She hates Kids.
She remembers she once had asked Kaji over a "friendly" cup of tea (She plans to suppress all future mentions of her crush for him) what were the things he liked and disliked (And no, she wasn't pumping him for information) and, after careful consideration summed it up with a succinct "Women with attitude, pets and kids."
She understands now all of it; the first part is easy; after all, if she had to use a word to describe Misato it would certainly be Attitude (And she tries so hard to quench the small voice telling her she is just like Misato).
"So, you know Kaji-Sempai?" "More like Kaji-No-Baka"
Pets; she remembers once, during their on the Over the Rainbow Kaji had foregone the long trousers, and spend the day lounging in beachwear (And no, she is not fantasizing nor drooling about the memory), and she noticed a scar on his left leg. When she asked him about it he had simply grumbled "penguin" and said no more.
"Eww! What is that third child?" "Ahh…that's Pen-pen…a ping-" "I know WHAT he is!"
And as for kids, she never knew why.
"Y-you mean you're pre-"
But as she feels the pain in her lower stomach, the spasm and painpainpainpain-
Baka!! This is your fault!!"
And then, she hears the soft sobbing, the whimpering and crying, and as she holds the baby in her arms, a million names flowing around (Kami? Mai? Terri? Yuu? ) a thousand feelings on her soul, she suddenly knows, amongst her tears that Kaji is just like Shinji (He's such an idiot)
Because how can you hate your own flesh and blood?
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AN: Brownie points to whomever can correctly guess where the names for the newborn baby came from.
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She loves Dancing.
She knows her body was made, and toned to show off; to sashay, to marvel and entice, treating a mere boardwalk like a catwalk.
But she loves to dance; to twirl.
She is lithe and flexible (8 years of rhythmic gymnastic will do wonders for you) and with the proportion needed to fill any dress nicely ("I not only have gotten bigger, but my figure has gotten fuller as well") so she can't help but giggle when Kaji takes her hand and twirls her around at the entrance of the Christmas party (It's a good thing they changed supreme commanders)
She is having a great time, despite Kaji being with Misato (Asuka thinks she might just be getting a cue as to who Kaji really loves) and she being the only other pilot here (Asuka doesn't want to think of the feelings she gets whenever she imagines Shinji and Rei together)
So when Kaji brings a blushing Shinji who muster up courage and asks her if she would like to dance, she smiles and drags him to the floor, lifting his arm and twirling underneath it as they approach the dance floor. He smiles and explains to her both Rei and him were with his father having a "heart-to-heart"
And as the dance finishes and they walk to get some punch, both Kaji and Misato stop them at the dance floor and point up towards them. She turns up and smiles.
Mistletoe.
She really does love to dance.