Nothing Will Ever Change That
Disclaimer- I do not own any of the NGE characters or the NGE storyline. I do however own the characters I introduce to the story.
Chapter 37: Where?
NERV Hospital
I was walking Asuka out of the hospital, we haven't talked in three days, and it was slowly killing me inside. All of her burns were healed, but her screams would never leave my mind. Yet another burden I must haul around.
"Shinji… why do you care?" not this again.
"I've told you many times before; you're everything I'm not. I need you." She stopped and looked at me.
"You always say you need me, but why? Why do you need such a horrible person? I have always been, and still do, treating you like crap. Not once have I ever shown you that I care, but you try to prove to me that you do at every chance you get. Nobody else has ever tried to care for me, but you do. Why do you want such a bitch?" where was this coming from?
"For one, I don't think you're a bitch at all. You try to make yourself look like that, but it doesn't work for anyone that knows you," I chuckle a little, "though you do seem a little mean always teasing me like that…" I give a devilish smile. She knew what I meant, and smiled back.
"I'll stop teasing… soon," that ended pretty quick. Wait… stop teasing? Were we talking about the same thing here!
"Uh… okay? Anyway… look, I'm sorry about not being able to stop Akagi, but I was able to stop Misato. I doubt that she will EVER talk to either of us again." Asuka's eyes went wide.
"Shinji… what did you do? Did you actually stand up to someone! It's a miracle!" Was I that spineless?
"Yeah, and you know what? I don't feel bad about it. I really do feel like I did the right thing," I turn and smile at a now wide-eyed Asuka. We went on our ways, and finally got to our room.
"Feels good to be home! I- Shinji… you… did laundry?" I just nod, "Ah crap! Did you find it?" find it? What was she talking about? I shake my head, and she sighs in relief.
"I'm a little afraid to ask, but what was I not supposed to find?" she looks at me with a seductive smile.
"No-thing!" she sings. She was up to something.
"Okay… well, you hungry?" she nods violently and sees the pizza I pull out of the oven.
"Nice! You finally made something worth eating!"
"Hey, I thought you weren't going to tease me anymore," I was joking on my part.
"Oh! You meant teasing with words! Yeah, I'm not done with that yet!" What!
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Sync Test – 3:00 – Same Day
"The sync scores are; Shinji- 89, Sam- 85, Cass- 88, and Asuka is… this can't be right… a 98? Asuka? What are you doing in there?" Ritsuko's voice rang through our intercoms.
"I'm at a what!" how was she so high? This had to be a mistake; her scores aren't even that high during battle.
"Yeah, you're at a 98. I need to talk with you after this. Get changed and meet me in my office." We got out and we all got changed. We watched as Asuka walked in her office. Cass and I ran up to the door and put our ears to it.
"You guys are pathetic… ah screw it." Sam came over and did the same.
"Asuka… is there anything different with your life right now?" the doctor's voice came through the door.
"Well, aside from having acid poured on me by you, no. truthfully, I have no idea why I got a 98. Wait… yes I do," here it comes, " I'm the best pilot NERV has to offer!" saw that coming. Over-confidence killed the cat… or something like that.
"Seriously Asuka, Evas are piloted on how well the state of mind the controller has. That includes being happy or sad. You must be Cass at a gun-shop to be that happy, now tell me. What has happened?" Cass got mad at this comment.
"Nothing! I told you already! Now can I go?" Asuka was really ready to leave.
"Does it have something to do with Shinji?"
"WHAT! I told you no! Forget this! I'm out!" she swings open the door and hit all of us in the face – aside from Sam, she saw it coming and moved. "Serves you right for eves-dropping!" she helps me up, and leaves Cass.
"Hey! I'm not good enough to help?" he says as he gets up.
"Help yourself!"
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Asuka / Shinji's Room
"Hey Asuka, I was wondering, did you want to go somewhere? We could bring Cass and Sam, of course. Sound fun?" I still had more than enough money to get out from Cass's payment.
"Sure, I guess. Let me get dressed," not what I meant.
"No, hold on, let me word this better, do you want to TRAVEL? We could get out-of the country and have some fun away from NERV." She looked at me with a confused look.
"What? You mean like a… vacation? How will we pay for it?" Asuka was worried about money? That was something new!
"I have a small fortune stashed away. So, where do you want to go?" I could see that she was thinking about it. After about en seconds she got a huge smile on her face.
"How about Miami? I heard that it is beautiful over there." I was slightly surprised she didn't want to go to Germany.
"Miami? Sounds good, one problem though… we don't speak English. Neither does Cass, Sam is the only one that can. We would have to learn a little bit," she just shrugs.
"Whatever, how hard could it be?" she was always ready for a challenge.
A/N- Asuka doesn't know English now does she! This might even be a challenge to her. Also, I chose Miami because I lived there for ten years and – to me – it is one of the greatest tropical locations in the world. Will Cass and Sam agree to it? Find out in the next chapter; See Ya, until then, keep on keepin' on!
A/A/N- I just realized… I never made a grave for Rei! Man! That would have been a great scene with Shinji! I'll just do it later. Still won't be as good though.