Shinji and Asuka

Epilogue

It's finally here! About a year late; sorry about that, just life keeping me busy. Without further ado, the epilogue is below, followed by Story Notes about the chapters and lastly some self-reflection on the making of "Shinji and Asuka".

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Final Epilogue:

There sometimes comes a moment in one's life where they know their world is about to be turned upside down. Today was that day for a certain individual and not only that, but it was also the anniversary of the day the eva pilots of NERV saved the world in the final battle after the angels were defeated. Of particular importance were the events currently going on in the residence of a certain two former eva pilots; Shinji and Asuka. Several years after they had gotten back together, the former pilot of Unit 02 had caught onto a slipup from her dear husband. Said husband was currently taking a temporary reprieve in the bathroom, one that wasn't going to last much longer.

'How do I get out of this one?' the man thought.

"Don't even think about staying in there the whole day" a voice said through the door; it belonged to Asuka.

"Of course not!" Shinji replied, before sighing.

The anxious man realised there was no avoiding the confrontation this time, he had no other option; he had to tell... the truth. 'Well, it's my own fault that it has come to this. I should have confessed everything to her ages ago... why am I still such a coward sometimes?' he thought. Feeling knots twist in his stomach, Shinji tried to calm himself as he slowly came to the realisation of what was about to happen. 'This is going to be... messy, I'll need to call Misato over'

Taking in a deep breath, the former male eva pilot stood up and flushed the toilet before washing his hands at the sink. He looked up at himself in the mirror, his older self having features quite similar to his father Gendo. Shinji couldn't help his apprehension of what was to come and looked at himself sadly as he recalled the horrid past he had perpetrated. The man shook himself from his daze as he knew this wasn't something he should have put off; this was something Asuka needed to know, no matter how painful. Reaching into his pocket, he took out his phone and called his former guardian. He heard the dial ring a few moments before the call connected.

"Hey Shinji! What's up? Unusual of you to be calling me today at this time" Misato answered.

"Hey Misato! Look..." he paused, unsure of how to tell her. "I... I'll just get straight to the point. I'm gonna confess 'everything' to Asuka today" he announced.

There was a long silence on the other side of the phone as the former Major understood the implication of his statement.

"Wait... today of all days? I mean, I think this is long overdue so I'm glad you decided to do this, but why now?" Misato eventually asked.

"Well to be honest, it's been forced on me. I slipped up and mentioned something about the past and Asuka quickly caught on that something was off" Shinji answered.

"She always was a sharp girl" Misato replied, chuckling. "How lame of you Shinji, not only slipping up, but you're finally going to confess what happened in the past because of an accident. What's done is done, I assume you're not calling me just to announce this"

"I think it's best if you come over, if only to give me moral support and... keep Asuka calm" the man clarified.

"I see" Misato replied, "Alright I'll come over, what about your kids?" she asked.

"Rei should be coming soon to babysit them" he answered.

"Ok then, see you soon and... good luck" Misato finished off.