AN: WARNING!! SLIGHTLY GRAPHIC SCENES at the beginning of this chapter. Nothing too explicit but i feel obligated to warn you all. Anyway big thanks to DCL1981 who helped me with some of the ideas for this chapter, thanks bro!!

Shinji grunted as he fell back onto the bed, Asuka's half naked figure following as the fiery redhead straddled his waist. He licked his lips as his fingertips grazed up the back of her creamy smooth legs, the hem of her skirt riding up as he did so. Meanwhile Asuka made quick work of Shinji's shirt, ripping it apart and trailing hot, wet kisses up his well defined chest. Sighs, moans, and pants filled the air as the two bucked hips against each other, the bulge in Shinji's pants rubbing up against her panties and causing tremors to shoot up through her spine.

"Asuka..." Shinji moaned out, his hot tongue gliding through the valley of her plump breasts, causing the redhead to arch her back in delight.

"Sh...Shinji." She managed to pant out, her fingers unbuttoning his pants and nipping at his neck gently.

It was only a few moments later before both were completely nude, Asuka smirked and licked her lips lustfully as he kisses trailed down his stomach, her fingertips grazing over the length of Shinji's throbbing manhood. Shinji couldn't help but stare as her lips neared the head of his shaft, nearing closer and closer until...

Shinji's eyes snapped open and he sat up abruptly, his vision blurry as he glanced around, wondering what had just happened. Realizing it had all been a dream, the brown haired boy smacked his forehead and groaned, shaking his head. "You have to be fucking kidding me!" He rasped out, gritting his teeth at the painful hardness in his boxers, obviously the effects of his dream.

He glanced over at his alarm clock, the red neon light telling him that it was still only four in the morning. With a sigh he got up, hoping the cold air of the night would help him calm down. Slowly and quietly he opened the door to his room, swiftly moving down the hallway and toward the balcony, sliding open the glass door and stepping onto the outer platform of the building. He let out a deep breath as he basked in the cool night air.

It was with a smile that he rested his arms on the railing of the balcony and glanced out towards the Illuminated city of Tokyo-3. After a few moments his 'excitement' dwindled away and he allowed himself to think back on the dream he had just been jolted from.

'Geez... I've only known Asuka for two and a half weeks...why the hell am I having dreams like that about her?' He thought as he allowed his gaze to drift from the lights of the city, up to the few twinkling stars in the sky. 'I mean sure she's freaking gorgeous, and she damn well knows it.' He closed his eyes and smiled as he thought back to when he had seen Asuka come out of the shower without a towel on. 'Still though, Im not one to have dreams like that with a girl I just met... hell I haven't even dreamed like that about Misato...' He sighed and shook his head, pulling a small silver container out of his pocket.

Flipping it open, Shinji glanced down at the contents of the container, three cigarettes, courtesy of one Ryoji Kaji. He chuckled a bit as he remembered when they had been given to him.

Flashback

Shinji was fourteen at the time, and he and his guardian were standing in a large terminal after just arriving in the states.

"Here." Kaji said, tossing a small sliver container towards Shinji.

Curiously, Shinji popped open the top and blinked in surprise at the contents. "What the hell?"

Kaji just smiled and ruffled the young boys hair. "Look kiddo... there are gonna be times in your life when you can't figure something out, and I'm pretty sure that these will help you like they do me... I'm not encouraging you to pick up the habit. But damn what anybody says, there are times when a guy just needs a cigarette. I'm only giving you three, but your a smart kid, I doubt your going to need very many."

Shinji nodded and smiled, stuffing the container into his pocket. "Thanks Kaji..."

End Flashback

The brown haired boy glanced down at the container and popped one of the cigarettes out, smirking. "Ah what the hell." He muttered, trapping the filtered end between his lips as he pulled out a small Zippo, lighting the cancer stick and taking a deep hit, surprisingly not hacking up a lung afterward.

Slowly his mind began to stop working a mile a minute and he was able to focus on one thing at a time. "Asuka...Asuka...Asuka is, gorgeous, hot headed, independent, intelligent, and carries her own weight." He muttered under his breath as he looked down over the streets below. "She's... " Shinji closed his eyes as he thought back the past couple of weeks.

The fiery redhead was the only person he had ever felt so comfortable talking to. It was very unusual for him to take part in activities with others, most of the time he just kept to himself listening to his SDAT. However since meeting Asuka it seemed he had spent more time with her in the past two weeks than he had with Kaji in the whole six years of being under his guardianship. As a matter of fact, his SDAT was still tucked safely in his sock drawer where it had been since he had moved to Tokyo-3, not once had he touched it lately.

He sighed, taking another hit of the cigarette. "Asuka is..." The words suddenly became lost from the boys lips as his eyes suddenly dilated, a blank expression on his face as his gaze travelled straight out, looking at nothing in particular.

FLASH!

The image popped into his head for only the briefest of seconds, not even a full image but a blur. A small child, standing across from him with her hands behind her back, a yellow sundress adorning her, he attempted to get a glimpse at the face of the child, only to find she had none, just a shadow... "Shinji-kun!" And just as quick as it had appeared in his mind, the vision dispersed, returning him back to the corporeal world.

"What the hell was that?" He questioned aloud, shaking his head in confusion.

"What was what?" A firm, yet sultry and curious voice asked from behind the young teenage boy.

Shinji whirled around quickly, coming face to face with the illuminated figure of none other than the girl who had been the center of his dream not seven minutes ago. The brown haired boy arched an eyebrow as he looked to the fiery redhead before him, the fact that she only had on a white silk nightgown that complimented her figure very well did nothing to help him forget the events in his dream.

"Feh, don't worry about it..." He muttered, deciding to push the flash image to the back of his mind for later. "What are you doing up anyway?" He asked, knowing he had been too quiet for his voice to reach Asuka's room.

Asuka gave a slight shrug as she moved past him, looking out towards the illuminated city. "I couldn't sleep... I didn't know you smoke..." She replied, glancing sidewise at Shinji.

"Hmm..." Shinji looked down at his hand, the cigarette had burned down almost to the filter, with a shrug he took one last hit, before flicking the death stick off the balcony where it fell down and landed on the street below them. "I don't... not normally anyway... nice view huh?" He asked, gesturing out towards the city lights.

Asuka followed his gaze and scoffed. "Hmph... still not as beautiful as the views back in Germany!"

Shinji just rolled his eyes at the comment. "Feh, just because something's not from Germany doesn't mean it's not nice, hell what makes Germany so damn special anyway?"

The redhead narrowed her eyes and bumped her fist on Shinji's head none too softly. "Dummkopf what else? Me of course!" She cried out, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

This proclamation only caused the brown haired teen to scowl. "Hmph... self absorbed wench." Instantly he received another blow to the head. "OWW!" With narrowed eyes he stood up straight and brushed past Asuka. "Get dressed, we're going for a ride."

Asuka looked at him with a befuddled stare as she followed him back into the apartment. "It's four-thirty in the god damn morning, where the hell are we gonna go? And what about Misato?"

Shinji smirked a bit as he opened up the door to his room, stepping inside and opening his drawers, pulling out a pair of black leather pants and a simple black shirt. "I'm going to prove a point... besides Misato called after you went to sleep, she won't be coming back for three days, some kind of study at NERV... now go get dressed." He commanded firmly, beginning to pull off his sleep wear.

Asuka blinked in surprise as Shinji took off his shirt, however rather than listening to that annoying fangirl inside her mind and stay to watch, she marched out of her male companions room and went to her own to change.

Not thirty minutes later Shinji and Asuka were speeding down the empty streets of Tokyo-3. Asuka, who was not use to Shinji going at such a speed on his bike, had flung her arms around his waist in a death grip as she clenched her eyes and buried her head into his back, they hadn't brought their helmets along with them this time and Asuka soon found it to be a very different experience.

"SLOW DOWN!" She cried out, attempting to overcome the roaring engine of the motorcycle.

Shinji merely smirked as he glanced down at the speedometer. "Oh come on! We're barely going 120!" He called back as they rounded a sharp corner, heading up a path that lead to the peak of a mountain. the sudden shift in momentum caused Asuka to squeal and dig her nails into the brown haired boys shirt.

A few moments later Asuka noted that they had slowed down and eventually came to a stop, it was only after twelve seconds of lack of movement that Asuka allowed herself to open her eyes.

"You gonna get off me?" Shinji's voice seemed impatient and Asuka realized that her nails were still dug into his skin, instantly she released him and he got off the bike.

Asuka glanced around, they were at the peak of one of the many hills that surrounded Tokyo-3 and Shinji was walking towards the protective railing that faced the city. Narrowing her eyes at it was basically just the same sight from the apartment only bigger, she stalked towards Shinji. "Just what the hell are we doing here it's the exact same thing as befo-." The words died down in the young woman's throat as the sun began to peak out from the other side of the city.

Almost instantly as the sun hit the city, platforms opened up and the large skyscrapers that Tokyo-3 was famous for began to rise up out of the ground, shining brightly as they basked in the cascading sunlight. Asuka herself merely watched in awe as the city completed itself once again for the day.

Shinji smiled a bit at the girl's reaction, Misato had told him earlier about the best sites to view the city rising, and he was very grateful for it. "You learn a couple things when you travel with an international agent... to each area, city, town, province... there's always something unique... it may not be Germany, but Tokyo-3 has a beauty all it's own." He turned around and smiled warmly at the fiery redhead, the sun straight behind him and Asuka fought hard not to gape and blush at the sight.

It was an hour before either of them made any motion to move, however Asuka was the one to break the comfortable silence the two had fallen into, watching the city. "Come on... we only have an hour before school." She stated suddenly, causing Shinji to jolt.

"Hmm... I don't really feel like going to school today..." Shinji replied, tucking a strand of hair out of his face and behind his ear.

The redhead gave him a look. "Well then what are we going to do today if you plan on ditching?" She asked, hovering over him as he had not left his sitting position.

The dull-blue eyed boy arched an eyebrow as he stood up. "We? You're not going?" He asked, curiously he had Kensuke pull up Asuka's old files. She held a perfect attendance streak from the first day she came to Tokyo-3 up to this very day.

Asuka rolled her eyes at him as she walked over to the bike. "You're my ride baka-Shinji and you better know, if we're ditching today, you are taking me to the mall!" She cried out, throwing her hands up in the air with an exasperated sigh.

Shinji chuckled as he walked over to his bike he was about to mount it but stopped suddenly, and Asuka looked over at him.

"What's wrong?" She asked, tilting her head in very slight concern.

Slowly, Shinji smiled, turning to her and holding up his keys. "Hey Red... wanna give it a whirl?"

Shinji sighed in relief as Asuka pulled to a stop in the parking lot of the beach. Sure the girl had done alright, and was nowhere near as bad a driver as Misato, but damnit that was his bike and he really didn't want it destroyed. All in all though, she had done a fair job on her first try, she was able to drive them into the city (where they stopped by the apartment to pick up the credit cards Kaji had "Accidentally" left behind.) then she had taken them through a slightly crowded route all the way down to one of the many lakes scattered throughout the forest surrounding the city..

"Heh.. not bad Red." He commented as he got off the bike, stretching a bit as Asuka handed over the keys.

Said girl beamed proudly and flipped her hair back at Shinji's words. "Well what did you expect, nothings too hard for a girl like me!"

Shinji smirked a bit and merely rolled his eyes, walking down the dirt path to the shore of the lake. "All hail the queen of perfection, now come on." He commented with a laugh.

Gritting her teeth slightly, Asuka followed behind him as they walked down the long wooden pier, stopping at the very end. Shinji sat down first dangling his feet over the water as he glanced down at her refection in the surprisingly crystal clear water. a few moments later the redhead followed suit and sat down next to the young man before her, albeit still separated by a good two feet. "So?" She questioned, looking over at him.

"So what?" Shinji answered back, raising an eyebrow.

Asuka grit her teeth together at the reply, clenching her fists in annoyance. "Why the hell did you insist that we stop here first before going anywhere!?" She barked back, her voice rising a few more decimals than Shinji would have liked.

"... To talk..." Was the simple reply given, once again irritating Asuka with it's lack of detail.

"About what?" She asked irritably.

Shinji sighed and scratched his cheek. "Well... we've been living in the same apartment for what, two and a half weeks, and I'd be willing to bet my bike that we don't know the first thing about each other." He stated bluntly, moving his gaze from the water, up to the face of the gorgeous woman next to him.

Asuka stared dumbfounded at the young man next to her, her eyes filled with disbelief. When Shinji had first told her to stop off at the lake, she had assumed he was going to try something, after all the lakes were where most teenagers in Tokyo-3 became premature parents. But to hear him say that he merely just wanted to talk had her befuddled, no male before had simply 'wanted to talk' to Asuka Langley Soryu. "Why?"

Shinji chuckled and smiled a bit at this. "Oh come on, I know there's things you must want to know about me, and I have a few questions myself... so why not?" He replied, smiling warmly at his companion.

For her part, Asuka seemed to smile back and nod. "Alright... what do you wanna know first?" She asked, winging her legs back and forth over the edge of the dock. Surprising enough, for the first time in nearly a week, Asuka completely forgot about the dress she had wanted to buy in the mall, and allowed herself to fall into a comfortable conversation with her only real male friend.

"Status report..." An echoing voice commanded throughout the dark room.

"Both parties are interacting well together, project is ahead of schedule." Came the quick and monotonic response. "Shinji convinced Asuka to come with him on a trip throughout Tokyo-3 earlier this morning, she almost instantly agreed. They merely spent the day talking to each other at the lake and ten went to the mall where Shinji lugged around Asuka's purchases...he compliments her very well, it almost seemed like a date."

Gendo Ikari nodded solemnly from behind his desk, his glasses gleaming in the darkness. "Of course they do... it's how they were meant to be with each other..."

"Orders sir?" The man asked, his face unreadable as he looked to his superior.

"Lower surveillance to travel out of the apartment and home... I suppose it's only fair to give them... a little privacy."

"Right... anything else while I'm at it?"

Gendo smirked a bit and nodded. "As a matter of fact, there is... deliver a message to Katsuragi on your way out." He said, handing over a small letter to the man, who took it and nodded, stuffing the letter in his back pocket.

Kaji Ryoji grinned a bit at the excuse to visit the foxy woman who his thoughts centered around. "Of course..."

It was well past eleven when Shinji and Asuka returned to the apartment, though neither of the two were tired and thus settled down in the living room.

"Ahh, what a great day!" Asuka sighed out happily as she flopped back onto the couch, going through the DVD's that Shinji had bought at the mall, looking for a suitable movie to watch. "Geez these are old... 300? What's that?" The redhead asked curiously as Shinji returned from the kitchen, a plate of snacks in one hand and two bottles of vodka in the other, as well as two shot glasses.

"That my dear... is the best movie ever to be created, I was never able to find it in Japanese until today." He smiled as he plopped the two bottles down and the tray of snacks on the table, grabbing the DVD and popping it into the player, turning on the TV as he moved back onto the couch and sat down next to Asuka, considerably closer than they had when they were at the docks.

Asuka shrugged and then glanced at the bottle Shinji had placed in front of her. "Misato's gonna kill you for taking her beer..."

The brown haired teen merely rolled his eyes. "She has two hundred cases here... I doubt she'll miss two... besides we're going to have a bit of fun with this movie..."

"How so?"

Shinji grinned and held up the can of beer. "Every time someone dies in this movie... take a shot."

Asuka merely arched an eyebrow, but smiled. "Fine, I'll outdrink you in no time flat!"

(AN: DO NOT!! Try this, you will freaking die!! YOU have been WARNED.)

And so, the next morning Shinji's eyes fluttered open to find a rather pissed Misato glaring down at him. Curious, he glanced around and realized what had pissed her off... twelve vodka bottles littered the floor, as well as a few cans of YEBISU, however the main thing Shinji noted, and later blushed at, was a half naked Asuka, dressed in only what seemed to be the white sheets from her bed. Her body almost completely exposed to any who would have stumbled into the apartment. As Shinji looked back to his guardian, he could only mutter two words.

"Ah fuck."

AN: Yeah not much of a chapter and only a piece of the later plot but I need to develop a form of trust between Shinji and Asuka before i dive into things. Anyway see ya guys soon, next chapter, time to face Misato's wrath!