EVA: Shinji Ikari Returns from the Dragon Clan

Chapter 63 62. Welcome Back
The distance between the two people is very close.

Under incandescent light.

This was the first time that Shinji Ikari looked at her face so carefully.

The girl with red eyes looked as if she had never been exposed to the sun since she was a child. There was not a single pore blemish on her face, and her skin color was like white porcelain with a light glaze. It was so clean, her whole body was clean.

One might even imagine that the curls of her toes were clean.

That's right.

Ayanami is such a clean and beautiful girl.

Then take a closer look at her facial features.

First of all, the nose, a small and delicate nose, although a little thin, but with the slightly curved eyes above, it is a beautiful match. If the eyes are slightly offset, it will destroy this beauty, but Ayanami Rei's eyes are just right under the thin and thick eyebrows.

Those soft lips were not bloodless or too pale, but moist, lustrous and pink, making people unable to help but imagine what they tasted like.

For some reason, Shinji Ikari felt that she was a bit like himself.

"I am back."

He said.

The incandescent light danced on her face, but did not illuminate the girl's face.

The light in the lounge only dimly illuminated the area around her eyes. The moment the red-eyed girl looked over, she was like a firefly dancing at the end of the dusk, with a hazy light covering her entire body.

Could it be that...

at last.

Ayanami Rei's cheeks flushed slightly, and she raised her eyebrows shyly. This look was very different from the past, as if she was performing some grand confession ceremony.

“…Welcome back.”

She said softly with a smile.

In the quiet night.

Shinji Ikari saw a beautiful blooming lily of the valley.

The air-conditioning in the lounge was turned up high, and for a moment he had a trance-like hallucination, as if he had stayed in the icy Nibelungen from the beginning to the end, and had not left. The ferocious Deadpool came with a chilling murderous intent, which made people shudder, but this time, in that cold and desolate world, besides him, there was finally another figure.

did not expect.

I didn't expect this at all.

How could you have imagined that one day you defeated the monster Nergigante with great difficulty, and thought that it would be done with just some experience points and forging materials, but it actually dropped a pet egg, from which popped out a beautiful girl who obeyed you in everything, and she smiled and said to you "Welcome back".

The light from the incandescent lamp overlapped with her red eyes.

It glows faintly and is indescribably beautiful.

Shinji Ikari's heart was also moved by this. In front of him was Rei Ayanami's beautiful face under the dim light. The lights in the lounge should have always been very bright.

He suddenly moved closer, and the boy's figure covered the girl's shadow.

"Ikari-kun?"

"I want to hug you."

It wasn't because of the cello, but simply because I wanted to hug her.

Shinji Ikari said such outrageous words openly, which was really a rude request. Who would think that she would agree to such an excessive request just because the other party said welcome back without even making up a reason!
"…it is good."

But the girl with blushing cheeks nodded softly.

Rei Ayanami did not object.

The two men got closer. Her body was soft as if it had no bones, and as slender as a fragile object. Shinji Ikari didn't even dare to hug her too tightly. The two men were very close to each other. He subconsciously sniffed the scent of the girl's body. There should be the scent of lily of the valley there, he inexplicably thought so.

Unfortunately, there was only the bloody smell of LCL liquid between them, which made the atmosphere less than perfect.

But I’m really happy today.

Shinji Ikari seemed to be able to hear the long breathing of the girl in his arms.

He tentatively pulled out a hand and gently touched the sea-blue hair. The hair was very soft and felt very good. The girl did not move in his arms, which was considered as her consent.

Now even my wish of having my head patted was fulfilled.

Blue hair crisscrossed his fingers.

Here, there, he could feel the outline of Ayanami's little head and touch her smooth skin, but people are never satisfied easily. With what is in front of them, they will want what is behind them, so he stroked the outline of her ears with his fingers. The helix, the triangular fossa...

But even if he remembered all the outlines in his mind, he was not satisfied and wanted more and more, so he couldn't help but touch the most important earlobe.

It feels cold there, and one can't help but rub it.

"It's a bit strange."

The girl said in a muffled voice.

He quickly put his hands back into his hair.

strangeness.

How come my hands moved on their own?

Good friends should be loyal to each other, but loyalty doesn't mean you can bully girls. He said to himself, "Control yourself, Ikari Shinji. You should enjoy the good atmosphere naturally instead of doing some inexplicable little actions and messing up the atmosphere."

If this disrupts the atmosphere, the hug might not be able to continue!

"…But, I don't hate it."

Rei Ayanami said so.

She said she doesn't hate it, what else is there to say? Ikari Shinji thinks she should be bullied.

So time continues to flow,

I don’t know how long it took, maybe a whole year.

Someone suddenly said,
"It seems that I disturbed you."

The two people remained in the hugging position and froze at the same time.

The person who came was the blonde Ritsuko Akagi.

Ikari Shinji: “…”

After seeing two people hugging, those who know their place should quietly leave the lounge instead of making a noise to disturb them. The person in charge of the technical department who walked into the lounge looked very serious. Shinji Ikari guessed that she had to work overtime again tonight.

The girl in his arms struggled gently free like a little deer.

Shinji Ikari felt a little lost.

Ritsuko Akagi first glanced at Rei Ayanami, and her gaze was not toward him, so Shinji Ikari had no idea what the head of the technical department was looking at at that moment.

At this time, the beautiful lady with golden hair and teardrop mole looked at him and asked a question.
"Shinji-kun, have you seen Asuka?"

"She just left."

Ikari Shinji shook his head, "I don't know where he went."

"That's it."

The head of the technical department took one last look at Ayanami Rei.

She casually said, "Go on," and left.

How can this continue?

Shinji Ikari glanced at Rei Ayanami. She had remained silent since Ritsuko Akagi arrived, and the smile she had just had turned back to her usual tranquility. Miss Ritsuko, you are really... No, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future.

"Ikari-kun, it's time to go back."

The girl said.

There's no atmosphere anymore.

Okay, let’s go home.

The two of them walked back to the apartment together.

The journey was long, and occasionally the girl's soft lips caught Shinji Ikari's eyes, touching his heart.

It’s really a hot summer.

The shrill cry of cicadas that came from nowhere resounded throughout the night, as if it was about to break down, making people feel upset. It seemed to be like this for countless nights in the Third New Tokyo City, making people feel as if the summer would continue endlessly.

But time keeps moving.

He thought the day when he would be at peace would come soon.

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(End of this chapter)