AN: This chapter was a bit difficult to write... I kept debating on whether or not to add a few things, hence why it took much longer than usual to update. Anyway we are beginning to wind down some major questions, and the plot is soon to come together. A lot of you were surprised at Mana's appearance, and no unfortunately for the Mana-haters, she will not be totally bashed on... well maybe a little.
Asuka grit her teeth together as she watched the new girl throw her arms around Shinji's neck from behind and press her chest into him, this of course causing said young man to blush slightly as he turned his head back to get a better view of the girl. "Mana!"
The girl merely giggled as she hopped off of Shinji, smiling brightly. "You're still so cute Shinji-kun!" Mana practically squealed in delight before clinging to the brown haired boy as he turned around, staring wide-eyed at the girl.
"What the hell are you doing here Mana?" Shinji questioned as he stepped back from the girl, taking in her appearance. She was wearing an average sailor style girls uniform with green trimmings, the optional school uniform that was provided when one enrolled.
Mana only smiled as the bell rang loud throughout the halls, not a second later a massive sea of students eager to not be labeled tardy came through the halls, forcing everyone who didn't want to be trampled to high tail it to their classes.
A few moments later everyone had filed into their respective classrooms, it was only after a few moments that Shinji noticed that the empty seat to the right of him had been filled, by a certain brown eyed girl. Blinking, Shinji turned his head slightly to the right to find that Mana was staring straight back at him. Turning back around to face Asuka, he noted that her eyes were narrowed dangerously, Shinji knew that look, it was similar to the one Asuka threw at him when she was on her period. 'Oh boy... what the hell did I do now?'
Thus it continued much like that for the rest of the day, it was with a slight annoyance that Shinji found Mana to be in almost every single one of his classes. It wasn't until physics class that he found her in a different class than his.
"So, just how do you know that new girl anyway?"
Asuka's head shot up a bit as she turned her gaze in the direction the question had come from, a sparkle in her eyes that meant she was indeed interested to know the answer as well, albeit no one noticed her leaning in more towards Shinji to hear better.
Shinji looked up from his textbook, finding himself face to face with Kensuke, who had just adjusted his glasses after staring Shinji down. "Mana?" He questioned, rubbing the back of his neck.
Eagerly, the bespectacled boy nodded, propping his elbows up on Shinji's desk expectantly as he turned his chair around to face his friend. "Yeah, I mean she was all over you earlier in the halls, what's the deal."
Chuckling, the brown haired boy shrugged, indicating he honestly had no idea why Mana insisted on clinging to him. "She's always been a little... affectionate, as for how I know her." He paused, sitting up straighter before he decided to continue. "Two years ago, my former guardian decided we needed to get out of the states and visit Japan for a bit. So we decided to stay in Okinawa for a summer, great beaches there by the way. Anyway, so I'm out scuba diving during my first week there and out of the blue I see a girl, who turned out to be Mana get caught up in a current and hit her head on a rock..."
Shinji's eyes widened as he saw the blood float up in the water, from what he could tell it was gushing from the back of the brown haired girls' head. Swiftly he maneuvered through the water, catching the girl before she could float down towards the rocks where she was likely to be ripped to shreds due to the currents.
Her eyes flew toward him, alerting the brown haired boy that she was very much conciouss and was most likely only in shock from hitting the rock so hard. In one motion he ripped the mask from his face and pressed it to the young girls lips, immediately she gasped, a look of relief overcoming her as he oxygen flowed into her lungs.
Not twenty seconds later the two resurfaced, Shinji helping the girl limp her way towards the beach. The second her feet hit dry sand, she fell forward onto the sand and rolled onto her back, breathing heavily as she smiled at her savior. "What's your name?" She asked, smiling lightly.
Slightly taken aback by the question, as it wasn't one he had expected, rather than call an ambulance or something along those lines, Shinji smiled a bit. "Shinji Ikari... you alright?"
"My names Mana Kirishima... and I'm fine now... thanks to you, Shinji-kun." The brown haired girl replied, smiling warmly as she sat up and kissed Shinji on the cheek gratefully to which he blushed a bit in surprise.
Asuka had been mulling over her own thoughts in silence for the rest of that period after Shinji had finished telling the story, she was just as distracted in German class. Which was quite odd, because normally even if she was having a problem, she did not hesitate to put it to the back of her mind and show off her excellent speaking skills in her native tongue. Her silence did not go unnoticed either, as Shinji would often sneak a few glances towards his housemate every few minutes, a look of confusion and a bit of worry on his face.
'So they're just old friends... and Shinji did save her life, I don't see why anyone wouldn't want to befriend someone who saves the.' Asuka pondered as she stood up from her desk, systematically making her way towards the girls locker room (actually an unused classroom), as the bell had just sounded.
'That doesn't mean she has the right to just jump onto his back every time she sees him though!' Her natural rage swelled up again as her eyes caught sight of Mana latching onto the brown haired boy's arm in the main hallway right in front of the boys locker room. After a moment however, Shinji seemed to pull away and motion that he needed to go change.
It was then that Asuka realized that mana had their P.E. class as well. Slowly, a feral grin spread across the red haired girls lips, as this week the girls were playing dodgeball while the boys ran track. "Wunderbar..."
Asuka practically skipped the rest of the way down the hallway into the classroom, a smirk on her face at the thought of blowing off a little steam on the brown haired hussy hanging all over Shinji. Her grin only faded once she actually entered the classroom, meeting the gaze of Mana, who was only half dressed, much like the other girls already inside. Frowning only slightly before putting on a stoic face, Asuka walked over towards the lockers placed on the far side of the classroom in the opposite side of the window.
"It's so unfair... the boys get their own locker room while we have to change in this stupid classroom!" The redhead commented as she threw open her locker, causing it to send an echoing slam throughout the room.
"Well the locker rooms are mainly used by the school teams, and there are more boy teams than girls so it does make sense..." Hikari commented as she took up the locker next to Asuka, thankfully the one that hadn't been dented due to the redheads slight show of anger.
Sighing, the blue eyed girl began stripping off the tight pink shirt she had on, revealing a tight red bra that concealed her breasts. "Well yeah, but still, it's annoying changing in the classroom..."
Hikari was about to respond when a loud shriek filled the air. "EEEEK A PERVERT!" One of the girls screamed, pointing out the window and up towards the classroom on the opposite side.
Instantly every girl in the classroom began covering up, whether it be covering their chests with their arms, or doing what Mana had and thrown their shirts on quickly. Asuka however, narrowed her eyes as she stomped over towards the window, leering up at the spot the other girl had pointed.
A shadowed silhouette became visible and looked panicked as it began packing up the large camera it had been pointing through the windows in order to catch snapshots of the girls in various states of undress. "It's the four eyed stooge!" She exclaimed, gritting her teeth in anger.
"Aida-san!?" Hikari questioned as she popped her head up behind the desk she had used as cover. "That little... oh when the principle hears about this he'll-"
She was cut off by Asuka, who had held up a hand to silence the girl. "I have a better idea... hold on a second." She smirked as she reached into her pocket, pulling out her cellphone and pressing the speaker button before flipping through her contacts and pressed send.
The rest of the girls in the class watched Asuka curiously as the sound of ringing came from the redheads phone.
"Asuka, what is it, I'm in the middle of changing!" Shinji's voice came through and echoed a bit.
"Well so were we, until that four eyed freak decided to try and take pictures of us all changing!" Asuka retorted, placing one hand on her hip, which thankfully was still covered by her jean shorts, lest the whole school find out about the see through fabric that were barely passable as panties, that she wore.
A loud groan could be heard from the other end of the phone. "Alright, I'll get him... where is he?"
"Classroom opposite of the girls changing room." Came the instant reply as Asuka moved out of view of the window and threw on her P.E. shirt.
"Kay, I'm on my way... want a special delivery or do you want me to take care of it?"
Grinning the blue eyed beauty shook her head as she slid off her jeans and grabbed a pair of P.E. shorts. "Just make sure the lesson gets through, and break that stupid camera of his, oh and leave the phone on, I wanna hear this!"
"Feh, fine... gimme a minute, I'm almost at the classroom... geez couldn't this wait till I at least finished changing... damn Kensuke I told him not to try this again... Toji guard the door would ya?" Shinji grumbled a bit before he recieved an affirmative from the boy, which the girls all heard.
Many of the girls made their way over to the window and watched as the light suddenly flickered on in the classroom opposite of them. Instantly Kensuke popped up like a frightened rabbit as the door was swung open, revealing a shirtless and rather miffed Shinji.
"Shinji-kun has been working out..." Mana commented with a dreamy look, causing Asuka to throw a glare at the back of the girls head. All the girls turned to gather around Asuka's phone which had been placed on one of the desk so all could hear the events about to take place.
"Ah Shinji! I was just um... I-" The cowering, and nasally voice of one Kensuke Aida came through the speakers of the phone.
"Save it... I told you what would happen if you did this again, lucky for you I'm not going to turn you into Asuka..." A sigh of relief was heard before Shinji continued. "So I'll just kick your ass real quick and then get back to class."
"WHAT!"
BAM!
A loud crash erupted from the speakers and the girls all looked up to the classroom to see a desk fly through the air and hit the wall. To Asuka's dismay however, the two boys weren't visible from the angle they could see.
"OWWW! COME ON SHINJI EASE UP, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY REQUESTS I'VE HAD FOR PICTURES OF ASUKA AND THE NEW GIRL TOGETHER!!"
"Oh shut up, It's either you or me and damnit Asuka hits hard, now hold still!"
WHACK
"Aha! Got it!" A triumphant cry in the form of Shinji's voice sounded out from the phone.
"NO MY CAMERA, DON'T!!" The decimal level at which the bespectacled boy was crying out caused many of the girls to cringe and cover their ears as they watched the window of the classroom Kensuke and Shinji were in open up. A grinning Shinji stepped into the light, holding up a silver, and rather expensive looking camera. In one swift motion, the film was ripped out of the camera and set aflame courtesy of Shinji's lighter, not a second later the silver camera was dropped from the second story, falling to the ground and hitting the concrete with a notable crash.
"NOOOOOOO!"
THWAP
A slight ruffling sound was heard before Shinji's voice came back on. "Alright, he's taking a little nap now..."
Smiling Asuka picked up the phone, holding it out expectantly as she looked to the other girls in class.
"THANK YOU SHINJI!" Came the grateful chorus from all the girls in the room.
"Ah, not a problem... have fun playing dodgeball girls." The brown haired boy replied, the amused smile evident in his voice before the line went dead, signaling that the boy had hung up.
Slowly the girls returned to changing, and Asuka was positively beaming over the control she had over Shinji. A tap on the red haired girls shoulder caused her to turn to the side, where a half dressed Mana was currently putting on her P.E. shorts. "You know Shinji-kun pretty well huh?" The brown eyed girl asked, her eyebrows raised a bit in question.
"Yes... why do you ask?" The red haired girl asked, turning around and placing her hands on her hips.
Mana only smiled a bit and shook her head. "I was just saying... I mean, you have Shinji-kun's cell phone number he didn't even give me his number." She remarked, glancing off to the side. "And we were real close too."
Asuka had to fight back the urge to strangle the young girl before her, and instead settled on merely leering at Mana. "Apparently not close enough."
Instantly the cheery and happy-go-lucky appearance that Mana gave off faded, and was replaced by a feeling all women, especially Asuka knew, anger. "You like Shinji-kun don't you?"
The question was one she herself had been asking, and had come up with numerous answers. Yes, of course being the primary one, however for the sake of appearances and her own insecurities... "WHAT, of course not, me and that idiot are just friends, nothing more!" She barked back, closing her locker with a little more force than she intended.
"Oh!" The brown haired girl brightened at that, smiling happily. "Good, I was worried someone else was going to ask him out!" With that she turned around, putting her things in her locker and exiting the classroom.
Narrowed eyes followed Mana out of the classroom, a low growl emitting from their owner. "Hikari!" Asuka called out, causing the freckled girl to jump in surprise at the fierceness in her friends voice. "When we play dodgeball... she's mine."
Two pairs of narrowed eyes sparked as they met each others gaze, sparkling sea blue, and the other a dark chocolate brown. An incredibly primal instinct took over the two figures, an instinct seen between two lionesses when crossing upon the same prey... the instinct to fight for ones prey. And at this moment, Shinji felt very much like he was about to be ripped to shreds courtesy of the two women who had flanked both sides of him, or rather pulled apart, seeing as both Asuka and Mana had taken it upon themselves to cling to one of the brown haired boys' arms and tug, hard.
'Geez what is with these two... they've been at each others throats' all day!' Shinji noted as he continued to be pulled apart like a wish bone. The three were currently standing in the middle of the parking lot, while Kensuke (who had woken up about a half hour after being knocked out, albeit with a major headache) and Toji watched with mild amusement.
"Come on Shinji-kun, lets go to the park, we have so much to catch up on!" The mahogany haired girl cooed as she laced her fingers with Shinji's and began pulling him right, in the opposite direction of his motorcycle. The girl was actually sporting a rather nasty bruise on her neck, courtesy of a certain fiery redhead and a well aimed dodgeball.
A hard pull from his left courtesy of Asuka was enough to gain both Mana and Shinji's attention. "Actually, Shinji promised to be my ride home today, remember Shinji?" The sickly sweet tone she used, combined with the death glare sent in Mana's direction was a dead giveaway that Asuka wanted to leave... now.
Sighing, the brown haired boy gave a nod and managed to detangle himself from Mana's grasp. "She is right Mana, sorry but I am Asuka's ride... some other time." He offered, missing the scowl that crossed over the girls face as he did so.
"Tomorrow?" The brown eyed girl asked hopefully, clasping her hands together behind her back.
"To...morrow..." A far off look appeared on Shinji's face as he glanced off towards the mountains surrounding the city, a gust of wind rising up suddenly, causing his long hair to whip around his face. "No... I have something I have to take care of tomorrow, but we'll work something out alright?" With that he turned around and began making his way towards his motorcycle. "Asuka, let's go."
The redhead snapped from her inconspicuous glare war with Mana to find Shinji already getting on his bike and fastening his helmet. With a grin, Asuka ran over towards the bike, sticking her tongue out at Mana before putting on her helmet and jumping on the back, wrapping her arms around Shinji's waist as he revved the bike up and took off.
It was barely noticeable to anyone, at least anyone without such experience, but Shinji was going quite a bit slower than normal. Due to the fact that she constantly rode with the brown haired boy, Asuka did notice, and it puzzled her. Shinji appreciated above all things about his bike, the sheer speed it could accomplish, hell his favorite thing to say about his bike when asked if he was worried about speeding was always 'Well, the police can't catch what they can't see'.
"Baka, what the hell are you doing!" The blue eyed girl cried out, smacking Shinji on the back of his helmet as he pulled to a sudden stop in front of a small flower shop on the corner of a four way intersection, he had stopped so abruptly that they had almost been bowled over by a passing semi truck.
Taking off his helmet, Shinji swung his left leg over and hopped off the motorcycle. "Can you wait here a minute Asuka, I need to take care of something alright?" With that he jogged into the shop and closed the door behind him before the redhead even had a chance to respond.
Quietly, the young girl watched as Shinji walked up to the older woman at the counter and handed her a small note, to which the woman smiled warmly at and nodded as the brown haired boy handed her a stack of bills. It was times like these that Asuka Langley Soryu wished she had the ability to read lips. 'Why is Shinji buying flowers?'
In all honesty it didn't take that long for the blue eyed beauty to figure it out. All of a sudden Shinji was buying flowers, coincidentally after the new girl Mana shows up, who was apparently an old friend of the boy, only one logical conclusion came to mind. The flowers were for one Mana Kirishima, whether or not there was some romantic meaning behind the flowers, or if it was a gesture of seeing an old friend, Asuka did not know. But she did know one thing, seeing Shinji buy flowers for another girl... hurt, it made her chest tighten up and a subtle anger rise up in her.
She had no more time to dwell on the subject as Shinji reemerged suddenly and mounted the bike, smiling slightly. "Sorry about that... just had to place an order." He commented absentmindedly as he buckled his helmet.
"Order huh?" Asuka grumbled, throwing a suspicious glance toward her male companion. "Who are the flowers for?"
Shinji only grinned as he turned back around, lifting his helmet up a bit before responding. "Someone very special to me..."
"This isn't good... " Gendo Ikari remarked as he looked upon the numerous graphs on the large screen in the darkened room.
"Probability of the project being successful in scenario one has dropped by four percent, scenario two is only at nine percent." Ritsuko Akagi remarked as she chewed on the cap of her pen, frowning at the results on the screen. "Asuka's emotions have been greatly affected by Mana's appearance... perhaps it was a mistake to introduce scenario two so soon."
"You oughtn't have introduced scenario two at all!" All heads turned to Kaji, who was rubbing his temples exhaustedly. "Mana is an eccentric girl, but in the end you're going to find the same thing I already know. She and Shinji are better off friends, love triangles never end well people!" The gruff man sighed heavily, shaking his head in distaste.
To the mans left, Misato nodded in agreement. "I think we're forcing this way too much, we can't just have them get so close together, and then suddenly introduce a new girl out of the blue! Shinji and Asuka were really coming along together, this could completely destroy the relationship that they're building!"
"Their relationship has nothing to do with this, so long as the desired result is achieved." The elder Ikari's cold and harsh tone could not have been more apparent as he narrowed his eyes at the purple haired woman.
CRACK!
The clipboard that Misato had been holding was cracked in half as she slammed it down on the corner of the nearest desk in a fit of anger. "What the hell are you talking about! They're relationship has everything to do with this! We've put those kids through too much damnit, they deserve to get something out of this!" She screamed out, causing everyone in the room, save for Gendo, to flinch slightly.
As stoic as ever, Gendo merely pushed his glasses back up the bridge of his nose. "Katsuragi... if I were you I would avoid another outburst again... remedy the situation, we need those percentage points back up, it takes top priority... dismissed."
Begrudgingly, Misato marched out of the room, closely followed by Kaji, who had to run to keep up with her in the long hallways of Nerv HQ. "You really need to control your anger Misato... you know what Gendo is capable of, he could have you taken out just for looking at him wrong." He remarked, frowning slightly as he fell into step next to the rather pissed off woman.
The narrow eyed glare Misato sent in Kaji's direction caused the man to gulp nervously. "Don't you think I know that! But we're playing god here Kaji! Asuka and Shinji have been through so much, you already told me Shinji fell into seclusion, and I've been worried about Asuka for years! If they find out about what we've been doing, they'll fall over the edge..." Sh paused, looking genuinely worried as she stepped into the main elevator, her eyes cast toward the ground as Kaji stepped in and the doors closed.
"Don't you think I know that?" The older man replied, pressing a button on the wall of the elevator. "Shinji's more of a son to me than anything... and Asuka is a good girl, we've put them through hell, for the love of god we ripped those two apart as kids and had their minds warped!"
"I don't like this Kaji... eventually they will find out, there is no way we can keep this quiet eventually they'll..." She stopped however, when the elevator suddenly stopped, puzzled, the purple haired woman looked up at the dial mechanism above the door, finding them stopped a few floors from the surface. "What the?"
The doors slid open and Kaji stepped out, holding up two fingers and motioned for Misato to follow. "Come on... I think it's time you find out what's really going on here, keep quiet."
A long walk down a seemingly never ending hallway was incredibly eery to the woman, and she only felt a worse sense of dread when they reached the end, a large steel plated door.
"The real purpose behind this project is something bigger than what you were first told... Nerv is hiding something from you, and this is it!" He cried out, taking out a red key card and swiping it through the scanner. A moment later the doors slid open with a pressurized release, the sight behind said doors, caused the purple haired woman to widen her eyes in horror.
"What the... what is this!?"
Asuka yawned softly as she exited the bathroom, having just finished off her morning shower and drying her hair with a clean towel. Stretching a bit, the red headed girl wrapped the towel around herself and fastened it before stepping out into the hallway and walking towards her room to change.
"Hmm?" She stopped halfway, when she noticed Shinji standing in the kitchen and chewing on a piece of toast. While normally such a thing would not stop her, today she noted that the brown haired boy had forgone his normal attire and instead dawned upon something new.
A sleeveless, black button up shirt with a blood red tie covered his torso, a pair of black pants and rather than his normal combat boots, a nicer and polished looking pair covered his feet. Hanging off the bridge of his nose rather nice looking black sunglasses shielded his eyes from the light. On the table was a small bouquet with several roses as well as numerous purple statice flowers.
"Are you going on a date or something?" The blue eyed girl asked, narrowing her eyes in suspicion as well as a bit of jealousy. 'Those must be the flowers he ordered yesterday...'
Shinji jumped a bit, coming out of his own thoughts and tilting his head towards his housemate. "Huh... ah no, just going somewhere... you wanna come with me?" He questioned after a moment of thought.
"Well where are we going... and what about school?" Asuka countered, frowning a bit as she stared down the brown haired boy accusingly.
Grinning, Shinji only shook his head. "Somewhere you should dress nice... and when the hell have I ever indicated that I gave a damn about school, we're ditching today." He stated with a matter-of-fact tone, putting his hair back into its normal ponytail.
The blue eyed beauty hesitated, biting her lip for a moment before replying. "Fine, but we better not going anywhere stupid..." She warned, making her way down the hallway and into her room.
"Oh, and Misato let me borrow the jaguar, so you can wear one of your dresses if you want!" Shinji called out as Asuka entered her room, shutting the door behind her.
'Something nice...' The redhead quirked her lips up as she stepped up to her closet, opening up the door and letting the towel fall to the ground. Quickly, she grabbed a simple white bra and a pair of panties, throwing them on as she went through the numerous outfits hanging on the rack. Smiling slightly, her eyes fell upon her single favorite piece of clothing that she owned.
A few moments later Asuka's door reopened, and Shinji made his way over toward the hallway, the keys to Misato's red sports car in hand. When Asuka stepped out from her doorway however, he had no choice but to stop and take in the picture.A floral yellow sundress draped over the red haired girls figure, of course Asuka was always beautiful, but this was the first time he had truly seen the girls elegant, and innocent beauty.
'Yellow sundress...' Shaking his head, the dull blue eyed boy smiled a bit as his eyes met Asuka's. "You look nice... come on, I don't wanna hit traffic."
'So this is what the flowers were for...' Asuka spoke out in her mind as she folded her hands in front of her, bowing her head in respect as Shinji laid the bouquet down on the ground, lighting up the incense that had been placed on a small platform.
The brown haired boy stood up and stepped back into place beside his female companion. "Sorry I didn't tell you where we were going... and I'm sorry I'm kind of introducing you out of the blue like this."
Asuka shook her head violently. "No... It's fine, so this is really..." She trailed off as her eyes trailed upon the grave stone in front of her. Shinji had brought her all the way to Tokyo-2, to the main graveyard for military personnel.
"Indeed, this is the final resting place of Yui Ikari."
The blue eyed beauty jumped in surprise at the new voice coming from behind them, though Shinji merely scowled and narrowed his eyes in anger. Turning, Asuka found a taller, bearded man standing behind them, a pair of orange sunglasses covering his eyes and an expensive looking suit adorning him.
"Father..." The one word that slipped from Shinji's lips caused Asuka to look at the man wide eyed. This man... was the father of Shinji Ikari? He seemed much colder than his son, and she had just gathered that conclusion by his tone of voice as well as his posture, solid and unwavering.
"It's been a long time since we've both been here like this..." The elder Ikari spoke solemnly, his eyes drifting from his son over to the young woman he was with. "Asuka Langley Soryu, correct?"
Asuka could only nod her head at the man, unknowingly taking a gulp in slight fear, the man was incredibly intimidating.
"It's been five years since I was last here... Asuka, we're leaving." Shinji announced, taking his sunglasses out of his pocket and putting them on. Silently, he turned toward the main gates of the cemetery, only to stop when a large hand was placed on his shoulder.
"Shinji..." Gendo pulled out a small envelope from his coat pocket, handing it to his son before he himself turned away, in the direction of a large helicopter pad put off for use of high ranking officers.
Without even looking through the contents of the envelope, Shinji nodded and began walking down the road toward the gates. Asuka followed behind him feeling as if she had missed something very important. "That's your father... he seemed so... cold." She muttered out, taking a glance back as said man was still standing in front of the grave of his late wife.
"You have no idea..." The young teen finally replied as they made it to the red jaguar that stood out among all the black BMW's in the small parking lot. Pausing, Shinji pulled the envelope back out of his pocket and opened it, his eyes widening at the contents. "I though he said...heh, hypocrite..." The brown haired boy let loose a low chuckle before tossing the envelope onto the dashboard and climbing into the drivers seat.
Curiously, the red haired girl took her place in the passengers seat, grabbing the envelope and opening it up. Her fingers gripped a small rectangular piece of paper, slowly she pulled it out, finding a picture of a woman with shoulder length, yet flowing brown hair. In the woman's arms was a young sleeping child with a small patch of brown hair coming out of its head.
"The only remaining picture of my mother..." Shinji commented as he caught Asuka gazing at the paper, before putting the car in gear and taking off.
Well finally!! That chapter was such a pain to write. Sorry if it wasn't to your liking, I don't exactly like the way it turned out either, but some of it was necessary, next chapter should be better. Anyway I'm off!!
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