The Many Lives of Shinji and Asuka

Red Running Scared Part 1

Hey everyone! Thanks for reading this. I'm sorry for the very rare updates. I have tons of half finished one shots that I have no idea if I'll ever finish but please keep coming back to check just in case I do.

This story was originally written for the semi-recent contest on the Asushin discord server but was never submitted or finished. Seeing as it's only partly done, I'll post it in 3 separate parts so keep checking for more!

The second child, the red headed queen of Nerv, woke up in a sweat. She rarely had bad dreams as of late due to her current sleeping arrangement, but when she did, they were bad. Her most recent nightmare completely rattled her, causing her to throw the arm, that seconds ago was snug around her waist, off of her. The arm that usually kept her night terrors away had failed her.
Annoyingly, the man, no, boy, behind her was surprisingly comfortable, and along with his failure to protect her from the night, has only increased her anger. She hated herself. Somehow she had fallen for a mere child, and a perverted one for that. She didn't deny that she liked him, but she hated herself for liking him. She was supposed to like a man, like Kaji. But no, this boy that is barely starting to catch up to her in height, somehow seduced her heart, and sadly, her eyes.

He did look cute as he slept but that was apart of the problem. He was a coward, a pervert, and an idiot. An idiot to think that she'd stay here and cuddle with him every night. That she would stay here and love him. She was not an idiot and she wouldn't love one either. So she ran. She pushed the rest of the third child's arm off of her, through the covers of her bed off, slid her shoes on, and headed out the door into the surprisingly bright, but unsurprisingly deserted, night.

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Shinji woke up not to long later. Somehow not awoken in Asuka's anger, but the lack of her warmth and the fact that her hair was no longer suffocating him. His redheaded, what he considered goddess, of a girlfriend was missing from her own bed. His arm was in a weird position and the covers were barely covering him and goosebumps were covering his exposed arms. It has been surprisingly cold in Tokyo 3 recently, though it hadn't gotten cold enough to snow. Getting up, Shinji looked through the apartment. Quietly walking, as to not awake their guardian.
Misato did know of their relationship and approved of it. She actually incouraged them 'sleeping together' but always jokingly reminded them that sleeping is all they would be doing when she was home.
Quietly calling her name, Asuka was no where to be found. The whole house was dark, and void of life. Both the bathroom and the balcony were vacant.... And the spot where she kept her shoes. Quickly writing Misato a note, putting on his shoes and a jacket, Shinji ran out of the house chasing after the redhead.