Nothing Will Ever Change That
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Chapter 6: School
"WOOO! Shinji! Nice!" I look over at Toji who is being held in a surprised Hikari's arms.
"NOOO! Shinji, what did she do to you!" Kensuke cried. His eyes were like dinner plates.
"Asuka?" Said Hikari looking at me, "What are you doing?"
The rest of the kids in the class were in aw. Some literally fainted; some of the other boys gave me a glare. I look down to see Asuka and me still holding each other's linked fingers. We both quickly pull back and blush profoundly.
"What the hell are you looking at!" We both yell in sync. All of the kids went back to there business as normal. I sit down in some random seat and to my surprise; Asuka took the seat next to me, even though there was a person in it. I open up my laptop to find that at least twenty messages were awaiting my response. I close it back up.
"This is going to be a long day," I say as the class starts. I simply put my head down on the desk and went to sleep.
When the second bell rang, that was the cue for lunch.
'Shinji! How did this happen to you?" Kensuke was still on my back about this morning. The fact that both of our lunches were in the same bag didn't help either. Our lunches were both ramen noodles with some hot curry.
"Nothing happened, I already told you! We were just… uh…" Nothing came to mind. What could a boy and girl be doing linking fingers and walking together?
"You were just what, eh Shinji? Holding hands, right?" Toji said. He was right though. I hate that.
"Will you just leave me alone already? Please? I've had enough of it." I was so close to just punching them and ending it right there.
"Come on, Shinji! Just tell us one thing! Please?" Vultures. Couldn't they mind there own business? Might as well end it.
"Fine, you really want to know? You want to know everything?" I wasn't going to tell all, but just enough to get them off my back. "Look, Asuka and me are close now. Really close. I think we are dating, but I'm not too sure." That was all I said.
"Good God! Shinji, you've really grown a spine! Did you kiss her?" Did I kiss her? Well, DUH! But I wasn't going to tell them that.
"No more" I was sick of talking.
"Fine. We'll stop. He made-out with her." Shit! He's right! Now it's going to be all over school! Unless…
"Hey Toji, is Hikari a good kisser? She looked like she was really enjoying it!" I never saw them kiss, but I know that they did. I could tell by the look on her face. Toji's face instantly turned red. He wasn't blushing, he was on fire!
"Okay! Enough! No more talk about girls!" he quickly said, trying to change the subject. Both me and Kensuke shared a well deserved laugh.
"You gonna keep it up?" I asked.
"NO! We'll stop!" Replied Toji.
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Class- 5 minutes Till Final Bell
I was right. This was probably the WORST day of my life. After lunch, Asuka got mad (what's new?) at Hikari for asking if she kissed me. Now, when the day is finally over, the teacher caught me and Asuka sending messages on the computer… and read them aloud.
"So Mr. Ikari, do you mind telling the class what is so important that it couldn't wait till after class? No? Then do you mind if I read it?" I nod my head, what was I supposed to do?
"Let's see here… it seems like you were having a little chat with Miss. Souryu," her face instantly went white, and she plopped her head on the desk. A few gasps and giggles escaped the children in the class, "well Shinji Ikari, I thought you would have higher standards then that. Having a smut chat with that demon, your pathetic. I would expect something like this from Asuka, but not the commander's son." He just went way too far. I jump up out of my seat so I am looking the man in the eye.
"Mr. Ikari! Take your seat immediately!" he didn't have a chance to say anymore… unless he didn't mind talking with a bloody lip. All of the children in the class gasped, and Toji got up and grabbed a hold of me.
"Whoa! Shinji, calm down!" Toji was right, but that son-of-a-bitch had no right to call Asuka a demon.
"Security! Get in here now! I have a violent student in my class!" The teacher says over the intercom. I saw what was coming up next.
"Oh shit!" Toji yelled, "Shinji! What the hell did you think you were doing?" hell if I knew, but I couldn't just let him insult the only person that loved me the same way I love them. The guards start to run in and immediately tackle me to the floor. That fricken hurt!
"Ikari! Calm down right now!" I hear the sound of snapping handcuffs on my wrists. The guard closed them too far and now they are pinching me.
"Get off of me!" I yell as I struggle to get away. I really need to stop; I'm making this a bigger deal then what it needs to be. I can't help it though; the mix of adrenaline and an over abundance of hormones is making me crazy. I was able to turn around on the floor and knee one of the guards in the gut. Physical harm. That was there cue to pull out their guns and point them at me. Looked kind of stupid, Toji later said, two cops pointing a 9mm at a fourteen year old handcuffed boy on the floor.
"That's it! Get this kid to the car!" one of them yelled. And they did as they were without question, and within seconds, I was out of the room.
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Police Station- 3:30
"What were you thinking? Assaulting a teacher AND a guard? You do realize that we could lock your ass up for this, right? But, because of your considerate father, you get…" I cut him off, his little speech needed a correction.
"Yeah, my father is considerate, killing my mother and leaving me out in the cold for thirteen years. You don't know him so don't go throwing compliments unless you know what your talking about!" I was yelling by the last part. I looked up at he officer and I saw that he was saluting, not to mention he was wide eyed.
"Mr. Ikari! How nice to see you!" the officer said. Oh crap. I look behind me to see that son-of-a-bitch who claims to be my father. He was just standing there with the same look he had planted on his face 24/7.
"Hello Shinji. What have you gotten yourself into this time?" was all he said. I was the next one to speak… even though I didn't want to.
"Hello, Commander Ikari. As for what I've gotten myself into… I'd say pretty deep shit would about cover it," I've really started to grow a pair lately.
"I can see that, how serious are the charges, officer?" he asked as if I wasn't there. What's new?
"Well, he's got two charges of assault to a teacher and an officer, which WILL get him expelled and COULD get him in prison, but his time – if any – in prison will be your chice," great, a man that hated me is choosing my prison sentence.
"Punish him to the full extent of the law. I believe that charges such as these will get him three months in prison, am I correct?" Gendo asked. 'Gendo asked', I like the sound of that. I'll start to call him Gendo – not Commander.
"Yes, but what if those things attack?" he asked my fa- Gendo as he was un-cuffing me.
"He will be released until further notice. If he runs, you have full authority to pursue and capture him," Of course he would say that. In his eyes, all I'm good for is piloting the Evas.
"Whatever you say Commander!" The officer was obviously surprised at Gendo's comment.
"Is that all?" Gendo asked flatly.
"Yes, do you want me to take him to his cell?" Damn, this is real; I'm really going to prison.
"Of course. Treat this young man as a normal inmate. No special treatment, and if I find that any of you do, there will be consequences," Gendo is serious about this, he really wants me in prison.
"Come on, hurry up, I don't have all day!" The cop said as he dragged me. When we got to a large hallway with cells lining the walls, he said, "You were right, he is a bastard. Sorry for this," with that he throws me in a cell. I'm alone in this small room. The walls have peeling paint on them, on one side there was a few hundred marks counting the days. This is my home for the next three months.
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Prison Cell- One Month Later
"Damnit!" I yell simply to hear another human voice. They don't talk to you in here, they just slip your meals through a little slot in the door. I have had no visitors since I got here… not even Asuka. I knew that love was just a thing in fairy-tails. I will never be loved or ever show love. I am just here, that was it. There is no love in the world. Mothers claim to love their children, but at the first sign of trouble-making, they hit their 'love'. Families claim to love each other, but then talk about each other behind their backs. It was all just a word, no more, to get young children to sleep at night. Those same young children will go on believing this lie until they come to the conclusion that I have. "Like it matters…" I say out loud. It did matter to me for a short while. That's why it hurts so bad, because I let another person break down the emotional walls that I have built up over the years. I am alone and I might as well get used to it. "Alone…" I say one last time.
"You sure 'bout that?" I hear a voice beyond the cell wall. I look up to see Asuka, now stripped of my love. 'Nothing will ever change that…', I was wrong. She changed it.
"Yes," I replied flatly. I was sure about it.
"Ya know what Shinji? You sure are easy to get down. Now where's that young man I've grown to lo…" I was so tired of this.
"Love? Now – if you don't mind – tell me what the HELL that is. I thought I new, but I was greatly mistaken!" I lost the definition over this last month, and I doubt I will learn it again. I walk over to her so just the bars are separating us. "Well? Can you?"
"Yes, yes I can. And I know that you know too… hold on," she continued to talk right through me. She pulls out a large silver frame with a picture of my mother in it, "Do you know now, Shinji?" Yes,she was the only person in my life that actually loved me.
"Where did you get that?" I ask in a voice that could kill.
"It was your birthday yesterday, wasn't it?" I forgot; she was right. It was my birthday yesterday. She hands me the heavy frame and smiles.
"Thank… you, Asuka," I couldn't get the right words out.
"That wasn't your only gift…" with that, she grabs my shoulders and kisses me through the bars. I pull back hard, not wanting to share a kiss with her or anyone else in my life.
"No," was all I said.
"Shinji, you're dense, ya know that? You hate me before I'm even able to explain myself. You know how I hate to not be in control! Now shut up and listen! You father found out about… that morning – damn Section 2 agents - and he forbade me from seeing you. So, I just snuck in here after running away to lose Section 2. I have been trying this whole time, but they always caught me," she was right, I didn't listen to her.
"Asuka… I'm so sorry! I just thought that you…" I couldn't talk anymore.
"Nothing will ever change that. Remember those words. Now… for your gift…" she said in a seductive voice. She is gentle this time; she softly puts he arms around my neck, and leans in.
A/N- There you go! Shinji's in prison and Gendo doesn't give a damn! Will Shinji fall back in love with Asuka? Will there be another angel? Find out in the next chapter, Those Lips, until then keep on keepin' on!