Down in the dumps

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Things just couldn't see to go right for Kensuke lately. Shinji and Asuka had left, or disappeared, or been relocated, he wasn't sure. And the fact that he hadn't seen battle in a while only made it worse. He had so easily fallen into his old habits of being, and staying alone. He didn't really know how to seek out others, and the longer he didn't talk to others, the harder it became to try.
He found himself sitting on the bridge before Eva Unit 04, staring at it as if he expected it to speak to him or something.
Maybe he did, maybe he didn't, either way this kid needs some cheering up.

" If Shinji and Asuka couldn't cut it, what make me so much better?" He sighed aloud, and longed to run and hide in the woods, with this tent, and his toy guns, and his imaginary army. They never turned their backs on him...

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"Hey Kensuke," said Dita, waving at him. She had a bit of a slight smile on her face despite her down feeling still.

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"Dita!!" Ahhh there was a silver lining to every rain cloud, or at least, he hoped.
Kensuke got to his feet awkwardly, and hurried across the bridge towards Dita. "H-Hey. H-How did you mission go?" He stammered.

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"Not well, it was a bit of a mess but we managed to pull through." replied Dita.

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Even though he was feeling down, he couldn't stay sad when Dita needed someone to cheer her up to.
Kensuke took his doubts and problems, and put them on the shelf, he could throw a pity party for one some other time.
"I'm glad you weren't hurt." He fidgeted a moment longer. "Do... do you want to go back to my quarters? I have some sweets saved for a special occasion, and I think a day like today definitely calls for chocolates." He held out his hand to her, his mind still hoping that things between them may blossom someday, soon he he hoped. But then again, trying to swoon Dita was about as useful as trying to win Asuka's heart, and we all know how well that went over.

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It was't like he didn't have a chance to be honest, it was just that Dita wasn't used to feelings like this anyhow. Still, she smiled and nodded, taking his hand. "All right, sounds good."

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Her hand felt warm in his, and Kensuke smirked a little. Even if this was all he would ever get from her, it would still be special.

They walked along the halls back towards the crew quarters, Kensuke spent most of the walk trying to figure out something decent to say.

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"How've you been lately?" inquired Dita as they headed back towards his place.

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"Me? I don't know..." He looked at her and smirked. "But better now that you're here." Cheng said he had to make his intentions clear...

He opened the door to the room for her, and waited for her to go inside. Kensuke's bunk was neatly made, and you could tell his side of the room was meticulously cleaned. He motioned she could sit on his bed, and then went to the closet an came back with a pretty good sized box of bonbons.
"I've been saving these for a while. Here, have some, they're really good."

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"Sure," said Dita, sitting down and taking a piece of chocolate and nibbling on it. "Oh this is good! That's really delicious."

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"This one is my favorite." Kensuke picks up a bonbon covered in pink color chocolate, and then, nervously holds it out, offering to feed it to her. His eyes fixated on her soft, lovely lips, and creamy smooth skin.

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Dita giggled and leaned forward, nomming on it. "That's pretty good!" She said after chewing for a long thoughtful moment. "It's sweet."

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"So are you." Kensuke sat down next to her and smiles, scooting in closer to her. He put his hand in her hair, stroking the long locks that fell down her back.

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Dita smiled at that, nodding. "Well you're a great person too, Kensuke."

"Sorry for worrying you by the way, I had a lot on my mind."

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He turned a little, setting the chocolate aside.
"I've had alot on my mind too.... mostly, you."
His hand was shaking when she brought it to her face, and his face flushed red as he moved in to kiss her.

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She was about to receive that kiss when she noticed the rifle on the wall. "Hey is this yours?"

Derailed effectively.

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DENIED! He closed his eyes, and leaned in, only to find that she had moved.

"What?" He looked at what she meant. "Oh that, it's only a toy, but yeah it's mine."

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"Really? I've only seen Barnette with weapons like that. Can I see it?" inquired Dita.

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"Uhhh I.. I guess if you want to see them, go ahead." He sighed and face palmed. "They won't hurt anyone, they just look like real guns, but they only shoot little plastic pellets."

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Dita picked one up from the wall and checked the heft. "it's really heavy."

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"Not as heavy as a real gun, but they serve their purpose I guess." He picked up another rifle and shouldered it. "Have you ever played Airsoft before?"

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"Nope, never have actually. We don't do this back home, use mass weapons."

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"The country that I'm from doesn't really allow firearms, so this was as close to the real things as I could get. It's fun though, sometimes, getting to jump around and shoot at your friends, but not actually hurt them to much." If I ever had any friends to play with. He thought to himself of those lonely night on the hillsides above tokyo-3.

"It's probably seems stupid, I'm sure."

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"Not at all! It's nice to have something to do, right?" said Dita.

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"Yeah, I guess." Kensuke could feel himself walking down the familiar path of self pity, and tried to turn himself away from it. "Would you like to try it out?"

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"I would!" exclaimed Dita. "Can I bring it over to the shooting range to give it a try?"