Later that night.

All of the teens had tired themselves out after a long night worth of partying. They were sprawled out all over the living room floor. However there were two occupants that was still awake, Misato and Kaji. Though in their case its not surprising that they are still awake, since they were kind of used to this type of thing. Well they were used to it back when they were in college together.

At the moment both of them were in the bathroom. With Misato leaning over the sink. "Aren't you old enough to hold your liquor?" Kaji asked, a little bit surprised at what he was seeing. Especially since he remembered her back in the old days.

"GGGHH.. Got carried away... Drank t' much."

Her drunken reply only served to put a smile on his face. "So happy to see me, you threw caution to the sink?"

"I'm g'n hit you. if y'd stop shpinnin i'd 'a hit you." This was Misato's best possible way of speaking at the moment. Plus his remark only increased the headache that she already had.

"You should get some fresh air. Here, I'll lend you a shoulder." Ever so gently Kaji wrapped his arm over Misato and pulled her up into a standing position. He turned around and headed for the front door of the apartment. When they boarded the elevator, Kaji noticed that the weight on his shoulder was getting heaver by the second. He looked at Misato and saw that she was starting to fall towards the floor of the elevator.

With as much strength as he could, while aslo not to hurt her, he pushed her up against the wall and turned around and got on his knees. Through her drunkenness Misato got the idea of what he was wanting her to do. Even though it kind of annoyed her, for reasons she didn't know. But the way she was feeling right now, she knew that it was going to be difficult to keep walking. So with that thought she leaned down and got on his back.

It was only a few seconds later that the elevator door opened up to reveal the parking lot. It was a nice and peaceful night. The stars were shining and the moon was full.

"This's b'yond pathetic... y'you... takin' care of me..." Said Misato.

Kaji just laughed. "Oh, no, it's like old times... You drank... you got a piggyback ride." Which was true. Back when they were in college, whenever Misato would get drunk to the point that she was unable to walk, Kaji always would give her a piggyback all the way to her dorm.

Misato couldn't help but think about the reply that he gave. If only she would have been a different person back then. "Hey, don't dump m' off... like I dumped you."

"It did come as a shock that you dumped me all of a sudden back then." He turned his head so that he could look at her. "Now, why bring that up? She was about to answer him but he beat her to it. "Though I guess it was my fault in the end. Had to pay all those roaming charges."

Before he could get another word in she asked him if he could set her down on one of the benches that was around the parking lot. Once they were comfortable, which for Kaji meant getting out a cigarette, she finally thought up an answer. "Where y'... trying to see how much y' could cheat... before I hated you?"

"No... You were special..." Was his reply.

"Liar." After she sad that Kaji looked at Misato with a regretful look. "You were never serious 'bout anyone. ...Not that I was, neither..."

"What are you talking about, Misato. Your drunk."

"You weren't really lookin' at me... or any of those other girls... ...you were lookin' at something else." Misato adjusted her self so that she had her head now resting on her hand. Looking somewhat depressed. "And then... once I realized.. no matter how long we were together, you would never love me... like you meant it. ...I was so, so afraid..."

"Misato..." He tried to snap her out of it but it did not help.

"I told you about my father before, right? He never loved my mother and me like he meant it. It was always his research first. My mother was always crying, but... One day, he died for me."

"The second impact..." Said Kaji.

"Kaji... You look a little like my father."

He really did not know how to reply to something like that. "Misato..."

She turned towards him, wondering what he wanted. "what is it, Kaji...?" She then noticed that he slowly put his hand on the side of her face. caressing it with a gentle touch. Ever so slowly she felt herself being drawn closer to him.

"Disgusting."

The sudden voice snapped Misato and Kaji out of what they were about to do and looked for the voice. They both turned their heads and saw Asuka looking at them with a sleepy look in her eyes.

"I woke up and I didn't see you two anywhere, so I thought i'd take a look around. Sure enough..." She might not show it on the outside, but she was happy for them.

"Oh, no, Asuka! You see, Misato wasn't feeling well- so I was- taking care of her!" That was the first thing that appeared in Kaji's head.

"Yeah! I was throwing up and everything! Really sick!" Misato, who was trying to act as if nothing was happening.

Even though to Asuka's perception it seemed like they were two teens who were about to make out but was caught by their parents at the last second. "Yeah. I can see that you are sick alright." She placed a lot of sarcasm in that.

Not that they would notice it though. "Asuka, what do you mean?! We can't stand each other." Misato demonstrated this by pinching Kaji's cheek, pretty hard. "See? He's a jerk!"

Asuka just stared at them with a blank face. How is she supposed to believe that when she noticed Misato say sorry to him when she let go of his cheek. "Well you two go and make out if you want. I'm going back to bed." With that Asuka turned around and headed back up to the room, leaving two embarrassed adults to keep trying to explain that noting was going on between them.

It wasn't long before Asuka made it back to the apartment. When she walked throght the door, she wondered if anybody else had gotten up after she did. Though not to her surprise, everyone was in the exact same position when she left.

It took about a minute before her eyes became adjusted to the darkness, she waited because she did not want to accidently step on anybody. Once she was able to see enough, she walked back over to the couch so that she could get to sleep. Asuka sat down on the couch fully prepared to head back to sleep, it was then that she noticed a body that was lying on the floor on the other side of the room and could not stop the small smile that started to form on her lips.

Asuka thought about what she wanted to do, which it really did not take her long to decide. She got up from her seat and tiptoed across the room. As carefully as she could, she lowered herself on to the floor, right next to Shinji.

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Hey everybody, it has been a long time.

I am sorry that it has taken this long for me to post a new chapter.

It may be a little bit short but I hope that you enjoy it.

See you next time.