Neon Genesis Evangelion: Forever Intertwined

Episode 32

Words from the Author:

No wasting time! Neon Genesis Evangelion is copyrighted and incarceration will be the punishment to anyone who doesn't actually own NGE while claiming they do. With that said, I don't claim that at all and I give all respect to the owners of such an amazing anime/manga. Enough said.

Episode 32: Being Honest With Oneself

Shinji's right hand twitches a little after barely hearing Nero's voice echo from afar as the 3rd Child aimlessly floats within a space of darkness contrary to the white that his brother resided while finally stirring from his trance-like state he was in the entire time. The brown-haired boy at first has a difficult time understanding where he is or even gets what had happened to him.

Then, a bright, white light shines down onto Shinji from ahead of him as he barely makes out a body of a woman, who places both hands on his cheeks and gently whispers to the 3rd Child, "The time has come, my dear Shinji." He's a bit confused by the woman's words as he still can't tell who it is, however, feels a very familiar presence and faintly asks, "Time for what?"

A warm grin can vaguely be seen on the woman's person while caressing her right hand on Shinji's left cheek before replying. "Time for you to awaken from this horrible nightmare."

Shinji smiles with content establishing itself while remembering where the familiar presence is from, shuts his eyes and utters out, "Mother..."

Suddenly, Shinji's drench with water coming out of nowhere from above him as he frantically wakes up after sitting up onto a bed within a room that looks very much like the one he slept in Misato's old apartment while wearing a dark blue t-shirt and white shorts that are covered up with the bed's blanket. A couple of seconds after that, another familiar voice is heard by the brown-haired boy from his left as he says with a slightly irritated tone, "It's about time you woke up, idiot."

Hearing those words causes Shinji's eyes to widen, rapidly snaps his head to the left and sees that Nero's standing there while having a soft grip on the medium-sized bucket that held the water Shinji's currently soaked with. In addition, it can be noted that the black-haired boy's wearing the school uniform with his left hand inside the pants' pocket since the other hand is holding the bucket while lowered to Nero's side as Shinji shouts out with an exasperated tone, "Nero?!"

Nero responds with a skeptical demeanor while tilting his head back a bit. "Who else would dump a bucket of water on you after specifically warning you the next time you wake up late, I would do it." He then leans towards Shinji to get up on his face with annoyance radiating. "Did you forget?!"

Shinji's quite startled by Nero's threatening stature while trying to back away with his left arm lifted in front of himself in a sideways position. "W-What are you talking about?!" He checks out his surroundings with worry. "Where am I? This kind of looks like my old room at Misato's place."

A dumbfounded look arises onto Nero's person as he gawked at his brother. "Huh?" The 7th Child then pulls out his left hand to reach towards Shinji and places it onto the brown-haired boy's forehead. "Are you sick or something? And since when do you refer Mrs. Katsuragi by her first name?"

Shinji reverts his attention to Nero with shock taking over. "Misses?!"

Nero narrows his eyes at Shinji while pulling his left hand away from the 3rd Child and straightens his posture with his head briefly cocked to the right. "I get what happened. You had one of your crazy dreams again about piloting giant robots and fighting monsters." The black-haired boy turns to his right to face the door leading out of the room while maintaining his eyes on Shinji. "You really need to relax on watching anime so much before you end up believing you actually live in a fantasy world." Nero then sets his sights to the door while walking towards it and exits the room after opening it with his right hand. "Now get dressed or we'll get even more late for school." He closes the door behind him with the same hand.