Like a true Shinji

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The cold air piercing Shinji lungs and making his face feel like it's being stabbed with tiny needles. I wonder when kaworu will be cured thought Shinji to himself. It's been months since kaworu got sick from neon genital disease and the doctors said the chances of survival are low... Shinji let out another sigh and went back to staring at the ceiling. There was an weird shape drawn into the hospital light. He looked at it some more and saw it was pointing at the direction of the hallway.

He was tempted to get up and go see what it was pointing to but he was snapped back to reality when he heard with name get called.

"You're Shinji righ?" The nurse said while looking up from her notepad.
"Yes that's me" said Shinji in a curious tone.
"Follow me I have something to tell you" She walked at a steady pace to a room. In that room there was a doctor sitting down rubbing his eyes. Shinji stepped inside and the nurse closed the door to give them some privacy.

"Sit down Shinji" said the doctor pointing at the chair in front of him with his pen. Shinji did as he was told.
"How is kaworu doing? " asked Shinji quietly.
"That's what I wanted to talk about. You see he.. " the doctor took a pause. This couldn't mean anything good and Shinji knew it. He was now facing the floor as his heart grew anxious.
"He sadly didn't make it." Tears started to build and fall so elegantly. Just like how kaworu used to dance with his pink tutu. Shinji was in shock but also angry at how easily the doctor could say that. As if his best friend's death didn't mean anything.

The doctor apologized to him and went out of the room. Shinji stood there..silently trying to process what happened. He couldn't believe that the person he felt the most connected with was gone. That meant there would be no one else to run away with when his dad treated him like shit. There will be no one there for him anymore and that thought scared him. He finally left the room and as he was walking out he glanced once more at the ceiling lights. He saw once again the weird shape and decided to follow it.

The cold hospital air felt even more lonelier and heavy than before. He stopped walking in front of a door. There was no number or sign on the side like the other doors. Nothing really mattered to him anymore so he opened the door and went in. It was pitch black and the door behind him disappeared. He tried to hold on to something but couldn't lay his hands on anything. Almost as if the room was completely empty.

He was gonna start having a break down but got interrupted by a voice from behind

"W-w-who are you... " he said choking on his tears.
"Ohh poor Shinji look at you so pathetic and lonely" said the unknown voice. "Do you want my help getting out of here?"
Shinji bodded. He felt a hand grab his and pull him. He couldn't tell what direction they were headed or who the person guiding him is.
"You always cry whenever you feel hopeless.. Is there anything you know other than crying? Crying won't bring your friend back" said the voice
"How do you know about kaworu... " Shinji asked wiping off his tears.
"I'm a friend, lucky for you he was the one that personally asked me to look after you." -???
"What is your name? "
"My name is... " a blinding light came out of nowhere. As shinji's eyes adjusted he was able to see the person in front of him. He was filled with shock and confusion to see that the other person was him but ginger.
"My name is shinger"
"Y-youre m-m-me"
"Kinda but I'm not wearing a wig like you" said shinjer as he pulled down shinji's hair to reveal a shiny soft bald head.
"H-HEY WHAT ARE YOU DOING" Shinji snapped the wig out of shingers hands and put it back on.
"Also what do you mean kaworu sent you? "-Shinji
"Do you want to see him?"-shinger
" o-ofc I do! " shouted Shinji
"You will have to do a couple of things to see him"- shinger
" like what? " -Shinji
"You have to drink this special liquid and look for a guy named Gilbert, he'll guide you to a place and then you have to crawl inside a dog that's guarding the gates to hell and look for kaworu"- shinger
" there's no way I can do all of that" said Shinji as he was getting ready for another breakdown.
"Fine whatever you can just drink this liquid and look for him " -said shinger as he pulled out a small bottle with a green sparkly liquid with some sort of chunks inside. Shinji hesitated but the thought of seeing his best friend again was worth all the trouble.

He drank the whole thing without stopping to breathe or anything. It tastes like a cockroach at first but then he was caught by surprise by the sudden fruity taste.
"Is it supposed to taste fruity? "- Shinji
" nope! "- shinger
".... "-Shinji
Something inside of him was changing. It felt like a beast inside of him was gonna take over him. He started panicking, shinger seeing it pulled out a bowl of jelly meat. Shinji went feral after seeing it and ate every last bit of it as if his life defended on it.
" feel better? "- shinger
" ughh I'm gonna pass out" said Shinji as his vision went blurry.
"Here look at this picture of paris"-shinger
" h-how did you k-know I l-love paris.. " Shinji passed out. Shinger picked up his body like a princess and run to the wall. It teleported them to the center of a lake.
"Good luck worm" shinger disappeared and left Shinji floating in the water. Not long after Shinji woke up. He jumped and screamed thinking that he was going to sink. He didn't. It took a long while to realize that he could walk on water. He has been making all sounds from truck alarm to singing opera for the past hour. He took a minute to calm down and started walking to the edge of the lake.

It was all very foggy. As he kept walking he saw a figure floating in the water. It was kaworu. Shinji ran to him as tears rolled down his face.
"kaworu I can't believe it's you.. I missed you so much" he said as he clinged to his legs sobbing. A gentel laugh (it sounded like something straight out of a horror movie) was heard. Shinji looked up and saw.. Kaworu was bald. He led out of scream. There's no way that is kaworu.. Kaworu smilled and asked what's wrong. Shinji set off running away from him. He kept repeating "he's not bald he's not bald he's not bald" over and over.

He got closer to the edge of the lake. It was his chance to catch his breath. Tears falling again. Who was that? Why did it look like kaworu? Where's the real kaworu? He was filled with questions. A hand reached for him. It was bald kaworu again. Shinji's heart dropped to his stomach. It was the same intense red eyes but his bald head was like a lantern.. Or the moon.
"Shhh is okay shinji... We're both bald now" kaworu said gently. He held Shinji close and comforted him. Once Shinji calmed down, kaworu held his face so they could make eye contact. Those shit brown eyes looked so tired and sad. He wanted to help his friend end all his suffering. So he ate him.

Shinger was looking from the distance disappointed. "The dumbass forgot to look for Gilbert and got eaten, welp it's not my problem anymore. " he grew big orange wings that left a trail of glitter.

"Then end." Wrote down kaworu
"It's been a year since you went on a coma Shinji... I wrote this Bible about you like you asked me" kaworu went to the door and took one last look at his best friend that was laying in the bed emotionless and gray.

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⏰ Last updated: Dec 13, 2022 ⏰

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