Nothing Will Ever Change That
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Chapter 5: Do You?
Asuka's Room- Morning
I woke up around five in the morning and immediately started to make breakfast and our lunches for school. I didn't expect Asuka to wake up any time soon. She normally hops out of bed five minutes before school starts and runs the whole way there. My back is towards the bed where she lay, but I couldn't help but look at her. She looked so peaceful, so calm. The small amount of light that shone through the window only enhanced her beauty ten folds. Her straight, red hair could barley be looked at without smiling. The profile of her slender body was clear through the silk sheets, and that was – from what I could tell – how she liked it. The words 'A teenage girl can be difficult to understand' that Misato spoke rang through my mind. I disagree with it. I understand her perfectly, I may not know what happened in her past, but I know what she thinks. I know that she thinks that she needs to build up walls to keep people out… and that I just broke down these walls. She was so sprawled out on the king-sized bed that it was actually quiet funny. Always in such control, not wanting to share with anyone or anything was the main thing that attracted me to her. I turn back around to finish up the bacon I was cooking. I put our meals in a single bag and placed our breakfast on the table. I look back at her bed, and see that it was empty. I look over at the stove – or rather, what I thought was the stove – to see the face that defined beauty.
"Shinji," she said without a changed look on her face, "You said that you loved me. Why? How could you love such a demon? I have this personality to drive people like you away, yet you still cling to me. Why?"
"It's because of that personality that I love you. You are everything I'm not. Your strong, strong willed, you are able to stare fear in the eye, and you are a very well-balanced person. That's why I love you." It was all the truth.
"You keep on saying 'love', but do you really know what it means? Who have you loved before, huh?" She was right. I had no idea what exactly love was, I have never loved or ever been loved.
"No. I'm not too sure that I do know what love is, but I think I have a pretty good idea," was my only response.
She responded by moving closer to me, just an inch or two from my face, and I could feel her breasts pressing up against my chest. I tried to not move back.
"Pretty good idea, huh?" She said no more, all she did was narrow the distance between us to the point of our lips almost touching. "Well so do I." With that, she leaned in all the way.
Our lips were now in a tight embrace. Unsure of what to do, I just stood there. She wrapped her arms around my neck and deepened the kiss. I put my hands on her waist and relaxed. She pulled back and looked into my eyes. Those blue orbs. Those same blue orbs are what drove me crazy.
"Do you know now?" unable to answer, I just stood there with her inches from my face.
"Good," she continued, "'cause I still have no idea." Those words would ring in my head for years to come, I just knew it. For once in my life, I didn't feel alone. Once again, she closed in on me, ever so slowly.
Right before our lips met again, she said, "I love you to, Shinji Ikari." Our lips meet with great passion, more than last time. She put her left hand behind my head to deepen the kiss. For once, I responded and closed my eyes to enjoy the moment. It was at that time I realized that I would never be alone again.
I broke the kiss and looked into her eyes.
"Nothing will ever change this… ever." I say before embracing her in a tight hug.
A/N- I know, a very short chapter, but I thought it was appropriate to end it where I did. Will Shinji kiss and tell? Will Asuka do the same? Find out in the next chapter; School, until then keep on keepin' on!