Disclaimer: I do not own Neon Genesis Evangelion and any of its characters.

A/N:

GunMetalSnail429 : Hi. Thanks for the constructive criticism. Let's hope that I never run out of crazy ideas and would improve as time goes by. As for my chosen genres, I'm a sucker for romance and horror stories. Hehe. Have a good day!

And for my other readers, have a great time, on with the fic.

Page 2

"Asuka…"

"Shut up! It is your fault that we're stuck in here!"

Well, oh well, it's obviously my fault but blurting out something like "It's my fault, I'm sorry." would be sooo not me! So yeah, because of certain things that my mind could not comprehend at the moment, I'm stuck with him in this dark and tiny elevator.

"I'm sor- "

"Aaaahhh! I don't wanna hear it Shinji."

He's always like that. I'm sick of it. He's so typically good natured.

"I wonder how's Ayanami…"

He whispered though I clearly heard it.

"And that's the second thing I hate to hear."

It's totally dark and that quite annoyed me. Silence filled the air for a short while before I decided to ask him something that's been filling my thoughts for quite some time.

"Shinji, about the book I borrowed from you.."

"Hmm? It's good right?"

Damn. What a way to cut someone who's speaking. I didn't even have a chance to read it because of that welcome note. *Sigh* I couldn't ask him. Why!

"Yeah…"

Is all I could say. Why am I holding back? If ever, would he tell me the truth? And, why am I so bothered by it? There was silence again.

"Why did you do that Asuka?"

We're still in the elevator.

"You wanted to sleep with her so badly huh?"

That question just came out of nowhere. Stupid Shinji. Even though it's unusual for me to do and say these kinds of stuff, still-

"No! It's not like that…"

It's pretty dark in here which is a good thing, then I wouldn't be able to see his frickin' blushing face.

"Tch! Just admit it, you like her!"

Common. Common!

"…"

Eh?

"Hey!"

What the..

"…"

No answer? What was that supposed to mean? Crap.

"Shinji?"

"I don't hate her."

"I know… I know. That's why you like her!"

"I…"

"Spit it out idiot!"

"Why are you concerned Asuka?"

"Well… Uhm… I…"

Now, I have to spit it out.

*Pause*

What should I spit out anyway?

"It's just that.. What the hell! What's with your questions? Forget it!"

I don't know why but somehow I could feel the blood rushing up to my face. Maybe because it's getting hot in here. A few seconds later, I felt something touching my legs. I flinched for a second there. A hand? Yeah, a warm hand. It's Shinji's hand, no doubt.

"What a perv, Ikari. Because Ayanami's not in here, you think that I would be a good replacement huh! Stop doing dirty stuffs on me."

I pushed his hand away and at the same time my vision started to adapt in the dark. There, I saw Shinji frozen in place with a shocked expression. No, he's more terrified.

"Hey, are you okay? You going insane that Ayanami's not in here and you're stuck with me and you're thinking I'm not good enough and- "

"A..Asuka…"

He said with a shaky voice as he slowly moved behind me and grabbed my shoulders lightly.

"Whoa.. Whoa.. Aren't we getting touchy right now?"

His grip became stronger and his hands are shaking as if he's afraid of something.

"Sshhh.. Something.. No. Someone.. Touched my back."

Shinji muttered as I felt his breath lightly touched the back of my neck. My hair's tied up anyway and I know, it's not my typical hairstyle. Meh, just felt like it. Back to our situation. I don't know how to react to that but… Well… I haven't seen a ghost before. And! I don't have plans on seeing one. But if it's true, that there's a ghost with us… At the same time, this idiot must be playing cheap tricks again. When all of a sudden, I felt something strange leaving me stunned. My body felt heavy and was soon followed by a cold sensation. It made me shivered and I never had goosebumps like that before.

"Hheeey..!"

Am I shaking like him? I don't believe in ghosts in the first place!

"*Ehem!* Stop joking Shinji… Hah! It's just the two of us in here. Quit hallucinating! Have you eaten enough dinner?"

He then started to attack my waist as he surrounded his arms around it and tightly hugged me. That shocked the shit out of me dude! We never had such physical contacts before. No. Not this close. I never had with other guys as well, Kaji's not counted. Somehow, it felt… awkward.

"Did you hear that Asuka? Someone's crying!"

"You bastard! Let go! I don't hear a thing! What are you? A baby? There are no such things as ghosts!"

I tired to remove his arms but he just tightened it even more.

"It hurts! Stop! Pervert! Pervert!"

I shouted at the top of my lungs as I pinched his ear, somehow his arms loosened so I managed to turn and face him.

"But I don't want to see a ghost."

He whispered. Our faces just a few distance away from each other. We could feel each other's breath. Just staring at each other, eye to eye for several seconds, I was about to say something when I felt something cold touched my leg. How? Shinji's arms are still encircling my waist. WHO! Due to shock and realization, I did something weird and unexpected. I jumped into him, legs around his waist, arms surrounded his neck. Kind of an awkward position, I know.

"Ahhhh! Nooo! Go away! Leave us alone!"

Okay, okay. It's my turn. Now, I sounded like a crazy bitch in some random horror movie.

"Asuka! Calm down!"

"You're the one to talk to idiot!"

I glared at him, still not letting go.

"Something cold! It touched my leg! Let's go out of here!"

"I told you, there's really something, someone, with us…."

My arms around his neck tightened.

"Shut up! Shut up!"

"Asu—ka.. Can't— breathe-.."

"I hate creepy things! That's why I dislike wondergirl right! What should we do?"

"..."

T.B.C.

A/N: Elevators always creep me out. Oh, the movie "Devil" (it took place inside an elevator fyi :D) is actually a good thriller, check it out. So, 'til next time guys.