Heyas,
Not much to say, just heres a fic I wrote about Shinji and Misato.
C&C's, MST3K's and such are welcome and much appreciated.
-Begin Transmission-
Darkest Before Dawn, A Neon-Genesis Evangelion shortfic
by Andrew Ferguson (Kawaii_Cabbit[BOFH])
Note: Takes place after Rei II dies and Asuka goes crazy/comatose but before
Kaworu's appearance.
Shinji sat down at the kitchen table staring off into the void,
ignoring the dinner on his plate. Directly in front of him and yet so far
away sat Major Misato Katsuragi, a troubled expression marring her usually
cheerful face. Shinji blinks, returns to cold hard reality and sighs to
himself.
"Misato..."
"hm? Yes, Shinji?"
"Where did it all go wrong?"
"Uh... I'm not what you mean, Shinji-kun" Misato mumbled in reply, staring
intently at her dinner.
"This! Where did everything go wrong? Asuka is comatose, Ayanami...
Ayanami is dead. Only to be replaced by a cold facsimile! A mockery! Where
did it go wrong? Can I fix it? Why did it happen? Misato... I just..." Shinji
trails off, beginning to sob, lowering his head to the table.
Misato comes around the table, drawing him into her arms in a
reassuring hug. Shinji continues to sob, now into her shoulder.
"Shinji... I'm so sorry, I am so sorry. You don't know how sorry I am."
"I just want to things to be the way they were, I want to go backwards not
forwards. The future just seems to get worse and worse. When will it end?"
Misato, beginning to cry as well, quoted an old saying she once
heard her mother use.
"Shinji... 'it's always darkest before dawn'"
"What?" Shinji looks up from his sobbing with a questioning look in his eyes
and tears running down his face.
"Its an old saying my mother used to tell me. It means that things are the
worst before they become better. When everything seems lost, a ray of hope
will shine through. You just have to persevere and hang on. It's all you
_can_ do sometimes."
"Misato... thank you."
Shinji leans back against her shoulder, no longer crying. Smiling
slightly, he slowly drifted off into a dreamy slumber. Misato smiled as well,
carefully picknig up Shinji and carrying him to his bed. Laying him down, she
goes to exit, but stops at the door. Looking back, she says to herself
"Shinji-kun, I love you..." Turning, she exits the room to retire herself.
Unseen by her, an eye opens, staring at where she was mere moments
ago. A lone tear trickles its way down Shinji's cheek.
"Misato..."
=Fin=
Final Notes: I kinda got inspired to write this by nothing in particular. I
just sat down and started writing, it only took about half an hour. Direct
your Comments (no flames please!) to ferguson@isn.net
-End Transmission-
Thats all he wrote!
--Kawaii_Cabbit[BOFH]
*Sig missing. $5 reward. Call 555-1212*