A challenge
Twitter Drabble #12
With firm and quick steps Sakura strolled through Wunder's halls. Her destination? The quarters belonging to the pilots of Evangelion Units 02 and 08.
She walked around another corner, through another set of troops or past other members of WILLE's medical staff and she greeted each with a smile and wave with her free hand.
When finally Sakura reached the room she knocked, entering only when she heard a familiar voice say "come in". The door slid open with a hiss and the young Lieutenant stepped through the doorframe.
"Hey Asuka I brought you the medication you asked for- Hey are you okay?" Sakura's voice which was orginally optimistic quickliy twisted itself into worry at the sight before her. The room a mess, pillows and blankets thrown across it and before Sakura's feet was lying a black cloth that belonged to Asuka - her eyepatch. Sakura knew this was bad as Asuka only ever took the cloth off when there was something troubling her.
"Don't bother I'm just...upset." The Evapilot spoke, quick and almost hushed.
The brunette put the medicine she brought with her on the nearby table, a hum passing her lips. "Is there maybe anthing I can do to cheer you up?"
"No, I don't think anything can cheer me up." the redheaded girl laughed bitterly.
Now this?
This was a challenge.
And if there is one thing Sakura had learned in her life then it was not backing away from a challenge - Misato blames years of Asuka's influence for this. Sakura doesn't disagree.
With a firm nod to herself the young medical officer ran out of the room. Asuka says nothing can cheer her up? Well Sakura knows the one thing that Asuka loves more than anything. Or rather...the one person Asuka loves more than anything. So it came that barely ten minutes after she left the Evapilot's quarters, she was back again. Only this time she wasn't alone.
The young adult pokes her head into the room, Asuka was sitting on the bed like she did before. "Nothing can cheer you up you say?" Sakura questioned sarcastically.
"Gott I told you-" And then Asuka went quiet when she saw the person Sakura brought along. "Four-eyes..."
"Hey Princess." Mari smiled, her voice carrying a warmth specifically reserved for Asuka. She slowly moved towards her partner, extendng her arms.
And then Sakura left.
The door shut close and she leaned against it, sighing in relief and triumph.
She won this challenge.