9:14am

The wall clock, mounted safely on the front wall of the classroom, seemed to be going slower than usual. Well, that is to the looks of the three young students in the class room that's not even bothering to listen to the lesson of the professor in front. The clock's hands seemed to linger in its place every time they look at it. And the professor, oblivious of what's going on with his students' minds, looked like an apparition lost in the mist of their thoughts.

"..and so class, the Second Impact happened when a great meteor strike the earth changing its axis and temperature-" Lectured an old veteran teacher that seems to be in his late 60's. He was just about to say something else when the bell rang, indicating the time for a quick break. The bell resounded throughout the whole school and of course, this was the moment the three students were longing for. As quickly as the bell sounded, the two young boys quickly met up to talk about something they both appear to worry about.

"What do you think happened to Shinji-kun, Toji?" A young student with glasses holding his video camera closely asked.

The tall guy in his jacket just shrugged clearly having no idea what happened. Across from the two boys talking to each other another student seemed to be in deep thought and was grinning to herself, as she thought about her best friend being alone together with the one guy that she thought would be perfect for her - Shinji and Asuka.

Asuka must be feeding Shinji-kun his lunch at this time.

"Kyaaa!~" squealed the class representative, as she imagines how Asuka will feed the weak and sickly Shinji. It was playing on her mind that Asuka would be wearing a white apron, holding tenderly the pale face of the boy with her left hand and trying to spoon feed him with her right. Probably a small grain of rice will stuck to the boy's cheeks and Asuka picked it up then gently placed it in his mouth while of course blushing. The mere thought of the event happening easily awakened the fangirl-spirit inside the usually calm and strict Hikari.

Her sudden squeal resonated awkwardly inside the classroom, and afterwards, all were silent.

The eerie silence was soon broken by the sudden burst of laughing from the two who were sitting across the class rep. After a few more moments the class became normal again as the normal chit-chat filled the area. But the two guys were still laughing away at the unusual action of the class rep. This was soon over when the class rep walked towards Toji and slapped him hard on his right cheek.

"Hey! That hurts class rep!" complained Toji while he gently rubs the reddening cheek. Hikari, on the other hand, dismissed the comment from the boy and turned her head towards the now silent Kensuke. The Class reps stare gave him the chills, and trying not to get the same punishment as Toji had, he tried to avoid the topic of why she squealed like a little girl and instead, started a simple conversation with her.

"Do you know what happened to Shinji and Asuka?" He started off with a nervous smile.

"Yeah, Asuka said that Shinji was sick and had to stay at home. Asuka said that she'll take care of that idiot Shinji, as usual." She replied smoothly and with a little imitation of her friend Asuka. It seems that she's not that mad about the incident a little while ago.

"Yeah that's what she told us too when we tried calling Shinji's phone. We were surprised to hear Asuka answer the phone." confirmed Kensuke while looking his friend that now has a swelling cheek after being slapped by the class rep.

"..but don't you think it's strange that Asuka is going to take care of Shinji?" Toji managed to blurt out whilst still covering the red cheek.

"Strange? What are you talking about? It's natural that she'll take care of Shinji when he's sick because Asuka really lik—" the class rep stopped mid-sentence becoming aware that she was just about to tell Shinji's friends about their secret.

But the obvious evasion of the words didn't escape Kensuke's attentive ears. Just by hearing a few fragment of the words, he managed to put two and two together. The squeal of the class rep and the broken sentence that he was sure that will lead to "Asuka really likes Shinji-kun". Inside his mind, he was smirking devilishly as the thought of Shinji and Asuka being together crossed through. He was just about to say something to Hikari before Toji interrupted him with his loud voice saying-

"WHAT! ASUKA LIKES—"Toji was just about to say 'Shinji' when his mouth was closed by the petite class rep. She'll never allow such thing to happen to her best friend's pride because of her little Freudian slip.

But the action proved too late as the whole class looked at the three in the middle of the room, one standing up with his hands slammed on a desk, the other directly in front of him closing his mouth with both her hands and the third adjusting his glasses with a sly grin to his face. The scenery was something you'll only see in a manga or an anime but was soon broken up by the bell signaling 5th Period.

"Hey Shinji~" a playful voice whispered into the sleeping boy's ears, the sweetness in the voice prompted him to awake and look closely at whose angelic voice it was. But before he even saw the face of the speaker soft and gentle hands began to cover his eyes. The action proved too much for the boy that shunned others, and thus resulted for his face to turn crimson red. Seeing how the boys face turned red, the girl holding the boy's eyes began to laugh lovingly at him. Her laughter was so beautiful that the boy was enchanted by it, it sounded like bells resounding in the quiet night.

"A-A-Asuka?" the nervous boy asked as he softly tried to take of the hands that is currently keeping his eyesight in check.

"Yes?~" The girl replied, her voice so melodic, that her words seemed to linger in his ears.

"Was it vodka? Or maybe Misato's beer?" asked the confused boy sitting up in his bed sweating hard and looking at the girl in front of him.

"No Shinji, I just feel that we should be together more often, you know, were all alone until 8pm." a smooth reply from the girl moving closer and closer to him.

Shinji smelled something really intoxicating coming from her direction. The smell lulled him into looking at her more intensely and make her look so much more beautiful. His body reacted to it as it tried to hold her hands and made his head move over to her red hair to breath in more of that perfume. It was like she wasn't Asuka anymore - it's like she was someone else with her body tempting him. Shinji tried to hold himself together but it was just too much for the adolescent boy - testosterone running through his body.

"What Am I doing? This is Asuka I'm holding right now. I can't risk getting beaten up after all this." the boy thought as he tried to keep himself in control.

"Stop lying to yourself, you know that you have always felt this way to her. You love her don't you?" another voice inside of him said.

Shinji was feeling more and more confused. But his confusion was soon stopped when he felt something soft crash into his lips. Asuka was kissing him, and that was all it took to take every bit of sanity left in him. He can't hear anything, even the loud voices in his head, even the honks of the cars outside and he can't even hear the German words being shouted at him. Shinji was in paradise, or so he thought.

"Aufwachen dummkopf! If you don't wake up this instant, I'm going to pour this water over your face, idiot!"

Just like how a gently breeze passes by, the dream Shinji was having, already vanished before it ever finished. His dream was crushed, but at least the Asuka he knows still exist and she's right here in front of him. Slowly, Shinji forced himself to wake up from his slumbering state to face the reality in front of him. Now sitting up, he glanced at the alarm clock by his bed.

1:09pm.

"Ah, it's already noon." Shinji said nonchalantly as he looked outside the small window his room has.

"Isn't it obvious, third child? Now hurry up and eat your lunch! I have tons of things to do." Asuka said in her usual proud and irritated voice.

Hearing the usual voice of Asuka made Shinji feel contrasting emotions. He felt relief at that he's not dreaming of that Asuka but also sad that this Asuka isn't as sweet and gently as the one he met at the dream. Shinji just tried to abide by her rules and indulge in the food offered to him. It was a simple plate with two pizzas, some salad and a glass of water. It's not like he expected something grand from her, but at least it was real food, not something you expect from Asuka.

"Better at least thank her for the food."

"Asuka thanks for the foo-" So sudden was the change in atmosphere that it left Shinji speechless for a moment. A gust of wind blew from the small window and passed Asuka. Her hair swayed gently in the wind, her face a bit flustered by the cold but still retain it's usual calm nature, and her loose shirt looked like it was dancing with the wind. The sight he saw left him in awe, but what really captured his eyes was her lips as she tried to keep it moist by licking it gently. He almost licked his own lips as well before he caught himself from the action and proceeded to finish the sentence he was about to say.

"Thanks for the food, Asuka." He repeated the whole sentence just in case that Asuka didn't hear what he just said.

"Yeah. Yeah. Anyway, hurry up and finish! I wanna go to sleep again. Oh, and by the way, I checked your temperature when you were sleeping and it was still high. You were even turning red."

Shinji was left dumbfounded, Asuka soon went out of his room leaving Shinji alone again. He quickly tried to close window to prevent the cold wind from coming in again. As he walks towards the window, he noticed a bucket of water and a few towels lying around his room. He didn't need to be a psychic or a prophet to figure out that Asuka has been taking care of him while he was asleep.

That is one more thing he has to be thankful for. And, after closing the window he slowly went back to his bed to rest again.

Staying in bed may not be so bad. Even reality can be sweet sometimes. Shinji thought as he slowly went back to his slumber, now not wishing for the Asuka he met at the dream but rather wishing to see the sweetness that Asuka showed when he was asleep.

*Authors Rant* mwahaha! Finally had the time to update, been sick all this time because of the cold weather. well anyway I'm not so sure about my german but try to google translate it. haha :D anyway I'll try to update soon. Thanks for the reviews! O_o