[If Asuka was looking for a sincere response, she wouldn't be Asuka. Or that blunt with Shinji, in general. She basks in making the guy squirm for a second before she realizes she actually got half right with that.]
you have a crush on someone else??? who??? if it's wondergirl i'm staging an intervention two people who don't talk unless you force them is not a valid basis for a relationship
[Ugh. Why is it always the worst case scenario. Every time an Angel attacks, something goes wrong. Every time Shinji actually has an opinion, it's terrible. Every time she tries to have a nice conversation with the guy she opens up her stupid m]
you're right. i don't like it and i can't help you. i couldn't understand that girl if i tried, and i'm a genius.
but i'll keep my mouth shut.
you do whatever weird nerd things you think will get her attention i guess.
[She had really expected the conversation to be over after her pre-emptive strike against Shinji's freakish doll-crush. The fact that he's still replying brings her usual feelings of wondering just what the fuck Shinji wants, socially, back to the forefront, mixing with her morbid curiosity and whatever the clawing feeling in her stomach is that she gets whenever Shinji and Captain Uncanny Valley start getting too chummy. The former two override the latter pretty easily. She can blame her innate intelligence for being too curious for her own good later.]
i bet you've liked people before.. you know.. really liked them.. how do you know if that's true or not? maybe you just like something about them or it's just.. a friendship kind of like?
i'm only asking cause a lot of guys like you.. surely you've liked guys back before.
other than being a playboy with the emotional honesty of a walnut, i mean. i should probably put a pin in that one until i turn eighteen if we're making this an honest conversation. other than him i don't really know. you just...feel it, i guess? if you like someone you like them. it doesn't pay to overthink it.
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if you have a crush on me just come out and say it.
it's only natural.
[If she keeps making the conversation worse, surely he will get to the point.]
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it isn't that at all!
[ That message gets sent.
Then, panic mode: ]
i mean, not like people wouldn't have a crush on you.
it's obvious a lot of guys at school do!!!
but that's not what i was talking about...
though it might have to do with
something like those kind of feelings towards someone.
i'm not entirely sure.
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you have a crush on someone else???
who???
if it's wondergirl i'm staging an intervention
two people who don't talk unless you force them is not a valid basis for a relationship
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her name is ayanami, not wondergirl.
[ And then, that's the end of that text message. Because she's right and he's backpedaling hard. ]
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you're right. i don't like it and i can't help you.
i couldn't understand that girl if i tried, and i'm a genius.
but i'll keep my mouth shut.
you do whatever weird nerd things you think will get her attention i guess.
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getting her attention?
that wasn't even what i was going to ask you about.
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what were you going to ask, then?
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[ Shinji. ]
i bet you've liked people before.. you know.. really liked them..
how do you know if that's true or not? maybe you just like something about them or it's just.. a friendship kind of like?
i'm only asking cause a lot of guys like you.. surely you've liked guys back before.
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kaji is what you call an ideal man, and there's nothing NOT to like about him.
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i should probably put a pin in that one until i turn eighteen if we're making this an honest conversation.
other than him i don't really know. you just...feel it, i guess?
if you like someone you like them.
it doesn't pay to overthink it.