Elysium

Disclaimer: I don’t own Shin Seiki Evangelion it
was created by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto. Or the song Ode an die Freude the Lyrics belong to
Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805) and the

Music belongs to Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Ninth Symphony. So Welcome to the Wonderful World of Fanfiction.

Warning: So if you didn’t know this fic contains
at least BL (guys kissin’ and cuddlin’)
and possibly YAOI (explicit sex scenes between guys). There is some GL (girls kissin’ and cuddlin’). And implied suicide attempts.

Author’s Note: the translated lyrics to Ode an die Freude or Ode to Joy at the
website (remove spaces): http:// www. assamites.
de/odetojoy. html

So this chapter contains a lime. I actually haven’t head the
terms lemon, lime, and citrus used in fanfiction for
years. But I like them. So this chapter contains a gay lime. Which,
for those who don’t know is less than a lemon (a sex scene). A lime is
similar to an implied lemon in an R rated movie. And in this particular lime
there is still some clothing involved. So I hope you enjoy.

Happy Reading!

-Na

Elysium

Chaputa-juni

Shinji woke up earlier than normal on a
sunny Saturday morning he felt warm and happy and the fact that he had to get
up didn’t deter Shinji one bit. The arm around the brunet’s waist flexed and
the blue-eyed boy smiled and snuggled back into his silver-haired boyfriend.
The arm tightened and a soft breath blew a puff in the brunet’s ear, “Good
morning Shinji-koi, Happy Birthday.”

The Third Child snuggled in a little
more and replied, “Good morning to you too, since it is my birthday do I get to
choose what I do today?”

Tabris chuckled and replied, “It depends, what do
you want to do?”

“Staying in bed,” replied Shinji as he
rolled over and buried his head in Tabris’ shoulder.

The ex-angel laughed, pulled away from
his love and sat up, “Well I’m sorry Shinji-koi but
we have class.”

The brunet groaned,
rolled over onto his back and stared at the ceiling for a moment, he listened
to his boyfriend getting up and leaving the room and heading into the bathroom.
When Shinji heard the red-eyed boy leave the bathroom he sat up and went into
the bathroom to take care of his usual morning rituals.

Two out of the three apartment
inhabitants (since Pen Pen moved back in with them
after his vacation), were moving around the apartment with such efficiency and
a sense of routine. Tabris cooked the food while
Shinji packed up their school bags and the bento boxes for lunch. Since it was
Shinji’s birthday Tabris cooked all of the brunet’s
favourite foods which meant that a good portion of what had been meant for the
bento box had ended up in Shinji’s stomach, before breakfast.

The boys talked of little things;
mostly it was Shinji trying to find out what Tabris
had got him for his birthday, but the taller male wasn’t letting on to the
secret. After breakfast they picked up their bags and headed out the door and
down to the street. They turned towards the school and walked to the end of the
block, there the two Eva pilots waited for Touji and Hikari to come down the street. While they waited Shinji
continued to try to get Tabris to surrender the
secret of his birthday present.

They were interrupted when Shinji was
grabbed around the shoulders and hugged by Hikari,
who ignored the brunet boy stiffening in her arms and whispered, “Happy
Birthday Shinji-kun.”

“Aa, Happy
Birthday Shinji,” added Touji with a chuckle at the
flustered looking birthday boy.

The two couples slowly sobered and
turned towards their school and walked hand-in-hand with their partners to
school. The conversation was light and quiet, Shinji had never been very
talkative and that didn’t change now.

The school day passed in a slow
monotony that Shinji had always remembered. He sat in class next to Tabris who sat next to Lilim who
sat next to Asuka. In the front of the class sat Hikari, who was the only one who was consistently taking
notes; and next to her sat Touji, who looked as bored
as ever. The teacher still droned on and on like he had done four years prior
and that made Shinji wonder at the fact that at nineteen years of age he was
still in secondary school. But not for much longer this was his last year and
then from there he didn’t know where he was going to go. Summer break was
coming up in another month or so, even though there were no longer any seasons,
the school systems never changed their pattern.

 The
up-and-coming summer break was going to involve a mini-vacation according to Tabris and a lot of research into their future. All of the
Eva pilots had this odd veteran status that basically meant that as long as
they planned on a modest life they would never have to work. If they ever
wanted to travel anywhere they would have a free NERV transport. NERV also
promised to pay for any university that they may want to go to. Both education
and travel cost were some sort of severance pay or forcing fifteen-year-olds to
be soldiers and for leaving them with no family (not that that was really NERV’s
fault but Tabris and Lilim
weren’t going to say anything, and Touji, Shinji, and
Asuka had yet to make the connection).  And if they ever planned on going into any
form of military or work for NERV once more they would start as a ranking officer
and their opinion concerning any experiments and run-ins similar to the Angel
incident would have heavy sway. All in all they all had a lot to think about
and Tabris and Shinji had designated their summer
break, even though it was a bit late in the year. Since their school no longer
had an academic counsellor they felt that they were doing well.

Lunch came around and the usual group—now
with Lilim snuggled up close to Asuka
so she could silence the occasional gay-bashing comments with a kiss—sat under
their usual tree. This particular meal also included Yuya
and Kagura who had jointly dawn a portrait of Shinji
and Tabris in a heart for Shinji’s birthday. Everyone
else was waiting for the surprise party that Pen Pen
was setting up in Tabris and Shinji’s apartment to
give their presents. But Shinji didn’t mind or even realise that he was lacking
in presents other than that from Tabris and just
smiled and thanked the two young boys.

At the end of the school day it seemed
that everyone rushed out of the classroom and Tabris
took Shinji’s hand and brought the brunet the long way home. The ex-angel had
them walk by the waterfront where they had first met and on a lazy walk around
the edge of the city. Slowly they made their way home.

The apartment was dark, so Shinji just
assumed that Pen Pen was out. Tabris
unlocked the door and opened it for Shinji who stepped in, dropped his bag and
began taking of his shoes by the light of the outside hallway. Tabris stepped in behind him, once he saw the blue-eyed boy
was out of his shoes, shut the door and flicked on the light.

“Surprise! Happy Brirthday Shinji!” everyone
yelled. Shinji jumped back and fell into Tabris who
easily caught him and put him back on his feet. Blue eyes were wide a bit
shocked and scared as he starred at his friend standing there in the kitchen.
There was a meal set out on the table, Shinji could
see a cake on the sideboard and presents on the counter. It was a pregnant
moment that the ex-Eva pilot of 01 took to take in the whole scene and
comprehend it. The smiling faces of Lilim, Asuka, Touji, Hikari,
and Pen Pen. After a moment Tabris
began to rub Shinji’s tense shoulders in an attempt to make the smaller man
relax.

It worked, the brunet burst into a big
grin, “Sugoi! You guys didn’t have to do this for me.”

Hikari smiled, “We wanted to.”

“Aa man, don’t
worry about it,” replied Touji  a bit nonchalant, “now get over here and let’s
eat Hikari made us all help with the cooking, and we
weren’t allowed to try anything until you got here.”

Shinji starred at his friends for a
moment, glanced at the table and then back up at his friends, he burst out
laughing. Soon the whole room was laughing and sitting down at the table. They
all turned to look at the table head where Shinji sat; his big blue eyes were
taking in the various foods. When he realised that everyone was quiet and
looking at him Shinji returned their looks until Tabris
nudged him and he blushed before saying, “Itadakimasu.”

The table chorused, “Itadakimasu.” And everyone began to eat. The
conversation was light and reminded Shinji of their lunch time discussions.
Everyone was happy and smiling and the small brunet had to pause and look
around just to watch his happy friends. He thought of Kagura
and Yuya, and the rest of the kids in their class and
all their smiling faces, he remembered the proud and smiling faces of the
audience—of the community—at the concert. And this Shinji realised was what he
had fought for—the Human race.

Some part deep down
inside told him that all the humans died, and all that was left were lilin, a couple clones, a penguin, Touji,
Hikari, Asuka, and him. But
right in that moment Shinji couldn’t help but feel proud. So what if they weren’t
what some higher being called human, through the survivors the thoughts,
ideals, emotions, and ambitions of the humans remained and that is what
mattered most—that he was happy, and because of his efforts all of these people
were happy too.

Tabris placed his hand over the still brunet’s hand
and squeezed it, he then whispered, “Are you all right?”

Blue eyes turned and
stared into red eyes, “Aa, I’m just happy.”

“I’m glad,” answered
Tabris who squeezed Shinji’s hand once more and
turned back to their guests.

The night
progressed; the meal finished, the cake eaten and the presents were opened.
Shinji was given a lot of photos from each of his friends. Most were from before;
there was one of the String Quartet and another that had been taken just before
the quartet had been formed: Tabris and Shinji’s
heads were bent together as they played their instruments. There was a couple
of Misato, Asuka, Pen Pen,
and Shinji from Pen Pen. Hikari
always the practical one had gotten Shinji a bunch of different photo frames:
one was large and would hold a dozen photos, there was a bunch of smaller novelty
frames things that said stuff like friends and family. Tabris
gave Shinji a photo of his mother holding a baby Shinji (The doctor’s on the American
cloning project had pictures of Shinji through all his stages of development so
they could monitor their success in that respect. Tabris
had taken a few of the photos when he left Nevada and was just waiting for a
good time to present them).  They all
pitched in and bought Shinji and updated digital music storing/playing device.

Eventually everyone
had to leave, Pen Pen retired to his refrigerator and
Tabris and Shinji walked everyone to the door. Shinji
thanked and hugged everyone good night. As the door shut behind the group of
friends the apartment was plunged into silence.

The two remaining
boys turned around and went back to the kitchen looking at all the dishes in
the sink. Shinji groaned and Tabris smiled, “I
believe the dishes can wait until tomorrow, bed?”

The brunet smiled, “Bed.”

The boys took turns in the bathroom
getting ready for bed. Shinji went first brushing his teeth and thinking about
what he really wanted to do for his birthday. And the thoughts made him
nervous. With a light blush staining his cheeks Shinji left the bathroom and
went into the bedroom to get ready for bed, and a pyjama clad Tabris went into the bathroom.

Shinji stared at their futons lying
next to each other like one large bed. Taking a deep breath the brunet stripped
down to his boxers and got under the one large blanket that the boys shared.
Shinji pulled the blanket up to his chin and nervously watched the door for his
boyfriend.

Tabris entered the bedroom, saw Shinji already in bed and flipped out
the lights before gingerly making his way across the room to the futons. The
ex-angel got under the covers and put his arm over his boyfriend shocked to
meet bare skin at Shinji’s torso. Tabris pulled back
momentarily before running his hands up and down the brunets back, “Shinji-koi?”

The smaller boy rolled over, closer to
his boyfriend’s body and so he was able to see the taller boy’s face. Shinji
could feel the blush spread across his whole body, and he knew that even in the
dark Tabris had to see it as well.  Taking a deep breath Shinji looked up into red
eyes and fiddled with the hem of the silver-haired boy’s shirt. The brunet
whispered, willing the other to understand, “Karou.” And
then he leaned forward the rest of the way and kissed the older boy.

The kiss was chaste and sweet much like
Shinji himself. When Tabris heard a chocked half-sob,
he realised what exactly Shinji was asking for and unable to take himself.
Rolling a little bit so that he was partial on top of the smaller boy, Tabris opened his mouth and licked Shinji’s bottom lip. The
brunet was more confident now that Tabris had asserted
his control over the situation and without any thought opened his mouth to the
questing tongue. The ex-angel took his time memorising the person below him,
the taste and feel of his mouth, the sound of his heart beat and it quickened
its rhythm, the feel of naked shoulders under his hands in such an intimate
touch.

Shinji shifted so that his body was
more firmly under his boyfriend’s body. His hands went back to tugging on the
t-shirt that the elder boy wore. One hand reached up under the shirt and stroked
the skin of Tabris’ back while the other continued
tugging.

Tabris pulled back for air and looked down at his boyfriend and smiled
as he studied the flushed face and heard the disappointed groan. With a bright
smile Tabris sat up and shifted so he was seated
between Shinji’s legs and pulled off his t-shirt. Red eyes took a moment to
drink in the sight of Shinji breathing hard and sending him a pleading look.
The silver-haired boy lowered his hands to his boyfriend’s torso and slowly
began to lightly stroke his navel. Blue eyes watched intensely, as those long
fingered hands moved slowly upwards stroking ribs and settling on the smaller
boy’s nipples. Tabris flicked one into a hard nub and
then the second. Shinji’s breath caught and his eyes fluttered shut.

Keeping up the stimulation, Tabris leaned down and began to kiss the brunet again. Pale
legs moved up around the ex-angel’s waits and pulled him down flush against
Shinji’s body. Both ex-Eva pilots groaned at the new contact and Tabris pulled back breaking the kiss and rolling his hips a
bit making blue eyes roll back.

The elder dipped back down to kiss his
boyfriend again when the brunet whispered, “Ai’shitero
yo Karou-koi.”

Tabris paused and looked down at Shinji with a grin, he waited for a
moment until unsure blue eyes met his own and answered, “Ai’shitero
yo Shinji-koi.” Then Tabris leaned down and kissed Shinji in the same moment he
rolled his hips.

As the two boys got lost in each other,
they began to hear music. Nothing that would get them to stop or even pause, but
a tune they heard nonetheless.

Seid umschlungen, Millionen!

Diesen Kuss der ganzen Welt!

Brüder über'm Sternenzelt

Muss ein lieber Vater wohnen.

Ihr stürzt nieder, Millionen?

Ahnest du den Schöpfer, Welt?

Such'ihn über'm Sternenzelt!

Über Sternen muss er wohnen

Author’s Note:  So
what do you think? See you next week. Please review.

-Na