Again...another redo is being done on this story, im trying to share the love a bit here, even though noone is giving any comments...but oh well...

Neon Genesis Evangelion and all of its characters and affiliations belong to Hideaki Anno, no copyright infringement is intended by this fan fiction.

Stay with me

Asuka slowly opened her tired eyes, quickly closing them as the sun bit at the corners of her mind, ugh her eyes were not ready for the light yet.

It had been days since she had slept well, and it was starting to take its toll on her body, and more so on her well being and mood, It had been three months since the third impact, yet the memories were still as fresh as though they were several hours ago, although even Asuka had to admit she was more scared of what had happened several hours ago…

Asuka had been sick for the past week with a very high fever and couldn't breathe properly, it had obviously been bad, as it kept the great Asuka out of action, which was a feat of nature in itself, and because for some weird reason had been sharing an apartment with Shinji, it meant she had him constantly worrying about her and all in all getting stressed over anything.

Asuka slowly got up from the bed and staggered to her feet, swaying as she did, throwing out her hand to grab a hold of the near by desk to stop her from falling back over again, before gingerly starting to make around the apartment a bit, hugging the wall for support as she went.

After a bit Asuka had finally properly opened her eyes and her mind was starting to gradually work, and she thaught it was about mid afternoon from where the sun was, however...although it was rare, she could be wrong, but with another glance at the dying sun, she decided she was pretty close to the mark.

She looked around at the apartment again, giving a slight smirk as it showed it was obvious Shinji lived here, it was meticulously cleaned, it smelt like home cooking all the time, and the place had a warm, comfortable sense to it, almost like a big hug.....

'Hang on a second, did I just think this place was warm and comfortable...and like...a hug because of Shinji...' Asuka wondered, she blushed with the thought of this, but she carried on staggering around the apartment, it wasn't all that big, but it suited her and Shinji nicely, there was a kitchen, a bathroom and two bedrooms, Asuka was quite glad that hers had a lock, it gave her a sense of security in her life, and after the third impact she had sorely needed it.

After the Third Impact, and after Shinji attempting to choke Asuka, they had amazingly moved in together into the apartment, which for the first few days of course provoked rumours, and remarks from the remaining two "stooges", yet to make matters worse, even Hikari seemed to think there was something between Asuka and Shinji, which just earned a derisive laugh for Hikari, and perfect hand prints on Touji's and Kensuke's cheeks from where Asuka had cleared up the rumours in a swift and efficient manner or so she had first thought…

Little did Asuka know that all this had served to do was provoke further whispers behind her back, and the rumour mill was again spitting out sordid tales of how Shinji was being held captive by Asuka as a slave, and some others which only served to cause Asuka to turn redder than her hair.

Asuka continued to stagger around the apartment untill she got to the balcony where she decided she would sit and watch the sun go down while she waited for Shinji to get home from shopping, but just as she opened the door, she suddenly was hit by a wave of nausea and dizzyness and promptly she fell to the floor, narrowly missing the glass table which would have spelt disaster.

"Asuka im home" Shinji called out, knowing that if he didn't there was a chance that Asuka might think he was a burgler or something...and he didn't need to be kicked ... there...again for a LONG while...but that was pushed to the side of his mind when he didn't recieve an answer but instead felt a blow of cold air as he opened the door.

'Oh Asuka must have left the door to the balcony open again....ill quickly close it then go check on her' he thaught before quickly going to the kitchen and setting down the shopping bags before turning to shut the balcony door....what he saw however made him turn a pale shade of white...

Asuka was laying spreadeagle on the cold floor of the balcony breathing shallowly and looking a sickly white in colour, and before Shinji could think about what he was doing he was quickly at the side of Asuka gently picking her up with a strength he didn't know he had and swiftly carrying her to her room before putting her in bed and making sure to tuck her in and cover her.

Shinji stood there for a few minutes watching the colour return to her face slowly as she warmed up all the while thinking how beautiful she was, and how he would give anything for her to feel the same way about him as he did about her.

He loved her fiery spirit, the fact she was an individual and that nothing would ever stand in her way, but most of all he loved the fact that even if she constantly made snippy comments or smirked at him, she was the one constant in his life throughout the whole ordeal that was EVA and the Impact.

Asuka had been like family to him, motivating him to keep going when he would have so easily given up, and the cute smiles he sometimes saw....made everything worthwhile, but just seeing her in bed, and looking so frail and helpless, he just...felt guilty for seeing her like this, yet at the same time, felt...pride at seeing her for everything that she was, not just her tough projected self, but Shinji knew it would be a while before things were back to normal.

Sorry for cutting it short, but its midnight, i have written close to 5k words in about 2hours, which after writing nothing seems to be quite a lot... 0_o

Fear not, if someone likes this story and actually reviews it ill keep going, but for tonight....no more...sorry :(