- Location
- Canada
4000 words of update with the betas, and Lilith Prime has already said there were stabs right in her feels. One more scene to do tomorrow, then we go live.
Preview:
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Asuka pressed the cup of soup to his hand and guided it to his mouth. "Drink, baka. You're severely depleted on a lot of major nutrients, according to Doctor Fake-Blonde. Especially calcium and potassium. So eat up. I am going to pamper and feed the stuffing out of you. I want you healthy enough to ravish me gently again as soon as possible."
Shinji gave her a weak smile, and sipped the soup. With his right hand, so as not to disturb the IV line going into his left arm. "Kaworu, are you..." He trailed off again, staring at his friend. His friend who had no IV line. "Why don't you have an IV?"
Kaworu and Rei looked at each other, then back to Shinji. "I am... more healed than you," Kaworu eventually said.
Shinji looked to Asuka. "I thought you said he got shot through the chest? How come he's not as wiped out as I am? Did Doctor Akagi do... no, it's only been a day, so...?"
Asuka pursed her lips, and turned to Kaworu. "Show him."
Kaworu hesitated, but pulled his shirt up to show his own patch of bandages. He reached up with his other hand and carefully pulled the clean, white bandages away from his chest.
Revealing utterly unmarked pale skin.
Here it comes, the moment of truth.