisfied smile on their faces and Shinji began to recount the previous nights events and blushed a little. His thoughts then began to wander to what time it was, Akane had no clock in her room but from the sunlight coming in through the window he figured it must have been mid morning. Carefully he lifted the dead weight of his right arm which was now regaining the feeling in it to look at his watch; his eyes went wide with horror as he saw what time it was.
"Oh shit" he exclaimed
At this Asuka stirred awake looking up at him she gave the best smile she could manage through her groggyness "What is it Shinji?" he asked in between a yawn.
"We're in deep shit, thats what it is" Shinji replied.
"Why?"
Shinji showed her his watch as the time changed to 1o'clock in the afternoon.
"MEIN GOTT!" Asuka exclaimed as she jumped out of the bed, rocking it so hard that it jolted Akane awake.
"Whats going on you guys?" She asked as he looked up at her two companions.
"Asuka and I are in deep shit when we get home" he responded to her.
"Why's that"
"Well, we WERE supposed to be home by 9 o'clock last night. Asuka answered somewhat shooting a glare at Shinji as if to blame it on him. "So Misato probably has Nerv intelligence out looking for us."
"Why are you giving me that look, I didnt hear any compliants out of you last night" He smirked causing Asuka to blush furiously.
"Oh my god guys, I am so sorry" Akane began to apoligize " It was all my fault, if I didn't insist that you stay..." she was cut off by Shinji.
"Dont worry about it, we had a great time last night so I think it will be worth the trouble"
"Yes, yes we did" Asuka smiled, still blushing a little from the events of the previous night.
It took the three another twenty minutes to finally get fully motivated enough to get ready to leave, searching for their own cloths as they were scattered everywhere.
"Here Akane, I found your panties" Shinji laughed.
"BAKA! those are mine"
"Oops sorry" Shinji tossed them over to her.
Finally getting dressed and making sure they had all their belongings Asuka and Shinji were about to leave when Shinji paused for a second then turned and walked over to Akane, giving her a small kiss goodbye then rejoined Asuka
"Hey Asuka, dont wear him out too much, remember we need to share him." Akane laughed
"I'll try and keep that in mind" Asuka laughed back as well as she opened the door to leave.
"THERE THEY ARE" two men yelled.
"Shiest, Nerv Intel are here" Asuka slamed the door shut and looked to Akane "Is there a back door out of here?"
"Yeah we can take the fire escape" she said and lead the way to the back as the Nev Intel began hitting the door to break it down.
The three exited the back door and began quickly making their way down the series of ladders and stairs finally making it to the ally way below. As soon as Akane came off the ladder a nerv intel who came around to the ally grabed her and pushed her to the ground to arrest her
"LET ME GO" Akane screamed
Asuka saw this and looked around real quick, seeing what she wanted she picked up a small brick and hurled it towards the man. There was a loud crack as the brick hit its mark, sending the man down to the ground holding the side of his head as blood began to run. Akane saw her chance and bolted quickly being followed by Asuka and Shinji.
"We need to split up." Asuka said, "Shinji you come with me"
"Hey, I thought you said split up" Akane joked.
"They're looking for us, not you" Shinji pointed out
"I know, good luck you guys" Akane said and bolted off in another direction.
Shinji and Asuka ran as far as the could before the slowed down to a walk to catch their breath, hoping they made enough distance between them and the Nerv intel.
"You know, its weird, I have always imagined I would hate sharing the person I love with someone else, but now, it really doesnt bother me" Asuka thought out loud.
"Person you love huh? I always thouht I was nothing more then a pervert to you" he smiled
"You really are thick sometimes, do you think I would ask just anyone if they want to practice kissing?"
"Actually no" he reassured her
"Good, you should feel fortunate third child" she smiled as she took hold of his hand.
Another forty-five minutes found the two at their door, reluctant to enter knowing full well the tongue lashing Misato was no doubt going to give them, and not the good kind either. Sure enough the second they opened the door Misato began screaming at them to sit down on the couch as she called Nerv to inform them that the children were home.
"THEY DID WHAT!?!" Misato screamed into the phone. "Yes I will take care of it" she said and hung up the phone, then turned to glare at the two on the couch.
Where the hell have you two been?
"We were at a friends house, and just lost track of the time" Shinji answered, which for the most part was true, they were at a friends house, and in the midst of their own activities they didnt bother looking at the time.
BULL SHIT!. I will not accept that as an excuse. You were gone all night and you didnt even bother to call." Misato continued to rant. "And not only that, you attacked Nerv Personel"
"They were hurting Akane!" Shinji shot back. "Besides, we had our cell phones and we could easily hear the alarms if there was an emergency."
"Thats besides the point!"
"Like your one to talk Misato, your always out all night, drinking with Kaji!, and your going to give us a lecture" Asuka retalated. This caught Misato off guard for a split second.
"I'm an adult!" was the only reason Misato could come up with. "Right now I have to go report in, you two are to remain here until I get home. I still havnt decided how I am going to punish you two for this." With that Misato left the apartment.
The two waited a little longer before getting up, making sure Misato was gone.
"Well that went well" Shinji commented with a little chuckle.
"You baka" Asuka sighed "So what now?"
"Well seeing were grounded right now I guess that counts going to check on Akane out of the question, dont think she grabed her cell phone so cant call her either." Shinji answered as he flipped on the television and began browsing the channels, or at least what was left them. With the constant Angel attacks, they destroyed almost all of the local studios as Asuka left the room to go find something to eat. He finally settled on a channel that was showing an older music video. The guy singing was dressed in a pair of low riding shorts that went down passed his knees, his shirt was unbuttoned showing the undershirt he had on which was commonly referred as a wife beater. Shinji never really got why they called it that though.
"Hey Asuka" he called out.
"What" she asked as she re-entered the room and leaned down on he back of the couch just behind Shinji.
"Think I should start dressing like this?" he gestered toward the guy in the music video. Asuka grinned as she imagined how he would look if he started dressing like that
"I think you would look great like that, you should try that tomorrow for school"
Still smiling Shinji looked over at Asuka to saw something but was cut off before he could even start as her lips locked with his as Asuka seized the moment. Shinji was still a little surprise getting this type of reaction from Asuka, he was so used to her threatening him and putting him down, but he was still more then willing to return the kiss as he had no need to feel guilty now that he was dating both her and Akane. He then reached up and wraped his arms around her neck and pulled her over the couch on top of him. Asuka let out a small yelp as she came over but resumed kissing him as she settled comfortable on top of him. Both of their hormones raging now just like the night before as they continued to run their hands over each others bodies, touching various parts, teasing each other to test their limits. Their breaths becoming quickened as they began to explore each other at a faster pace, becoming enveloped in the passion and lust. Just at that moment the doorbell rang. Both of them let out a swear and sighed. Asuka got up and went to answer the door as Shinji sat up and fixed his shirt and went back to watching the television.
"Wheres Shinji?" he heard a very familiar voice come from the next room. It was Hikari.
"Um...hes in the living room" Asuka answered.
"Good I need to talk to him" Hikar said and stormed into the living room where Shinji was. "Where were you yesterday, you had detention remember?"
"Hello Hikari" Shinji greeted with a smile.
"Dont you play innocent with me Shinji, where were you." she asked again, clearly becoming more agitated.
"If you must know I had to go through some tests, so I couldnt have been in detention even if I wanted to."
"Well I guess that cant be helped, so where was Akane?"
"Well evidently she had something better to do." Shinji shot at her with a hint of sarcasim.
"Shinji, why are you acting this way? You've changed alot since you began hanging out with that girl and I dont like it." Hikari said. The changes in Shinji were becoming more evident, he wasnt as reserved as he once was when he first came to Tokyo-3.
"People change, what can I say?" he answered her as he continued to watch the program on the television.
"Well your not getting out of detention that easily, you will serve it today, so lets go." Hikari ordered and turned to walk out expecting Shinji to follow, but he made no move to do so.
"Sorry cant do that." he said with a grin, "Misato said we were not allowed to leave the apartment tonight" clearly using Misatos punishment as an excuse.
"Why not?"
"Because we came home late" he answered, not giving her any time frame as too how late they actually were.
"Well, where is Akane so I can corner her?"
"Don't know." Shinji replied, again another bent truth.
"Well, I expect both of you to be in detention after school tomorrow." Hikari said and turned walking out. Pausing for a moment to talk with Asuka then leaving. Asuka walked back into the room looking at Shinji who was still watching t.v.
"Now why do you have to serve detention?"
Shinji looked up at the ceiling, searching his memory for a second. "You know, I'm not exactly sure, we were both stoned off our asses at the time." he laughed.
Asuka sighed at this with a half chuckle "Well, now that the mood has been ruined what should we do now." she paused for a moment then got an idea before Shinji could even answer "Hey didnt you get more from Akane?"
"Oh yeah I did." Shinji had completely forgotten about it with the days events. "Go open those windows so it doesnt linger, Misatos already becoming suspicious of us."
"Alright" Asuka said and made her way over to the windows and began opening them, a small gust of windo blew in. While she did this, Shinji got him from his spot on the couch and went to hs room, searching his dresser real quick before grabbing a small paper bag that Akane had given him the other night. On his way back to the living room he made a stop in the bathroom and grabbed the can of Vanilla Air Freshner then proceeded to the living room area, plopping back down on the couch next to Asuka. He then produced the contents that the bag held. Taking the lighter in one hand he brought the joint to his lips and lit it, inhaling deeply before passing it to Asuka as he held it in as long as he could before releasing it slowly. Asuka took it, bringing it up to her own lips and following the same actions as Shinji did. It wasnt long before both were feeling the effects, poking fun at the things on t.v.. It wasnt long before this additional noise caught their other room mates attention, as Pen Pen waddled into the room to investigate what was going on.
"Watch this" Shinji said as he took another drag, instead of holding it in, be began blowing it into the penguins face, who had no choice but to breathe it in.
"Thats mean" Asuka laughed as Pen Pen began to squawk annoyingly. A few more times of this saw Pen Pen in his freezer eating non stop. Shinji then got up giving the room a quick spray with the arifreshner then went to go put the stuff away before returning back to the couch next to Asuka again who was already drifting off to sleep, Shinji soon followed.
At around eleven at night, Misato returned home forgetting exactly why she was mad at the two. She sighed some as she saw them both asleep, Asukas head resting on Shinjis shoulder. on the couch with the television still on. Her face then turned to worry as she began to imagine the yelling that would come in the morning and let out a long sigh, might as well enjoy the silence while it lasts she thought and walked over, turning off the t.v. then she retired to her room for the night
It was around seven in the morning before Misato stumbled back out of bed to ensure that the two were up and ready for school. Groaning some as she saw them still asleep and in an even more compromising position. She decided to get Shinji up first, more so to give him a running head start before Asuka would wake up.She shoke Shinji gently to stir him awake.
"What time is it?" he asked sleepishly.
"Shh, dont wake up Asuka." she whisped, she really didnt want to hear Asukas yelling this morning "Its time for you to get ready for school" Shinji nodded and turned to Asuka, gently shaking her to wake up. "No shinji dont..." but it was too late, Misato began to move her hands up to her ears to prepare for the ranting that she thought was going to ensue.
"Just five more minutes Shinji" Asuka said still half asleep and snuggled up closer to him. Misato stood in disbelief as she looked on, Shinji had made contact with her, TOUCHED HER and she wanted to get closer to him and not kill him?!?
"Come on Asuka, we have to get ready for school."
Asuka groaned and slowly sat up rubbing the sleep from her eyes. "Gutton Morgan Misato",she said as she stood up, then saw the look on her face and remember that Misato didnt know about Shinji and herself, she grinned inward to herself and decided to give Misato a good show she turned to Shinji as he stood up and greeted him with a deep kiss. This caught Shinji by surprise at first but he was happy to return it, looking out of the corner of his eye he almost laughed at the sight of Misato standing there, jaw wide open. Breaking the kiss Asuka smiled "And dont you forget it third child" she chitted, then proceeded to her own room to get ready, passing Misato as if nothing had happened. Shinji followed as well but entered his own room. Misato stood there a bit longer before moving to the fridge and taking out a can of beer. Looking at it for a second she reached in and grabed an entire six pack before going back into her room. It wasnt long before Shinji and Asuka were both dressed and heading down the street. Shinji of course did as he said and dressed much like he said he was going to, leaving his dress shirt untucked and unbuttoned, exposing his 'wife beater' undershirt.
"Hey, Wait up" a voice called from behnd them. The two turned around to see Akane running towards them.
"Hey there." both of them greeted at once in unison. The three of them laughed at this as they continued to school together. They arrived at school a little later then usual, stumbling into class as the teacher was going on about his normal lecture. Hikari turned and gave the trio a dirty look as they quickly took their seats, taking a moment or two to hear what the teacher was saying. Of course he was still going on about how life was before Second Impact, nothing new. Seeing this they each opened their desktops and entered the schools private chat, creating a private room for themselves.
Asuka How much longer is he going to go on about this? This is boring.
Shinji No doubt.
Akane I agree. By the way Shinji, I like your new look, very hot.
Asuka Hell yeah it is.
Shinji lol ty
Akane So whats the plan for lunch time?
Shinji Well I was thinking about hanging out with Touji and Kensuke, its been awhile since I've talked with them.
Asuka Yeah I was going to try and catch up with Hikari. Feel free to come over and join us.
Shinji Yeah dont be a stranger P
Akane I dont think Hikari likes me too much, so I may hang out with Shinji.
Asuka Yeah, she seems to have a thing against you.
The three of them continued to chat amongest themselves until the lunch bell rang, letting out little snickers every now and then as they made jokes about various students in the class, Hikari most of all. As planned Shinji joined up with Touji and Kensuke while Asuka met up with Hikari.
"Well look whos come back to join us" Kensuke joked as Shinji approached them. "And hes got a new style too" he continued, commenting on how Shinji was dressed.
"Yeah, where you been, we stopped by your apartment this weekend but Misato didnt know where you were, we thought you ran away again." Touji added.
"I was at a friends house." Shinji answered, but didnt give any details. Sitting down continueing to talk with the other two as he kept glancing at the door waiting for Akane to come out, seeing she had to get some books from the teacher to make it look like she was somewhat paying attention in class. He didn't have to wait long, Akane emerged in her usual tight black jeans and a black belly shirt, her long black hair pulled into a pony tail. She looked around for a second until she saw Shinji and began to make her way across the compound towards where he sat.
"Man, why is she coming over here" Touji said, "She dresses so slutty"
"I agree" Kensuke added in. "We like girls and all, but we like them to at least have some moderation."
Shinji couldnt help but laugh "This coming from the two who jack off to porno magazines." he said and got up, Leaving the two of them he made his way to meet with Akane. The two watched as he walked away, wondering what was going on.
"Whats up with him?"
"I'm not sure"
"I thought you were going to hang out with your friends" Akane said as the two met halfway.
"Forget them." he said with a smile as he leaned in and gave her a small kiss on the lips. Both Touji and Kensukes jaws dropped as they looked on in disbelief. Akane and Shinji then began to make their way off campus.
At the same time of this was happening Asuka and Hikari were talking while they ate their lunchs.
"So whats going on with Shinji?" Hikari asked "He seems to have changed alot"
"I like the new Shinji" Asuka commented with a smile "Hes more initiative now"
"And what do you mean by that." Hikari asked, then paused for a second "You dont mean that you...and him..."
Asuka smiled again "Yep,"
"When did this happen?"
"Over the weekend"
"Well perhaps you could talk him into not hanging out with Akane."
"Let me think about that."
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THINK ABOUT IT"
"Your right, its a no brainer, the answer is no"
"What? why not?" but Hikari held it right there as she caught a glimpse of Shinji and Akane locking lips and froze. Asuka saw this too but only smiled, she was half tempted to join them but she had already promised Hikari she would hang out with her. Hikari then snaped back from her shock as she saw them leaving the campus.
"We better go stop them."
"What? why?" Asuka asked
"Because, shes nothing but a trouble maker and shes a bad influence and shes going to get Shinji in trouble." Hikari replied and went to take off after them, but was stopped by Asuka. "What are you doing?"
"Just let them alone."
"Asuka, he just kissed her, arnt you upset about that"
"No I am not"
"What, you mean to tell me that, you, him, and her are..."
Asuka only smirked at this.
"YOUR LIVING IN SIN!" Hikari exclaimed. This caught the attention of many of the nearby students, including Rei.
"And its a blast" Asuka smirked and turned to walk away, having enough of this conversation.
"Your gonna end up being a slut just like her!" Hikari stated. At this a fire exploded in Asuka, she wasnt as calm as Shinji was about these things, she whirled around and slapped Hikari hard across the face and turned to hastely making her way to where Shinji and Akane stood frozen at the actions.
"Lets get out of here" Asuka fumed, leading the way. The other two only nodded and completed making their way off campus. They gathered under the large oak tree where Shinji and Akane first met, leaning against the tree Shinji reached into his pocket and removed a single joint with a small lighter. Placing the join between his lips he lit it, inhaling deeply and holding it in, passing the joint to Asuka. Unknown to them, Rei had seen what went on and became curious as to what led to these actions, letting her curiosity get the better of her she had followed them. When she had finally reached them, the three were all sitting under the tree, Asuka rested her head on Shinji shoulder as Akanes head claimed his lap, each taking their turns taking hits from the joint, which was getting smaller with each drag. The three of them looked up as Rei had reached the tree, her eyes searching over them, curious to what they were doing, but her face showed no expression. Taking in mental notes as she looked over them, noticing their eyes bloodshot. Then she focused on the joint held in Shinjis hand.
"What is that pilot Ikari" she asked in her usual monotone voice.
It took a few seconds for the question to sink in about what she was asking about. Shinji thought for a moment, he couldnt find the words to explain it to her, he then decided just to hand it to her. "Here try it." he offered. Rei took it into her fingers looking at it for a moment.
"How do I try it."
"um...You smoke it." Shinji answered, "Be sure to hold it in after you inhale though"
Rei nodded, she was familiar with this conecept, she had seen Misato, Akagi and even the Commander smoke. She then did as she was instructed, bring it up to her lips she inhaled deeply, holding it in until Asuka had to tell her to let it out. It wasnt long before Rei was under its effects, sitting down, more calm as usual as she started the chatter uncontrollably, she actually acted normal for once...well as normal as they could be anyways. The four of them didnt return back to school that day, instead they all made their way to Akanes house.
"So Shinji has two girlfriends" Rei asked Akane after they steped into Akanes apartment.
"Yep" Akane nodded with a smile
"Would he want another?" Rei asked suddenly. Though she never showed it, she had always cared for Shinji, from the very first night he held her in his arms during the third angel attack. He had shown much concern for her welfare during combat just like when she shielded him from fifths angels attack, her only problem was she was unsure how to show it. This caught the other three off guard for a split second, Shinji was dumbfounded. Asuka and Akane looked to each other smirking some.
"I'm sure we can find a way" Asuka answered with a wink towards Shinji. He could only gulp.
"Yeah, he handled us two fine the other night, lets see how he does with three." Akane said seductivly as she began pressing forward to where Shinji stood.
"There is only one way to find out." Rei said as she joined the others. Only one thought ran through Shinjis mind as he was pushed into Akanes room. ' I am going to be tired tonight '.
Authors Notes: Well its about time I got this out, and I guess I owe an explination as to why it took nearly fives years to get this done, though I am sure most of my prvious readers have moved on, this is for the ones who stayed. I began writting this back in 2001 when I first got into NGE. But a series of events unfolded beyond my control. I ended up homeless in the state of Maine for 3 months in 2002 because of listening to bad advice. After doing a series of odd jobs I made enough money to get back to Iowa where I live. From there my main focus was to get a job so I wouldnt repeat the same mistake twice. Finally, after working at a local slaughtering house for a year I managed to save up enough money to get me another computer, but then another addiction came into my life...Everquest, I am sure most have heard of it. I am not looking for sympathy, I learn through life experences, I just feel that my readers deserve an explination. So to make a long story short, after sitting down and watching the entire NGE series from beginning to end I regained my motivation and set to work. More chapters will follow as I already have chapter 4 well underway. I will be introducing another new character in the next chapter. May also add a new Lemon side fic to accompany the current Akanes Room.
Disclaimer: No, I do not own Neon Genesis Evangelion or any of its characters, (However Akane is my own creation, and no the name isnt from Ranma 1/2)With that being said, DONT DO DRUGS!