Code Red

by gloomymoodsandinspiration

Asuka, Shinji & Rei attempt to support each other through the mess that comes from their individual and collective traumas with a little help from their friends. (Primary tag is Complex-PTSD, also contains occasional silliness, canon-level violence, etc).

4. Preludes: Hikari : Aftermath II

In which Horaki I Am A Proper Japanese Girl Hikari gets herself a date.

Toji and Hikari looked at each other. For a while.

They look away, Hikari staring down at her hands, Toji putting his hands behind his head and staring at the sky.

"Toji?"

"Yes, Class Rep?"

"If you're going to ask me out, you should call me Hikari".

"Oh"

"Right then. Hikari. Are you free Thursday after school? Maybe we could go somewhere that doesn't have either your or my sisters for something to eat?"